Cultural Studies

As institutions of the state, publicly funded schools are obliged to remain neutral. At the same time, their educational mandate is not limited to the teaching of specialised knowledge. Schools are also places where values are formed. The contributors to this volume undertake an interdisciplinary reflection on this dimension of schools.

The speeches, essays and newspaper articles of Marianne Weber (1870-1954) gathered here allow her to step out from her famous husband Max's shadow to reveal a campaigner who fought tirelessly for the education of women and their equal rights and pay during the transition from the German Empire to the Weimar Republic. As this volume amplifies, it is time for her voice to be heard.

Reality and fiction are basic ontological categories, but they are not only subjects for philosophy. Theorizing in various fields of the humanities has developed an understanding of these categories and has put them in a dynamic relationship. The articles in this volume investigate the synchronic and diachronic variation in their relationship.

The contributors to this volume explore the future of EU Cohesion Policy, one of the main pillars of the EU budget. With contributions from 15 experts, the volume focuses on the rationale of Cohesion Policy, its economic impacts over 30 years, effectiveness factors, and ways to enhance performance and evaluations.