Der neoliberalen Globalisierung liegen Rationalitätsmuster zugrunde, die weder neu noch liberal sind. Dies gilt für herrschaftliches Denken über Natur (als Ressource) ebenso wie für den sich verstärkenden Zugriff auf Naturgüter und die Ausblendung reproduktiver Elemente aus der Debatte...

Das Augenmerk richtet sich auf das Dienstleistungsabkommen GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services), das sich 1994 'in due course' dem GATT (General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs) anschloss und zu den folgenträchtigsten Abkommen innerhalb der Welthandelsorganisation WTO gezählt werden...

Thomas Friedman's book the world is flat has been a bestseller since it appeared in 2005. The remarkable success of the book reflects to a certain extent the present fears with respect to increasing globalization. Using many examples, Friedman argues that distance (however defined) is no longer...

The Workplace Employment Relations Survey series is a tremendously useful source of data for industrial relations researchers. But, like all large-scale secondary datasets, it has a number of design problems. These have not been articulated previously in much depth. Looking at the 2004...

This paper critiques popular academic understandings of development towards a post-capitalist, post-work society based around the automation of production and the provision of a basic income to those displaced by its effects. By focusing on work and its escape as the central issue at stake in...