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Concise Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics in the Social Sciences
Covering a vast array of disciplines, this prescient Encyclopedia analyzes the many roles that applied ethics plays in the social sciences. Entries scrutinize the various manifestations of ethics across a range of disciplines and subdisciplines such as animal studies, criminology, and global health.
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The Concise Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics in the Social Sciences is an in-depth exploration of ethics across multiple different fields. Editors Tuija Takala and Matti Häyry collate entries from global experts to provide an incisive look into applied ethics on both methodological and theoretical bases.
Covering a vast array of disciplines, this prescient Encyclopedia analyzes the many roles that applied ethics plays in the social sciences. Entries scrutinize the various manifestations of ethics across a range of disciplines and subdisciplines such as animal studies, criminology, and global health. The entries on sociology, social psychology, welfare economics, and corporate social responsibility discuss historical development through ethical concepts, while entries such as conflict studies, strategic management and future studies seek to predict future paradigm changes. On the theoretical level, the framing of research questions also entails ethical choices, which is emphasized in the entries for archaeology, food system studies, global health, and migration studies.
This thought-provoking Encyclopedia is a crucial resource for scholars of economic thought and methodology, legal philosophy, human rights, politics and public policy research, and sociology and sociological theory. It will also benefit those researching and working across the social sciences more broadly.
Key Features:
• Flexible interdisciplinary approach
• International point of entry into applied ethics in the social sciences
• 57 authors representing a wide variety of fields in the social sciences
• 35 in-depth entries organized alphabetically for accessibility and ease of navigation
Covering a vast array of disciplines, this prescient Encyclopedia analyzes the many roles that applied ethics plays in the social sciences. Entries scrutinize the various manifestations of ethics across a range of disciplines and subdisciplines such as animal studies, criminology, and global health. The entries on sociology, social psychology, welfare economics, and corporate social responsibility discuss historical development through ethical concepts, while entries such as conflict studies, strategic management and future studies seek to predict future paradigm changes. On the theoretical level, the framing of research questions also entails ethical choices, which is emphasized in the entries for archaeology, food system studies, global health, and migration studies.
This thought-provoking Encyclopedia is a crucial resource for scholars of economic thought and methodology, legal philosophy, human rights, politics and public policy research, and sociology and sociological theory. It will also benefit those researching and working across the social sciences more broadly.
Key Features:
• Flexible interdisciplinary approach
• International point of entry into applied ethics in the social sciences
• 57 authors representing a wide variety of fields in the social sciences
• 35 in-depth entries organized alphabetically for accessibility and ease of navigation
Critical Acclaim
‘This Encyclopedia fills a gap and offers a valuable working tool not only to applied ethics scholars, but also to the wider academic community. The range of topics addressed is vast and covers all sectors of applied ethics, starting from the more traditional ones and ending with new and so far little explored sectors. The style of the Encyclopedia is clear, flowing and pleasant to read, without losing anything in terms of scientific in-depth analysis. The scholars involved in the work, skillfully orchestrated by Takala and Häyry, are all of high academic value.’
– Fabrizio Turoldo, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
‘This rich and enlightening Encyclopedia is an immensely useful resource for social scientists, ethicists and others. In entries ranging from Addiction Studies to Welfare Economics, it reveals with brilliant clarity and depth the diverse and fruitful ways in which applied ethics goes to work in different areas of social research.’
– Garðar Ágúst Árnason, University of Akureyri, Iceland
‘This is a uniquely informative and insightful source of knowledge on the plethora of ways in which applied ethics is intertwined with the theory and practice of the social sciences.’
– Thomasine Kushner, Program in Medicine and Human Values, Sutter Health
– Fabrizio Turoldo, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
‘This rich and enlightening Encyclopedia is an immensely useful resource for social scientists, ethicists and others. In entries ranging from Addiction Studies to Welfare Economics, it reveals with brilliant clarity and depth the diverse and fruitful ways in which applied ethics goes to work in different areas of social research.’
– Garðar Ágúst Árnason, University of Akureyri, Iceland
‘This is a uniquely informative and insightful source of knowledge on the plethora of ways in which applied ethics is intertwined with the theory and practice of the social sciences.’
– Thomasine Kushner, Program in Medicine and Human Values, Sutter Health
Contributors
Contributors include: Elisa Aaltola, Jenna Aarnio, Johanna Ahola-Launonen, John Baker, Mats Bergman, Samantha Brennan, Susana Cadilha, John Coggon, Jurgen De Wispeleare, Michael Egerer, Henrika Franck, José-Carlos Garcia-Rosell, Des Gasper, Dominik Gerber, Cyril Ghosh, Matti Häyry, Klaus Helkama, Olli Herranen, Elspbeth Hodgins, Søren Holm, Sami Itani, Elisa Juholin, Kamilla Karhunmaa, Teea Kortetmäki, Jenny Krutzinna, Sofi Kurki, Simo Kyllönen, Arto Laitinen, Eeva Luhtakallio, Patti Tamara Lenard, Juha Mäkinen, Jukka Mäkinen, Gonçalo Marcelo, Niamh McCrea, Taina Meriluoto, Matti Minkkinen, Johanna Moisander, Marie Moran, Ciarán O’Kelly, İlknur Özallı, Jaana Parviainen, Sami Pihlström, Jorge Pinto, P. Vishnu Porothuyil, Laura Puumala, Keijo Rahkonen, Juho Rantala, Henrik Rydenfelt, Otto Sahlgren, Paul Snelling, Gottfried Schweiger, Darren Shickle, Claire Smith, Meghan Spence, Ruth Stirton, Tuija Takala, Katja Tiisala, Susanne Uusitalo, Antti Vassinen, Simo Vehmas, Annamari Vitikainen, Esko Yli-Hemminki
Contents
Contents:
Preface ix
Tuija Takala and Matti Häyry
1 Addiction studies 1
Susanne Uusitalo and Michael Egerer
2 Animal studies 9
Jenna Aarnio and Elisa Aaltola
3 Archaeology 16
Elspbeth Hodgins and Claire Smith
4 Childhood studies 24
Gottfried Schweiger
5 Communication studies 31
Elisa Juholin and Henrik Rydenfelt
6 Conflict studies 40
Laura Puumala and Juha Mäkinen
7 Corporate social responsibility 48
Jukka Mäkinen, José-Carlos
García-Rosell, and Johanna
Moisander
8 Criminology, criminal
policy, and criminal justice 56
Esko Yli-Hemminki
9 Development studies 62
Des Gasper and P. Vishnu Poruthiyil
10 Disability studies 69
Simo Vehmas
11 Diversity studies 74
Annamari Vitikainen
12 Environmental studies 80
Jorge Pinto, Susanna Cadilha,
and Gonçalo Marcelo
13 Equality studies 87
Marie Moran, Niamh McCrea,
and John Baker
14 Food system studies 94
Teea Kortetmäki
15 Futures studies 100
Sofi Kurki and Matti Minkkinen
16 Gender ethics 106
İlknur …zallõ, Meghan Spence,
and Samantha Brennan
17 Global health 113
John Coggon
18 Governance 120
Ciarán O’Kelly
19 Human resource management 128
Sami Itani
20 Marketing studies 133
Antti Vassinen
21 Media studies 144
Henrik Rydenfelt and Mats Bergman
22 Medical law 152
Ruth Stirton
23 Migration studies 159
Patti Tamara Lenard
24 Nursing 166
Paul Snelling
25 Religious studies 174
Sami Pihlström
26 Robotics 181
Arto Laitinen, Jaana
Parviainen, Otto Sahlgren, and
Juho Rantala
27 Science and technology studies 188
Johanna Ahola-Launonen and
Kamilla Karhunmaa
28 Sexuality studies 197
Cyril Ghosh
29 Social movements 207
Taina Meriluoto and Eeva Luhtakallio
30 Social psychology 215
Klaus Helkama
31 Social work 221
Jenny Krutzinna
32 Sociology 229
Olli Herranen
33 Strategic management 238
Henrika Franck
34 Sustainability science 246
Katja Tiisala and Simo Kyllönen
35 Welfare economics 257
Dominik Gerber
Index 263
Preface ix
Tuija Takala and Matti Häyry
1 Addiction studies 1
Susanne Uusitalo and Michael Egerer
2 Animal studies 9
Jenna Aarnio and Elisa Aaltola
3 Archaeology 16
Elspbeth Hodgins and Claire Smith
4 Childhood studies 24
Gottfried Schweiger
5 Communication studies 31
Elisa Juholin and Henrik Rydenfelt
6 Conflict studies 40
Laura Puumala and Juha Mäkinen
7 Corporate social responsibility 48
Jukka Mäkinen, José-Carlos
García-Rosell, and Johanna
Moisander
8 Criminology, criminal
policy, and criminal justice 56
Esko Yli-Hemminki
9 Development studies 62
Des Gasper and P. Vishnu Poruthiyil
10 Disability studies 69
Simo Vehmas
11 Diversity studies 74
Annamari Vitikainen
12 Environmental studies 80
Jorge Pinto, Susanna Cadilha,
and Gonçalo Marcelo
13 Equality studies 87
Marie Moran, Niamh McCrea,
and John Baker
14 Food system studies 94
Teea Kortetmäki
15 Futures studies 100
Sofi Kurki and Matti Minkkinen
16 Gender ethics 106
İlknur …zallõ, Meghan Spence,
and Samantha Brennan
17 Global health 113
John Coggon
18 Governance 120
Ciarán O’Kelly
19 Human resource management 128
Sami Itani
20 Marketing studies 133
Antti Vassinen
21 Media studies 144
Henrik Rydenfelt and Mats Bergman
22 Medical law 152
Ruth Stirton
23 Migration studies 159
Patti Tamara Lenard
24 Nursing 166
Paul Snelling
25 Religious studies 174
Sami Pihlström
26 Robotics 181
Arto Laitinen, Jaana
Parviainen, Otto Sahlgren, and
Juho Rantala
27 Science and technology studies 188
Johanna Ahola-Launonen and
Kamilla Karhunmaa
28 Sexuality studies 197
Cyril Ghosh
29 Social movements 207
Taina Meriluoto and Eeva Luhtakallio
30 Social psychology 215
Klaus Helkama
31 Social work 221
Jenny Krutzinna
32 Sociology 229
Olli Herranen
33 Strategic management 238
Henrika Franck
34 Sustainability science 246
Katja Tiisala and Simo Kyllönen
35 Welfare economics 257
Dominik Gerber
Index 263
