Funktion und Funktionswandel der Gewerkschaften in Deutschland

“…68 Most, but not all, trade unions are organized within the Confederation of German Trade Unions (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB) (Seibring, 2010). For general descriptions of the system of trade unions in Germany, see, e.g., Esser (2003) or Schroeder (2003). 69 The umbrella organization of the employers' associations is the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (Bundersvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände, BDA).…”

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The Hybridization of Vocational Training and Higher Education in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland

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2013

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who provided me with helpful comments and practical ideas on different parts of the book.I would also like to acknowledge the support of the 48 experts I interviewed in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Each of them provided me with some important piece of the puzzle that I have put together here. I found meeting these experts in their organizations and workplaces and discussing the topics they actively engage with on a daily basis to be both exciting and informative. I am very thankful for the friendliness and openness with which they welcomed me.During my field research in Austria, Ulrich Brand provided me with an office at the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna. During my stay in Switzerland, Rolf Becker gave me a workspace in the Department of Sociology of Education at the University of Bern. I wish to thank both of them for their generous hospitality.In addition, I would like to thank Mike Wright, Roisin Cronin, and Ute Reusch for their language assistance at different stages of the writing process. Furthermore, I thank Miriam von Maydell from Budrich UniPress for guiding me through the publication process.I gratefully acknowledge the financial support the WZB has provided to enable the publication of this book. The WZB is an excellent place to carry out research. One of the main reasons for this is its wonderful administrative AT DE CH UK

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“…Building on Josef Esser's (1982) concept of the trade union as an "intermediary organisation" oscillating between state apparatus and societal autonomy, Löw theorises trade unions and their policies as a "product of societal struggles and power relations" (p. 80), thereby highlighting their necessarily contradictory and dynamic character (pp. 70-74).…”

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Review of Neva Löw (2023) Solidarität und ihre Widersprüche. Gewerkschaften im Sommer der Migration 2015 [Solidarity and its contradictions. Trade Unions in the Summer of Migration 2015]

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The Hybridization of Vocational Training and Higher Education in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland

The Hybridization of Vocational Training and Higher Education in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland

The Hybridization of Vocational Training and Higher Education in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland

Review of Neva Löw (2023) Solidarität und ihre Widersprüche. Gewerkschaften im Sommer der Migration 2015 [Solidarity and its contradictions. Trade Unions in the Summer of Migration 2015]

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