Tobias Werron - Böcker

Since the 1970s, various sociological approaches have tried to understand and conceptualize "the global," yet few of them have systematically addressed the full spectrum of social relationships. Prominent exponents of the global approach - such as world systems analysis - instead have focused on particular domains such as politics or the economy. Under the label of "world society," however, some authors have suggested alternatives to the predominant equivocation of society and the nation-state. The contributions to this volume share that objective and take their point of departure from the two most ambitious projects of a theory of world society: world polity research and systems theory, mapping out the common ground and assessing their potential to inform empirical analyses of globalization.

Since the 1970s, various sociological approaches have tried to understand and conceptualize "the global," yet few of them have systematically addressed the full spectrum of social relationships. Prominent exponents of the global approach - such as world systems analysis - instead have focused on particular domains such as politics or the economy. Under the label of "world society," however, some authors have suggested alternatives to the predominant equivocation of society and the nation-state. The contributions to this volume share that objective and take their point of departure from the two most ambitious projects of a theory of world society: world polity research and systems theory, mapping out the common ground and assessing their potential to inform empirical analyses of globalization.

Analysing social change has too often been characterized by parochialism, either a Eurocentrism that projects European experience outwards or a disciplinary narrowness that ignores insights from other academic disciplines. This book moves beyond these limits to develop a global perspective on social change.The book provincializes Europe in order to analyse European modernity as the product of global developments and brings together renowned scholars from international relations, history and sociology in the search for common understandings. In so doing, it provides a range of promising theoretical approaches, analytical takes and substantive research areas that offer new vistas for understanding change on a global scale.

Analysing social change has too often been characterized by parochialism, either a Eurocentrism that projects European experience outwards or a disciplinary narrowness that ignores insights from other academic disciplines. This book moves beyond these limits to develop a global perspective on social change.The book provincializes Europe in order to analyse European modernity as the product of global developments and brings together renowned scholars from international relations, history and sociology in the search for common understandings. In so doing, it provides a range of promising theoretical approaches, analytical takes and substantive research areas that offer new vistas for understanding change on a global scale.

This volume contains an Open Access chapter.We have witnessed an avalanche of quantitative public measures over the past decades. Research in the social sciences has shown that rankings in particular are now a driving force of social change - both, desired and undesired - in many areas of modern life. This volume explores the distinct allure of rankings in diverse empirical settings such as healthcare, the IT sector, the arts, professional sports, anti-slavery advocacy, the pharma industry, and educational governance.Drawing from a rich variety of social theories and methodologies, the contributions to this volume advance our understanding of the production, institutionalization, and effects of rankings significantly, sparking new debates and suggesting promising pathways forward.

Der Band versammelt Beitrage zu einem Thema, das in der Globalisierungsforschung in den letzten Jahren zunehmendes Interesse gefunden hat, zu dem aber noch Publikationen fehlen, die die theoretisch-vergleichende Auseinandersetzung mit dem Gegenstand vorantreiben. Hier anzuknupfen bietet sich insbesondere fur ein weltgesellschaftstheoretisches Forschungsinteresse an, dem an der Verbindung empirischer Globalisierungsforschung mit theoretischem Anspruch gelegen ist.

Rankings sind in der modernen Gesellschaft allgegenwärtig: Athleten, Hotels, Nationalstaaten, Unternehmen, Universitäten, Kunsttreibende und viele andere sehen sich Leistungsvergleichen in der Form von regelmäßig veröffentlichen Ranglisten ausgesetzt.

Dieses Buch enthält soziologische Studien zur COVID-19 Pandemie. Theoretisch informiert beschäftigen sich die Beiträge mit den zentralen Themen Mobilität, Interaktion, Expertise und Märkte, wobei jeweils die Frage im Vordergrund steht, ob, und wenn ja, was genau sich während Pandemie verändert hat: öffentliche Debatten über die Vorteile des öffentlichen Personennahverkehrs in Zeiten von „social distancing“; die Spezifika von (durch Kontaktverbote immer wichtigerer) digital-vermittelter Interaktion; das Aufkommen von alternativen, sich konträrer zu etablierter Expertise positionierenden Wissensformen; sowie Deutungen der ökonomischen Zugewinne des Bio-Marktes, einem überraschenden Profiteur der Krise. In Summe ergibt sich so ein facettenreiches Bild der Krise, das es uns erlaubt, die kurz- und teils auch langfristigen Auswirkungen der COVID-19 Pandemie genauer zu bestimmen.