Examining the occupational variation within non-standard employment, this book combines case studies and comparative writing to illustrate how and why alternative occupational employment patterns are formed. Through expert contributions, a framework is developed integrating explanations based on...

Where are the fields of consensus and divergence in the positions of social democratic parties in Europe concerning the European Economic and Social Model (EESM)? Building on the findings of a Europe-wide survey, this article analyses patterns of social and economic policy preferences along...

Dieser Aufsatz dokumentiert die Entwicklung der Politik der beruflichen Bildung seit den 1970er Jahren unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung der Rolle der Sozialpartner. Im Sinne eines qualitativ-historischen Ansatzes wird dabei auf umfangreiche Primaer- und Sekundaerquellen sowie Erkenntnisse aus...

Does the Internet undermine social capital, such as real-world inter-personal relations and civic engagement? Merging unique telecommunication data with geo-coded German individual-level data, we investigate how broadband Internet affects social capital. A first identification strategy uses...