Although countries differ tremendously in population size, comparative public administration has not considered this context factor systematically. This Element provides the most comprehensive theoretical and empirical account to date of the effects that country size has on the functioning of...

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. THE UNITED STATES OF GERMANY -- CHAPTER II. THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE IN GERMANY -- CHAPTER III. THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE IN GERMANY -- CHAPTER IV. THE GERMAN PEOPLE AND MILITARISM -- CHAPTER V. THE PROFIT AND LOSS OF MILITARISM -- CHAPTER VI....

Gegenwärtige Veränderungen des Umfeldes gehen mit gravierenden Folgen für die Unternehmen einher. Einst erfolgreich etablierte Marken verlieren Marktanteile an Newcomer, die auf eine andere Art die Kunden in ihren Bann ziehen. Rapide digitale Entwicklungen steigern darüber hinaus die...

This book offers an in-depth exploration of the international phenomenon of enlightened paternalist capitalism and social engineering in the golden age of capitalism in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and France. Erik de Gier shows how utopian socialist, religious, and craft-based...