englischThe book shows the different worlds that surround the individual and how the individual can influence the whole. Conflicts become apparent. In order to overcome them, prerequisites are necessary. Individual chapters are devoted to these. Examples of urgently needed reforms of universities, [...]

englischStarting from Paul Tillich's theory of the true form of life of religious socialism, it is a matter of analyzing (1) the interior of the cooperative as a social space for the promotion of the living conditions of its members, (2) the cooperative in the social space as the promotion of the [...]

englischWith recourse to the work of Paul Tillich, an attempt will be made to present the human justice of the cooperative form in the light of the theology of culture as a metaphysics of juridical substance. In this way it comes to the over-coming of the alienation of the human being. The person [...]

englischThis work analyzes day care as a much-discussed field of development in the field of long-term care with regard to its innovative potential aiming to realize participation, self-determination and independence of aging people requiring care. Based on an index for innovation, suggestions are [...]

englischThe book examines the history of the development and background of public economic activity. It shows that municipal economic activity in Germany was originally subject to fiscal or policy objectives, which were increasingly abandoned in favor of general regulatory provisions. Accordingly, [...]

englischCircumstances of life can be called hospitable (wirtlich) if they are favourable to both our existence and the preservation of nature. They are conditions of existence in the ecological sense. This study discusses how hospitable conditions can come about socially and economically and be [...]

englischWhat is a social innovation? What are the Value-driven normative basis of definition, predication and construction? The hermeneutical and praxeological analysis is 1) an explication of the fundamental anthropological and ethical semantics against the background of konstitutional legal regime [...]

englischThis transdisciplinary work develops a new business model for cooperatives: The full cooperative, which enables a regionally based, sustainable, climate-friendly and peaceful way of doing business and living. The basic principles are derived from the ideal image and practice of historical [...]

englischThe book addresses the question of the possibility of common good formation in a liberal democracy based on the dominance of the private economy on a possessive-individualist basis. With reference to the cultural-theoretical and psychodynamic analysis of the fabric of the categories of [...]

englischSocial space-oriented long-term care has long been called for, but has often failed to be implemented effectively. At the same time, the fragmented German long-term care system is under pressure to reform itself. This book presents agency models of social capital genesis and social space [...]