Academy for Social Democracy
The Academy for Social Democracy (ASD) is an advisory and qualification project of the Political Academy of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung . The theory and practice of basic values and basic rights of social democracy are conveyed in seminars, discussion events and with reading books . After many years of leadership by Christian Krell , political scientist Jochen Dahm took over the leadership of the ASD team in early 2016.
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Seminars
The weekend seminars of the ASD are offered nationwide. The learning groups consist of a maximum of 16 participants and are open to anyone interested in politics. The course content is based on the theory of social democracy, which was shaped by the German constitutional lawyer Hermann Heller and further developed by the political scientist Thomas Meyer . It describes a community that embodies both a representative democracy and the social state postulate. The ASD offers eight thematic modules: Basics of Social Democracy , Economy , Globalization , Welfare State , Europe , Integration and Immigration, State and Civil Society, and Peace and Security.
Participation in the seminars is certified. Seminar participants can prepare and follow up the course content in the internal area of the academy's website and on the learning platform www.fes-campus.de. There seminar material as well as reading and audio books from the academy can be downloaded free of charge for registered users.
In addition to the exchange with scientists, the seminar participants have the opportunity to discuss with well-known politicians such as B. Hannelore Kraft , Erhard Eppler and Hubertus Heil .
Summer university
With the summer university project, the academy is attempting to actively link science and politics and bring them into conversation. The summer university is aimed at young people, for example (former) scholarship holders of the FES or HBS, active in political youth associations or university groups, young academics and unionized or oriented young adults. In recent years, efforts have also been made to attract international, progressive junior staff to the summer university.
The topics were:
- 2001: Thinking about the future
- 2002: Middle values - New balances in the 21st century
- 2003: European values and new reform policy
- 2004: The Society of the Future: Justice and Innovation
- 2005: The Principles of Social Democracy
- 2006: What holds society together?
- 2007: The Way of Social Democracy
- 2008: Justice in times of globalization
- 2009: Social Democracy in the New Age
- 2010: Workshop "Social Democracy"
- 2011: Progress and Social Democracy
- 2012: Democracy and Justice
- 2013: equality. Now!
- 2014: Social Democracy 2017 plus
- 2015: Germany, Europe and the world: stress test for the open society
- 2016: Without fear and reveries: Shaping integration and immigration
- 2017: More cohesion through more justice
- 2018: what's left? Impulses for a better tomorrow
materials
- The ASD's reading books offer in-depth knowledge of the seminars. Volume 1 Basics for Social Democracy , Volume 2 Economy and Social Democracy , Volume 3 Welfare State and Social Democracy , Volume 4 Europe and Social Democracy , Volume 5 Integration, Immigration and Social Democracy have been published so far . Volume 6 State, Civil Society and Social Democracy and finally Volume 7 Globalization and Social Democracy .
- Under the title “In a nutshell”, the topics of social democracy are clearly presented and dealt with. The special thing about the reading series is the language. In contrast to many other publications, the books are written in understandable everyday language. The “Kurz und Klar” books thus offer a simple introduction to social democracy.
- The content of the audio books is based on the social democratic reading books. Except for the last volume, all reading books have already been published as audio books.
- With the “Films of Social Democracy”, the core issues of social democracy, which have already been discussed in the reading books, are to be presented in a short and concise manner as a film.
In addition, ASD regularly holds discussion events on topics of social democracy in Bonn .
Faculty
(As of 2016)
- Sigrid Baringhorst - University of Siegen
- Gerhard Brunn - University of Siegen
- Michael Dauderstädt - Verlag JHW Dietz Nachf.
- Frank Decker - University of Bonn
- Sebastian Dullien - HTW Berlin
- Henrik Enderlein - Hertie School of Governance
- Anke Hassel - Hertie School of Governance , London School of Economics
- Gustav A. Horn - Hans Böckler Foundation
- Jürgen Kocka - Berlin Science Center for Social Research
- Uta Meier-Graewe - University of Giessen
- Wolfgang Merkel - Berlin Science Center for Social Research
- Dirk Messner - University of Duisburg-Essen
- Thomas Meyer - Technical University of Dortmund
- Julian Nida-Rümelin - Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
- Wolfgang Schroeder - University of Kassel
- Gesine Schwan - President of the Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance
- Dietrich Thränhardt - Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster
- Michael Zürn - Berlin Science Center for Social Research
literature
- Thomas Meyer: Theory of Social Democracy. VS, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 3-531-14612-2 .
- Christian Krell (2008): A compass in turbulent times - imparting skills in the Academy for Social Democracy. In: Practice Political Education. 4/2008, pp. 270-277.
- Tobias Gombert: Foundations of Social Democracy . Volume 1 of the reading books of the Academy for Social Democracy. FES, Bonn 2008, ISBN 978-3-89892-951-6 .
- Simon Vaut: Economy and Social Democracy . Volume 2 of the reading books of the Academy for Social Democracy. FES, Bonn 2009, ISBN 978-3-86872-040-2 .
- Alexander Petring: Welfare State and Social Democracy. Volume 3 of the reading books of the Academy for Social Democracy. FES, Bonn 2009, ISBN 978-3-86872-128-7 .
- Michael Reschke: Review: Fundamentals of Social Democracy . In: International Politics and Society. 2/2009, pp. 163-166. (PDF; 201 kB)
- Cäcilie Schildberg: Europe and Social Democracy ". Volume 4 of the reading books of the Academy for Social Democracy. FES, Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-86872-547-6 .
- Christian Henkes Integration, Immigration and Social Democracy. Volume 5 of the reading books of the Academy for Social Democracy. FES, Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-86872-606-0 .
- Christian Krell: Economic Policy Drafts in Political Education - What, Why and How? In: Practice Political Education. (03/2010). Pp. 172-180.
- Tobias Gombert u. a .: State, civil society and social democracy . Volume 6 of the reading books of the Academy for Social Democracy. FES, Bonn 2012 ISBN 978-3-86498-075-6 .
- Michael Dauderstädt among others: Globalization and Social Democracy . Volume 7 of the reading books of the Academy for Social Democracy. FES, Bonn 2015. ISBN 978-3-95861-374-4 .
- Entry into social democracy . Volume 1 of the series Kurz und Klar. FES, Bonn 2016. ISBN 978-3-95861-335-5 .