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Social Destabilization and the Development of Early Warning Systems
Peter AtteslanderIn fall 1994 a group of social scientists from different parts in the world met in Switzerland. The Swiss Academy for Development (SAD) organized a symposium to discuss problems…
Sustainable Development: A Common Challenge for North and South
Klaus M. LeisingerSustainable development seems to be something like motherhood and apple pie — everyone finds it a good thing, there is almost universal appreciation. At first sight, this is…
Economic Globalization and Growing Anomie
Jean‐Pierre GernWhen civilization went beyond the stage of Neolithic villages, when cities and cultural activities developed, external trade played an important role. It was not possible for a…
Nationalism and Internationalization—The Function of Social Behavior Patterns in International Relations
Hans J. RothThe fall of the Soviet Union and the end of socialism has come as a surprise but has been hailed nearly all over the world. The failure of the socialist model seems to have shown…
Development under Population Pressure and Shortage of Resources—An Alternative Path to the Demographic Transition
Josef SchmidAs a result of two closely related problems, namely the population problem in almost all parts of the world and the serious effects on the environment, thinking relating to…
Anomie/Atomie: On the Impact of Secularization/Modernization on Moral Cohesion and Social Tissue
Johan GaltungImagine we divide human history in four phases, calling them “primitive”, “traditional”, “modern” and, then, “post‐modern”. In other words, “modernity” is not seen as the end of…
Options to Realize: Towards a Pragmatic Modeling of Man in His World
Hellmut LöckenhoffWhen considering an agreeable development a realistic attitude towards presumed options is to be taken. Two prerequisites in particular prove necessary: first, a realistic model…
Community Formation/Community Destruction—Nomos and Anomie in a Core Societal Area
Rudolf ZihlmannProcesses of anomie are affecting more and more societies. Anomie has become endemic, individual, and social. No society and no community appears to be immune to this process. We…
Social Polarisation and Anomie: The Effects of a New Urban Form
John WesternThis paper takes as its starting point the apparent chaotic nature of a great deal of social life in the final years of the twentieth century. The breakdown of many nation states…
Global Developments and the Meaning of Local Cultures: Reflections on Structural Anomie
Peter AtteslanderForeseeable worldwide development can be characterized by social destabilization, urbanization, and increasing migration. These trends are global, even if regional and cultural…
The Interdependence Between Local Culture and the Informal Sector of the Economy
Klaus ZapotoczkyIn recent times the informal sector of the economy has been receiving attention. This is the case in some European countries (mostly Italy) and more especially in the so called…
Human Ecological Change in Kinshasa. Zaïrian Urban Anomie and African Palaver Systems
Richard FriedliAnalyses based on sociology, cultural anthropology, and the study of religion as well as interpretations of the situation in colonial and postcolonial Africa point out…
Limits to and Development Strategies for the Informal Sector. A Case Study About Informal Woodworking Entrepreneurs in Trujillo/Peru
Heinz HolleyTo understand present problems of the so called “informal economy” in developing countries, it is necessary to look back critically at the last decades of development. Despite…
New Values and Anomie in the People's Republic of China Attitudes toward Modernization and Reform Policy
Bettina GransowThe incredible tempo of the ongoing process of social change in the People's Republic of China has led to profound shifting and reorganization in society. The social structure has…
Power, Resources, and Exchange in the Chinese “Work Unit Society”
Li HanlinThe development of a sociological theory is a process which can often only reach a temporary conclusion. A new theory's potential and an old theory's stagnation are invariably a…
The Overall Framework of China's Market Economy
Wu JieIt is well known that before the commencement of the reform in 1978, China practiced a planned economic system (to be exact, an examination and approval economy). This system was…
At the Crossroads of Rapid Development: Malaysian Society and Anomie
Jamilah AriffinMalaysia straddles across the South China Sea and measures 329,758 sq. km with a total population size of about 18 million in 1994. It can be considered as a very lowly‐populated…
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