Doing psychodynamic social work - Centre for Social Work Practice
... service user are getting on with the ‘plans’ you should have made on the basis of your assessment (We say service user for the sake of simplicity, but of course there may be several service users involved, and quite possibly other colleagues as well). The being component may be less familiar to you ...
... service user are getting on with the ‘plans’ you should have made on the basis of your assessment (We say service user for the sake of simplicity, but of course there may be several service users involved, and quite possibly other colleagues as well). The being component may be less familiar to you ...
Topic 6. The Arrow Possibility Theorem
... 1. Utility is measurable only with an ordinal scale (OS). In this case indifference curves can be numbered in any arbitrary manner, but higher indifference curves must be given higher numbers in order that the numerical scale preserves the ranking of the indifference curves. OS measurability allows ...
... 1. Utility is measurable only with an ordinal scale (OS). In this case indifference curves can be numbered in any arbitrary manner, but higher indifference curves must be given higher numbers in order that the numerical scale preserves the ranking of the indifference curves. OS measurability allows ...
Emotions versus Reasons: A Critical Analysis of Jon Elster`s View
... help us to save the cost of decisions, to overcome weaknesses of will, enhance the credibility of threats and promises and so on. To this he replies that it confuses social norms with private rules and habits. Moreover, many norms prescribe irrational behavior. This will entail the puzzling thesis t ...
... help us to save the cost of decisions, to overcome weaknesses of will, enhance the credibility of threats and promises and so on. To this he replies that it confuses social norms with private rules and habits. Moreover, many norms prescribe irrational behavior. This will entail the puzzling thesis t ...
LINKAGES BETWEEN INFORMAL AND FORMAL SOCIAL CAPITAL
... various types and forms of social capital. Such distinctions have already been present in the theoretical roots of the social capital literature. Bourdieu (1985, 1993), Coleman (1988) and Putnam (1993, 2000) who are considered the fathers of the concept had defined social capital on different levels ...
... various types and forms of social capital. Such distinctions have already been present in the theoretical roots of the social capital literature. Bourdieu (1985, 1993), Coleman (1988) and Putnam (1993, 2000) who are considered the fathers of the concept had defined social capital on different levels ...
Read the introduction - Duke University Press
... be fluid or rigid and enduring. It needs to address how social entities themselves—social groups, populations, cultural institutions, disciplinary formations, governments—adopt, invent, forge, promote, and/or police certain aesthetic tendencies and positions. And it needs to register and theorize ho ...
... be fluid or rigid and enduring. It needs to address how social entities themselves—social groups, populations, cultural institutions, disciplinary formations, governments—adopt, invent, forge, promote, and/or police certain aesthetic tendencies and positions. And it needs to register and theorize ho ...
The Quest for a Universal Social Work: Some Issues and Implications
... this trend are arguing for a balance of interests with social work’s humanistic, value, moral, artistic, and creative dimensions (Goldstein, 1986, 1992; Gray & Aga Askeland, 2002; Imre, 1984). Yet another concerns whether there is such a thing as international social work (see Ife, 2000). There are ...
... this trend are arguing for a balance of interests with social work’s humanistic, value, moral, artistic, and creative dimensions (Goldstein, 1986, 1992; Gray & Aga Askeland, 2002; Imre, 1984). Yet another concerns whether there is such a thing as international social work (see Ife, 2000). There are ...
Transatlantic issues in social pedagogy: What the United
... care settings and of professionals in other, potentially social pedagogical fields, having various other qualifications. This has changed recently as cases of shortcomings in residential care as well as child deaths and abuse in families overseen by social services have suggested that social work ed ...
... care settings and of professionals in other, potentially social pedagogical fields, having various other qualifications. This has changed recently as cases of shortcomings in residential care as well as child deaths and abuse in families overseen by social services have suggested that social work ed ...
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... new social relationships (as in the case of any innovation process that takes place within an existing organization). Second, and most important, it does not clarify why social innovations should be addressed by specialized policies, as neither of the two requirements posed by this definition clearl ...
... new social relationships (as in the case of any innovation process that takes place within an existing organization). Second, and most important, it does not clarify why social innovations should be addressed by specialized policies, as neither of the two requirements posed by this definition clearl ...
Social Policy and the Crisis of Neo-Liberalism Ben Fine
... imperfections, and/or predefined goals and ethos, and/or pre-defined processes) and/or ideal empirical types (eg welfare regimes). By way or in lieu of conclusion in Section 8, some reference is made to the complexity of the debate over (conditional) cash transfers that have emerged as part and parc ...
... imperfections, and/or predefined goals and ethos, and/or pre-defined processes) and/or ideal empirical types (eg welfare regimes). By way or in lieu of conclusion in Section 8, some reference is made to the complexity of the debate over (conditional) cash transfers that have emerged as part and parc ...
The Nature of Social Science Research
... of any kind, who sees their mutual relation and describes their sequences, is applying the scientific fact and is a man of science’ (cited in Mann 1985: 19). While today we would most definitely quarrel with Pearson’s presumption of a social scientist as male, and substitute the term ‘analysis’ for ...
... of any kind, who sees their mutual relation and describes their sequences, is applying the scientific fact and is a man of science’ (cited in Mann 1985: 19). While today we would most definitely quarrel with Pearson’s presumption of a social scientist as male, and substitute the term ‘analysis’ for ...
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... with industries developing new products and new technologies driven by their wish to maximise profit. At the same time, technological innovation is increasingly met by scepticism and concern about for instance their potential risks for human safety and the environment. The on-going controversy aroun ...
... with industries developing new products and new technologies driven by their wish to maximise profit. At the same time, technological innovation is increasingly met by scepticism and concern about for instance their potential risks for human safety and the environment. The on-going controversy aroun ...
Telenovelas, Culture and Social Change
... The fact that telenovelas often articulate not only emotional engagement but also social movement is well known (Fuenzalida 1997, Tufte 2000a/b). However, less known in Latin America today is the growing international trend of entertainment-education which has its roots in the Latin American traditi ...
... The fact that telenovelas often articulate not only emotional engagement but also social movement is well known (Fuenzalida 1997, Tufte 2000a/b). However, less known in Latin America today is the growing international trend of entertainment-education which has its roots in the Latin American traditi ...
SOCIAL CAPITAL AND IMMIGRANT RELIGION1
... research. The reason might be that there has been a need to provide necessary documentation to map the landscape. However, the question is if this new knowledge will be useful for the social sciences in general. It is, therefore, important that sociological studies of immigrant religious communities ...
... research. The reason might be that there has been a need to provide necessary documentation to map the landscape. However, the question is if this new knowledge will be useful for the social sciences in general. It is, therefore, important that sociological studies of immigrant religious communities ...
Social Media and Politics: Twitter Use in the Second
... medium and the outcome of social action, and systems are the means by which this information is circulated. This exchange is not only about the technology, but also about how these technologies are used. It is the users who set the agenda for the kind of information they receive and respond to. In i ...
... medium and the outcome of social action, and systems are the means by which this information is circulated. This exchange is not only about the technology, but also about how these technologies are used. It is the users who set the agenda for the kind of information they receive and respond to. In i ...
Book of Abstracts
... boundaries be considered in terms of the actual degree of ontological heterogeneity of social phenomena: divides among the different 'special sciences' are epistemically justified to the extent that the social world is actually apportioned into 'regions'. However, grounding the autonomy of the speci ...
... boundaries be considered in terms of the actual degree of ontological heterogeneity of social phenomena: divides among the different 'special sciences' are epistemically justified to the extent that the social world is actually apportioned into 'regions'. However, grounding the autonomy of the speci ...
Some Considerations on the Validity of Evidence
... Over the past decade there has been a burgeoning interest in evidence-based practice in social work and health care in Britain. The idea that good practice is ultimately to be delivered by research informed evidence which is underpinned by rigorous and effective methodologies is deeply appealing to ...
... Over the past decade there has been a burgeoning interest in evidence-based practice in social work and health care in Britain. The idea that good practice is ultimately to be delivered by research informed evidence which is underpinned by rigorous and effective methodologies is deeply appealing to ...
Causal Mechanisms and Process Patterns
... Another subcategory of social pathways, apart from causal mechanisms, is process patterns. They can be understood as recurrent sequences of human interaction that are observed prior to the specification of social domains over which empirical generalizations may be postulated. The analytical advanta ...
... Another subcategory of social pathways, apart from causal mechanisms, is process patterns. They can be understood as recurrent sequences of human interaction that are observed prior to the specification of social domains over which empirical generalizations may be postulated. The analytical advanta ...
Social Capital and Conflict - Households in Conflict Network
... and definitions have since emerged. Loury (1977) claimed that prohibiting racial discrimination in the work place could not completely eliminate racial inequalities, rather the legacy of a lack of connection of minorities to the job market and information about opportunities would remain. In short, ...
... and definitions have since emerged. Loury (1977) claimed that prohibiting racial discrimination in the work place could not completely eliminate racial inequalities, rather the legacy of a lack of connection of minorities to the job market and information about opportunities would remain. In short, ...
Structuration Theory and Self-Organization
... behavior in time and space are explained by reference to processes immanent to single parts of the system. Determinism can be defined as a mechanistic and rigid epistemological approach that argues that an event or a sum of events necessarily results in a certain way and in a certain output. In the ...
... behavior in time and space are explained by reference to processes immanent to single parts of the system. Determinism can be defined as a mechanistic and rigid epistemological approach that argues that an event or a sum of events necessarily results in a certain way and in a certain output. In the ...
Methodological & Epistemological Foundations of EAP
... further differentiated into three types:… Sufficient conditions: It refers to the kinds of conditionality between the C and E, in which the C can exhaustively but not universally explain the truth of the E. Necessary conditions: It refers to the kinds of conditionality between the E and C, in wh ...
... further differentiated into three types:… Sufficient conditions: It refers to the kinds of conditionality between the C and E, in which the C can exhaustively but not universally explain the truth of the E. Necessary conditions: It refers to the kinds of conditionality between the E and C, in wh ...
Sample chapter - Centre for Research in Social Simulation
... mainly as a result of the increasing availability of powerful personal computers. The field has also been much influenced by developments in the theory of cellular automata (from physics and mathematics) and in computer science (distributed artificial intelligence and agent technology). These have p ...
... mainly as a result of the increasing availability of powerful personal computers. The field has also been much influenced by developments in the theory of cellular automata (from physics and mathematics) and in computer science (distributed artificial intelligence and agent technology). These have p ...
Social Watch General Assembly - Institute for Agriculture and Trade
... systematically disempowered since the early 1980s. At that time, the South was asserting its right to reorder global economic structures. Today the United States holds the UN hostage to its financial contribution and refuses to engage in serious economic discussion in any UN forum. Seattle was a key ...
... systematically disempowered since the early 1980s. At that time, the South was asserting its right to reorder global economic structures. Today the United States holds the UN hostage to its financial contribution and refuses to engage in serious economic discussion in any UN forum. Seattle was a key ...
Simulation second edition
... mainly as a result of the increasing availability of powerful personal computers. The field has also been much influenced by developments in the theory of cellular automata (from physics and mathematics) and in computer science (distributed artificial intelligence and agent technology). These have p ...
... mainly as a result of the increasing availability of powerful personal computers. The field has also been much influenced by developments in the theory of cellular automata (from physics and mathematics) and in computer science (distributed artificial intelligence and agent technology). These have p ...
Social Capital And Capitalist Economies BEN FINE and COSTAS
... nomic agents, economic or otherwise, and social capital aims at capturing this influence in theory. Thus, the aim is to complement economic with social analysis and, in particular, to explain how social capital is a necessary adjunct to economic capital. The implications of social capital for the st ...
... nomic agents, economic or otherwise, and social capital aims at capturing this influence in theory. Thus, the aim is to complement economic with social analysis and, in particular, to explain how social capital is a necessary adjunct to economic capital. The implications of social capital for the st ...
Personality and Social Psychology Review
... concern to social psychology, an agent is a simplified, abstract version of a human being. However, other levels of agents are also possible; an agent could represent a neuron in a simulated neural network or a large-scale economic actor such as a corporation. We briefly discuss these possibilities ...
... concern to social psychology, an agent is a simplified, abstract version of a human being. However, other levels of agents are also possible; an agent could represent a neuron in a simulated neural network or a large-scale economic actor such as a corporation. We briefly discuss these possibilities ...