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In der vorliegenden Masterarbeit habe ich mich mit der Thematik der subjektiven Wahrnehmung und Einschätzung der Normalität von Menschen mit Möbius Syndrom beschäftigt. Zur Beantwortung meiner Fragestellung „Wie entstehen und gestalten sich individuelle Normalitätskonstruktionen von weiblichen Betroffenen mit Möbius Syndrom vor dem Hintergrund des Fremd- und Selbstverständnisses ihrer Einschränkung?“ habe ich fünf leitfadengestützte Interviews durchgeführt, die anschließend anhand der Methode der zusammenfassenden qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse nach Mayring (2015) ausgewertet wurden. Den Rahmen der theoretischen Ausführungen bildeten dabei die flexibel-normalistischen und protonormalistischen Ansätze von Link (2006) sowie Goffmans (2014) Ausführungen zum Stigma. Es wurde in dieser Arbeit angestrebt, tradierte Überzeugungen und Strukturen kritisch zu reflektieren und zu hinterfragen, wie es zu Einstellungen und Konstruktionen von Normalität, aber auch von Behinderung kommt. In den theoretischen Ausführungen zeigte sich, ebenso wie in den Ergebnissen, dass man auf die Frage, was Normalität für die oder den Einzelnen bedeutet, höchst unterschiedliche Antworten erhalten kann. Es wäre vermessen zu glauben, dass nur eine Normalität existiert. Die persönliche Vorannahme, dass es sich bei der Normalität um ein Konzept handelt, das sehr oft implizit und unbewusst mitschwingt, fand im Rahmen der empirischen Erhebung Zustimmung und Bestätigung. Es wurde einerseits Wert darauf gelegt, die eher angespannte und komplizierte Beziehung zwischen Menschen mit und ohne Behinderung darzustellen, sowie die oftmals kritischen Einstellungen Betroffenen gegenüber. Andererseits wurde angestrebt, nicht nur den negativen Aspekten verhaftet zu bleiben, sondern Entwicklungspotentiale und positive Begleiterscheinungen einer Behinderung und insbesondere beim Möbius Syndrom aufzuzeigen., In my Masters´Thesis I dealt with the topic of the subjective perspective on and the opinion about normality of people with Moebius Syndrome. To answer my research question „How are individual constructions of normality of women affected by Moebius Syndrome emerging and developing considering the image of their disability others have about them and the image they have about themselves?” I conducted five guideline-based interviews, which were evaluated with the summarizing qualitative content analysis according to Mayring (2015). The theoretical frame of my thesis was built on the flexible-normalistic and protonormalistic approaches according to Link (2006) and the theory of stigma by Goffman (2014). One goal of this thesis was to critically reflect and question, how traditional attitudes and constructions of normality but also disability develop. In the theoretical part as well as in the results it could be shown that the question, what normality means for the individual person, will be answered in many different ways. Therefore it would be wrong to believe that there´s only one kind of normality. The personal presumption that normality is a concept, which implicitly and unconsciously influences our lives could be approved in the empirical section of the thesis. I set value on showing the more tense and complicated relationship between persons with and without disabilities as well as the often critical attitudes towards disabled people. On the other hand it seemed important to me not to exclusively focus on the negative aspects but to show the potentials for development and positive sides of a disability, especially of Moebius syndrome.

Countries in the Middle East have been experiencing severe water shortages for several decades. In Jordan this crisis has been aggravated by population increase, climate change and the influx of Syrian refugees. In the process of managing the increasing water demand and its unstable supply some population groups become disadvantaged. It is increasingly recognised that a sustainable solution to the problem should extend beyond its technical dimension and ensure the involvement of various stakeholder groups. But how can an inclusive participatory process be designed that is likely to arrive at sustainable water management system? This is the question addressed by this book. The potential of participation in water management is examined for three exemplary refugee-hosting Jordanian rural communities. The book goes beyond the discussion of advantages of the approach and determines the conditions under which a participatory process will need to be designed. These are rooted, among other things, in the strong informal institutions regulating relationships within Jordanian society. Making explicit the complex web of water-related interests, social rules and power relations among water users and managers as well as actors’ existing problem-solving capacities is the basis for subsequently elaborating design principles for a participatory process that may lead to a more inclusive and sustainable water management system in the region. Results highlight the need to embed interventions in natural resource management - with tech-nical and institutional components - within the overall social system that forms Jordanian society. This study therefore contributes to the small but growing body of literature on social water stud-ies in the MENA region.