Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50310#.VDXgA1fHRK0 Author(s) Mirjana Ule Affiliation(s) Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia . ABSTRACT The article raises two questions: why do sociologists in Western Europe hold expectations of theoretical innovations in sociology in (post-)transitional Eastern European countries, and why is it that sociologists from Eastern Europe do not meet these expectations. The assumption is that these expectations are primarily a response to the theoretical crisis of modern sociology itself, rather than the effect of its knowledge of changes in transitional countries or its willingness to really listen to soci...
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