Kapitalismus und Naturzerstörung. Zur kritischen Theorie des gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnisses -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- 1 Einleitung -- 1.1 Gegenstände und Fragestellungen -- 1.2 Modelle -- 1.3 Zweck und Ziel der Arbeit -- 1.4 Erkenntnistheoretische Vorbemerkungen -- 1.5 Thesen -- 1.6...

Since the outbreak of the financial crisis, the macro-prudential policy paradigm has gained increasing prominence (Bank of England, 2009; Bernanke, 2011). The dynamics of this shift in the economic discourse, and the reasons this shift has not taken place prior to the crisis have not been addressed...

Forschungsethik wird in den deutschsprachigen Sozial- und Kulturwissenschaften zunehmend zum Thema. Zum einen reflektieren empirisch Forschende vermehrt ethische Fragen, die sich in ihrer Forschungspraxis stellen. Zum anderen wird auf wissenschaftspolitischer Ebene diskutiert, Ethics Reviews,...

Today, there are a lot of studies on climate change and sustainability from social sciences’ perspectives. Achievements of sociology, psychology or political sciences can be extremely helpful in designing, adopting, implementing and evaluating of effective climate and sustainability policy....

This book describes the path ahead. It combines system transformation research with political economy and change leadership insights when discussing the need for a great mindshift in how human wellbeing, economic prosperity and healthy ecosystems are understood if the Great Transformations ahead...

11 hypotheses from agency theory, transaction cost analysis, and Ouchi's theoretical approach on the impact of environmental, Company and salespeople characteristics on the design of salesforce control systems (outcome- vs. behavior-based) are summarized and tested on a data set of 270 German...

Der Band enthält die wichtigsten Beiträge des Autors zur Theorie rationaler politischer Akteure. Ihr Grundthema betrifft die Möglichkeiten des Umgangs mit Unsicherheit, sei es im Bemühen um konsequenzenbedachte Entscheidungen, sei es im Wege der Organisationsgestaltung. Die einzelnen Kapitel...

In training networks, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises pool their resources to train apprentices within the framework of the dual VET system, while an intermediary organisation is tasked with managing operations. Over the course of their apprenticeship, the apprentices switch from...

Technology assessment (TA) had never been treated as a relevant topic within the International Sociological Association (ISA) before. The first steps towards establishing this association were taken in 1948, at the initiative of the Social Science Department of UNESCO. Its formal foundation was...

The Great Recession and the financial crisis of 2007-09 prompted ca lls for fundamental reforms of economic theory. The role of theory in economics and in recent economic events is considered in light of two recen t books: the sociologist Richard Swedberg's The Art of Social Theory and the...

Aaron Sahr beleuchtet die Funktionsweise der Kreditpraxis als Verschränkung von Vertrauensbekundungen und Misstrauensmanifestationen und reflektiert dabei den Siegeszug von Derivaten ebenso wie die Bedeutung von Schattenbankstrukturen, die Rolle der Ratingagenturen und algorithmisierter...

Since colonisation New Zealand has been mythologised as a land of milk and honey a promised land of natural abundance and endless opportunity. In the twenty first century the country has become literally a land of milk and honey as agricultural exports from such commodities dominate the national...