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Should social robots become part of our society? Embedded in an exciting crime story, the science comic by Oliver Korn and Jonas Grund conveys the current state and outlook of science on social robots. The story takes place in the near future: In an international project, scientists are researching the requirements for social robots for the health sector. Shortly before the prototype of a nursing robot is used in a field study, it disappears without a trace. In her first major case, the young inspector Kira embarks on a journey into the world of science. In the process, she learns a lot about social robots, AI and the world of international scientific cooperation. Again and again, critical voices are heard: anti-robot activists protest against automation and a dwindling of humanity and empathy. Even in the Commissioner's family, the possible care of elderly people by robots is controversially discussed. The overarching goal is to build knowledge across all age groups so that the advantages and disadvantages of these new technologies can be discussed controversially but knowledgeably. "Social Robots - a Science Comic" is a contribution to an informed discussion in the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, ethics and politics and is thus also suitable as a teaching and learning tool. The comic was conceived and designed for young people and adults. In particular, however, for those who have hardly come into contact with social robots and artificial intelligence so far. Another target group are people working in the health care sector, because the care and nursing of elderly people are considered to be one of the most important areas of application for social robots in the future. DINA4 portrait format, hardcover thread stitching, published in German and English. Self-published by the Affective & Cognitive Institute (ACI), Offenburg University.

'Social-science research has been transformed over the last generation by the advent and expansion of the general social surveys (GSS). The GSS model of research has created a infrastructure for the social sciences designed to address the interests and research agenda of scholars and their students; cover a wide range of topics; utilize reliable, valid, and generalizable measurement; and provide data both across nations and across time. This design in turn has generated widespread analysis and notably contributed to our understanding of social processes and societal change.' (author's abstract)|

We live in a society that is increasingly preoccupied with allocating blame: when something goes wrong someone must be to blame. Bringing together philosophical, psychological, and sociological accounts of blame, this is the first detailed criminological account of the role of blame in which the authors present a novel study of the legal process of blame attribution, set in the context of criminalisation as a social and political process

Questionner les programmes actuels, réfléchir à ce que pourraient être des objectifs de sciences sociales, cet effort signifie aussi un changement des pratiques pédagogiques. Avoir des idées de transformation, c'est se condamner à les appliquer dès maintenant, tant bien que mal - c'est aussi en retour enrichir la démarche générale par des interrogations nées d'une expérience ponctuelle, voici un exemple d'incarnation de cette réflexion théorique sur le terrain, avec des élèves concrets dans un collège banal de Seine-Saint-Denis.

Discusses the relevance of Marxist analysis to the development of a rational social science, & particularly the process of historical change, asserting that the dialectical unity of subject & object is required to address some fundamental theoretical & methodological deficiencies. Adapted from the source document.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- I Simple Recursive Models and Path Analysis -- 1 Spurious Correlation: A Causal Interpretation -- 2 Four-Variable Causal Models and Partial Correlations -- 3 Path Coefficients and Path Regressions: Alternative or Complementary Concepts? -- 4 Path Analysis: Sociological Examples -- 5 Causal Inferences, Closed Populations, and Measures of Association -- II Simultaneous-Equation Techniques -- 6 Identification Problems in Economic Model Construction -- 7 Recursive versus Nonrecursive Systems: An Attempt at Synthesis -- 8 The Application of a System of Simultaneous Equations to an Innovation Diffusion Model -- 9 The Choice of Instrumental Variables in the Estimation of Economy-Wide Econometric Models -- 10 Two Theorems on Ceteris Paribus in the Analysis of Dynamic Systems -- 11 Sensitivity Analysis of Arbitrarily Identified Simultaneous-Equation Models -- III The Causal Approach to Measurement Error and Aggregation -- 12 Theory, Deduction, and Rules of Correspondence -- 13 Estimating the Parameters of Path Models Involving Unmeasured Variables -- 14 Multiple Indicator Models Using Lisrel -- 15 Respecification in Multiple Indicator Models -- 16 Multiple Indicators and Complex Causal Models -- 17 Problems of Aggregation -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Real Social Science: Applied Phronesis, edited by Bent Flyvbjerg, Todd Landman, and Sanford Schram, is an interesting read in the context of the current assault on both the scientific status and the practical utility of social science in general and political science specifically. In it, the editors collect examples of social scientific work that embrace what Flyvbjerg and others have described as phronetic social science. This approach makes creative use of the Aristotelian intellectual virtue of phronesis, or practical wisdom, which the editors identify with the knowledge of how to address and act on social problems in a particular context. Rather than emphasizing the universal truth (episteme) that has traditionally been the summum bonum of social scientific inquiry, or fixating on the know-how (techne) that is characteristic of methodologically driven approaches, Flyvbjerg, Landman, and Schram present examples of social scientific research where contextual knowledge, deep understanding of embedded power dynamics, and immediate relevance to political reality take center stage. In so doing they give the lie to those who would deny the practical relevance of social research. At the same time, however, the editors develop an understanding of phronesis that marginalizes valuable elements of Aristotle's understanding of the intellectual virtue, most notably its basis in self-examination, while simultaneously bringing phronesis much closer to techne by seeking to develop their phronetic social science along methodological lines.

Throughout the 1980s there have been calls, often from development organizations of global repute, for the incorporation of social science perspectives into the design and management of sustainable development programmes. Practising Development is the first collection to offer first-hand critical assessments of the success and failures found within actual responses to these calls. By combining academic and practical experience from anthropology, development and aid organizations the contributors examine the processes of intervention, the methods by which this intervention can be assessed, and