About the Author

Andrea D. Bührmann is professor of sociology at the University of Muenster. Her areas of interests include the (trans-)formation of subjectivation, the proliferation and diversification of entrepreneurship, theories of gender and diversity as well as empirical social research e.g. on social practise(s). Her publications include: Bührmann, Andrea D. et al. (2008): Discourse Analysis in the Social Sciences, Köln; Bührmann, Andrea D. (2005): The Emerging of the Enterprising Self and it‘s Contemporary Hegemonic Status: Some Fundamental Observations for an Analysis of the (Trans-)Formational Process of Modern Forms of Subjectivation, Forum: Qualitative Social Research [On-line Journal], 6 (1), Art. 16, 2005 Stefanie Ernst is professor of sociology at the University of Hamburg. Her research interests are varied including: the sociology of work, organisation and gender; processes of transformation and the wider discipline of sociology more generally; social research methods, esp. process oriented methods. She is currently working on a book on Thinking in Figurations: a knowledge sociological study about the next generation of Norbert Elias scholars.Her publications include: Stefanie Ernst 2010: Journal Foucault Studies: Special Section on Michel Foucault and Norbert Elias 8/ 2010 (Guest Edition with Samuel Binkley). Stefanie Ernst 2009: Using Qualitative Content Analysis of Popular Literature for Uncovering Long-Term Social Processes. The Case of Gender Relations in Germany, Journal of Historical Social Research. Data for Historical Sociology and for Analyzing Long-Term Social Processes, 252-269, Stefanie Ernst 2003: From Blame Gossip to Praise Gossip? Gender, Leadership and Organizational Change, The European Journal of Women’s Studies (SAGE Publications), Vol. 10, 3, 277-299.