[EN]Edition Sigma

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 [...]

englischThere is now ample evidence of a rise in ‘non-standard work arrangements’ in many industrialised economies, yet only rarely does theoretical and empirical work probe the question of why the risk of temporary employment varies. Focusing on temporary employment, the author extends the scope of [...]

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 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 [...]

englischTransnational industrial relations are becoming increasingly significant due to the internationalisation of companies. Corporate management, as a key player in industrial relations, is therefore being faced with new cross-border challenges. This book fills a gap in research and provides an [...]

englischThe UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has existed for over ten years. What is the state of play with regard to disabled individuals’ human right to work as stipulated by the CRPD? How open, inclusive and accessible are the job market and working environments for [...]

englischThe digital revolution connects people, organisations, machines or simple objects from daily life and affects all areas of life to a varying degree. Artificial intelligence and autonomous technological systems have a direct impact on an individual’s autonomy, which raises new questions in [...]

Niemand kann in modernen Gesellschaften leben, ohne auf vielfältigste Weise an der Wirtschaft teilzunehmen. Doch gemessen an dieser universellen Bedeutung befasst sich die Philosophie heute vergleichsweise wenig mit der Wirtschaft, und wenn sie es tut, stehen oft Fragen der Wirtschafts- oder [...]

englischThis book provides information on fundamental developments in crises and uncertainties in modern societies, and highlights the importance of those involved in the field of security, such as the police, civil society groups, and those who offer assistance in disaster situations and in [...]

Seit Jahren steht der Allgemeine Soziale Dienst (ASD) – das Kernstück des kommunalen sozialen Dienstleistungsnetzes – unter einem erheblichen Entwicklungsdruck: Er muss steigende Fallzahlen und erhöhte Fallkomplexität bewältigen, neue fachliche Trends und gesellschaftliche Bedarfe flexibel [...]

Der Politik- und Verwaltungsforscher Werner Jann, dessen 65. Geburtstag den Anlass für diese Festschrift gab, hat seine wissenschaftliche Arbeit immer wieder an der Frage orientiert, wie die Leistungsfähigkeit des Staates von organisatorischen Grundlagen abhängt. Welche institutionellen Strukturen [...]

englischParty democracy is in a good state of health, at least that is what research into political parties would have us believe. According to such research, there is neither discontent nor crisis among political parties. However, using new studies and statistics, this book proves that these [...]

Seit mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten befindet sich der öffentliche Dienst in einem Prozess fortschreitender Ökonomisierung. Im Zentrum der Sparpolitik steht die Reduktion der Personalkosten. Dabei stellt die Regulierung des Erwerbsausstiegs ein zentrales Steuerungselement dar. Einerseits werden [...]

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 [...]

englischHungary and Poland have been heavily criticised for some time now because they pursue an ‘illiberal’ form of democracy and, in doing so, violate the principles at the heart of the EU. The combination of the right-wing populism prevalent in these countries and their tendency towards illiberal [...]

Nach anhaltender Kritik am traditionellen deutschen Weg zur Professur, der vor allem über die Habilitation führte und als zu starr und auch international nicht wettbewerbsfähig galt, wurde das wissenschaftliche Karrieresystem Anfang des vorigen Jahrzehnts flexibilisiert. Im Zentrum der Reform stand [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Dieses Buch verdankt sich der Beobachtung, dass in öffentlichen Debatten in unserer Gesellschaft, in denen es direkt oder indirekt um Fragen der Persönlichkeitsentwicklung junger Menschen geht, eine große Diskrepanz festzustellen ist zwischen den Erkenntnissen verschiedener anthropologischer [...]

englischPoor educational performance is caused by a number of factors. In addition to specific student traits and educational inequality caused by students’ background and migration history, educational systems and schools can also be contributing factors. Educational policy plays a central role in [...]

englischOur society encounters itself in public goods, which citizens depend on in order to develop in a free and equal society and to shape social cohesion democratically. Demographic, neoliberal and digital structural change and social and pandemic, economic and ecological, and energy and military [...]

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 [...]

englischIn recent years, the influence of European law on national social policy has increased substantially. In this respect, the impact of the European competition and procurement law on healthcare and social policy in Germany is particularly significant, affecting the social economy in a specific [...]

Von Unternehmen – insbesondere (großen) Aktiengesellschaften – wird vielfach gefordert, sie sollten ihrer Rolle als „Good Corporate Citizen“ gerecht werden und einen Beitrag zum Gemeinwohl leisten. Wenn sie dieser Forderung durch Unternehmensspenden nachkommen, bewegen sie sich allerdings auf [...]

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 [...]