Historical Social Research (HSR) is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the fields of historical-social science research and empirical quantitative as well as qualitative social research – it has been published by GESIS since 1976.
Scope
"Formalization means a variety of procedures that match descriptions of events, structures, and processes with explicit models of those events, structures, and processes. Formal methods do not necessarily involve quantification or computing; analyses of linguistic, spatial, or temporal structure, for example, often proceed quite formally without computers and without any direct intervention of mathematics."
(Charles Tilly, 1929-2008)
The HSR is user-, methods-, and data-orientated, with the journal focusing on inter- and transdisciplinary research. An international editorial board is in charge of the content and, thanks to close cooperation with the network partners and user organizations within the field of historical social research, the journal participates intensively in current research discussions.
In 2011 the HSR has been classified by ERIH / European Science Foundation as an international top-journal (INT1 Sub-Category) “with high visibility and influence among researchers in the various research domains in different countries, regularly cited all over the world”.
Special Issue – Law and (De)Civilization: Process-Sociological Perspectives on Law in Social Change. (Marta Bucholc, Hugo Canihac, Florence Delmotte & Robert van Krieken)
Chris Thornhill: Constitutional Law and Cultures of Violence. [abstract]
Robert van Krieken: Welfare or Cultural Genocide? Law, Civilization, Decivilization, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in Australia. [abstract]
Aurélie Lacassagne: A Legal Decivilizing Process: Canada’s Indigenous Policies and Legislation. [abstract]
Alon Helled: Sovereignty and (De)Civilizing Processes in the Israeli Habitus between Revolution and Counterrevolution: A Three-Act Story? [abstract]
Marta Bucholc: Legal Governance of Abortion: Interdependencies and Centrifugal Forces in the Global Figuration of Human Rights. [abstract]
Michal Kaczmarczyk: Civil(-izing) Disobedience: Four Traditions of Examined Contestation. [abstract]
Christophe Granger: Rule Matters: On Sport, Violence, and the Law. [abstract]
Hugo Canihac: The Law against the Rule? Ambivalence, Ambiguity, and the Historical Sociology of European Legal Integration. [abstract]
Christophe Majastre: Constituent Politics and the Force of Law. Assessing the Role of Constitutional Discourse in the Debate around EU Legitimacy from a Historical Sociology Perspective. [abstract]
Lola Avril: “Civilizing” Professionals? Competition Lawyers in the European Integration Process. [abstract]
