Die Relevanz von Agency im Rahmen gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen. Eine Analyse am Beispiel des Kampfs um das Frauenstimmrecht in Appenzell
Type
fundamental research project
Start Date
01 October 2003
End Date
31 December 2005
Status
completed
Keywords
Agency
Frauenstimmrecht
Veränderung
Description
In dieser Studie steht der Zusammenhang zwischen politischem Aktivismus und gesellschaftlichem Wandel im Mittelpunkt. Hierfür wird auf ein sozialkonstruktivistisches Konzept individueller Handlungs- und Gestaltungsfähigkeit (Agency) zurückgegriffen. Der Agency-Begriff birgt die Frage, wie individuelle Handlung gesellschaftliche Veränderung anstossen kann. Untersucht werden soll diese Fragestellung anhand eines konkreten Beispiels gesellschaftlichen Wandels: der Einführung des Frauenstimmrechts in Appenzell-Ausserrhoden und Appenzell-Innerrhoden. Die Untersuchung verfolgt zwei Zielsetzungen: Zum einen soll das bisherige sozialkonstruktionistische Konzept von Agency durch eine empirische Perspektive erweitert werden. Zum anderen wird die Analyse des Wandels in Appenzell an einem konkreten Beispiel zeigen, wie Veränderung durch den Bezug auf Diskurse und grundlegende Annahmen gestaltet werden kann.
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Method(s)
problemzentrierte Interviews
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Eprints ID
19380

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The identity politics of qualitative research: A discourse analytic inter-text

2007 , Dey, Pascal , Nentwich, Julia C.

We intend this paper to be read as an inter-text between selected FQS articles, which in one way or another engage in the identity politics of qualitative research, and the broader discussion of quality in the social sciences. Subjecting those texts to a discursive investigation, we highlight how the semantic scope of what is called "qualitative research" is decisively delimited by the positivist associations of "good research". Our overall aim is to take issue with two binaries that are commonly employed by qualitative researchers and thus collide with the evolution of creative/aesthetic science. Simultaneously, however, we seek to enliven qualitative research by providing an (ancient and thus marginal) understanding of research and of approaches that are still outside the prevailing canon. To this end, we start by investigating the binary between quantitative and qualitative research that is perpetually reified as our colleagues invoke the positivist quality criteria, subordinating the qualitative pole to an inferior position. Second, we provide examples of the ways that qualitative research is habitually separated from "nonresearch" such as the arts, journalism and fiction, ostensibly to justify calling it "scientific". Pondering how these binaries endow qualitative research with a limited identity and a supplementary status, we draw on some postmodern works so as to elaborate on alternative understandings of "science" and scientific quality. Finally, we argue for a "politics of difference" which we envision as a point of origin for extending qualitative research by multiplying its genres, styles and tropes.

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Change agency as performance and embeddedness : Exploring the possibilities and limits of Butler and Bourdieu

2015-01 , Nentwich, Julia C. , Özbilgin, Mustafa F. , Tatli, Ahu

In this paper we explore the dual role of human agency in maintaining the status quo and generating change. Judith Butler and Pierre Bourdieu offer differing conceptions of change agency in relation to organisation and transformation of gender relations. Focusing on how those approaches would work, we analyse an empirical case study on a particular change process: getting women the right to vote in the Swiss cantons of Appenzell. We contribute to the current use of Butler's and Bourdieu's theories in organisation studies in three main ways. First, we explore stability and change from the lenses of these two scholars. Second, we illustrate how change agency looks from these two distinct perspectives. Finally, we offer an empirical analysis that identifies the main elements of change agency in the two frameworks and discuss the possibilities and limitations of bringing these two approaches together to better understand change agency.

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Zwischen Provokation und Anpassung: Handlungsmächtigkeit als diskursive Positionierung

2009-09 , Nentwich, Julia C.

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Die Relevanz von Agency im Rahmen gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen: Eine Analyse am Beispiel des Kampfs um das Frauenstimmrecht in Appenzell

2006 , Nentwich, Julia C.

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