Henk Vinken
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 216314 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Henk Vinken |
| PRENOMES | Henk |
| SOBRENOME | Vinken |
| ASSINATURA | VINKEN H |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Tilburg University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 49 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1993 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2010 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Civic engagement in contemporary Japan
Buy Nothing Day in Japan
Buy Nothing Day (BND) in Japan is a case for connecting notions on individual-ization of life courses and emerging forms of civic engagement. Based on interviews with BND Japan participants, we will see who participates and why. Moreover, we will explore how this participation interacts with the Japanese context. The highly educated participants of BND are well aware of the notions of seeking and shaping their own path in life, including civic li…
Comparing Regional Cultures Within a Country
In this joint article we test the common assumption that a measure of culture developed for the national level can also be used for comparing regions within a country. Three different research projects independently measured culture differences within the Federal Republic of Brazil, all three using a version of Hofstede's Values Survey Module (VSM). The largest provided separate scores for all of Brazil's 27 states, the next largest for 17 of the…
New life course dynamics
A new life course model is gaining in importance. This life course model is de-standardized, biographized and dynamized. De-standardization, for instance, decouples social roles and life course phases. Biographization stresses biographical reflexivity, especially in the form of imagining one’s biographical future and monitoring the fit of this future with one’s own preferences. Dynamization also prioritizes a constant flow of changes. This articl…
Values and the Social Sciences
Trendsetting Learning Biographies
In this article we build a theoretical framework with which to analyse trendsetting learning biographies; that is, biographies that are prototypical realisations of a cultural script about how young people learn and live in late modernity. In the current debate on lifelong learning in knowledge-based societies learners are interpreted in an economical and psychological sense. Notions from youth, life course, and generation sociology are, however,…
Cultural nationalism in Japan
Comparing Cultures
Culture explains much of the behavioral and institutional differences around the globe. In social science there are many ways of framing cultural diversities. This book brings together authors with a classic status in the field of comparative cultural studies on one overarching theme: what are the relevant differences and similarities of contemporary cultural dimensions with which countries, organizations, and people can be compared? This book is…
Cultural change and environmentalism
The main focus of this study - the Global Environmental Survey (GOES) - is the impact of cultural influences on environmental attitudes. GOES examines the cultural impact from a basic cross-national perspective, investigating the impact of cultural change and value shifts on environmental concern, attitudes, and behavior in both Western and non-Western societies. This study provides cross-national insights in how mass publics and decision makers …
Debating Civil Society
At the start of the third millennium social scientists' preoccupation with the weakening of Gemeinschaft is - particularly in western postmodern societies - again at its peak. Waning social capital is believed to have undermined community, as reflected in widespread feelings of social mistrust, in citizens turning away from prime institutions and political authorities, and even engaging less in informal interactions. This diagnosis of civil socie…
Reminiscences of an Extreme Century
The new millennium has inspired social observers to contemplate the events that shaped the 20th century. Little is known about how the general public and generations within it interpret the landmark events of this century. If generation theory is correct one may hypothesize that different generations remember and interpret distinct events. Generations share different collective memories and, consequently, intergenerational differences are expecte…
Orientations on German and Dutch Youth Subculture
Cross-cultural research reveals that indicators for macro-level modernization cannot unequivocally be related to the vivid cultural distinctiveness of youths and adults. In this article German and Dutch survey data (Jugend '92 and SOCON '90 respectively) are used to further assess influences of youths cultural features in both countries. These influences are indicated with the concept of youth centrism and the cultural features are indicated with…
Yuppies in Cross-National Perspective
According to the media and to marketing entrepreneurs, as well as to various political observers, yuppies (young urban professionals) are believed to be vanguards in cultural and political change of the 1980s. The pseudo-scholarly perception suggests that yuppies display a unique combination of social-ethical liberalism and social-economic conservatism and, in addition, are distinguishable by a low level of political engagement and a strong empha…
Comparing Regional Cultures Within a Country
In this joint article we test the common assumption that a measure of culture developed for the national level can also be used for comparing regions within a country. Three different research projects independently measured culture differences within the Federal Republic of Brazil, all three using a version of Hofstede's Values Survey Module (VSM). The largest provided separate scores for all of Brazil's 27 states, the next largest for 17 of the…
Trendsetting Learning Biographies
In this article we build a theoretical framework with which to analyse trendsetting learning biographies; that is, biographies that are prototypical realisations of a cultural script about how young people learn and live in late modernity. In the current debate on lifelong learning in knowledge-based societies learners are interpreted in an economical and psychological sense. Notions from youth, life course, and generation sociology are, however,…
New life course dynamics
A new life course model is gaining in importance. This life course model is de-standardized, biographized and dynamized. De-standardization, for instance, decouples social roles and life course phases. Biographization stresses biographical reflexivity, especially in the form of imagining one’s biographical future and monitoring the fit of this future with one’s own preferences. Dynamization also prioritizes a constant flow of changes. This articl…
Debating Civil Society
At the start of the third millennium social scientists' preoccupation with the weakening of Gemeinschaft is - particularly in western postmodern societies - again at its peak. Waning social capital is believed to have undermined community, as reflected in widespread feelings of social mistrust, in citizens turning away from prime institutions and political authorities, and even engaging less in informal interactions. This diagnosis of civil socie…
Reminiscences of an Extreme Century
The new millennium has inspired social observers to contemplate the events that shaped the 20th century. Little is known about how the general public and generations within it interpret the landmark events of this century. If generation theory is correct one may hypothesize that different generations remember and interpret distinct events. Generations share different collective memories and, consequently, intergenerational differences are expecte…
Buy Nothing Day in Japan
Buy Nothing Day (BND) in Japan is a case for connecting notions on individual-ization of life courses and emerging forms of civic engagement. Based on interviews with BND Japan participants, we will see who participates and why. Moreover, we will explore how this participation interacts with the Japanese context. The highly educated participants of BND are well aware of the notions of seeking and shaping their own path in life, including civic li…
Cultural change and environmentalism
The main focus of this study - the Global Environmental Survey (GOES) - is the impact of cultural influences on environmental attitudes. GOES examines the cultural impact from a basic cross-national perspective, investigating the impact of cultural change and value shifts on environmental concern, attitudes, and behavior in both Western and non-Western societies. This study provides cross-national insights in how mass publics and decision makers …
Yuppies in Cross-National Perspective
According to the media and to marketing entrepreneurs, as well as to various political observers, yuppies (young urban professionals) are believed to be vanguards in cultural and political change of the 1980s. The pseudo-scholarly perception suggests that yuppies display a unique combination of social-ethical liberalism and social-economic conservatism and, in addition, are distinguishable by a low level of political engagement and a strong empha…
Yuppies in Cross-National Perspective
According to the media and to marketing entrepreneurs, as well as to various political observers, yuppies (young urban professionals) are believed to be vanguards in cultural and political change of the 1980s. The pseudo-scholarly perception suggests that yuppies display a unique combination of social-ethical liberalism and social-economic conservatism and, in addition, are distinguishable by a low level of political engagement and a strong empha…
Orientations on German and Dutch Youth Subculture
Cross-cultural research reveals that indicators for macro-level modernization cannot unequivocally be related to the vivid cultural distinctiveness of youths and adults. In this article German and Dutch survey data (Jugend '92 and SOCON '90 respectively) are used to further assess influences of youths cultural features in both countries. These influences are indicated with the concept of youth centrism and the cultural features are indicated with…
Reminiscences of an Extreme Century
The new millennium has inspired social observers to contemplate the events that shaped the 20th century. Little is known about how the general public and generations within it interpret the landmark events of this century. If generation theory is correct one may hypothesize that different generations remember and interpret distinct events. Generations share different collective memories and, consequently, intergenerational differences are expecte…
Debating Civil Society
At the start of the third millennium social scientists' preoccupation with the weakening of Gemeinschaft is - particularly in western postmodern societies - again at its peak. Waning social capital is believed to have undermined community, as reflected in widespread feelings of social mistrust, in citizens turning away from prime institutions and political authorities, and even engaging less in informal interactions. This diagnosis of civil socie…
Cultural nationalism in Japan
Comparing Cultures
Culture explains much of the behavioral and institutional differences around the globe. In social science there are many ways of framing cultural diversities. This book brings together authors with a classic status in the field of comparative cultural studies on one overarching theme: what are the relevant differences and similarities of contemporary cultural dimensions with which countries, organizations, and people can be compared? This book is…
Cultural change and environmentalism
The main focus of this study - the Global Environmental Survey (GOES) - is the impact of cultural influences on environmental attitudes. GOES examines the cultural impact from a basic cross-national perspective, investigating the impact of cultural change and value shifts on environmental concern, attitudes, and behavior in both Western and non-Western societies. This study provides cross-national insights in how mass publics and decision makers …
Values and the Social Sciences
Trendsetting Learning Biographies
In this article we build a theoretical framework with which to analyse trendsetting learning biographies; that is, biographies that are prototypical realisations of a cultural script about how young people learn and live in late modernity. In the current debate on lifelong learning in knowledge-based societies learners are interpreted in an economical and psychological sense. Notions from youth, life course, and generation sociology are, however,…
New life course dynamics
A new life course model is gaining in importance. This life course model is de-standardized, biographized and dynamized. De-standardization, for instance, decouples social roles and life course phases. Biographization stresses biographical reflexivity, especially in the form of imagining one’s biographical future and monitoring the fit of this future with one’s own preferences. Dynamization also prioritizes a constant flow of changes. This articl…
Civic engagement in contemporary Japan
Buy Nothing Day in Japan
Buy Nothing Day (BND) in Japan is a case for connecting notions on individual-ization of life courses and emerging forms of civic engagement. Based on interviews with BND Japan participants, we will see who participates and why. Moreover, we will explore how this participation interacts with the Japanese context. The highly educated participants of BND are well aware of the notions of seeking and shaping their own path in life, including civic li…
Comparing Regional Cultures Within a Country
In this joint article we test the common assumption that a measure of culture developed for the national level can also be used for comparing regions within a country. Three different research projects independently measured culture differences within the Federal Republic of Brazil, all three using a version of Hofstede's Values Survey Module (VSM). The largest provided separate scores for all of Brazil's 27 states, the next largest for 17 of the…
Sociology (11 obras) · Political science (10 obras) · Psychology (8 obras) · Social Psychology (7 obras) · Social science (6 obras) · Politics (5 obras) · Social Psychology (5 obras) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (5 obras) · Epistemology (4 obras) · Law (4 obras)