Bücher von Georg Krücken

Otto Hüther and Georg Krücken analyze the developments of the last 20 years in their new book on German higher education.The foreign observer of German higher education, even the informed foreign observer, struggles to find denominators, not to mention common denominators of a bewildering array of approaches. Otto Hüther and Georg Krücken, in this book, do an absolutely splendid job of offering theoretical perspectives, qualitative and quantitative data, and comparative assessmentsThis book discusses the main higher education structures in Germany, both conceptually and with a particular emphasis on recent developments like, e.g., the growth and differentiation of the system, governance reforms, and the Excellence Initiative. It analyses recent developments from an international perspective, as the German system is clearly embedded in broader, transnational trends. As such, the book provides a comprehensive and detailed account of both new dynamics and stable paths in the German higher education system. This book will be of interest to scholars and students dealing with higher education or Germany as an object of study (e.g. in education research, science studies, organization studies, sociology, psychology, political science), and to higher education managers, leaders, and policymakers who are interested in recent trends in German higher education

Otto Hüther and Georg Krücken analyze the developments of the last 20 years in their new book on German higher education.The foreign observer of German higher education, even the informed foreign observer, struggles to find denominators, not to mention common denominators of a bewildering array of approaches. Otto Hüther and Georg Krücken, in this book, do an absolutely splendid job of offering theoretical perspectives, qualitative and quantitative data, and comparative assessmentsThis book discusses the main higher education structures in Germany, both conceptually and with a particular emphasis on recent developments like, e.g., the growth and differentiation of the system, governance reforms, and the Excellence Initiative. It analyses recent developments from an international perspective, as the German system is clearly embedded in broader, transnational trends. As such, the book provides a comprehensive and detailed account of both new dynamics and stable paths in the German higher education system. This book will be of interest to scholars and students dealing with higher education or Germany as an object of study (e.g. in education research, science studies, organization studies, sociology, psychology, political science), and to higher education managers, leaders, and policymakers who are interested in recent trends in German higher education

Die Arbeit unternimmt den Versuch, theoretische Einsichten der Risikosoziologie für den Bereich der Politik fruchtbar zu machen. An Luhmanns Unterscheidung von externen Gefahren und im Entscheidungssystem anfallenden Risiken schließt die forschungsleitende These an, daß technische und ökologische Gefahren in politische Risiken transformiert werden. Diese These wird anhand von zwei empirischen Bereichen der politischen Gefahrenregulierung überprüft. Mit der politischen Regulierung von Arzneimittelgefahren und der seit den achtziger Jahren einsetzenden Klimapolitik werden Fallbereiche untersucht, die gesellschaftlich ebenso wichtig wie soziologisch noch weitgehend unerforscht sind. Beide Studien belegen die besondere Bedeutung von politischer Risikoaversion, die jedoch zu völlig unterschiedlichen Regulierungsformen führt. Die Untersuchungsergebnisse sind nicht nur für theoretische Diskussionen zur "Politik in der Risikogesellschaft" relevant, sondern auch für die regulative Praxis.