The Consequences of Global Educational Expansion

Draws on evidence from empirical studies in sociology, demography, economics, political science, and anthropology to examine the consequences of achieving universal primary and secondary education

Book review: Taking our country back: the crafting ofnetworked politics from Howard Dean to Barack Obama

Through a detailed history of new media and political campaigning, Taking Our Country Back contributes to an interdisciplinary body of scholarship from communication, sociology, and political science. The book theorizes processes of innovation in online electoral politics and aims to give readers a new understanding of how the internet and its use by the Howard Dean campaign have fundamentally changed the field of political campaigning. Reviewed by Paul Brighton

Politička sociologija u politološkim časopisima u Hrvatskoj

Autor u članku daje prikaz političke sociologije kao (pod)discipline suvremene političke znanosti, s posebnim osvrtom na Hrvatsku. Rad se sastoji od tri dijela. U prvome autor predstavlja predmet, metodu i razvoj suvremene političke sociologije, stavljajući poseban naglasak na eklektičnu prirodu (pod)discipline. Drugi dio rada posvećen je bibliometrijskoj analizi triju časopisa relevantnih za politologiju: Politička misao, Anali Hrvatskog politološkog društva i Suvremene teme s obzirom na predmet političke sociologije. Rezultati analize pokazuju iznimno mali broj radova iz područja političke sociologije u sva tri časopisa, kao i neravnomjernu zastupljenost tema unutar predmeta političke sociologije. U trećem dijelu rada kompariraju se hrvatska iskustva na području političke sociologije s inozemnim trendovima te (pod)discipline. Autor zaključuje da je hrvatska politička sociologija podrazvijena te da tematski ne slijedi trendove suvremenih inozemnih političkih sociologija. (IN ENGLISH: The author gives an overview of political sociology as a (sub)discipline of modern political science, with special reference to Croatia. The paper consists of three parts. In the first part the method and the development of modern political sociology is given by putting special emphasis on the eclectic nature of the (sub)discipline. The second part is dedicated to the bibliometric analysis with respect to the subject matter of political sociology of three journals relevant to political science in Croatia, namely Politička misao, Anali Hrvatskog politološkog društva and Suvremene teme. The analysis results show an extremely small number of papers in the field of political sociology in all three journals, as well as the uneven distribution of topics within the subject of political sociology. The third and final part of the paper compares Croatian experiences in the field of political sociology with international trends and other political science (sub)disciplines. The author concludes that the Croatian political sociology is underdeveloped and inconsistent with the topics of political sociologies in other countries.

Economic and social studies of scientific research: nature and origins

Interest in the role that science and scientific research play in economics and the other social sciences has exploded in the last fifty years. This attention undoubtedly reflects the increased importance that scientific research is contributing more and more to employment and economic growth, as well as the comparative advantage of countries. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the nature and origins of the studies which focus scientific research and organization (such as economics of science, sociology of science, managerial economics of research organizations, political economy of science, etc.). The paper shows as the foundations of this discipline are the works of Huxley, Bernal, Bush, Peirce, Polanyi, and Freedman and the success of the Manhattan and Rand projects (1930s-1950s) that symbolised the power of big science projects involving governments, scientists, industrialists and universities.Science, Scientific research, Sociology of science, Social studies of science, History of science, Research policy, Research laboratory, Research management

Absolute monarchy in France

An original scholarly interpretation of the nature of the French monarchy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It argues that rather than seeing this monarchy as centralised and administrative, we should see it as a state formation replete with tensions and contradictions. Astute political management, patronage and clientage focused on the court as the centre of the political system, were all essential for the survival of the regime. The chapter thus takes issue with current interpretations in historical sociology, political science and history. The interpretation draws on wide secondary sources and the author's long archival acquaintance with the regime. 16,000 words

How Politically Diverse Are the Social Sciences and Humanities? Survey Evidence from Six Fields

In Spring 2003, a large-scale survey of American academics was conducted using academic association membership lists from six fields: Anthropology, Economics, History, Philosophy (political and legal), Political Science, and Sociology. This paper focuses on one question: To which political party have the candidates you’ve voted for in the past ten years mostly belonged? The question was answered by 96.4 percent of academic respondents. The results show that the faculty is heavily skewed towards voting Democratic. The most lopsided fields surveyed are Anthropology with a D to R ratio of 30.2 to 1, and Sociology with 28.0 to 1. The least lopsided is Economics with 3.0 to 1. After Economics, the least lopsided is Political Science with 6.7 to 1. The average of the six ratios by field is about 15 to 1. Our analysis and related research suggest that for the the social sciences and humanities overall, a “one-big-pool” ratio of 7 to 1 is a safe lower-bound estimate, and 8 to 1 or 9 to 1 are reasonable point estimates. Thus, the social sciences and humanities are dominated by Democrats. There is little ideological diversity. We discuss Stephen Balch’s “property rights” proposal to help remedy the situation.academia; diversity; Democratic; Republican; voting; political parties

Basic concepts in social sciences II

In this paper an extension is given of the set of concepts considered to be basic to the fields of Economics, Organization Theory, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology. The modeling is in terms of automata and automata networks. In the first paper on basic concepts the simplest unit, the social atom, stood central. In this second paper social structures and processes are focused upon

International Journal of Law and Society

noneInternational Journal of Law and Society (IJLS) provides a forum for sharing timely and up-to-date publication of scientific research and review articles. The journal publishes original research papers at the forefront of law and social sciences. The topics included and emphasized in this journal are, but not limited to, law, political science, economics, environment, history, communication, sociology and safety. The topics related to this journal include but are not limited to: International law Contract law Civil law Political law Sociology Business studies Industrial relations Criminology Safety Constitutional and administrative law Tort law Common law and equity Legal history Social philosophy Behavioral science Management Environmental social science Criminal law Property law Religious law Political science Social psychology Communication studies Economics EducationopenTuzza, S.Tuzza, S

Introduction: preliminary reflections on the legacy of Pierre Bourdieu

Book synopsis: Pierre Bourdieu is widely regarded as one of the most influential sociologists of his generation, and yet the reception of his work in different cultural contexts and academic disciplines has been varied and uneven. This volume maps out the legacy of Pierre Bourdieu in contemporary social and political thought from the standpoint of classical European sociology and from the broader perspective of transatlantic social science. It brings together contributions from prominent scholars in the field, providing a range of perspectives on the continuing relevance of Bourdieu’s oeuvre to substantive problems in social and political analysis

Basic concepts in social sciences III

In this paper the set of concepts considered to be basic to the fields of Economics, Organization Theory, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology is completed. The set of 55 basic concepts in the first two papers on basic concepts was mainly determined by considering concepts in relation to social atoms. The concepts that play a role in n-networks form the majority of the concepts added in this paper