Industrial societies after the stagnation of the 1970s : taking stock from an interdisciplinary perspective ; [papers presented at a conference held in Berlin in 1988

Introductory Essay : The Lessons Of A Decade / Burkhard Strümpel -- Employment And Productivity In Europe : What Are The Perspectives? / Michael Bolle And Xavier A. Greffe -- Cooperative Behavior Among Economic Agents Within The Production System / Jacques De Bandt -- On The Predictability Of Labor-force Participation And Employment / Jürgen Kühl -- Antagonism And Cooperation In Four Countries : Economic Policies And Performance / Fritz W. Scharpf -- The Political Management Of Mixed Economies : Political Aspects Of Macroeconomic Performance In Oecd Nations (1960-1984) / Manfred G. Schmidt -- Value Changes In Western Societies : The Last Thirty Years / Karl Otto Hondrich -- Economic Culture In Post-industrial Society : Orientations Toward Growth, Technology, And Work / Ephraim Yuchtman-yaar. Popular Bases Of Conflict And Solidarity : A Review Of The Evidence From A Decade économie Problématique / Burkhard Strümpel -- Time Use And Information Technology : Recent And Future Developments Of Private Households / Ian Miles -- Changing Patterns Of Small Entrepreneurship/ Vittorio Capecchi -- Forms Of Work And The Role Of Self-provisioning / Ray E. Pahl -- A Comparison Of The Resource Potential Of Different Social Networks / Martin Pfaff And Klaus Deimer -- Tanks And Bicycles : Two Scenarios For Europe / Martin Jänicke. Editor, Burkhard Strümpel. Papers Presented At A Conference Held In Berlin In 1986. Includes Bibliographical References. Preface Contents Authors Introductory Essay: The Lessons of a Decade A. Market Structure and Employment Trends Employment and Productivity in Europe - What are the Perspectives? Cooperative Behavior among Economic Agents within the Production System On the Predictability of Labor-Force Participation and Employment B. Macroeconomic Policy Making - An Institutional Perspective Antagonism and Cooperation in Four Countries: Economic Policies and Performance The Political Management of Mixed Economies: Political Aspects of Macroeconomic Performance in OECD Nations (1960-1984) C. Value Change and the Economic Experience of Mass Publics Value Changes in Western Societies - The Last Thirty Years Economic Culture in Post-Industrial Society: Orientations Toward Growth, Technology and Work Popular Bases of Conflict and Solidarity - A Review of the Evidence from a Decade Économie Problématique Time Use and Information Technology: Recent and Future Developments of Private Households D. Changing Sources of Sustenance Changing Patterns of Small Entrepreneurship Forms of Work and the Role of Self-Provisioning A Comparison of the Resource Potential of Different Social Networks Concluding Essay Tanks and Bicycles - Two Scenarios for Europe

This collection of 13 original papers focuses on the phenomenon of politeness in language. It presents the most important problems in developing a theory of linguistic politeness, which must deal with the crucial differences between lay notions of politeness in different cultures and the term 'politeness' as a concept within a theory of linguistic politeness. The universal validity of the term itself is called into question, as are models such as those developed by Brown and Levinson, Lakoff, and Leech. New approaches are suggested. In addition to this theoretical discussion, an empirical section presents a number of case studies and research projects in linguistic politeness. These show what has been achieved within current models and what still remains to be done, in particular with reference to cross-cultural studies in politeness and differences between a Western and a non-Western approach to the subject.