From a series of qualitative interviews with Japanese managers and German managers and workers in thirty-one Japanese-owned companies in the D?sseldorf region of western Germany, this article discusses differences in cultural patterns and organizational styles between the German and Japanese...

Current theories of internal political violence and revolution view foreign influence on these events as most often coming in two general forms: (1) direct and intentional involvement through various types of support for one side or another after a conflict has developed; and (2) the indirect and...

In response to the empirical and theoretical weaknesses of the older social stress or deprivation theories of social movements, a new general theory of social movements—resource mobilization theory—has become increasingly popular. One of the most basic points of disagreement...