Internationalisation of social sciences in Central and Eastern Europe : the 'catching up' : a myth or a strategy? / / edited by Ilona Palne Kovacs and Dagmar Kutsar

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827898003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-135-99800-0; 1-283-54666-3; 9786613859112; 1-135-99801-9; 0-203-87558-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Collana: Routledge/European Sociological Association studies in European society ; ; 13
• Altri autori (Persone): KutsarDagmar; Palne KovacsIlona
• Disciplina: 300.943
• Soggetti: Social sciences - Government policy - Europe, Central; Social sciences - Government policy - Europe, Eastern; Social sciences - Study and teaching - Europe, Central; Social sciences - Study and teaching - Europe, Eastern
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Internationalisation of Social Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; 1 Introduction: Why this book?; Part I Insights into European science policies framework; 2 International research collaboration in Europe: Strategy and role of the European Science Foundation; 3 The inclusiveness of the European Research Area in the field of social sciences and humanities and the ways and means by which this could be better achieved; Part II State of the art of social sciences and international co-operation in Central and Eastern European countries4 The problématique of structures: Social sciences and Central and Eastern Europe in flux; 5 The involvement of Central and Eastern European data archives and data providers in forming a pan-European research infrastructure for ; social sciences; 6 Social sciences in Central and Eastern Europe: Institutional landscapes; 7 Collaboration of the social science researchers of Central and Eastern European countries in European research programmesduring the period 1994-2006; 8 Inequalities in the Central and Eastern European research area:Challenges of regional decentralisationPart III Country case studies; 9 Czech science policy in social sciences and humanities: Towards transformation and catching up; 10 Paving Romania's way towards the European Research Area; 11 In isolation parochial standards persist: The case of the social sciences in Bulgaria; 12 An evaluation system of the science and international orientation of social scientists: The case of Slovenia; 13 Conclusion: Internationalisation of Central and Eastern Europeansocial sciences - is the catching up a myth or reality?Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Internationalisation of Social Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe explores the way in which social sciences, in comparison with other sciences in Europe, have been divided by the political orders of West and East. As part of the field of science policies in Europe, this book contributes to the creation of a new understanding of the European academic landscape of social sciences with particular focus on CEE countries.In its investigation of the emergence of social sciences in Central and Eastern Europe following the collapse of the totalitarian systems, this book discusse