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The paper deals with the state of the social sciences after the boom of internet services in the Czech Republic in the 1990s. The results of our survey, based on 512 responses from the economics and history departments of major Czech public universities, show that internet services are considered a quality factor for academic output; however, the issues of plagiarism, a lack of resource criticism, inadequacy of impact factor-based evaluations, poor academic training for the new generation of social scientists, the failure of state academic policy, and the generation gap make further development in the Czech social sciences rather problematic. As a result we recommend creating a better communication link between policy makers and scholars, reforming the current state policy which encourages lower quality academic output, and improving academic training, which requires a more individual approach, and also placing higher demands on social scientists.

Scientific behavior is as common to the humanities as it is to the social sciences—in fact, many of the humanities are social sciences, a condition that should shame neither party. Though there is a clear intellectual line beween the arts and the sciences, no such line can be drawn between the humanistic social sciences and the "social" social sciences. There is a difference in perceived social status, which could be reduced by a better understanding of the common ground on which the humanist and the social scientist stand, Professor Homans, of Harvard, states as his qualifications "that I took my bachelor's degree in English literature, I am a professor of sociology, and I write history." This article was prepared for the American Council of Learned Societies and is published with its kind permission.

How can specific courses taken by journalism students as liberal arts background be categorized when journalism educators and their deans in liberal arts colleges disagree in assigning subjects to such broad areas as the social sciences, natural sciences, humanities and fine arts?

A contribution to a UNESCO study defining the scope for an inquiry on current res trends in the humanities & soc scis, based on the report of an interdisciplinary seminar in the U of Ibadan. 3 main themes are discussed: (1) major changes in the world affecting the nature & objectives of diff disciplines - the socialist, sci'fic & technological revolutions-& the consequent widening of horizons; (2) changes in the methodology & objectives of these disciplines, ie the rejection of overall systems, borrowing of natural sci techniques, emphasis on dynamics, & weakness of the ethical component; (3) interdisciplinary collaboration: the integration of `man in society.' AA.

Extracts from papers submitted to a committee of experts meeting in Paris, June 22-27, 1964, to discuss the objects, scope and methods of execution of a study to be undertaken by the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization.

This Kitabkhana contribution situates Beshara Doumani's Family Life in the Ottoman Mediterranean: A Social History within recent trends in the field of legal history. Doumani's hybrid method, which combines quantitative analysis with qualitative case studies, presents a particularly fruitful model for new work in the field.