“…Subsequent case study chapters examine the political economy of recent corporate governance change in Germany and Italy. "…”

“…The paper starts with an historical and sociological review of the middle class concept in France, Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Different options are considered then to define the middle classes, namely using subjective (self-assessment) or more objective criteria like income level, education attainment or type of occupation. …”

“…Based on field work in and analysis of primary documents from six European countries (France, Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, and Poland) this book makes an important contribution to the study of a rapidly Europeanized policy domain. …”

“…Combining cross-national statistical analysis with detailed qualitative case studies of Denmark, Germany, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Spain, Johnston reveals that monetary union's removal of these mechanisms allowed external imbalances between these two blocs to grow unchecked, underpinning the crisis in which Europe currently finds itself. …”

“…Drawing on the results of extensive field research based on a qualitative study among trade unions from Hungary, Poland, Sweden, and Germany, as well as representatives from the European level, this book points to a significant gap in European trade union politics between pretensions and reality. …”

“…This paper assesses government responses to the platform economy in seven EU countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and Spain. It shows that, owing to the lack of a specific framework governing the platform economy, countries generally attempt to apply existing legislation, regulations and policies to the new challenges that the platform economy brings. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Summary of events in the GDR <br/>- President of West German Federal Bank talks about cooperation between the two German states <br/>- Reports from the scene of the border between the two Germanies <br/>- Chancellor Kohl's Polish schedule <br/>- Overview of the situation in Soviet Moldavia <br/>- Miners' strike in Vorkuta <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Four-power talks in Budapest <br/>- On the executions carried out after November 4, 1956 <br/>- Edward Teller and the atomic bomb <br/>- András Sütő's letter <br/>- Holy See and Budapest about to instate diplomatic relations <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Question of the Suzuki factory in Hungary Külpolitika: <br/>- Beszámoló az NDK-beli eseményekről <br/>- A két német állam együttműködéséről beszélt a nyugatnémet Szövetségi Bank elnöke <br/>- Helyszíni beszámoló a két Berlin határáról <br/>- Kohl kancellár lengyelországi programjáról <br/>- Szovjet-moldáviai helyzetkép <br/>- Vorkutai bányászsztrájk <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Négyhatalmi találkozó Budapesten <br/>- Az 1956 november 4. utáni kivégzésekről <br/>- Teller Ede és az atombomba <br/>- Sütő András levele <br/>- Szentszék és Budapest a diplomáciai kapcsolatok felvétele előtt <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- A Suzuki gyár ügye…”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Crossing the Berlin Wall now essentially free <br/>- Kohl breaks off Warsaw visit for 24 hours due to East German developments <br/>- Moscow also greets latest sign of perestroika in East Germany <br/>- Todor Zhivkov resigns <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Hungarian position on East German developments <br/>- Hungarian-Austrian inter-governmental talks on preparations for the World Exposition <br/>- State and churches <br/>- Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)-Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) relations <br/>- After the Alliance of Young Democrats (Fidesz) congress <br/>- Retrial of József Mindszenty and colleagues <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Comecon <br/>- Entrepreneurs' tax burdens Külpolitika: <br/>- Lényegében szabad az átmenet a berlini falon <br/>- A keletnémet fejlemények miatt Kohl 24 órára megszakítja varsói látogatását <br/>- Moszkva is üdvözli a kelet német peresztrojka újabb jelét <br/>- Lemondott Todor Zsivkov <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Magyar állásfoglalás a kelet-német fejleményekről <br/>- Magyar-osztrák kormányközi tárgyalás a világkiállítás előkészítéséről <br/>- Az állam és az egyházak <br/>- MSZP <br/>- MSZMP viszony <br/>- FIDESZ kongresszus után <br/>- Mindszenty József és társai perfelújítás <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- KGST <br/>- Vállalkozók adóterhei…”

“…Featured in the program: Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich (President of the USSR); Kohl, Helmut (Chancellor of Germany); Sarney, José (President of Brazil) Contributors: Seiful'-Muliukov, Farid (Anchor) Series description: An information program of the Central Television of the USSR (CT USSR). …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Gorbachev expected in Germany on first anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall <br/>- Slovak government crisis over <br/>- Voucher system introduced in Moscow <br/>- Bratislava conference on the Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros dam construction <br/>- Decision on nationalizing the Polish United Workers' Party's property <br/>- Meciar criticizes Hungarian foreign policy <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Chances of forming the government <br/>- Árpád Göncz on the security of Transylvanian Hungarians <br/>- Debates over the World Exposition <br/>- Pozsgay's departure from the Hungarian Socialist Party <br/>- Opinions on the UN condemnation of Zionism <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Financing the Budapest-Vienna World Exposition Külpolitika: <br/>- A berlini fal ledöntésének első évfordulójára várják Gorbacsovot Németországba <br/>- Vége a szlovák kormányválságnak <br/>- Jegyrendszer bevezetése Moszkvában <br/>- Pozsonyi konferencia a bősi építkezésről <br/>- Döntés a LEMP vagyonának államosításáról <br/>- Meciar elítéli a magyar külpolitikát <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Esélyek a kormány átalakítására <br/>- Göncz Árpád az erdélyi magyarság biztonságáról <br/>- Viták a világkiállításról <br/>- Pozsgay kilépése az MSZP-ből <br/>- Vélemények az ENSZ cionizmust megbélyegző határozatáról <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- A Budapest-Bécs világkiállítás finanszírozása…”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Czechoslovakia: general secretary Jakes and entire presidium resign at CP Central Committee meeting; reactions from Moscow, America, West Germany and France <br/>- Fluid situation in Bulgaria <br/>- Situation in Romania unchanged <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Writers' Association general assembly <br/>- Situation at the Romanian-Hungarian border <br/>- Multi-party overseeing of Hungarian Radio and Television <br/>- Hungarian Christian Democrats visit delegates from German and Italian sister parties in Budapest <br/>- Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) re-organizes <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Thatcher and Miklós Németh on the Hungarian total debt Külpolitika: <br/>- Csehszlovákia: a KP KB ülésén lemondott Jakes főtitkár és az egész pártelnökség;. moszkvai, amerikai, nyugatnémet, francia reakciók <br/>- Bulgáriában cseppfolyós a helyzet <br/>- Romániában a helyzet változatlan <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Írószövetség közgyűlése <br/>- Román-magyar határhelyzet <br/>- A Rádió és Televízió többpárti felügyeletéről <br/>- Magyar kereszténydemokraták Budapesten látták vendégül a német és olasz testvérpártjuk küldötteit <br/>- Az újjászerveződő MSZMP <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- A magyar adósságállományról: Thatcher és Németh Miklós…”

“…Three dynamic and expanding service sectors were the object of in-depth case study research: Call Centres, studied in Spain, Italy and Germany; the Performing Arts, studied in France and the UK, and, through existing surveys, at the EU-15 level; and Domiciliary Care for the Elderly, studied in Spain, France, Italy, and England. …”

“…Three dynamic and expanding service sectors were the object of in-depth case study research: Call Centres, studied in Spain, Italy and Germany; the Performing Arts, studied in France and the UK, and, through existing surveys, at the EU-15 level; and Domiciliary Care for the Elderly, studied in Spain, France, Italy, and England. …”

“…It shows the presence of similar effects found for the Netherlands for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the UK."…”

“…"Together with the CSCP Institute (Germany), Columbia Business School (US), Akatu Institute (Brazil) and Shareable (US), OuiShare published a report with the frame of understanding the different business models, its enablers and success factors as well as the barriers to identify opportunities for this sector to thrive. …”

“…Furthermore, these figures are fairly detailed at the sectoral level, therefore allowing for inter-sectoral comparisons. Concerning Germany, the Eurostat statistics provide quite unexpected insights; the gap between wage costs in the manufacturing sector and the (private and business) services sector is much larger than in other countries. …”

“…The EU 15 (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the UK) were joined by the 10 Accession countries (Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia). …”

“…Blas López), Italy, (G. Boni), Germany and Switzerland (C. Fercot), Norway & Scandinavia (T. …”

“…We use data from LIS from around 2000 for 19 countries, examining former East and West Germany separately. With a sample restricted to adults aged 25 to 45 (prime years for childrearing), who are not in the military, we analyze employment patterns for individuals and patterns for households, to consider how gendered negotiations around employment hours plays out within households. …”

“…The estimates support the conclusion that STW schemes had an economically important impact on preserving jobs during the economic downturn, with the largest impacts of STW on employment in Germany and Japan among the 16 countries considered. …”