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"Katharina Müller's poetry circles around questions of home, distance, and absence"--Publisher's website

Wie ist der Zusammenhang von Kosmopolitismus und Körperlichkeit im Drama und Theater des 18. Jahrhunderts beschaffen? Wie werden das zeitgenössische Konzept des Kosmopolitismus und die zeittypische Veränderung der Körperlichkeit auf der Bühne performativ umgesetzt, spielerisch erprobt und gegebenenfalls bestätigt? Antworten auf diese Fragen geben in diesem Band skandinavistische, anglistische, germanistische, romanistische und theaterwissenschaftliche Forscherinnen und Forscher aus Deutschland, Dänemark und Schweden. Die komparatistische Perspektivierung der dänisch-norwegischen, schwedischen, deutschen, englischen und französischen Dramatik des 18. Jahrhunderts erlaubt es, Differenzen ebenso wie Übereinstimmungen zwischen den verschiedenen europäischen Theaterkulturen produktiv zu beleuchten.

Abstract: "Improving the health status of the poor and addressing their specific health needs is crucial for poverty alleviation. In this context, the design of health care systems is one of several key challenges. This study analyses the accessibility of the Latvian health care system from a pro-poor perspective. What access barriers currently affect poor and vulnerable inhabitants of Latvia? How can these barriers be removed and the health care system be made more pro-poor? In this analysis of the Latvian health care system, three relevant dimensions of accessibility are identified: the financial, the geographical, and the informational one. For each dimension, barriers to access, existing measures to overcome these and their limits are discussed and reform proposals made. Overall, efforts to enhance the access of poor and vulnerable groups to the Latvian health care system must tackle the pooling and funding side, improve the overall stewardship of health care and social protection, and m

This work focuses on post-1989 social policy. Existing public pension systems in Central-Eastern European underwent fundamental change as Latin-American style pension reforms were adopted. The book focuses on the divergent pensions reform experiences of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic

InhaltsverzeichnisIntroduction: Transforming Social Security - Pensions in Central-Eastern Europe.I. Transition and Social Security in Central-Eastern Europe.Social Security - A Second Phase Transformation Phenomenon?.The Transformation of Social Security in Central and Eastern Europe.II. Issues and Role Models in the Pension Reform Debate.The Controversy Between the Pay-As-You-Go System and the Fully-Funded System in Old-Age Security.The Political Feasibility of Pension Reform in the Light of Demographic Change.Pension Reforms in Germany: Major Topics, Decisions and Developments.Paradigmatic Change in Old-Age Security - Latin American Cases.III. Old-Age Security in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic: Institutional Legacy, Political Actors and Reform.The Polish Pension System and its Problems.The New Polish Pension Laws.Political Actors and Reform Paradigms in Old-Age Security in Poland.Hungarian Old-Age Security Prior to the 1998 Reform.The New Hungarian Pension System and its Problems.The Politics of the Hungarian Pension Reform.Political Actors and Reform Paradigms in Czech Old-Age Security.An Analysis of the Voluntary Pension Fund System in the Czech Republic.IV. Central-Eastern European Pension Reforms in Comparison.Distributional and Fiscal Consequences of Social Security Reforms in Central-Eastern Europe.Structural Settings, Political Actors, and Paradigmatic Outcomes in Central-Eastern European Pension Reforms.