Suchergebnisse

Our purpose in this paper is to put forward an argument about both the need and the value for understanding how the constructs of science identity and the nature of science (NOS) might intersect and intertwine and offer useful insights about science participation in times of crises. Based on our knowledge and understanding of these two research areas, we maintain that science identity research has not been fully engaged in understanding how perspectives on NOS might be intersecting with the questions of who can be (or not) a scientist and who is allowed (or not) in science. In this paper, we argue that the formation of a disrupting science identity that challenges existing constructed systems of power in science, requires robust understandings of NOS that place emphasis on the socially-produced narratives about science and scientists. In doing so, we engage with the following questions: (a) How have understandings of NOS contributed to conceptualizations of who can be a scientist and who is recognized as a scientist? (b) How have these conceptualizations contributed to producing exclusionary narratives and perpetuating inequalities in science? and, (c) How might an exploration of NOS through the lens of science identity be used to promote goals related to equity and social justice?

What is required to create and sustain a political order is debated as intensively today as it has ever been. Constitutions are being written and rewritten in many parts of the world, a great many possibilities are being explored, and much that matters deeply to millions of people hangs on the results. In the eighteen chapters, all previously unpublished, that make up the present volume, major scholars address some of the most pressing questions about political order. Under what conditions do we get political order rather than political chaos? How is political order sustained once it has been created? Do constitutions and electoral systems matter, and if so how much? Is there one best type of political order, or, if not, what is the range of viable possibilities and how should they be evaluated?

J. R. R. Tolkien once suggested that "short cuts make long delays." While Tolkien was not talking about improving the situation of women in political science, this essay argues that those of us interested in making political science less alienating for women would do well to heed his advice.

Reference groups and complaints about inequality
Although influence of reference population on assessment of individual position is well recognized on the ground of sociology, its impact is rarely taken into account in economic analysis of inequality. Few analyses that are concerned with issue of reference groups in the context of inequality and relative deprivation measurement deal, however, with single reference group. The aim of the paper is consideration on how concept of reference populations of different kind (reference groups and reference categories) may be applied to assessment of aggregated complaint that results from inequality in income (wealth) distribution.

Introduction : the idea and the aim of this book / Elisabeth Alber and Francesco Palermo -- Multilevel governance and the reconfiguration of political space : theoretical considerations from a multinational perspective / Alain G. Gagnon -- The interdependence of federalism and democracy in Australia / Cheryl Saunders -- Political identity and American federalism / G. Alan Tarr -- Policy coercion and administrative cooperation in American federalism / John Kincaid -- 'Fragile federations' and the dynamics of devolution / Nico Steytler and Jaap de Visser -- The unsettled settlement : Scottish independence or United Kingdom devolution? / Michael Burgess -- Constitutional semantics and autonomy within Indian federalism / Ajay Kumar Singh -- Genesis of federalism, regional development, and regional policy of post-Soviet Russia / Viacheslav E. Seliverstov -- Can we talk about federalism and federalization without co-governance? : 'participation' of the autonomous communities in Spanish central government decision-making / Merce Corretja Torrens and Mireia Grau Creus -- Intergovernmental relations in Australia : new modes, old realities / Alan Fenna and John Phillimore -- Intergovernmental decision-making in financial affairs in Germany : institutions, formal and informal rules, and peculiarities / Gisela Farber -- Fiscal federalism and federal decisions : the case of Argentina and its evolution in the last two decades / Miguel Angel Asensio -- Multilevel governance of immigration : an emerging trend for Europe to follow? / Karl Kossler -- Challenging institutional models : the case of environmental protection and management / Mariachiara Alberton and Francesco Palermo -- 'South Africa inc.' : the rise of the developmental state and the corporatization of intergovernmental relations / Derek Powell and Phindile Ntliziywana -- Benchmarking as a new mode of coordination in federal systems / Alan Fenna and Felix Knupling -- Federalism as decision-making : security structures, procedures and policies / Christian Leuprecht, Mario Kolling and Todd Hataley -- Regionalization in central and eastern Europe : limits and perspectives of an externally driven process / Sara Parolari and Martina Trettel -- Varieties of decentralization, institutional complementarities, and economic growth : evidence in OECD countries / Andrea Filippetti and Agnese Sacchi -- Participatory initiatives and new instruments of direct democracy in Austrian federalism / Peter Bussjäger -- Theoretical framework and constitutional implications : participatory democracy as decision-making in multilayered Italy / Matteo Nicolini -- Framing subnational 'institutional innovation' and 'participatory democracy' in Italy : some findings on current structures, procedures, and dynamics / Elisabeth Alber and Alice Valdesalici -- Subnational institutional innovation and participatory democracy : the case of Switzerland / Nicolas Schmitt -- Regulating pluralism : federalism as decision-making and new challenges for federal studies / Francesco Palermo