This book sheds light on social policies in six South Asian countries introduced between 2003 and 2013, examining the ways in which these policies have come about, and what this reflects about the nature of the state in each of these countries. It offers a detailed analysis of the nature of these policies introduced in recent years in Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and illustrates the similarities and differences in policy approaches amongst the six countries. Through this analysis, the book explores the thesis of whether there is a particular type of 'developmental welfare state' that can be observed across South Asia. The focus is on social policies or policies designed to address poverty and deliver welfare at the level of programming and design, i.e. the stated intent of these policies. The book also presents an analysis of the fiscal space available in each of the six countries, thereby drawing conclusions about the financial feasibility of a 'developmental welfare state' model in the region. This comprehensive book uniquely explores critical aspects of policy debates on a possible move from welfare to 'rights'. It introduces students and researchers in development studies, social policy and South Asian studies to innovative welfare programmes in South Asia and gives a new perspective on the nature and patterns of welfare in South Asia with the view of tackling inequality and promoting well-being.

This book sheds light on social policies in six South Asian countries introduced between 2003 and 2013, examining the ways in which these policies have come about, and what this reflects about the nature of the state in each of these countries. It offers a detailed analysis of the nature of these policies introduced in recent years in Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and illustrates the similarities and differences in policy approaches amongst the six countries. Through this analysis, the book explores the thesis of whether there is a particular type of 'developmental welfare state' that can be observed across South Asia. The focus is on social policies or policies designed to address poverty and deliver welfare at the level of programming and design, i.e. the stated intent of these policies. The book also presents an analysis of the fiscal space available in each of the six countries, thereby drawing conclusions about the financial feasibility of a 'developmental welfare state' model in the region. This comprehensive book uniquely explores critical aspects of policy debates on a possible move from welfare to 'rights'. It introduces students and researchers in development studies, social policy and South Asian studies to innovative welfare programmes in South Asia and gives a new perspective on the nature and patterns of welfare in South Asia with the view of tackling inequality and promoting well-being.

Der Band gibt Einblicke in die Arbeit der "Gemeinsamen Bildungskommission BRD/DDR," die im Mai 1990 seitens beider deutscher Staaten als Beratungs- und Koordinierungsorgan eingerichtet wurde, um die Zusammenfuhrung der beiden Bildungs- und Wissenschaftssysteme vorzubereiten. Im Zentrum der Auswahl und Analyse von Dokumenten stehen der Bereich der "Allgemeinen schulischen Bildung" und die Tatigkeit der gleichnamigen Unterkommission.
Anhand von Originaldokumenten zum Verlauf der Verhandlungen sowie gestutzt durch Interviews mit beiden Vorsitzenden der Kommission wird transparent, wie die im Einigungsvertrag vorgenommenen Weichenstellungen fur die Schulentwicklung zustande kamen.
Damit ist es erstmals moglich, weit verbreitetet Thesen uber Kolonialisierung, Anpassung und Neubeginn im Schulbereich unter Bezug auf den tatsachlichen Verhandlungsverlauf zu uberprufen sowie eine empirisch gestutzte Interpretation der Ausgangspunkte der schulpolitischen Entwicklung in den neuen Bundeslandern vorzunehmen.
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Das Buch befasst sich mit dem Grundsatz der persoenlichen arztlichen Leistungspflicht, dessen Beachtung Voraussetzung fur die Liquidationsfahigkeit ambulanter arztlicher Leistungen ist. Anhand der einschlagigen gesetzlichen Bestimmungen und der Rechtsprechung des Bundessozialgerichts wird die Ausgestaltung dieses Grundsatzes herausgearbeitet. Dabei wird besonderes Gewicht auf die Moeglichkeit des Einsatzes nichtarztlicher Hilfspersonen im Rahmen der ambulanten arztlichen Leistungserbringung gelegt, z. B. im Hinblick auf den einsatzfahigen Personenkreis, Umfang ihrer Tatigkeiten, Anforderungen an die Mitwirkung des Arztes bei der Ausfuhrung dieser Tatigkeiten durch nichtarztliches Hilfspersonal. Die Auswirkungen der gefundenen Ergebnisse werden bei besonderen Formen der arztlichen Leistungserbringung (z. B. Erbringung ambulanter Behandlungsmassnahmen im Krankenhaus; Leistungserbringung in Gemeinschaftseinrichtungen von AErzten) untersucht. Schliesslich wird die Haftung des Arztes fur nichtarztliche Hilfspersonen aus zivilrechtlicher Sicht (Behandlungsvertrag und unerlaubte Handlung) dargestellt. Mit diesem Buch werden dem Arzt und den Kostentragern konkrete Anhaltspunkte fur die Liquidationsfahigkeit arztlicher Leistungen an die Hand gegeben.

This volume looks at concepts and processes of social exclusion and social inclusion. It traces a number of discourses, all of them routed in a relational power analysis, examining them in the context of the UN Agenda for Sustainable Development 2030 with its commitment to leave no one behind. The book combines analysis that is fundamentally critical of the rhetoric of social inclusion in academic and UN discourse with narratives of social exclusion processes and social inclusion contestation, based on ethnographic field research findings in La Paz, Kingston, Port-au-Prince, Kampala, Beijing, Chongqing, Mumbai, Delhi, and villages in Northern India. As a result, it contributes to revealing the politics of social inclusion, offering policy proposals towards overcoming exclusions.

As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) pass their 2015 deadline and the international community begins to discuss the future of UN development policy, Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals brings together leading economists from both the global North and South to provide a much needed critique of the prevailing development agenda. By examining current development efforts, goals and policies, it exposes the structurally flawed and misleading measurements of poverty and hunger on which these efforts have been based, and which have led official sources to routinely underestimate the scale of world poverty even as the global distribution of wealth becomes ever more imbalanced.