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Which virtues and vices 19th century Brazilian public opinion used to evaluate legal books and scholars? The paper analyzed the texts published in Brazilian newspapers commenting on books of public law, which are called “evaluation literature”, to answer this question. Major virtues were: utility, clarity, method, moderation; minor ones were: originality, experience, abnegation etc. This chart of values can be derived from the objectives of Brazilian legal scholarship of the time: not an academic discipline defined by research, but a technical discourse aimed at professional instruction and public intervention.

Este artículo pretende ser una aproximación a la investigación sobre el turismo que los sociólogos y sociólogas publican en España. Se trata de explorar los intereses de la sociología del turismo a partir de varias fuentes de información y para el periodo 2004-2014. En primer lugar, un análisis de nuestra participación en los grupos de investigación que se dedican al estudio del turismo a partir de la base de datos del Sistema de Información Científica del Turismo. En segundo lugar, se revisa la producción de artículos científicos publicados en las revistas incluidas en las principales bases de datos científicas. Por último, se identifican los temas de interés de los trabajos presentados en los congresos de la Federación Española de Sociología. La interpretación del panorama que resulta queda abierta en forma de propuestas de investigación. English What is the sociology of tourism devoted to in Spain? This paper is an approach to the research that the sociologists publish on tourism in Spain. Our aim is to explore the interests of the Sociology of Tourism from several sources for the period 2004-2014. First, we analyse the participation in research groups devoted to the study of tourism from the Scientific Information System of Tourism database. Second, the production of scientific articles published in journals included in major scientific databases is reviewed. Finally, issues of interest in the papers presented at the Spanish Federation of Sociology conferences are identified. The interpretation of this panorama is open as future research proposals.

To date, most debates about transdisciplinarity (TD) have been dominated by Western institutions. This paper proposes insights from the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan, from an investigation as a visiting scientist. After describing its unique project-based organization, I first show that the development of TD at RIHN faces some common challenges, such as TD evaluation, education and upscaling (beyond local contexts). Yet, collaborations with stakeholders have also unique specificities (importance of the group, rigidity of institutions, different ways of interacting…). Moreover, most RIHN researchers claim to have a particularly practical approach to TD. At the level of the whole institute, RIHN gives a strong emphasis on the premise that environmental problems are rooted in human cultures and values. RIHN also develops a specific approach to scales, in which Asia serves as a nodal point between the local and global (‘Asia vision’). We suggest that RIHN’s emphasis on cultural roots and its nodal approach to scale might be themselves rooted in the Japanese culture.

Universities, as knowledge intensive communities, seek to encourage multi-disciplinary research. Using a social capital framework, this paper explores the experiences of researchers from different disciplines within the Business and Law Schools at an Australian regional University. Social capital views organisations as a social community (community of practice) deriving distinctive advantage through speed and efficiency in creating, accessing, and transferring knowledge. Members of a multi-disciplinary research group combined complimentary viewpoints on the concept of ‘value’ to write a journal article on tension between different sections of society on an agreed topic. Undertaking a process of discussion, negotiation and debate to produce the article led to interesting ideas and viewpoints, new avenues of thought and “Eureka” moments, from which surfaced new ways of thinking about the problem. Using the reflections of the different team members, this paper shows how the information transfer across discipline boundaries and between quantitative and qualitative researchers can lead to a greater understanding of the complex web of societal life. This information transfer informs and enriches understandings of complex situations and assists the researchers to redefine problems outside of the normal boundaries of research.

Using professional knowledge in building scientific knowledge; a comparative analysis of several case studies. This paper results from cross-disciplinary reflection by social and biotechnical researchers engaged in surveys with experts from the agriculture and nature spheres: farmers: technical advisors, managers of nature conservation programmes and biologists. The purpose was to analyse the way professional knowledge is used by researchers to enrich their body of scientific knowledge. How professional knowledge is used depends in part on each scientific discipline, but far more on the final research aims. We first identified three ideotypes based on whether professional knowledge is used (1) in a comprehensive way to understand its origins, (2) to build new biological knowledge complementary to the one produced on an experimental basis, or (3) to build operational knowledge to help professionals manage their problems. A cross-analysis of the survey methods used then led to discussing the nature of the scientific knowledge developed from professional knowledge and the innovative potential of such surveys. Finally the heuristic potential of surveys is highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Various disciplines rely on the research interview as an investigative tool. The purpose of this paper is to analyse an example of this approach applied to the field of agronomy, with the aim of making a particular kind of expertise more accessible to outsiders. In our example, a vineyard worker is interviewed about vine pruning by two agronomists while he demonstrates the relevant skills on camera. The final purpose of this exercise is the creation of a multimedia program to be used in the teaching of vine pruning for beginners. Conversational analysis in the ethnomethodological tradition proves to be a useful tool for analysing this type of interview in terms of a social situation that is co-constructed by the vine pruning expert and the researchers as they talk together. The paper shows how the concepts developed by ethnomethodology have made it possible to take a critical look at the interview as a research tool, to develop an in-depth knowledge of how mutual understanding is achieved in such a situation, and to suggest ways of refining interviewing techniques even further. Using this as a background, the paper then analyses the specifics of this exchange. It shows how the participants come to agree on the exact meaning of specific terms through a series of adjustments and ratifications which are part and parcel of this type of exchange yet, unfortunately, are often overlooked when interviews are subsequently re-used. The study of this co-construction process takes into account verbal, vocal and visual aspects. This particular approach constitutes an original contribution to a better understanding of the various forms of “situated action” that may occur in interviews. It focuses especially on the processes used by the participants to highlight important information about vine pruning, and to relate it to the more general context of tending vineyards.

Research background: Globalization and the processes associated with it are reflected in the constant changes taking place in the market and affect its individual participants, among whom we also include consumers. Globalization allows consumers to choose, but on the other hand, the quality of products intended for the Slovak market is debatable (dual quality of food). Therefore, many consumers distrust imported products and believe that foreign producers use unethical practices in the Slovak market. Purpose of the article: The paper presents the results of a survey of unethical practices towards Slovak consumers in their selected forms, as well as the results of the current state of awareness of Slovak consumers in the field of protection of their consumer rights. Methods: The data were obtained by a questionnaire and consequently evaluated by the chosen statistical methods. Some questions were formulated to test hypothesis of dependence among selected variables. Findings & Value added: The results point to the low state of Slovak consumer’s ability to detect unethical practices in its specific forms, as well as to the low state of his knowledge in the field of consumer rights protection. However, the finding that with higher consumer education the ability of a consumer to detect misleading practices increases confirmed the importance of incorporating selected areas of consumer policy into education at lower levels. It allows supporting the sovereignty of the Slovak consumer to protect his rights.

The standardization of the online government service platform is of great significance to simplify the procedures and improve the efficiency of administrative licensing agencies. In this paper, the definition of online government service platform, from the law, policy background, the practice level, carry out the work of government services online analysis summarizes the necessity, the role of online government service platform and the existing problems, and analysis the reasons from the dimension of standardization, standardization can be targeted to summarize proposed online government service platform construction of three aspects of the role.

The dependence on foreign trade of China and European Union are both at a relatively high level, and the space for Sino-EU trade is still enormous. So, this paper adopts cointegration analysis and error correction model to study the relationship between Sino-EU trade and economic growth from a long-term and short-term perspective respectively. Cointegration analysis shows that: whether it is Sino-EU trade and China’s economic growth or Sino-EU trade and EU’s economic growth, there exists long-term cointegration relationship between them. Sino-EU trade plays a more important role in economic growth of China than its role in stimulating economic growth of European Union. Error correction model demonstrates that Sino-EU trade may deviate from its long-run equilibrium with economic growth in the short run.

Este trabajo recoge los principales aprendizajes en investigación y desarrollo generados en el marco del proyecto Indicadores de calidad en los Servicios Sociales (INCASS) (Plan Nacional I+D+i 2008-2011). El artículo se inicia con una referencia introductoria al conocimiento en la acción social y el Trabajo Social y a los rasgos básicos de la investigación en Trabajo Social y sus dificultades. Continúa describiendo las principales características del proyecto INCASS, en tanto que contexto de los aprendizajes generados, para después identificar los principales aspectos a considerar para optar a una convocatoria competitiva de financiación de la investigación. El trabajo concluye con una apuesta por la investigación desde el Trabajo Social para reforzar su identidad, su posición, su práctica profesional y la calidad de los servicios en que se ejerce. This work summarizes the main learnings generated in research and development under the project Indicadores de calidad en los Servicios Sociales (INCASS) (Plan Nacional I+D+i 2008-2011). The paper begins with an introductory reference to knowledge in social care and social work and the basic features of social work research and its difficulties. It goes on describing the main characteristics of the INCASS project, as learning context, and then identifies the key aspects to consider for a competitive call for research funding. The work concludes with a commitment to social work research to strengthen social work identity, status, professional practice and the quality of services where is performed.

Le Quebec a, depuis les annees 1990, amorce un virage ambulatoire dans la prestation des services de sante et sociaux. En reponse a certains problemes de coordination existants entre les acteurs interprofessionnels et interetablissements engendres par ce modele ambulatoire, que nous qualifions de domicilocentrique, le ministere de la Sante et des Services sociaux a implante une vaste reforme d'integration des services. Celle-ci favorisait l 'implantation de dispositifs de coordination, dont celui professionnel de la gestion de cas. Dans cet article, nous analysons comment la gestion de cas, dans le contexte des reseaux de services integres pour personnes agees en perte d'autonomie, participe aux politiques domicilocentriques. Pour faire ceci, nous avons realise une etude qualitative et exploratoire utilisant un devis de recherche de type etude de cas unique imbriquee. Pour chacun des trois centres de sante et de services sociaux que nous avons etudies, nous avons employe trois methodes de collecte de donnees: une analyse documentaire, une analyse thematique d'entretiens d'explicitation, et, de l'observation directe des pratiques des gestionnaires de cas. Nous constatons que la coordination avec les hopitaux demeure au centre des activites des gestionnaires de cas, detournant en partie leur fonction de soutien a domicile vers les besoins des hopitaux, ou la liberation rapide des lits de courte duree est encore consideree comme une priorite. Since the 1990s, the government of Quebec has undertaken a shift called virage ambulatoire (ambulatory care) in its delivery of health care and social care services. In response to a number of coordination related problems between interprofessional and interinstitutional actors engendered by the implementation of this ambulatory, or home- centric model, Quebec's Ministry of Health and Social Services decided to implement a major reform pertaining to services integration. This involved the creation of different coordination devices, including the professional device of case management. This article analyses how case management, in the specific context of integrated care networks for frail elderly individuals, contributes to home-centric governmental policies. We conducted a qualitative exploratory study using an embedded case study design. In each of the three Health and Social Services Centres covered by our study, we used three data collection methods: a documentary analysis, face-to-face interviews, and direct observation of case mangers practices. We note that coordination with hospitals remains at the center of case managers' activities, diverting in part their function regarding home care towards hospitals' needs, where rapid discharge planning of short-term care beds is still viewed as a priority., Problematique A l'instar d'autres pays, le Quebec a mise depuis le milieu des annees 1990 sur l'adoption d'un modele ambulatoire de services de sante et de services sociaux, que nous [...]