Transformationen religiöser Bildung in Ostdeutschland – ein Rückblick auf Religionspädagogik und Katechetik nach 1989

2019 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-15
Author(s):  
Raimund Hoenen
Keyword(s):  
Educational Policy ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Processes Of Change ◽  
Federal States ◽  
German Federal States ◽  
Parish Education ◽  
East German ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Made In

AbstractThis contribution inquires into the processes of change within ecclesial instruction which were occassioned by the introduction of religous education in schools in the East German federal states. This review takes it bearings from the decisions made in the federal and ecclesial educational policy of that time and inquires into the transformations in school and parish education which they entailed. The various developments in the federal states provide insight into how religious education changes when finding its way in a predominantly unchurched society.

Gleicher Lohn für gleiche Arbeit im öffentlichen Dienst?

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-120
Author(s):  
Tony Mudrack ◽  
Mario Stoffels
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Middle Grade ◽  
Pay Gap ◽  
Federal States ◽  
Municipal Employees ◽  
German Federal States ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
East German ◽  
Pay Differences

Abstract The individual pay level is an emotionally discussed subject. Some pay differentials evince significant characteristics which are analysed in scientific literature. There are three significant pay gaps of particular significance to Germany: the gender pay gap between women and men of more than 20 percent, the regional pay gap especially between West and East Germany caused by differences in productivity and the pay gap between the private and public sector. This article investigates a previously unobserved pay gap within the public sector. By analysing a data collection, specific pay differentials in municipal administrations are determined. These differentials exist despite identical labour output in administration services in German municipalities and are caused by specific regional and economic determinants. So, the municipalities of East German Federal States and financially weak West German Federal States evince a pay level of municipal employees below average. Generally, there is a significant pay gap between East and West German municipalities. In addition, this article analyses the structure of the identified pay differences by separating the municipal employees according to their specific pay and qualification categories. As a result, East German municipalities have a smaller number of staff in the higher grade of the civil service and their pay level is below average. This effect is compensated by a higher number of staff in the middle grade of the civil service. The pay level of municipal employees in the middle grade of the civil service does not indicate significant difference among German municipalities. There are similar results in municipalities of financially weak West German Federal States. Despite identical administration services in municipalities, the pay level and pay structure evince interjurisdictional differentials. The results suggest that equal pay for equal work is not even in public service.

scholarly journals East-West Couples: Distribution, Characteristics and Stability

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Lois
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Distribution Characteristics ◽  
Federal States ◽  
German Federal States ◽  
Cohabiting Couples ◽  
East German ◽  
Unmarried Cohabitation ◽  
East West

SOEP data were used to examine relationships consisting of one partner socialised in West Germany and one in East Germany and who presently reside in the “old” (former West German) or “new” (newly formed East German) federal states. The estimated share of east-west couples among all marriages or cohabiting couples rises continuously within the observed period reaching approximately two and eleven percent respectively by 2009. The specific characteristics of east-west couples are that their employment-related division of labour is relatively egalitarian, above-average the partners are of different confessions and practice different religions, at least one of the partners is frequently divorced and there is also a strong tendency towards unmarried cohabitation. Besides the place of socialisation, the present place of residence has an independent impact on the economic situation, division of labour and marriage propensity. Analyses of relationship stability reveal that east-west couples exhibit a relatively high risk of separation. This is partly due to religious differences between the partners, but primarily to the low marriage propensity and the overrepresentation of divorced persons within this type of relationship.

Auf dem Weg zu einem neuen „Musterpolizeigesetz“

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-20
Author(s):  
Markus Thiel
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Legal Regulations ◽  
Solution Strategy ◽  
Work Process ◽  
Federal States ◽  
German Federal States ◽  
History Of ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Insight Into

Police Law in Germany currently faces diverse challenges. The consensus regarding its basics in legal dogma dwindles, the adjustment pressure is rising, the legal regulations in the German federal states are drifting apart, and the population‘s acceptance of police acts decreases in a worrying way. As a part of a solution strategy, a standardization of Police Acts is currently being discussed; as its basis, a “Template Police Act” may serve. Such templates have been drafted in the 1970s, and a working group, set up by a subcommittee of the German Conference of the Ministers of the Interior, is drawing up a new template act. This template act can be used as a “toolbox” for the legislators in the German federal states after its publication. This article delineates the current challenges and problems, describes the history of the “Template Police Acts”, discusses the criticism against “template legislation” and provides an insight into the work process based on four short examples.

Konfessionell-kooperativer Religionsunterricht. Zwischenbilanz und Zukunftsperspektiven

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-28
Author(s):  
Henrik Simojoki ◽  
Jan Woppowa
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Educational Innovations ◽  
Regional Variations ◽  
Federal States ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
Current State ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
German Federal States ◽  
Further Development

Abstract Enshrined in the Basic Law, Religious Education (RE) in Germany at schools is .confessional. - and hence closely linked to the religious communities, in particular the Catholic and the Protestant church. This does, however, not imply a mono-denominational structure (and even less a catechetical approach) of RE in Germany. On the contrary, due to the ongoing pluralisation, educational innovations and ecumenical progress, inter-denominational cooperation has become a decisive feature of RE in Germany in the last decades, with a plurality of forms and regional variations. This article gives an overview over the current state of this specific type of RE in German federal states. It accentuates conceptual innovations and structural improvements, but also critically reflects on some underlying tendencies which contradict the basic ecumenical and inclusive intention of inter-denominational cooperation. Finally, perspectives for further development are presented.

Managing the Stress of Bringing the Economy in the Eastern German States to the Level of the Western German States

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Kirkcaldy ◽  
Lars-Eric Petersen ◽  
Gundula Hübner
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Type A ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Federal States ◽  
German States ◽  
German Federal States ◽  
East German ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health

A select group of managers in the private and public sector working in the new and old German federal states were administered the German version of the Pressure Management Indicator (PMI; Williams, Kirkcaldy, & Cooper, 1999 ). Twenty-four scale scores were assessed encompassing diverse aspects of occupational stress, individual differences (type A, locus of control, and coping), and outcome variables (work satisfaction, physical and psychological health). Several differences were observed between those managers reared and educated in the former East Germany and those from the former West Germany. East-German managers, for example, were characterized by an external locus of control with regard to their jobs and revealed higher type A scores compared to their West-German counterparts. Furthermore, although there were no differences in the evaluation of working climate nor in subjectively perceived occupational stress, specific outcome variables such as self-reported physical and psychological health did differ between West- and East-German managers. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Will Love Tear Us Apart: Adapting the Lyrical to the Ludic

CounterText ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-235
Author(s):  
Gordon Calleja
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Design Decisions ◽  
The Core ◽  
Lyrical Poetry ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Made In

This paper gives an insight into the design process of a game adaptation of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980). It outlines the challenges faced in attempting to reconcile the diverging qualities of lyrical poetry and digital games. In so doing, the paper examines the design decisions made in every segment of the game with a particular focus on the tension between the core concerns of the lyrical work being adapted and established tenets of game design.

“Socialist Realist” Critiques of Neoliberal “Shock Therapy”

2019 ◽  
pp. 431-451
Author(s):  
April A. Eisman
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
East Germany ◽  
Shock Therapy ◽  
Socialist Realism ◽  
Neoliberal Capitalism ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
German Art ◽  
Socialist Realist ◽  
East German ◽  
Insight Into

This article focuses on the East German artistic response to the 1973 putsch in Chile, an event now recognized as foundational in the development of neoliberalism. Outraged and saddened, artists in East Germany responded to the putsch with thousands of works of art. These works disrupt Western expectations for East German art, which was far more modern and complex than the term “socialist realism” might suggest. They also offer insight into the horrors of the putsch and remind us that there have been—and can once again be—alternatives to neoliberal capitalism. In addition to creating prints, paintings, and sculptures, East German artists organized solidarity events to raise money for Chile and spearheaded a book project with artists from sixteen communist and capitalist countries to document the event and losses suffered. This article ultimately shows that communist visual culture can serve as a model for art as an activist practice.

New insight into the molecular switch mechanism of human Rho family proteins: shifting a paradigm

2013 ◽  
Vol 394 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamta Jaiswal ◽  
Eyad Kalawy Fansa ◽  
Radovan Dvorsky ◽  
Mohammad Reza Ahmadian
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Bound State ◽  
Molecular Switch ◽  
Nucleotide Exchange ◽  
Gtp Binding ◽  
Switch Mechanism ◽  
Rho Family ◽  
Rho Family Proteins ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Made In

Abstract Major advances have been made in understanding the structure, function and regulation of the small GTP-binding proteins of the Rho family and their involvement in multiple cellular process and disorders. However, intrinsic nucleotide exchange and hydrolysis reactions, which are known to be fundamental to Rho family proteins, have been partially investigated in the case of RhoA, Rac1 and Cdc42, but for others not at all. Here we present a comprehensive and quantitative analysis of the molecular switch functions of 15 members of the Rho family that enabled us to propose an active GTP-bound state for the rather uncharacterized isoforms RhoD and Rif under equilibrium and quiescent conditions.

Formation, translocation and resolution of Holliday junctions during homologous genetic recombination

1995 ◽  
Vol 347 (1319) ◽  
pp. 21-25 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Genetic Recombination ◽  
Holliday Junctions ◽  
The Novel ◽  
E Coli ◽  
The Past ◽  
Endonucleolytic Cleavage ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Made In

Over the past three or four years, great strides have been made in our understanding of the proteins involved in recombination and the mechanisms by which recombinant molecules are formed. This review summarizes our current understanding of the process by focusing on recent studies of proteins involved in the later steps of recombination in bacteria. In particular, biochemical investigation of the in vitro properties of the E. coli RuvA, RuvB and RuvC proteins have provided our first insight into the novel molecular mechanisms by which Holliday junctions are moved along DNA and then resolved by endonucleolytic cleavage.

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