Eric Vanhaute, Hanne Cottyn, Yang Wang C
... inevitable expansion of capitalism will lead to the extermination of the peasantry. Following Lenin and Kautsky, the former, more or less undifferentiated class of peasants is transformed into new, distinct groups: capital owners (capitalist farmers) and wage laborers. On the other hand, advocates o ...
... inevitable expansion of capitalism will lead to the extermination of the peasantry. Following Lenin and Kautsky, the former, more or less undifferentiated class of peasants is transformed into new, distinct groups: capital owners (capitalist farmers) and wage laborers. On the other hand, advocates o ...
1. social structure and organizations revisited
... to organizations, informed by middle-range theorizing and rich empirical case studies. These sociological approaches to organizations were informed and intertwined with the study of broader political processes and related societallevel social structures. These studies did not focus narrowly on organ ...
... to organizations, informed by middle-range theorizing and rich empirical case studies. These sociological approaches to organizations were informed and intertwined with the study of broader political processes and related societallevel social structures. These studies did not focus narrowly on organ ...
History is not bunk: why comparative historical sociology is
... ‘mixed methods’ were fashionable, I always just gathered both sorts of evidence, whatever was relevant. But certainly, my own work has to a considerable extent also employed historical and documentary evidence. That, too, is part of ‘mixed methods’, and I am delighted that under the Presidency of Ni ...
... ‘mixed methods’ were fashionable, I always just gathered both sorts of evidence, whatever was relevant. But certainly, my own work has to a considerable extent also employed historical and documentary evidence. That, too, is part of ‘mixed methods’, and I am delighted that under the Presidency of Ni ...
Reinterpreting the Historicity of the Nordic Model
... defining the targets and agents of knowledge and politics. It may not be just a paradoxical coincidence that the symmetric communitarian language of social partnership gained popularity in Europe at a time of increasing asymmetries between labor and capital in globalized capitalism. Arguably, this l ...
... defining the targets and agents of knowledge and politics. It may not be just a paradoxical coincidence that the symmetric communitarian language of social partnership gained popularity in Europe at a time of increasing asymmetries between labor and capital in globalized capitalism. Arguably, this l ...
Theories of Practice as an Approach to
... individual - as a bodily and mental agent - then acts as the “carrier” (Trager) of a practice - and, in fact, of many different practices which need not be coordinated with one another. Thus, she or he is not only a carrier of patterns of bodily behaviour, but also of certain routinized ways of unde ...
... individual - as a bodily and mental agent - then acts as the “carrier” (Trager) of a practice - and, in fact, of many different practices which need not be coordinated with one another. Thus, she or he is not only a carrier of patterns of bodily behaviour, but also of certain routinized ways of unde ...
holism in the sciences
... 1. Holism in biology The term "holism" was coined by J. C. Smuts (18701950) in order to capture a general approach to the study of complex systems which grants the whole a special ontological and epistemological significance which the parts of the system lack. A related notion which was popular espe ...
... 1. Holism in biology The term "holism" was coined by J. C. Smuts (18701950) in order to capture a general approach to the study of complex systems which grants the whole a special ontological and epistemological significance which the parts of the system lack. A related notion which was popular espe ...
What Is the Problem with Experts?
... The second problem arises from normative political theory. Regarding differences in knowledge as a problem of equality leads in some troubling directions. If we think of knowledge as a quantity, or a good to which some have access and others do not, the solution, admittedly one with practical limita ...
... The second problem arises from normative political theory. Regarding differences in knowledge as a problem of equality leads in some troubling directions. If we think of knowledge as a quantity, or a good to which some have access and others do not, the solution, admittedly one with practical limita ...
Introduction: Power is the Central Concept of the
... member of a scientific community, one properly understands Newton’s account of the gravitational forces acting upon falling objects, one should be able to apply this to pendulums without ever having been shown how to do so (Kuhn 1962). The social sciences do not have the predictive consistency of th ...
... member of a scientific community, one properly understands Newton’s account of the gravitational forces acting upon falling objects, one should be able to apply this to pendulums without ever having been shown how to do so (Kuhn 1962). The social sciences do not have the predictive consistency of th ...
THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF AESTHETICS: A CROSS
... youth are more concerned with the social distinction accorded them through owning well-marked cattle than they are with any intrinsic beauty associated with certain configurations of black-and-white markings (Gell 1995: 23-4). In this sense, what appears to be the disinterested appreciation of a wel ...
... youth are more concerned with the social distinction accorded them through owning well-marked cattle than they are with any intrinsic beauty associated with certain configurations of black-and-white markings (Gell 1995: 23-4). In this sense, what appears to be the disinterested appreciation of a wel ...
Deviance - Annapolis High School
... SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS The Social Functions of Deviance: Diffusing Tension When people are unhappy with their lives or social conditions, they may want to strike out against society. Minor acts of deviance serve as a safety valve. These acts relieve tension without disrupt ...
... SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS The Social Functions of Deviance: Diffusing Tension When people are unhappy with their lives or social conditions, they may want to strike out against society. Minor acts of deviance serve as a safety valve. These acts relieve tension without disrupt ...
The emergence and significance of local economic development
... generate an enabling environment for this type of approach. The main conclusion is that local economic development strategies, while no panacea, may be a valid complement to traditional top-down strategies in order to deliver sustainable development and it many cases may deliver greater economic eff ...
... generate an enabling environment for this type of approach. The main conclusion is that local economic development strategies, while no panacea, may be a valid complement to traditional top-down strategies in order to deliver sustainable development and it many cases may deliver greater economic eff ...
Causal Inference from Series of Events
... To introduce concepts of interdependence between several processes, it seems natural to embed the above concepts into a multivariate extension. Basically, the history of the single process is replaced by one based on all relevant information available before time t. In the case of two processes (Yt ...
... To introduce concepts of interdependence between several processes, it seems natural to embed the above concepts into a multivariate extension. Basically, the history of the single process is replaced by one based on all relevant information available before time t. In the case of two processes (Yt ...
Stjepan G. Mestrovic
... Both Durkheim and Mestrovic argue strongly that compassion cannot be learned, it can only be transmitted through example. ...
... Both Durkheim and Mestrovic argue strongly that compassion cannot be learned, it can only be transmitted through example. ...
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS I
... Source of family, family of the village and the city, examination of various family types such as tribal family. marital types such as Endogamy, exogamy, polygamy, monogamy . family in various religions and societies, family problems associated with modernization, the roles of woman and man in famil ...
... Source of family, family of the village and the city, examination of various family types such as tribal family. marital types such as Endogamy, exogamy, polygamy, monogamy . family in various religions and societies, family problems associated with modernization, the roles of woman and man in famil ...