Internationalisation of Social Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe : the 'Catching Up' -- A Myth or a Strategy?.

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 c...

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Main Author: Kovács, Ilona Pálné
Other Authors: Kutsar, Dagmar
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:Routledge/ESA studies in European societies.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.