Thomas Lange

Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Beständigkeit alter Strukturen im Pflegesektor und nimmt dabei die Rolle der Wohlfahrtsverbände in den Blick. Alte Kooperationsstrukturen zwischen Staat und Freier Wohlfahrtspflege haben umfassende Reformen in den 90er Jahren überdauert und dominieren trotz der Ökonomisierungstendenzen immer noch die Steuerung des Pflegesektors. Gleichzeitig stehen Staat und Wohlfahrtsverbände in einem neuartigen, konfrontativen Verhältnis zueinander. Es zeigt sich, dass Aufbau und Steuerung des Pflegesektors und der Wohlfahrtsverbände von Spannungen gekennzeichnet sind, die sich zunächst nicht auflösen lassen. Es wird ein Hybriditätskonzept entwickelt, das dieses spannungsgeladene institutionelle Design in diesem Wohlfahrtsarrangement ausleuchtet. Hybride, d.h. institutionelle Mischformen entstehen, indem reformgetriebener Pfadwechsel von nicht absehbarer Pfadabhängigkeit begleitet wird, so der Kern des Ansatzes.

Thomas Lange’s novel The Land of Fairy Tale is as fascinating today as it was when he first wrote it in 1865. He describes the treeless coastal and dune landscapes of West and North Jutland, the wide horizons, the treacherous sandbars at Blaavandshuk, the dunes at Skallingen and the long spit of land north of Skagen where the waters of the Kattegat and Skagerrak meet. Many of these features have changed remarkably little. From time to time storm floods still occur, and dramatic sunsets, one of which so frightened Marie the first time she came to the Rectory because she thought it came from a terrible, threatening fire, are common. This is a vivid story about the mysterious central character, Thisenius, the Church Clerk, as seen through the eyes of the author, first as a boy and later as a young man. In 1930, one hundred years after Thomas Lange came to Ho, on the initiative of the incumbent pastor, J. Andreassen, a bronze bust of the author and poet was erected in the garden of Ho Rectory. It was mounted on a granite plinth and on the front were inscribed the words: ”Here both the Child and the Poet found The Land of Fairy Tale”. On the back of the stone is the following verse composed by the Pastor. In Nature you sensed the quiet sounds of the divine voice. Heard the soul’s strings plucked in a mournful song. Skallingen and the western strand, heather, marsh and dunes Became your ”Land of Fairy Tale”. In 1979, on the completion of the renovation of the Rectory, half of the garden was dedicated as a public memorial to Thomas Lange and the bust forms the central focus of the Thomas Lange Garden.

Following German reunification in 1990, East Germany's centrally planned economy was abolished and replaced by West Germany's social market economy. Western Germany has since provided vast financial support to aid the transformation, and enable eastern Germany to catch-up with western Germany's productivity and living standards. This book evaluates the main events and their outcomes since mid-1990 and the associated policy issues. The authors assess the medium to long term growth prospects of eastern Germany and the wider implications for western Germany and Europe. The Economics of German Unification analyses the economic process of assimilating eastern Germany into the institutions and performance levels of western Germany. It includes original research as well as providing an overview of existing literature. Among the topics discussed are: the relative backwardness of East Germany's economythe impact of monetary and economic integrationrestructuring and privatizationli>labour market and industrial policy, including an analysis of wage restraint and cost reductionthe prospects for eastern Germany catching-up economically with western Germanythe repercussions for German competitiveness nationally and within the wider European contextThis book will be welcomed by academics, researchers and undergraduates interested in the economics of transition, comparative economic systems, political economy and the European business environment.

This tightly argued paper asks two fundamental questions about the nature of higher education in this country. Does Britain provide too much higher education, and are the current funding mechanisms fair and efficient? Lange's answers to these questions are controversial, but make a timely contribution to this on-going debate.

Increasing international competition has put improvements in vocational training at the top of many nations' political agendas. This important book explores the economic analysis of training and relates it to the differing systems found in Western Europe and the United States. After an examination of the theoretical basis for increased emphasis on training the authors present a comparative analysis of the different systems employed in Germany, France, the United Kingdom and the United States. A number of common issues and problems are discussed, such as the relationship between schooling and training, the role of continuing training, retraining for the unemployed, and the position of women and disadvantaged groups in the labour market. A central theme is the differing policies pursued by governments. While recognizing the common concern with potential market failure in training, the authors also draw attention to the poor record of government-funded training in practice and to the dangers of excessive intervention as a result of pressure group activity. Although primarily aimed at students and teachers of economics, business studies and industrial relations, Training for Employment in Western Europe and the United States will be of interest to practitioners and all those concerned with policy issues arising in the training field.