[EN]Edition Sigma

englischHungary and Poland have been heavily criticised for some time now because they pursue an ‘illiberal’ form of democracy and, in doing so, violate the principles at the heart of the EU. The combination of the right-wing populism prevalent in these countries and their tendency towards illiberal [...]

englischThe research field of occupational and industrial sociology has changed constantly and tremendously. Although work is still an important part of the majority of people’s lives and a key category when analysing social processes, its content, forms of organisation, demands and technological [...]

englischThe articles collected in this special issue of the SEER Journal deal with all the major channels of migration corresponding to different waves, from refugees and asylum seekers fleeing war, including civil war, and ethnic conflicts on the peripheries of the former Soviet Union, to the [...]

englischA lack of drugs with which to combat poverty-related diseases is a global health problem. This book presents various initiatives by public, non-profit or private actors which aim at strengthening product development regarding such diseases and discusses the political options for promoting [...]

englischExperimental practices are present in virtually all fields of society and appear in a broad variety of forms. This volume examines the assumption that experimentation provides – according to Foucault – a societal mechanism which penetrates the contemporary shaping of our knowledge-based [...]

englischThis book covers one of the first studies on the interdependency of biographical experiences and processes and teaching the subject of Judaism. Religious education gives teachers a platform to incorporate interpretative patterns based on the current syllabus, without having the option to [...]

englischIn a society in which poverty, and differences in income and education persist, people have started to call for social justice. This volume explores the changes in the philosophical character of social justice and how the concept is being rethought in the light of contemporary challenges. It [...]