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 The Benefit of Broad Horizons: Intellectual and Institutional Preconditions for a Global Social Science

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xx)   (547K)
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    • Contents
    • Introduction By Hans Joas And Barbro Klein
    • What Are The Benefits Of Broad Horizons? By Peter Gärdenfors
  • The Reconstitution Of The Realm Of The Political And The Problematique Of Modern Regimes (1-14) by S. N. Eisenstadt   (144K)
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  • The Strange Hybrid Of The Early American State (15-32) by Max M. Edling   (222K)
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  • Policy Metrics Under Scrutiny: The Legacy Of New Public Management (33-50) by Daniel Tarschys   (222K)
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    • The Economic Roots Of Governance Reforms
    • Some Centres Of The NPM Movement
    • Doubts And Ruminations At The Headquarters
    • Some Principal Criticisms Of NPM
    • NPM Under Scrutiny
    • Linear Vs. Confluence Theories Of Policy-Making
    • From Macro-Metrics To Micro-Metrics: Measuring Policy Outputs And Outcome
    • Conclusion
    • References
  • History And The Social Sciences Today (51-68) by Jürgen Kocka   (207K)
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    • Drifting Apart
    • Economic History And Economics
    • Learning From One Another
  • The Present Position And Prospects Of Social And Political Theory (69-86) by Dietrich Rueschemeyer   (224K)
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    • A Mid-Twentieth-Century Debate
    • Focused Theory Frames
    • Joining Two Theories Of Action
    • Peculiar Features Of Meso- And Macro-Phenomena
    • Conclusion
    • References
  • The Contingency Of Secularization: Reflections On The Problem Of Secularization In The Work Of Reinhart Koselleck (87-104) by Hans Joas   (242K)
  • The Missing Sentence: The Visual Arts And The Social Sciences In Mid-Nineteenth-Century Paris (105-124) by Wolf Lepenies   (3M)
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  • Political Economy In Historical Context: The Case Of Malthus And Sweden (125-142) by Lars Magnusson   (231K)
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    • The Ricardo-Malthus Theory
    • The Swedish Context
    • Swedish Political Economy Around 1800
    • Increasing Versus Decreasing Pools Of Resources
    • Looking Forward To The Swedish Social Model
  • Professionalism As Ideology (143-164) by Rolf Torstendahl   (260K)
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    • Introduction
    • Collectives And Characteristics
    • Barristers
    • Academics
    • Physicians
    • Nurses
    • Teachers
    • Engineers
    • Results
    • References
  • Interpreting History And Understanding Civilizations (165-184) by Johann P. Arnason   (222K)
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    • The Ontology Of The Social-Historical
    • Exploring The Civilizational Dimension
  • Comparison Without Hegemony (185-204) by Sheldon Pollock   (269K)
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    • IV
    • References
  • Developmental Patterns And Processes In Islamicate Civilization And The Impact Of Modernization (205-226) by Said A. Arjomand   (276K)
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    • Islam As A World Religion And The Evolution Of Islamicate Civilization
    • Islamicate Civilizational Processes And Modernization
    • References
  • Towards A World Sociology Of Modernity (227-240) by Peter Wagner   (161K)
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    • Space (1): Multiple Modernities And Our Relation To The Axial Age
    • Time (1): From The Ancients To The Moderns
    • Space (2): 1800 – European Modernity Or Modern World-Making?
    • Time (2): 1880s–1960s – A Global Organized Modernity
    • Time (3): 1970s–2010 – Globalization As The Destructuring Of Organized Modernity
    • Space (3): The Global Present – Rethinking Freedom, Equality, And Solidarity
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  • “The First Draft Of History”: Notes On Events And Cultural Turbulence (241-260) by Ulf Hannerz   (205K)
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    • The Death Of Martin Luther King, And The Threat Against Salman Rushdie
    • Storming The Bastille: A Prototypical Historical Event
    • Collective Violence In South Asia
    • Metaphors Of Speed And Suddenness
    • Moments Of Flux, Cascading Responses
    • Conclusion: Analyzing Cultural Turbulence
    • References
  • Cultural Loss And Cultural Rescue: LILLI Zickerman, Ottilia Adelborg, And The Promises Of The Swedish Homecraft Movement (261-280) by Barbro Klein   (2M)
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    • Ideas, Pre-Conditions, Practices
    • Lilli Zickerman, Ideologue
    • Ottilia Adelborg, Artist
    • Concluding Remarks
    • References
  • The Buddhist Connection Between China And Ancient Cambodia: Śramana Mandra’s Visit To Jiankang (281-292) by Wang Bangwei   (342K)
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    • References
  • Autochthonous Chinese Conceptual History In A Jocular Narrative Key: The Emotional Engagement Qíng (293-314) by Christoph Harbsmeier   (498K)
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    • Notes On Further Reading
  • On The Contagiousness Of Non-Contagious Behavior: The Case Of Tax Avoidance And Tax Evasion (315-336) by Peter Hedström and Rebeca Ibarra   (601K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Parasitic Contagious Behavior
    • 3. Linking Micro And Macro
    • 4. Conclusion: On Analytical Sociology And The Importance Of Broad Horizons
    • References
  • Views From The Acropolis And The Agora: Clark Kerr’s Industrial Society (337-354) by Sheldon Rothblatt   (205K)
  • The Growing Confusion Between “Private” And “Public” In American Higher Education (355-370) by Neil J. Smelser   (179K)
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    • Some Simplified But Accurate Pre-History
    • The Evolution Of Financial Support
    • Changing Political Constituencies
    • An Inherited Disability: The Myth Of Institutional Isolation And Serenity
    • Consequences For Organizational Structure, Leadership, And Governance
    • Possible Implications For The Future
  • The Unintended Consequences Of Quantitative Measures In The Management Of Science (371-386) by Peter Weingart   (178K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Regulatory Weakness Of Science And Higher Education Policy
    • 3. Publication And Citation Counts, Impact Factor And Communication Behaviour
    • 4. The Impact Of The Impact Factor On Scientific Journals
    • 5. Rankings And University Reactions
    • 6. Summary Of Effects And Conclusions For Science Policy
    • References
  • The Compression Of Research Time And The Temporalization Of The Future (387-396) by Helga Nowotny   (130K)
  • Better To Be Than Not To Be? (397-414) by Gustaf Arrhenius and Wlodek Rabinowicz   (229K)
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. The Person Affecting Restriction And The Existential Question
    • III. Neither Better Nor Worse To Be Than Not To Be
    • IV. The Argument From Absurdity
    • V. The Argument From Welfare Level Comparisons
    • VI. Summary
    • References
  • Notes On Contributors (415-422)   (287K)
  • Tabula Gratulatoria (423-428)   (111K)
  • Index (429-436)   (154K)