Cultural theory (CT) developed from grid/group analysis, which posits that different patterns
of social relations—hierarchist, individualist, egalitarian, and fatalist—produce compatible …

Institutions are the multitude of means for holding society together, for giving it a sense of
purpose and for enabling it to adapt. Institutions help to define climate change both as a …

How healthy are modern democratic institutions? In Political Democracy, Trust, and Social
Justice, Charles F. Andrain and James T. Smith seek explanations for political alienation …

This is the first full length account of the life and ideas of Mary Douglas, the British social
anthropologist whose publications span the second half of the twentieth century. Richard …

Weshalb befördern Gerüchte den sozialen Zusammenhalt? Inwiefern sind Eiferer und
Zauderer aufeinander angewiesen? Worin hat die enorme Vielfalt kultureller Muster ihre …

Émile Durkheim's major works are among the founding texts of the discipline of sociology,
but his importance lies also in his immense legacy and subsequent influence upon others. In …

How important are social networks to daily life? There is now substantial evidence that
attachment to a network may be vital in securing employment, in promoting good health, in …

Die Beantwortung der beiden Fragen, ob die Sozialwissenschaften im Allgemeinen und die
Soziologie im Besonderen wissenschaftslogisch verteidigungsfähige Erklärungen zu liefern …

Many political scientists first learned of anthropologist Mary Douglas's cultural theory (CT)
through Aaron Wildavsky's APSA presidential address (Wildavsky 1987), in which he sought …

Cultural Theory (CT) is a constructivist theory, developed by M ary D ouglas, A aron W
ildavsky, and others, that seeks to participate in the positivist project of discovering …