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The study of entrepreneurship is divorced from mainstream sociological understandings of labor markets and inequality: students of entrepreneurship have a poor understanding of how the structure of the attainment process shapes entrepreneurship, and students of labor market processes have a limited understanding of the drivers of entrepreneurial choice. In this paper, we develop a theoretical framework linking entrepreneurial entry to structural features of the attainment process, embedding entrepreneurship in the structure of inequality in labor markets.

How do resources that reside in social networks of parents affect adolescents’ educational attainment? We draw a controversy in the sociology of education about whether and how parental networks benefit educational attainment. We explore the effect of informal network closure among parents as well as parents’ participation in institutionalized school activities. Previous findings are inconclusive.

This lecture examines conflicts and negotiations about the creation and development of transnational governance forms in different regulatory fields. A longitudinal and comparative analysis shows variation in the participation of different societal groups. These are reflected in the social construction of what is considered as expertise and who should be included in governance arrangements in each of these fields.

Bürgerpartizipation ist schon lange eingeübte Praxis. Es gibt kein größeres Planungsvorhaben ohne Bürgerbeteiligung; ganze EU-Förderrichtlinien (beispielsweise LEADER oder Region aktiv) sind an eine aktive Beteiligung der lokalen Bevölkerung geknüpft. Gleichwohl scheint diese Verfahrensbeteiligung vielen nicht mehr zu genügen. Volksentscheide und Demonstrationen gegen Infrastrukturgroßprojekte haben Konjunktur. Auch ein anderer Aspekt der Bürgerbeteiligung hat in der politischen Debatte Konjunktur.