Science, culture and policy in Portugal: a triangle of changing relationships?
Authors: Maria Eduarda Gonçalves, Paula Castro
Page: 157-173
DOI: 10.1386/pjss.1.3.157
Abstract
The main objective of this paper is to analyse scientific culture as a new policy issue in Portugal, against the background of recent trends in the area of studies called Public Understanding of Science (PUS). We begin by drawing a brief historical overview of the PUS area, and of the Portuguese case in particular. We proceed to examine the relationships that the public at large, the political institutions and the mass media have maintained with science during the last decades in Portugal. These relationships show a trend from isolation to integration. We conclude that the current situation in Portugal is one of coexistence of contradictory and sometimes paradoxical discourses and practices in what concerns the public of understanding science, science-policy relations and science-public interactions.
The Sociology of Law as a sub-discipline of sociology
Authors: Pierre Guibentif
Page: 175-184
DOI: 10.1386/pjss.1.3.175
Abstract
The division of sociology into different sub-disciplines plays an important role in the discipline’s development, and the establishment of a particular sub-discipline has strategic and cognitive implications for those engaged in the research of the particular topic in question, as well as for sociology in general. This is why the choice of actively contributing to such a field deserves to be thoroughly discussed. The present paper tackles the case of sociology of law, a sub-discipline whose position between jurisprudence and social sciences has always been rather uncomfortable, but whose relevance is hardly questionable at a time of rapid change in the contents, modes of dissemination and implementation of social norms.
Gender and science in Portugal
Authors: Lígia Amâncio
Page: 185-198
DOI: 10.1386/pjss.1.3.185
Abstract
The situation of women in science in Portugal stands out as a particular case in international comparisons. The argument of this article is that this case is not so particular after all. To pursue this argument, gender and science is approached in two ways. In the first part historical and social factors that may have contributed to the significant presence of women in science will be discussed. The second part focuses on scientific careers and institutions, especially universities, and aims at unveiling gender processes that have been evidenced by research on gender and science in other countries. Throughout the article, evidence will be presented that shows that despite some specificities pertaining to the rapid process of modernization experienced by Portugal during the last 30 years, science has been institutionalized as a gendered profession.
Review Article
Authors: Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses
Page: 199-208
DOI: 10.1386/pjss.1.3.199
Abstract
Ana Mira (ed.) (2002), Actas das sessões secretas da Câmara dos Deputados e do Senado da República sobre a participação de Portugal na I Grande Guerra, Lisbon: Assembleia da República & Edições Afrontamento
Book Reviews
Authors: Manuela Cook, Tiago Fernandes, José Magone
Page: 209-218
DOI: 10.1386/pjss.1.3.209
Abstract
Eullia Maria Lahmeyer Lobo, Imigração portuguesa no Brasil, São Paulo: Editora Hucitec, 2001, 367
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