Z'GuG Zeitschrift für Gemeinwirtschaft und Gemeinwohl

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...

“Current issues in cooperative practice” was the title of a presentation by the first author at the 1st Cooperative Law Day on June 7, 2024 in Halle (Saale). The following remarks highlight current questions and answers from cooperative practice...

Cooperative may be used by local governments to organize sustainable participation of citizens in the field of services of general interest. There are different governance models how to organize such a cooperation. The article discusses the...

The German Registered Cooperative („eingetragene Genossenschaft“, eG) is dedicated through their specific legal form to the purpose of promoting its members specifically as customers on a user-related basis. Consequently the eG has to be...

Cooperatives do not appear to be able to pursue public welfare interests because they are dedicated through their specific legal form to the purpose of promoting their members. However, the principles of cooperatives even appear to be particularly...

The objective of this article is to demonstrate, through the use of housing cooperatives as a case study, that municipalities have the capacity and obligation to facilitate the provision of secure and affordable housing by prioritising the...