This article will examine the claims regarding the nature of work in the emerging information society. Particularly, it will be concerned with challenging the "Death of Distance" thesis presented by F. Cairncross (1997), Beck (1998), and others. This view suggests that geography and especially...

Since the proclamation of the German 'Energiewende' by the Federal Government in 2011, the transition of the energy supply system has accelerated. In 2011, the "Helmholtz-Alliance" - "ENERGY TRANS - Future Infrastructures for Meeting Energy Demands. Towards Sustainability and Social...

The article analyses the case of a successful innovation in the energy sector: the development of a market for Photovoltaics. It argues that - given the special characteristics of the energy sector - successful innovation depends on strong political support and an advocacy coalition. The method...

"Ausgangspunkt der Analyse ist das 'Flexibilisierungs-Paradoxon', das auf der empirischen Beobachtung beruht, daß sich die Teilzeitbeschäftigung in den 60er Jahren weitgehend ohne staatliches Zutun ausdehnte, aber gerade seit der massiv vorangetriebenen Flexibilisierungsoffensive in den 80er...

The paper examines the policies of the Commission of the European Community (CEC) aiming towards a coordinated introduction of an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) in all member countries by 1993. Originally, ISDN was supposed to be a new telecommunications network that would...