FORUM : QUALITATIVE SOCIAL RESEARCH SOZIALFORSCHUNG
... present. This paper argues against this kind of genetic conception of developmental time; instead, it sees events as not causally determined. Every event, performance, ritual etc. must be seen as an autonomic and contingent occurrence with its own conditions and its own time-structure. The meaning o ...
... present. This paper argues against this kind of genetic conception of developmental time; instead, it sees events as not causally determined. Every event, performance, ritual etc. must be seen as an autonomic and contingent occurrence with its own conditions and its own time-structure. The meaning o ...
Methodological & Epistemological Foundations of EAP
... establish relations among them. The finding of such laws is the ultimate goal of all scientific inquiries. But in social sciences the singling out of relevant properties is in itself a major problem. No standard terminology has yet been developed for this task. The properties are sometimes called as ...
... establish relations among them. The finding of such laws is the ultimate goal of all scientific inquiries. But in social sciences the singling out of relevant properties is in itself a major problem. No standard terminology has yet been developed for this task. The properties are sometimes called as ...
Pioneers of social theory 22 The classic period of sociology
... Theory lies at the heart of sociology. Theory enables us to understand and explain the nature of the social world. Many sociological theories are concerned with specific social phenomena or with explaining particular social processes. They concern such things as crime, health, education, or politics, ...
... Theory lies at the heart of sociology. Theory enables us to understand and explain the nature of the social world. Many sociological theories are concerned with specific social phenomena or with explaining particular social processes. They concern such things as crime, health, education, or politics, ...
a critical perspective towards agency theory
... goal of a more equal society. Equal society means that all humans are equal in fundamental worth or social status. The objective of this research is to falsify the nature of agency theory. It is assumed that if the nature of agency has been already known,thus its function can be understood because t ...
... goal of a more equal society. Equal society means that all humans are equal in fundamental worth or social status. The objective of this research is to falsify the nature of agency theory. It is assumed that if the nature of agency has been already known,thus its function can be understood because t ...
The systems model and political science
... 1981). Bang shows convincingly that there are different approaches to the ontological as well as the epistemological implications of the relevance of the systems modeling of political data outlined by David Easton in his classical text A Systems Analysis of Political Life (1965). Bang's framework - ...
... 1981). Bang shows convincingly that there are different approaches to the ontological as well as the epistemological implications of the relevance of the systems modeling of political data outlined by David Easton in his classical text A Systems Analysis of Political Life (1965). Bang's framework - ...
1 Institutions, Rules, and Equilibria: A Unified Theory Frank Hindriks
... in Table 1 the strategy U stands for ‘use’, NU for ‘not use’. If they both decide to use the same land, the players will end up fighting, which is the worst outcome for all (0, 0).6 If they both abstain, they will not clash but will miss the opportunity to use the land (1, 1). The best solution is t ...
... in Table 1 the strategy U stands for ‘use’, NU for ‘not use’. If they both decide to use the same land, the players will end up fighting, which is the worst outcome for all (0, 0).6 If they both abstain, they will not clash but will miss the opportunity to use the land (1, 1). The best solution is t ...
Symbolic lnteractionism:Themes and Variations
... in which the attitudes of others are responded to by the person are responded to by the attitudes of others, ad infinitum. Social control is a necessary condition for the emergence of self-control. Obviously, for Mead, the development of self is of central importance. In general terms, as noted, the ...
... in which the attitudes of others are responded to by the person are responded to by the attitudes of others, ad infinitum. Social control is a necessary condition for the emergence of self-control. Obviously, for Mead, the development of self is of central importance. In general terms, as noted, the ...
Complexity Turn
... processes, from small causes to large system effects, from historically or geographically remote locations to the general. ‘Path dependence’ shows that the ordering of events or processes through time very significantly influences the non-linear ways in which they eventually turn out, decades or eve ...
... processes, from small causes to large system effects, from historically or geographically remote locations to the general. ‘Path dependence’ shows that the ordering of events or processes through time very significantly influences the non-linear ways in which they eventually turn out, decades or eve ...
Annotations to Bhaskar`s Possibility of Naturalism Hans G. Ehrbar
... and constituent, student and teacher, husband and wife. Such relations are general and relatively enduring, but they do not involve collective or mass behaviour as such in the way in which a strike or a demonstration does (though of course they may help to explain the latter). Mass behaviour is an i ...
... and constituent, student and teacher, husband and wife. Such relations are general and relatively enduring, but they do not involve collective or mass behaviour as such in the way in which a strike or a demonstration does (though of course they may help to explain the latter). Mass behaviour is an i ...
Emergence of communication networks in organizations:
... is widespread agreement that the maturation of “complexity theory” as a viable intellectual tradition must be accompanied by a move from advocating one or more perspectives on complexity theory to executing studies that adopt these perspectives. Lamenting the failed promise of earlier forays into sy ...
... is widespread agreement that the maturation of “complexity theory” as a viable intellectual tradition must be accompanied by a move from advocating one or more perspectives on complexity theory to executing studies that adopt these perspectives. Lamenting the failed promise of earlier forays into sy ...
Sociological theory and analysis - University of London International
... Structure of the guide .................................................................................................... 7 Examination structure .................................................................................................... 9 Examination advice............................... ...
... Structure of the guide .................................................................................................... 7 Examination structure .................................................................................................... 9 Examination advice............................... ...
Chapter 8, Deviance - Rogers State University
... caused some of the world’s most violent incidents. These expressions of extremist political beliefs stem from the many international conflicts of our current world events. Sociologists look to the social structural conflicts from which terrorism emerges as the cause of such criminal and deviant beha ...
... caused some of the world’s most violent incidents. These expressions of extremist political beliefs stem from the many international conflicts of our current world events. Sociologists look to the social structural conflicts from which terrorism emerges as the cause of such criminal and deviant beha ...
Contribution Handbook agent-based computational
... and future behavior is path dependant. The system’s future is often unpredictable due to the nonlinearity of many basic causal relationships. The variables that affect performance are both fast and slow moving. If information about slow-moving variables is not recorded for a long period of time, sub ...
... and future behavior is path dependant. The system’s future is often unpredictable due to the nonlinearity of many basic causal relationships. The variables that affect performance are both fast and slow moving. If information about slow-moving variables is not recorded for a long period of time, sub ...
Discourse Theory And Political Analysis
... they always involve the exercise of power, as their constitution involves the exclusion of certain possibilities and a consequent structuring of the relations between different social agents.13 Moreover, discourses are contingent and historical constructions, which are always vulnerable to those pol ...
... they always involve the exercise of power, as their constitution involves the exclusion of certain possibilities and a consequent structuring of the relations between different social agents.13 Moreover, discourses are contingent and historical constructions, which are always vulnerable to those pol ...
Destabilizing Social Communication Theory
... can be found in Husserl’s critique of the Cartesian ego – with its conflation of the transcendental cogito with the psychological self – and proposal for a dynamic relation between phenomenon and consciousness. By constituting the importance of the phenomena around it, the subject relates itself to ...
... can be found in Husserl’s critique of the Cartesian ego – with its conflation of the transcendental cogito with the psychological self – and proposal for a dynamic relation between phenomenon and consciousness. By constituting the importance of the phenomena around it, the subject relates itself to ...
Vagabond Capitalism and the Necessity of Social Reproduction
... arena was put out of business, of course, but the ways households secured their reproduction was altered tremendously, albeit without substantially affecting the gender division of labor within the household, and the role of private charities shifted to other realms (still often associated with soci ...
... arena was put out of business, of course, but the ways households secured their reproduction was altered tremendously, albeit without substantially affecting the gender division of labor within the household, and the role of private charities shifted to other realms (still often associated with soci ...
Agent Chameleons: Virtual Agents Real Intelligence
... dependent matters. The Social Beliefs are developed based on social interaction between the agent and other socially capable entities. These Beliefs are augmented by information from the Environmental and Reactive Layers. • Commitment Rules – The Commitment Rules are a core part of the Deliberative ...
... dependent matters. The Social Beliefs are developed based on social interaction between the agent and other socially capable entities. These Beliefs are augmented by information from the Environmental and Reactive Layers. • Commitment Rules – The Commitment Rules are a core part of the Deliberative ...
Technology and institutions: living in a material world
... of space and time in sociology. Commenting on the influence of Goffman and Garfinkel, Giddens writes that, “The substantially ‘given’ character of the physical milieux of day-to-day life interlaces with routine and is deeply influenced in the contours of institutional reproduction” (Giddens 1994:xxv ...
... of space and time in sociology. Commenting on the influence of Goffman and Garfinkel, Giddens writes that, “The substantially ‘given’ character of the physical milieux of day-to-day life interlaces with routine and is deeply influenced in the contours of institutional reproduction” (Giddens 1994:xxv ...
SOCIAL THEORY TODAY
... critical theory by supplementing the existing results with a further thesis which is that the social-theoretical means whereby Horkheimer's goals migh~ have been successfully realized were present solely in the works of those authors who held a more peripheral position in the Institute for Social Re ...
... critical theory by supplementing the existing results with a further thesis which is that the social-theoretical means whereby Horkheimer's goals migh~ have been successfully realized were present solely in the works of those authors who held a more peripheral position in the Institute for Social Re ...
Complexity Theory and Public administration: What`s new
... (Prigogine), autopoiesis theory (Maturela and Varela, and in social science, Luhmann) chaos theory, and increasing returns and path dependency in economics (Arthur 1994). Each strand of work has it own character and differs, sometimes significantly, from the other. Their differences will not be disc ...
... (Prigogine), autopoiesis theory (Maturela and Varela, and in social science, Luhmann) chaos theory, and increasing returns and path dependency in economics (Arthur 1994). Each strand of work has it own character and differs, sometimes significantly, from the other. Their differences will not be disc ...
Emergence in Psychology - UNC
... psychological holists such as William James were opposed to epiphenomenalism -the belief that the mind could not have any causal power apart from the biological brain. These psychologists argued that the mind was a higher-Ievel entity that had causal power over its lower-Ievel components, and that ...
... psychological holists such as William James were opposed to epiphenomenalism -the belief that the mind could not have any causal power apart from the biological brain. These psychologists argued that the mind was a higher-Ievel entity that had causal power over its lower-Ievel components, and that ...
Agent-Based Computational Models And Generative Social Science
... (Albin and Foley, 1990; Epstein and Axtell, 1996), trade networks (Tesfatsion, 1995; Epstein and Axtell, 1996), spatial unemployment patterns (Topa, 1997), excess volatility in returns to capital (Bullard and Duffy, 1998), military tactics ...
... (Albin and Foley, 1990; Epstein and Axtell, 1996), trade networks (Tesfatsion, 1995; Epstein and Axtell, 1996), spatial unemployment patterns (Topa, 1997), excess volatility in returns to capital (Bullard and Duffy, 1998), military tactics ...
Agent-based computational models and generative social science
... (Albin and Foley, 1990; Epstein and Axtell, 1996), trade networks (Tesfatsion, 1995; Epstein and Axtell, 1996), spatial unemployment patterns (Topa, 1997), excess volatility in returns to capital (Bullard and Duffy, 1998), military tactics ...
... (Albin and Foley, 1990; Epstein and Axtell, 1996), trade networks (Tesfatsion, 1995; Epstein and Axtell, 1996), spatial unemployment patterns (Topa, 1997), excess volatility in returns to capital (Bullard and Duffy, 1998), military tactics ...
Interpretivist Approaches to Organizational Discourse
... compatible with, and indeed dependent on, the need for meaningful understanding of social action. His ideal types were aimed inductively to derive second-order frameworks based on regularities and patterns of observed phenomena. Eco’s (1990) ‘limits of interpretation’, in addition, is an eloquent st ...
... compatible with, and indeed dependent on, the need for meaningful understanding of social action. His ideal types were aimed inductively to derive second-order frameworks based on regularities and patterns of observed phenomena. Eco’s (1990) ‘limits of interpretation’, in addition, is an eloquent st ...
International Political Theory Final Paper
... force, which is one option for resolving differences between states. Therefore, international organizations and institutions affect the possibility of cooperation slightly or indistinctly. The first proposition that Hobbes begins with is the fundamental equality of all men in terms of the equality ...
... force, which is one option for resolving differences between states. Therefore, international organizations and institutions affect the possibility of cooperation slightly or indistinctly. The first proposition that Hobbes begins with is the fundamental equality of all men in terms of the equality ...