More documents from Vecernik, Jiri
More documents from Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review

Export to your Reference Manger

Please Copy & Paste
Bibtex-Export
Endnote-Export

Výzkum společenské transformace a česká sociologie

Transition Studies and Czech Sociology

[journal article]

Vecernik, Jiri

Download full text

(435 KByte)

Citation Suggestion

Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55064

Further Details

Abstract	First, the author examines European & world lessons for the study of Czech transformation. Then, he describes legacies of the (mostly communist) past & the risks of transformation: atomization, demoralization, & materialization. The main topic is the failure of the social sciences, which isolated themselves instead of engaging in the reform process, verbally governed by mainstream neoclassical economics. In particular, sociology failed to show the moral dimension & embeddedness of economic processes in the social structure. Most tasks have thus remained for the future, which will stream transformation research towards (1) multidisciplinarity & complexity, (2) the replacement of unidimensional & static conceptual apparatus with a multidimensional & dynamic one, & (3) the understanding of endogeneity of social research & the explicit acknowledgment of its policy dimension.
Classification	General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories; Macrosociology, Analysis of Whole Societies
Free Keywords	Czech Republic; Postcommunist Societies; Cultural Change; Social Sciences; Social Science Research; Economic Sociology; Economic Development; Interdisciplinary Approach
Document language	Other language
Publication Year	2002
Page/Pages	p. 55-77
Journal	Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 38 (2002) 1-2
Status	Published Version; reviewed
Licence	Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
Document Type	journal article