Es wird ein Überblick über die gegenwärtigen gentechnischen Möglichkeiten und Gefahren gegeben. Am Beispiel der Präimplantationsdiagnostik wird gegenüber anthropotechnischen Positionen die zentrale soziale Dimension von Zeugung, Schwangerschaft und Geburt unterstrichen. Hintergrund der...

For centuries, churches were the main institutional providers of welfare in Europe before the state took over this role in the late 19th century. The influence of modernization theory meant that modern welfare state theorists increasingly regarded religion and its impact on welfare as a relic...

Belgium is one of the few EU-15 countries with no system of involving employee representatives in the strategic management of a company. The post-second World War social pact created extensive institutions for information, consultation and collective bargaining at the company, sector and country...