Original scientific paper

Transformational Theory - A New Interdisciplinary Line of Research?

Klaus Von Beyme ; Institute for Political Science, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract

The metamorphosis of the authoritarian systems of South Europe in the seventies increased interest in system changes and transformational theory but it was only with the break up of real socialism that transformational research became a very dynamic research industry. As no one had predicted what would happen in 1989 the frustration in the social sciences caused by this lack of foretelling and erroneous foretelling turned into a pursuit of theories which could improve prognostication in the future. The question whether different transformational processes could be explained by one unified theory is answered by the author's conclusion that no unified transformational theory exists.

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Hrčak ID:

112400

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/112400

Publication date:

1.9.1992.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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