Das Buch beschäftigt sich empirisch mit der aus der Globalisierungstheorie stammenden These der globalen ökonomischen Elite und der damit verbundenen These der neoliberalen Konvergenz. Theoretisch knüpft das Buch an am Begriff des Geist bzw. neuen Geist des Kapitalismus, führt die Forschungsperspektive aber weiter, indem habitualisierte, kollektive Wissensbestände als dessen Konstitutionsmerkmale zu Grunde gelegt und empirisch untersucht werden. Das Buch bietet auf Basis von insbesondere i...

Is a new spirit of capitalism emerging as a result of neoliberal adjustments in the global economy?The internationalization of management and its comprehensive neoliberals imprint fall short of the assumptions represented by globalization theory.Empirical data on the life trajectories and action orientations of CEOs from leading industrial companies in nine countries across Europe, Asia, and Latin America indicate that local institutional frameworks, diverse regional challe...

This open access book examines the interplay between public and private sectors in Latin America's biggest market. It is the result of the binational research project “Organizational Crime and Systemic Corruption in Brazil” funded by the DFG and FAPESP (2018-2023). Its contributions analyze anticorruption, political finance, and how for-profit organizations manage illegality.

This book presents the results of an international comparative study on the causes of rule deviation in business and medical organizations. Based on document and interview analyses as well as experiments, the discrepancy between (state) regulations and organizational practice is elaborated and discussed in an interdisciplinary perspective. On the basis of the distinction between organizational and individual deviance, it could be shown across national boundaries that the unwritten rules of...

In an age of globalization there is frequent migration across national borders, resulting in a reconsideration of the notion, practice and social institution of national citizenship. Addressing this phenomenon, the book focuses on the exchange between, and responses, of Korea and Germany.In particular, the book deals extensively with citizenship in Korea where the concept of citizenship is young, and thus the study of citizenship is relatively scarce. This book may be the first of ...

Friedenstiften: klingt gut, ist schwer. Zumindest für das Eichhörnchen Waldemar und die Elster Kleopatra ist das gar nicht so einfach. Zum Glück gibt Eulalia, die kluge Eule, brauchbare Ratschläge! Die drei Freunde entdecken Tiere, die absolut unglücklich sind. Denen möchten sie natürlich helfen, sie wollen trösten, versöhnen, Frieden stiften. Bei ihrem letzten Einsatz haben sie einen ganz ungeahnten Erfolg. In dieser Hörspiel-Reihe erfahren Kinder, wie gut Gott sich um alle Tiere kümmert....

Level of compliance - one of the most important prerequisites of good governance - varies widely across countries of the Global North and the less developed, Global South. Acts of non-compliance, such as electoral irregularities, dubious deals between private and public sectors, questionable role of the justice systems and financial scandals, though they vary greatly across countries, are an omnipresent reality of contemporary life. This volume has brought together a number of case studies...