englischSince the Federal Constitutional Court lifted the ban on the organised promotion of suicide in Germany, a comprehensive and multi-perspective discourse on assisted suicide has emerged. The German Ethics Council has discussed the right to suicide and the phenomenology of the desire to die and [...]

englischTeachers in nursing education sometimes find the start of their career and phases of their professional life very stressful. Using guided interviews, Tara Engelmann identifies stress factors such as the reform of nursing education towards generalist training, the workload, the discrepancy [...]

englischThe coronavirus pandemic has left many people feeling very insecure. Nastasia Lehmann identifies partnerships as one coping strategy. In her quantitative empirical study, the author uses an online survey to investigate the importance of the security aspect in partnerships and partner [...]

englischLarge-scale extraction of natural resources is an essential economic linchpin for many countries that are part of the global periphery. Using qualitative case studies and process tracing, this book examines key external factors in order to explain why countries adhere to resource [...]

englischIn a case study of Ireland and Spain, the author establishes a framework that explains how reforms were enabled in the EMU during the eurozone crisis through a mechanism of interdependence between the member state and the European levels. The strong interconnection between both levels proved [...]

englischEmployees are the most valuable asset for non-profit organisations. In order to retain them in the long term, management can provide targeted monetary and non-monetary incentives. Gratuities, the assumption of training costs, flexible working time models, sabbaticals and many other [...]