The aim of this book is to investigate the discursive power of two original, theoretical lenses when applied to real outsourcing arrangements and phenomena. The Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) and Foucauldian perspectives are brought to bear on five outsourcing relationships in order to test...

Die Förderung der sogenannten "Migrantenökonomie" oder "ethnischen Ökonomie" hat sich im Zuge der Integrationsdebatten der vergangenen Jahre zu einem stadtpolitischen Interventionsfeld entwickelt. Kommunale Leitbilder und Integrationskonzepte bauen dabei auf dem Potenzialansatz auf, der in...

The formally non-binding status of the outcomes of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is one of the distinctive markers of this unique exercise in contemporary diplomacy. As a rimarily discursive exercise aimed at creating common ground for discussion of internet-related policy issues, the main...