Dieser Beitrag nutzt institutionentheoretische Konzepte, um Veränderungen der politischen Inkorporation zu rekonstruieren. Am Beispiel der Reformen der Einbürgerungsbestimmungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland wird die Re-Institutionalisierung der Staatsbürgerschaft dargestellt: Auf der Seite der staatlichen Vorgabe werden diese Prozesse anhand der Reform des Staatsangehörigkeitsrechts, auf der Seite ...
Previous research has found that moving has lasting effects on housing satisfaction while adaptation to changing living environments is surprisingly absent from this research. This paper challenges and extends this current state of research. Using data from a large-scale German household panel we find that housing satisfaction (a) sharply declines before the move (self-selection into relocation), (b) ...
We examine the association between income and life satisfaction. Referring to the so-called Easterlin paradox, three mechanisms are discussed: basic human need satisfaction, interpersonal comparison processes, and adaptation. Hypotheses resulting from these considerations are empirically tested on the basis of two data sets: a self conducted cross-sectional survey among the population of Munich and ...