Publications
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Care – Wer sorgt für wen?
(2010)
Europäische Gesellschaften zwischen Kohäsion und Spaltung
(2022)
Promoting and preserving social cohesion has become a central challenge for European societies. Based on contributions from the first trinational conference of DGSA, OGSA and SGSA, this book addresses both the meaning of ...
The Hybridization of Vocational Training and Higher Education in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
(2013)
Austria, Germany, and Switzerland are increasingly relying on hybridization at the nexus of vocational training and higher education to increase permeability and reform their highly praised systems of collective skill ...
Changing Gender Norms in Islam Between Reason and Revelation
(2018)
Women‘s movements in Islamic countries have had a long and arduous journey in their quest for the realization of human rights and genuine equality. The author examines whether discriminatory laws against women do in fact ...
Jungen als Bildungsgewinner
(2021)
Managing Expatriates
(2018)
This volume provides in-depth examinations of a variety of individual, social, and environmental factors that contribute to the success of expatriate employees. Using data from numerous large-scale studies from both the ...
Paare und Ungleichheit(en)
(2013)
The authors of the second GENDER special issue examine couple relationships as a central place where gender inequalities are (re) produced, compensated for or reduced. In the sense of a 'doing couple', 'doing gender' and ...
Digitalisierung – Subjekt – Bildung
(2020)
The volume brings together critical perspectives on digital transformations and the underlying mechanisms such as quantification, algorithmization and commercialization. The authors from media pedagogy, educational science, ...
European Competence Standards for the Academic Training of Career Practitioners
(2016)
The citizens of Europe are facing increasingly complex challenges to their career development nowadays. Over the span of their lifetime, they need to manage their careers, and make numerous decisions concerning education, ...
Professionalisierung pädagogischer Fach- und Lehrkräfte in der frühen MINT-Bildung
(2021)
The number of attended MINT training courses is of central importance for the development of professional competence in early MINT education. This is the conclusion reached in the thirteenth volume of the publication series ...
Fußball und Feminismus
(2019)
Is football still a man´s sport? For decades, Europe´s most popular sport was considered a male domain without question. This changed recently with an increasing number of women claiming their rights and spaces, and ...
Familie und Normalität
(2021)
Vocational Education and Training in the Age of Digitization
(2020)
The increasing digitization of the world of work is associated with accelerated structural changes. These are connected with changed qualification profiles and thus new challenges for vocational education and training ...
Körper in biografieanalytischer Perspektive
(2021)
How does body knowledge develop? How does it influence one's own actions and experiences? This book offers a first attempt to classify the relations of body and biographical process experience. For this purpose, narrative ...
Das bisschen Haushalt
(2020)
Systemakkreditierung an Hochschulen
(2020)
The empirical study examines dynamic change processes that occur when introducing system accreditation from the perspective of university management and those responsible for quality management. Challenges, action practices ...
Políticas sociales y reforma institucional en la Cuba pos-COVID
(2021)
The economic crisis in the wake of the COVID pandemic is putting Cuba's socialism to a severe test. The government in Havana has put a reform of the economy, institutional structure and social policies on the agenda. This ...
Der Aufbruch der Frauen in der SPD
(2019-03-25)
Die SPD vollzog in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren einen beachtlichen frauenpolitischen Wandel: Sie richtete ihre Frauen- und Familienpolitik neu aus, übernahm feministische Ziele in das Grundsatzprogramm und führte eine ...
Armutsrisiko alleinerziehend
(2020)
This book investigates the reasons for lone mothers’ high poverty rates in Germany. It sheds some light on both the family and employment trajectories, and the institutional context. In quantitative analyses the poverty-enhancing ...
Erwachsenenbildung und Lernen in Zeiten von Globalisierung, Transformation und Entgrenzung
(2020)
Against the background of analyzes on transformation, reflexive modernization and fleeting modernity, adult education is required to confront social processes of change, the dissolution of boundaries and structural upheavals. ...
Das Hirn der Studierenden
(2019)
A wide range of initiatives are aimed at the "sovereign teaching" that dominates universities and their lecture-oriented learning formats. Dissatisfied with low learning yield, dialogically designed learning processes are ...
Migration and Social Pathways
(2017-10-02)
The landscape of European migration has changed considerably over the past decades, in particular after the fall of the iron curtain and again after the EU enlargement to the east. The author researches the phenomenon of ...
„Uns wurde die Würde genommen“
(2019)
Die Heime der Brüdergemeinde Korntal und Wilhelmsdorf sind ein weiteres „Fallbeispiel“ für die Heimwirklichkeit in den ersten Jahrzehnten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Diese war für viele Kinder gekennzeichnet durch eine ...
Unerfüllte Kinderwünsche und Reproduktionsmedizin
(2017)
Wer sind die Paare, die sich an die Reproduktionsmedizin wenden? Wie ist die Kinderwunschbehandlung in die Lebensverläufe der Paare eingebettet? Wie gestaltet sich der Entscheidungsprozess für die Nutzung der Reproduktionsmedizin ...
Lernprozesse über die Lebensspanne
(2019)
In einem interdisziplinären Verständnis von personalen und sozialen Bildungs- und Lernprozessen über die Lebensspanne werden in kritisch-konstruktiver Sichtweise formale, non-formale und informelle Wissensbestände und ...
Jahrbuch der berufs- und wirtschaftspädagogischen Forschung 2019
(2019)
Das Jahrbuch für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik gibt einen Überblick über den aktuellen Stand einschlägiger Forschung. Mit diesem Zuschnitt wird dem breiten thematischen und methodologischen Spektrum der Forschung und ...
Violence against Women and Ethnicity: Commonalities and Differences across Europe
(2011)
This book draws together both: theory and practice on minority/migrant women and gendered violence. The interplay of gender, ethnicity, religion, class, generation and sexuality in shaping the lives, experiences and choices ...
Ikonische Macht
(2016)
Bilder sind Teil der medialen Öffentlichkeit, sie konstruieren Gesellschaft. Wie machtvoll sind sie dabei? Die Autorin untersucht die soziale Gestaltung von Pressebildern in Tageszeitungen. In Feininterpretationen werden ...
Theories in Adult Learning and Education
(2011)
Adult Learning and Education The graduate student guide in adult education explores theories of adult learning and adult education participation. It provides a frame of reference for understanding the development of a ...
Frühe mathematische Bildung – Ziele und Gelingensbedingungen für den Elementar- und Primarbereich
(2017)
Within the framework of the publication series "Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zur Arbeit der Stiftung 'Haus der kleinen Forscher'", scientific contributions from renowned experts in the field of early education are ...
Dokumentarische Methode: Triangulation und blinde Flecken
(2019)
The volume discusses the possibilities and limits of the documentary method in terms of basic theory, methodology and methodology. Triangulation is important in two ways: as a research practice in itself and as a way of ...
Zieldimensionen für Multiplikatorinnen und Multiplikatoren früher MINT-Bildung
(2019)
Im Rahmen der Schriftenreihe „Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zur Arbeit der Stiftung ‚Haus der kleinen Forscher‘“ werden regelmäßig wissenschaftliche Beiträge von renommierten Expertinnen und Experten aus dem Bereich der ...
Stiftungen, Zivilgesellschaft und soziale Differenz
(2019)
Stiftungen gelten als vielseitige Organisationen der Zivilgesellschaft: Zum einen möchten sie öffentlich wirksam sein, darüber hinaus sind sie aber auch gemeinwohlorientiert. Das qualitativ empirisch angelegte Forschungsprojekt ...
Greek Tragedy, European Odyssey
(2016-04-18)
Debate among politicians and academics alike vacillates as to whether the euro is the crowning achievement of a half-century of European integration efforts, or now constitutes a force that threatens to drive European Union ...
The Base of the Iceberg
(2014)
Alan Rogers looks at learning (formal, nonformal and informal) and examines the hidden world of informal (unconscious, unplanned) learning. He points out the importance of informal learning for creating tacit attitudes and ...
Building on Progress
(2011)
This publication provides a comprehensive compendium of the current state of Germany’s research infrastructure in the social, economic, and behavioural sciences. In addition, the book presents detailed discussions of the ...
Qualitative Analysis and Documentary Method
(2010)
You need to work with qualitative methods, especially the Documentary Method? This is your book: The first systematic introduction related to the application of the Documentary Method on group discussions, interviews, films ...
The Good Cause
(2010)
Money makes the world go round - corruption The book presents the state of the art in studying the causes of corruption from a comparative perspective. Leading scholars in the field of corruption analysis shed light on ...
Early Science Education
(2017)
Scientific contributions authored by distinguished experts from the field of early education are published periodically within the framework of the series Scientific Studies on the Work of the “Haus der kleinen Forscher” ...
Regieren in der modernen Gesellschaft
(2016-05-23)
Wie lässt sich das Handeln der Regierung in modernen Gesellschaften theoretisch fassen? Schon die Autoren der amerikanischen Verfassung haben die Notwendigkeit erkannt, die Exekutivgewalt einzuhegen und sie mit der Legislative ...
Theorien in der qualitativen Bildungsforschung
(2016-09-26)
Theorie, Methode und Gegenstand sind in der qualitativen Bildungs- und Biographieforschung eng miteinander verflochten. Die Beiträge fragen nach der Gegenstandsangemessenheit von Theorien, nach der Beziehung zwischen ...
Research and Development in Adult Education
(2010)
The importance of adult education is growing steadily— be it in relation with migration, matters of inclus - ion, the work place etc. Thus, this international perspective on the most important research issues in adult ...
Experiences of Intervention Against Violence
(2016)
The stories in this anthology emerged from interviews with women and young people about their experience of intervention when they were escaping a situation of abuse, neglect and/or sexual exploitation. They come from the ...
Smooth Path or Long and Winding Road?
(2010)
The book uses a comparative study of Germany and Britain to reveal how national institutions shape the labour market careers of higher education graduates. It identifies four institutional spheres that are important: the ...
Economic Competence and Financial Literacy of Young Adults
(2016)
The authors take a detailed look at the economic competence and financial literacy of young adults, especially of those who start an apprenticeship or who take up their studies at a university. Economic competence and ...
Doing Democracy Differently
(2017)
Transnational civil society networks have become increasingly important democratizing actors in global politics. Still, the exploration of democracy in such networks remains conceptually and methodologically challenging. ...
Mobile Entrepreneurs
(2018)
Migration, mobility, and globalization are transforming ways of working and living. Business activities, relationships and a sense of belonging are often not tied to any one place. This book explores biographies of highly ...
European Strategies in Lifelong Learning
(2011)
Lifelong learning and education is a key concept for the development of adult education as an area of practice and theoretical consideration. In recent decades, meanwhile, the idea of lifelong education and learning has ...
Queertheoretische Perspektiven auf Bildung
(2017)
Der Band knüpft an die queertheoretischen Infragestellungen der zweigeschlechtlichen Ordnung an. Im Kontext der Vielfältigkeit geschlechtlicher und sexueller Identitäten sind Prozesse von Bildung, Erziehung und Sozialisation ...
Kindsmord in den Medien
(2020)
Social Policies and Institutional Reform in Post-COVID Cuba
(2021)
Die tiefe Wirtschaftskrise in Folge der Corona-Pandemie stellt Kubas Sozialismus vor eine ungeahnte Belastungsprobe. Die Regierung in Havanna hat eine grundlegende Reform von Wirtschaft, Institutionengefüge und Sozialsystem ...
Frühe informatische Bildung – Ziele und Gelingensbedingungen für den Elementar- und Primarbereich
(2018)
Wie können Ziele und Gelingensbedingungen informatischer Bildung im Elementar- und Primarbereich aussehen? Mit Blick auf die pädagogisch-inhaltlichen Zieldimensionen informatischer Bildung geben Fachexpertinnen und -experten ...
Participation and Reconciliation
(2011)
In order to make justice work, participation and reconciliation is needed within and between societies, peoples, and nations. In this compilation, authors—senior academics as well as students-- from Bethlehem University, ...
„Wir haben ja jetzt auch ein paar Damen bei uns“ – Symbolische Grenzziehungen und Heteronormativität in den Ingenieurwissenschaften
(2018)
Engineering sciences in Germany remain a male domain, although for years, efforts have been made to balance gender relations in these areas. The author examines the question of whether and to what extent the asymmetrical ...
Die OECD und die Bildungsplanung der freien Welt
(2017)
Durch Instrumente wie PISA erlangte und erhielt die OECD die Autorität, über Erfolg und Scheitern nationalstaatlicher Bildungspolitiken zu urteilen. Regula Bürgi beleuchtet aus historischer Perspektive die Denkstile und ...
A United Nations Renaissance
(2017-12-04)
This short introduction to the United Nations analyzes the organization as itis today, and how it can be transformed to respond to its critics. Combiningessential information about its history and workings with practical ...
International Relations
(2013-04-10)
The book is written for active learners ñ those keen on cutting their own path through the complex and at times hardly comprehensible world of THEORY in International Relations. To aid this process as much as possible, ...
Lernumgebungen
(2016)
In erfolgreichen, guten Schulen werden Lehren und Lernen durch die bauliche Umgebung bestmöglich unterstützt – aus Schul- und Lernräumen sollten also Lebensräume werden. Um dies zu erreichen müssen erziehungswissenschaftliche, ...
Weiblichkeit – Ansätze zur Theoretisierung
(2018)
Der Band will dazu beitragen, differenziertere Ansätze zum theoretischen Verständnis von Weiblichkeitskonstruktionen zu entwickeln. Die Beiträge diskutieren unterschiedliche Aspekte wie Diskurse über Weiblichkeit, ...
The Service User as a Partner in Social Work Projects and Education
(2016)
To become a competent social worker it is essential to know the perspective of the service users. Therefore, service users are more and more included in field research projects and the instruction of social workers to-be. ...
AMIQUS – Unter Freunden
(2013)
Consumer Psychology
(2016)
This book provides students with a clear and concise guide to studying undergraduate courses in qualitative consumer research and ethnography. The authors present the major qualitative research approaches used in consumer ...
Gender Equality in Context
(2016)
Gender Equality has not yet been achieved in many western countries. Switzerland in particular has failed as a forerunner in integrating women in politics and economy. Taking Switzerland as a case study, the authors ...
Learning and Teaching in Adult Education
(2011)
Learning is a key issue in education. Being familiar with contemporary learning theory, therefore, is an essential prerequisite for education scholars and practitioners alike.
Needs Analysis and Programme Planning in Adult Education
(2012)
How to identify, analyse, and assess the various types of adult learning needs? How to develop programmes tailored to these needs? This study guide is written for postgraduate students preparing to become professional adult ...
Competence and Competence Development
(2012)
What are today’s main concepts and theories – and the main stakes – associated with the issue of competences in organisations? Several topics are discussed, including competence issues regarding the evolution of work, ...
Health Among the Elderly in Germany
(2014)
Whether increasing life expectancy leads to better health remains still controversial. Three topics are explored: (1) vanguard groups which inform about possible levels of health if the general social and environmental ...
The End of Welfare as We Know It?
(2014-01-22)
During the last 30 years, the governments of many Western countries have repeatedly called for an end to welfare. While the virtue of this goal and the means of achieving it continue to be debated in politics, much of ...
Building on Progress
(2011)
This publication provides a comprehensive compendium of the current state of Germany’s research infrastructure in the social, economic, and behavioural sciences. In addition, the book presents detailed discussions of the ...
Autonomie und Struktur in Selbstlernarchitekturen
(2008)
The authors examine the form and dynamics of self-learning processes within the institutional contexts of professionalization in teacher education.
Familientradition Hartz IV?
(2017)
The study addresses the question of how the biographies of people whose families remain in poverty for generations are structured. In addition, it provides detailed insights into the life of families in relation to ALG II ...
Beratung im Kontext des Lebenslangen Lernens
(2019)
The volume is devoted to the increasing importance of advice in the context of lifelong learning. The contributions deal with the actors, concepts and organizations of advice as an opportunity for support as well as the ...
Geschlechterdifferenzierung in der Kindertageseinrichtung
(2016)
How should pedagogical staff in kindergartens deal with gender? Against the background of early pedagogical gender debates, this study offers an empirical insight into gender constructions of children, specialists and ...
Optimierung
(2021)
Bildung und Erziehung im Kontext globaler Transformationen
(2019)
Der Band widmet sich der Reflexion ausgewählter Aspekte von Bildung und Erziehung im Kontext globaler Transformationen. Die Beiträge untersuchen die Transformationsprozesse der Bildung für den globalen Süden sowie Europas ...
Early Science Education – Goals and Process-Related Quality Criteria for Science Teaching
(2018)
Scientific contributions authored by distinguished experts from the field of early education are published periodically within the framework of the series Scientific Studies on the Work of the “Haus der kleinen Forscher” ...
Generation und Sexualität
(2020)
Political Science and Digitalization – Global Perspectives
(2019)
Digitalization is not only a new research subject for political science, but a transformative force for the discipline in terms of teaching and learning as well as research methods and publishing. This volume provides the ...
Gender in Focus
(2018)
This book deals with the interplay between identities, codes, stereotypes and politics governing the various constructions and deconstructions of gender in several Western and non-Western societies (Germany, Italy, Serbia, ...
Binationale Herkunft und Zugehörigkeit
(2022)
The author examines how young adults of binational origin in Morocco and Switzerland repeatedly establish a subjective balance between national discourses of belonging, social processes of inclusion and exclusion, and their ...
The Holocaust in Three Generations
(2010)
Victims and Perpetrators What form does the dialogue about the family past during the Nazi period take in families of those persecuted by the Nazi regime and in families of Nazi perpetrators and bystanders? What impact ...
Jungen in Bildungskontexten
(2022)
Reflections on boys and education have become rare in the academic field after intense debates in the 2000s and early 2010s. Even though there is a persistently active field of pedagogical practice that addresses boys and ...
Educating Students with Refugee and Asylum Seeker Experiences
(2020)
This book discusses the educational systems into which students with refugee backgrounds are placed when relocated into many of their new homelands. It discusses the current climate of neo liberalism which pervades schooling ...
Handbook of Direct Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989
(2018)
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union the political history of Central and Eastern Europe has been mainly the story of arise, consolidation, transformation and struggles of new democratic regimes and societies. The handbook ...
