1. THE ROLE OF CENTRE-PERIPHERY RELATIONS IN THE UTILISATION OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES.
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Stolte-Heiskanen, Veronica
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INTELLECTUALS ,SOCIAL sciences ,HIGH technology ,SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIAL classes - Abstract
This paper explores the separate and joint roles played by intellectual styles, paradigmatic changes and national exemplars in the modernisation of a scientific discipline on the periphery. The post-war development of sociology in Finland is analysed as an example of social science on the periphery. The development of Finnish sociology is characterised by changes largely attributable to exogenous influences. Three distinct phases of development can be discerned, which correspond to shifts from one to two-centre and eventually to multiple-centre influences in terms of intellectual styles and paradigms. The three identified phases of development are related to the differential societal utilisation potentials of sociology. The change from one to ultimately several centre influences had beneficial effects on the internal development of the field in terms of diversification of research practices and orienting concerns towards 'high technology' strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1987
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