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Following the problems: das Programm der Nachwuchsforschergruppe "Entdeckung, Erforschung und Bearbeitung gesellschaftlicher Großprobleme"
(2015-09)Das Verhältnis der Wissenschaft zu ihrer gesellschaftlichen Umwelt beschäftigt nicht nur die Wissenschaftssoziologie seit geraumer Zeit. Während sich die öffentliche Debatte um das Bild einer im Elfenbeinturm isolierten ... -
Politische Demokratie und die funktionale Differenzierung der Gesellschaft
(2016-03)Der Text untersucht die Entstehung und Durchsetzung von Demokratie aus den politischsozialen Ordnungen heraus, die das spätmittelalterliche und frühneuzeitliche Europa bestimmt hatten. Er skizziert diese Ordnungen am ... -
The logic of the Soviet organisational society: political control, the Soviet village, and world society
(2016-05)The paper describes and discusses the variant of societal differentiation that evolved under the Soviet regime. My argumentation starts with the assumption of Socialism as a program with a universal, function system-exceeding ... -
Markets, order and noise: two contributions to a comprehensive understanding of modern markets
(2016-09)Markets are a central feature of modern society. As such, it comes as no surprise that they constitute a popular subject of research in (economic) sociology, where they are observed from various analytical perspectives ... -
CSR public policies in India´s democracy: ambiguities in the political regulation of corporate conduct
(2017-03)The rise of public policies in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) suggests a reassertion of state power over a phenomenon initially designed to weaken public authorities. But depending on policy objectives ... -
The making of the 'Geisteswissenschaften': a case of boundary work?
(2017-06)The paper is concerned with the making of the German humanities. To address this topic, the boundary work approach is applied to the late 19th century, a historical episode that has been crucial for the formation of an ... -
Beyond the Google ngram viewer: bibliographic databases and journal archives as tools for the quantitative analysis of scientific and meta-scientific concepts
(2017-08)In the last years the Google Ngram Viewer has become a popular tool for quick and dirty analyses of how certain concepts emerge and develop over time. So far most scholars using this tool do not reflect on its methodological ... -
The bipolarity of democracy and authoritarianism: value patterns, inclusion roles and forms of internal differentiation of political systems
(2017-09)After World War II the political world was shaped by the ideological bipolarity of capitalism and socialism/communism for nearly 50 years. And there was a second bipolarity formulated by the distinction of democracy and ... -
The Label of ‘Religion’: Migration And Ascriptions Of Religious Identities In Contemporary Europe
(2019)This working paper presents three perspectives on the ways in which a labeling of social actors, processes, or conflicts as ‘religion’ or ‘religious’ plays a central role in disputes about migration and identity-formation ... -
Towards a Poststructuralist Approach to Religion: A Response to "The Label of ‘Religion"
(2019)This working paper presents a poststructuralist approach to religion studies and discusses its usefulness in an exemplary way by engaging with FIW working paper no. 11 on labeling processes of migrants in contemporary ... -
Working for Harmony and Innovation?: Political Inclusion of Diversified Elites via the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
(2019)This paper describes the fascinating case of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference system (CPPCC) and its evolution since 1949. The CPPCC’s original idea is to allow select members who represent the ... -
Redeemed, reborn, forgiven: local processes of forgivenessand reconciliation in post-civilwar evangelical communities Inayacucho, Peru
(2020-12)During the Peruvian civil war in the 1980s and 90s, evangelical and especially pentecostal churches experienced an enormous growth in the Andean regions highly affected by the violence. Drawing on field research, this ... -
Demagogie und Volkstribune: Beobachtungsverhältnisse in Praxen charismatischer Stellvertreterschaft
(2021-06)The paper is intended to outline a research programme that approaches figurations of charismatic representation between care (of 'the people') and accusation (of 'the others'). Late modern democracies seem to be increasingly ... -
Transformative foundations: elements of a sociological theory of organized philanthropic giving
(2021-07)Within the last two decades, philanthropic foundations have grown in number and wealth. Moreover, an increasing number of them have adopted transformative agendas. These shifts have been investigated in case studies, ... -
Plattformsoziologie
(2021-08)Numerous contributions, especially in the field of Platform Studies, show the growing societal relevance of digital platforms and their role in the digital transformation of society. Meanwhile, sociological descriptions ... -
Adapting to an American world: the asymmetrical coupling of American and Chinese education
(2021-10)The extensive study-abroad consulting industry that prepares Chinese students for American schools exemplifies, and is conditioned by, the asymmetry in Sino-American educational connectivity. Mobility from China to the ... -
Stiftungen und der Faktor Partizipation
(2022-08)Eine kaum noch zu überblickende Anzahl an Stiftungen engagiert sich in hohem Maße in diversen Gesellschafftsbereichen. Dennoch beschäfftigt sich die Forschung kaum oder nur in begrenztem Umfang mit ihnen. Wie es Stiftungen ... -
Paradigmen der Pandemiebekämpfung und ihre Öffentlichkeit
(2023-12)Der im März 2020 in der Bundesrepublik wie in anderen Staaten erlassene Lockdown stellt eine bis heute eher selten thematisierte Abweichung von den bis dahin vorliegenden Pandemieplanungen dar. Mit den Lockdowns setzte ... -
Autoritarismus und Periphere Moderne: Bemerkungen über die Verfassungskrise Japans
(2023-12)Angesichts der Verfassungskrise, die die Durchsetzung des Sicherheitsgesetzpakets durch die japanische Regierung 2015 auslöste, versucht das vorliegende Working Paper, strukturtheoretische Gründe für diese Krise aufzuzeigen ...
