Agent-based computational models and generative social science
... leaning Tower of Pisa observation (that heavy and light objects dropped from the same height hit the ground simultaneously) by strictly deducing, from Newton’s Second Law and the Law of Universal Gravitation, the following proposition: “The acceleration of a freely falling body near the surface of t ...
... leaning Tower of Pisa observation (that heavy and light objects dropped from the same height hit the ground simultaneously) by strictly deducing, from Newton’s Second Law and the Law of Universal Gravitation, the following proposition: “The acceleration of a freely falling body near the surface of t ...
On the Optimal Social Contract: Agency Costs of Self
... economic wealth causes transition to democracy, but do find that economic prosperity stabilizes the political regime, which is consistent with the analysis of regime stability presented in Section 3. A few previous studies have explicitly considered the agency problem on citizens’ side in dynamic po ...
... economic wealth causes transition to democracy, but do find that economic prosperity stabilizes the political regime, which is consistent with the analysis of regime stability presented in Section 3. A few previous studies have explicitly considered the agency problem on citizens’ side in dynamic po ...
Long-run welfare under externalities in consumption, leisure, and
... degrowth and labor versus leisure. On the other, we move a first step toward the investigation of transitional degrowth paths which are compatible with welfare enhancement in an endogenous growth framework. In doing so, we have been inspired by some recent contributions on the so-called “negative end ...
... degrowth and labor versus leisure. On the other, we move a first step toward the investigation of transitional degrowth paths which are compatible with welfare enhancement in an endogenous growth framework. In doing so, we have been inspired by some recent contributions on the so-called “negative end ...
Cultural Studies: A Critical Introduction - Cultural-Studies
... • High culture - To have culture is to "know the best that has been said and thought in the world," he captured the conceptual essence of high culture. - As the term "culture" has come to have a broader meaning, more inclusive of everything within a given culture rather than simply the most elite cu ...
... • High culture - To have culture is to "know the best that has been said and thought in the world," he captured the conceptual essence of high culture. - As the term "culture" has come to have a broader meaning, more inclusive of everything within a given culture rather than simply the most elite cu ...
Ubuntu and Intercultural Communication: Power, Inclusion and
... of class relations, modes and relations of production or social formations. From the perspective of the human rights framework, the problem with the idealised discussion characteristic of a historical framework is that its refuses to examine power and offer class analysis. Yet, it is power, securing ...
... of class relations, modes and relations of production or social formations. From the perspective of the human rights framework, the problem with the idealised discussion characteristic of a historical framework is that its refuses to examine power and offer class analysis. Yet, it is power, securing ...
A Catholic Critique of Law and Economics
... problem can lead a theorist such as Bainbridge to conclude that “although in theory I acknowledge the need to permit other normative values to trump wealth maximization, in practice I am deeply suspicious of claims that Other Justice norms should prevail.”30 Assertions of fairness, of “the public in ...
... problem can lead a theorist such as Bainbridge to conclude that “although in theory I acknowledge the need to permit other normative values to trump wealth maximization, in practice I am deeply suspicious of claims that Other Justice norms should prevail.”30 Assertions of fairness, of “the public in ...
Anthropological Theory
... The approach is in the style of Murdock’s classic treatise, with two important innovations. First, D’Andrade capitalizes on zero or non-zero table frequencies and interprets these as phenomena requiring explanation in themselves. This approach to tables – which might be phrased, ‘Look first for what ...
... The approach is in the style of Murdock’s classic treatise, with two important innovations. First, D’Andrade capitalizes on zero or non-zero table frequencies and interprets these as phenomena requiring explanation in themselves. This approach to tables – which might be phrased, ‘Look first for what ...
Extending the Theory of the Coordinated Management of Meaning
... This perspective stands in contrast to more traditional top-down social theories and is aligned with theories of so-called microprocesses such as ethnomethodology. Rather than arguing which perspective is best or better warranted, like the good pragmatists that we are, we explored the consequences o ...
... This perspective stands in contrast to more traditional top-down social theories and is aligned with theories of so-called microprocesses such as ethnomethodology. Rather than arguing which perspective is best or better warranted, like the good pragmatists that we are, we explored the consequences o ...
Economic Philosophy of al-Mawardi
... and the authority of the country's central cause of Islam can be understood and practiced his teachings, one through aspects of Shariah (Mustaq Ahmad, 2001: 155). It is important, in any form or model of government but held fairly become a keyword in the welfare of society. On the contrary, excessiv ...
... and the authority of the country's central cause of Islam can be understood and practiced his teachings, one through aspects of Shariah (Mustaq Ahmad, 2001: 155). It is important, in any form or model of government but held fairly become a keyword in the welfare of society. On the contrary, excessiv ...
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... Parsons’ approach, based upon Weber’s action model, is an attempt to embed individual social action in the structure of society. Parsons’ contextualization of individual action within social structure can be considered paradigmatic of sociology’s engagement with questions about how social structure ...
... Parsons’ approach, based upon Weber’s action model, is an attempt to embed individual social action in the structure of society. Parsons’ contextualization of individual action within social structure can be considered paradigmatic of sociology’s engagement with questions about how social structure ...
en_ Dematerialization Executive Summary - Karl
... The digital revolution stops at no economic sector nor at any area of life. With this in mind, we find it even more astounding that no study has dedicated itself extensively to the question of which consequences are connected to the digital revolution and the subsequent dematerialization of products ...
... The digital revolution stops at no economic sector nor at any area of life. With this in mind, we find it even more astounding that no study has dedicated itself extensively to the question of which consequences are connected to the digital revolution and the subsequent dematerialization of products ...
- Maynooth University ePrints and eTheses Archive
... In search of the counter culture I'm using the term "counter culture" as a general concept to connect things like the student revolts of the Sixties (Gitlin 1987, Fraser et al. 1988), the sociocultural contestation of the same period (Reich 1971, Musgrove 1974), contemporary "social movements" (Cohe ...
... In search of the counter culture I'm using the term "counter culture" as a general concept to connect things like the student revolts of the Sixties (Gitlin 1987, Fraser et al. 1988), the sociocultural contestation of the same period (Reich 1971, Musgrove 1974), contemporary "social movements" (Cohe ...
