Social transformation, development, and European social sciences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12530948 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernd Hamm (0000-0002-9141-027X, Universität Trier, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 333-348 |
| Publication date | 1998-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Innovation The European Journal of Social Science Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1351-1610 • E-ISSN: 1469-8412 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13511610.1998.9968572 |
| OpenAlex | W2082939065 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
The paper starts from the impression that European social scientists in the mainstream of all disciplines remain surprisingly unimpressed by the present global crisis. The general thesis is that mainstream Western social science is still not willing, and may in fact be unable, to understand the explosive character of the transformations happening, and even less of the societal content of the sustainability problématique. To challenge this apathy, three examples are used to illustrate what happens outside the ivory tower, and their interlinkages are discussed: the gradual destruction of tropical rainforests, the ‘Asian’ financial and economic meltdown, and socio‐economic polarization and anomia in the transformation societies of the former socialist block. It then goes into sustainable development, marches on to discuss briefly western social sciences and their major flaws, and finally draws some conclusions about where European social sciences should be directed
Happening · Ivory tower · Mainstream · Political economy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Economic and Social Issues · History · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 1999 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |