This volume is dedicated to the proceedings of the 11th annual conference of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Sofia University on policies of economic and social development in Europe. The eleven articles by authors teaching at universities in six different countries (Bulgaria, Germany, France, Romania, Russia and Switzerland) have been selected by international peer reviews. The contributions are arranged in four sections with respect to their scope and regional focus. They encompass 20 graphs and 26 tables.

The third volume of the series presents contributions to the proceedings of the 12th and 13th annual conference of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Sofia University. The fourteen articles by authors of six nations (Bulgaria, China, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Switzerland) have been selected by international peer reviews. The contributions are arranged in the sections theoretic approaches, empirical studies on European countries and contributions to sustainable development in theory and application. The volume contains 33 graphs, 20 tables and three drawings.

Politisch werden Vertrauen und Verantwortung standig thematisiert. Die Untersuchung zielt hierzu auf ein reflektiertes Begriffsverstandnis. Sie spannt den Bogen uber staatstheoretische Ansatze von John Locke, Edmund Burke, die Federalist Papers, Benjamin Constant, Robert von Mohl und Max Weber bis in die zweite Halfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Weiterhin analysiert sie philosophische und sozialwissenschaftliche Arbeiten bis zum Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts, darunter Niklas Luhmann, James Coleman, Russell Hardin, Bernard Barber, Wilhelm Weischedel, Georg Picht, Hans Jonas, Otfried Hoffe, Ulrich Beck...

The volume contains an editorial and nine contributions to the proceedings of the 14th international conference of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Sofia University. The first part reflects on the persistent monetary, fiscal and economic crisis in the EU and other OECD countries. The second part deals with specific answers to economic challenges by municipalities and enterprises, treating clusters, NPM and M&A. In a broad sense, the third part is dedicated to sustainable development, including a theoretical, a predominantly political and a practice oriented...