In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article: 1.6
The year 1979 witnessed an event that was to impact the world for decades to come. The Western-friendly monarchic regime of Iran that had pushed through a rapid modernization program by leaning on a repressive security apparatus was toppled by a nationwide protest movement and replaced by an Islamist regime. This study delivers, from a historical sociological perspective, an analysis of the major...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article: 1.5
The increase of productivity we faced in the last hundred years was the basis for fundamental predictions on how a rising standard of living would reduce working time in the long run. Keynes predicted in 1930 that the economic problem would be solved and “mankind will be deprived of its traditional purpose” (Keynes 1931[1930]: 366). It is quite obvious that Keynes prediction is wrong when it...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article: 1.4
Right now we are experiencing an extensive public debate about the radical change of economy and society due to digitalization. Within this debate, technical determinism - identifying technology as the reason for social change- and neoliberalism interconnect. The guiding question is not about the how of development and application of technology, but the sheer demand of fast digitalization to...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article: 1.3
The paper understands the transformation of the German energy system between 1974-2017 as a conflict between two grand coalitions: The established coalition that defends the status quo and challengers who are advocating for the transition of the system. The timespan of the analysis will be divided in three phases. In the first phases of discursive confrontation, a grassroots coalition is...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article: 1.2
Companies, security agencies and political organizations use big data analyses in many ways to improve the forecasting and control of behavior. If one relates these developments to core elements of democratic decision-making, such as forming opinions on the basis of personal autonomy, the self-determined demarcation between the private and public spheres and the role of the public media,...
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In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2018, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article: 1.1
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In: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht (NVwZ), 2017, no. 12, p. 846-855
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In: The Human Rights Covenants at 50 : Their Past, Present, and Future, 2018, p. 243-276
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Porrentruy : Office de la culture, Paléontologie A16, 2018
(Catalogues du patrimoine paléontologique jurassien - A16)
ISBN: 9782884360470
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In: Le Vie della Misericordia, 2017, p. 81-106
The present paper discusses materials collected and analysed in the frame of a research project coordinated by Michele Bacci at Fribourg University and supported by the Swiss National Found. It focuses on the spread of Marian cultic phenomena along the maritime routes between Venice and the Holy Land, which corresponded to the major commercial itineraries among territories mainly belonging to the...
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