In Focus
Political issues fade too fast
The Bertelsmann Stiftung intends to focus on ways of making policymaking more sustainable. And to increase the international scope of its own project work, said Prof. Gunter Thielen, the Bertelsmann Stiftung chairman and CEO in presenting the foundation´s 2011 Annual Report.
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Berlin / Gütersloh - 22/03/2012
Democracy Not Advancing Around the Globe
Political freedoms are increasingly being curtailed in many countries around the globe. The situation has worsened in particular in many southeastern and eastern European states, as well as in Latin America. Moreover, despite many successes in overcoming the global financial and economic crisis, socioeconomic conditions in more than half of the world’s less-developed nations are inadequate.
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Washington, DC - 14/03/2012
The US-UK Relationship: From Special to Indispensable
The Bertelsmann Foundation North America presented for the first time to a US audience the findings of “Social Justice in the OECD – How Do the Member States Compare?” This report, released by the Bertelsmann Stiftung in late 2011, compared 31 OECD nations. See how the nations fare.
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Washington, DC - 02/03/2012
Too Little of a Good Thing: Social Justice in the USA
The Bertelsmann Foundation presented for the first time to a US audience the findings of “Social Justice in the OECD – How Do the Member States Compare?” This report, released by the Germany-based Bertelsmann Stiftung in late 2011, compared 31 OECD nations. See how the nations fare.
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Brussels - 02/02/2012
Solidarity: For Sale?
Europe needs a collective effort to create a perspective of social cohesion, sustained growth and employment, in addition to the collective actions to reduce public debts and to reform financial markets.
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Brussels-Gütersloh - 02/02/2012
Austerity and Solidarity in Europe: No Zero-sum Game
EU governments are implementing austerity packages; populist and nationalist movements are growing; social discontent rages. The European Union is facing a crisis of multiple dimensions, both economic and financial, but also social and democratic.
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