The Austrian general elections on September 28, 2008, resulted in a strong shift towards the right. The Social Democrats SPÖ (29,7%) and the Conservatives ÖVP (25,6%) reached their worst results ever, also the Green Party lost (9,8%) voters. The big winners are the Freedom Party FPÖ (18,0%, +7,0%) of Heinz Christian Strache and the BZÖ (11,0%, +6,9%). These two right-wing parties together now hold 29% of the votes.
Right-wing extremists reach 29% of the votes in Austrian general elections
christian fuchs, September 29th 2008
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STANDART: Analphabet Wilhelm Molterer, Illiterate Wilhelm Molterer
The Austrian conservative front-runner Molterer proves his lack of knowledge of German.
christian fuchs, September 25th 2008
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ESA Social Theory Conference on Transdisciplinarity in Innsbruck
The Social Theory Research Network is one of 31 research networks of the European Sociological Association. It has approximately 200 active members. Whereas the other research networks’ task is to deal with specialized subfields of sociology, the mission of the Social Theory Network is to develop “concepts of orientation and outlining what can be called ‘conditional [...]
christian fuchs, September 14th 2008
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International Sociological Association (ISA) World Forum, Day 4: John Urry; Public Sociology
On the fourth, final day, of the ISA World Forum, John Urry gave a talk on “Sociology and Climate Change” and there was a concluding debate on public sociology.
christian fuchs, September 9th 2008
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International Sociological Association (ISA) World Forum, Day 3: Manuel Castells: Sociology and Society in the 21st Century
Manuel Castells’s talk was presented as one of the main events of the entire conference and several hundred people were attending. Castells defined sociology as the scientific study of society. He argued that the status of sociology in society is at an all-time low. One of the reasons would be that sociologists would have engaged [...]
christian fuchs, September 8th 2008
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International Sociological Association (ISA) World Forum, Day 2: My presentations
Video-Presentation: Christian Fuchs “Critical Theory in the Age of the Internet”
christian fuchs, September 8th 2008
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International Sociological Association (ISA) World Forum: Day 2: Alain Touraine, Manuel Castells, Craig Calhoun
The main feature of the second day at the ISA conference was a debate between Alain Touraine, Manuel Castells, and Craig Calhoun on the first’s recent book “Penser Autrement” (Think Differently).
christian fuchs, September 7th 2008
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International Sociological Association World Forum: Day 1, Sociological Research and Public Debate
I attended the First World Forum of the International Sociological Association (ISA) that took place in Barcelona from September 5-9, 2008. There were approximately 2500 participants. The overall topic of the conference was “Sociological Research and Public Debate”. So the issue was how sociology can best influence political debates in the public sphere.
christian fuchs, September 7th 2008
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