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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 [...]