Markets are a central feature of modern society. As such, it comes as no surprise that they constitute a popular subject of research in (economic) sociology, where they are observed from various analytical perspectives ...

The paper describes and discusses the variant of societal differentiation that evolved under the Soviet regime. My argumentation starts with the assumption of Socialism as a program with a universal, function system-exceeding ...

Eine kaum noch zu überblickende Anzahl an Stiftungen engagiert sich in hohem Maße in diversen Gesellschafftsbereichen. Dennoch beschäfftigt sich die Forschung kaum oder nur in begrenztem Umfang mit ihnen. Wie es Stiftungen ...