MA in Global Political Economy
... Originally the term political economy referred to the ‘householding’ of the state, the ‘polis’, rather than of the actual household from which the term ‘economy’ derives (from the Greek ‘oikos’, house—also used in ‘ecology’). Marx wrote his ‘Capital’ as a critique of political economy, arguing that ...
... Originally the term political economy referred to the ‘householding’ of the state, the ‘polis’, rather than of the actual household from which the term ‘economy’ derives (from the Greek ‘oikos’, house—also used in ‘ecology’). Marx wrote his ‘Capital’ as a critique of political economy, arguing that ...
Survival `Beyond Positivism?` The Debate on Rationalism and
... fact that they rejected the classical positivist/explanatory approach to IR theory and research, emphasizing instead reflexivity and the non-neutral nature of political and social explanation. Then he suggests that these approaches can only be taken seriously if they adopt a Lakatosian account of sc ...
... fact that they rejected the classical positivist/explanatory approach to IR theory and research, emphasizing instead reflexivity and the non-neutral nature of political and social explanation. Then he suggests that these approaches can only be taken seriously if they adopt a Lakatosian account of sc ...
The Role of Social Context in the Production of Scientific Knowledge
... philosophy of science to the suggestion that adoption of such criteria [for choosing a hypothesis], that can be seen to be different for different groups and at different periods, should be explicable by social…factors” (1980, p.33). The overall point of holist underdetermination is that every proce ...
... philosophy of science to the suggestion that adoption of such criteria [for choosing a hypothesis], that can be seen to be different for different groups and at different periods, should be explicable by social…factors” (1980, p.33). The overall point of holist underdetermination is that every proce ...
Ellie Vasta - MUEP
... but also influenced government policies. Unfortunately, academic research has become more and more dependent on ARC and industry funding, both of which have control over such matters as methodology that is highly influenced by the amount of funding available. For example, longitudinal research is no ...
... but also influenced government policies. Unfortunately, academic research has become more and more dependent on ARC and industry funding, both of which have control over such matters as methodology that is highly influenced by the amount of funding available. For example, longitudinal research is no ...
Contemporary Developments in International Relations Theory
... purely empirical, positivist lines. "To explain a puzzling set of facts was taken to be a matter of showing that their occurrence can be deduced and hence predicted from a known natural or at least statistical law. The prestige of this analysis not only served to direct social scientists to look for ...
... purely empirical, positivist lines. "To explain a puzzling set of facts was taken to be a matter of showing that their occurrence can be deduced and hence predicted from a known natural or at least statistical law. The prestige of this analysis not only served to direct social scientists to look for ...
empirical and realistic approaches of research
... Like the positivists, Popper’s demarcation principle is based on empirical evidence but in a distinct mold. He believes that a ‘system’ is empirical or scientific if it (or its consequences) has been subjected to severe testing. Additionally, he extends that the inductive logicism belief that a scie ...
... Like the positivists, Popper’s demarcation principle is based on empirical evidence but in a distinct mold. He believes that a ‘system’ is empirical or scientific if it (or its consequences) has been subjected to severe testing. Additionally, he extends that the inductive logicism belief that a scie ...
Manifesto for a Relational Sociology
... have accepted as their own. Nonrational action thus becomes the special province of this mode of analysis, long a staple of sociological inquiry. To mark itself off from economics, which endorsed the rational-actor approach early on, sociology had from its beginnings “a fundamental need of a theory ...
... have accepted as their own. Nonrational action thus becomes the special province of this mode of analysis, long a staple of sociological inquiry. To mark itself off from economics, which endorsed the rational-actor approach early on, sociology had from its beginnings “a fundamental need of a theory ...
223 I. Identity and Representation Peirre Bourdieu
... the recognition and the belief granted to it by the members of this group, as well as in the economic or cultural properties they share in common, since it is only in accordance with a given principle of pertinence that the relation between these properties can appear. The power over the group that ...
... the recognition and the belief granted to it by the members of this group, as well as in the economic or cultural properties they share in common, since it is only in accordance with a given principle of pertinence that the relation between these properties can appear. The power over the group that ...
The Humanomic Structure of Islamic Economic Theory: A Critical
... system. Exogeneity here means that economic philosophy under the positive school is by and large independent of value judgements, which are assumed to form outside it and is incapable of affecting the ethical parameters of the social order. Note here the claim made by Josef Schumpeter (1968, Ch. 2) ...
... system. Exogeneity here means that economic philosophy under the positive school is by and large independent of value judgements, which are assumed to form outside it and is incapable of affecting the ethical parameters of the social order. Note here the claim made by Josef Schumpeter (1968, Ch. 2) ...
Definition Social Epidemiology has been defined as the branch of
... Durkheim investigated the links between social integration and suicide. He explained suicide in terms of social dynamics, arguing that suicide is not an isolated individual tragedy but a reflection of social conditions such as the lack of attachment and regulation in society . Bowlby (Bowlby 1969) w ...
... Durkheim investigated the links between social integration and suicide. He explained suicide in terms of social dynamics, arguing that suicide is not an isolated individual tragedy but a reflection of social conditions such as the lack of attachment and regulation in society . Bowlby (Bowlby 1969) w ...
