Hopf, Christel2009-05-192009-05-191998-04-01Social Thought and Research, Volume 21, Number 1&2 (1998), pp. 133-149 http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.5134https://hdl.handle.net/1808/5134This article is the revised version of a lecture given in October 1996 at the 28th Congress of the German Society for Sociology in Dresden. See also the German text in Stefan Hrad'l (ed.), verhandlungen des 28. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Soziologie in Dresden (1997).enCopyright (c) Social Thought and Research. For rights questions please contact Editor, Department of Sociology, Social Thought and Research, Fraser Hall, 1415 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045.Article10.17161/STR.1808.5134openAccess