Abstract: Die Versorgungswirtschaft hat sich wie kaum ein anderer Wirtschaftszweig verändert. Als ursächlich hierfür erweisen sich ökonomische, politische und rechtliche Handlungszwänge. Inmitten dieser Umbrüche befinden sich die Stadtwerke als kommunale Versorgungsunternehmen....

There is a shortage of empirical applications of the capability approach that employ closed survey instruments to assess self-reported capabilities. However, for those few instruments that have been designed and administered through surveys until now, no psychometric properties (reliability,...

This paper examines whether American males with a high degree of control over their work situation pursue healthy lifestyles and rate their physical health more positively than those who score low on occupational self-direction. That is, are persons who control their work more likely to also try...

While empirical evidence continues to show that low socio-economic position is associated with less likely chances of being in good health, our understanding of why this is so remains less than clear. In this paper we examine the theoretical foundations for a structure–agency approach to the...

The concept of lifestyle bears great potential for research in medical sociology. Yet, weaknesses in current methods have restrained lifestyle research from realizing its full potentials. The present focus is on the links between theoretical conceptions and their empirical application. The paper...