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Social science informs about the ideals and trains experts to deal with the complex social realities. It has a public purpose rooted in what we call dharma (professional and institutional responsibility) as opposed to the arrogance of reason, self-will and self-rationalization intrinsic to contemporary rational choice and modernity. Learning has a synergy - establishing connection between the world of social science theories and the drama of social life. A lack of mutual learning between Nepal's traditional faith intellectuals and modern reason-based social scientists has created a big hiatus and contradiction. The academic life of social scientists in Nepal is completely outside of spiritual, moral and ethical influence experienced by ordinary public. The spiritual blindness of modern social scientists has thus opened multiple gaps between their worldview and those of the citizens on various frontiers--theoretical knowledge and practical experience, technical understanding and composite knowledge and secularity of social science and the vitality of the Hindu-Buddhist scriptures in the popular mind, culture, behavior and practices. This has reinforced a division between the system of knowledge of social scientists and the life-world of people. The proponents of new social movements in Nepal, such as women, Dalits, Janajatis, Madhesis, youths and marginalized population are seeking a structural shift in reason-based knowledge to both reason and feeling in social science knowledge discovery. This movement can open the "captive mind" to social learning of contextual knowledge, conduct research with the citizens, provide inputs to the policy makers and reverse their linear, structure-bound, rationalist and disciplinary thinking into the one that represents what the Nepal mandala, the Nepali space, is really like and how to improve it for the better. The renewal and indigenization of qualitative social science research is important to overcome the spirited challenges posed by social forces in Nepal and contribute to the application of scientific reasoning in public policy and social change.Key Words: social movement, NepalDOI = 10.3126/dsaj.v2i0.1356Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.2 pp.1-30

THE AUTHOR TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IN PAKISTAN AND EVALUATES THE PRESENT STATE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES THERE. THE DIFFUSION OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT WAS SLOW, PARTICULARLY IN THOSE AREAS NOW COMPRISING PAKISTAN. SINCE INDEPENDENCE AND PARTICULARLY DURING THE 1960'S, SOCIAL SCIENCES PICKED UP MOMENTUM IN PAKISTAN. BY 1983, THERE WERE ABOUT SIXTY SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS IN TWELVE UNIVERSITIES. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY ONE DOZEN INSTITUTES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR ENGAGED IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, AND A LARGE NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT IN-SERVICE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS USING SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THEIR TRAINING.

chapter Introduction -- part part one Conceptions of science -- chapter 1 Positivist philosophy of science -- chapter 2 Realist philosophy of science -- chapter 3 Forms of conventionalism -- part part two Conceptions of science in social theory -- chapter 4 Sociology and positivism -- chapter 5 Marx and realism -- chapter 6 Structure and structuralism -- part part three Meaning and ideology -- chapter 7 The explanation and understanding of social action -- chapter 8 Reification and realism -- chapter 9 Values, theory and reality.

Planung und Sozialwissenschaften.
Man versteht die Veränderungen des Feldes der Sozial wissenschaften nur in Zusammenhang mit den politischen, wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Entwicklungen von denen es abhängt. Verschiedene Reformen der Forschungsorganisation, die Entwicklung der Forschungsmittel und die Differenzierung der Finanzierungsformen drücken die Absicht aus, die Sozialwissenschaften enger an politische und verwaltungstechnische Probleme zu binden. Dieser Druck hat verschiedene Auswirkungen auf die Wirtschafts wissenschaften, die seit der Institutionalisierung des Planungssystems eng an die Wortschaftspolitik gebunden sind, und auf die Soziologie, die erst seit Beginn der 60er Jahre einer stärkeren sozialen Nachfrage ausgesetzt ist. Aber diese unterschiedliche Auswirkung auf die intellektuelle Entwicklung der Disziplinen erklärt sich vorerst durch ihre Position innerhalb des wissenschaftlichen Feldes : jener der Wirtschaftswissenschaften in der Nähe des politisch administrativen Pols, jener der Soziologie in der Nähe des intellektuellen Pols. Das starke Wachstum der Forschung während der 60er Jahre hat die Entwicklung der Wirtschaftswissenschaften in Forschungsinstitutionen im Umfeld der wirtschaftlichen und politische Machtzentren bestärkt. In der Soziologie hat dieses Wachsturn eine endgültige Lösung von den Mutterdisziplinen - Philosophie und Geschichte - ermöglicht (was durch die Entwicklung einer eigenen soziologischen Fachliteratur nachgewiesen werden kann). Aber die internen Konflikt liefern einen Hinweis auf einen politischen Konflikt, der auf lange Sicht ein Abgleiten der Disziplin in eine reine Hilfswissenschaft für die politische Verwaltung vorberei ten könnte. stitutionen im Umfeld der wirtschaftlichen und politische Machtzentren bestärkt In der Soziologie hat dieses Wacl turn eine endgültige Lösung von den Mutterdisziplinen Philosophie und Geschichte ermöglicht was durch die Entwicklung einer eigenen soziologischen Fachliteratur nachgewiesen werden kann Aber die internen Konflikt liefern einen Hinweis auf einen politischen Konflikt der auf lange Sicht ein Abgleiten der Disziplin in eine reine Hilfswissenschaft für die politische Verwaltung vorberei ten könnte

CARIM-East: Creating an Observatory of Migration East of Europe ; The aim of the paper is to prioritise the missing side of European migration governance, that is its approach to emigration and diaspora. In order to fill the research gap and to start building a coherent knowledge base on emigration and diaspora policies in the EU, it proposes the mapping of the national responses to emigration over the last four years (mostly overlapping with the economic crisis and post-accession mobility). In this context it tackles two main questions. First, what do we know about emigration from the EU – who migrates and to where? Second, what are the main categories of response of the EU Member States to emigration? In other words, how can we categorize the existing European emigration and diaspora policies? The paper is based on commissioned reports written by 28 EU country correspondents provided in the framework of the project Carim East. ; CARIM-East is co-financed by the European University Institute and the European Union.

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