[EN]Edition Sigma

englischThe European Monetary Union is in a state of crisis that is creating a threat to Europe. Instead of converging the socio-economic structures of the member states and thus strengthening the European unification process, the euro zone is marked by economic, social and political distortions. [...]

englischThis volume contains selected contributions from the European Cluster Days 2015, which took place in March 2015 in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The conference was organised by France Cluster, which is the network of French cluster initiatives, and the European Competence and [...]

englischThis comparison of two small European states, Slovenia and Norway, will illuminate similarities that can be traced back to their status as small countries and also show how their regional and historical contexts are visible in different approaches to domestic and international politics. Part [...]

englischThe Federal Republic of Germany is dependent on the import of mineral resources. The extraction of these raw materials often occurs in countries which rarely benefit from their own natural resources. Due to rising commodity prices, more intense competition for resources and new geopolitical [...]

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 [...]

Mit knapp 15% des Bruttoinlandsprodukts ist die öffentliche Auftragsvergabe ein wichtiger wirtschaftlicher Faktor. Bund, Länder und Gemeinden verfügen damit über eine erhebliche Marktmacht, die sie zunehmend für weitergehende Ziele nutzen, indem sie Auftragnehmern die Einhaltung sozialer Standards [...]