Publications of the Social Cohesion Department - Analysis and Consulting
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How much responsibility does the “Community of responsibility” hold?
Responsibility, but without legal protection in case of separation
According to the coalition agreement (2021-2025), the major reform of family law planned by the Federal government will include the new legal institution of the “Community of responsibility” (“Verantwortungsgemeinschaft”) for an unlimited number of persons. Its main characteristics will be the easy conclusion as well as quick separation. As the planning goes, the Community of responsibility will offer marriage-like tax privileges whilst avoiding any regulations for the period after the separation to protect those individuals who have provided unpaid care or nursing.
Elisabeth Hoffmann
September 18, 2023
Facts and Findings
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ChancenZeit – Time of opportunities
Discussions about the future of a service to society
he introduction of a mandatory “Gesellschaftsjahr” (society year) has been discussed by German politicians and society for some years now. The idea is that young adults, after completing their schooling, would be required to spend a year serving society in an area of their free choice, i.e. in a social, cultural, ecological or charitable institution or, alternatively, in the German armed forces. What do young people themselves think about service to society and how should it be structured in the future?
Natalie Klauser
August 29, 2023
Monitor
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Redemption of the Staatsleistungen
Suggestion for the fulfillment of the constitutional duty to redeem the Staatsleistungen under Article 140 Basic Law in conjunction with Article 138 (1) Weimar Constitution
The constitutional mandate to redeem the Staatsleistungen under Article 140 of the Basic Law in conjunction with Article 138 (1) of the Weimar Constitution has not yet been fulfilled, despite the intention of the current governing coalition. Various approaches are conceivable as to how this essentially fiscal task can be appropriately realized.
Prof. Dr. Michael Germann
July 18, 2023
Monitor
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Visas for visionaries
Startup visas as instruments of economic, innovation and immigration policy
The growing international competition for young and talented entrepreneurs has led to more and more countries introducing the so-called startup visas over the past decade. They have been developed above all in OECD and EU countries as a springboard for foreign founders with innovative ideas.
Jana Lajsic
April 24, 2023
Monitor
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One Child-Many Parents: Community of Responsibility for Multi-parent Rainbow Families
Discussion Paper on the "Responsibility Community" of the Traffic Light Coalition Agreement
The major reform of family law planned by the federal government includes the new legal institution of the "community of responsibility". Associations in the queer context have great expectations of the new legal institute, which is supposed to legally secure the new family form of multi-parent rainbow families. What do we know about multi-parent rainbow families? What needs to be taken into account in the legal design?
Elisabeth Hoffmann
January 23, 2023
Monitor
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The Russian Orthodox Church's Disempowerment of Society
Analysis for the Empowerment of the War Enthusiasts
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and Putin's regime are very close. The ROC provides the ideological superstructure for Putin's agenda and empowers the war-mongers in society. At the same time, it promotes indifference and cynicism regarding public affairs. Foreseeably, however, the ROC's propaganda is reaching its limits, as it is finding less of a hearing among post-Soviet socialized age groups and lacks a forward-looking vision.
Andreas Heinemann-Grüder
January 16, 2023
Facts and Findings
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Europe and the Christian Orthodoxy
Statements given by Thomas Rachel (MdB) and Archpriest Radu Constantin Miron
Outside Europe, anti-Western narratives are often disseminated in Orthodox circles, whereas in Europe, concerns of Christian Orthodoxy are not uncommonly being overlooked. This problem of lack of mutual understanding is particularly evident in geopolitical conflicts with religious elements, such as the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine or restrictions on religious freedom in Turkey. What can European politics and the Orthodox churches do to improve this relationship?
Thomas Rachel, Radu Constantin Miron
December 6, 2022
Monitor
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Kein Geld für Sprach-Kitas
Das Aus für das Bundesprogramm zur frühkindlichen Sprachförderung ist ein bildungs- und integrationspolitischer Fehler
Vierzig Prozent der Kinder in Deutschland haben einen Migrationshintergrund. Frühe Sprachförderung von Kindern ist wichtige Voraussetzung für Integration und Bildungsgerechtigkeit. Die Entscheidung der Bundesregierung, das Programm Sprach-Kitas zu beenden, wird einem modernen Einwanderungsland nicht gerecht, in dem Bildungs-, Integrations- und Zuwanderungspolitik zusammen gedacht werden müssen.
Dr. Annette Ranko, Felise Maennig-Fortmann
August 18, 2022
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Globalen Krisen gerecht begegnen
Aus der Reihe Sozialethik konkret – Kooperationsprojekt der Katholisch-Sozialen Akademie Franz Hitze Haus, der Akademie Die Wolfsburg und der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Im Verlauf der Covid-19-Pandemie hat sich gezeigt, dass die Pandemie sich nicht nur national, sondern auch international in gravierender Weise auf das gesellschaftliche Leben ausgewirkt hat und sich auch immer noch auswirkt. Der Tagungsband aus der Reihe „Sozialethik konkret“ beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, welche Lehren sich aus der Covid‑19-Pandemie für die Bewältigung kommender Krisen globalen Ausmaßes unter dem Aspekt der Gerechtigkeit ziehen lassen können.
August 18, 2022
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Welches Antirassismuskonzept?
Die Debatte um die Besetzung der Antidiskriminierungsbeauftragten ist auch eine Debatte um Konzepte
Nach Ferda Atamans Nominierung zur Antidiskriminierungsbeauftragten regt sich auch innerhalb der Regierungskoalition Kritik – nicht zuletzt an dem von ihr vertretenen Rassismus-Konzept. Die Regierung sollte deshalb ihr Verständnis von Rassismus und Antidiskriminierung klären und ihre konkreten Pläne zur Rassismus-Bekämpfungen erläutern.
