This chapter discusses the nature of external capabilities and how they bear upon social policy. Alternative definitions of external capabilities are compared and a simplified version suggested. It is argued that the issues surrounding external capabilities can be resolved only if the capability...

The aim of this paper is to determine whether since 2000 the areas along the border with the Czech Republic have developed in such a way that a location on the border is no longer practically synonymous with structural weakness or whether this is at least less pronounced than it was. Living and...

Ziel des Beitrags ist es zu erkennen, ob sich die Räume entlang der Grenze zur Tschechischen Republik seit der Jahrtausendwende so entwickelt haben, dass die Koinzidenz von Strukturschwäche und Grenzlage nicht oder nur mehr abgeschwächt gegeben ist. Die Lebens- und Arbeitsbedingungen haben...

Die Zusammenarbeit von Stadtplanung und Public Health ist grundlegend für eine gesundheitsfördernde Stadtentwicklung und zur Bewältigung von ungerechten gesundheitlichen Ungleichheiten. Die Epidemiologie als eine Kerndisziplin von Public Health befasst sich mit der Häufigkeit von...

The parliamentary elections of October 2007, the first free Togolese elections since decades, were meant to correct at least partially the rigged presidential elections of 2005. Western donors considered it as a litmus test of despotic African regimes’ propensity to change towards...

In the past decades the involvement of local experts in the planning and evaluation of development programs has steadily increased. Ownership of development planning is propagated as major aim of bilateral and international development co-operation. Yet, the quality and performance of many local...

The WAEMU and the Franc CFA-Zone: A new culture of co-operation in Francophone Africa? The CFA-zone is basically composed of two sub-zones, characterised by significant structural economic and political differences within and between its member countries: the West African Economic and Monetary...

The analysis of African occult belief systems provides a unique example for demonstrating that seemingly outdated and exotic African modes of thought, such as the belief in magic and witchcraft, are modern and have significant impact on social, economic and political structures. Official...