Structuration theory amid negative and positive criticism
... them. He states that Giddens did not give any explanation to this restriction. Indeed, Giddens (1984) admits that rules are independent from structure in the sense that it exists only in agent mind, which rule should agent follow? How can agent assess a given rule? Obviously, in reality rules are st ...
... them. He states that Giddens did not give any explanation to this restriction. Indeed, Giddens (1984) admits that rules are independent from structure in the sense that it exists only in agent mind, which rule should agent follow? How can agent assess a given rule? Obviously, in reality rules are st ...
How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy?
... formed as they were during the height of modernization theory’s influence, contain an inherent imperative to embrace, implicitly if not explicitly, presumptions that there is a ‘single’ and/or ‘best’ path to modernity (embodied in the ubiquitous language of “best practices”), a notion most contempor ...
... formed as they were during the height of modernization theory’s influence, contain an inherent imperative to embrace, implicitly if not explicitly, presumptions that there is a ‘single’ and/or ‘best’ path to modernity (embodied in the ubiquitous language of “best practices”), a notion most contempor ...
Social Welfare: Context for Social Control
... only beneficial effects. This view can deny clients the objective technology and empathetic responses they need to take action against their problems. Moreover, this kind of love has within it a possessiveness which may burden clients in another way. It is difficult to care about a client who does n ...
... only beneficial effects. This view can deny clients the objective technology and empathetic responses they need to take action against their problems. Moreover, this kind of love has within it a possessiveness which may burden clients in another way. It is difficult to care about a client who does n ...
Fundamental Difference in the Transformation - Osteuropa
... (X) and western (Y) ones. The type of matrix depends on the characteristics of the environment. The materialtechnological environment, external to the society, is characterized by communality or non-communality.2 These characteristics develop in the course of historic evolution and, thereby, become ...
... (X) and western (Y) ones. The type of matrix depends on the characteristics of the environment. The materialtechnological environment, external to the society, is characterized by communality or non-communality.2 These characteristics develop in the course of historic evolution and, thereby, become ...
Globalization in Latin America: from dependency to interdependency
... challenges in consolidating sustainable development and achieving a positive and sustainable form of integration with the globalization process. But there is something new: for the first time the region’s performance in the face of global crisis was relatively autonomous and successful. It could be ...
... challenges in consolidating sustainable development and achieving a positive and sustainable form of integration with the globalization process. But there is something new: for the first time the region’s performance in the face of global crisis was relatively autonomous and successful. It could be ...
Founding Some Practical Disciplines in Schutzian Social
... again, as will be seen below, what Schutz characterized in “Stranger” and “Homecomer” as social psychology, was characterized in Schutz’s masterpiece, Der sinnhafte Aufbau der sozialen Welt (1932), as “Soziologie,” although he recognized “sociology” with a different signification in the USA. 2. Schu ...
... again, as will be seen below, what Schutz characterized in “Stranger” and “Homecomer” as social psychology, was characterized in Schutz’s masterpiece, Der sinnhafte Aufbau der sozialen Welt (1932), as “Soziologie,” although he recognized “sociology” with a different signification in the USA. 2. Schu ...
Hubris or Hybrids
... of a horrific bomb which killed hundreds of thousands of people. Rather it is slowly but surely insinuating itself into our societies. And as with other technological artifacts and scientific facts in the past, the chances are that nanotechnology will also tend to elicit different uses as it spreads ...
... of a horrific bomb which killed hundreds of thousands of people. Rather it is slowly but surely insinuating itself into our societies. And as with other technological artifacts and scientific facts in the past, the chances are that nanotechnology will also tend to elicit different uses as it spreads ...
The Political and Social Philosophy of Auguste Comte.
... complete social reorganization is not less feared by this middle class than by the old upper classes. Although filled with the critical spirit of the eighteenth century, even under a Republican form it would prolong a system of theological hypocrisy, by means of which the respectful submission of th ...
... complete social reorganization is not less feared by this middle class than by the old upper classes. Although filled with the critical spirit of the eighteenth century, even under a Republican form it would prolong a system of theological hypocrisy, by means of which the respectful submission of th ...
Friday, March 12, 1:30pm: Opening remarks
... the paper is to put this thinking into dialogue with the influential recent concepts of relational aesthetics and participation, which are often taken as paradigms for the analysis of contemporary art practice in terms of their welcome attempt to rethink the relation between the aesthetic and the so ...
... the paper is to put this thinking into dialogue with the influential recent concepts of relational aesthetics and participation, which are often taken as paradigms for the analysis of contemporary art practice in terms of their welcome attempt to rethink the relation between the aesthetic and the so ...
1 Societies as organized power networks
... with a proximate methodology - and perhaps even eventually with a proximate answer - for the issue of ultimate primacy, but only by devising concepts suited to dealing with a mess. This, I claim, is the virtue of a sociospatial and organizational model of the sources of social power. Human nature an ...
... with a proximate methodology - and perhaps even eventually with a proximate answer - for the issue of ultimate primacy, but only by devising concepts suited to dealing with a mess. This, I claim, is the virtue of a sociospatial and organizational model of the sources of social power. Human nature an ...
SOCIOLOGY
... both classical and contemporary theoretical views on work. Included the course is a discussion of the debates on the changing labour process. More contemporary forms of industrial restructuring and the future of work are also covered. SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS: This is an advanced social research meth ...
... both classical and contemporary theoretical views on work. Included the course is a discussion of the debates on the changing labour process. More contemporary forms of industrial restructuring and the future of work are also covered. SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS: This is an advanced social research meth ...
researching prison – a sociological analysis of social system
... approach to the system reveal the connections among the elements and the results of their interplay – interdependence. Second, it enables to follow the change of the system which probably is visible only if one treats the social entity as a system. A single element may react to other element of a sy ...
... approach to the system reveal the connections among the elements and the results of their interplay – interdependence. Second, it enables to follow the change of the system which probably is visible only if one treats the social entity as a system. A single element may react to other element of a sy ...
Ralph Wrobel Economic Models for New Industrializing Countries in
... communism. (Besters / Boesch 1966: 1537 – 1545) Beside all differences common goal was an independence from economic exploitation by the former colonial powers and their remaining enterprises. The socialist models were characterized by central planning of the economy, a high degree of state property ...
... communism. (Besters / Boesch 1966: 1537 – 1545) Beside all differences common goal was an independence from economic exploitation by the former colonial powers and their remaining enterprises. The socialist models were characterized by central planning of the economy, a high degree of state property ...
A Theory of Structure: Duality, Agency, and Transformation
... therefore as secondary or derived. By contrast, semiotically inclined social scientists, most particularly anthropologists, regard culture as the preeminent site of structure. In typical anthropological usage, the term structure is assumed to refer to the realm of culture, except when it is modified ...
... therefore as secondary or derived. By contrast, semiotically inclined social scientists, most particularly anthropologists, regard culture as the preeminent site of structure. In typical anthropological usage, the term structure is assumed to refer to the realm of culture, except when it is modified ...
PowerPoint Presentation - Topics in the Philosophy of Social Science
... create/imagine new forms of social interaction; to innovate socially and collectively; to defect from social expectations. As a result: we get differential degrees of fit between individual action and "structures," "institutions," and "norms"; we get a regular propensity to "morphing" of higher leve ...
... create/imagine new forms of social interaction; to innovate socially and collectively; to defect from social expectations. As a result: we get differential degrees of fit between individual action and "structures," "institutions," and "norms"; we get a regular propensity to "morphing" of higher leve ...
Beyond the Third Way - European Consortium for Political Research
... market” (Giddens 2000: 35) and “operate with an unreconstructed notion of the state” (Giddens 2000: 55) while the right argues that “markets should almost everywhere stand in place of public goods” and takes no responsibility “for the social consequences of market-based decisions” (Giddens 2000: 32- ...
... market” (Giddens 2000: 35) and “operate with an unreconstructed notion of the state” (Giddens 2000: 55) while the right argues that “markets should almost everywhere stand in place of public goods” and takes no responsibility “for the social consequences of market-based decisions” (Giddens 2000: 32- ...
- Rivisteweb
... bop jazz, folk rock, salsa, and urban blues – to name but a few – have followed this full trajectory. Others, like extreme metal or house, for example, didn’t evolve beyond the scene-based form. Yet another group of genres, like reggae or tango, started their trajectory at the scene-based form and t ...
... bop jazz, folk rock, salsa, and urban blues – to name but a few – have followed this full trajectory. Others, like extreme metal or house, for example, didn’t evolve beyond the scene-based form. Yet another group of genres, like reggae or tango, started their trajectory at the scene-based form and t ...
Discourse and Wolves: Science, Society, and Ethics
... discourse, allow me to note the dynamic nature of this knowledge. For example, new methods in genetics are revealing that wolves have a more complex natural history than we had previously believed. We have long understood that wolves are related to domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), the dingo o ...
... discourse, allow me to note the dynamic nature of this knowledge. For example, new methods in genetics are revealing that wolves have a more complex natural history than we had previously believed. We have long understood that wolves are related to domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), the dingo o ...