Max Koch Livres

The book explores climate change as a social issue, highlighting the conflict between capitalist development and the Earth's physical limits. It analyzes how these limits have been managed over time and investigates the connections between consumption patterns, energy systems, and climate change during the eras of Fordism and finance-driven capitalism. Through this lens, it critiques the sustainability of current economic practices in relation to environmental challenges.

The book presents a theoretical model that examines the restructuring of labor markets and social structures in advanced capitalist nations through the 'regulation approach.' It offers a comparative analysis of the distinct national trajectories in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden, highlighting how each country navigates economic and social changes.

The book explores the shift towards 'non-standard' employment in the postwar era, highlighting both the negative impacts and the potential for a new, inclusive European employment standard. It examines how evolving work conditions challenge traditional employment norms while also presenting evidence of innovative practices that could foster social inclusivity in the workforce. The discussion aims to provide a balanced perspective on the changing landscape of employment and its implications for society.

In this book Max Koch develops a theoretical model to understand the restructuring of labour markets and social structures of advanced capitalist countries on the basis of the 'regulation approach'. This approach is then applied to comparative analysis of the national trajectories of the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. Against the background of the classical sociological theories of Marx and Weber, he examines whether there are general links between inclusion, exclusion and capitalism. This is followed by an outline of key concepts of the regulation approach and a discussion of the transition from Fordism to Post-Fordism which leads to empirically verifiable hypotheses about long-term trends in labour markets and social structures in Western Europe. These hypotheses serve as the theoretical basis for the subsequent country studies that are founded on an evaluation of international labour statistics.

Fast vergessene Helden und Götter des germanischen Altertums feiern in dieser prächtigen Sammlung ihre Auferstehung. Beeindruckende farbige Illustrationen gewähren uns einen Rückblick zu unseren geschichtli-chen Wurzeln. Dieses über Jahrhunderte nur mündlich überlieferte Geschichtswissen hier als beeindruckende historische Bilderschau für Alt und Jung.