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Der Sammelband beschäftigt sich mit der Fragestellung, inwieweit private Positionsdateien zur Aufklärung von Diebstählen beitragen können, beispielsweise Fahrraddiebstählen. Dabei werden u. a. sowohl Aspekte der Polizeitechnik als auch juristische Hintergründe dargestellt.

Ungleichheit, Existenzängste, die gesellschaftliche Spaltung in Arm und Reich – der soziale Frieden in Deutschland scheint zu bröckeln. Die politischen Parteien versprechen als Heilmittel mehr Soziale Gerechtigkeit. Doch was bedeutet das? Mehr Chancengerechtigkeit? Mehr Teilhabe oder mehr [...]

Der Band untersucht die Auswirkungen eines sich verändernden Gesundheitszustandes auf die Entwicklung des individuellen Erwerbseinkommens sowie den Erwerbsstatus in der späten Erwerbsphase. Es wird dabei besonders in den Blick genommen, dass die gesetzlichen Möglichkeiten für einen vorzeitigen [...]

Die Lebensqualität einer Gesellschaft steht in engem Zusammenhang mit der Leistungsqualität ihrer öffentlichen Güter – und mit der Qualität der Arbeitsbedingungen öffentlicher Dienstleister. Der Auftaktband der neuen Schriftenreihe beleuchtet die zentrale Rolle öffentlicher Güter für die lebendige [...]

englischAgainst the backdrop of the discussion on Industry 4.0, this book investigates the car industry’s experiences with automation so far and its impact on work. The book’s examination of developments at Ford, Toyota and Volkswagen over the past 100 years generates surprising insights into [...]

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 [...]

Im Mittelpunkt der Studie stehen Richterinnen und Richter sowie Staatsanwältinnen und Staatsanwälte der ordentlichen Gerichtsbarkeit in Niedersachsen. Der Band geht der Frage nach, in welcher Weise, mit welcher Orientierung und mit welchen Interessen sowohl etablierte als auch dienstjunge [...]

englischThis book answers the questions of what good leadership and work mean in terms of socio-digital transformation, how a socio-technical understanding of organisation can be fruitful for leadership, and what significance interactional competence gains in this context or how it can be developed. [...]

Der Band beleuchtet in drei Abschnitten die Wechselwirkungen der Wissenszirkulation zwischen Europa und Brasilien im 19. Jahrhundert am Beispiel der Kontaktnetzwerke des brasilianischen Rechtsgelehrten Tobias Barreto, des Zoologen Ernst Haeckel und des Rechtswissenschaftlers Rudolf von Jhering.

englischEvery year, several thousand volunteers from all over the world participate in international voluntary service programmes in Germany. Transcultural encounters are a primary goal of the volunteering programmes. But what are the experiences of volunteers from countries of the Global South in [...]

englischWhich criteria must arguments against local wind farms fulfil to be recognised as plausible in the context of climate change? This study focuses on two objectives: First, the peculiarities of these arguments are elaborated in contrast to the general justification of the energy transition, [...]

englischSubstantial processes of demographic and social change are increasingly altering social relations between generations. In volunteer work and paid work, extra-familial contact between generations is taking place and is demanded under the guiding principle of age diversity. In this book, a [...]

englischThis book gives insights into important factors that are shaping effective learning for sustainability and describes innovative teaching formats that will enable students to contribute to a more sustainable world in their future role as decision makers. Basic concepts in the context of [...]

englischSince its first publication in 2013, the Lexikon der Arbeits- und Industriesoziologie has set itself the goal of providing a well-founded overview of the current knowledge of the discipline while doing justice to the dynamics of the object of study. With the third, once again updated and [...]

englischWhat is fair? The choice of an allocation norm, whether it be need, merit or equality, can either foster cooperation or conflict. Because of the general irreconcilability of these principles of justice, people are forced to make complex trade-offs when allocating resources. The resulting [...]

englisch‘Medicine as Science’ uncovers the forgotten identity of medicine as a modern academic discipline. Many works on the history and sociology of science and medicine have overshadowed this identity with a focus on medicine as a modern profession. Through a historical sociology and using a [...]

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. [...]

englischSocial inequality is also reflected in civic engagement. Who is involved and how, and whose involvement is regarded as such, is closely linked to the social position in which people find themselves. This special volume brings together findings from various research projects that deal with [...]

englischThis volume is more timely than ever since the Corona pandemic. It is the second edition of the 2005 volume that examines the phenomenon of home-based work and home office:

Working at home on the computer, connected to headquarters via the Internet, flexibly switching between work and [...]

Namhafte Autorinnen und Autoren aus Sozial-, Rechts-, Natur- und Ingenieurwissenschaften sowie aus der Praxis widmen sich dem noch immer ungelösten Problem der Endlagerung radioaktiver Abfälle. Die einzelnen Beiträge dieses Bandes analysieren, simulieren und bewerten verschiedene Optionen, Folgen [...]

englischConsumers can influence markets through their consumption behaviour—whether by consciously choosing or rejecting certain products and consumption patterns, or by loudly protesting, for example in demonstrations against climate change. But how far does the power of consumers extend? How [...]

englischWhat kind of benefits does volunteering (not) entail from a volunteer’s point of view? What barriers to their involvement do potential volunteers face? The project ‘Ehrenamt der Zukunft’ (Voluntary Work of the Future) explores these questions empirically from the users’ perspective. [...]

englischThe thematic focus of this yearbook is concerned with the various relations of „art“ and „technology“. It seeks to interrogate and reflect their conceptual filiations, their complementarities and mutual stimulations, and contrasts and tensions. The very notion of the „work“ challenges us to [...]

englischDesigning a digital and flexible Federal Administration Authority in Germany is of utmost importance. In addition to reducing bureaucratic structures and increasing employer attractiveness, the main goals are to maintain and promote the skills, motivation and health of its employees in a [...]

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 [...]

englischChallenged by demographic and socio-economic structural change, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, a county in southern Thuringia, has been declared a shrinking region with all its consequential effects; nevertheless, it stands for resilience and self-assertion. The polarities to be found there make the [...]

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 [...]

englischDemocracy is under pressure. Not only populist and authoritarian movements contribute to this, but also digitalisation, the internet and social media. This volume presents answers to questions that move us all: How should we meet the challenges posed by hate and deepfakes, by polarisation [...]

englischThe certification mark, which was introduced in response to an EU initiative in 2017, has been available in Germany since 2019. Its main features are neutrality, monitoring/control and transparency for certain material or service promises for which the legal protection of a certification [...]

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 [...]

englischBureaucracy—a burden without an end? Regulation—why are we dissatisfied with state laws and regulations? Administration—why are digitalisation and practicality, customer service culture and proximity to citizens not making progress? The refugee and coronavirus crises have ruthlessly exposed [...]

englischWhat role did experience play in economics between 1871 and 1919?

This book shows how economic actors in the formative phase of the discipline organised, researched, discussed and communicated experience, in short: how they practised experience.

Drawing on Ludwik Fleck's analysis of [...]

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 [...]

englischMarxian theory plays an essential role in the debate on ‘digital capitalism’. While the majority of approaches merely adapt individual theorems and concepts, in this book, the Marxian theory of value is applied in its entirety to the phenomena of digitalisation in value creation. In [...]

englischMobile assistance systems are associated with promises of relief and greater independence at work. At the same time, they are suspected of conducting seamless surveillance of employees. Using the example of order picking, the qualitative case studies in this book show that the aforementioned [...]

englischThere is a relationship between time and technology which has been obvious since the classical philosophies of time. Even telling the time necessitates technologies relating to measuring and counting. Technological developments have changed the temporal state of our reality. Key terms such [...]

englischWhen a director's market is transferred to a self-reliant retailer, the parties involved, for example the employer, employees or the union, should consider whether a works council needs to be established. This study examines the exact process of setting up a works council and the factors [...]

englischEmployee participation and co-management are critical success factors for the digital transformation of public administration. By evaluating the development and implementation of digital innovations in the field of HRM, leadership, communication and organisational design in seven German [...]

englischThis book compares the roles of municipalities in Europe, using categories such as municipal autonomy, task profiles, territorial and political frameworks, and financial conditions. Past and present reform trends and discourses are also described and classified. The study constitutes a [...]

englischDigital government enhances and transforms knowledge needed for public agency, including the provision of a wide range of public services. Elaborating, storing and communicating this knowledge requires harnessing and combining human information processing and knowledge that is stored and [...]

englischThis book discusses digitalization, robotization, and automation of society and of the economy and the use of artificial intelligence from an ethical perspective. After an introduction on the correlation between morality and technology and an assessment of the moral capability of [...]

englischThe term transformation is often condensed to digitalisation. Although digitalisation is closely linked to transformation, they are not synonyms. In economics, there are numerous transformation processes that are not directly related to digitalisation, which is not surprising since this is a [...]

englischThis anthology on SPD leftists is dedicated to their history and selected actors, from Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels to Rosa Luxemburg, Eduard Bernstein, Rudolf Hilferding, Paul Levi and Viktor Agartz to Willy Brandt, Peter von Oertzen and current generations. Among the portraits are also [...]

englischThis publication presents the results of a study on the integration of refugees into education, training and work in Berlin. The research is based on qualitative interviews with refugees and representa-tives of schools, companies, civil society projects and administrative bodies. The study [...]

englischIn the 2020s, the number of the over 60s in the workforce will continue to increase. The book ‘Arbeit und Altern 2020’ (Work and Ageing 2020) takes stock of the state of knowledge on work and age and ageing, and on progress in the areas of work design and human resources. It presents [...]

englischDigitalisation is creating new challenges and opportunities for the world of work and labour policy. The contributions in this volume discuss key developments in this field and labour policy strategies for dealing with the digitalisation of work: the shifting of spatial and temporal [...]

englischIn which ways do knowledge production and economic value creation interact in natural product chemistry as various kinds of data and compounds are generated, analysed and circulated? And is there something new about those services offered by specialised actors? Based on an ethnographic case [...]

englischThe intensively discussed term transformation refers to the comprehensive restructuring of processes and behaviour in order to address societal challenges posed by far-reaching changes in energy, transport, production and agricultural systems. Since such complex transformations are always [...]

englischAbout 30 years ago, the metaphor of ‘the dark sides of consumer behaviour’ was introduced in consumer behaviour research. Consumers sometimes knowingly place themselves in the wrong with their behaviour (as in the case of fraudulent returning of products, for example), but regard their [...]

englischThis study is the first to place development policy volunteer services in the context of fundamental social theory. Using the theory of reciprocity, it identifies the deeper levels of logic on which development policy volunteer services are based. In doing so, it analyses ambiguous and [...]

englischThis special issue of Voluntaris further develops the discussions conducted at the first academic conference on developmental voluntary work, which took place at Cologne’s University of Applied Sciences (TH Köln) in September 2018 to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the voluntary work [...]

englischHow do you set a counterpoint to capitalism? Community supported agriculture has developed coping strategies which enable it to bridge the contradictions between social and economic requirements. It can thus bind its members and make itself less dependent on competition and price pressure. [...]

englischIn order to calculate the unintended consequences of their policies, governments conduct comprehensive assessments of the impact of legislation. In doing so, they have independent regulatory oversight bodies monitor them on an increasingly frequent basis. However, in what ways do these [...]

englischSustainability has arrived on the financial market and in banks. The sustainability debate conveys a different form of procedural logic and different values and norms, towards which the banking industry, product development, communication with stakeholders or the banks’ own security deposit [...]

englischTechnology assessment (TA) is committed to impartial expertise as well as basic democratic values. And beyond that? What is the normative framework within which TA operates? Is it always the same or does it differ depending on the topic, societal task or country and political culture? How [...]

englischThe economy of sharing is described as a phenomenon that has the potential to change markets and consumer behaviour permanently. In line with the basic principle of ‘sharing instead of owning’, sharing—according to the implicit assumption—could lead to better utilisation of hardly used goods [...]

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, [...]