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AbstractAlternative conceptions of the link between social and political institutions and economic growth are explored theoretically and empirically. A number of plausible hypotheses found in the literature are found to have distinct implications for social steady state, including the possibility of low income steady state institutional traps. Empirical evidence suggests considerable heterogeneity between countries in the nature of the link between institutions and economic activity, throwing doubt on the validity of standard cross‐sectional growth equations. The application of cointegration techniques of analysis identifies a number of countries that may prove fruitful as the object of more detailed clinical analysis. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

My paper argues that Luc Boltanski's pragmatic sociology makes an important contribution to two central concerns of critical theory: the empirical analysis of the contradictions and conflicts of capitalist societies and the reflexive clarification of the epistemological and normative grounds of critique. I show how Boltanski's assessment of the limitations of Bourdieu's critical sociology significantly influenced his pragmatic sociology of critique and explication of the political philosophies present in actors' practices of dispute and justification. Although pragmatism has revealed how social life involves considerable uncertainty, Boltanski contends that critique needs to take into account how institutions generate semantic security, as well as symbolic violence. Boltanski's endeavour to reformulate critique is compared with influential alternative conceptions, notably those of Habermas, Castoriadis, and Honneth. Despite its potential deficiencies and weaknesses, Boltanski's reformulation of critique is found to be of considerable theoretical significance. In particular, Boltanski's analysis of the role critique has played in the reorganization of capitalism can be extended, and his work is suggestive of how some of the intentions of critical theory can be pursued in new ways.

Die Organisationsproblematik des Militärs ergibt sich einerseits aus der spezifischen Aufgabenstellung und andererseits aus dem per se eigentümlichen Verhältnis des Militärs zur Gesellschaft. Diese Verflochtenheit kommt in vier dichotomen Dilemmata zum Ausdruck: Zentralisierung vs. Dezentralisierung, Integration vs. Differenzierung, Konservatismus vs. Innovation und Formalisierung vs. Informalisierung. Ein umfassender organisationssoziologischer Theorierahmen zur Analyse dieser Dilemmata ist die Institutionentheorie. Zentrale Anwendungsfelder der Institutionentheorie auf die Organisationsproblematik des Militärs sind auf der Makroebene der Isomorphismus von militärischer und ziviler Organisation, auf der Mikroebene die Habitualisierung und Führung in militärischen Organisationen. Abschließend werden weitere organisationssoziologische Analyseperspektiven aufgezeigt. (ICE2)