THE EVOLUTION OF CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES
... I have incurred many debts during the time that I was researching and writing this dissertation. First, I must thank the members of my dissertation committee. Dr. Stephen Hart served as the internal-external examiner for the dissertation defense and contributed a variety of useful comments that will ...
... I have incurred many debts during the time that I was researching and writing this dissertation. First, I must thank the members of my dissertation committee. Dr. Stephen Hart served as the internal-external examiner for the dissertation defense and contributed a variety of useful comments that will ...
Interplay between Syntax and Semantics during Sentence
... processing (for a more extensive discussion, see Hagoort et al., 1999). Thus, the finding of qualitatively distinct ERP effects for semantic and syntactic processing operations supports the claim that these two levels of language processing are domain specific. However, domain specificity should not ...
... processing (for a more extensive discussion, see Hagoort et al., 1999). Thus, the finding of qualitatively distinct ERP effects for semantic and syntactic processing operations supports the claim that these two levels of language processing are domain specific. However, domain specificity should not ...
The Play of International Practices
... structures and patterns of action). Practice theorists foreground an understanding of shared knowledge as practical knowledge. They are interested in concrete situations of life in which actors perform a common practice and thus create and maintain social orderliness. For practice theorists, the int ...
... structures and patterns of action). Practice theorists foreground an understanding of shared knowledge as practical knowledge. They are interested in concrete situations of life in which actors perform a common practice and thus create and maintain social orderliness. For practice theorists, the int ...
Anthropological Theory
... for both Scheffler and Greenberg, but grandfather (not a kind of father) is marked for Greenberg, by overt expression, but not for Scheffler. In Scheffler’s view, marking applies only to certain ‘privative’ oppositions. There is no compelling theoretical reason to insist on one particular criterion ...
... for both Scheffler and Greenberg, but grandfather (not a kind of father) is marked for Greenberg, by overt expression, but not for Scheffler. In Scheffler’s view, marking applies only to certain ‘privative’ oppositions. There is no compelling theoretical reason to insist on one particular criterion ...
Structuration theory amid negative and positive criticism
... characterized by discontinuity such as the conceptualization of power. In fact, there are at least three shifts in the power definition (Dean, 2001). An additional significant disparity between Foucault and Giddens is that Giddens expresses in an explicit way the aim of his overall project: “the str ...
... characterized by discontinuity such as the conceptualization of power. In fact, there are at least three shifts in the power definition (Dean, 2001). An additional significant disparity between Foucault and Giddens is that Giddens expresses in an explicit way the aim of his overall project: “the str ...
Exploitation of Physical Constraints for Reliable Social Sensing
... variable that is true if the spot is available and false otherwise. Similarly, in an application that reports offensive graffiti on campus walls, each location may be associated with a variable that is true if offensive graffiti is present and false otherwise. In general, any statement about the phy ...
... variable that is true if the spot is available and false otherwise. Similarly, in an application that reports offensive graffiti on campus walls, each location may be associated with a variable that is true if offensive graffiti is present and false otherwise. In general, any statement about the phy ...
A Kind Word for Theory X
... 1981, 873). Soldiers returned to the home front to seek jobs, housing, and the like. Moreover, the mid-1950s brought a tremendous growth of industry, the interstate highway system, and a substantial rise in the number of middle-class families (Bailyn et al. 1981). With a strong economy and such new ...
... 1981, 873). Soldiers returned to the home front to seek jobs, housing, and the like. Moreover, the mid-1950s brought a tremendous growth of industry, the interstate highway system, and a substantial rise in the number of middle-class families (Bailyn et al. 1981). With a strong economy and such new ...
Gabriel Abend, The Meaning of `Theory`
... question, it does not force us to think about metaphysics, reality, essences, being, and the like. Unlike the evaluative question, it does not involve the tricky predicate ‘(be) good.’ Unlike the teleological question, it does not appear to require that we are clear about the nature and aims of soci ...
... question, it does not force us to think about metaphysics, reality, essences, being, and the like. Unlike the evaluative question, it does not involve the tricky predicate ‘(be) good.’ Unlike the teleological question, it does not appear to require that we are clear about the nature and aims of soci ...
Liberal International Relations Theory
... factors: divergent fundamental beliefs, scarcity of material goods, and inequalities in political power. These three potential motivations define 4. This assumption should not be controversial. This is tantamount only to saying that relevant domestic groups have some consistent preferences concernin ...
... factors: divergent fundamental beliefs, scarcity of material goods, and inequalities in political power. These three potential motivations define 4. This assumption should not be controversial. This is tantamount only to saying that relevant domestic groups have some consistent preferences concernin ...
SOCIAL THEORY TODAY
... Research. ""'hi Ie Horkheimcr, and later Adorno and Mareuse, grounded the idea of a philosophically oriented and at the same time empiricallyfounded theory of society firmly in the context of the contemporary sciences, they were not able to realize this claim, exemplary though it was, because they l ...
... Research. ""'hi Ie Horkheimcr, and later Adorno and Mareuse, grounded the idea of a philosophically oriented and at the same time empiricallyfounded theory of society firmly in the context of the contemporary sciences, they were not able to realize this claim, exemplary though it was, because they l ...
The multi-trajectory theory of adult firesetting (M
... the process of theory development to think about the relative strength of their theory. Hooker (1987) and Newton-Smith (2002) have argued, for example, that the following criteria can be helpful for comparing relative utility of theories: empirical adequacy (i.e., is the theory supported by existing ...
... the process of theory development to think about the relative strength of their theory. Hooker (1987) and Newton-Smith (2002) have argued, for example, that the following criteria can be helpful for comparing relative utility of theories: empirical adequacy (i.e., is the theory supported by existing ...
PowerPoints Chapter 08
... (cont.) • Where interests conflict, business managed to attain optimal balance among them • Each group merits consideration in its own right • Also have a right to be provided with information, even if not used • This perspective of corporate responsibilities is not validated (or rejected) on the ba ...
... (cont.) • Where interests conflict, business managed to attain optimal balance among them • Each group merits consideration in its own right • Also have a right to be provided with information, even if not used • This perspective of corporate responsibilities is not validated (or rejected) on the ba ...
Still critical after all these years? The past, present and future of
... on some form of Marxism. Much of this literature, though plainly relevant to international relations in the world, came from outside ‘International Relations’ as an academic subject. World Systems analysis, for example, was largely done in departments of sociology or history rather than in departmen ...
... on some form of Marxism. Much of this literature, though plainly relevant to international relations in the world, came from outside ‘International Relations’ as an academic subject. World Systems analysis, for example, was largely done in departments of sociology or history rather than in departmen ...
Kent Academic Repository
... enough emphasis on the individual content of the role that actors perform. He argues instead for seeing individual actors embedded in social relations in order to avoid both over- and undersocialized concepts of human action. Komarovsky, Mirra. 1992. The concept of social role revisited. Gender and ...
... enough emphasis on the individual content of the role that actors perform. He argues instead for seeing individual actors embedded in social relations in order to avoid both over- and undersocialized concepts of human action. Komarovsky, Mirra. 1992. The concept of social role revisited. Gender and ...
Where theory work is done in the production of contemporary
... gestures toward comparison, and appeals to rigorous, factorial thinking, but mostly remains the distinctive ‘mark’ or signature of a particular researcher. The model-theoretic, which was the common form of producing work when I came of age as an anthropologist (during the late 1960s through the 1970 ...
... gestures toward comparison, and appeals to rigorous, factorial thinking, but mostly remains the distinctive ‘mark’ or signature of a particular researcher. The model-theoretic, which was the common form of producing work when I came of age as an anthropologist (during the late 1960s through the 1970 ...
Entrepreneurship Research and Grounded Theory
... (how knowledge of reality may be established) issues are often either artfully avoided, taken for granted or ignored. (Partington, 2000, p. 92) As an early conclusion therefore, there remains an absence of published accounts of the application of grounded theory within the broad (multifaceted) acade ...
... (how knowledge of reality may be established) issues are often either artfully avoided, taken for granted or ignored. (Partington, 2000, p. 92) As an early conclusion therefore, there remains an absence of published accounts of the application of grounded theory within the broad (multifaceted) acade ...
The Frankfurt School and Critical Theory
... character was found to have specific traits, such as, among others: compliance with conventional values, non-critical thinking, an absence of introspectiveness. (As pointed out by Jay: “Perhaps some of the confusion about this question was a product of terminological ambiguity. As a number of comme ...
... character was found to have specific traits, such as, among others: compliance with conventional values, non-critical thinking, an absence of introspectiveness. (As pointed out by Jay: “Perhaps some of the confusion about this question was a product of terminological ambiguity. As a number of comme ...
Rational-Choice Hermeneutics
... evidenced by the works of Lionel Robbins and Alfred Schutz, among others. Although the two methodologies have again diverged, it is possible to merge them. Drawing on the insights of Alfred Schutz, this article constructs a framework for modern rational-choice hermeneutics. ...
... evidenced by the works of Lionel Robbins and Alfred Schutz, among others. Although the two methodologies have again diverged, it is possible to merge them. Drawing on the insights of Alfred Schutz, this article constructs a framework for modern rational-choice hermeneutics. ...
Society for Ethnomusicology
... science, that is, it makes a problem into a non-problem. To explain the correctness of linguistic models is to create some theoretical baseline for inquiry. An explanation of the benefits of linguistic models must derive from evidence that shows the models to account for the facts in the most powerf ...
... science, that is, it makes a problem into a non-problem. To explain the correctness of linguistic models is to create some theoretical baseline for inquiry. An explanation of the benefits of linguistic models must derive from evidence that shows the models to account for the facts in the most powerf ...
The Theory Question In Research Capacity Building In Education
... more theory (Thomas) or, in the case of Carr, of no theory at all. These discussions not only raise questions about the particular role of theory within the ‘paradigm’ of evidence-based education, but also indicate a need for a more precise analysis of the extent to which and the ways in which educ ...
... more theory (Thomas) or, in the case of Carr, of no theory at all. These discussions not only raise questions about the particular role of theory within the ‘paradigm’ of evidence-based education, but also indicate a need for a more precise analysis of the extent to which and the ways in which educ ...
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... proportionately greater quantity of goods and services C) the tendency of people to be unwilling to sell something they already own even if they are offered a price that is greater than the price they would be willing to pay to buy the good if they didn't already own it. D) the tendency of firms to ...
... proportionately greater quantity of goods and services C) the tendency of people to be unwilling to sell something they already own even if they are offered a price that is greater than the price they would be willing to pay to buy the good if they didn't already own it. D) the tendency of firms to ...
1. Theory as Puzzle-Solving or Map-Reading
... Other authors of communication theory overviews have substituted the metaphor of the puzzle with the metaphor of the map. Em Griffin (2000) contends: “Theories are maps of reality. The truth they depict may be objective facts ‘out there’ or subjective meanings inside our heads. Either way, we need t ...
... Other authors of communication theory overviews have substituted the metaphor of the puzzle with the metaphor of the map. Em Griffin (2000) contends: “Theories are maps of reality. The truth they depict may be objective facts ‘out there’ or subjective meanings inside our heads. Either way, we need t ...
Turning to practice – what does it mean and why is it important?
... All of this may be quite true. The problem, however, is how to decide in action, on the spot, how much is necessary. At least one general precondition seems to be necessary. Since we cannot know beforehand exactly what will be necessary in any given situation, in order to be able to make as much as ...
... All of this may be quite true. The problem, however, is how to decide in action, on the spot, how much is necessary. At least one general precondition seems to be necessary. Since we cannot know beforehand exactly what will be necessary in any given situation, in order to be able to make as much as ...
Graduate Training in Sociological Theory and Theory Construction
... Theory-driven disciplines are collective to the degree that shared conventions and standards guide the development and evaluation of their theories. On the development side, theories are creative accomplishments that benefit from an unrestricted diversity of perspectives. Open mindedness is essentia ...
... Theory-driven disciplines are collective to the degree that shared conventions and standards guide the development and evaluation of their theories. On the development side, theories are creative accomplishments that benefit from an unrestricted diversity of perspectives. Open mindedness is essentia ...
Fuck Nuance - Kieran Healy
... People complain some level or dimension has been left out, and they demand it be brought back in. Crucially, the call to “account for”, “address”, or “deal” with the missing item is an unconstrained process. That is, the critic is not interested in discovering whether a theory can handle this or tha ...
... People complain some level or dimension has been left out, and they demand it be brought back in. Crucially, the call to “account for”, “address”, or “deal” with the missing item is an unconstrained process. That is, the critic is not interested in discovering whether a theory can handle this or tha ...