[EN]Edition Sigma

englischThe new form of welfare state, which encourages people to actively seek work, and its organisations, which are run according to economic criteria, are the results of far-reaching reforms. What effect have those reforms had on the day-to-day running of advisory and employment organisations? [...]

englischThis book investigates the mechanisms employed in authoritarian countries to generate consent at the workplace level, using the examples of automobile plants in China and Russia.

It focuses on three main mechanisms used to create consent: socialisation mechanisms responsible for the [...]

englischOver recent decades, local governments in Europe have come increasingly under pressure facing a multitude of old and new challenges. Consequently, a wave of political and administrative reforms aimed at coping with these pressures has changed local governance in many nations. Local [...]

englischCurrently, day-care for young children is undergoing a fundamental reform resulting from the implementation of a new educational mandate and the expansion of day-care coverage in Germany. This book focuses on the experience of as well as the implementations of this reform by staff in [...]

englischHow is it possible that there is still no final storage facility in the entire world for highly radioactive waste from nuclear power stations? How is it possible that electricity has been generated by industrial-scale nuclear installations for decades without the issue of the disposal of [...]

englischIn the German-speaking world, Heinrich Reinermann is one of the most influential scholars in the domains of public information systems and public management. His scientific work in these fields, which he covered in an uncompromisingly practical spirit for almost half a century, testifies to [...]