Macht Relativismus Forschung unmöglich? Ein Argument für epistemologischen Relativismus am Beispiel der Korruption
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Gebel, Anja C.Keywords
Sozialwissenschaften, SoziologiePolitikwissenschaft
Philosophie
Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
Philosophy
Political science
Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie, Wissenschaftslogik, Ethik der Sozialwissenschaften
Philosophie, Theologie
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Philosophy of Science, Theory of Science, Methodology, Ethics of the Social Sciences
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
research
avoidance behavior
criticism
science
relativism
value system
corruption
Vermeidungsverhalten
Wissenschaft
Wertsystem
Relativismus
Kritik
Forschung
Korruption
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"Diese Studie beschäftigt sich mit dem Konzept der Korruption und unterzieht die derzeit dominante positivistische Herangehensweise an seine Erforschung sowie an seine Bekämpfung durch das Internationale Antikorruptionsregime einer kritischen Untersuchung. Sie ist hiermit sowohl ein Beitrag zur postpositivistischen Wissenschaftskritik als gleichzeitig auch relevant für den Forschungsbereich Post-Development. Die Studie widerlegt das in der positivistischen Korruptionsforschung häufig anzutreffende Argument, dass konzeptioneller Relativismus hinsichtlich Korruption sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung unmöglich machen würde. Sie zeigt auf, wieso es nicht hilfreich ist, Korruption als ein universal definierbares Konzept zu begreifen, und wie postpositivistische Ansätze helfen können, das Konzept der Korruption zu relativieren und dadurch besser zu verstehen. Sie stellt die erste Stufe einer Untersuchung und Kritik internationaler Antikorruptionsprogramme dar, die durch einen positivistischuniversalistischen Ansatz dazu beitragen, das Konzept der Korruption zu depolitisieren, wobei implizit vorhandene Normen und Werte sozusagen unter der Hand in die Programme einfließen."(Autorenreferat)Date
2012-05-09Type
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