Interdisciplinarity in integrated environmental research in Germany
lessons from an empirical evaluation
Biographische Fiktionen als Indikatoren der Strukturlogik sozialer Prozesse
Abstract: "Im Vortrag soll in vier Schritten die Relevanz ausdifferenzierter biographischer Fiktionen, wie sie in modernen Verbreitungsmedien tradiert werden, als Indikatoren der semantischen Strukturierung einer Gesellschaft verdeutlicht werden. 1....
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Abstract: "Im Vortrag soll in vier Schritten die Relevanz ausdifferenzierter biographischer Fiktionen, wie sie in modernen Verbreitungsmedien tradiert werden, als Indikatoren der semantischen Strukturierung einer Gesellschaft verdeutlicht werden. 1. beginne ich mit der Fokussierung auf die dramaturgische Konstruktionsleistung einer Lebensbeschreibung, deren 2. fiktiktiver Charakter in der Möglichkeit besteht, von Fragen der konkret-realistischen Übereinstimmung abzusehen. 3. beschäftigte ich mich mit den sozialen Situationen der Erzeugung biographischer Formen, um zu zeigen, daß biographische Fiktionen als ausdifferenzierte Werke doppelt reflexiv sind, nämlich a) aufgrund ihres Charakters als konsumatorische Aktivität (Hirschman 1990) und b) aufgrund ihrer Möglichkeit, sich auf die Formgebung der Beschreibung (des biographischen Zeichengebrauchs) zu beziehen. 4. Biographische Fiktionen - die im übrigen sozial die Ausbildung selbstzweckorientierter (= parasitärer oder dekadenter) Praxisformen
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Femeile în spațiul politic din România postcomunistă: De la „jocul” politic la construcția socială
Abstract: The article investigates the political mechanisms specific to contemporary Romanian politics and political parties, as well as those social representations related to gender roles and the definition of family that have contributed to...
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Abstract: The article investigates the political mechanisms specific to contemporary Romanian politics and political parties, as well as those social representations related to gender roles and the definition of family that have contributed to maintaining a low level of women participation in Romanian politics after 1989. In a first part, it sets the conceptual context through a review of the main theoretical approaches for the political representation of women, with an emphasis on gender studies’ cognitive dimension. Second, it connects a quantitative evaluation of women’s presence in the Romanian post communist parliament with a qualitative analysis of public (i.e. mass media) discourse of the rejected legislative proposal to introduce gender quotas in various political and social processes. The author finds that, beyond the dynamics of political elites’ recruitment and the functioning of the political “game”, the ideological options and social representations that emphasize the difference
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Interdisciplinarity in integrated environmental research in Germany: lessons from an empirical evaluation
Abstract: "Endeavours to understand the complex interactions between society and environment have stimulated a lively debate over the prerequisites for interdisciplinarity and integrated environmental research. One highly contested issue is whether,...
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Abstract: "Endeavours to understand the complex interactions between society and environment have stimulated a lively debate over the prerequisites for interdisciplinarity and integrated environmental research. One highly contested issue is whether, and to what extent, interdisciplinarity can be achieved within the framework of present academic structures, considering their strong disciplinary orientation. Some scholars see a need for a fundamental reorganisation of science and its links back to society, in order to be able to develop trans-disciplinary and problem-oriented knowledge. Other authors reject this position and highlight the need for strictly disciplinary research which then has to be integrated into interdisciplinary re-search by appropriate organisational means. Against this background, this article describes to what extent the research organisation and research practices currently applied in major German university-based environmental re-search programmes can be said to be int
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