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... human and social sciences, including organisational studies. As we shall argue below, ontological clarification is not a sterile academic exercise as it has profound implications on how researchers approach the phenomena they purport to study. Ontology also tends to ...
... human and social sciences, including organisational studies. As we shall argue below, ontological clarification is not a sterile academic exercise as it has profound implications on how researchers approach the phenomena they purport to study. Ontology also tends to ...
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL CREATION
... find insights which could help explaining the negative relationship between human capital creation and decreasing long-term total factor productivity. It is well known that one of the main problems faced by any government is allocating scarce resources across competing activities and sectors. The ch ...
... find insights which could help explaining the negative relationship between human capital creation and decreasing long-term total factor productivity. It is well known that one of the main problems faced by any government is allocating scarce resources across competing activities and sectors. The ch ...
Constructed Worlds, Contested Truths Maria BaghraMian
... 2 and 3 are crucial to the account because social institutions are primarily defined in terms of their functions and powers. For instance, money gives us the power to buy things, newspapers function as a way of disseminating up-to-date information and shaping public opinion. Social facts are not uni ...
... 2 and 3 are crucial to the account because social institutions are primarily defined in terms of their functions and powers. For instance, money gives us the power to buy things, newspapers function as a way of disseminating up-to-date information and shaping public opinion. Social facts are not uni ...
Welfare: basics
... • if all consider that is better than ', then the social ordering should rank as better than ' Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives • if two profiles are identical over a subset of Q then the derived social orderings should also be identical over this subset ...
... • if all consider that is better than ', then the social ordering should rank as better than ' Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives • if two profiles are identical over a subset of Q then the derived social orderings should also be identical over this subset ...
GUE Promoting gender equality through social dialogue
... stability and boost economic progress” (ILO, 2010). Tripartite SD involves governments, employers’ associations and workers and their organisations. Sometimes the term ‘social partners’ is used to refer to employers and workers, or it may also include governments or public authorities. In many count ...
... stability and boost economic progress” (ILO, 2010). Tripartite SD involves governments, employers’ associations and workers and their organisations. Sometimes the term ‘social partners’ is used to refer to employers and workers, or it may also include governments or public authorities. In many count ...
Common Ground? Links Between Sports Hiatory, Sports Geography
... To what extent are people free to determine their own sporting experiences? What are the intended and unintended elements in various social transformations and how have these changes affected sporting choices? What parts do processes of resistance, contestation and simple voluntary adaptation play i ...
... To what extent are people free to determine their own sporting experiences? What are the intended and unintended elements in various social transformations and how have these changes affected sporting choices? What parts do processes of resistance, contestation and simple voluntary adaptation play i ...
1 COLLECTIVE INTENTIONALITY AND SOCIAL AGENTS Raimo
... shared we-belief; also social collectives which are not groups capable of action can, of course, have shared we-beliefs. Two features that I have emphasized in my developments (in Tuomela, 1995, Chapters 5-7, especially) are the topic-relative distinction between operative and non-operative members ...
... shared we-belief; also social collectives which are not groups capable of action can, of course, have shared we-beliefs. Two features that I have emphasized in my developments (in Tuomela, 1995, Chapters 5-7, especially) are the topic-relative distinction between operative and non-operative members ...
Assessing the glue that holds society together: social
... many of them unskilled, to migrate more freely in search of work. In countries such as Denmark, which now houses a growing number of Eastern European workers, the SC argument may proceed thus: These workers steal jobs from Danes and channel earnings back to their home countries. In so doing, they un ...
... many of them unskilled, to migrate more freely in search of work. In countries such as Denmark, which now houses a growing number of Eastern European workers, the SC argument may proceed thus: These workers steal jobs from Danes and channel earnings back to their home countries. In so doing, they un ...
Global Economy Journal
... developing our Islamicity Index we have chosen an all-encompassing approach which is to include all countries whose governments profess Islamic teaching as the guiding, or one of the primary, principle for governance. To this end we decided that the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) provides a ...
... developing our Islamicity Index we have chosen an all-encompassing approach which is to include all countries whose governments profess Islamic teaching as the guiding, or one of the primary, principle for governance. To this end we decided that the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) provides a ...
here - Centre for Research on Socio
... frame in which to locate the notion of everyday participation. This is a book about mundane habits and routines in the context of (the acceptance of otherwise of) norms and rules. It draws on a broad theoretical repertoire from across the social sciences, including social psychology. Smith, L. (2006 ...
... frame in which to locate the notion of everyday participation. This is a book about mundane habits and routines in the context of (the acceptance of otherwise of) norms and rules. It draws on a broad theoretical repertoire from across the social sciences, including social psychology. Smith, L. (2006 ...
BASIC HUMAN NEEDS
... and children. Today there are many family units containing single parents, extended families, and groups of unrelated friends. ...
... and children. Today there are many family units containing single parents, extended families, and groups of unrelated friends. ...
“A” Level Sociology A Resource
... collected in the same way we can be reasonably certain that such statistics are collected the number of people reliably, month-on-month, "unemployed" in any one we also need to know how accurate a picture of unemployment in month is recorded by a our society they represent. In short, we need to thin ...
... collected in the same way we can be reasonably certain that such statistics are collected the number of people reliably, month-on-month, "unemployed" in any one we also need to know how accurate a picture of unemployment in month is recorded by a our society they represent. In short, we need to thin ...
Methodological & Epistemological Foundations of EAP
... in social sciences the singling out of relevant properties is in itself a major problem. No standard terminology has yet been developed for this task. The properties are sometimes called aspects or attributes, and often the “variable” is borrowed from mathematics as most general category.” (Lazarsfe ...
... in social sciences the singling out of relevant properties is in itself a major problem. No standard terminology has yet been developed for this task. The properties are sometimes called aspects or attributes, and often the “variable” is borrowed from mathematics as most general category.” (Lazarsfe ...
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... Hence, ORe, like NSP, is also a statement of comparative advantage. An export is socially profitable-or has a comparative advantage in international trade-if the social opportunity cost of domestic resources used in its incremental production per unit of net foreign exchange earned is less than the ...
... Hence, ORe, like NSP, is also a statement of comparative advantage. An export is socially profitable-or has a comparative advantage in international trade-if the social opportunity cost of domestic resources used in its incremental production per unit of net foreign exchange earned is less than the ...
Using “Oral Health Related Quality of Life” Measures to Assess
... " Floor/ceiling effects: how important for needs assessment? " Scoring : different impact patterns – same scores ...
... " Floor/ceiling effects: how important for needs assessment? " Scoring : different impact patterns – same scores ...
Gender, poverty and social justice
... In this paper we review and explore some key contributions to poverty knowledge from a gender lens. Feminist contributions to poverty debates are wide ranging and hinge on a key area of contention: the hegemonic and binary treatment of the ‘production’ of things and ‘reproduction’ and nurturance of ...
... In this paper we review and explore some key contributions to poverty knowledge from a gender lens. Feminist contributions to poverty debates are wide ranging and hinge on a key area of contention: the hegemonic and binary treatment of the ‘production’ of things and ‘reproduction’ and nurturance of ...
Citizenship and Governance in Mercosur
... citizenship activism. But the extent to which citizenship claims can be staked at the regional (rather than the transnational) level has largely remained unexplored terrain. Studies of new regionalism in Latin America have mainly focused on its role within the unfolding of a post-1980s political ec ...
... citizenship activism. But the extent to which citizenship claims can be staked at the regional (rather than the transnational) level has largely remained unexplored terrain. Studies of new regionalism in Latin America have mainly focused on its role within the unfolding of a post-1980s political ec ...
Vagabond Capitalism and the Necessity of Social Reproduction
... packages, expanded workplace training programs, and the like). Earlier reformist activists associated with the Progressive era in the US forced the state to shoulder an increasing share of the costs of social reproduction and to provide an expanded array of practices associated with it (Marston fort ...
... packages, expanded workplace training programs, and the like). Earlier reformist activists associated with the Progressive era in the US forced the state to shoulder an increasing share of the costs of social reproduction and to provide an expanded array of practices associated with it (Marston fort ...
The Sense of the Past and the Origins of Sociology Philip Abrams
... problem of development remains one of adjusting the history of the underdeveloped countries to a model of structural transformation abstracted from European and American experience. Although he sees that, as a result of the time lag in industrialization, political institutions will be relatively mor ...
... problem of development remains one of adjusting the history of the underdeveloped countries to a model of structural transformation abstracted from European and American experience. Although he sees that, as a result of the time lag in industrialization, political institutions will be relatively mor ...
Civil Societies Compared: Germany and the
... modern administration without harsh defeats and major setbacks. The reason why Germany took such a different route towards modernity compared to its smaller neighbor might have to do with the fact that Germany´s civil society was not able to build up institutional settings that went along with the c ...
... modern administration without harsh defeats and major setbacks. The reason why Germany took such a different route towards modernity compared to its smaller neighbor might have to do with the fact that Germany´s civil society was not able to build up institutional settings that went along with the c ...
Lecture Note 3: Historical-Hermeneutic Studies
... Phenomenological Perspective Formation of individual subjective meanings: … Concepts of perception, retention and reproduction: Perception: It refers to the “now-apprehension” granted to an experience by human minds during the immediate encounter. Retention: It refers to the “primary remembra ...
... Phenomenological Perspective Formation of individual subjective meanings: … Concepts of perception, retention and reproduction: Perception: It refers to the “now-apprehension” granted to an experience by human minds during the immediate encounter. Retention: It refers to the “primary remembra ...
Stress Survival Strategies for the Emergency Department
... Stress can be defined as a state one experiences when there is a mismatch between perceived demands and perceived ability to cope. It is the balance between how we view the demands and how we think we can cope with them that determines whether we feels stressed or otherwise. ...
... Stress can be defined as a state one experiences when there is a mismatch between perceived demands and perceived ability to cope. It is the balance between how we view the demands and how we think we can cope with them that determines whether we feels stressed or otherwise. ...
Social Policy and the Crisis of Neo-Liberalism Ben Fine
... Crucially, whilst these developments may be at their most extreme in the United States, they also prevail elsewhere to a greater or lesser extent and in conjunction with many other economic and social processes that generate the complex causes and incidence of poverty and inequality. The impact of t ...
... Crucially, whilst these developments may be at their most extreme in the United States, they also prevail elsewhere to a greater or lesser extent and in conjunction with many other economic and social processes that generate the complex causes and incidence of poverty and inequality. The impact of t ...
Heirlooms, Nikes and Bribes: Towards a Sociology of Things
... terms: the mutual giving of gifts serves to bring about social relationships which, in their turn, are the cement of a common culture (cf. Malinowski 1922; Mauss 1923). This view can be recognised in more recent contributions as well. For example, Titmuss (1970:81–2), in his study of blood donation, ...
... terms: the mutual giving of gifts serves to bring about social relationships which, in their turn, are the cement of a common culture (cf. Malinowski 1922; Mauss 1923). This view can be recognised in more recent contributions as well. For example, Titmuss (1970:81–2), in his study of blood donation, ...
Social Theory, Social Research, and a Theory of Action James S
... strongest intellectual links to social theory: common or constitutional law. One might even argue that law, as a set of rules having a high degree of internal consistency, as well as principles behind those rules, has as strong a claim to constitute social theory as does any alternative body of prin ...
... strongest intellectual links to social theory: common or constitutional law. One might even argue that law, as a set of rules having a high degree of internal consistency, as well as principles behind those rules, has as strong a claim to constitute social theory as does any alternative body of prin ...