Industrial Societies after the Stagnation of the 1970s - Taking Stock from an Interdisciplinary Perspective

Frontmatter -- Preface / Strümpel, Burkhard -- Contents -- Authors -- Introductory Essay: The Lessons of a Decade / Strümpel, Burkhard -- A. Market Structure and Employment Trends -- Employment and Productivity in Europe - What are the Perspectives? / Bolle, Michael / Greffe, Xavier A. -- Cooperative Behavior among Economic Agents within the Production System / De Bandt, Jacques -- On the Predictability of Labor-Force Participation and Employment / Kuhl, Jürgen -- B. Macroeconomic Policy Making - An Institutional Perspective -- Antagonism and Cooperation in Four Countries: Economic Policies and Performance / Scharpf, Fritz W. -- The Political Management of Mixed Economies: Political Aspects of Macroeconomic Performance in OECD Nations (1960-1984) / Schmidt, Manfred G. -- C. Value Change and the Economic Experience of Mass Publics -- Value Changes in Western Societies - The Last Thirty Years / Hondrich, Karl Otto -- Economic Culture in Post-Industrial Society: Orientations Toward Growth, Technology and Work / Yuchtman-Yaar, Ephraim -- Popular Bases of Conflict and Solidarity - A Review of the Evidence from a Decade Économie Problématique / Strümpel, Burkhard -- Time Use and Information Technology: Recent and Future Developments of Private Households / Miles, Ian -- D. Changing Sources of Sustenance -- Changing Patterns of Small Entrepreneurship / Capecchi, Vittorio -- Forms of Work and the Role of Self-Provisioning / Pahl, R. E. -- A Comparison of the Resource Potential of Different Social Networks / Pfaff, Martin / Deimer, Klaus -- Concluding Essay -- Tanks and Bicycles - Two Scenarios for Europe / Jänicke, Martin -- Backmatter