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Transformation theory

Scientific or Political

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6180995
AutoresAndreas Pickel (Trent University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2002
Volumen35
Número1
Páginas105-114
Fecha de publicación2002-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
EditorialUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1016/s0967-067x(01)00027-7
OpenAlexW2161711585
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas16

This essay argues that the search for a scientific theory of transformation is ill-conceived. Postcommunist transformation is not a scientific project but a political project. It therefore requires a political theory rather than a scientific theory of transformation. The distinction is important because social scientists as political actors have played a siginificant role in the transformation process. Several examples are provided to illustrate the relationship between social science and transformation. In political theories of transformation, social science knowledge is subordinated and instrumental. This does not reduce the significance of social science, but rather reconceptualizes it. The legitimate functions of social science in transformation theory have critical, constructive and applied dimensions

Constructive · Epistemology · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Scientific theory · Social change · Social science · Social transformation · Sociology · Systems theory in political science · Computer Science · Global Economic and Social Development · International Development and Aid · Law · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance

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Citas por año0,23
Intervalo de citas2004 - 2018 (15)
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