Large-scale structural organization of social networks
... models are sociologically more plausible, and the real structure of the network of social ties still remains widely unknown. A more involved and entirely different issue concerns the discovery of short paths based only on local information, such as in a process of target search 关11–16兴, which has be ...
... models are sociologically more plausible, and the real structure of the network of social ties still remains widely unknown. A more involved and entirely different issue concerns the discovery of short paths based only on local information, such as in a process of target search 关11–16兴, which has be ...
Illness and disability - C
... • Consider relationships between social problems and mental health • Look at the impact of racism and sexism in diagnosis and treatment ...
... • Consider relationships between social problems and mental health • Look at the impact of racism and sexism in diagnosis and treatment ...
Gender and Age Differences in Social Support: A Study of East
... construct that encompasses an array of only partially overlapping characteristics. For example, some researchers focus on social support defined in terms of companionship, interaction with others, intake of information, fulfillment of personal needs, feeling needed or valued, or a transaction of res ...
... construct that encompasses an array of only partially overlapping characteristics. For example, some researchers focus on social support defined in terms of companionship, interaction with others, intake of information, fulfillment of personal needs, feeling needed or valued, or a transaction of res ...
disorder
... 1. What is disorder and why communities and local public administration should care about disorder? 2. What evidences do we have that disorder is correlated with crime? 3. By controlling disorder, crime will drop? 4. What’s the role of the community in that? 5. What local governemnt could do to cont ...
... 1. What is disorder and why communities and local public administration should care about disorder? 2. What evidences do we have that disorder is correlated with crime? 3. By controlling disorder, crime will drop? 4. What’s the role of the community in that? 5. What local governemnt could do to cont ...
Book Review Living an Impossible Living in a Transborder World
... that people along the border use to cope with larger scale political and economic decisions that affect their livelihoods and force them to adapt. ...
... that people along the border use to cope with larger scale political and economic decisions that affect their livelihoods and force them to adapt. ...
Paper Complexity, mobility, migration
... social and cultural worlds (Arnaut 2012). While the first force – new migrations – caused a rapid escalation of demographic diversity in centers all over the world, the second force – ICT – has shaped new environments for communication and identity development wherever it is used. The combination of ...
... social and cultural worlds (Arnaut 2012). While the first force – new migrations – caused a rapid escalation of demographic diversity in centers all over the world, the second force – ICT – has shaped new environments for communication and identity development wherever it is used. The combination of ...
The Promise of the Sociological Imagination
... troubles and the indifference of publics is transformed into involvement with public issues. The first fruit of this imagination -- and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it -- is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating ...
... troubles and the indifference of publics is transformed into involvement with public issues. The first fruit of this imagination -- and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it -- is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating ...
From the Viewpoint of Development Sociology
... decades, however, a growing number of sociologists has found different ways of engagement. Their attitudes are characterized by a certain amount of skepticism towards what appears to be dominant and natural processes of development. 2 Underlying that skepticism is the belief that development process ...
... decades, however, a growing number of sociologists has found different ways of engagement. Their attitudes are characterized by a certain amount of skepticism towards what appears to be dominant and natural processes of development. 2 Underlying that skepticism is the belief that development process ...
Management - Organizational Behavior, Pierce & Gradner
... Recognizing that all human activities affect the natural environment, the people of Minnesota Power are sensitive to the environmental effects of our conduct as individuals and collectively as a company. We will be leaders in environmental stewardship. And, consistent with public policy, we will: • ...
... Recognizing that all human activities affect the natural environment, the people of Minnesota Power are sensitive to the environmental effects of our conduct as individuals and collectively as a company. We will be leaders in environmental stewardship. And, consistent with public policy, we will: • ...
The Uses of Neoliberalism
... much of the rest of the world, as Mike Davis (2007) has recently pointed out in his usual alarmist style. The twentieth-century social democracies, on the other hand (and still more so the state socialist regimes), were built on the putatively universal figure of “the worker”. The Keynesian welfare ...
... much of the rest of the world, as Mike Davis (2007) has recently pointed out in his usual alarmist style. The twentieth-century social democracies, on the other hand (and still more so the state socialist regimes), were built on the putatively universal figure of “the worker”. The Keynesian welfare ...
What is Sociological Theory?
... This is Durkheim’s investigation into the sociology of religion. Concerned with the nature of symbols and their effects on social organization. He is concerned with three central questions: What is the social glue that weaves individuals into social units? How are individual desires and self ...
... This is Durkheim’s investigation into the sociology of religion. Concerned with the nature of symbols and their effects on social organization. He is concerned with three central questions: What is the social glue that weaves individuals into social units? How are individual desires and self ...
Social Exclusion and Ethnic Groups: The
... Yet these outcomes are by no means guaranteed. Whether science is good or bad depends on its conformity with disciplines and methods that practitioners see as meeting their standards of evidence and argument. This essentially technical matter has relatively little moral content. In any event, scient ...
... Yet these outcomes are by no means guaranteed. Whether science is good or bad depends on its conformity with disciplines and methods that practitioners see as meeting their standards of evidence and argument. This essentially technical matter has relatively little moral content. In any event, scient ...
OAD313 Computer Applications in Business II: Introduction
... infractions constitute deviance, and by applying those rules to particular people and labeling them as outsiders. From this point of view, deviance is not a quality of the act a person commits, but rather a consequence of the application by others of rules and sanctions to an “offender.” The deviant ...
... infractions constitute deviance, and by applying those rules to particular people and labeling them as outsiders. From this point of view, deviance is not a quality of the act a person commits, but rather a consequence of the application by others of rules and sanctions to an “offender.” The deviant ...
Social Anxiety Disorder - South African Depression and Anxiety
... Since one of the main goals of cognitive therapy is to encourage patients to confront their anxieties, group therapy sessions are particularly appropriate for Social Phobia. The panic sufferer may initially be hesitant to participate in group therapy due to the nature of their illness. This usually ...
... Since one of the main goals of cognitive therapy is to encourage patients to confront their anxieties, group therapy sessions are particularly appropriate for Social Phobia. The panic sufferer may initially be hesitant to participate in group therapy due to the nature of their illness. This usually ...
1 Introduction to Social Casework: Historical Development
... Every individual has within him/her, the potential for growth and achievement and he/she has a right to the realization of this potential. From this it follows that people has capacity to change. ...
... Every individual has within him/her, the potential for growth and achievement and he/she has a right to the realization of this potential. From this it follows that people has capacity to change. ...
A MORAL IMAGINATION: PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY—and
... and privileges of membership. Personal discipline, acceptable conduct, and accountability provide basic rules of pedagogic importance. New converts typically find themselves involved in a great deal of structured activity. They must accept individual responsibility for their actions and exhibit will ...
... and privileges of membership. Personal discipline, acceptable conduct, and accountability provide basic rules of pedagogic importance. New converts typically find themselves involved in a great deal of structured activity. They must accept individual responsibility for their actions and exhibit will ...
Social Epidemiology
... By the 1700s, there was a greater understanding of the specific causes of disease. A French physician, Louis René Villerme (1782–1863), recognized elevated levels of illness that appeared work related, thus identifying social class and work conditions as crucial determinants of health or disease. Vi ...
... By the 1700s, there was a greater understanding of the specific causes of disease. A French physician, Louis René Villerme (1782–1863), recognized elevated levels of illness that appeared work related, thus identifying social class and work conditions as crucial determinants of health or disease. Vi ...
Bring in the social context: Towards an integrated
... The demand for evidence-based practice brings increased attention to the macro-social level because it plays a key role in bridging the science practice gap [3,5,6]. Our success in generalizing research findings reported in scientific journals to particular social settings, groups or populations dep ...
... The demand for evidence-based practice brings increased attention to the macro-social level because it plays a key role in bridging the science practice gap [3,5,6]. Our success in generalizing research findings reported in scientific journals to particular social settings, groups or populations dep ...
Vagabond Capitalism and the Necessity of Social Reproduction
... and the institution of social welfare programs. Of course, the picture is more complicated than this; there were clear class interests riddling the progressive movement to reconfigure a polyglot immigrant and working class society in a white middle class image, and the state got on board because suc ...
... and the institution of social welfare programs. Of course, the picture is more complicated than this; there were clear class interests riddling the progressive movement to reconfigure a polyglot immigrant and working class society in a white middle class image, and the state got on board because suc ...
Towards Good Social Science - Centre for Policy Modelling
... at the time – are these different forms of electricity the same? In 1832, he performed an elegant series of experiments in which he showed that he could produce similar … effects, no matter what the source of the electricity might be…. Although the law of induction began to emerge at an early stage, ...
... at the time – are these different forms of electricity the same? In 1832, he performed an elegant series of experiments in which he showed that he could produce similar … effects, no matter what the source of the electricity might be…. Although the law of induction began to emerge at an early stage, ...
Economic Issues No. 26--Rural Poverty in Developing Countries
... economy vary considerably, public policy should focus on issues such as their access to land and credit, education and health care, support services, and entitlements to food through welldesigned public works programs and other transfer mechanisms. About one-fifth of the world's population is affli ...
... economy vary considerably, public policy should focus on issues such as their access to land and credit, education and health care, support services, and entitlements to food through welldesigned public works programs and other transfer mechanisms. About one-fifth of the world's population is affli ...
We are increasingly bombarded by mass media models of ever
... opportunities for personal growth and moral development. Schwartz overgeneralizes the degree to which drug enhancement therapies are likely to result in disconnection while discounting the positive space of freedom that can be opened via changes in neurochemistry. For instance, in Listening to Proza ...
... opportunities for personal growth and moral development. Schwartz overgeneralizes the degree to which drug enhancement therapies are likely to result in disconnection while discounting the positive space of freedom that can be opened via changes in neurochemistry. For instance, in Listening to Proza ...
Advanced Philosophy of Social Science
... Is human society anything more than the sum of individual and collective human actions or do social systems have their own dynamics? In addressing this issue we are confronted with another. Should social scientists employ the methods of the natural sciences in attempting to explain the social world? ...
... Is human society anything more than the sum of individual and collective human actions or do social systems have their own dynamics? In addressing this issue we are confronted with another. Should social scientists employ the methods of the natural sciences in attempting to explain the social world? ...
HCCSoci1301Lecture2004SPch1-4
... a) They claim that theories must always be testable and subject to possible refutation 6) Blackwell claims that it is implied in a theory that there are a set of underlying assumptions and methods that are rarely questioned a) My view is that a theory is a plausible explanation, but that in the soci ...
... a) They claim that theories must always be testable and subject to possible refutation 6) Blackwell claims that it is implied in a theory that there are a set of underlying assumptions and methods that are rarely questioned a) My view is that a theory is a plausible explanation, but that in the soci ...
Rural - urban co-development - challenges to post
... learn, cognisance, etc. The latter dimension could also be labelled as human resources. Among the two productive forces, the ecological is claimed to take precedence over the social due to the obvious fact that the ecological forces can exist (i.e., produce and be reproduced) independent of the soci ...
... learn, cognisance, etc. The latter dimension could also be labelled as human resources. Among the two productive forces, the ecological is claimed to take precedence over the social due to the obvious fact that the ecological forces can exist (i.e., produce and be reproduced) independent of the soci ...