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...

This report is an attempt to gain a better understanding of public attitudes towards European integration by relating general and specific developments in societal values and expectations to underlying socio-economic trends. The analytical point of departure is the thesis that European values...

"Income inequality in Germany has been increasing continuously during the past 20 years. In general, this is understood as an increase in inequality of wages due to changes in bargaining power of employees. However, the role of changing household structure is widely neglected. Societal trends...

"Income inequality in Germany has been increasing continuously during the past 20 years. In general, this is understood as an increase in inequality of wages due to changes in bargaining power of employees. However, the role of changing household structure is widely neglected. Societal trends...

"In Abgrenzung von berufsbedeutsamer Vorbildung, Berufsausbildung und Berufsfortbildung befaßt sich der Beitrag mit einem spezifischen Aspekt beruflicher Weiterbildung, nämlich mit Informationen über das 'gesellschaftliche Umfeld' von Arbeitsorganisationen. Es wird dargelegt, was darunter zu...

"Dieser Essay verlängert die in den siebziger Jahren bewußt gewordene "stille Revolution" (Inglehart) in den Wertorientierungen und Lebensstilen jüngerer und besser ausgebildeten Menschen in die Zukunft und fragt nach den Konsequenzen, die sich aus diesem Strukturwandel in den Lebensformen...

Modern western economies (in the Eurozone and elsewhere) face a number of challenges over the coming decades. Achieving full employment, meeting climate change and other key environmental targets, and reducing inequality rank amongst the highest of these. The conventional route to achieving...

This paper summarizes future research questions for each driver of change based on the outcomes of the WWWforEurope project and the derived policy recommendations. Firstly, a broad research question is suggested for each driver indicating the main focus of interest. In a second step, several...