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How well have journalism schools succeeded in integrating their instructional programs with the social sciences, thereby enriching their curricula and providing their graduates with insights needed for high-level professional work? Four teachers of journalism examined this question at the 1955 AEJ convention

Part of the Conference on the State of the Social Sciences held at Boston U, 6-7 Dec 2002. The session focuses on whether the social sciences need reform. An overview of the development of the social sciences & their current state is followed by a discussion of organizational & ideological challenges & the designation of shared methodological & evidentiary conventions as reactionary, which has resulted in a good deal of clever if facile posturing. The struggle between traditional & radical approaches -- between rationality & subjectivism -- forms the body of the debate, with attention to both macro & micro implications. K. Coddon

Les sciences sociales ont construit de nombreuses « villes » : diversité et discontinuités sautent aux yeux dès que l'on suspend les récits rétrospectifs conduits de l'intérieur des disciplines et que l'on s'écarte des lectures obligées qui composent à chaque moment la galerie des grands ancêtres. Chaque conjoncture modifie, on le sait, non seulement les objets que se donne la science mais aussi la sélection et l'interprétation des oeuvres du passé : ainsi se fabriquent les « précurseurs », les « fondateurs » et les « influences » dans un récit toujours nouveau d'une histoire jamais révolue. S'offusquer des mythologies savantes qui résultent d'un tel processus est donc vain : elles sont nécessaires aux déplacements de visée et de langage qui font l'histoire de nos disciplines.

"In outlining the online expressions of penal life, this book disrupts the conventional human encounters that underpin empirical criminological scholarship on prisons because, figuratively speaking, prisons in Russia are de-nesting from their institutional moorings and borders. Using the online world as the research site and presenting research from selectively drawn evidence gathered from secondary data from prison-related websites, it explores the 'moving walls' of the prison from socio-political and cultural perspectives. The book discusses how prisoners and their families articulate and give meaning to their experiences when they are online, and while doing so develop their rights awareness. This book is a pioneering methodological, criminological and theoretical study, the first of its kind in global criminology and humanities, and because it is forging a new path for penal scholarship, cannot be all-encompassing but rather acts as a 'map' for other researchers in different fields to use. It will be useful for scholars working in comparative fields and jurisdictions on the subject of prisons, rights and how the internet is being utilised by prisoners, their families and communities organised around prison activism"--

AbstractDespite the traditional independence in academia between the science and social science traditions, science is, essentially, a social pursuit, intertwined with social conditions, structures, and processes. If science can be pictured as a form of human cultural activity, practiced by people called 'scientists,' then it should be regarded in sociological terms. Given the rapid growth of science in Asia, more sociological studies are thus needed there to unravel the interplay between science and society, and how scientists do science. The present study reports the findings of in-depth open-ended interviews with scientists in various universities and research institutes in Singapore. The overall research question was: How do scientists in Singapore do their work in a social world? The underlying questions were designed to explore the social complexity of scientists' work. The findings showed that the workings of science were drawn together, and directed by, non-science elements. They included the market, which controls research agendas and fashions; economics, which determines the availability of funding and encourages collaboration; bureaucratic administration, which provides the resources available to do science; and fashions, which persuade researchers to pursue topics considered acceptable by their peers. The associations between science and non-science are also not harmonious. Various tensions were reported in the interviews. What can be done to remedy the colliding worlds of science and non-science? The answer lies in more sociological studies. The sociological study of science is a relatively new item on the academic agenda, and there is a paucity of research in the Asian context. This study identifies several avenues for further enquiry, and serves as a primer for further research.

This book investigates the role of sustainability in the everyday lives of ordinary citizens, including issues of economy, social interaction, exploitation of natural resources, and sources of renewable energy.

For decades, international relations conferences have not been global; the reasons for this situation are diagnosed, including domination, disciplinary power, & hegemony at one level, & diversity, cosmopolitanism, & parochialism at another. However, the US international relations community, a scholarly great power, does have a strong cosmopolitan dimension. Six cures for the nonglobal reach of the discipline are discussed: dismantling the academic discipline, a high influx of funding, a systematic program to compare international relations communities, attention to the fuzzy border between international relations theory & civil society's political practice, acknowledging diversity in the discipline as an asset, & reconsidering the US & European international relations traditions. 45 References. M. Pflum