Die Institutionen moderner Gesellschaften produzieren Spannungsverhältnisse zwischen den Generationen. Das Buch gibt einen Überblick über neuere Lebenslauftheorien. Es prüft in empirischen Analysen, ob institutionelle Ordnungen zu unterschiedlichen nationalen Mustern von...

The psychology of the life span and the sociology of the life course share the same object of scientific inquiry - the lives of women and men from birth to death. Both are part of an interdisciplinary field focused on individual development and life course patterns which also includes social...

Since colonisation New Zealand has been mythologised as a land of milk and honey a promised land of natural abundance and endless opportunity. In the twenty first century the country has become literally a land of milk and honey as agricultural exports from such commodities dominate the national...