Michael Mair Livres

Focusing on the state’s complex role in society, this book offers a fresh perspective on the contributions of social and political sciences to understanding state dynamics. It differentiates between empirical and theoretical approaches while emphasizing the importance of revisiting the issue within social and political practice. The work encourages a deeper examination of the state’s influence on collective affairs, advocating for a nuanced approach to its study and engagement.

Dynamic Virtual Infrastructure Benchmarking (DynaVIBe) is an approach for the algorithmic generation of virtual case studies of the entire urban water infrastructure (e. g. water supply, drainage and sewer systems) to investigate its behaviour and impact on the urban environment and socio-economy over time (mid- and long-term perspective in the context of e. g. urban development and climate change). Furthermore scientific propositions in this context are therefore case study unspecific. Identifying and analysing processes of the urban water cycle can be done with the help of real world case studies. However, data observation and preparation for such studies is a time consuming task and therefore the number of free available case studies for research is limited. The approach of DynaVIBe closes this gap.

Rote Landeshauptleute in Salzburg und der Steiermark; in Kärnten nach der SPÖ Jörg Haider und dann dessen Erben die Nummer eins; in Oberösterreich eine schwarz-grüne Koalition; schließlich Skandale, die in Kärnten und Salzburg neuerlich keinen Stein auf dem andern lassen - wie haben diese „Erdbeben“ die politische Kultur der Bundesländer verändert? Antworten liefern Wahlkampf-Analysen und Umfragen und im „Originalton“ auch fast 50 Gesprächspartner von „A“ wie Akteure bis „Z“ wie Zeitzeugen; „Farbe“ geben Reportagen; am Ende werden in einem Quervergleich Schlussfolgerungen gezogen.