A coevolutionary framework for analysing a transition to a
... technologies; (2) as a framework for analysing the multi-level interaction of social and technological elements within potential transition pathways to a low carbon energy system; (3) to inform assessments of the implications for economic growth of a transition to a low carbon economy; and (4) to as ...
... technologies; (2) as a framework for analysing the multi-level interaction of social and technological elements within potential transition pathways to a low carbon energy system; (3) to inform assessments of the implications for economic growth of a transition to a low carbon economy; and (4) to as ...
Ludwig Lachmann from a Critical Realist Perspective
... that socio-economic reality is an open system. To hold otherwise would deny the reality of choice. The distinction between open and closed systems is significant for Lachmann because of its implications for people’s capacity to predict the future ‘in the sense we expect … from a science’ (Lachmann, ...
... that socio-economic reality is an open system. To hold otherwise would deny the reality of choice. The distinction between open and closed systems is significant for Lachmann because of its implications for people’s capacity to predict the future ‘in the sense we expect … from a science’ (Lachmann, ...
SCIENTIFIC REALISM IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND
... and does provide true knowledge, seems necessary to counter any doubts on science’s objectivity. Consequently, proper realism may be legitimately taken to require all three SR theses. Still, putting the metaphysical and the epistemic theses in the foreground does not necessitate SR: a realist could ...
... and does provide true knowledge, seems necessary to counter any doubts on science’s objectivity. Consequently, proper realism may be legitimately taken to require all three SR theses. Still, putting the metaphysical and the epistemic theses in the foreground does not necessitate SR: a realist could ...
Three simple models of social capital and economic growth
... capital’. The two forms of social capital are often complementary. For example, cooperation between parents who are neighbors are based on a cognitive bond, and may also be reflected in a formal structural arrangement if they are both deeply involved in the parents–teachers association of the local ...
... capital’. The two forms of social capital are often complementary. For example, cooperation between parents who are neighbors are based on a cognitive bond, and may also be reflected in a formal structural arrangement if they are both deeply involved in the parents–teachers association of the local ...
Liberal International Relations Theory
... novelty.” (This interpretation of Lakatos turns out to be a more rigorous criterion than some, including Elman and Elman in Chapter 2 of this volume, believe it to be.) The progressive nature of the liberal paradigm is particularly evident in comparison with alternative paradigms, notably realism, w ...
... novelty.” (This interpretation of Lakatos turns out to be a more rigorous criterion than some, including Elman and Elman in Chapter 2 of this volume, believe it to be.) The progressive nature of the liberal paradigm is particularly evident in comparison with alternative paradigms, notably realism, w ...
Developing and sustaining mixed tenure housing developments
... new housing development and in the redevelopment of existing mono-tenure estates. This principle has now been fully embedded in central government policy (CLG, 2006a) and there are a growing number of developments which have adopted this approach. It is argued here, and in our evaluation of good pra ...
... new housing development and in the redevelopment of existing mono-tenure estates. This principle has now been fully embedded in central government policy (CLG, 2006a) and there are a growing number of developments which have adopted this approach. It is argued here, and in our evaluation of good pra ...
Contribution Handbook agent-based computational
... Another field that contributed to the development of agent-based modeling of socialecological systems is individual-based modeling in ecology, which really took off in the late 1980s (Huston et al. 1988). Individual-based modeling refers to simulation models that treat individuals as unique and disc ...
... Another field that contributed to the development of agent-based modeling of socialecological systems is individual-based modeling in ecology, which really took off in the late 1980s (Huston et al. 1988). Individual-based modeling refers to simulation models that treat individuals as unique and disc ...
Implicit Bias, Context, and Character
... imagined oneself in this powerful social role will have effects on one’s implicit evaluations (see below), and these effects too can be thought of as part of one’s context. Similarly, perhaps one had a fight with one’s friend before entering the lab, and began the task feeling an acute sense of disr ...
... imagined oneself in this powerful social role will have effects on one’s implicit evaluations (see below), and these effects too can be thought of as part of one’s context. Similarly, perhaps one had a fight with one’s friend before entering the lab, and began the task feeling an acute sense of disr ...
Research in the Sociology of Sport
... that is founded on claims that Elias and figurational sociologists are relatively silent on gender issues (Hargreaves, 1992, 1994; Horne and Jary, 1987), and that Elias’s work is limited in answering questions about gender (Hargreaves, 1992, 1994). The essay introduces the key principles underlying ...
... that is founded on claims that Elias and figurational sociologists are relatively silent on gender issues (Hargreaves, 1992, 1994; Horne and Jary, 1987), and that Elias’s work is limited in answering questions about gender (Hargreaves, 1992, 1994). The essay introduces the key principles underlying ...
Introduction to Qualitative Research
... research. Structure and order are, of course, important for the research to be scientific. The social world, however, is not orderly or systematic; therefore it is all the more important that the researcher proceeds in a well structured and systematic way. The historical background Qualitative resea ...
... research. Structure and order are, of course, important for the research to be scientific. The social world, however, is not orderly or systematic; therefore it is all the more important that the researcher proceeds in a well structured and systematic way. The historical background Qualitative resea ...
Theorizing in Social Science: The Context of Discovery
... There is some reason to believe that the time is now ripe for this sea change from theory to theorizing. One important reason for this has to do with the emergence a few decades ago of cognitive science, especially cognitive psychology. Cognitive scientists have by now made good inroads into the mys ...
... There is some reason to believe that the time is now ripe for this sea change from theory to theorizing. One important reason for this has to do with the emergence a few decades ago of cognitive science, especially cognitive psychology. Cognitive scientists have by now made good inroads into the mys ...
Journal of Youth Studies, Vol. 12 No 4, pp. 425
... action is always informed by ethical ideas, many of them drawn -sometimes unwittinglyfrom one or more of the major ethical traditions. Moreover, most codes of ethics tend to adopt declaratory or exhortatory stances which identify the bad conduct to be avoided or prohibited, while steering away from ...
... action is always informed by ethical ideas, many of them drawn -sometimes unwittinglyfrom one or more of the major ethical traditions. Moreover, most codes of ethics tend to adopt declaratory or exhortatory stances which identify the bad conduct to be avoided or prohibited, while steering away from ...
2. The Context of Mass Communication Research
... Despite these developments in communication, however, we are still short on information - the sort of information on the wider social and cultural implications of developments in communication that ideally should provide a reliable base for policy formulation and decisionmaking. This becomes partic ...
... Despite these developments in communication, however, we are still short on information - the sort of information on the wider social and cultural implications of developments in communication that ideally should provide a reliable base for policy formulation and decisionmaking. This becomes partic ...
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... sense-independent ‘substance’ qualities disregarded, one can then view the (social-discursive) construction of ‘subject matter’ (as an issue of public concern and coordinated action, like the ...
... sense-independent ‘substance’ qualities disregarded, one can then view the (social-discursive) construction of ‘subject matter’ (as an issue of public concern and coordinated action, like the ...
1. Introduction 1.1 The nature of social science 1.2 What is scientific
... Despite these developments in communication, however, we are still short on information - the sort of information on the wider social and cultural implications of developments in communication that ideally should provide a reliable base for policy formulation and decisionmaking. This becomes partic ...
... Despite these developments in communication, however, we are still short on information - the sort of information on the wider social and cultural implications of developments in communication that ideally should provide a reliable base for policy formulation and decisionmaking. This becomes partic ...
Power Point: Prejudice
... Race prejudice as a fundamentally irrational attitude In 1933 Daniel Katz, based at Princeton University, had subjects match a list of adjectives to a list of ethnic minorities. After analyzing the results, Katz argued that race prejudice was a matter of stereotypes rather than a reasoned response t ...
... Race prejudice as a fundamentally irrational attitude In 1933 Daniel Katz, based at Princeton University, had subjects match a list of adjectives to a list of ethnic minorities. After analyzing the results, Katz argued that race prejudice was a matter of stereotypes rather than a reasoned response t ...
Successful Aging: A Developmental Approach
... correlated with various indices of context (e.g., marital status, socioeconomic status, health). A priori theoretical accounts of why certain variables are likely to be correlated with life satisfaction are missing, and obtained findings are left in a sort of explanatory ambiguity. Even the recent c ...
... correlated with various indices of context (e.g., marital status, socioeconomic status, health). A priori theoretical accounts of why certain variables are likely to be correlated with life satisfaction are missing, and obtained findings are left in a sort of explanatory ambiguity. Even the recent c ...
... explore the following questions: What are the possibilities and the limitations of cyberactivism as a new site of resistance particularly in the context of Egypt and Yemen? To what extent can cyberactivism challenge the dominant logics which enabled the emergence of these possibilities within commu ...