This elite survey has been carried out as part of the data collection effort of the WZB bridging project "The Political Sociology of Cosmopolitanism and Communitarianism". Elites from five countries that were selected to represent five world regions (Germany, Poland, Turkey, Mexico and USA)...

Wearables (such as data glasses and smartwatches) are a particularly visible element of Industrie 4.0 applications. They aim at providing situation-specific information to workers, but at the same time they can also be used for surveillance and control because they generate data on the work...

The present study investigates the relatively successful development of the homegrown IT industry in Poland since the early 1990s. The case is theoretically interesting because it runs counter to the dominant perspective on the economic systems in postcommunist Central Europe, which emphasizes...

The article examines the relationship between lean production and Industrie 4.0 focusing on the question of autonomy in the work process. In contrast to the claim made by official Industrie 4.0 concepts that the autonomy of the employees would increase, we see in the current implementation...

This discussion paper examines the relationship between co-determination and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in German companies, thereby addressing two distinct literatures. On the one hand, most quantitative studies of co-determination focus on its economic impact, with relatively little...

[Einleitung ...] In unserem Beitrag untersuchen wir einerseits wie sich die Schulinfrastruktur in Ost-deutschland in den letzten 25 Jahren entwickelt hat und ob während eines historisch einmaligen Rückgangs der Schülerzahlen die räumliche Abdeckung der Schulversorgung gewährleistet werden...

This paper argues that current levels of violence and populism in post-colonial spaces such as South Africa are a consequence of a socio-history of violent dispossession, exploitation and impoverishment and is perpetuated by the continuation of the socio-economic and political conditions rooted...

This paper addresses two twin questions - what accounts for the deep political and economic crisis in South Africa? The answer this paper develops is that both desired outcomes - a thriving capitalist economy and a solid democracy - were based on Western models and assumptions about the South...

The Arbeitsmarktdiskriminierung "ADIS" project is a large scale correspondence study that was conducted in Germany between October 2014 and April 2016 with the aim to study labor market discrimination against second generation immigrants. In particular, the experiment was designed for two...

In diesem Beitrag untersuchen wir die räumlich ungleiche Verteilung der Wohnstandorte verschiedener Bevölkerungsgruppen in deutschen Städten. Wir beleuchten alle drei Dimensionen der residenziellen Segregation: die soziale, die ethnische und die demografische. Hierzu verwenden wir Daten für...