Christa Hoffmann-Riem
Christa Hoffmann-Riem (born August 31, 1937 in Duisburg , † August 19, 1990 in Hamburg ) was a German sociologist .
Life
She studied with René König in Cologne , worked for two years at the Cologne Institute for Self-Help and Social Research and received her doctorate in 1964 with a thesis on mass media. In 1965 she was a Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley . Since 1966 she has taught at the University of Hamburg , since 1977 as a professor . Between 1979 and 1985 she did research at the Universities of Berkeley (collaboration with Anselm L. Strauss ), Harvard and Tulane .
Her research interests were structural functionalism ( Neil J. Smelser ), symbolic interactionism ( Herbert Blumer ), family and socialization .
Fonts (selection)
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The adopted child. Family life with double parenthood . 4th unchanged edition, Fink, Munich 1998, ISBN 978-3-7705-2248-4 (first edition: Fink, Munich 1984).
- The adopted child. Family life with double parenthood . Translated from German by Mike Brookman, with a foreword by Anselm L. Strauss , Transactions Publ., New Brunswick / London 1990. ISBN 0-88738-241-X
- Elementary phenomena of the life situation. Excerpts from a decade of sociological work . Deutscher Studien-Verlag, Weinheim 1994, ISBN 978-3-89271-428-6 .
Honors
The € 10,000 Christa Hoffmann Riem Prize for qualitative social research from the Hans Bredow Institute at the University of Hamburg was named after her.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffmann-Riem, Christa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Duisburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th August 1990 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |