INNOVATION - The European Journal of Social Science Research

Volume 8 Number 4 December 1995 MEDIA AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN AFRICA: POLITICAL TRANSITION AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITIES Issue Editors: Philip Schlesinger and Tore Slaatta In Memoriam Ernst Gellner, 1925-1995 Papers Helge Rønning Democracy, Civil Society and the Media in Africa in the Nineties. A Discussion of the Emergence and Relevance of Some Analytical Concepts for the Understanding of the Situation in Africa Abstract Online Temba S. B. Masilela Election 1994: Legitimation and Multiple Identities in the South African Media Abstract Online Ullamaija Kivikuru New Forms of Cultural Identity in an African Society Abstract Online Tawana Kupe New Forms of Cultural Identity in an African Society: Comment to the paper by Ullamaija Kivikuru Abstract Online Lloyd M. Sachikonye Civil Society, Social Movements and Democracy in Southern Africa Abstract Online Michael Traber The Challenge of Rural Civil Society: Response to the paper by Lloyd M. Sachikonye

 

Volume 8 Number 3 September 1995 This second open issue in the history of Innovation includes an article by Bernd Hamm on new trends in urban social sciences, an article by Pierpaolo Donati on the problem of identity and solidarity in the complex of citizenship, an article on the rise of Islamism in contemporary Turkey by Haldun Gulalp and one on Western identity as seen from the Otherland by Hasan Ünal Nalbantoglu. It also includes a critical article on attitudinal survey research as practiced in the Eurobarometer series by Peo Hansen, an article on migration in Hungary by Judit Juhász, and an article on telematics by Charles Grantham and Eric Paul.   Papers Bernd Hamm New Trends in Urban Social Sciences Abstract Online Pierpaolo Donati Identity and Solidarity in the Complex of Citizenship: The Relational Approach Abstract Online Haldun Gülalp The Crisis of Westernization in Turkey: Islamism versus Nationalism Abstract Online Hasan Ünal Nalbantoðlu Problematic Concepts, Ambivalent Identities: Western Identity Seen from the Otherland Abstract Online Peo Hansen Questions from Somewhere - Who's Who in Attitude Research about 'Immigrants' Abstract Online Judit Juhász International Migration in Hungary Abstract Online Charles E. Grantham and Eric D. Paul The 'Greening' of Organizational Change: A Case Study Abstract Online

 

Volume 8 Number 2 June 1995 Entitled ‘Environment and Innovation’ this issue includes a select number of the papers presented at the ICCR workshop on the same topic which took place in November 1994. Contributions deal with the persistence of the Newtonian conception of reality in international relations dealing with the environment and the role of technology (Barbara Adam and Gabriela Kütting), the role of environmental sociology for coping with ecological crises (Ilmo Massa), the links between science, environmental protection, innovation and distribution of political power (Sonja Christiansen), the failures of Swedish environmental policy (Martin Peterson), the development of the insurance industry with respect to environmental liability in France and the United States (Wil Groenveld) and the implementation of cleaner production in the small- and medium-size business sector (Hans Schnitzer).  Papers Barbara Adam and Gabriela Kütting Time to Reconceptualize 'Green Technology' in the Context of Globalization and International Relations Abstract Online Ilmo Massa Historical Approach to Environmental Sociology Abstract Online Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen Reflections on the Politics Linking Science, Environment and Innovation Abstract Online Martin Peterson Environmental Policy in the Context of Swedish Political Culture Abstract Online Wil Groenveld Pollution Insurance: a Motivation for Environmental Responsibility? Abstract Online Hans Schnitzer Environment and Innovation: Introducing Cleaner Production Abstract Online

 

Volume 8 Number 1 March 1995 HOUSEHOLD PANEL STUDIES: INVESTIGATING MICRO-SOCIAL CHANGE Issue Editor: David Rose The first issue of Volume 8 is devoted to the topic of the use of household panel surveys for social scientific research and social policy analysis. The issue was developed under the guest editorship of David Rose of the University of Essex. It includes an overview on household panel studies by David Rose, a discussion paper by Lidia Barreiros on the European Household Panel Survey and contributions by experts on the field on the use of the German, British, Dutch and Hungarian panels. Issue 8/1 is the first to be published with the new lay-out of Innovation.   Papers David Rose Household Panel Studies: an Overview Abstract Online Graham Kalton and Constance F. Citro Panel Surveys: Adding the Fourth Dimension Abstract Online Lidia Barreiros The European Community Household Panel (ECHP): its Design, Scientific and Policy Purposes Abstract Online Marcia Freed Taylor and Gaston Schaber An Integrated Longitudinal Database for Comparative Analysis: the Panel Comparability Project Abstract Online Jacqueline Scott Using Household Panels to Study Micro-Social Change Abstract Online Henk-Jan Dirven and Jos Berghman The Evolution of Income Poverty in the Netherlands: Results from the Dutch Socio-Economic Panel Survey Abstract Online Jürgen Schupp and Gert G. Wagner The German Socio-Economic Panel: a Database for Longitudinal International Comparisons Abstract Online István György Tóth The First Two Waves of the Hungarian Household Panel: Methods and Results Abstract Online