Bernhard Mann
Encyclopedia
Bernhard Mann is a social scientist, university lecturer of sociology
and public health
at the University of Bonn
and at the University of Koblenz-Landau
and a politician
, representative of the Social Democratic Party
.
and Paris
and the university-entrance diploma in Stuttgart, Bernhard Mann studied political economics, law
, sociology, medical sociology
and social policy
at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and the University of Göttingen between 1971 and 1977. Mann acquired a master degree in social sciences
(M.A.
). He could continue his research for PhD
in social gerontology
and social planning at the University of Kassel
, his research for a MPH
in public health
at Hannover Medical School
and his advanced training in total quality management
at the Kaiserslautern University of Technology.
Bernhard Mann acted as an assistant professor of sociology in Erlangen-Nuernberg (1978–81) and Konstanz
(1991–96), assistant professor of sociology and public health in Bonn (since 1999) and in Koblenz-Landau (since 2001). Mann is a member of the scientific board of the M.A. program for Health Management in Koblenz-Landau. He was elected for certifying the Faculty of Social Sciences in Göttingen and the M.A. program for Health Management in Koblenz-Landau. Together with three colleges, he is editor of the Koblenz memoire for public health and health management, published by LIT (Münster-Berlin-Hamburg-London-Wien-Zürich).
for the elderly 2010. Mann was appointed to be an honorary judge at the administrative court
in Ansbach
and Köln
, especially in the cases of the procedure for granting the Right of asylum
. He is a member of the head of the Social Democratic Party in Unkel
, a place Willy Brandt
was living and died.
, India
, Mexico
, England
and France
. In India he held a research project about the Basic education
by Mahatma Gandhi
in comparison with the pedagogical concepts by Paulo Freire
. In 1996 he was a visiting professor at the University of Edinburgh
. From 2003 to 2005 Bernhard Mann was elected as adviser for the Programme national de recherche 45 - Problemes de l´Etat social, Suisse, and in 2009 as adviser for Health Sociology
for the European Union
at the Republic of Cyprus. Since 2008 he is listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World
.
Basic Education by Mahatma Gandhi and Education for liberation by Paulo Freire aims to develop the whole personality. The accommodation, adequate supply and health care of political refugees needs to offer psychosocial services. The elderly entering in a retirement home needs to protect their personal and social identity and the support of elderly handicaps in a nursing home require's quality management. In the light of the increasing violence
, a burden for the health as the World Health Organization
reports, the development of Public Health will be a very important issue.
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
and public health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
at the University of Bonn
University of Bonn
The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...
and at the University of Koblenz-Landau
Koblenz
Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...
and a politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, representative of the Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
.
Education and career
After college education in LondonLondon
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and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and the university-entrance diploma in Stuttgart, Bernhard Mann studied political economics, law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
, sociology, medical sociology
Medical sociology
Medical sociology is the sociological analysis of medical organizations and institutions; the production of knowledges and selection of methods, the actions and interactions of healthcare professionals, and the social or cultural effects of medical practice...
and social policy
Social policy
Social policy primarily refers to guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare. Thus, social policy is that part of public policy that has to do with social issues...
at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and the University of Göttingen between 1971 and 1977. Mann acquired a master degree in social sciences
Social sciences
Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...
(M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
). He could continue his research for PhD
PHD
PHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in social gerontology
Gerontology
Gerontology is the study of the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging...
and social planning at the University of Kassel
University of Kassel
The University of Kassel, founded in 1970, is one of the newer universities in the state of Hesse. The university is in Kassel, and as of September 2010 has about 18,113 students...
, his research for a MPH
Master of Public Health
The Master of Public Health and the Doctor of Public Health are multi-disciplinary professional degrees awarded for studies in areas related to public health....
in public health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
at Hannover Medical School
Hannover Medical School
The Hannover Medical School , founded in 1965, is a university medical centre in Germany, part of a regional medical network.-International:...
and his advanced training in total quality management
Total Quality Management
Total quality management or TQM is an integrative philosophy of management for continuously improving the quality of products and processes....
at the Kaiserslautern University of Technology.
Bernhard Mann acted as an assistant professor of sociology in Erlangen-Nuernberg (1978–81) and Konstanz
University of Konstanz
The University of Konstanz is a university in the city of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was founded in 1966, and the main campus on the Gießberg was opened in 1972. As one of nine German Excellence Universities today University of Konstanz is counted among Germany's most prestigious...
(1991–96), assistant professor of sociology and public health in Bonn (since 1999) and in Koblenz-Landau (since 2001). Mann is a member of the scientific board of the M.A. program for Health Management in Koblenz-Landau. He was elected for certifying the Faculty of Social Sciences in Göttingen and the M.A. program for Health Management in Koblenz-Landau. Together with three colleges, he is editor of the Koblenz memoire for public health and health management, published by LIT (Münster-Berlin-Hamburg-London-Wien-Zürich).
Sociological consultation
Bernhard Mann operated as project manager for public-health-projects for the German health ministry in the case of consulting political refugees, the German family ministry in the case of health promotion with elderly handicaps and the Bavarian social ministry in the case of the social management with elderly handicaps. He was consultant at the Germany Society for Rehabilitation and at the Institute for Vocational Training, Labour Market and Social Policy (INBAS), Offenbach am Main, is senator of the German Association of Sociologists (since 1997) and belongs to the jury in order to select the German city with the best quality of lifeQuality of life
The term quality of life is used to evaluate the general well-being of individuals and societies. The term is used in a wide range of contexts, including the fields of international development, healthcare, and politics. Quality of life should not be confused with the concept of standard of...
for the elderly 2010. Mann was appointed to be an honorary judge at the administrative court
Administrative court
Greece, as a civil law country has administrative courts. The establishment of those courts can be found in article 94 of the Constitution of the Hellenic Republic 1975, as revised in 2001. The administrative courts are composed from districts Courts of First Instance, district Courts of Appeal and...
in Ansbach
Ansbach
Ansbach, originally Onolzbach, is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is situated southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the Fränkische Rezat, a tributary of the Main river. As of 2004, its population was 40,723.Ansbach...
and Köln
KOLN
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, especially in the cases of the procedure for granting the Right of asylum
Right of asylum
Right of asylum is an ancient juridical notion, under which a person persecuted for political opinions or religious beliefs in his or her own country may be protected by another sovereign authority, a foreign country, or church sanctuaries...
. He is a member of the head of the Social Democratic Party in Unkel
Unkel
Unkel is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, near Remagen, approx. 20 km southeast of Bonn....
, a place Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm , was a German politician, Mayor of West Berlin 1957–1966, Chancellor of West Germany 1969–1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany 1964–1987....
was living and died.
International projects
Mann was funded for international studies in JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. In India he held a research project about the Basic education
Basic education
Basic education refers to the whole range of educational activities taking place in various settings , that aim to meet basic learning needs. According to the International Standard Classification of Education , basic education comprises primary education and lower secondary education...
by Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
in comparison with the pedagogical concepts by Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire
Paulo Reglus Neves Freire was a Brazilian educator and influential theorist of critical pedagogy.-Biography:...
. In 1996 he was a visiting professor at the University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1583, is a public research university located in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university...
. From 2003 to 2005 Bernhard Mann was elected as adviser for the Programme national de recherche 45 - Problemes de l´Etat social, Suisse, and in 2009 as adviser for Health Sociology
Medical sociology
Medical sociology is the sociological analysis of medical organizations and institutions; the production of knowledges and selection of methods, the actions and interactions of healthcare professionals, and the social or cultural effects of medical practice...
for the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
at the Republic of Cyprus. Since 2008 he is listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World
Marquis Who's Who
Marquis Who's Who, a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc., is the American publisher of a number of directories containing short biographies...
.
German writer
The research in the view of sociology, public health, social planning and social gerontology is documented in various publications:Basic Education by Mahatma Gandhi and Education for liberation by Paulo Freire aims to develop the whole personality. The accommodation, adequate supply and health care of political refugees needs to offer psychosocial services. The elderly entering in a retirement home needs to protect their personal and social identity and the support of elderly handicaps in a nursing home require's quality management. In the light of the increasing violence
Violence
Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...
, a burden for the health as the World Health Organization
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
reports, the development of Public Health will be a very important issue.
Works available in English
- Aging handicapped in Federal Republic of Germany (FRG): social aspects of non-integration and integration. In: E. Beregi, I.A. Gergely, K. Rajczi (Ed.) Recent advances in Aging Science II. Monduzzi Editore. Bologna 1993, ISBN 88-323-0704-9
- The Pedagogical and Political Concepts of Mahatma Gandhi and Paulo Freire. In: Bernhard Claußen (Ed.): International Studies in Political Socialization and Education. Ed. 8. Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-926952-97-0
Works available in French
- (avec Wolfgang Petran). The expertise of sociologists. La sociologie professionnelle en Allemagne. Sociologies d'ailleurs. Revue Sociologies pratiques. 149-159. 2010 – No 20. Presses Universitaires de France.
Works available in German
- Political Refugee. Sociological aspects and Public Health orientated recommentations in collective points. München 2007. ISBN 978-3-638-86511-1.
- Violence and Health. Public Health orientated recommentations by the World Health Organisation (WHO). In: Sozialwissenschaften und Berufspraxis 29. Jg. 1/2006. S. 81-91 ISSN 0724-3464
- Health System Research and Health Sociology. In: Health Management (Ed.): Lehrbriefe. University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz 2005
- Aging and Society between Competence and Ageism. In: Soziologische Revue 2/2002. S. 133-148. ISSN 0343-4109
- Ethics in Sociology. Munich 2001 ISBN (E-Book) 978-3-638-86215-8
- Health Sociology. In: University of Köln. Institute of Sociology (Ed.) Gute Gesellschaft. Münster-Hamburg-London 2000
- Home care. Effects of the Social Law. Deutsche Hochschulschriften. Bd. 509. Egelsbach-Frankfurt/Main-Washington 1994, ISBN 3-89349-509-6
- Qualities of assimilation. Elderly handicaps living in the retirement home. Frankfurt/M. 1990, ISBN 3-89228-525-X
- Adult handicaps and the old residing in an old people's home. In: Zeitschrift für Gerontopsychologie und -psychiatrie, 1, 1988/2, S. 163-172 ISSN 1011-6877
- Changing to an old people's home and basic strategies in the view of social gerontology. In: Bernhard Claußen, Karlheinz Filipp, Klaus Wasmund (Ed.): Materialien zur sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung. Ed. 3. Frankfurt/M. 1987, ISBN 3-89228-117-3
- Political Refugee. Foreword: UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). Frankfurt/M. 1983, ISBN 3-88129-725-1
- Die pädagogisch-politischen Konzeptionen Mahatma Gandhis und Paulo Freires. In: Bernhard Claußen (Ed.): Studien zur Politikdidaktik. Band 9. Frankfurt/M. 1979, ISSN 0344-3299 ISBN 3-88129-237-3
See also
- List of Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians
- GerontologyGerontologyGerontology is the study of the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging...
- Mahatma GandhiMahatma GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
- Paulo FreirePaulo FreirePaulo Reglus Neves Freire was a Brazilian educator and influential theorist of critical pedagogy.-Biography:...
- Public HealthPublic healthPublic health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
- Social MedicineSocial medicineThe field of social medicine seeks to:# understand how social and economic conditions impact health, disease and the practice of medicine and# foster conditions in which this understanding can lead to a healthier society....
- SociologySociologySociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...