Andreas Schmitz - Böcker

This book provides an in-depth view on Bourdieu’s  empirical work, thereby specially focusing on the construction of the social space and including the concept of the habitus. Themes described in the book include amongst others: •          the theory and methodology for the construction of “social spaces”,•          the relation between various “fields” and “the field of power”, •          formal construction and empirical observation of habitus, •          the formation, accumulation, differentiation of and conversion between different forms of capital,•          relations in geometric data analysis.The book also includes contributions regarding particular applications of Bourdieu’s methodology to traditional andnew areas of research, such as the analysis of institutional, international and transnational fields. It further provides a systematic introduction into the empirical construction of the social space.

This book provides an in-depth view on Bourdieu’s  empirical work, thereby specially focusing on the construction of the social space and including the concept of the habitus. Themes described in the book include amongst others: •          the theory and methodology for the construction of “social spaces”,•          the relation between various “fields” and “the field of power”, •          formal construction and empirical observation of habitus, •          the formation, accumulation, differentiation of and conversion between different forms of capital,•          relations in geometric data analysis.The book also includes contributions regarding particular applications of Bourdieu’s methodology to traditional andnew areas of research, such as the analysis of institutional, international and transnational fields. It further provides a systematic introduction into the empirical construction of the social space.

This work approaches the modern phenomenon of online dating, examining the ways people make use of its technical and social potential. In particular, the users' mate preferences, choices, strategies, and interactions are analyzed using the innovative method of click-stream observations and web-questionnaire data. For the purpose of these analyses, two major theories are used - an explicit theory of individual mate choice, and the more general relational theory developed by Pierre Bourdieu, which helps to highlight the social structures both underlying and resulting from mating online. Results show that online dating is not a partner marker free from social structure, but that the traditional social conditions found offline are also reproduced in this virtual setting. In contrast to the picture drawn by media discourse and advertising, online dating represents a partner market which fulfills the promise of happiness in a socially differential way.

For the purpose of these analyses, two major theories are used - an explicit theory of individual mate choice, and the more general relational theory developed by Pierre Bourdieu, which helps to highlight the social structures both underlying and resulting from mating online.

Die Sonographie gehort zu den Routinemethoden der Schilddrusendiagnostik. Das vorliegende Buch vermittelt knapp und systematisch die Grundlagen der Interpretation sonomorphologischer Schilddrusenveranderungen. Dabei beschrankt es sich nicht auf die Beschreibung von Sonogrammen, sondern stellt auch den Zusammenhang zur Histopathologie her und entwickelt darauf aufbauend einen Schlussel zur Interpretation der nodalen Nuklidanreicherung. Die Abhandlung der szintigraphischen Erscheinungsformen sonographisch abgrenzbarer Schilddrusenknoten zeigt, dass vielfach allein durch Sonogramm und Szintigramm eine definitive Diagnose moglich ist. Arzte und Facharzte finden in diesem Buch uber das aktuelle Basiswissen hinaus eine wichtige Hilfe fur die Bewaltigung differentialdiagnostischer Probleme.