[EN]Edition Sigma

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

englischClassical economics has failed to adequately describe how markets function because equilibrium curves have never truly reflected the complex reality of economic activity. ”Competition and Society” therefore describes the process of competition as a sequence of ever-changing competitive [...]

englischBased on the examination of two vocational training schemes in the field of industry-related services, this study shows that vocationalism as an institutional category is still relevant under circumstances of network-based value creation. Nevertheless, there is no network-specific regulation [...]

englischIn this study, evidence maps are tested on the health effects of engineered nanoparticles for the first time. The study demonstrates that this method is highly suitable for assessing and graphically illustrating uncertain nanotoxicological evidence in relation to scientific standards and can [...]

englischExperimental practices are present in virtually all fields of society and appear in a broad variety of forms. This volume examines the assumption that experimentation provides – according to Foucault – a societal mechanism which penetrates the contemporary shaping of our knowledge-based [...]

englischThis book covers one of the first studies on the interdependency of biographical experiences and processes and teaching the subject of Judaism. Religious education gives teachers a platform to incorporate interpretative patterns based on the current syllabus, without having the option to [...]

englischIn a society in which poverty, and differences in income and education persist, people have started to call for social justice. This volume explores the changes in the philosophical character of social justice and how the concept is being rethought in the light of contemporary challenges. It [...]

englischA lack of drugs with which to combat poverty-related diseases is a global health problem. This book presents various initiatives by public, non-profit or private actors which aim at strengthening product development regarding such diseases and discusses the political options for promoting [...]

englischThe articles collected in this special issue of the SEER Journal deal with all the major channels of migration corresponding to different waves, from refugees and asylum seekers fleeing war, including civil war, and ethnic conflicts on the peripheries of the former Soviet Union, to the [...]

englischThe research field of occupational and industrial sociology has changed constantly and tremendously. Although work is still an important part of the majority of people’s lives and a key category when analysing social processes, its content, forms of organisation, demands and technological [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

englischThis book covers the essence of sports training, new concepts and technologies, the prerequisites and scope of an individualised approach to training as well as how to integrate the main methodological paradigms of sports training systems using the theory of adaptation. Modernisation and [...]

englischSince 2001 the Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) and the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) have provided support for German universities in order for them to establish transnational education abroad. Recently, bilateral universities came into being, among them the [...]

englischThis study presents a systematic comparison between the inter-administrative structures and processes in ten international multilevel systems. Thus, the study provides insights into the relationships between administrators at different levels of governance. For this purpose, a top-down [...]

englischWork and play are often regarded as opposites: play as people’s freedom and ability to spend their time as they choose, and work as being subordinate to it as a means to an end. As play can be repeated without any serious repercussions, this has earned it the reputation of lacking [...]

Der schillernde Begriff der Grand Challenges ist in aller Munde und Grund für eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit diesem forschungsleitenden Konzept. Die Buchbeiträge widmen sich dem Thema sowohl in theoretischer Hinsicht, als auch mit Blick auf die Domänen Gesundheit, Digitalisierung und Umwelt.

englischThe so-called fourth industrial revolution, which has been dubbed “Industry 4.0”, is predicted to effect almost spectacular changes in industrial production caused by the comprehensive digitalisation and computerisation of manufacturing. On the one hand, the debate on whether this will [...]

englischHow can I get ahead in politics? What does political leadership mean? How do I avoid mistakes? How do I deal with my political opponents? There are only tentative references to these questions in many political science books, but political science should not avoid them. This ‘Guide to [...]

englischThe term ‘public participation online’ includes services which offer citizens the chance to exert an influence on political decisions via the Internet and is intended to strengthen relations between citizens and the political system. This volume evaluates the recent experiences of the German [...]

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 [...]