This volume illuminates the processes by which social networks in work organizations can effectively generate, sustain and ameliorate social inequalities across individuals, firms and occupational fields. It offers valuable insights that inform researchers and policy makers regarding issues of...

From the 1980s onward, billions of dollars were poured into irrigation improvement programs in Egypt. These aimed at improving local Nile water management through the introduction of more water-efficient technology and by placing management of the improved systems in the hands of local water...

Der Kapitalismus geht seinem Ende entgegen. Das geschieht nicht von heute auf morgen, aber dennoch unaufhaltsam. Und die Zeichen dafür sind längst unübersehbar: sinkende Produktionskosten, Share Economy, Internet der Dinge. Jeremy Rifkin, Visionär und Bestsellerautor, fügt die Koordinaten...