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englischThis company case study analyses the implementation of one of the largest wage policy projects in recent years in unusual empirical depth and with great sensitivity. With the existing social order being called into question, conflict has arisen between companies, employees and their [...]

englischYouth mentoring is an important instrument in reducing social disadvantages and educational injustice. However, the willingness to volunteer as a mentor, which is necessary for its implementation, has remained largely unexplored. In this study, voluntary work in youth mentoring is examined [...]

englischEvidence has become a key resource within our knowledge society. At the same time, during the course of the 20th century, negotiations on the validity of knowledge became a political and controversial phenomenon which has since shaped the multiple fields of science, technology, politics, [...]

englischHow can an age of transnationalism and internationalism simultaneously be an age of nationalism and nation states? Using the historical sociology of migration, this book attempts to find a way of understanding this question. One answer can be found in institutional structures and [...]

englischThis study analyses the causal effect of the social composition of differently scaled socio-spatial contexts while considering different threshold values. This is made possible by elaborate and, as far as German research in this field is concerned, unique analysis of different data sources. [...]

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 [...]

englischExternal pressure is considered one of the factors that force organizations to reform. In the case of international sports organizations, this does not seem to be true: Although the IOC, FIFA and quite a few other federations have been criticized for years, they unwaveringly stick to their [...]

englischOpen government is supposed to not only instigate a change in the culture of public authorities, but also lead to them providing citizens with better service. In this respect, greater transparency in government and administration is not an end in itself but a means of achieving higher goals, [...]

englischNarratives of technology-related transformations or, in German discourse, of ‘turnarounds’, such as the ‘Energiewende’, are currently experiencing a heyday. In particular, scenarios of a post-fossil fuel transformation frame technology as the key to mastering the path to a climate-neutral [...]

englischThe UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has existed for over ten years. What is the state of play with regard to disabled individuals’ human right to work as stipulated by the CRPD? How open, inclusive and accessible are the job market and working environments for [...]

englischThe UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has existed for over ten years. What is the state of play with regard to disabled individuals’ human right to work as stipulated by the CRPD? How open, inclusive and accessible are the job market and working environments for [...]

englischThis anthology contains an interdisciplinary analysis of crisis phenomena and social challenges through historical comparisons and interdisciplinary reflection in order to causally understand the deeper dynamics of social and political processes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. From [...]

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die pädagogische Vorbereitung und Begleitung von Freiwilligen, die ihren Dienst in Ländern des globalen Südens absolvieren. Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter deutscher Entsendeorganisationen sowie von Aufnahmeorganisationen im ‚Süden‘ sprechen über Ziele und [...]

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 [...]

englischThis book provides analysis of current trends in research evaluation worldwide and compares the research assessment and innovation ecosystems in Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland and Slovenia. It argues that in each country the research [...]

englischCombining theoretical debates in sociocultural anthropology and public administration scholarship, this study advances a novel heuristic framework for understanding state-building processes in fragmented, post-conflict societies and proposes a new, ethnographically informed methodology.

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englischIs "more Europe" needed to overcome the euro crisis? Under what conditions is a further harmonization of national policies within the European Economic and Monetary Union institutionally and socially feasible? Does the European crisis policy run contrary to the development of a European [...]

englischThis doctoral thesis investigates the current challenges posed by data protection from a sociological perspective. It argues that the category of trust is central to reinventing data protection. It proposes a holistic framework for a trust infrastructure that integrates different legal, [...]

englischRobots, artificial intelligence, big data, mobile work, Industry 4.0—the world of work is undergoing a digital revolution which is changing the different tasks performed by the workforce. This book provides answers to the question of the extent to which digitalisation has already found its [...]

Betriebsratsmitglieder, die freigestellt waren und in eine ‚normale’ Beschäftigung zurückkehren möchten, stehen regelmäßig vor der Frage, wie es mit ihrer beruflichen Karriere denn nun weitergeht. Dabei muss die Freistellung keineswegs zu einem ‚Karriereknick’ führen – im Gegenteil: In der [...]

englischMany studies have highlighted benefits of international volunteering, particularly the positive impacts for the volunteers themselves. Adding to this scholarship, the papers in the collection fill an important gap in our understanding of the impact of international development volunteering [...]

englischAlong with only a small handful of European industries, video game development typifies creative knowledge work under high-risk employment conditions. Data on the global video game market indicate that the industry is expanding worldwide and will only continue to gain in relevance for [...]

englischThere is now ample evidence of a rise in ‘non-standard work arrangements’ in many industrialised economies, yet only rarely does theoretical and empirical work probe the question of why the risk of temporary employment varies. Focusing on temporary employment, the author extends the scope of [...]

Der entwicklungspolitische Freiwilligendienst weltwärts wurde vom Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) 2007 eingeführt. Er soll dem großen Interesse junger Menschen in Deutschland an einem entwicklungspolitischen Engagement nach Schule oder Ausbildung Rechnung [...]

englischBy analysing the state of affairs in companies and administrative bodies, this book devises the aims and demands of automatising state information requirements. Based on concepts of enterprise application integration and the business rules approach, it defines a software analysis pattern [...]

englischNeoliberalism with its market-oriented ideology of performance and competition dominates a broad cross section of society. The essays in this volume illustrate the consequences of neoliberalism on the profession and the subject of social work and discuss issues such as democracy, justice and [...]