Ruth Meyer Swiss

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Ruth Antoinette Meyer Schweizer (born February 18, 1936 in St. Gallen ) is a Swiss sociologist .

Life

Meyer Schweizer studied ancient and ancient Near Eastern languages ​​and cultures as well as philosophy and received his doctorate in 1961 from the University of Zurich . From 1962 to 1973 she was an assistant and lecturer at the Universities of Frankfurt am Main and Trier (1971–1973), she also studied sociology . From 1973 to 1994 Meyer Schweizer was a senior assistant, then a lecturer and lecturer at the University of Bern . In 1984 she received her habilitation in sociological theory and empirical social research and in 1994 she was appointed part-time associate professor. She was a part-time lecturer for military sociology and issues of social change at the military schools of the ETH Zurich , lecturer at the universities of Friborg (educational sociology ) and Zurich (literary sociology), and executive officer of the Scientific Committee on Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution of the International Association of Sociology. She is still Executive Officer of the International Facet Theory Association, where she was President from 2005 to 2007. In 2001 Meyer Schweizer retired. From 2005 to 2017 she was President of the Board of Trustees of the Seniors University Bern.

Ruth Meyer Schweizer was a major in the army staff of the Swiss Army (previously Detfhr. In the Red Cross service of the Swiss Army). She was president of the Swiss Working Group on Military and Social Sciences (SAMS) (1986–1995), founded in 1976, and editor of its journal SAMS-Informations . She was also president of the Federal Commission for Women in Security Policy (1981–2000) and a member of the Federal Youth Commission (1978–1983), as well as city councilor in Bern (1981–1987).

Fonts (selection)

Books

  • The importance of Egypt in the pre-Christian Latin literature. Wasmund, Cologne 1961, DNB 570586801 , OCLC 753676451 , 208 pages (dissertation, University of Zurich, Philosophical Faculty, 1961).
  • Conformity and autonomy: values ​​and value systems in the Swiss population. Bern 1984, OCLC 604139152 , 397 pages (habilitation thesis, University of Bern, 1984).
  • with Karl Haltiner et al .: Questions about the future. The importance of work, education and politics for the twenty-year-old Swiss: Report on the survey carried out as part of the educational recruit tests in 1979. Sauerlander, Aarau; Frankfurt a. M .; Salzburg 1982, 60 pages.
  • with Karl W. Haltiner, Luca Bertossa: Values ​​and life chances in transition. A trend study on the life, education, work and political orientations of young adults in Switzerland. Rüegger, Zurich; Chur 2008, 372 pages, ISBN 978-3-7253-0909-2 .

Essays

  • The meaning of the authorization system for schools and society in the 19th century. In: Journal for the entire political science. 124, 1968, pp. 763-776.
  • The book as an educational factor for young people. In: W. Adrian et al. (Ed.): The book in the dynamic society. 1970, pp. 57-71.
  • Division of labor. In: Lexicon of Pedagogy. Freiburg / Basel 1971, 75f.
  • with H. Becker, M. Ziemer: Empirical-sociological studies on the Quadriga-Funkkolleg. In: G. Kadelbach / H. Rebel (Ed.): Research report Funkkolleg - Model I and II. Weinheim / Basel 1972, pp. 17–83.
  • Reading as a means of experiencing the world? . In: R. Meyer et al. (Ed.): Living and Reading. Frankfurt am Main 1975, pp. 193-205.
  • with M. Renand: Sociological Research in Switzerland . In: Swiss Journal for Sociology. 1. 1975, pp. 201-209.
  • Values ​​and value systems in the Swiss population. In: J. Hoffmann-Nowotny et al. (Ed.): Social indicators. Frauenfeld 1976, pp. 299-315.
  • with P. Fritschi, W. Schweizer: A new sampling plan for a nationwide sample. In: Swiss Journal for Sociology. 2. 1976, pp. 149-158.
  • with W. Rüegg: Value research in a systematic international comparison. In: H. Klages / P. Kmeciak (Ed.): Value Change and Social Change. Frankfurt am Main / New York. 1979, pp. 41-60.
  • with K. Haltiner: Aspects of the Relationship between Military and Society in Switzerland. In: Armed Forces and Society. 6. 1979, pp. 49-81.
  • Obituary for Hans Gerth. In: Cologne journal for sociology and social psychology. 32. 1980, pp. 195-198.
  • Value research within the European Science Foundation. In: St. Musto (ed.): The sociology and the European integration. TU-Berlin 1980, pp. 54-68.
  • with K. Haltiner: Women in the Swiss Army from a sociological point of view. In: SAMS information. 6, 2. 1982, pp. 24-91.
  • Values ​​in Transition - On the Problem of Finding Meaning in Modern Society. Attempt to provide a comprehensive overview. In: Swiss National Commission for UNESCO (ed.), Bern 1983, pp. 126–131.
  • Sociology without terms? In: P. Feyerabend / Ch. Thomas (ed.): Border problems of the sciences. Zurich 1985, pp. 103-112.
  • with HJ Schweizer: Conscientious Objection in Switzerland. In: Social Science Institute of the Bundeswehr (Ed.): FORUM International. 5, Munich 1987, pp. 257-282.
  • Peut-on parler d'une mutation des valeurs en Suisse? In: Chr. Lalive d'Epinay (ed.): Travail, activité, condition humaine à l'aube du XXIe siècle. Maastricht 1989, 129ss.
  • Modular Orders and their Significance. In: I. Borg (Ed.): Proceedings of the IV. Conference of Facet Theory. Mannheim 1993, pp. 321-330.
  • Golden fifties? In: Chr. Pfister (Ed.): The 50s Syndrome. Bern et al. 1995, 239ff.
  • Work Values ​​and Life Values ​​in Switzerland. In: D. Canter (Ed.): Proceedings of the 6th Facet Theory Conference. Liverpool 1997.
  • with S. Auer: Values ​​and Value Change in Switzerland's Youth. In: R. Meyer Schweizer et al. (Ed.): Facet Theory Conference 1999, Design and Analysis. Bern 1999, pp. 87-96.
  • with N. Jenkel: Values ​​of Occupational Work in Switzerland: The Double-Pyramid. In: W. Bilsky / D. Elizur: Facet Theory: Design, Analysis and Applications. Roma 2005, pp. 275-284.
  • Educational Values ​​in Question. In: A. Cohen (Ed.): Facet Theory and Scaling. In Search of Structure in Behavioral and Social Sciences. Jerusalem 2009, pp. 135-144.
  • The Structure of Achievement Motives for the Youth. In: Y. Fisher / I. Friedman (Ed.): New Horizons for Facet Theory. Searching for Structure in Content Spaces and Measurement. Jerusalem 2011, pp. 189-196.
  • with F. Kolland: Aging and changing values. In: HC Ehalt (Ed.): Challenge age (s). Weitra: Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz 2013, pp. 21–41.
  • Unfolding the values ​​of senior citizens in Bern. In: 15th International Facet Theory Conference, Fordham University, New York. htpps: //fordham.bepress.com/ftc/ 2015, pp. 114-120.

Editor

  • Hans Gerth , C. Wright Mills : Person and Society. Translated and edited by Ruth Meyer and Siegfried George. Frankfurt am Main: Athenaeum, 1970.
  • with Herbert G. Goepfert et al .: Reading and Living. Frankfurt am Main 1975.
  • Walter Rüegg : Life order threatened. Studies in humanistic sociology. Zurich / Munich: Artemis, 1978.
  • with Johanna Hurni et al .: Women in Armed Forces - Femmes dans les armées. Wettingen 1992.
  • with Martina B. Güntert-Dubach: ALTERnatives. Breaks in the resume. Bern et al. 1995.
  • with Martina B. Güntert-Dubach and Rupert Moser : Altern. Crises and opportunities. Bern et al. 1996.
  • with Denis Hänzi et al .: Facet Theory Conference, Design and Analysis. Bern 1999.
  • with André Holenstein et al .: Second skin. On the cultural history of clothing. Lecture series of the Collegium generale. Bern et al. 2010.
  • with André Holenstein et al .: happiness. Lecture series of the Collegium generale. Bern et al. 2011.
  • with Joachim Bauer : Walter Rüegg: Between University and the Public. Contributions from 50 years of university history and university politics. Stuttgart 2016.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c story. February 21, 2018, accessed March 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b The Swiss Working Group on the Military and Social Sciences. In: General Swiss military magazine . Vol. 155 (1989), No. 7, p. 583 f. ( doi: 10.5169 / seals-59403 ).
  3. ↑ https://cdn-media.web-view.net/i/wjwc8c/kol_kore_natania.pdf
  4. ↑ https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=zbk-003:1995:42::903
personal data
SURNAME Meyer Schweizer, Ruth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meyer Schweizer, Ruth Antoinette (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallen