Responsibilism and the Analytic-Sociological Debate in Social
... and is therefore prescriptive as well. This is why Fuller identifies a major element of his project as being the concern with “long-term research and education policy, since only these contexts provide systematic opportunities to restructure knowledge production as a whole” (Fuller 2012, 270). The d ...
... and is therefore prescriptive as well. This is why Fuller identifies a major element of his project as being the concern with “long-term research and education policy, since only these contexts provide systematic opportunities to restructure knowledge production as a whole” (Fuller 2012, 270). The d ...
Towards a hermeneutic method interpretive research
... for example, Klein and Lyytinen, 1985; Nissen, 1985; Rathswohl, 1991) there is a marked trend within the field of IS to gravitate towards a phenomenological hermeneutic perspective informed by the philosophies of Heidegger and Gadamer (see, for example, Lee, 1993, 1994; Myers, 1995; Butler and Fitzg ...
... for example, Klein and Lyytinen, 1985; Nissen, 1985; Rathswohl, 1991) there is a marked trend within the field of IS to gravitate towards a phenomenological hermeneutic perspective informed by the philosophies of Heidegger and Gadamer (see, for example, Lee, 1993, 1994; Myers, 1995; Butler and Fitzg ...
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... Thus, the third generation of scholarship is concerned less with ac-counting for crossborder ties and flows of fixed categories of persons or groups, but focuses more on changing boundaries. This is so because social spaces denote dynamic processes, not static notions of ties and positions. The main ...
... Thus, the third generation of scholarship is concerned less with ac-counting for crossborder ties and flows of fixed categories of persons or groups, but focuses more on changing boundaries. This is so because social spaces denote dynamic processes, not static notions of ties and positions. The main ...
Trust and reciprocity: A theoretical distinction of the sources of social
... rewards. In his pioneering educational research, Coleman attributes differences in student learning across Catholic and public schools in the US largely to the existence of closure networks in the former (Coleman et al., 1982; Coleman and Hoffer, 1987).2 The emphasis on closure networks was qualifie ...
... rewards. In his pioneering educational research, Coleman attributes differences in student learning across Catholic and public schools in the US largely to the existence of closure networks in the former (Coleman et al., 1982; Coleman and Hoffer, 1987).2 The emphasis on closure networks was qualifie ...
Conversation Map: An Interface for Very-Large-Scale Conversations WARREN SACK
... improve upon the tools of social science to create new interfaces for VLSCs that provide a means for participants and interested observers to understand and critically reflect on them. In this paper, two tools from the social sciences—social networks (e.g., [46, 47]); and, semantic networks (e.g., [ ...
... improve upon the tools of social science to create new interfaces for VLSCs that provide a means for participants and interested observers to understand and critically reflect on them. In this paper, two tools from the social sciences—social networks (e.g., [46, 47]); and, semantic networks (e.g., [ ...
introduction to sociology
... Sociology we do not study everything that happens “in society” or under social conditions. But we study culture, for example, only for the light it throws on social relationships. Similarly, we do not study religion as religion, art as art or inventions as inventions. We study social relationships, ...
... Sociology we do not study everything that happens “in society” or under social conditions. But we study culture, for example, only for the light it throws on social relationships. Similarly, we do not study religion as religion, art as art or inventions as inventions. We study social relationships, ...
The history and philosophy of social science
... Social Science social phenomena should parallel Newtonian mechanics, arguing (among other things) that Malthus’s theory of population was shown to be false by the law of the conservation of matter. In 1878 Francis Galton proposed to the British Association that economics should be removed from its r ...
... Social Science social phenomena should parallel Newtonian mechanics, arguing (among other things) that Malthus’s theory of population was shown to be false by the law of the conservation of matter. In 1878 Francis Galton proposed to the British Association that economics should be removed from its r ...
View/Open - Dora.dmu.ac.uk
... Towards a definition of mutuality in mental health nursing In attempting to come to an understanding of mutuality, it is noteworthy that whilst the term is frequently used, it is often not defined explicitly. Some of the few explicit attempts within the mental health nursing literature include Hedel ...
... Towards a definition of mutuality in mental health nursing In attempting to come to an understanding of mutuality, it is noteworthy that whilst the term is frequently used, it is often not defined explicitly. Some of the few explicit attempts within the mental health nursing literature include Hedel ...
Readings on Social Movements
... the case of what Aberle calls redemptive movements. These movements also focus on individuals as the object of change or control, but they seek total rather than partial change. From the vantage point of these movements, social ills and problems of all varieties are seen as rooted in individuals and ...
... the case of what Aberle calls redemptive movements. These movements also focus on individuals as the object of change or control, but they seek total rather than partial change. From the vantage point of these movements, social ills and problems of all varieties are seen as rooted in individuals and ...
Lecture 5: a. finish learning and differential association b. social
... – Rational choice/deterrence (econ) – Moffitt’s 2-group (biology & psychology) ...
... – Rational choice/deterrence (econ) – Moffitt’s 2-group (biology & psychology) ...
The Poverty of Historicism
... natural sciences, from the study of life at the macro level through to the study of inanimate matter at the micro level, most of the special difficulties involved in studying human beings are simulated; and (c) for every advantage physics has against the social sciences, an argument can be made for ...
... natural sciences, from the study of life at the macro level through to the study of inanimate matter at the micro level, most of the special difficulties involved in studying human beings are simulated; and (c) for every advantage physics has against the social sciences, an argument can be made for ...
Ch 3
... 1.Discuss the stakeholder view of the firm and discuss the impact of the globalization of business on social responsibility and ethics. 2.Describe the concept of corporate social responsibility and the primary premises upon which it is based. 3.Distinguish among the three perspectives of corporate s ...
... 1.Discuss the stakeholder view of the firm and discuss the impact of the globalization of business on social responsibility and ethics. 2.Describe the concept of corporate social responsibility and the primary premises upon which it is based. 3.Distinguish among the three perspectives of corporate s ...
Understanding Social Problems
... The objective component is this: For any condition or behavior to be considered a social problem, it must have negative consequences for large numbers of people, as each chapter of this book discusses. How do we know if a social problem has negative consequences? Reasonable people can and do disagre ...
... The objective component is this: For any condition or behavior to be considered a social problem, it must have negative consequences for large numbers of people, as each chapter of this book discusses. How do we know if a social problem has negative consequences? Reasonable people can and do disagre ...
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT METHODOLOGY AND PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
... each generation contributes. Clearly, at birth all living things enter a physical world that is not of their own making. Early humans did not understand this world and attributed many phenomena to spirits and supernatural beings. Today , the natural world is studied by the methods of science in such ...
... each generation contributes. Clearly, at birth all living things enter a physical world that is not of their own making. Early humans did not understand this world and attributed many phenomena to spirits and supernatural beings. Today , the natural world is studied by the methods of science in such ...
Amédée or how to get rid of it: social representations... Ivana Markova, University of Stirling
... First, unfortunately, many researchers in the field of social representations, just like the critics of the theory, often subscribe, unwittingly, to a fundamentalist epistemology. In using concepts like attitudes, values, cognition etc., they fill them with fundamentalist, rather than with dialectic ...
... First, unfortunately, many researchers in the field of social representations, just like the critics of the theory, often subscribe, unwittingly, to a fundamentalist epistemology. In using concepts like attitudes, values, cognition etc., they fill them with fundamentalist, rather than with dialectic ...
Friends at Last?
... that it allows us to reconcile all disputes between cognitive and social theorists. In light of this, it is important to ask how far d-cog might be able to take us. Which aspects of science might be analyzed using a d-cog approach and which, if any, will remain out of its reach? These questions are ...
... that it allows us to reconcile all disputes between cognitive and social theorists. In light of this, it is important to ask how far d-cog might be able to take us. Which aspects of science might be analyzed using a d-cog approach and which, if any, will remain out of its reach? These questions are ...
The Nature of Social Reality - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
... have their own specific properties: “the Sosein of an Object is not affected by its Nichtsein.”3 Meinong concludes that “the totality of what exists, including what has existed and will exist, is infinitely small in comparison with the totality of the Objects of knowledge.”4 Similarly, he argues tha ...
... have their own specific properties: “the Sosein of an Object is not affected by its Nichtsein.”3 Meinong concludes that “the totality of what exists, including what has existed and will exist, is infinitely small in comparison with the totality of the Objects of knowledge.”4 Similarly, he argues tha ...
Social choice problem in Capability Approach
... society (Sen, 1999). Moreover, he insists that for social evaluation it is enough to define common criteria of well-being by taking an intersection of plural evaluation orderings (complete or incomplete) (Sen, 1985). These arguments can be understood in the line with Sen’s study on poverty and inequ ...
... society (Sen, 1999). Moreover, he insists that for social evaluation it is enough to define common criteria of well-being by taking an intersection of plural evaluation orderings (complete or incomplete) (Sen, 1985). These arguments can be understood in the line with Sen’s study on poverty and inequ ...
Cultivating Difference - Australian Association of Group
... links actual cooperators to their predecessors. It is thus the continual repetition of different human endeavours which especially constitutes social solidarity and which becomes the elementary cause of the extension and growing complication of the social organism” (p 62). It assures cohesion and is ...
... links actual cooperators to their predecessors. It is thus the continual repetition of different human endeavours which especially constitutes social solidarity and which becomes the elementary cause of the extension and growing complication of the social organism” (p 62). It assures cohesion and is ...
JUST PRACTICE: STEPS TOWARD A NEW SOCIAL WORK
... complex living systems and that human behavior therefore needs to be understood in its broader systemic context. The language of systems theory—boundaries, hierarchy, transaction, homeostasis, feedback, and entropy—has become a key metaphor for conceptualizing human relationships and social work pra ...
... complex living systems and that human behavior therefore needs to be understood in its broader systemic context. The language of systems theory—boundaries, hierarchy, transaction, homeostasis, feedback, and entropy—has become a key metaphor for conceptualizing human relationships and social work pra ...
On Peter Winch and Qualitative Social Research
... rule’. In order for us to use a word correctly, it means that we are using the word the same way as the definition suggests. But what is it for something to be the same as another? For instance, when someone points to a table and says: “this is wood”, how can we know if he is talking about the tabl ...
... rule’. In order for us to use a word correctly, it means that we are using the word the same way as the definition suggests. But what is it for something to be the same as another? For instance, when someone points to a table and says: “this is wood”, how can we know if he is talking about the tabl ...
Social Business Architecture © 2014 IBM Corporation
... The ability to interact in beneficial 2-way engagement with others, such as a dialog, discussion, or request and response. The ability to target and monitor specific social conversations, interactions, individuals, topics, or streams to gain insight about what others are thinking. ...
... The ability to interact in beneficial 2-way engagement with others, such as a dialog, discussion, or request and response. The ability to target and monitor specific social conversations, interactions, individuals, topics, or streams to gain insight about what others are thinking. ...
Social Structure Social Learning Theory: Preventing
... continua running in opposite directions.” However, importantly, according to social learning theory, definitions are learned through social reinforcement mechanisms. Definitions do not work so much as direct motivators but rather “discriminative stimuli” communicating that certain behaviors are likely ...
... continua running in opposite directions.” However, importantly, according to social learning theory, definitions are learned through social reinforcement mechanisms. Definitions do not work so much as direct motivators but rather “discriminative stimuli” communicating that certain behaviors are likely ...
Investigating social entrepreneurship: A multidimensional
... begin with the premise that not all NFPs are socially entrepreneurial. In a similar way, not all for-profit businesses are entrepreneurial. We conjecture that organizations that are socially entrepreneurial display certain behavioral characteristics in their response to the environment. It is their ...
... begin with the premise that not all NFPs are socially entrepreneurial. In a similar way, not all for-profit businesses are entrepreneurial. We conjecture that organizations that are socially entrepreneurial display certain behavioral characteristics in their response to the environment. It is their ...