Science and civil society: lessons from an organization at the borderland

Abstract: "This article explores the sorely overlooked role of science within the civil society scheme, subscribing a scientific sphere of influence according to the minimalist civil society model. It first introduces the relevance of this sphere to the civil society project as a whole, and then provides a case study of one organization of scientists, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), situated on the border of the science and civil spheres. The study reviews SPSSI's successes in advancing values today associated with civil society, and then examines more closely the challenges that have been posed to such activities by the state, market, science, and civil realms alike. These challenges, it is argued, are a threat to all organizations seeking to advance the values of civil society, and such organizations would do well to prepare for the probable interference by each of these spheres as SPSSI did not. In addition, those aspects of SPSSI's history unique to soci

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• Alternative title: Wissenschaft und Bürgergesellschaft: Erkenntnisse aus der Untersuchung einer Organisation im Grenzbereich
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 53 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Zivilgesellschaft, Konflikte und Demokratie, Arbeitsgruppe Zivilgesellschaft: historisch-sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven ; Bd. 2003-501

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2003
• Creator: Rosen, Gabriella
• Contributor: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-111561
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.