“Root Causes”
... at the same time a matter of debate whether sweeping explanations of the nature of small, new wars actually risks misconstruing the complexity of the subject under study. As suggested by a number of anthropologist and political scientists of war and political violence it is rather a question of stri ...
... at the same time a matter of debate whether sweeping explanations of the nature of small, new wars actually risks misconstruing the complexity of the subject under study. As suggested by a number of anthropologist and political scientists of war and political violence it is rather a question of stri ...
Hislop Taking Account of Structure
... matters (Archer 1995, Fleetwood 2005). This is because the ontological assumptions analysts make shape their epistemology, methodology, and the types of theories they develop. Thus the ontological assumptions people make affect their position in the agency/structure debate. This paper engages with t ...
... matters (Archer 1995, Fleetwood 2005). This is because the ontological assumptions analysts make shape their epistemology, methodology, and the types of theories they develop. Thus the ontological assumptions people make affect their position in the agency/structure debate. This paper engages with t ...
1 The Arbitrariness and Normativity of Social Conventions NB
... The game theoretic approach to convention is worthy of discussion in virtue of its analytical elegance, simplicity and the fact it can claim to relieve the tension between normativity and arbitrariness – at least by its own standards. By formalizing convention in the language of rational choice, ga ...
... The game theoretic approach to convention is worthy of discussion in virtue of its analytical elegance, simplicity and the fact it can claim to relieve the tension between normativity and arbitrariness – at least by its own standards. By formalizing convention in the language of rational choice, ga ...
this article - Daniel Aaron Lazar
... 1940), reminded us that (a) "revolutions are always verbose" and (b) that it is difficult to judge a revolution by its original goals since revolutions hardly ever fully correspond with the intentions of their makers." Furthermore, if we consider a revolution not as "an event in time" but as an "evo ...
... 1940), reminded us that (a) "revolutions are always verbose" and (b) that it is difficult to judge a revolution by its original goals since revolutions hardly ever fully correspond with the intentions of their makers." Furthermore, if we consider a revolution not as "an event in time" but as an "evo ...
Another economy is possible
... there is a discernable core of principles. In the U.S. we based our definition on the principles that were common to practically all of the definitions from around the world: solidarity, sustainability, equity in all dimensions, participatory democracy and pluralism. We understand that there are man ...
... there is a discernable core of principles. In the U.S. we based our definition on the principles that were common to practically all of the definitions from around the world: solidarity, sustainability, equity in all dimensions, participatory democracy and pluralism. We understand that there are man ...
Close but not Deep: Literary Ethics and the Descriptive Turn Heather
... institutional and ethical questions. In this essay, I outline an approach to literary texts that derives not from hermeneutics but from a different tradition. The encounter between literary studies and sociology that I stage here does not rely on a complete renunciation of the text (to focus, for in ...
... institutional and ethical questions. In this essay, I outline an approach to literary texts that derives not from hermeneutics but from a different tradition. The encounter between literary studies and sociology that I stage here does not rely on a complete renunciation of the text (to focus, for in ...
- Digital Commons @ New Haven
... culture of the society. The remaining class cultures, while subordinate to this dominant culture, are also at odds with it and attempt to assert their own collective definitions. Each class-based culture, dominant or subordinate, is not monolithic but contain variations, subcultures, within itself. ...
... culture of the society. The remaining class cultures, while subordinate to this dominant culture, are also at odds with it and attempt to assert their own collective definitions. Each class-based culture, dominant or subordinate, is not monolithic but contain variations, subcultures, within itself. ...
why are people still sceptical about climate change?
... individualistic or conservative worldview. And this is the single biggest reason why scepticism about climate change persists. When people with opposing attitudes ...
... individualistic or conservative worldview. And this is the single biggest reason why scepticism about climate change persists. When people with opposing attitudes ...
Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective
... that cause economic backwardness? Perhaps, politically powerful groups (elites) are not in favor of economic growth. But why? It would appear that economic growth would provide more resources for these groups to take over or tax, increasing their economic returns. So why don’t powerful groups always ...
... that cause economic backwardness? Perhaps, politically powerful groups (elites) are not in favor of economic growth. But why? It would appear that economic growth would provide more resources for these groups to take over or tax, increasing their economic returns. So why don’t powerful groups always ...
THE FOUCAULT EFFECT
... that activity consisted in, and how it might be carried on. A rationality of government will thus mean a way or system of thinking about the nature of the practice of government (who can govern; what governing is; what or who is governed), capable of making some form of that activity thinkable and p ...
... that activity consisted in, and how it might be carried on. A rationality of government will thus mean a way or system of thinking about the nature of the practice of government (who can govern; what governing is; what or who is governed), capable of making some form of that activity thinkable and p ...
POLI 111: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
... • This approach dates back to the ancient Greeks and it was usually referred to as political philosophy. • It was mainly concerned with ethical issues, prescriptive issues, and normative questions. • The question that engaged their attention included; – What ought to be – What should be – What must ...
... • This approach dates back to the ancient Greeks and it was usually referred to as political philosophy. • It was mainly concerned with ethical issues, prescriptive issues, and normative questions. • The question that engaged their attention included; – What ought to be – What should be – What must ...
Complex Systems and Health Behavior Change
... Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB)15 or the Integrated Model (IM)16 because its relative simplicity was more suited for developing a novel computational model that lacked any prior work from which to draw. Before we present the details of the model, we will first give an overview of what the model and ...
... Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB)15 or the Integrated Model (IM)16 because its relative simplicity was more suited for developing a novel computational model that lacked any prior work from which to draw. Before we present the details of the model, we will first give an overview of what the model and ...
Employability in a Knowledge
... A major problem confronting researchers interested in issues of employability is the lack of theoretically informed studies. The policy discourse is dominated by employer and government concerns about the supply of graduates, which has received little conceptual or empirical analysis. At best, it is ...
... A major problem confronting researchers interested in issues of employability is the lack of theoretically informed studies. The policy discourse is dominated by employer and government concerns about the supply of graduates, which has received little conceptual or empirical analysis. At best, it is ...
A Sociology of the Unmarked
... very low, the intensity of markednesstends to be particularlystrong. On the other hand, the magnitude of markedness tends to decline as the proportion of the marked relative to the unmarkedincreases. In fact, if what is typically markedbecomes more common than the unmarkedthe categories can even be ...
... very low, the intensity of markednesstends to be particularlystrong. On the other hand, the magnitude of markedness tends to decline as the proportion of the marked relative to the unmarkedincreases. In fact, if what is typically markedbecomes more common than the unmarkedthe categories can even be ...
