Fortune and failure are concepts with historical changeable meanings and cultural constructs that have been ever present in Western thought. These are old concepts whose usages change according to the different historical contexts. The actors involved in economic, social and political changes...

The study of the relations between the economy and the institutions has been gaining relevance in the social sciences. Adopting a perspective of the institutions which is not confined to the restricted field of economic organizations, but it includes a whole set of rules, beliefs and norms that...

Bisher gibt es in Deutschland kaum Verbindungen zwischen politischen Protestbewegungen gegen neoliberale Globalisierung und Sozialabbau oder Erwerbsloseninitiativen einerseits und Projekten Solidarischer Ökonomie andererseits. Wir laden Menschen aus den verschiedensten sozialen Bewegungen und...