German Sociology and Empire

Author(s):  
Andrew Zimmerman
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2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 442-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Lutter ◽  
Martin Schröder

Abstract Based on data that tracks curriculum vitae (CV) and publication records as well as survey information from sociologists in German academia, we examine the effects of parenthood on the publication output of male and female academics that were present in German universities or research institutes in the year 2013. Results indicate that having children leads to a significant decline in the number of publications by women on average, while not affecting the number of publications by men. However, the gendered effect of children on productivity hardly mitigates differences in publication output between men and women, as women still publish about 20 per cent less than men after controlling for the adverse effects of children on productivity. The gendered effect of childbearing depends partly on prior levels of women’s academic achievements, suggesting a mechanism of performance-driven self-selection. Lower-performing women tend to suffer a stronger motherhood penalty than better performing women, while the publication output of successful women (who have been granted academic awards) is not reduced through childbirth. The results indicate that women are better at managing the ‘double burden’ of kids and career if external, award-giving committees have bestowed prestige upon them or indicated their potential for a scientific career.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Suzano Machado

O presente artigo se trata de um artigo de comentário de autores de função mais didática do que científica, pois, apesar de não ser meramente descritivo das teorias apresentadas, tampouco mergulha mais a fundo numa questão teórica ou apresenta leitura inovadora dos autores que apresenta – que, por sua vez, são também autores bastante canônicos. O artigo parte da análise que Frédéric Vandenberghe faz da trajetória do problema da reificação na sociologia alemã para refletir como tal problema configura a leitura dos clássicos da sociologia alemã sobre a modernidade e como essa leitura da modernidade encontra alternativas nos principais teóricos da sociologia alemã no final do séc. XX. Nessas alternativas, que encontro nas obras de Norbert Elias, Jürgen Habermas e Niklas Luhmann, o problema da reificação ainda ocupa lugar central na descrição da modernidade feita por Habermas, mas não na descrição da modernidade feita pelos demais. Com base nisso, reflito ao final do artigo sobre as eternas questões sociológicas sobre a tensão entre descrição e crítica social e como a dimensão da crítica, no exemplo alemão, permanece dependente de uma perspectiva que permita diferenciar processos históricos emancipatórios de processos históricos de desumanização, para os quais o debate sobre a reificação permanece útil.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volker Meja ◽  
Dieter Misgeld ◽  
Nico Stehr
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1992 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 676
Author(s):  
Helmut K. Anheier ◽  
Wolfgang Zapf
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2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 535-548
Author(s):  
Graham Robinson

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to place the idea of the learning organization in a historical, multidisciplinary context with the aim of identifying obstacles and opportunities for its greater realization in practice. Design/methodology/approach Marking the 30th anniversary of publication of Peter Senge's “The Fifth Discipline”, the paper reflects on approaches to the study and analysis of organizations over the past century from German sociology, human relations, organization development, the learning organization to responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. Findings It is suggested that distributed leadership is critical to the realization of organizational learning and its absence is a major inhibitor of such learning. Following Argyris, it is argued that high levels of skill (personal mastery) may, in some circumstances, provide a barrier to organizational learning in the face of contextual uncertainty and change. Research limitations/implications While no specific areas of research are proposed, questions are raised which may only be answered in the wake of appropriate (interdisciplinary) research. Practical implications The reflective nature of the paper suggests that significant reform is required in the legislation that encourages short-term thinking on the part of institutional investors to the detriment of strategic thinking and long-term planning. Social implications The Covid-19 pandemic seems to have provided an opportunity to redress a perceived imbalance between traditional organizational thinking and opportunities demonstrated by effective community action, for reappraisal of organizations as communities of people as well as being formalized structures, systems and processes. Originality/value This paper seeks to synthesize diverse theories of organization with the aim of stimulating further innovation in approaches to organizational learning.


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