Attitudes - Mrs. Harvey`s Social Psychology Class
... and handling (thereby adding more consonant beliefs). – Getting rid of the car, but this behavior is a lot harder to achieve than changing beliefs. ...
... and handling (thereby adding more consonant beliefs). – Getting rid of the car, but this behavior is a lot harder to achieve than changing beliefs. ...
A Note on the Condorcet Jury Theorem with Supermajority Voting
... majority rules”) maximize the probability of making a correct decision among the class of decisive rules, where a decisive rule is one which always selects an alternative. For supermajority rules, this means that one of the two choices (the “status quo”) is privileged in that it is chosen unless it ...
... majority rules”) maximize the probability of making a correct decision among the class of decisive rules, where a decisive rule is one which always selects an alternative. For supermajority rules, this means that one of the two choices (the “status quo”) is privileged in that it is chosen unless it ...
The Theory Question In Research Capacity Building In Education
... studies in educational research. The argument here is that ‘strong’ causal explanations are only possible if we can assume the existence of a reality in which there are ‘strong’ deterministic connections. While this might be a valid assumption for what is commonly referred to as physical reality – a ...
... studies in educational research. The argument here is that ‘strong’ causal explanations are only possible if we can assume the existence of a reality in which there are ‘strong’ deterministic connections. While this might be a valid assumption for what is commonly referred to as physical reality – a ...
Do Institutions Evolve
... Today essentially all biologists agree with Darwin’s basic propositions regarding the non-constancy of species and the fact that individual variation is the key to the evolutionary puzzle. Additionally, there is now broad agreement that genes, behavior, and environment interact in massively complex ...
... Today essentially all biologists agree with Darwin’s basic propositions regarding the non-constancy of species and the fact that individual variation is the key to the evolutionary puzzle. Additionally, there is now broad agreement that genes, behavior, and environment interact in massively complex ...
Andreas Pickel, Transformation Theory: Scientific or Political?
... project, championing one or the other reform program, social technology, or approach to systemic change, and acting as appointed or self-appointed policy advisors. But social scientists from various disciplines who take a scientific or scholarly interest in postcommunist change processes do not need ...
... project, championing one or the other reform program, social technology, or approach to systemic change, and acting as appointed or self-appointed policy advisors. But social scientists from various disciplines who take a scientific or scholarly interest in postcommunist change processes do not need ...
Polyphonic Theory and Contemporary Literary
... excites the scholar and indeed seduces. But for the critic who is not so much interested in remaining within the abstract intricacies of theories which can often bedevil the critical discourse, but rather whose prime concerns are those aspects of a theory which he/she can use and refer concretely to ...
... excites the scholar and indeed seduces. But for the critic who is not so much interested in remaining within the abstract intricacies of theories which can often bedevil the critical discourse, but rather whose prime concerns are those aspects of a theory which he/she can use and refer concretely to ...
Ten Things Political Scientists Know that You Don`t
... scientists are too obsessed with minutiae and mathematical models. We do not really know the people involved. We are out of touch. Much of this criticism is valid, or can be. Academics do care about some very obscure stuff. But we also know quite a lot about how things really do work. Politics is no ...
... scientists are too obsessed with minutiae and mathematical models. We do not really know the people involved. We are out of touch. Much of this criticism is valid, or can be. Academics do care about some very obscure stuff. But we also know quite a lot about how things really do work. Politics is no ...
Turning to practice – what does it mean and why is it important?
... concepts metaphorically from mathematics, cybernetics, or biology, or from “the researcher’s own culture” whatever that is, or from wherever, and applying them to atomised and isolated observational data produced by short-term visiting strangers in “as-if” explanations and interpretations. Without g ...
... concepts metaphorically from mathematics, cybernetics, or biology, or from “the researcher’s own culture” whatever that is, or from wherever, and applying them to atomised and isolated observational data produced by short-term visiting strangers in “as-if” explanations and interpretations. Without g ...
William Leiss, The Limits to Satisfaction
... the contemporary city . The data that have been gathered do not support a contention of a population troubled by lack of ties. The problem of political unrest and potential support for demagogic leaders among important elements in contemporary society rests not so much with those who are adrift and ...
... the contemporary city . The data that have been gathered do not support a contention of a population troubled by lack of ties. The problem of political unrest and potential support for demagogic leaders among important elements in contemporary society rests not so much with those who are adrift and ...
The Role of Theory in Educational research (2011)
... This is the classical and standard notion of theory Mjøset argues for in this publication, and it serves as a reservoir to make predictions on the basis of analogue situations. The second, theory understood as the reorganising of experiences, makes theory relevant as it can change our perspective o ...
... This is the classical and standard notion of theory Mjøset argues for in this publication, and it serves as a reservoir to make predictions on the basis of analogue situations. The second, theory understood as the reorganising of experiences, makes theory relevant as it can change our perspective o ...
Chapter 3
... • Assumes groups will form to protect particular economic interests • Groups are often in conflict with each other and will lobby government to put in place legislation which will benefit them at the expense of others • No notion of public interest inherent in the theory • Regulators (and all other ...
... • Assumes groups will form to protect particular economic interests • Groups are often in conflict with each other and will lobby government to put in place legislation which will benefit them at the expense of others • No notion of public interest inherent in the theory • Regulators (and all other ...
theoretical pluralism and sociological theory
... would be that, while complete objectivity is indeed impossible, one can still hold to it as a goal to be approximated. It seems to me that it is those who decry the possibility of objectivity who are most incapable of it. Since they know they cannot be objective – honest in face of the facts, unplea ...
... would be that, while complete objectivity is indeed impossible, one can still hold to it as a goal to be approximated. It seems to me that it is those who decry the possibility of objectivity who are most incapable of it. Since they know they cannot be objective – honest in face of the facts, unplea ...
Economic Inequality and Democratic Political Engagement
... though, has been rising in the nearly all of the world’s rich and upper-middle-income democracies since the at least the mid-1980s, and in many countries this trend began in the early 1970s (Smeeding 2002). This paper investigates whether these increases in economic inequality have had a negative ef ...
... though, has been rising in the nearly all of the world’s rich and upper-middle-income democracies since the at least the mid-1980s, and in many countries this trend began in the early 1970s (Smeeding 2002). This paper investigates whether these increases in economic inequality have had a negative ef ...
Theories of the welfare state: a critique
... k t me illustrate this in terms of the family. Modern industrial society requires a high degree of personal mobility, for which the nuclear family is best suited: “the factory system creates a family system that best fits its needs” (10, p. 81). But in doing so, new social problems are generated: th ...
... k t me illustrate this in terms of the family. Modern industrial society requires a high degree of personal mobility, for which the nuclear family is best suited: “the factory system creates a family system that best fits its needs” (10, p. 81). But in doing so, new social problems are generated: th ...
How Democracy Works An Introduction
... the increased relevance of multi-level governance, and the personalization of politics. In addition, one can also think of the establishment of new democracies in Eastern Europe, the weakened ties between political parties and citizens, and the increasingly critical attitude of the public. Add to th ...
... the increased relevance of multi-level governance, and the personalization of politics. In addition, one can also think of the establishment of new democracies in Eastern Europe, the weakened ties between political parties and citizens, and the increasingly critical attitude of the public. Add to th ...
Marketing and politics: Models, behavior, and policy implications
... actions (unobserved campaign activities), and fundraising ability. Because such factors are observed by the candidates and voters but not by the researcher, estimates can be biased. In the rest of this subsection, we clarify why the issue of endogeneity is especially problematic in the context of po ...
... actions (unobserved campaign activities), and fundraising ability. Because such factors are observed by the candidates and voters but not by the researcher, estimates can be biased. In the rest of this subsection, we clarify why the issue of endogeneity is especially problematic in the context of po ...
1. Theory as Puzzle-Solving or Map-Reading
... Compte (1854) writes: “The first characteristic of Positive Philosophy is that it regards all phenomena as subject to invariable natural laws.” According to such conceptions, there is a single, elementary, and unchangeable reality that theories can be further or closer to, and there is a unique, exa ...
... Compte (1854) writes: “The first characteristic of Positive Philosophy is that it regards all phenomena as subject to invariable natural laws.” According to such conceptions, there is a single, elementary, and unchangeable reality that theories can be further or closer to, and there is a unique, exa ...
Key Problems - Stanford University
... facilitate industrialization, but Cardoso and Faletto argued that this form of “associateddependent development” would also distort the nature of economic development. That is, the local economy would be structured to meet the needs of foreign capital, leading to the fragmentation of the domestic ec ...
... facilitate industrialization, but Cardoso and Faletto argued that this form of “associateddependent development” would also distort the nature of economic development. That is, the local economy would be structured to meet the needs of foreign capital, leading to the fragmentation of the domestic ec ...
Chance, Competence and the Limits of Democratic
... example, a tradition of inward-looking development, in addition to low levels of education and information, should all but prevent voters from making this distinction. This would not be a problem, however, in countries where economic performance is mainly determined by government decisions. Yet in c ...
... example, a tradition of inward-looking development, in addition to low levels of education and information, should all but prevent voters from making this distinction. This would not be a problem, however, in countries where economic performance is mainly determined by government decisions. Yet in c ...
The Populist Challenge to Constitutional Democracy
... The invention of representative democracy reversed this presumption. As one of its best-known advocates put it, ‘by ingrafting representation upon democracy’ a system of government is created that is capable of embracing ‘all the various interests and every extent of territory and population.’10 Rep ...
... The invention of representative democracy reversed this presumption. As one of its best-known advocates put it, ‘by ingrafting representation upon democracy’ a system of government is created that is capable of embracing ‘all the various interests and every extent of territory and population.’10 Rep ...
Graduate Training in Sociological Theory and Theory Construction
... Theories are the heart of every discipline. They are lenses through which researchers study their phenomena, sometimes validating what they believed they knew all along and other times revealing the unexpected. Although few sociologists would contest such a broad characterization, what passes for th ...
... Theories are the heart of every discipline. They are lenses through which researchers study their phenomena, sometimes validating what they believed they knew all along and other times revealing the unexpected. Although few sociologists would contest such a broad characterization, what passes for th ...
The Frankfurt School and Critical Theory
... character type of a totalitarian rather than an authoritarian society. Thus, it should have been no surprise to learn that this new syndrome was fostered by a familial crisis in which traditional paternal authority was under fire” (Jay 1996, p. 247).) Horkheimer’s leadership provided a very distinct ...
... character type of a totalitarian rather than an authoritarian society. Thus, it should have been no surprise to learn that this new syndrome was fostered by a familial crisis in which traditional paternal authority was under fire” (Jay 1996, p. 247).) Horkheimer’s leadership provided a very distinct ...
`Governing for the Future` open lecture
... Firms’ financial statements do not include full effects of their activities on the environment; triple-bottom line accounting only modestly developed ...
... Firms’ financial statements do not include full effects of their activities on the environment; triple-bottom line accounting only modestly developed ...
Potential Uses of Behavioral Economics to Improve Food Choices
... rationality” that keep them from acting on their best intentions ...
... rationality” that keep them from acting on their best intentions ...
Review: Paying the Price of Failure
... experiencesof Africaand CentralAsia.They assertthat in both regions the "territorialgrids of authority imposed over these populations"have shapedadministrativestructures and contributedto the "conflictualcharacterof cultural politics after independence".6 Many populations experiencedthe partialstate ...
... experiencesof Africaand CentralAsia.They assertthat in both regions the "territorialgrids of authority imposed over these populations"have shapedadministrativestructures and contributedto the "conflictualcharacterof cultural politics after independence".6 Many populations experiencedthe partialstate ...