Social Capital And Capitalist Economies BEN FINE and COSTAS
... rather than the economic policies adopted. In other words, transitional economies need capitalism in all its aspects, and absence of one of these, from private property through democracy to social capital, is used to explain failure (Nowotny, 2002). Perhaps the most prominent example of this sort of ...
... rather than the economic policies adopted. In other words, transitional economies need capitalism in all its aspects, and absence of one of these, from private property through democracy to social capital, is used to explain failure (Nowotny, 2002). Perhaps the most prominent example of this sort of ...
Emotions versus Reasons: A Critical Analysis of Jon Elster`s View
... can we account for individual liberty, autonomy and responsibility? The most important worries about rational choice and game theory are related to the difficulties they face when confronted with the challenge to explain how social order and social norms are derived from rational strategic choices m ...
... can we account for individual liberty, autonomy and responsibility? The most important worries about rational choice and game theory are related to the difficulties they face when confronted with the challenge to explain how social order and social norms are derived from rational strategic choices m ...
WHAT IS MEANT BY DISCOURSE ANALYSIS?
... ) of oracles among the Azande (Sudan) and intention as in John Du Bois' studies (e.g. Du Bois 1993 the Yoruba (Nigeria); see also Alessandro's Duranti's work (e.g. Duranti 1993 ) on the Samoan conception of meaning which holds speakers responsible for the social consequences of their acts of speakin ...
... ) of oracles among the Azande (Sudan) and intention as in John Du Bois' studies (e.g. Du Bois 1993 the Yoruba (Nigeria); see also Alessandro's Duranti's work (e.g. Duranti 1993 ) on the Samoan conception of meaning which holds speakers responsible for the social consequences of their acts of speakin ...
Causal Mechanisms in Comparative Historical Sociology
... these examples as well. Some are about a category of outcome (“twentieth-century revolution” or “ethnic violence”), whereas others are about a historically specific outcome (the Nicaraguan revolution, the Rwandan genocide, the 2003 Super Bowl). Some are about large and publicly salient events, struc ...
... these examples as well. Some are about a category of outcome (“twentieth-century revolution” or “ethnic violence”), whereas others are about a historically specific outcome (the Nicaraguan revolution, the Rwandan genocide, the 2003 Super Bowl). Some are about large and publicly salient events, struc ...
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 ...
Amédée or how to get rid of it: social representations... Ivana Markova, University of Stirling
... fashion in social psychology. While I have some sympathy with this diagnosis in general, the question arises as to when one can say that a theory has been fully elaborated. Any theory keeps developing as long as it attracts researchers who use it and apply it to the study of new phenomena. One could ...
... fashion in social psychology. While I have some sympathy with this diagnosis in general, the question arises as to when one can say that a theory has been fully elaborated. Any theory keeps developing as long as it attracts researchers who use it and apply it to the study of new phenomena. One could ...
FullText - Brunel University Research Archive
... persons’ concern that they will be evaluated negatively on the basis of their social group membership, rather than their individual attributes, within a particular social situation; Steele, 1997) in explaining how Goffman’s (1963) interactionist role theory can help relationship scientists understan ...
... persons’ concern that they will be evaluated negatively on the basis of their social group membership, rather than their individual attributes, within a particular social situation; Steele, 1997) in explaining how Goffman’s (1963) interactionist role theory can help relationship scientists understan ...
39 Pervasive Social Context - Taxonomy and Survey
... S1: Small scope. This mode of pervasive social context comprehends only co-located/nearby people, i.e., people having the potential to interact in direct, face-to-face mode within close proximity. Examples are people participating in the same event like a conference or experiencing a common situatio ...
... S1: Small scope. This mode of pervasive social context comprehends only co-located/nearby people, i.e., people having the potential to interact in direct, face-to-face mode within close proximity. Examples are people participating in the same event like a conference or experiencing a common situatio ...
Society for Ethnomusicology
... inquiry. An explanation of the benefits of linguistic models must derive from evidence that shows the models to account for the facts in the most powerful manner. The criteria of explanatory adequacy cannot be met by analogy or a priori notions, it must be met empirically. 2.2. Assertions vs. Demons ...
... inquiry. An explanation of the benefits of linguistic models must derive from evidence that shows the models to account for the facts in the most powerful manner. The criteria of explanatory adequacy cannot be met by analogy or a priori notions, it must be met empirically. 2.2. Assertions vs. Demons ...
Consistency under sampling of exponential random graph
... projective is that the sufficient statistics obey a kind of additive decomposition. This in turn implies strong independence properties. We also prove results about the consistency of maximum likelihood parameter estimation under these conditions (Section 4). In Section 5, we apply these results to ...
... projective is that the sufficient statistics obey a kind of additive decomposition. This in turn implies strong independence properties. We also prove results about the consistency of maximum likelihood parameter estimation under these conditions (Section 4). In Section 5, we apply these results to ...
Agency-Structure Relation in Social Sciences
... intentions, reasons for acting the way they do, they cannot necessarily do so for their motives. The problematic with Giddens thinking is about agents motives, whether agents’ day-to-day conduct is directly motivated by themselves or agents’ motives are structurally determined. There are consequence ...
... intentions, reasons for acting the way they do, they cannot necessarily do so for their motives. The problematic with Giddens thinking is about agents motives, whether agents’ day-to-day conduct is directly motivated by themselves or agents’ motives are structurally determined. There are consequence ...
Measuring Social Capital in the United Kingdom
... Social participation. This is defined as involvement in, and volunteering for, organised groups. Some indicators are measuring sources of social capital (e.g. those related to the personal contacts and interactions that are made by meeting people through clubs, churches, organisations, etc). Others ...
... Social participation. This is defined as involvement in, and volunteering for, organised groups. Some indicators are measuring sources of social capital (e.g. those related to the personal contacts and interactions that are made by meeting people through clubs, churches, organisations, etc). Others ...
Transnationalism in Question
... Connectivity between source and destination points is an inherent aspect of the migration phenomenon – no surprise given the social networks that channel the process. However, those networks generate, not one, but a multiplicity of “imagined communities,” organized along different, often conflicting ...
... Connectivity between source and destination points is an inherent aspect of the migration phenomenon – no surprise given the social networks that channel the process. However, those networks generate, not one, but a multiplicity of “imagined communities,” organized along different, often conflicting ...
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... has generated a wide literature and the tools to evaluate the effects of policies on rural development components are now a very wide and heterogeneous family. The main challenge can be identified in the need to consider the complexity of the rural context, both at the micro (household, farm, other ...
... has generated a wide literature and the tools to evaluate the effects of policies on rural development components are now a very wide and heterogeneous family. The main challenge can be identified in the need to consider the complexity of the rural context, both at the micro (household, farm, other ...
Social Network Effects on Performance and Layoffs
... My results show that using the expertise search tool can alter employees’ network positions in a significant way, even after controlling for possible self-selection biases. Overall, users’ network positions become more structurally diverse after adopting the expertise search tool, suggesting that t ...
... My results show that using the expertise search tool can alter employees’ network positions in a significant way, even after controlling for possible self-selection biases. Overall, users’ network positions become more structurally diverse after adopting the expertise search tool, suggesting that t ...
Social Network Structure and The Trade
... people’s objective behavior (maintaining social contacts with others) from social norms (trust, cooperation) which we treat as social capital outcomes rather than its dimensions. It is also important that this definition links the social networks people maintain to the resources that may be accessed ...
... people’s objective behavior (maintaining social contacts with others) from social norms (trust, cooperation) which we treat as social capital outcomes rather than its dimensions. It is also important that this definition links the social networks people maintain to the resources that may be accessed ...
Social Disorganization Theory
... sources of variation in city crime rates, Schuessler and Slatin (1964) directly acknowledge that they “found it necessary to use the dependent variable” (i.e. crime) as “an index of the very condition in which the explanation is concerted to lie” (i.e. social disorganization). As Bursik notes in hi ...
... sources of variation in city crime rates, Schuessler and Slatin (1964) directly acknowledge that they “found it necessary to use the dependent variable” (i.e. crime) as “an index of the very condition in which the explanation is concerted to lie” (i.e. social disorganization). As Bursik notes in hi ...
Trust and reciprocity: A theoretical distinction of the sources of social
... is implicitly the individual, and the object of analysis is defined at a very high degree of generality – any kind of individual resources based on membership in a network. Coleman, in contrast, defines social capital by its function: any aspect of the social structure that the actor can use as a re ...
... is implicitly the individual, and the object of analysis is defined at a very high degree of generality – any kind of individual resources based on membership in a network. Coleman, in contrast, defines social capital by its function: any aspect of the social structure that the actor can use as a re ...
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... goals of producers (Gillespie et Al., 2007). A distinctive characteristic of this analytical perspective is that they point out the specificity of the Farmers Markets as opposed to global food chains, strongly connected to local communities (Brown, Miller, 2008) and part of a more complex process of ...
... goals of producers (Gillespie et Al., 2007). A distinctive characteristic of this analytical perspective is that they point out the specificity of the Farmers Markets as opposed to global food chains, strongly connected to local communities (Brown, Miller, 2008) and part of a more complex process of ...
Global diffusion of interactive networks: The impact of culture
... and market structure variables are used to explain these differences. The addition of culture to these variables will provide a more robust understanding of the differences in Internet and interactive network diffusion. Existing analyses that identify culture as a predictor of diffusion do not adequ ...
... and market structure variables are used to explain these differences. The addition of culture to these variables will provide a more robust understanding of the differences in Internet and interactive network diffusion. Existing analyses that identify culture as a predictor of diffusion do not adequ ...
5. Change is Central to Sociology
... in the interaction between individuals, for example, in terms of the differences in the degree of autonomy that individuals possess at work, or how differences in capital shape individuals’ interaction with social institutions, such as in the case of the effects of class background on educational ou ...
... in the interaction between individuals, for example, in terms of the differences in the degree of autonomy that individuals possess at work, or how differences in capital shape individuals’ interaction with social institutions, such as in the case of the effects of class background on educational ou ...
Social representations of value: An empirical investigation Abstract:
... than five other concepts. This indicates that the seeding concepts for Exp1 were more than doubly focused on its target domain because of the higher value of connections each concept could have compared to Exp2. This was also signified by the highest centrality in the network; 1,128 for Exp1’s most ...
... than five other concepts. This indicates that the seeding concepts for Exp1 were more than doubly focused on its target domain because of the higher value of connections each concept could have compared to Exp2. This was also signified by the highest centrality in the network; 1,128 for Exp1’s most ...
Unsupervised Name Disambiguation via Social Network Similarity
... United States of America in 1989.”, then, with basic knowledge of American history, it is clear the story refers to the elder “George H.W. Bush”. Though spoken conversations and written communications between entities are structured by known grammars there is no requirement for text-based documents ...
... United States of America in 1989.”, then, with basic knowledge of American history, it is clear the story refers to the elder “George H.W. Bush”. Though spoken conversations and written communications between entities are structured by known grammars there is no requirement for text-based documents ...
Visible materials, visualised theory and images of social research
... that is, material artefacts that can be seen in their own right. They also make visible some elements of culture and social life that we might not otherwise be able to see. But these materials also record the visual perceptions of those who made them, and they can stimulate additional visual percept ...
... that is, material artefacts that can be seen in their own right. They also make visible some elements of culture and social life that we might not otherwise be able to see. But these materials also record the visual perceptions of those who made them, and they can stimulate additional visual percept ...