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Ludger Pries currently works at the Faculty of Social Science, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
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On the occasion of Jörg Bogumil's 65th birthday, this commemorative publication features 23 contributions by companions from academia and practice, reflecting on his multifaceted work in political science research. They reflect on the development paths of public administration and local politics in recent decades, analyze reform trends and sustaina...
Internationalization of value chains and of for-profit as well as non-profit organizations, and as a result of cheaper and safer mass migration, transnational labor mobility is of increasing importance. The article presents the development of the different types of cross-border labor mobility (from long-term labor migration over expatriats/inpatria...
Migration patterns are usually very complex. In addition to traditional immigration, there are various forms of multi-directional and multiple temporary migrations as well as cross-border life references of all kinds. Individual migration projects and the associated integration orientations also change over time. This results in major challenges fo...
This chapter presents the life histories of Afghans currently living in Turkey. In a longitudinal perspective, it focuses on the contexts before leaving their home, during their journey, and after having arrived in Turkey. The chapter offers an understanding and explanation of the subjective reconstruction of what forced migrants experienced before...
Based on empirical data of a broader study on forced migration and organized violence, this chapter gives voice to refugees by presenting and analyzing their biographical narrations. Between the Scylla of approaching them only as passive victims and the Charybdis of celebrating them as free social actors it focuses on the impact of (organized) viol...
This chapter presents the life histories of Afghans currently living in Turkey. In a longitudinal perspective, it focuses on the contexts before leaving their home, during their journey, and after having arrived in Turkey. The chapter offers an understanding and explanation of the subjective reconstruction of what forced migrants experienced before...
Based on empirical data of a broader study on forced migration and organized violence, this chapter gives voice to refugees by presenting and analyzing their biographical narrations. Between the Scylla of approaching them only as passive victims and the Charybdis of celebrating them as free social actors it focuses on the impact of (organized) viol...
Análisis comparativo internacional de la cualificación de la mano de obra, del mercado de trabajo, y de las relaciones industriales. Tomando como foco España, se compara con respecto a otros países europeos, así como con Australia, E.E.U.U., Canadá, y Japón. En la República Federal de Alemania, los procesos y tipos de cualificación, y el mercado de...
Migration patterns are usually very complex. In addition to traditional immigration, there are various forms of multi-directional and multiple temporary migrations as well as cross-border life references of all kinds. Individual migration projects and the associated integration orientations also change over time. This results in major challenges fo...
Migration patterns are usually very complex. In addition to traditional immigration, there are various forms of multi-directional and multiple temporary migrations as well as cross-border life references of all kinds. Individual migration projects and the associated integration orientations also change over time. This results in major challenges fo...
Migration patterns are usually very complex. In addition to traditional immigration, there are various forms of multi-directional and multiple temporary migrations as well as cross-border life references of all kinds. Individual migration projects and the associated integration orientations also change over time. This results in major challenges fo...
Migration patterns are usually very complex. In addition to traditional immigration, there are various forms of multi-directional and multiple temporary migrations as well as cross-border life references of all kinds. Individual migration projects and the associated integration orientations also change over time. This results in major challenges fo...
Migration patterns are usually very complex. In addition to traditional immigration, there are various forms of multi-directional and multiple temporary migrations as well as cross-border life references of all kinds. Individual migration projects and the associated integration orientations also change over time. This results in major challenges fo...
Migration patterns are usually very complex. In addition to traditional immigration, there are various forms of multi-directional and multiple temporary migrations as well as cross-border life references of all kinds. Individual migration projects and the associated integration orientations also change over time. This results in major challenges fo...
Migration patterns are usually very complex. In addition to traditional immigration, there are various forms of multi-directional and multiple temporary migrations as well as cross-border life references of all kinds. Individual migration projects and the associated integration orientations also change over time. This results in major challenges fo...
Executive Summary
Mexico is increasingly important as a country of transit migration between the Global South and the Global North. Migration dynamics from Central America to and through Mexico are mainly considered as economic or mixed migration of people looking for work and a better life in the USA. Nevertheless, since the 2010s the number of as...
Die Soziologie hat eine lange Tradition in der Diagnose von Gegenwartsgesellschaften, aber wenig theoretische und empirische Instrumente zur Analyse der langfristigen Entwicklung des menschlichen Zusammenlebens. Dies geht Hand in Hand mit einer gewissen Skepsis gegenüber der (lange Zeit von der Biologie dominierten) Evolutionstheorie und -forschung...
In 2015 and 2016, almost two and a half million forced migrants entered the European Union. Most of them arrived in the European Union from Syria, but there were also forced migrants from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other countries. While many of these migrants used the so-called Balkan route after passing through Turkey, others arrived in Greece via Le...
This paper examines whether multilevel transnational cooperation makes a difference in refugee protection, especially in protracted displacement. In response to the forced migration of millions of Syrians to Turkey starting in 2011, the EU and Turkish government published a joint statement in March 2016. The so-called EU-Turkey deal (EUTD) provided...
Das Zusammenleben der Menschen entwickelte sich weniger durch natürliche Selektion als durch kulturelles Lernen und verstehende Kooperation. Wie wir die Herausforderungen von Klimawandel, Pandemien, Genschere und Digitalisierung meistern, hängt von soziokulturellen Innovationen ab. Im Anthropozän werden die äußere und die menschliche Natur immer st...
Research on flight and refugees has been experiencing a boom in the German-speaking regions since about 2015. This handbook opens up the field in all its breadth and at the same time critically reflects the state of research. Part I of the volume discusses on a theoretical level the historical development of the field, its (trans-)disciplinary appr...
Sociology has a long tradition of diagnosing contemporary societies, but little theoretical and empirical instruments for analyzing the long-term evolution of human coexistence. This goes hand in hand with a bias to disregard insights of evolutionary theory and research. The main argument here to develop is that a sociology of evolution should ente...
Das Thema Migration hat in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten in Deutschland, in Europa und in der Welt sowohl in der Wissenschaft als auch in der Gesellschaft erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Das Volumen grenzüberschreitender Wanderungen ist sogar noch schneller gewachsen als die Weltbevölkerung, und unterschiedliche Formen internationaler Migration bet...
During the last decade, especially with the Russian aggression against Ukraine, armed conflicts and other forms of organized violence increased in volume and public discourse. In Sociology, violence and, particularly organized violence were marginalized topics for a long time, not least because many sociologists considered violence as a relic of tr...
El mercado – como tipo ideal – es una institución social que rige en contextos de acción anónimos de intercambio de bienes, que son más o menos homogéneos, contables y cuantificables cuyo valor se determina por el tiempo de trabajo que cuesta fabricarlos. Históricamente, esta institución social del mercado, y del trabajo como vía central de partici...
Nach dem umfangreichen Zuzug von Flüchtlingen nach Deutschland hat sich auch die Forschungslandschaft in diesem Feld diversifiziert. Einen bedeutsamen Aspekt innerhalb dieser Forschung bieten Ansätze, in denen die Lebenswelt der Betroffenen in den Fokus gestellt und versucht wird, deren Erfahrungsraum zu rekonstruieren. Hiervon ausgehend werden in...
Border crossing migration always includes (re-)negotiation of world views, home and the meaning of arrival. This negotiation of arrival takes place within the broader societal contexts of the countries of origin and of arrival but is also a mediation with oneself and with social networks. This holds true especially for refugees and émigrés who have...
In this chapter we describe and explain the dynamics of globalization and transnationalization of social spaces and – as the other side of the same process – the development of super-diversities and even more complex mechanisms of belongings and identities in a historical perspective. Further on, we discuss how these processes have influenced the G...
In the last two decades, the topic of migration has gained importance for society as a whole, for science, and especially for sociology.¹ Although Germany was in fact predominantly an immigration country throughout the 20th century, it was not until the turn of the 21st century that this was accepted in Germany’s self-perception. This is also refle...
Labour regulation is often approached either by methodological nationalism or methodological globalism. Main arguments are that labour and its regulation are increasingly dis-embedded and commodified. As an alternative framing we propose a (neo-)institutionalist multi-level and multi-actors approach. Based on literature review and own studies we ar...
In this article, we concentrate on the interrelations between organized violence and (forced) migration as they condensate in biographical narratives of Mexican mi-grants. Mexico is an interesting case for several reasons. First, as a country of transit from Central America and other places to the USA, Mexico concentrates high vol-umes and a broad...
For many years, the Volkswagen consortium cheated governmental authorities, customers and the public by promising that their Diesel cars had very low emissions whereas these were actually much higher. This chapter discusses the questions if Volkswagen was affected by the Diesel-Gate since 2015 in terms of sales and how this continuing cheating coul...
The world of work and industrial relations, which have historically mainly been defined from a national point of view, are key aspects in a complex process of political, economic and societal transnationalisation. This book presents current research findings which focus on specific problems regarding the changes to labour and industrial relations d...
In public and scientific debates about the dynamics of the so‐called refugee crisis of 2015, there are highly controversial positions concerning the statement on August 2015 by Chancellor Merkel: “We will manage it” Did this dictum actually increase or even unleash the refugee migration towards Europe in 2015? Was Germany's governmental policy agai...
Abstract Debates on border control increased in Europe, especially since the refugee movement in 2015. But to what extent does cross-border migration has its own momentum, independently of labor market conditions and of migration policies? Taking the example of the long-term migration dynamics between Mexico and the USA the article argues that the...
Nach der generellen Abgrenzung und Bestimmung des Forschungsfeldes der Erwerbsregulierung im vorhergehenden Kapitel, konzentrieren sich die folgenden Ausführungen nun auf die Erörterung abhängiger Erwerbsarbeit in einer international vergleichenden Perspektive. Im Kap. 2 wurden die allgemeinen sozialen Institutionen vorgestellt, die abhängige und s...
In den bisherigen Kapiteln wurden verschiedenste Formen der Erwerbsregulierung behandelt, die über die Grenzen nationalstaatlicher Bestimmungen und Mechanismen hinausweisen. Dabei spielten die Konventionen der ILO und speziell die Kernarbeitsnormen als normativer und globaler Referenzpunkt eine besondere Rolle. Sie haben inzwischen Eingang in vielf...
Das im Hinblick auf grenzüberschreitende Kooperation – und auch auf grenzüberschreitende Erwerbsregulierung – anspruchsvollste und weitreichendste Projekt ist ohne Zweifel die Europäische Union (vgl. http://europa.eu). Seit den 1970er Jahren hat sich das Verständnis der Europäischen Union trotz aller politisch-konjunkturellen Schwankungen im Einzel...
Während die Perspektive der Erwerbsstrukturierung und ihrer sozialen Institutionen auf das generelle gesellschaftliche Kräftefeld ausgerichtet ist, in dem und durch das Arbeit und Beschäftigung wesentlich geprägt werden, liegt der Fokus der Erwerbsregulierung auf der bewussten und expliziten, interessen- und machtdurchtränkten, individuellen und ko...
Die im vorangegangenen Kapitel dargestellten Regimes von Erwerbsregulierung in der VR China und in Indien haben deutlich gemacht, dass für solche international vergleichenden Betrachtungen tatsächlich ein ausdifferenziertes Beobachtungsinstrument notwendig ist, wie es hier in den Kap. 3 und 4 vorgestellt wurde. Trotz der langen britischen Kolonialz...
In den zwei vorhergehenden Kap. 7 und 8 wurden Regulierungstypen vorgestellt, die auf der globalen, auf der internationalen und auf der supranationalen Ebene vor allem auf der Basis und mithilfe völkerrechtlich bindender Verträge und Bestimmungen operieren. Dabei zeigte sich, dass die von der ILO entwickelten Kernarbeitsnormen einen quasi weltweit...
Das Thema der Erwerbsregulierung umfasst generell die formellen und informellen Regeln sowie die realen Praktiken und Mechanismen der bewussten und expliziten, interessen- und machtdurchtränkten, individuellen und kollektiven Festlegung, Kontrolle und Weiterentwicklung der materialen Normen und prozeduralen Regeln, unter denen Menschen beschäftigt...
Es gibt Regionen und Kontinente, deren Regime der Erwerbsregulierung wissenschaftlich vergleichsweise gut dokumentiert sind. Hierzu zählt in erster Linie die Europäische Union, die in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten ein beispielloses System transparenter und der interessierten Öffentlichkeit leicht zugänglichen Information über die Arbeits-, Beschäfti...
In den vorangegangenen Kapiteln wurde gezeigt, dass Erwerbsarbeit in ihren spezifischen Formen nach Ländern jeweils sehr unterschiedlich gestaltet ist und reguliert wird. Die besondere Ausgestaltung der Arbeits-, Beschäftigungs- und Partizipationsbedingungen wird also offensichtlich weder von der Wirtschaft, noch von der Technologie oder der Untern...
Fast alle Menschen verbringen den Großteil ihres wachen Lebens mit Erwerbsarbeit. Die Bedingungen, unter denen sie erwerbstätig sind (z. B. Lohnhöhe, Arbeitszeit, Urlaub), werden durch Gesetze, Tarifverträge, betriebliche Bestimmungen oder auch nur durch individuell-vertragliche Abmachungen festgelegt. Bis zum Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts wurden diese...
Die vergangenen Jahrzehnte waren nicht nur von ökonomischer Globalisierung bestimmt, es lässt sich auch eine beachtliche soziale und politische Globalisierung nachzeichnen. Für den Bereich der Aushandlung, Festlegung und Kontrolle von Arbeits-, Beschäftigungs- und Partizipationsbedingungen wurde in den vorangegangenen Kapiteln eine Vielzahl von gre...
In den vorangegangenen Abschnitten wurden verschiedene Typen der grenzüberschreitenden Erwerbsregulierung vorgestellt. Dabei zeigte sich, dass Fragen der Arbeits-, Beschäftigungs- und Partizipationsbedingungen auf der Ebene der UN und der internationalen Organisationen gerade seit dem neuen Jahrhundert zunehmend Eingang gefunden haben. In der Europ...
In der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts haben sich die beiden deutschen Staaten, die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die Deutsche Demokratische Republik, nicht als Migrationsländerdefiniert und wahrgenommen. Für beide deutsche Staaten widersprach dies der historischen Wirklichkeit – Deutschland war immer ein Drehpunkt intensiver Wanderungsprozess...
This chapter analyzes the interplay of organized violence and forced migration from a transnational perspective. Challenging extant debates in the literature about the migration-development nexus, the author proposes a novel and more comprehensive theoretical lens to study migration, which looks more directly into the relationship between developme...
Many refugee and asylum-related organizations in Europe were active long before the ‘refugee crisis of 2015’. This chapter presents an analysis of the role of asylum and refugee-related organizations and their cooperation networks for the reception, protection, and integration of asylum refugees. It is shown that organizations related to refugee pr...
In 2015 and 2016 many European countries experienced a historic peak in transit and arrival of refugees. Member states of the EU and the EU itself were unable to manage effective refugee protection. In many countries, volunteers and Non-Governmental Organizations were crucial for coping with the so-called refugee crisis. This chapter addresses the...
The contrasts between two distinct experiences of academic exile allow for outlining a series of conclusions concerning the similarities and differences of the cases. First of all, it must be noted that the US-American society, which is open to immigration, stands in contrast to Mexico and its reduced exposure to international immigrant streams. As...
This introductory chapter sketches out the context of receiving European emigrés at NSSR and Colmex during the 1930s. It analyses how European scientists managed their forced migration and exile existence in New York and Mexico City between the poles of assimilating, return orientation and transnational strategies. It also asks for the impact of th...
Die zunehmende Transnationalisierung von Lebensentwürfen, sozialen Beziehungen und Lebensformen konstruiert und strukturiert pluri-lokale Sozialräume, was u. a. die Soziale Arbeit vor neue Herausforderungen stellt. Wenn sich menschliche Lebenszusammenhänge über verschiedene Orte und Länder aufspannen, müssen die Maßnahmen Sozialer Arbeit dies berüc...
During the 1930s, thousands of social scientists fled the Nazi regime or other totalitarian European regimes, mainly towards the Americas. The New School for Social Research (NSSR) in New York City and El Colegio de México (Colmex) in Mexico City both were built based on receiving exiled academics from Europe.
Comparing the founding and first twen...
Comprising the study, documentation, and comparison of plant-level workers’ participation around the world, this volume meets the challenge of offering a global perspective on workers’ participation, representation, and models of social partnership. Value chains, economic life, inter-cultural exchange and knowledge, as well as the mobility of perso...
Das Buch behandelt die Regulierung von Erwerbsbedingungen in ihren verschiedenen Dimensionen in einer international vergleichenden Perspektive und vor dem Hintergrund zunehmender Globalisierung und Transnationalisierung von Wertschöpfungsketten. Bei genauerer Betrachtung zeigt sich dabei eine Vielfalt von grenzüberschreitenden Formen der Regulierun...
The handbook ‘Lateinamerika’ presents basic terms, political, economic, social and legal problems, and topics relating to and challenges faced by Latin America and its heterogeneous national realities. It also regards itself as obligated to area studies by presenting and understanding the aforementioned terms in their regional context. It provides...
Based on the massive influx of refugees in Europe during 2015 and 2016 the article summarizes the development for Germany. It reconstructs and explains the so-called miracle of September 2015 of a warm welcoming. Then it argues that the European Union developed a nice Common European Asylum System (CEAS), but that it revealed its weaknesses and fin...
Grenzüberschreitende Arbeitswanderung ist so alt wie die Menschheit. Sie pulsiert mit den Dynamiken von makroregionalen Wachstums- und Entwicklungspolen, mit den mikroregionalen Erwerbs- und Lebenschancen der Menschen und mit kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen. Mit dem Begriff Arbeitsmärkte werden in der Regel die jeweils spezifischen Normen und Me...
Für die Analyse grenzüberschreitender Erwerbsmobilität ist eine Kombination von sozialwissenschaftlichen Arbeitsmarkt‑ und Migrationstheorien notwendig. Die Arbeitsmigration zwischen Mexiko und den USA ist eines der ältesten und wichtigsten Beispiele für transnationale Erwerbsmobilität und vergleichsweise gut erforscht, was eine konzeptionelle Inte...
Die zunehmende Transnationalisierung von Lebensentwürfen, sozialen Beziehungen und Lebensformen konstruiert und strukturiert pluri-lokale Sozialräume, was u. a. die Soziale Arbeit vor neue Herausforderungen stellt. Wenn sich menschliche Lebenszusammenhänge über verschiedene Orte und Länder aufspannen, müssen die Maßnahmen Sozialer Arbeit dies berüc...
