Michael Hechter is professor emeritus in the department of Sociology at the University of Washington. He is the author of numerous books. He became an Elected Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004 and has been featured in Who's Who. He is also currently on editorial boards for a numerous amount of journals. Karl-Dieter Opp is professor of sociology at Univesitat Leipzig. He has been a Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology since 1999 and has been member of the Council and Treasurer since 2000. He is also current on the advisory board for the magazine Mind and Society. Reinhard Wippler is professor of theoretical sociology at the University of Utrecht and scientific director of the Interuniversity Center for Sociological Theory and Methodology.

• Introduction; I: Alternative Explanations of Norms and Institutions; 1: The Emergence of Cooperative Social Institutions; 2: The Emergence of Norms; 3: The Costs of Organizing Social Cooperation; 4: Individual Interests and Moral Institutions: An Endogenous Approach to the Modification of Preferences; 5: The Attenuation of Customs; 6: The Kula: Social Order, Barter, and Ceremonial Exchange; II: The Comparative Analysis of Institutions; 7: A Comparative Institutional Analysis in the Arts: The Theater; 8: Cultural Resources and Participation in High Culture; 9: The Welfare State and Unemployment: A Theoretical Analysis; III: The Effects of Institutions in a Multiplex Societal Context; 10: Patronage: An Institution in Its Own Right; 11: The Political Geography of Fascist Party Membership in Italy and Germany (1918–1933); 12: Incentives, Governance, and Development in Chinese Collective Agriculture; 13: Toward a Theory of Union Emergence and Demise; 14: Intrafamilial Markets for Education in Japan

Michael Hechter is professor emeritus in the department of Sociology at the University of Washington. He is the author of numerous books. He became an Elected Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004 and has been featured in Who's Who. He is also currently on editorial boards for a numerous amount of journals. Karl-Dieter Opp is professor of sociology at Univesitat Leipzig. He has been a Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology since 1999 and has been member of the Council and Treasurer since 2000. He is also current on the advisory board for the magazine Mind and Society. Reinhard Wippler is professor of theoretical sociology at the University of Utrecht and scientific director of the Interuniversity Center for Sociological Theory and Methodology.

• Introduction; I: Alternative Explanations of Norms and Institutions; 1: The Emergence of Cooperative Social Institutions; 2: The Emergence of Norms; 3: The Costs of Organizing Social Cooperation; 4: Individual Interests and Moral Institutions: An Endogenous Approach to the Modification of Preferences; 5: The Attenuation of Customs; 6: The Kula: Social Order, Barter, and Ceremonial Exchange; II: The Comparative Analysis of Institutions; 7: A Comparative Institutional Analysis in the Arts: The Theater; 8: Cultural Resources and Participation in High Culture; 9: The Welfare State and Unemployment: A Theoretical Analysis; III: The Effects of Institutions in a Multiplex Societal Context; 10: Patronage: An Institution in Its Own Right; 11: The Political Geography of Fascist Party Membership in Italy and Germany (1918–1933); 12: Incentives, Governance, and Development in Chinese Collective Agriculture; 13: Toward a Theory of Union Emergence and Demise; 14: Intrafamilial Markets for Education in Japan

Michael Hechter is professor emeritus in the department of Sociology at the University of Washington. He is the author of numerous books. He became an Elected Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004 and has been featured in Who's Who. He is also currently on editorial boards for a numerous amount of journals. Karl-Dieter Opp is professor of sociology at Univesitat Leipzig. He has been a Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology since 1999 and has been member of the Council and Treasurer since 2000. He is also current on the advisory board for the magazine Mind and Society. Reinhard Wippler is professor of theoretical sociology at the University of Utrecht and scientific director of the Interuniversity Center for Sociological Theory and Methodology.

• Introduction; I: Alternative Explanations of Norms and Institutions; 1: The Emergence of Cooperative Social Institutions; 2: The Emergence of Norms; 3: The Costs of Organizing Social Cooperation; 4: Individual Interests and Moral Institutions: An Endogenous Approach to the Modification of Preferences; 5: The Attenuation of Customs; 6: The Kula: Social Order, Barter, and Ceremonial Exchange; II: The Comparative Analysis of Institutions; 7: A Comparative Institutional Analysis in the Arts: The Theater; 8: Cultural Resources and Participation in High Culture; 9: The Welfare State and Unemployment: A Theoretical Analysis; III: The Effects of Institutions in a Multiplex Societal Context; 10: Patronage: An Institution in Its Own Right; 11: The Political Geography of Fascist Party Membership in Italy and Germany (1918–1933); 12: Incentives, Governance, and Development in Chinese Collective Agriculture; 13: Toward a Theory of Union Emergence and Demise; 14: Intrafamilial Markets for Education in Japan