englischBureaucracy—a burden without an end? Regulation—why are we dissatisfied with state laws and regulations? Administration—why are digitalisation and practicality, customer service culture and proximity to citizens not making progress? The refugee and coronavirus crises have ruthlessly exposed [...]

englischThe EU and its Member States use nudges as a tool for food consumption management, in order to achieve coherent strategies and to address the consumer as effectively as possible. But how can a coherent nutrition policy be designed and what demands do nudges make on Member State coordination [...]

englischMarxian theory plays an essential role in the debate on ‘digital capitalism’. While the majority of approaches merely adapt individual theorems and concepts, in this book, the Marxian theory of value is applied in its entirety to the phenomena of digitalisation in value creation. In [...]

englischWhat characterises the phenomenon of populism, and how has it developed in recent decades? In this study, Edward Weber addresses these questions using quantitative longitudinal analyses of three areas of investigation: the responsiveness of political elites, populism among citizens and [...]

englischThe contributions to this edited volume which is dedicated to Prof. Dr. Christiane Lemke reflect on the transatlantic relations from a historical as well as contemporary perspective. Next to the effects of populist tendencies in the US and Europe, the authors also discuss developments in the [...]

englischNational and international administrative actors interact via coordination processes that are often informal, in which they exercise power to accumulate critical resources or push their agendas. Supported by quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis techniques, this work [...]

englischThe importance of cluster policy is still very high in Germany. Especially today, when the coronavirus pandemic is putting cities and regions under economic pressure, places are having to compete with others more than ever to achieve new growth. Using an ex-post perspective of the case [...]