Law, economics, social sciences

The unions are at a crossroads. Although the much-cited crisis of the trade unions does not endanger their existence, it does require a decision regarding their function and their understanding of their role. The decision is: Do the unions accept the new balance of power between labor and capital and assume the role of a pragmatic companion to modernization, relying on derived power as an ordering factor, which is still granted to them by capital and the state? Do the...

The present volume 6 of the publication series of the Hessian Lawyers' Foundation is based on a student essay competition on the topic "Deals in criminal proceedings" advertised by the foundation in 2014 - Can an accused "buy himself free" in criminal proceedings? Prof. Dr. Britta Bannenberg, Professor of Criminology, Juvenile Justice and Correctional Services at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, selected the six works presented here from the many submissions from all over Germany in the essay competition;...

Competitive sport, state security and doping are the terms that dominated the public and scientific discussion about sport in the GDR for a long time. This work on mass sport breaks with the prevailing patterns of interpretation in several respects. On the one hand, with the area of ​​non-performance-oriented sport, it turns to a research field that is less well known to the public. On the other hand, with the application of the everyday historical approach of the "participatory dictatorship"...

In view of the long tradition of research into human decision-making behavior, it is surprising that our understanding of the cognitive mechanisms underlying childhood decision-making behavior is still in its infancy. This book provides a comprehensive methodological and empirical overview of the current status of decision-making research with children. Based on this, the theoretical debate about the cognitive mechanisms of decision-making that is currently being conducted in decision-making research with adults is expanded by a developmental-psychological perspective: An understanding of...

What personal opinions and views do students associate with the professional option of founding their own company? The present work is devoted to this question. Based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), this question is empirically examined. A qualitative elicitation study serves to elicit the subjective behavioral, normative and control beliefs. Two further quantitative studies result in results on the actual levels of belief, differential beliefs of students with different levels of founding intentions and belief factors obtained through...

Depression is still a taboo subject even in the 21st century, although theoretically it can affect anyone. Especially when it comes to men who are affected by this disease. The image of a man suffering from depression contradicts the ideas of a performance-oriented society. External factors such as bullying, stress, social isolation, separation in general can be triggers for depression. In the first part of this work, the clinical picture of depression and its multifactorial development conditions are to be...

Empirical, i.e. qualitative social research has set itself the task of reconstructing biographical processing patterns of learning processes, in the sense of concrete actions and statements, between social groups/institutions and the individual himself. The focus of interest is always the human being himself, with his individual experiences, his subjective and selective perception as well as his interpersonal interaction. In addition, overall social contexts are analyzed in order to be able to draw conclusions about the interrelationship between society and social...

Accurately assessing customer requests and their expectations - this is of particular importance in a time of strong competitive markets. This is exactly where a careful analysis of the individual values ​​of customers can be helpful. Because: Values ​​have a lasting influence on our everyday thoughts and actions – including consumer behavior. This book explains the extent to which different values ​​and customer-specific characteristics can influence consumer behavior. The basis for this is the international research on human values ​​by...

The present study attempts to contribute to research into the effective factors of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). EMDR is a well-studied and effective method for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the effective factors of which have not yet been clearly clarified. With this book, eye movements are derived directly from the EOG (electrooculogram) during an EMDR-typical setting for the first time. In addition, cortical processes such as activation, interhemispheric activation differences, and remembering and reappraisal are...

According to the Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA), around 5 million people in Germany are exposed to harmful noise at their workplace, which in many cases leads to secondary diseases. But would we also think of the profession of a teacher with such a statement? The maximum values ​​recommended for mental activity according to DIN are 35 to 45 dB(A); in fact, noise levels of up to 80 dB were measured in school classes. However, these physical measured values...

Infectious diseases alone have historically claimed more lives than wars - be it the "Spanish flu" after World War I or AIDS, malaria, polio and tuberculosis. Together they cost millions of lives every year. A multitude of actors are active in the global health world in the fight against these pathogens, but among this myriad one actor has received little research attention to date: philanthropic foundations. As a result, the question of the efficiency of philanthropic foundations remained largely unaddressed...

The book retail industry is changing. With the rise of the internet and e-books, the stationary book trade is confronted with a precarious situation, which results in numerous business closures and insolvencies year after year. The big retailers Thalia, Mayersche, Hugendubel and Co. have now started to reduce the number of their branches after years of expansion policy. The remaining businesses are evolving more and more from bookstores to media houses, which increasingly offer DVDs, toys and other non-book items....