Sociologists today are faced with a fundamental dilemma: whether to conceive of the social
world as consisting primarily in substances or processes, in static" things" or in dynamic …

The formation of a network is determined by the opposition of two forces. The first is the
reproduction of network structure as a general social resource for network members. The …

Generalized exchange, in which sections of a tribe exchange women in a cycle and thus
guarantee social solidarity, was induced from models of the norms governing classificatory …

Interorganisationsbeziehungen, vor allem wie sie in Netzwerken und virtueller Integration in
Erscheinung treten, wird für den Erfolg von Organisationen zunehmend strategische …

Abstract The World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and
CARE-USA (Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere) have promoted rural …

Seit einiger Zeit wird in zunehmendem Maße die Auflösung traditioneller intrawie auch
interorganisatorischer Grenzen und die Bildung von Netzwerken gefordert. Trotz …

This paper models network relations as inter-individual investments. Accordingly, actors
choose, in a competitive setting, their investments into others to realize their interests in …

Scholars of social movements and collective behavior recognize that political protest and
collective violence occur in waves and cycles. Nevertheless, work focusing on the dynamic …

Es ist mir ein besonderes Vergnügen und Privileg zugleich, die vorliegende Studie zum
Problem der Karriereplanung junger Akademikerinnen mit einigen Bemerkungen einleiten …

European integration is expected to result in international industrial networks, facilitating
information and technology exchange, and improvements in efficiency and effectiveness …