The Property-Owning Democracy vesus the Welfare State∗
... institutions that Rawls sees as distinctive of the property-owning democracy, most notably public educational provision based on merit and equality of opportunity, are usually taken to be central features of developed welfare states. Rawls's description of the `capitalist welfare state' resembles wh ...
... institutions that Rawls sees as distinctive of the property-owning democracy, most notably public educational provision based on merit and equality of opportunity, are usually taken to be central features of developed welfare states. Rawls's description of the `capitalist welfare state' resembles wh ...
Time and the Biological Consequences of Globalization
... affecting local clock time, does affect one’s relationship to the temporal markers of dawn and dusk and to seasonal changes. In many animals, humans included, the farther one is from the equator, the greater the seasonal variation in hormonal cycles, particularly melatonin (Schwartz et al. 2001; Weh ...
... affecting local clock time, does affect one’s relationship to the temporal markers of dawn and dusk and to seasonal changes. In many animals, humans included, the farther one is from the equator, the greater the seasonal variation in hormonal cycles, particularly melatonin (Schwartz et al. 2001; Weh ...
Three simple models of social capital and economic growth
... collective action and decision-making through established roles and social networks supplemented by rules, procedures and precedents. Cognitive social capital, on the other hand, refers to shared norms, values, trust, attitudes and beliefs, and is a more subjective and intangible concept. Krishna (2 ...
... collective action and decision-making through established roles and social networks supplemented by rules, procedures and precedents. Cognitive social capital, on the other hand, refers to shared norms, values, trust, attitudes and beliefs, and is a more subjective and intangible concept. Krishna (2 ...
Social discord as the foundation of republicanism in Machiavelli`s
... powers for the people. The resulting constitution is that of a mixed government, which, while being inherently advantageous for upper classes, still allows for the representation of all; flexible laws that enable progress toward greater popular representation are arguably its defining characteristic ...
... powers for the people. The resulting constitution is that of a mixed government, which, while being inherently advantageous for upper classes, still allows for the representation of all; flexible laws that enable progress toward greater popular representation are arguably its defining characteristic ...
Think Global Act Local
... biologist in 1879 to founding figure of modern urban planning in the twentieth century. Examining his career, it is clear that cities were one of his earliest interests and by no means were they a late add-on to his biological work. Indeed, it seems quite simple how the step was made from algae and ...
... biologist in 1879 to founding figure of modern urban planning in the twentieth century. Examining his career, it is clear that cities were one of his earliest interests and by no means were they a late add-on to his biological work. Indeed, it seems quite simple how the step was made from algae and ...
The Play of International Practices
... product of individual actions (Reckwitz 2002a: 245). The second class is comprised of norm-oriented theories of action. They locate the social in rules that establish what kind of action is possible. Actors consent to normative rules. This enables them to distinguish between allowed, prohibited, wor ...
... product of individual actions (Reckwitz 2002a: 245). The second class is comprised of norm-oriented theories of action. They locate the social in rules that establish what kind of action is possible. Actors consent to normative rules. This enables them to distinguish between allowed, prohibited, wor ...
The Meanings of "Individualism"
... the main paths traced during the term's rich semantic history. The interest of such an account is, however, neither merely semantic nor merely historical. The meanings of words generally incapsulate ideas, even theories. Accordingly, where semantic divergences systematically tend to follow social an ...
... the main paths traced during the term's rich semantic history. The interest of such an account is, however, neither merely semantic nor merely historical. The meanings of words generally incapsulate ideas, even theories. Accordingly, where semantic divergences systematically tend to follow social an ...
Riffs, Repetition, and Theories of Globalization
... between the global and the local and various theories of that interrelationship. I have been stimulated by several recent works broaching the issue of the global and the local in music including Veit Erlmann's(1996) "The Aesthetics of the Global Imagination," Mark Slobin's "Micromusicsof the West" ( ...
... between the global and the local and various theories of that interrelationship. I have been stimulated by several recent works broaching the issue of the global and the local in music including Veit Erlmann's(1996) "The Aesthetics of the Global Imagination," Mark Slobin's "Micromusicsof the West" ( ...
Max Weber=s writings on science and the meaning of intellectual
... According to Kloppenberg this framework of disenchantment highlights the kind of intellectual responsibility and critical self-understanding called for by modern forms of scientific, moral and political endeavor. 2 Both Dewey and Weber held that science strives for objective knowledge. At the same t ...
... According to Kloppenberg this framework of disenchantment highlights the kind of intellectual responsibility and critical self-understanding called for by modern forms of scientific, moral and political endeavor. 2 Both Dewey and Weber held that science strives for objective knowledge. At the same t ...
The Avatars in the Machine - Dreaming as a - Open
... a far more widely shared and accepted view among dream researchers. Several philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists have recently characterized dreaming in terms of virtual reality, immersive spatiotemporal simulation, or realistic and useful world simulation. Thus, the conception of dreami ...
... a far more widely shared and accepted view among dream researchers. Several philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists have recently characterized dreaming in terms of virtual reality, immersive spatiotemporal simulation, or realistic and useful world simulation. Thus, the conception of dreami ...
The consolations of`neoliberalism`
... supposed to do the rather more ordinary ideological work of legitimizing the political subordination of whole populations. The notion that “neoliberalism” amounts to a clearly defined, purposive project pursued by specifiable interest groups, which aims to subordinate public values to those of the m ...
... supposed to do the rather more ordinary ideological work of legitimizing the political subordination of whole populations. The notion that “neoliberalism” amounts to a clearly defined, purposive project pursued by specifiable interest groups, which aims to subordinate public values to those of the m ...