Carl-Heinrich Bösling

György Széll

Johannes Hartkemeyer

The dominant form of globalisation, i.e. financial globalisation, is the biggest challenge for employees and their representations of interest. If it remains largely unregulated, not only the natural resources will be destroyed, but also social sustainability will be prevented. The negative effects of this development are first of all to be felt on the local and regional level. It is here, therefore, where counter initiatives and strategies have to start. The quality of life and working-life has not necessarily increased through globalisation and the New Economy, though the possibilities of improved communication via email and Internet were positively acknowledged. The biggest challenge is the increasing inequality on a global scale, which is produced so far by the New Economy. As education contributes to enlarge this gap, it has to be adapted to the new social needs to overcome this polarisation. The ongoing development must be reversed: Real needs demand more spending for public than for private consumption. Intermediate organisations can play a positive role in this process."

Labour, Globalisation & the New Economy

Heinz Sünker

Russell Francis Farnen

Given the catastrophic history of the 'short 20th century' (Hobsbawm), the crucial question facing the new millennium - all over the world - is that of the future social as well as political development. At the centre of our engagement with this question should lie reflections on participatory forms of democratisation in as many societies around the globe as possible, so as to make globalisation more than simply an economic theme. Such reflections - as the contributions in this book show - from this perspective would also examine the possible ways in which relations might be constituted within political socialisation, participation and education. These concepts are in turn to be explored in the substantive discussions of 'democracy' and 'democratisation' in relation to individuals as well as political systems. If educational policy is social policy, if a democratic society demands citizens who are educated and thus capable of political action, the themes 'Political Education' and 'Political Socialisation' need to be addressed anew, and this is equally important for a rethinking of the future of the 'political' more generally. The contributions to the book contribute to a challenging debate.

Change of Epoch - Processes of Democratisation

Political Socialisation, Participation and Education

Litsa Nicolaou-Smokoviti

University of Piraeus

The volume presents the results of an international conference which took place at the Commercial and Industrial Chamber of Athens at the end of 1990, organized and sponsored by the University of Piraeus. The publication was prepared at the University of Osnabrück, Germany. The conference and the publication were supported by an International Honorary Committee and a Local Organizing Committee, the Research Committee «Participation and Self-Management» and the Research Committee «Sociology of Work» of the International Sociological Association as well as by the European Group of Organization Studies. The 46 contributions cover a wide range of topics within the general theme. They are presented under four headings: General Perspectives, Greek Perspectives, Socio-Economic Changes and Ownership, Technology and Work Organization, and end with the conclusion by Albert Mok. One of the central topics which has nothing lost of its relevance is the one about privatization in East and West.

Participation, Organizational Effectiveness, and Quality of Work Life in the Year 2000

Ute Széll

"This volume includes the most important contributions to the tenth meeting of the German-Japanese Society for the Social Sciences, held in Osnabreuck, Germany, from 28 to 31 August 2008"--Page 1.

Quality of Life and Working Life in Comparison

Labour Relations in Transition in Eastern Europe

Cornelis Jacobus Lammers

Gyo rgy Szell

This is the first volume in a new Oxford series that is designed to provide policymakers, practitioners, and academics with important works of reference on significant developments in participative practice in organizations. The book looks at how trends toward participation, co-determination, self-management, and cooperatives fared during the 1970s and 1980s, which, after a surge of optimism and increased democratization in the preceding two decades, have seen widespread and severe setbacks to this process in industrialized countries. The contributors, representing a number of countries and disciplines, examine the economic, technological, political, and socio-cultural forces at work in the past decade, the influence they have exerted, and the future prospects for organizational democracy worldwide.

György Széll

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