NEXUS ANALYSIS 1. Nexus analysis – an action oriented approach
... For instance, the social action of buying coffee at a coffee shop does not require membership of any predefined group. Though social actions in most or all coffee shops are similar (ordering, paying and receiving/picking up one’s coffee), there might also be differences. When visiting a coffee shop ...
... For instance, the social action of buying coffee at a coffee shop does not require membership of any predefined group. Though social actions in most or all coffee shops are similar (ordering, paying and receiving/picking up one’s coffee), there might also be differences. When visiting a coffee shop ...
Aalborg Universitet Representations from the past Sammut, Gordon; Tsirogianni, Stavroula; Wagoner, Brady
... intelligibility according to which two or more subjects structure their social relations (Daanen and Sammut 2012). This background of intelligibility, whilst being socially constructed in itself, is assumed by interlocutors as objective standard to the extent that it is deemed common-sense (Jovchelo ...
... intelligibility according to which two or more subjects structure their social relations (Daanen and Sammut 2012). This background of intelligibility, whilst being socially constructed in itself, is assumed by interlocutors as objective standard to the extent that it is deemed common-sense (Jovchelo ...
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... Understanding the determinants of the adoption of technology has been of interest to economists (e.g., Feder, Just, and Zilberman, 1985; Foltz and Chang 2002; Barham et al. 2004). Of particular interest has been the role of risk attitudes and social interactions in technology adoption by firms (e.g. ...
... Understanding the determinants of the adoption of technology has been of interest to economists (e.g., Feder, Just, and Zilberman, 1985; Foltz and Chang 2002; Barham et al. 2004). Of particular interest has been the role of risk attitudes and social interactions in technology adoption by firms (e.g. ...
A Theory of Structure: Duality, Agency, and Transformation
... The Theory of Structure explanations of how these patterns change over time. In structural discourse, change is commonly located outside of structures, either in a telos of history, in notions of breakdown, or in influences exogenous to the system in question. Consequently, moving from questions of ...
... The Theory of Structure explanations of how these patterns change over time. In structural discourse, change is commonly located outside of structures, either in a telos of history, in notions of breakdown, or in influences exogenous to the system in question. Consequently, moving from questions of ...
A Theory of Structure: Duality, Agency, and Transformation
... The Theory of Structure explanations of how these patterns change over time. In structural discourse, change is commonly located outside of structures, either in a telos of history, in notions of breakdown, or in influences exogenous to the system in question. Consequently, moving from questions of ...
... The Theory of Structure explanations of how these patterns change over time. In structural discourse, change is commonly located outside of structures, either in a telos of history, in notions of breakdown, or in influences exogenous to the system in question. Consequently, moving from questions of ...
sewell 1992 - Rochelle Terman
... The Theory of Structure explanations of how these patterns change over time. In structural discourse, change is commonly located outside of structures, either in a telos of history, in notions of breakdown, or in influences exogenous to the system in question. Consequently, moving from questions of ...
... The Theory of Structure explanations of how these patterns change over time. In structural discourse, change is commonly located outside of structures, either in a telos of history, in notions of breakdown, or in influences exogenous to the system in question. Consequently, moving from questions of ...
Strengthening Our Resilience to Agents of Radicalization and Their
... virtual world, agents may not necessarily be formally affiliated with a specific extremist network. However, they often share the same vision and ideological motives as a particular network. ...
... virtual world, agents may not necessarily be formally affiliated with a specific extremist network. However, they often share the same vision and ideological motives as a particular network. ...
The Concept of Structure in Social Sciences
... “structure as patterns of aggregate behavior that are stable over time” comes to prominence (Wight, 2006: 127). This definition involves agents/actors as well. According to this definition, first the given individuals take action, then these actions start to display an order, and eventually, structu ...
... “structure as patterns of aggregate behavior that are stable over time” comes to prominence (Wight, 2006: 127). This definition involves agents/actors as well. According to this definition, first the given individuals take action, then these actions start to display an order, and eventually, structu ...
- NIILM University
... However, there is not a consensus on the best definition of the term "class", and the term has different contextual meanings. In common parlance, the term "social class" is usually synonymous with "socio-economic class," defined as "people having the same social, economic, or educational status," e. ...
... However, there is not a consensus on the best definition of the term "class", and the term has different contextual meanings. In common parlance, the term "social class" is usually synonymous with "socio-economic class," defined as "people having the same social, economic, or educational status," e. ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... argued that the first one is established by nature and consists of difference in fate, health, bodily strength, and the qualities of mind or the soul. Similarly, social based inequality according to him consists of the different privileges which some men enjoy, to the prejudice of others such as, th ...
... argued that the first one is established by nature and consists of difference in fate, health, bodily strength, and the qualities of mind or the soul. Similarly, social based inequality according to him consists of the different privileges which some men enjoy, to the prejudice of others such as, th ...
Social Capital: Prospects for a New Concept
... the social capital of a collectivity (organization, community, nation, and so forth) is not so much in that collectivity's external ties to other external actors as it is in its internal structure-in the linkages among individuals or groups within the collectivity and, specifically, in those feature ...
... the social capital of a collectivity (organization, community, nation, and so forth) is not so much in that collectivity's external ties to other external actors as it is in its internal structure-in the linkages among individuals or groups within the collectivity and, specifically, in those feature ...
Frédéric Vandenberghe: The Relation as Magical Operator
... prescribes the lineaments of sociological conceptualization and empirical research. It is not “a theory to end all theories”. More modestly, based on a metatheoretical mapping of the field of relational sociologies, it is an attempt to indicate the elementary building blocks that any relational soci ...
... prescribes the lineaments of sociological conceptualization and empirical research. It is not “a theory to end all theories”. More modestly, based on a metatheoretical mapping of the field of relational sociologies, it is an attempt to indicate the elementary building blocks that any relational soci ...
Lecture Note 3: Historical-Hermeneutic Studies
... Unity: Though intentional acts and/or fulfillment-act various meaning-endowing experiences are unified and integrated into coherent whole within the Ego. Hence, meaning-context generated from meaning-endowing experiences also bears the internal structure of unity and coherence. Continuity: As li ...
... Unity: Though intentional acts and/or fulfillment-act various meaning-endowing experiences are unified and integrated into coherent whole within the Ego. Hence, meaning-context generated from meaning-endowing experiences also bears the internal structure of unity and coherence. Continuity: As li ...
Semiotic Anthropology
... kind of analysis within a broader contextual framework that includes other kinds of important anchoring of cultural meaning. In particular, anthropologists have been examining the complicated mechanisms by which more contextually dependent forms of meaning (the indexical or “pragmatic” level) intera ...
... kind of analysis within a broader contextual framework that includes other kinds of important anchoring of cultural meaning. In particular, anthropologists have been examining the complicated mechanisms by which more contextually dependent forms of meaning (the indexical or “pragmatic” level) intera ...
Social Capital and Conflict - Households in Conflict Network
... Unfortunately, as social capital has interested scientists from an array of disciplines, this has led to an emergence of many different interpretations of the topic. But researchers have still been able to show that social capital, however defined, has an impact on development outcomes (Colletta & ...
... Unfortunately, as social capital has interested scientists from an array of disciplines, this has led to an emergence of many different interpretations of the topic. But researchers have still been able to show that social capital, however defined, has an impact on development outcomes (Colletta & ...
Methodological & Epistemological Foundations of EAP
... substantiate the temporal orderings between two sets of variables. As a result, temporal orderings could only be built in by experimental design, that is, to have the designed treatment carried out right between the pretest and post-test. However, as for one-short social survey, the temporal orderin ...
... substantiate the temporal orderings between two sets of variables. As a result, temporal orderings could only be built in by experimental design, that is, to have the designed treatment carried out right between the pretest and post-test. However, as for one-short social survey, the temporal orderin ...
Anthropological perspectives on corruption
... The past few years have seen growing attention on the problem of corruption, including from the World Bank, IMF, NGO’s, donor countries, as well as academics. Throughout the 1990s government departments, international financial institutions and supranational political bodies have all published polic ...
... The past few years have seen growing attention on the problem of corruption, including from the World Bank, IMF, NGO’s, donor countries, as well as academics. Throughout the 1990s government departments, international financial institutions and supranational political bodies have all published polic ...
Social Capital and Civil Society - Exploring a Complex Relationship
... a higher regard for the country’s jobless numbers and the state of the treasury’s finances); and (b) highly dependent on the action undertaken, as we can easily imagine how it can be used to ‘privatize’ public resources, for instance in using connections to corrupt a system of public appointments. N ...
... a higher regard for the country’s jobless numbers and the state of the treasury’s finances); and (b) highly dependent on the action undertaken, as we can easily imagine how it can be used to ‘privatize’ public resources, for instance in using connections to corrupt a system of public appointments. N ...
SOCIAL CAPITAL AND IMMIGRANT RELIGION1
... is transportable, something an individual can take with her or him from one relationship to another. Whether social capital is viewed as a structural or an individual variable has consequences for how one sees the relationship between social capital and human capital (Smidt 2003: 9). When social cap ...
... is transportable, something an individual can take with her or him from one relationship to another. Whether social capital is viewed as a structural or an individual variable has consequences for how one sees the relationship between social capital and human capital (Smidt 2003: 9). When social cap ...
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 ...
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... have been migrant integration (assimilation) and political practices across borders (diasporas). First, it is noteworthy that the pioneers of this understanding of the transnational challenged the notion that the incorporation of immigrants takes place in the container of the respective nation-state ...
... have been migrant integration (assimilation) and political practices across borders (diasporas). First, it is noteworthy that the pioneers of this understanding of the transnational challenged the notion that the incorporation of immigrants takes place in the container of the respective nation-state ...
Social Watch General Assembly - Institute for Agriculture and Trade
... globalization issues, preserving its identity as monitor and implementer of WSSD. 3. At the national level, Social Watch members should orient their action not only towards government, where the capacity for change is very different in different countries, but also, and above all, to our societies. ...
... globalization issues, preserving its identity as monitor and implementer of WSSD. 3. At the national level, Social Watch members should orient their action not only towards government, where the capacity for change is very different in different countries, but also, and above all, to our societies. ...
Interpretivist Approaches to Organizational Discourse
... and several scholars emphasize this point. For Weber (1922), for example, the search for generalizations derived inductively from first-order data was compatible with, and indeed dependent on, the need for meaningful understanding of social action. His ideal types were aimed inductively to derive se ...
... and several scholars emphasize this point. For Weber (1922), for example, the search for generalizations derived inductively from first-order data was compatible with, and indeed dependent on, the need for meaningful understanding of social action. His ideal types were aimed inductively to derive se ...
ORGANIZATIONAL INTERVENTION: ACTS OF WILL AND
... world. Assuming no a priori distinctions between the social and the material, it explores empirically how patterns of social and technological order take form as a consequence of ordering efforts by the different entities in the network. Latour (1987) suggests that people interact not only with each ...
... world. Assuming no a priori distinctions between the social and the material, it explores empirically how patterns of social and technological order take form as a consequence of ordering efforts by the different entities in the network. Latour (1987) suggests that people interact not only with each ...
Seeking Social Capital in World Values Survey
... Social capital as a concept is an attempt to capture how societies tackle with the basic challenge of any form of communal life, that is, the necessity to generate at least some forms of collective action without sanctions or coercion. From sustaining law and order to mobilizing people for common go ...
... Social capital as a concept is an attempt to capture how societies tackle with the basic challenge of any form of communal life, that is, the necessity to generate at least some forms of collective action without sanctions or coercion. From sustaining law and order to mobilizing people for common go ...