The most prominent effort to do so is the World Values Survey (www.worldvaluessurvey.org). For example, the United States does not act in a cultural sense, organizations and people do. })(window._W && _W.jQuery) Create your own unique website with customizable templates. Looks like youve clipped this slide to already. #wsite-content a:visited, .blog-sidebar a:visited {color:#999999 !important;} Tradition, Identity and Future. Basic Issues concerning a European .wsite-elements div.paragraph, .wsite-elements p, .wsite-elements .product-block .product-title, .wsite-elements .product-description, .wsite-elements .wsite-form-field label, .wsite-elements .wsite-form-field label, #wsite-content div.paragraph, #wsite-content p, #wsite-content .product-block .product-title, #wsite-content .product-description, #wsite-content .wsite-form-field label, #wsite-content .wsite-form-field label, .blog-sidebar div.paragraph, .blog-sidebar p, .blog-sidebar .wsite-form-field label, .blog-sidebar .wsite-form-field label {} Helmut K Anheier (PhD Yale) is editor-in-chief of Global Perspectives, professor of sociology at the Hertie School, member of the faculty of the Luskin School of Public Affairs, and visiting professor at LSE Ideas. We live in societies made up of institutions and organizations, as Perrow (1986) pointed out long ago, and as North et al.