The biggest reform step to date in the liberalisation and deepening of the EU internal market for services was taken with the EU Services Directive. Its implementation intended to provide a clear impetus for the removal of existing obstacles to the free movement of services, the freedom of...

On the 4th of November 2009, the Swedish Parliament passed the government bill on the realization of the Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market (“the Services Directive ”). The amendments gained legal force...

Aim/purpose - The purpose of this article was to identify the information and communication technology (ICT) tools fostering the co-production of social services, acknowledging that the technological environment is an important contextual condition enhancing the development of co-production....

Due to legislative and judicial developments, standard-setting has come to the forefront of public debates. Being for a long time considered as a 'no passing zone' for everyone but engineers and technical experts, standard-setting organizations (SSOs) have produced a rowing solid body of...

The American third sector is enjoying a recent surge of academic attention, which presents a unique opportunity to adopt an international perspective. This Article begins with an introduction to the basics of American nonprofit law. Integrating a comparative approach, it discusses the nonprofit...

Seit einigen Jahren ist an deutschsprachigen Hochschulen eine boomartige Ausweitung von Studiengängen im Bereich Sozialmanagement / Sozialwirtschaft festzustellen. Flankiert wird dieser Trend von tiefgreifenden Veränderungen des europäischen sowie nationalen Hochschul- und Studiengangssystems...

Dieses Open-Access-Buch erläutert ein Handlungsmodell zur Gestaltung sozialer Versorgung. Das Modell beinhaltet 16 Gestaltungsaufgaben, die sich an den wesentlichen Planungs- und Steuerungsaufgaben sozialer Versorgung und den vier Phasen eines Managementkreislaufes (Analyse,...