This book was prompted by the current, lingering financial crisis, which has its basis in the disorderly financial practices of the United States. These practices have resulted in an accumulated debt which now requires the United States...

After the Napoleonic attempt at imposing order in Europe which left the continent in disarray, the Congress of Vienna came up with an order which not only lasted for an extraordinarily long time, but also had the seeds of very deep...

In Europe, the liberation of the serfs was a project initiated in 1806 with a scheduled completion date of 1810. It was obvious to those who planned the project that the liberation of the serfs involved a complete overhaul of agriculture...

This book discusses the 1918 European socialization debate, its consequences, and its relevance a century later. Following the end of the First World War, the disastrous social and economic situation facing Europe led to calls for...

The issue whether fiscal sociology is ripe for an encyclopedia is the hidden agenda of this project. The authors are international experts from the old and the new world, from Italy to Estonia, the Netherlands to Russia, and of course,...

"Political Economy, Linguistics and Culture: Crossing Bridges" von Jürgen Backhaus ist ein interdisziplinäres Werk, das die Schnittstellen zwischen politischer Ökonomie, Linguistik und Kultur untersucht. Es gehört zur Reihe "The European...

"Ökonomik der partizipativen Unternehmung I" von Jürgen Backhaus untersucht die ökonomischen Grundlagen und Auswirkungen von partizipativer Unternehmensführung. Das Buch analysiert, wie Unternehmen durch die Einbeziehung von Mitarbeitern...