[EN]Edition Sigma

englischPrevious research into the causes of academic failure among students both from and not from a migrant background has traditionally focused on empirically and qualitatively measurable problems young people have fitting in between milieu-specific patterns of perception, thought and action and [...]

englischThe topic of resilience has received attention in the behavioural sciences since the 1950s. In particular, the Kauai Longitudinal Study by Emmy Werner was groundbreaking in terms of resilience research. In recent years, this research has also attracted the interest of the consumer sciences. [...]

englischWith the focus topic “The Human Factor”, the Jahrbuch Technikphilosophie 2023 aims to investigate on the one hand the manifold arrangements of the deficiency in the technical field (and especially “new” technologies): How do machine worlds, user interfaces, implementation strategies, or even [...]

englischIn which ways do knowledge production and economic value creation interact in natural product chemistry as various kinds of data and compounds are generated, analysed and circulated? And is there something new about those services offered by specialised actors? Based on an ethnographic case [...]

englischThe society and economy of Vietnam are still characterised by a process of rapid transformation. There is high economic and political pressure on the actors of this country, which comes not only from internal developments but also from foreign countries. This book takes stock of the rapid [...]

Nur in durchschnittlich einem von zehn ‚betriebsratsfähigen’ Betrieben (mit mindestens fünf Beschäftigten) existiert tatsächlich ein Betriebsrat (BR). Warum in den anderen neun kein BR gegründet wird, ist also höchst erklärungsbedürftig, doch die Forschung über BR-Gründungen ist – anders als jene [...]

Arbeitslosigkeit und Geringverdienst sind oft mit Armut verbunden. Von diesen sozialen Risiken sind auch viele Familien betroffen, insbesondere Alleinerziehende. Doch ist das Ausmaß von Erwerbs- und Armutsrisiken für Familien nicht in allen Wohlfahrtsstaaten gleich – verschiedene Politikprofile [...]

englischWhere is our consumer society headed? How have the attitudes and behaviour of consumers changed? Are we witnessing a shift from mass industrial consumption towards individual digital consumption? This book documents the third annual conference of the Netzwerk Verbraucherforschung (Consumer [...]

englischThis special edition of ‘WSI-Mitteilungen’, the academic journal of the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), focuses on the state of labour relations in Germany. The system of German industrial relations aroused lively interest following the corporatist crisis management of [...]

englischOf late, media coverage of anxiety and insecurity proliferating among the German population has been considerable. However, the social sciences have only recently explored these tendencies more profoundly, e.g. with respect to fears about social decline among the middle classes or [...]

englischPension policies are a major topic of political debate, whose discussions concentrate on both the instruments and general objectives of the system of pension provision. This volume includes research on different problems and reform alternatives in this respect, focusing especially on state [...]

englischDemocracy is under pressure. Not only populist and authoritarian movements contribute to this, but also digitalisation, the internet and social media. This volume presents answers to questions that move us all: How should we meet the challenges posed by hate and deepfakes, by polarisation [...]

„Responsible Research and Innovation“ (RRI) ist zu einem wichtigen Schlagwort der EU-Forschungspolitik geworden. Das Ziel: Technische Innovationen sollen sich an ethischen und gesellschaftlichen Erfordernissen orientieren und nicht allein durch kommerzielle Interessen bestimmt sein. RRI verlangt [...]

englischBased on extensive public administration and administrative law analyses, this book deals with the administration of migration and integration at federal, state and municipal level. It examines the individual levels of the federal state in terms of the essential administrative tasks relating [...]

englischFor many years, German municipal offices were regarded as the model of success in terms of modernising local administrative services in order to cater more to ordinary citizens. However, as a result of long waiting times and complaints from staff about deteriorating working conditions, [...]

englischThis study analyses local integration management in Germany, France and Sweden from a comparative perspective. It focuses on the inter-administrative relations, coordination and performance of integration management, with a particular focus on developments after the refugee crisis of [...]

englischSince its first publication in 2013, the Lexikon der Arbeits- und Industriesoziologie has set itself the goal of providing a well-founded overview of the current knowledge of the discipline while doing justice to the dynamics of the object of study. With the third, once again updated and [...]

Wie werden Gender, Sexualität(en), Begehren und „race“ im Kontext internationaler Freiwilligendienste und besonders im deutschen Freiwilligendienst weltwärts normiert, verhandelt, begrenzt und eingeschlossen? Diesen bislang vernachlässigten Fragen geht Aljoscha* Sanja Bökle in diesem Band nach. [...]

englischThe certification mark, which was introduced in response to an EU initiative in 2017, has been available in Germany since 2019. Its main features are neutrality, monitoring/control and transparency for certain material or service promises for which the legal protection of a certification [...]

englischThis special issue of Voluntaris further develops the discussions conducted at the first academic conference on developmental voluntary work, which took place at Cologne’s University of Applied Sciences (TH Köln) in September 2018 to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the voluntary work [...]

englischEducation in German volunteering services is caught between emancipatory demands and its functionalisation according to labour market requirements and the requirements of our knowledge-based society.

This book presents the findings of a research and practice development project carried out [...]

englischGood legislation and good administrative action are of great importance for the social acceptance of politics and administration. Unfortunately, however, they are often unclear, bureaucratic and poorly tailored to the needs of citizens. How can the accessibility and addressability of [...]

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 [...]

Die Automobilzulieferer im Allgemeinen und die kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen im Besonderen spielen für den Automobilstandort Deutschland eine wichtige, häufig unterschätzte Rolle. Allerdings befinden sich diese Betriebe vor dem Hintergrund paradigmatischer Veränderungen von [...]

englischWhich criteria must arguments against local wind farms fulfil to be recognised as plausible in the context of climate change? This study focuses on two objectives: First, the peculiarities of these arguments are elaborated in contrast to the general justification of the energy transition, [...]

Wie sehen Weiterbildungsteilnehmende die Gesellschaft, und wie hängen Gesellschaftsbilder und Bildungsinteressen zusammen? Was verändert sich möglicherweise im Verlauf einer längeren Weiterbildung daran? Diesen Fragen sind die Autoren in einer umfangreichen empirischen Untersuchung nachgegangen. Sie [...]