Z'GuG Zeitschrift für Gemeinwirtschaft und Gemeinwohl

This article examines the legal personhood of nature as a lever for an ecologically embedded property and economic culture. It asks whether such recognition transforms capitalism or signals its end. Drawing on the embeddedness debate, it shows how...

The parametric healthcare reforms in Germany, especially those of a performance law nature in relation to a cultural change of the modes of governance, are not able to bring about the necessary system transformation in the healthcare system. In the...

The concept of Doing Commoning is gaining increasing relevance in the current debate on commons. It has become evident that commons cannot be taken for granted but must be actively created and continually maintained through collective action. Yet, a...

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive requires many large municipal utilities to perform a mandatory double materiality analysis. The associated European Sustainability Reporting Standards have massively expanded the scope of...

This article presents the empirical results of a qualitative case study on the founding process of the Cologne-based techno cooperative krakelee eG. An important driver for the successful establishment of the cooperative was the shared vision of...

The article is a literature analysis and literature discussion on the measurement of social capital in the context of network research. On the one hand, the lack of research consensus becomes clear, but on the other hand, the confusing field can...

Transparency and accountability are requested from social economic organizations to prove their reliable and economic use of public resources. In a non-biased, non-reactive approach a defined group of social economic organizations was examined to...

Through the enactment of the Federal Participation Act (Bundesteilhabegesetz or BTHG) for people with a disability, the German federal government has implemented a comprehensive legislative reform in the field of integration assistance...

In the last 25 years, the number of people receiving long-term care insurance benefits has more than tripled from just over 1.8 million to around 5.7 million in 2023. During this period, the total expenditure of social long-term care insurance (SPV)...

In the context of the existential challenges of the 21st century, this study explores how approaches that recognize nature as a legal subject and grant it a right to its own sustainability can be ground⁠ed in pluralistic-holistic ecosocial...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a key driver of the ongoing transformation in healthcare. It can support physicians in making diagnoses and help reduce medical errors. Studies indicate that the correct use of AI enhances the efficiency and...

Social exclusion was the norm for people living in the northern residential area of Trier. It was a stroke of luck that the scientist and activist Heinz Ries, sociologist and psychologist, combined the improvement of living conditions with his...

The theoretical contribution first opens a structural debate for inpatient medical care: How must such institutions be transformed in order to achieve innovative care and quality? The focus here is on large corporate groups as the answer. This is...

fHealthcare in Germany continues to face the persistent challenge of enhancing its adaptability, developing solutions to pressing care-related problems, and effectively translating these solutions into real-world health service practice. The...

The usage of digital health solutions (e.g., fitness apps) plays a significant role in the digital transformation of healthcare and in promoting the common good by encouraging healthier lifestyles, supporting disease prevention, and contributing to...

My text deals with challenges in inpatient long-term care. His intention is to open up rooms for manoeuvres – especially for those responsible in management. Because my thesis is that – despite increasing internal and external tensions – there...

In recent years, a number of care cooperatives have been founded in Germany, whose initiators are realising the cooperative idea in various business models. Despite this, there has been hardly any research in this area to date. This is where this...

When it comes to ensuring care, politics and society face major challenges. As life expectancy continues to rise, an increase in the need for care and the associated funding and staffing requirements is foreseeable. The associated contribution...