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Unscharfe Grenzen : Perspektiven der Kultursoziologie
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The Play of International Practice
Christian Bueger,Frank Gadinger +1 more
TL;DR: The core claims of the practice turn in International Relations (IR) remain ambiguous as discussed by the authors, and it is worth noting that practice approaches entail a distinctive view on the drivers of social relations, arguing against individualistic-interest and norm-based actor models.
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Urban Languages in Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the authors look at cities in Africa from the point of view of language sociology, and two large phases of urbanization can be distinguished in Africa: the first phase is related to trade networks and cultural metissage of small groups of middlemen; the second phase, characterized by efforts to deal with Africa's colonial history and to catch up with “the world”, presses ahead with the development of an autonomous, authentic modernity.
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Social Innovation and Human Development—How the Capabilities Approach and Social Innovation Theory Mutually Support Each Other
Jürgen Howaldt,Michael Schwarz +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the need to develop a concept of social innovation as an analytical category is examined, which is grounded in social theory, which looks at its various manifestations, actors and cultural contexts as well as its interrelationship with processes of social change.
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Vom Diskurs zur Erzählung. Möglichkeiten einer politikwissenschaftlichen Narrativanalyse
TL;DR: The authors argue that narratives shape social praxis through the process of narration and, in doing so, enable the political dimension of language, and introduce the basic narratology of Albrecht Koschorke to develop a methodology for researching political narratives.