Karl Woerister

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Karl Wörister (born January 25, 1946 in Sierning , Upper Austria ; died March 6, 2016 in Vienna ) was an Austrian sociologist .

Life

Karl Wörister, initially an elementary and special school teacher, studied sociology in Linz and Vienna. Then worked for the Vienna Chamber of Labor for many years as an expert on social security . Worked in the office of the Minister for Women, Johanna Dohnal .

Participation in various studies and teaching assignments with the main topics: social security in international comparison, old-age security for women, invalidity pensions , sick leave , accidents at work , social law proceedings, atypical employment, etc. a. like peace research .

Wörister performed military service without a weapon as a pacifist in 1967/68 , and after the introduction of civil service in Austria in 1977 was the founder of the working group for civil service, nonviolence and social defense and editor of the magazine civil service .

Karl Wörister lived in Vienna and Neckenmarkt .

Fonts

  • Nonviolent Action - A Means of Conflict Resolution. Diploma thesis Institute for Sociology, University of Vienna, 1975.
  • Civil service in Austria. Survey results, analyzes. Austrian Students' Union, Vienna 1978.
  • with Emmerich Tálos : Social security in the welfare state of Austria. Development - challenges - structures. Nomos, Baden-Baden 1994, ISBN 3-7890-3442-8 .
  • with Anton Amann (Ed.): Change of course for old age. Chapter: Social and Material Security in the Future . Böhlau, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-205-99185-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Woerister, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Sierning
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 2016
Place of death Vienna