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THE LEGACY OF TOLERATION: J. G. HERDER AND MOSES MENDELSSOHN'S DEFENCE OF PLURALISM
German Life and Letters, Volume 78, Issue 1, Page 31-48, January 2025.ABSTRACT Moses Mendelssohn's ‘Jerusalem, or on Religious Power and Judaism’ (1783) was a milestone in the promotion of religious toleration – a principle that is constitutive for human rights in their contemporary conception. This article argues that ‘Jerusalem’ borrows from a surprising source: Johann Gottfried Herder's world history, which is ...
Yael Almog
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DIE ‘GOTTESRECHTE DES MENSCHEN’: HUMAN RIGHTS AS SECULARISED RIGHTS IN HEINRICH HEINE'S ESSAYS
German Life and Letters, Volume 78, Issue 1, Page 90-107, January 2025.ABSTRACT Heinrich Heine shows in his essays on France and Germany that human rights have a religious prehistory. For him, ‘Menschheitsrechte’ are not merely secular rights but secularised rights. The human rights proclaimed in the American and French Revolutions are the secularised historical form in which the fundamental ‘Urrechte der Menschheit ...
Kyung‐Ho Cha
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Beyond the Margins: Analyzing Social Exclusion with a Homeless Client Dataset
Social Work and Society, 2011 A great share of literature on social exclusion has been based mainly on the analysis of official survey data. Whereas these efforts have provided insights into the characteristics and conditions of those people living at the margins of mainstream ...
Javier Ramos Diaz, Albert Varela
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Regulation &Governance, Volume 19, Issue 1, Page 253-283, January 2025.Abstract Freedom of information (FOI) laws empower citizens to access public information from public organizations, enhancing government transparency and accountability. Previous studies have evaluated government transparency and FOI compliance based on the proactive release of information and governments' responses to citizens' requests.
Julia Trautendorfer +2 more
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Endowment effect theory and the Samuelson solution : a thought experiment [PDF]
, 2006 Thaler (1980) employs prospect theory to explain the endowment effect, i.e. the empirically observed disparity between the willingness to pay for a certain good (WTP) and the willingness to accept retribution payments in exchange for giving up this good (
Bischoff, Ivo
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Older Refugees: Strategies in Dealing With Denied Recognition
Swiss Journal of Sociology, 2020 Until now the topic linking age and the moment of fleeing one’s country of origin have been of scientific interest only rarely. Older refugees have hardly attracted scientific attention.
Jurt Luzia, Sperisen Vera
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Governance, Demokratie und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in den ehemals sozialistischen Staaten [PDF]
, 2009 Nach dem Zusammenbruch der sozialistischen Systeme vollzogen die betroffenen Ländern Mittel- und Osteuropas in unterschiedlichem Tempo und sequencing den Weg zu Demokratie und einer marktwirtschaftlichen Wirtschaftsordnung.
Apolte, Thomas, Peters, Heiko
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Cinema programs as a source for research on historical film audiences. Berlin 1945–1949 [PDF]
, 2015 In my paper, I analyse programs from cinemas in all four sectors of occupied Berlin from 1945 to 1949. I focus primarily on ads. Looking at cinema programs allows me to conduct research on local audiences by taking into consideration the social ...
Saryusz-Wolska, Magdalena
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European Citizens' Initiative: Legal Options for Implementation Below the Constitutional Level [PDF]
, 2006 The EU has long been criticized for its democratic deficit. Several proposals for overcoming or reducing this deficit have been made. Some of them mention the role of more citizen participation and direct democracy.
Michael Efler
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