The paper develops a sociological approach for understanding the role of expectations in collective action. It argues that an approach based on expectations is better suited to explain collective action in episodes of social change than existing sociological theories. Two case studies - one on...

The institution of marriage has served to funnel economic resources from fathers to children. Its continued decline in the countries of the developed world threatens the adequacy of the economic support of human reproduction, now increasingly provided by women. Its decline is also probably...

The progress of markets erodes traditional relations of social solidarity that are essential for the stability and performance of societies. As markets advance, pressures build on the state to replace informal social obligations with formal ones. Regulation may fail, however, which tends to give...

Flexible markets require flexible societies; humans, however, need a stable social order. According to received wisdom, when capitalist development razes traditional social structures, society fights back, and welfare state policies organize new stability to replace the old. More market produces...

Diese Arbeit nähert sich dem Zusammenhang zwischen Arbeit und Ökologie aus der Einstellungsperspektive. Auf Basis der Daten der Weltwertestudien 1981, 1990 und 1995 wird zunächst untersucht, inwieweit sich die Arbeitseinstellungen der Menschen in West- und Ostdeutschland, den USA, Japan und...