Technologische Durchbrüche, die kalifornische Null-Emissions-Gesetzgebung, Innovationswettbewerb und die Vision einer nachhaltigen Automobilität haben seit den späten 1990er Jahren zu milliardenschweren Entwicklungsanstrengungen geführt und die wasserstoffbetrie-bene Brennstoffzelle zu der...

This article documents and analyzes the extent and structure of gender-related differences in employment conditions in the business consulting sector in Germany. Using a structural and actor-oriented approach, I tested the hypothesis that the (limited) career paths of women are attributable to...

The paper addresses the position occupied by China in the new international division of labour now developing as value chains become increasingly frag-mented and work is relocated in the context of globalisation. China is currently experiencing an extremely dynamic industrialisation process, and...

Das Paper diskutiert das Für und Wider der Hypothese eines besonderen europäischen Entwicklungsweges in der Automobilindustrie. Ziel ist, die gegenwärtigen Umstrukturierungen dieser Industrien mit einer international vergleichenden Perspektive zu erfassen. Im Zentrum steht die Frage nach der...

Das Konzept der Good Governance bestimmt mittlerweile große Teile der bilateralen und multilateralen Entwicklungshilfe. Gelegentlich mutiert es zu einem reinen Machtinstrument einzelner Geberländer und -Institutionen, wenn seine Inhalte und Maßstäbe nicht benannt und offengelegt werden. Good...

This discussion paper is about the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) - one of the multilateral agreements that came out of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. UNCCD is based on a conceptualization of international...

In this paper I want to deal with three topics: first, with the development and the ups and downs of modernization theory and its treatment of the non-Western world (I); secondly, with some basic social structure distributions and trends of human development for selected societies, including...

The author describes the program and organization of the Riverside Church & Corporation in New York City for a German readership, taking German experiences with religious work and life into account. The essay is based on the underlying sociological concept of “welfare production,” which...

In the debate about a global transformation of energy systems, technology transfer and financial aid are seen as crucial factors for the promotion of sustainable energy in de-veloping countries. As the single most important aid agency, the World Bank claims to fight both energy poverty and...