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Diese Publikation beinhaltet die Ergebnisse des vom Bundesministeriums fur Bildung und Forschung geforderten Projekts Altern und Versorgung im nachbarschaftlichen Netz einer Wohnbaugenossenschaft . Die umfassende Studie liefert wichtige Aspekte zur Forderung einer Generationenbeziehung im nachbarschaftlichen Kontext.

Dieses Herausgeberwerk prasentiert erfolgreiche Zertifizierungssysteme und deren Praxisanwendung. Es vermittelt Grundlagen fur die Zertifizierungen von Produkten, Dienstleistungen und Managementsystemen in den Handlungsfeldern Nachhaltigkeit, Okologie, Klimaschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit. Es wird dargelegt, wie Zertifizierungen fur die Umsetzung wirtschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher Ziele, die Erhaltung der Umwelt und die Erhohung des Verbrauchervertrauens genutzt werden konnen und welche Voraussetzungen dabei zu beachten sind.

Die Wirtschaft setzt zunehmend auf Zertifikate und...

In recent years public management research in a variety of disciplines has paid increasing attention to the role of citizens and the third sector in the provision of public services. Several of these efforts have employed the concept of co-production to better understand and explain this trend. This book aims to go further by systematizing the growing body of academic papers and reports that focus on various aspects of co-production and its potential contribution to new public governance. It has an interdisciplinary focus that makes a unique contribution to the body of knowledge in this...

During the past twenty years, the field of nonprofit management has grown significantly in terms of the number of nonprofit organizations, number of people employed, and amount of funds raised. A key activity in nonprofit management has been organizing events, which are generally defined as "purposive gatherings of people." These purposes may include: increasing awareness about the nonprofit organization and its mission; raising funds to support programs and services related to its mission; engaging and developing individuals as donors, volunteers, and advocates; and enhancing the image of...

The media are in crisis. Confronted by growing competition and sagging advertising revenue, news operations in print, on radio and TV, and even online are struggling to reinvent themselves. Many have gone under. For too many others, the answer has been to lay off reporters, join conglomerates, and lean more heavily on generic content. The result: in a world awash with information, news organizations provide citizens with less and less in-depth reporting and a narrowing range of viewpoints. If democracy requires an informed citizenry, this trend spells trouble.

Julia Cage explains the...

The history of diplomacy is littered with false starts, misread intentions, and cultural faux pas; yet refugees can't be helped, nor international rules created or implemented without diplomacy. In addition, governments can't do it all. In the 21^st century, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are at the forefront of global efforts for peace, social justice, and environmental reform. Success for today's NGO requires balancing long-term strategies and goals with day-to-day and even moment-to-moment issues--much of this taking place across the negotiation table from...

Global Governance Enterprises focuses on a specific multi-sector collaboration the formation of an entity that carries out global governance providing a detailed analysis of the context of their emergence, as well as how they are created, managed, and sustained.

Forrer considers the growing challenges to successful global governance and the role of multi-sector collaborations in overcoming these challenges, arguing that such partnerships should be considered successful only when they meet specific conditions that ensure they are doing well and doing good. By...