Seit den 1970er Jahren sind die Wohlfahrtsverbände der Kirchen in Deutschland zu den größten Arbeitgebern des Landes aufgestiegen. Dabei half ihnen ihre Sonderstellung als kirchliche Arbeitgeber. Seit den 1990er Jahren sehen sich diese jedoch einem doppelten Druck ausgesetzt. Einerseits...

Over one million people work for a faith-based welfare provider in Germany. Caritas and Diakonie, the largest faith-based providers in Germany enjoy prerogatives that do not exist in other countries. This particular group of faith-based organizations is exempt from federal labor law and...

Die europäische Krise wurde bisher vor allem unter dem Stichwort “Spielarten des Kapitalismus“ in der Wissenschaft diskutiert. Das Erklärungspotenzial von unterschiedlichen Wirtschaftskulturen in Nord und Südeuropa wurde hingegen vernachlässigt. Dieser Beitrag untersucht die...

Ordoliberalism has been identified as an important ideational force during the European sovereign debt crisis. A vivid scholarly and public debate has erupted on how much influence the ideology had on the German position during the crisis. This article concentrates on an aspect that this debate...

Since the 1970s welfare organisations operated by the churches in Germany have evolved into the country’s largest employers. While church affiliation and attendance dropped sharply, the churches grew as employers. Caritas and Diakonie, the two largest faith-based welfare providers, enjoy a...

Ordoliberalism became during the years of the financial crisis the target of a European-wide critical campaign. This school of thought is widely perceived as the ideational source of Germany's crisis politics which has even led to an “ordoliberalisation of Europe”. The essay questions the...

Ordoliberalism became during the years of the financial crisis the target of a European-wide critical campaign. This school of thought is widely perceived as the ideational source of Germany's crisis politics which has even led to an “ordoliberalisation of Europe”. The essay questions the...