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"This dynamic, engaging guide empowers you to go beyond bar charts and jargon-filled journal articles to bring research your online and present it in a way that highlights and maximizes its relevance through social media.

Drawing upon a wealth of timely, real-world examples, the authors present a framework for fully incorporating social media within each step of the research process. From visualizing available data to tailoring social media to meet your needs, this book explores proactive ways to share cutting edge research. A complete "how to" for communicating research through blogs, podcasts, data visualizations, and video, it teaches readers how to use social media to:

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"Im Jahr 2016 feiert das Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Institut (WSI) seinen 70. Geburtstag. Das Institut wurde unmittelbar nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg unter dem damaligen Namen Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Institut (WWI) auf Initiative von Viktor Agartz und Hans Böckler gegründet. In dem Beitrag werden die verschieden Phasen in der Geschichte des Instituts nachgezeichnet. Trotz aller Veränderungen und Entwicklungen zeigt sich auch eine große Kontinuität bestimmter Forschungsfelder, die als die Kernkompetenzen des Instituts angesehen werden können. Hierzu gehören insbesondere die Bereiche Arbeits-, Sozial- und Tarifpolitik. Das WSI verfolgt dabei den Ansatz einer arbeitnehmerorientierten Wissenschaft, die konkret zur Verbesserung von Arbeits- und Lebensverhältnissen beitragen möchte."

"Questo libro rappresenta piu o meno la scoperta dell'ombrello. Non abbiamo fatto altro che mettere insieme l'esperienza operaia e la psicologia del lavoro, come dice il titolo. Abbiamo solo resistito, e non sappiamo quanto, alla tentazione di obbligare in un linguaggio e in un contesto scientifico tradizionale l'esperienza operaia, che quel linguaggio e quel contesto hanno sempre rifiutato come qualcosa di diverso. Eppure l'esperienza operaia, rifiutata dalla psicologia del lavoro tradizionale come elemento determinante del comportamento degli operai, altro non e che l'apprendimento dei singoli operai e dei gruppi operai relativamente alla soluzione dei problemi che il lavoro pone loro concretamente ogni giorno all'interno della fabbrica. ..."

"A conclusione di un lungo lavoro comune tra tecnici della salute e operai iniziato dieci anni fa sui temi dell'ambiente di lavoro, è nata, dal confronto diretta tra esperti di psicologia del lavoro e delegati-operai (come esperti di ·strategie atte a modificare l'organizzazione del lavoro) nell'ambito delle 150 ore conquistate dai metalmeccanici, questa ricerca, svoltasi come seminario di psicologia presso la Facoltà di Magistero dell'Università di Torino. Da essa scaturisce una nuova dimensione dell'organizzazione informale di fabbrica e una nuova ipotesi che può servire di base ad una diversa psicologia del la o e per nuovi e più avanzati terreni di scontro per una diversa organizzazione del lavoro; e :it~urisce altresl un'immagine dell'opetitio non più soltanto sp~oposto allo sfruttamento e all'alienazione ma capace, ntlla fabbrica, di fare esperienze, capace di esprimere · ~iudizi di valore, capace di strutturare risposte organizzate ~he hanno valore culturale, capace di produrre una- strategia atta a risolvere la propria condizione di operaio. Un modello positivo di operaio in quanto produttore « attuale ~. non futuro, che mancava nella cultura dominante e che supera gli stretti orizzonti della coscienza dello sfruttamento per allargarsi a quelli della coscienza dell'egemonia. Un modo più ampio di porre il rapporto tra l'uomo comune e lo scienziato, tra la pratica e la teoria, tra la scienza e l'esperienza. Un modo più ampio di affrontare il problema di « come produrre » e di capitalizzare l'esperienza operaia di lotta contro la nocività del lavoro. Questa nuova ipotesi pone -all'organizzazione sindacale l'esigenza di recuperare in termini culturali, organizzativi e di strategia generale, la ricchissima esperienza operaia sull'organizzazione del lavoro."

"There is no doubt that Esping-Andersen's three worlds' typology has been extremely valuable. However, the literature inspired by it shows signs of Kuhnian normal science, which is impairing empirical and theoretical progress. We explain normal science, demonstrate that it characterizes recent empirical regime studies and ask why this has come about. We show that the welfare regime literature has a tendency to confuse the terms ‘typology' and ‘ideal-types'. This has prevented the emergence of anomalies that are needed for progress. We argue that normal science is fostered by the combination of researchers' tendency to prefer certainty (e.g. to address solvable research problems) and the environmental pressures they face (especially the ‘publish or perish' culture and the need to frame research problems in terms of variation rather than similarity). In the discussion section, we suggest several routes by which the welfare state literature can move beyond normal science."

"In this introduction to the special issue, we review the various debates spurred by Esping-Andersen's The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism. Tracing its impact since the book's publication in 1990, we show that Three Worlds continues to be the point of reference for comparative welfare state research. A content analysis of articles in the Journal of European Social Policy citing the book indicates that Three Worlds may even have obtained a paradigmatic status and that its claims and findings are often taken for granted rather than challenged. We conclude that Three Worlds has become a classic that is likely to continue to have a major influence on welfare state research in its next 25?years."

"This book provides the most up to date account of the concept of social quality. Developed originally as a response to the promotion of neo-liberal policies in Europe, the idea has been taken up and applied in China and East Asia. This book is the key reference point for the continuing spread and adoption of the concept. It develops the theoretical foundations of social quality and locates it within the main theoretical frameworks of western social science. It provides a clear account of the methods for measuring social quality which includes the initial indicators developed by a major European research project. It includes an in-depth analysis of the four core components of social quality: socio-economic security, social cohesion, social inclusion and social empowerment. Then it applies the concept of social quality to some of the most pressing policy challenges, including the future of the European Union and sustainability. Its theory, methods and compelling arguments in favour of social justice are essential for students studying a wide variety of social sciences and policy makers and general readers interested in creating a more socially just society."

"All causal statements based on historical data — both in qualitative and quantitative social research — rely on counterfactuals. In quantitative research, scholars attempt to arrive at valid counterfactuals by emulating an experimental design. However, because of treatments that are impossible to manipulate and the non-random assignment of data to treatment and control groups, causal statements are often based on invalid counterfactuals. In qualitative research, scholars attempt to arrive at valid counterfactuals by probing the historical and logical consistency of counterfactuals and by acknowledging the interconnectedness of events. Criteria to evaluate counterfactuals have been developed that allow for a discussion of the quality of counterfactuals used in causal statements. In this article, we suggest using these qualitative criteria to evaluate counterfactuals in quantitative macro-comparative welfare state research. We argue that these criteria can help us identify erroneous causal inferences in quantitative research based on historical data."

"Prekarität gehört inzwischen zu den großen Themen der sozialwissenschaftlichen Gegenwartsanalyse und Zeitdiagnostik. In der Arbeitsmarktforschung wird die Machtdimension unsicherer Arbeits- und Lebensverhältnisse jedoch häufig vernachlässigt. Hier setzt der Beitrag an. Prekarisierungsprozesse, so die hier vertretene These, erzeugen ein Disziplinarregime. Dieses Regime beruht auf Bewährungsproben, für die sich Individuen qualifizieren müssen. Die Quasi-Institutionalisierung von Auswahlprüfungen bringt ein Machtgefälle am Arbeitsmarkt hervor, das mehr und mehr den gesamten Lebenszusammenhang (nicht nur) prekarisierter Gruppen strukturiert. Auswahlprüfungen vermitteln jenen, die in Unsicherheit leben müssen, eine besondere Selbstwahrnehmung. Den Prekarisierten wird ein Sonderstatus zugeschrieben, den sie selbst als Minderheitenperspektive wahrnehmen. Der Beitrag analysiert die Entstehung und Wirkung dieses Disziplinierungsregimes und fragt nach Ansatzpunkten für eine erneuerte Sozialkritik."