In recent years, research on science has largely focused on issues of organizational formation and management, methods for evaluating performance and quality, as well as the analysis of scientific micro-worlds. However, studies that critically examine the relationship between science and society from discourse, power, and field-theoretical perspectives have so far been conducted as independent individual projects. Although these contributions resonate in the respective societal areas addressed and provide a wealth of theoretical insights into science, the corresponding discussion has not yet been made visible in book form. This volume brings these perspectives together for the first time, thereby filling a gap in German-language science research.