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International audience ; Ce texte reprend les communications et les débats de la journéeconsacrée à l'Inde dans les sciences sociales qui a eu lieule vendredi 12 juin 1987 à l'ORSTOM, 30 rue de Charonne, 75011Paris.

International audience ; Ce texte reprend les communications et les débats de la journéeconsacrée à l'Inde dans les sciences sociales qui a eu lieule vendredi 12 juin 1987 à l'ORSTOM, 30 rue de Charonne, 75011Paris.

International audience ; Ce texte reprend les communications et les débats de la journéeconsacrée à l'Inde dans les sciences sociales qui a eu lieule vendredi 12 juin 1987 à l'ORSTOM, 30 rue de Charonne, 75011Paris.

The concept of the General Will has been criticized as being either tyrannical or empirically unattainable. From a social choice perspective, Riker (1982) and others have merged the substance of both perspectives. The new argument maintains that Arrow's Theorem and similar impossibility results imply that the General Will is both dangerous and "intellectually absurd." While not denying the relevance of the collective choice literature, it is argued that such apocalyptic conclusions are premature.

10 of the 24 publications covered by this survey have been launched within the last 30 yrs, & this period has witnessed the establishment of the main soc sci teaching & res centers in Mexico. Only 3 of the periodicals studied are published by private firms-the others are maintained, organized & published by instit's which are associated with the Mexican gov or are dependent on inter-Amer bodies. Editorial arrangements are described; most publications have a chief Ed, an editorial board & editorial consultants. Responsibility for content is delineated. The instit'al nature of these publications should be borne in mind when analyzing their financing. In many cases financing of the publishing costs is not considered recoverable, as shown by the fact that 6 of these publications are distributed free of charge. Space allocated to articles accounts for an mean/average of 65% of the total/sum space, but this varies between 20% & 100%. Re coverage, the periodicals are classified according to the general nature of the material they publish. Most Mexican soc sci periodicals are published exclusively in Spanish. Mexican periodicals do not yet provide adequate information on developments abroad in the soc sci's. Apart from 1 case, these periodicals have an mean/average circulation of barely 2,140 per issue. Most of them are directed primarily to specialists; they are channels of regular COMM between soc sci'ts. The most obvious shortcoming is seen to be the lack of specialization in the various branches of the soc sci's. E. Weiman.

The fragmentation of disciplines into specialized subfields over the last few decades has been followed by the development of hybrid subspecialisms. (SJO)

From the publication of the French translation of a book by Peter Winch, the article reverted to the tendency of political science and, more broadly, of social sciences to adopt the naturalist view that the phenomena they deal with existed independently from the point of view of the members of society involved in their production. In this sense, the opposing positions of Bruno Latour and Pierre Favre, published in RFSP issues 58 (4) and (5), are similar: they argue that it is possible to determine what is and is not political externally to specific practices. ; International audience Based on the French translation of a book by Peter Winch, this article reassesses the tendency in political science – and, more broadly, in the social sciences – to adopt the naturalistic view that the phenomena those sciences explore exist independently of the viewpoints of members of society involved in their production. In this sense, the contrasting positions taken by Bruno Latour and Pierre Favre, published in issues 58 (4) and (5) of the RFSP, turn out to be similar : both posit that what is and is not political can be determined without reference to specific practices. ; From the publication of the French translation of a book by Peter Winch, the article reverted to the tendency of political science and, more broadly, of social sciences to adopt the naturalist view that the phenomena they deal with existed independently from the point of view of the members of society involved in their production. In this sense, the opposing positions of Bruno Latour and Pierre Favre, published in RFSP issues 58 (4) and (5), are similar: they argue that it is possible to determine what is and is not political externally to specific practices. ; À partir de la publication de la traduction française d'un ouvrage de Peter Winch, l'article revient sur la tendance de la science politique et, plus largement, des sciences sociales à adopter le point de vue naturaliste selon lequel les phénomènes dont elles traitent existeraient indépendamment du ...

Les inquiétudes de méthode qui se manifestent à beaucoup de signes, aujourd'hui, parmi les historiens tiennent pour une bonne part, semblet- il, aux relations de voisinage, de rivalité et — disons-le tout de suite — de conflit que, de plus en plus, soutiennent entre elles l'histoire traditionnelle et la nouvelle science sociale. En quoi donc, au juste, méthode historique et science sociale ont-elles affaire ensemble ?Prise dans son essence, la méthode dite historique n'est que le processus de la connaissance expérimentale indirecte, c'est-à-dire d'une connaissance de fait obtenue par l'intermédiaire d'un autre esprit (elle peut être indirecte dans l'espace ou indirecte dans le temps —- le processus logique est le même dans les deux cas).

Discussions of the scope and proper definition of anthropology make it worthwhile to outline why and how anthropology can be treated as a natural (and exact) science. The paper describes its multidisciplinary components and how the deterministic properties of biological individuality and the probabilistic constraints of the cultural dimensions can be brought together. Such a synthesis enables us to treat values within a biological framework and suggests the old term "humanics" for the multidisciplinary nexus. [anthropological biology, humanics, multidisciplinary synthesis, interaction measurement, behavioral biology]

Il n'est pas question, au cours de ces pages, de débattre des rapports si copieusement discutés depuis le début du siècle, entre la sociologie, considérée globalement, et les diverses sciences sociales. En fonction de celles-ci et des domaines de recherches qui intéressent la sociologie du travail, notre propos est seulement d'examiner, en une vue cavalière, les principales frontières ou domaines communs et, plus encore que celle des méthodes, la complémentarité des perspectives, la modalité de leur convergence dans une réflexion orientée vers l'unité nécessaire, organique, de la science de l'homme.

Engages with Amitai Etzioni's (2003) opening essay in a critical forum, which considers of the need for a micro foundation for socioeconomics. The particular focus is on the "moral dimension" of social science & the controversies arising from the very notion of moving beyond the neoclassical model to account for human nature & behavior in a substantive, empirical way. Ultimately, the dilemma is far less epistemological than political. Socioeconomics must thus choose between seeking disciplinary status (with all its implications for the job market & research funds competition) & offering a body of ideas committed to a more informed public awareness of the connections between economy & society, & the moral & material dimensions of both. K. Coddon