englischWhy did the subject of law play a central role in sociology as it emerged? And why is this no longer the case today? This study explains this transformation of the sociological interest in law by means of a genealogical investigation into the mutual references between the jurisprudence of [...]

englischUntil now, the history of sociology in Germany has concentrated on the different trends in this subject area after World War II. This focus has revealed that there was a widespread progressive movement within sociology after 1945 termed ‘applied enlightenment’ or ‘public sociology’, which [...]

englischSociology and History have long been keen to discuss what social science can accomplish when it follows in the footsteps of Max Weber who relied on the tradition of geisteswissenschaft in Germany. This volume assembles twelve contributions that elucidate what it means to practice what has [...]

Wie kann ein sozialwissenschaftliches Großprojekt zur demokratischen Reorientation eines Landes beitragen? Was bedeutet Demokratisierung im Bereich der Wissenschaft? Diese Fragen leiten die Untersuchung, die die heute zu Unrecht vergessene erste große Gemeindestudie vom Typ eines Community Survey in [...]