social formation mode of production structural Marxism
... system (e.g., modification or destruction of the precapitalist modes of production) and their superstructure (e.g., culture, legal, and political institutions). Determinist perspectives, however, underestimate the resilience of the noneconomic characteristics of social formations and the extent to ...
... system (e.g., modification or destruction of the precapitalist modes of production) and their superstructure (e.g., culture, legal, and political institutions). Determinist perspectives, however, underestimate the resilience of the noneconomic characteristics of social formations and the extent to ...
Dissertation-Democratic Nature of American Public Schoolings
... capitalistic belief that socioeconomic success ensures one's happiness, and that schooling is an important means to attain such status. Here, the intricate tension between educational ‘policy focused on goals’ and democratic ‘principles focused on rights’ (Dworkin, 1977, p. 90) conveys conceptual a ...
... capitalistic belief that socioeconomic success ensures one's happiness, and that schooling is an important means to attain such status. Here, the intricate tension between educational ‘policy focused on goals’ and democratic ‘principles focused on rights’ (Dworkin, 1977, p. 90) conveys conceptual a ...
Module 4.1 - CLUVA (CLimate change and Urban Vulnerability in
... dynamic nature. What is called vulnerability from a point of view, would be called risk by some and hazard by some other at the same time and nobody is wrong! ...
... dynamic nature. What is called vulnerability from a point of view, would be called risk by some and hazard by some other at the same time and nobody is wrong! ...
sufficiency economy: a happiness development
... has been concerned with sustainable development so that humans can live in balance with nature and other beings. After the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan presented a Human Development Life-Time Achievement Award to the King in 2006 and the publication of UNDP Thailand Human Development Report in 2 ...
... has been concerned with sustainable development so that humans can live in balance with nature and other beings. After the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan presented a Human Development Life-Time Achievement Award to the King in 2006 and the publication of UNDP Thailand Human Development Report in 2 ...
Understanding History: The Decisions of Nikolai Berdyaev
... “contact” with Nietzsche, Berdyaev sees him as a “deeply religious soul” (145), longing for “the lost Divine” (147) and having found a new religiousmystical idea of the “superman.” Reflecting on this idea, Berdyaev argues that Nietzsche “strays” toward a biological understanding of the superman, havi ...
... “contact” with Nietzsche, Berdyaev sees him as a “deeply religious soul” (145), longing for “the lost Divine” (147) and having found a new religiousmystical idea of the “superman.” Reflecting on this idea, Berdyaev argues that Nietzsche “strays” toward a biological understanding of the superman, havi ...
Studying Societies and Cultures: Marvin Harris`s Cultural
... and generated great interest, and as a result we decided that a published collection of many of the papers would be a useful addition to the social science literature. And so, this volume was born. All of the papers were presented at the first two vii ...
... and generated great interest, and as a result we decided that a published collection of many of the papers would be a useful addition to the social science literature. And so, this volume was born. All of the papers were presented at the first two vii ...
A Review of Human Activity Recognition Methods
... Human activity recognition plays a significant role in human-to-human interaction and interpersonal relations. Because it provides information about the identity of a person, their personality, and psychological state, it is difficult to extract. The human ability to recognize another person’s activ ...
... Human activity recognition plays a significant role in human-to-human interaction and interpersonal relations. Because it provides information about the identity of a person, their personality, and psychological state, it is difficult to extract. The human ability to recognize another person’s activ ...
What is the radical imagination
... delusion which perpetuate the status-quo. On the other, the ability to imagine the world, social institutions and human (and non-human) relationships otherwise is vital to any radical project. Indeed, as numerous commentators and theorists point out, we can’t do without the radical imagination, both ...
... delusion which perpetuate the status-quo. On the other, the ability to imagine the world, social institutions and human (and non-human) relationships otherwise is vital to any radical project. Indeed, as numerous commentators and theorists point out, we can’t do without the radical imagination, both ...
Working Paper Number 107 Does it matter that we don`t agree on
... terms of needs anchored to some standards with intrinsic value, they would generally need to be interpreted as relative in terms of resources. For example, if poverty is defined in absolute terms in relation to nutritional requirements, it is likely to some extent to be relative in income terms, sin ...
... terms of needs anchored to some standards with intrinsic value, they would generally need to be interpreted as relative in terms of resources. For example, if poverty is defined in absolute terms in relation to nutritional requirements, it is likely to some extent to be relative in income terms, sin ...
Gandhi as a Postmodern Thinker
... was for him the village communities where a vast majority of Indians still live today. In the villages Gandhi found people who “overflowed with faith” and “whose wisdom was boundless.”5 Because of his confidence in these people, he called for a dismantling of centralized state authority and a return ...
... was for him the village communities where a vast majority of Indians still live today. In the villages Gandhi found people who “overflowed with faith” and “whose wisdom was boundless.”5 Because of his confidence in these people, he called for a dismantling of centralized state authority and a return ...
Bourdieu and early Boltanski (1960
... We can suggest that Delsaut and Lenoir almost represented ‘ideal-types’ of ‘first’ and ‘second’ generation individuals in relation to the developing collective identity of CSE. The purpose of this paper is to seek to place Boltanski and his early work within this framework. There are some necessary ...
... We can suggest that Delsaut and Lenoir almost represented ‘ideal-types’ of ‘first’ and ‘second’ generation individuals in relation to the developing collective identity of CSE. The purpose of this paper is to seek to place Boltanski and his early work within this framework. There are some necessary ...
International Relations, Political Theory and the problem of Order
... In this audacious and thought-provoking book, Nick Rengger tackles this difficult and lamentable state of affairs head on. In the context of a breathtaking survey of the main bodies of thought in the two areas, he argues that the growing alienation of political theory and IR has weakened both, and p ...
... In this audacious and thought-provoking book, Nick Rengger tackles this difficult and lamentable state of affairs head on. In the context of a breathtaking survey of the main bodies of thought in the two areas, he argues that the growing alienation of political theory and IR has weakened both, and p ...
Socio-economic distance and spatial patterns in unemployment
... Most of the data come from the Bureau of the Census7 for the city of Chicago, at the tract level, for 1980 and 1990.8 There are 866 Census tracts in the city of Chicago, and they are grouped into 75 Community Areas, which are considered to have a distinctive identity as a neighbourhood.9 Our unit of ...
... Most of the data come from the Bureau of the Census7 for the city of Chicago, at the tract level, for 1980 and 1990.8 There are 866 Census tracts in the city of Chicago, and they are grouped into 75 Community Areas, which are considered to have a distinctive identity as a neighbourhood.9 Our unit of ...
Discourse in Action: Introducing mediated discourse analysis
... part, we provide discussion questions and mini project ideas to point students and teachers in practical directions for the use of Discourse in Action. We hope that this book will be useful to students and researchers who are interested in broad theoretical issues facing discourse analysis and socio ...
... part, we provide discussion questions and mini project ideas to point students and teachers in practical directions for the use of Discourse in Action. We hope that this book will be useful to students and researchers who are interested in broad theoretical issues facing discourse analysis and socio ...
Opportunities and Problems of Standardized Ethics Initiatives – a
... regarding the meaningful extension of the initiatives, which is necessary to build trust in a time of growing cynicism from a range of stakeholders (Kell and Levin, 2003; Leipziger, 2003). Third, most standardsetting bodies are not very self-reflective and thus tend to obscure the problems associate ...
... regarding the meaningful extension of the initiatives, which is necessary to build trust in a time of growing cynicism from a range of stakeholders (Kell and Levin, 2003; Leipziger, 2003). Third, most standardsetting bodies are not very self-reflective and thus tend to obscure the problems associate ...
the ethics of poverty alleviation
... the 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and many have seen and heard the musical and film The Sound of Music. You can visit many different museums, churches or the fortress Hohensalzburg, one of the largest medieval castles in Europe. But Salzburg is not only about culture and music, it al ...
... the 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and many have seen and heard the musical and film The Sound of Music. You can visit many different museums, churches or the fortress Hohensalzburg, one of the largest medieval castles in Europe. But Salzburg is not only about culture and music, it al ...
Theory, evidence and intervention
... among others. I am also grateful to research and policy specialists at Age Concern England, particularly Su Ray and Andrew Harrop, for their encouragement and support over several years. My appreciation of the complexities, advantages and limitations of pursuing national level surveys of social atti ...
... among others. I am also grateful to research and policy specialists at Age Concern England, particularly Su Ray and Andrew Harrop, for their encouragement and support over several years. My appreciation of the complexities, advantages and limitations of pursuing national level surveys of social atti ...
Neoliberalism as Concept
... Largely as a result of this growing conceptual ambiguity, neoliberalism is now widely acknowledged in the literature as a controversial, incoherent, and crisis-‐ridden term, even by many of its most influent ...
... Largely as a result of this growing conceptual ambiguity, neoliberalism is now widely acknowledged in the literature as a controversial, incoherent, and crisis-‐ridden term, even by many of its most influent ...