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Austria, Germany, and Switzerland are increasingly relying on hybridization at the nexus of vocational training and higher education to increase permeability and reform their highly praised systems of collective skill formation. This historical and organizational institutionalist study compares these countries to trace the evolution of their skill regimes from the 1960s to today's era of Europeanization, focusing especially on the impact of the Bologna and Copenhagen processes. Die Dissertation behandelt die Herausforderungen, mit denen das deutsche, das österreichische und das schweizerische Bildungssystem konfrontiert sind, und beschreibt die Folgen für die institutionelle Durchlässigkeit zwischen beruflicher Bildung und Hochschulbildung. Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung 2/2014 Graf's contribution can be seen as a unique with its longitudinal analysis of system dynamics of those two sectors in the context of European integration processes. At a time where skills, qualifications and parity of esteem between HE and VET have become frequently stated in the policy agenda, improved understanding of the relationship between these two sectors is both timely and necessary. Journal of Contemporary European Research , 01/2015

Education --- Europeanization --- higher Education --- institutionalist study --- Vocational education

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This study examines the transformation that took place in worldly lied culture in German around 1600. Ornate poetry in the vernacular and solo lieder emerged in the sixteenth century and were predominantly developed using Italian elements. Their reception in the middle classes led to the dissemination and valorization of lied culture, and to its codification in literary and music theory. Weitreichende Veränderungen in Dichtung und Musik zeichnen sich um 1600 ab. Lyrik und Lied lassen sich kaum trennen, da die Lyrik dieser Zeit meist sangbar ist und entscheidend durch das weltliche Lied beeinflusst wird. Der maßgebliche Beitrag, den das Lied zum ästhetischen Wandel, zur Modernisierung und Europäisierung der deutschsprachigen Lyrik leistet, wird anhand von etwa 5200 Liedern in 340 Lieddrucken zwischen 1567 und 1642 herausgearbeitet. Vor dem Hintergrund dieses Quellenkorpus werden in der interdisziplinären Studie Einzellieder und Liedsammlungen aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum musik- und literaturwissenschaftlich analysiert. Neben sozial- und gesellschaftswissenschaftlichen Aspekten kommen Dimensionen der Novität ebenso zur Sprache wie das Verhältnis von Theorie, Poetik und Praxis, Kulturtransferprozesse sowie Fragen nach Kontinuitäten und Dynamiken literarischer und musikalischer Phänomene. Die Fallstudien sowie theoretische und poetische Äußerungen zum Lied erweisen, wie sich zwei Konzeptionen des Liedes profilieren: In der Verselbstständigung werden beide Liedkonzepte in Literatur und Musik aufgewertet. So trägt das weltliche deutschsprachige Lied zur Modernisierung und Europäisierung der deutschen Literatur bei.

Songs, German --- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German. --- History and criticism. --- Early modern period. --- Europeanization. --- modernization. --- German songs

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Umstrittene Anerkennungs- und Umverteilungsbeziehungen bilden das Zentrum eines jeden Systems sozialer Sicherung. Thilo Fehmel systematisiert die Bedingungen der Aushandlung für Umverteilung entlang grundsätzlicher Zugehörigkeitsfragen, Zweckbestimmungen und Verfahrensalternativen. Auf dieser Grundlage lassen sich sowohl die Entstehung und Beharrungskraft national geprägter Umverteilungsbereitschaft als auch die Durchsetzungschancen postnationaler Redistribution eruieren. Die Studie zeigt: Vor dem Hintergrund etablierter nationaler Sozialstaatlichkeit sind im Prozess der zunehmenden Europäisierung sozialer Sicherungssysteme Solidaritätskonflikte unvermeidbar, aber nicht zwingend desintegrativ.

Umverteilung; Sozialpolitik; Solidarität; Integration; Nation; Europa; Soziale Sicherung; Zugehörigkeit; Redistribution; Europäisierung; Soziale Ungleichheit; Politik; Soziologische Theorie; Bevölkerung; Soziologie; Social Policy; Solidarity; Europe; Social Security; Belonging; Europeanization; Social Inequality; Politics; Sociological Theory; Population; Sociology --- Belonging. --- Europe. --- Europeanization. --- Integration. --- Nation. --- Politics. --- Population. --- Social Inequality. --- Social Policy. --- Social Security. --- Sociological Theory. --- Sociology. --- Solidarity.

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This open access book presents an actor-centered study on Europeanization, based on the assumption that EU-driven reforms are highly dependent on the behavior and interests of the key domestic actors. Whether or not a state pursues a European and democratic agenda depends on domestic lawmakers. Further, political elites are pre-eminent in deciding on the nature, form and content of any law, and on the extent to which the rule of law is actually enforced. Elites can overcome structural or institutional barriers that stand in the way of achieving their goals. The empirical study on Romania presented here lends this observation a more profound meaning: it shows how, in contexts where high level corruption is the norm rather than the exception, self-serving political elites cannot be expected to genuinely commit to adopting sound anti-corruption reform. The book is an inquiry into the motivations that drive legislators to make particular decisions, but also into the structural characteristics and dynamics of the elite that invite a selfish rather than responsible and responsive behaviour. This publication was supported by funds from the Publication Fund for Open Access Monographs of the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany.

Politics & government --- Comparative politics --- Sociology --- Public administration --- Economics --- Europeanization --- Romania --- European Union --- EU --- post-accession conditionality --- Central and Eastern Europe --- political elite --- corruption --- justice reform --- civil society empowerment --- European Union Politics --- Russian and Post-Soviet Politics

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This open access book explores the new complexities and ambiguities that epitomize EU-Turkey relations. With a strong focus on the developments in the last decade, the book provides full access to a comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted relationship through three entry points: (1) Theories and Concepts, (2) Institutions, and (3) Policies. Part I brings together complementary and competing analytical approaches to study the evolution of EU-Turkey relations, ranging from traditional integration theories to novel concepts. Part II investigates the institutional machinery of EU-Turkey relations by analyzing the roles and perspectives of the European Council, the European Commission, and the European Parliament. Part III offers analyses of the policies most relevant for the relationship: enlargement policy, trade and macroeconomic policies, foreign and security policy, migration and asylum policies, and energy policy. In Part IV, the volume closes with a systematic survey of the conditions under which cooperative trends in EU-Turkey relations could be (re)invigorated. The systematic setup and the balanced combination of distinguished experts from EU- and Turkey-based institutions make this book a fundamental reading for students, researchers, lecturers, and practitioners of EU-Turkey relations, European integration and Turkish foreign policy.

Politics & government --- International relations --- European Politics --- Foreign Policy --- International Relations Theory --- Open Access --- European Union Politics --- EU-Turkey Relations --- Theories of European Integration --- EU Institutions --- EU Policies --- EU Enlargement and Neighborhood --- Alternative Forms of Partnership --- multilateral frameworks --- external crises --- domestic developments --- bilateral processes --- Liberal Intergovernmentalism --- Customs Union --- International Relations --- Europeanization --- rhetorical action --- European Council --- European Comission --- European Parliament --- Europe --- European Union countries --- Turkey --- Foreign relations