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2. The Politic(ian)s of SSK: A Reply to Radder
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Singleton, Vicky
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SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIAL sciences ,SCIENTIFIC knowledge ,SOCIOLOGY of knowledge ,INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
This article presents a reply to Hans Radder's response to the author's paper. Radder has carefully identified several points which invite clarification and elaboration. It is noted that Radder clearly situates the author as recommending that science and technology studies (STS) accounts should stick to descriptive analyses. Radder acknowledges that neutrality is an illusion and that taking sides can be politically and theoretically problematic, as well as being too narrow an approach for STS. The author's paper suggests that issues surrounding neutrality versus commitment and issues surrounding descriptive versus normative approaches are inextricably linked. However, Radder is able to separate these issues, as his stated aim is to deal only with the descriptive/normative issue which is for him, the neutrality/commitment issue had been dealt with adequately in this Special Issue.
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- 1998
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3. The Politics of STS
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Radder, Hans
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NEUTRALITY ,COMMITMENT (Psychology) ,POLITICAL doctrines ,SOCIAL sciences ,SOCIOLOGY ,INTERNATIONAL relations ,POLITICAL science - Abstract
The topic of neutrality versus commitment within the sociology of scientific knowledge was the direct cause of the Special Issue of the journal "Social Studies of Science." The set of papers as a whole embraces many aspects of the theme under discussion. In this brief Response, the author will focus on two central questions. The first is whether science and technology studies (STS) accounts should stick to descriptive analyses of the politics of science and technology, or whether they should also engage in normative criticisms, assessments or recommendations. It is concluded that a certain type of STS normativity is legitimate, and may constitute a specific contribution to political debates on science and technology. The second question concerns the realism-relativism issue. It is argued that this issue continues to integrate descriptively adequate and normatively engaged accounts of science and technology.
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- 1998
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4. Análise de redes sociais: o método e sua utilização nas Ciências Sociais brasileiras
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Ciro Antônio da Silva Resende
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H1-99 ,International relations ,social network analysis ,journals ,General Engineering ,Social Sciences ,Library science ,Social sciences (General) ,Ranking ,method ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Sociology ,Social network analysis ,General Environmental Science - Abstract
This article analyzes descriptively the use of the method of social network analysis in the main publications in the Brazilian Social Sciences, in order to offer contributions for two questions: (1) what is the social network analysis?; and (2) how often has the method been used in the main publications in this area? About the first question, extensive bibliographical research is undertaken. Regarding the second question, the publications, between 2006 and 2016, of the journals with the best ranking for the following areas are analyzed: (1) Anthropology and Archeology, (2) Political Science and International Affairs, and (3) Sociology. The analysis of this method’s use indicates the existence of a small number of papers, and the absence of substantial differences between the journals of the three areas. However, the papers that were found exemplify the interdisciplinary aspect of social network analysis and its capability to be combined with other techniques in the study of various phenomena. Keywords: Method; Social network analysis; Social Sciences; Journals.
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- 2020
5. 'Understanding growth convergence in India (1981-2010): Looking beyond the usual suspects'
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Aparna P. Lolayekar and Pranab Mukhopadhyay
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Economics ,050204 development studies ,Population Dynamics ,Distribution (economics) ,Social Sciences ,Geographical Locations ,Governments ,Sociology ,Economic Growth ,Per capita ,050207 economics ,Human Capital ,Multidisciplinary ,International Relations ,05 social sciences ,Convergence (economics) ,Per capita income ,Research Design ,Income ,Medicine ,Research Article ,Census ,Asia ,Political Science ,Science ,India ,Public Policy ,Social class ,Research and Analysis Methods ,Human capital ,History, 21st Century ,Development Economics ,0502 economics and business ,Humans ,Social Stratification ,Endogeneity ,Demography ,Survey Research ,business.industry ,History, 20th Century ,Social stratification ,Social Class ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Age Groups ,People and Places ,Demographic economics ,Population Groupings ,Health Expenditures ,business - Abstract
The literature on growth convergence has focused to a great extent on the role of initial incomes as a primary determinant of long-term growth outcomes. Expanded versions of growth models have used other explanators to unpack the growth process. In this paper we add to the literature in two significant ways: (a) we use socioeconomic variables that are sometimes overlooked in explaining growth (such as, political stability and political alliance, social heterogeneity, and demographic distribution), and (b) we demonstrate that earlier analyses may be overlooking the problem of normality and endogeneity in regression models (and we provide alternate methods like instrumental variable and distribution dynamics to control for these). In this paper we analyze the per capita income growth at the subnational level in India for the period 1981-82 to 2010-11 using an expanded growth framework. We find that initial incomes, the ratio of working age group to total population, political stability and alliance, and the extent of development expenditure play a positive and significant role in predicting growth. We also find that, contrary to popular belief, the presence of marginalized groups-namely Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes-have not been a hindrance to growth of per capita incomes in states. Our findings on the influence of social institutions may have significant implications for a public policy of affirmative action in India. The results on the impact of development expenditure on growth is also important for states seeking to increase their growth rates through policy intervention.
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- 2020
6. Viewing benefit sharing in global health research through the lens of Aristotelian justice
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Bege Dauda and Kris Dierickx
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Medical Ethics ,Moral Obligations ,Community-Based Participatory Research ,Biomedical Research ,Health (social science) ,Social Issues ,GENETIC-RESOURCES ,International Cooperation ,Social Sciences ,ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING ,Global Health ,0603 philosophy, ethics and religion ,Through-the-lens metering ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Social Justice ,Realm ,Social Sciences - Other Topics ,Global health ,ALTRUISM ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Justice (ethics) ,Sociology ,GLOBALIZATION ,Set (psychology) ,Developing Countries ,Law and economics ,Ethics ,International relations ,Social Responsibility ,Research ethics ,Science & Technology ,ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION ,Benefit sharing ,Health Policy ,06 humanities and the arts ,Altruism ,Biomedical Social Sciences ,Social Sciences, Biomedical ,TIME ,Philosophy ,Issues, ethics and legal aspects ,Law ,Health Resources ,060301 applied ethics ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine ,CLINICAL-TRIALS - Abstract
The ethics of benefit sharing has been a topical issue in global health research in resource-limited countries. It pertains to the distribution of goods, benefits and advantages to the research participants, communities and countries that are involved in research. One of the nuances in benefit sharing is the ethical justification on which the concept should be based. Extensive literature outlining the different principles underlying benefit sharing is available. The purpose of this paper is to examine the proposed principles using Aristotelian principles of justice. The paper assesses the central idea of Aristotelian justice and applies and evaluates this idea to benefit sharing in research, especially when commercial research sponsors conduct research in resource-limited countries. Two categories of Aristotelian justice-universal and particular-were examined and their contribution to the benefit-sharing discourse assessed. On the one hand, benefit sharing in accordance with universal justice requires that for-profit research sponsors obey the legal regulations and international standards set for benefit sharing. On the other hand, benefit sharing in accordance with particular justice transcends obeying legal requirements and standards to a realm of acting in an ethically accepted manner. Accordingly, the paper further examines three perspectives of particular justice and develops ethical justification for benefit sharing in global health research. As Aristotelian justice is still relevant to the contemporary discourse on justice, this paper broadens the ethical justifications of benefit sharing in global health research. ispartof: Journal of Medical Ethics vol:43 issue:6 pages:417-421 ispartof: location:England status: published
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- 2016
7. Network structure reveals patterns of legal complexity in human society: The case of the Constitutional legal network.
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Lee, Bokwon, Lee, Kyu-Min, and Yang, Jae-Suk
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ECONOMIC systems ,COMPLEXITY (Philosophy) ,BIPARTITE graphs ,SOCIAL groups ,INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
Complexity in nature has been broadly found not only in physical and biological systems but also in social and economic systems. Although many studies have examined complex systems and helped us understand real-world complexity, the investigation to the legal complexity has not been thoroughly investigated. Here we introduce a novel approach to studying complex legal systems using complex network approaches. On the basis of the bipartite relations among Constitution articles and Court decisions, we built a complex legal network and found the system shows the heterogeneous structure as generally observed in many complex social systems. By treating legal networks as unique political regimes, we examine whether structural properties of the systems have been influenced as the society changes, or not. On one hand, there is a core structure in all legal networks regardless of any social circumstances. On the other hand, with relative comparison among different regimes’ networks, we could identify characteristic structural properties that reveal their identity. Our analysis would contribute to provide a better understanding of legal complexity and practical guidelines for use in various legal and social applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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8. Gender mainstreaming on the ground? The case of EU development aid towards Rwanda
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Debusscher, Petra
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development policy ,INSTITUTIONALISM ,international relations ,SOCIETY ,Social Sciences ,neo-institutionalism ,EUROPEAN-UNION ,foreign policy ,Sociology ,European Commission ,civil society ,gender policy ,implementation ,political science ,EQUALITY POLICIES ,Law and Political Science ,POST-GENOCIDE RWANDA - Abstract
This article investigates why gender mainstreaming has not occurred in European Union (EU) development aid towards Rwanda despite a two-sided receptiveness from Rwanda and the EUs Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation. I use a feminist institutionalist approach to examine formal and informal institutions as well as the actors, networks and processes involved in policy formation and implementation. I argue that the largest stumbling block to effective implementation is an institutional weakness at the EU level which involves a decoupling of formal and informal institutions and leads to the ceremonial behaviour of gender policy actors and a limited, instrumental policy guided by gendered assumptions. These reproduce further stereotypes and contribute to an asymmetrical power play within the institutions. This can disadvantage women and staff working on gender equality. Finally, the EUs institutional practices structurally marginalize the voices of Rwandan women and their movement which is problematic in the context of an increasingly authoritarian state.
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- 2014
9. Collaboration patterns in the German political science co-authorship network.
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Leifeld, Philip, Wankmüller, Sandra, Berger, Valentin T. Z., Ingold, Karin, and Steiner, Christiane
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SOCIAL processes ,POLITICAL science ,AUTHORSHIP collaboration ,INTERNATIONAL relations ,BIG data - Abstract
Research on social processes in the production of scientific output suggests that the collective research agenda of a discipline is influenced by its structural features, such as “invisible colleges” or “groups of collaborators” as well as academic “stars” that are embedded in, or connect, these research groups. Based on an encompassing dataset that takes into account multiple publication types including journals and chapters in edited volumes, we analyze the complete co-authorship network of all 1,339 researchers in German political science. Through the use of consensus graph clustering techniques and descriptive centrality measures, we identify the ten largest research clusters, their research topics, and the most central researchers who act as bridges and connect these clusters. We also aggregate the findings at the level of research organizations and consider the inter-university co-authorship network. The findings indicate that German political science is structured by multiple overlapping research clusters with a dominance of the subfields of international relations, comparative politics and political sociology. A small set of well-connected universities takes leading roles in these informal research groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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10. Bounded Confidence under Preferential Flip: A Coupled Dynamics of Structural Balance and Opinions.
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Parravano, Antonio, Andina-Díaz, Ascensión, and Meléndez-Jiménez, Miguel A.
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SEGREGATION ,INTERNATIONAL relations ,SOCIAL dynamics ,SOCIAL sciences ,POLITICAL parties - Abstract
In this work we study the coupled dynamics of social balance and opinion formation. We propose a model where agents form opinions under bounded confidence, but only considering the opinions of their friends. The signs of social ties -friendships and enmities- evolve seeking for social balance, taking into account how similar agents’ opinions are. We consider both the case where opinions have one and two dimensions. We find that our dynamics produces the segregation of agents into two cliques, with the opinions of agents in one clique differing from those in the other. Depending on the level of bounded confidence, the dynamics can produce either consensus of opinions within each clique or the coexistence of several opinion clusters in a clique. For the uni-dimensional case, the opinions in one clique are all below the opinions in the other clique, hence defining a “left clique” and a “right clique”. In the two-dimensional case, our numerical results suggest that the two cliques are separated by a hyperplane in the opinion space. We also show that the phenomenon of unidimensional opinions identified by DeMarzo, Vayanos and Zwiebel (Q J Econ 2003) extends partially to our dynamics. Finally, in the context of politics, we comment about the possible relation of our results to the fragmentation of an ideology and the emergence of new political parties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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11. The Development of the International Organization (IO) and Organizational Sociology Theories and Perspectives. Part 2- Definitions and Types of IO
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Medani P. Bhandari
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Sociological theory ,Structure (mathematical logic) ,International relations ,organizations theory ,Regime theory ,international organizations ,Organizational studies ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Social Sciences ,Pharmaceutical Science ,international relation ,organizational sociology ,Globalization ,Original position ,Complementary and alternative medicine ,Institution ,regime theory ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Engineering ethics ,Sociology ,globalization ,media_common - Abstract
This paper provides a pedagogical overview of how international organizations were formed, for what purposes and how their structure has been changed. The distinction between formal organizational studies and studies of international organizations is minimal, because both help to widen the idea of creating an original position for better combinations of favorable circumstances or situations in human affairs. The chapter will explain, the origin of the term international organization (OR); historical roots of or studies; and define or; analyze the types of ORs in the contemporary world; reveals the relationship between the international relation (IR) and regime theories application in the OR’s studies; and the impact of the globalization. The chapter also unveils the relationships between organizational sociology and OR and finally it gives a general outline on the application institution theory in the study of OR following a brief summary. Organizations have the ability of inspiring and bringing people in concert to achieve combined goals. They are accountable for determining the intelligence needed to meet their goals. This chapter provides a glimmer of international organizations theory, origin, historical account, definitions and utilization of contemporary academic world intertwined with the international relations, regime and globalization as well as the organizational sociological theories and perspectives can be utilized to study of international organizations. This chapter will help to understand the historical account of international organization, pedagogical development and contemporary theories and practices of international organizations and organizational sociology.
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- 2019
12. The Development of the International Organization and Organizational Sociology Theories and Perspectives. Part 1-The Origin
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Medani P. Bhandari
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Structure (mathematical logic) ,International relations ,Sociological theory ,organizations theory ,regime theory ,Regime theory ,international organizations ,Organizational studies ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Social Sciences ,international relation ,organizational sociology ,Globalization ,Original position ,Complementary and alternative medicine ,Institution ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Engineering ethics ,Sociology ,globalization ,media_common - Abstract
This paper provides an overview of how international organizations were formed, for what purposes and how their structure has been changed. The distinction between formal organizational studies and studies of international organizations is minimal, because both help to widen the idea of creating an original position for better combinations of favorable circumstances or situations in human affairs. The chapter will explain, the origin of the term international organization (OR); historical roots of or studies; and define or; analyze the types of ORs in the contemporary world; reveals the relationship between the international relation (IR) and regime theories application in the OR’s studies; and the impact of the globalization. The chapter also unveils the relationships between organizational sociology and OR and finally it gives a general outline on the application institution theory in the study of OR following a brief summary. Organizations have the ability of inspiring and bringing people in concert to achieve combined goals. They are accountable for determining the intelligence needed to meet their goals. This chapter provides a glimmer of international organizations theory, origin, historical account, definitions and utilization of contemporary academic world intertwined with the international relations, regime and globalization as well as the organizational sociological theories and perspectives can be utilized to study of international organizations. This chapter will help to understand the historical account of international organization, pedagogical development and contemporary theories and practices of international organizations and organizational sociology.
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- 2019
13. The Development of the International Organization (IO) and Organizational Sociology Theories and Perspectives. Part 3 - Definitions and Types of IO
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Medani P. Bhandari
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Sociological theory ,Structure (mathematical logic) ,International relations ,organizations theory ,regime theory ,Regime theory ,international organizations ,Organizational studies ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Social Sciences ,international relation ,organizational sociology ,Globalization ,Original position ,Complementary and alternative medicine ,Institution ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Engineering ethics ,Sociology ,globalization ,media_common - Abstract
This paper provides a pedagogical overview of how international organizations were formed, for what purposes and how their structure has been changed. The distinction between formal organizational studies and studies of international organizations is minimal, because both help to widen the idea of creating an original position for better combinations of favorable circumstances or situations in human affairs. The chapter will explain, the origin of the term international organization (OR); historical roots of or studies; and define or; analyze the types of ORs in the contemporary world; reveals the relationship between the international relation (IR) and regime theories application in the OR’s studies; and the impact of the globalization. The chapter also unveils the relationships between organizational sociology and OR and finally it gives a general outline on the application institution theory in the study of OR following a brief summary. Organizations have the ability of inspiring and bringing people in concert to achieve combined goals. They are accountable for determining the intelligence needed to meet their goals. This chapter provides a glimmer of international organizations theory, origin, historical account, definitions and utilization of contemporary academic world intertwined with the international relations, regime and globalization as well as the organizational sociological theories and perspectives can be utilized to study of international organizations. This chapter will help to understand the historical account of international organization, pedagogical development and contemporary theories and practices of international organizations and organizational sociology.
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- 2019
14. Networked partisanship and framing: A socio-semantic network analysis of the Italian debate on migration
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Elena Pavan, Tommaso Radicioni, Fabio Saracco, and Tiziano Squartini
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FOS: Computer and information sciences ,European People ,Social Sciences ,Applied Physics (physics.app-ph) ,Elections ,Geographical locations ,Biology and political orientation ,Governments ,Sociology ,Hostility ,Ethnicities ,Multidisciplinary ,Collection Review ,International Relations ,Politics ,Social Communication ,Computer Science - Social and Information Networks ,Physics - Applied Physics ,Semantics ,Italian People ,Europe ,Italy ,Social Networks ,Government ,Medicine ,Network Analysis ,Political Parties ,Computer and Information Sciences ,Distancing ,Science ,Human Migration ,Political Science ,Twitter ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Context (language use) ,Public Policy ,Political science ,Humans ,Social media ,European Union ,Semantic Web ,Social and Information Networks (cs.SI) ,Polarization (politics) ,Communications ,Framing (social sciences) ,Political economy ,Elite ,People and Places ,Population Groupings ,Social Media - Abstract
The huge amount of data made available by the massive usage of social media has opened up the unprecedented possibility to carry out a data-driven study of political processes. While particular attention has been paid to phenomena like elite and mass polarization during online debates and echo-chambers formation, the interplay between online partisanship and framing practices, jointly sustaining adversarial dynamics, still remains overlooked. With the present paper, we carry out a socio-semantic analysis of the debate about migration policies observed on the Italian Twittersphere, across the period May-November 2019. As regards the social analysis, our methodology allows us to extract relevant information about the political orientation of the communities of users—hereby calledpartisan communities—without resorting upon any external information. Remarkably, our community detection technique is sensitive enough to clearly highlight the dynamics characterizing the relationship among different political forces. As regards the semantic analysis, our networks of hashtags display a mesoscale structure organized in a core-periphery fashion, across the entire observation period. Taken altogether, our results point at different, yet overlapping, trajectories of conflict played out using migration issues as a backdrop. A first line opposes communities discussing substantively of migration to communities approaching this issue just to fuel hostility against political opponents; within the second line, a mechanism of distancing between partisan communities reflects shifting political alliances within the governmental coalition. Ultimately, our results contribute to shed light on the complexity of the Italian political context characterized by multiple poles of partisan alignment.
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- 2021
15. Contested Inclusions: Pitfalls of NGO Peace-Building Activities in Liberia Umstrittene Inklusion: Fallstricke bei peace-building-Aktivitäten von NRO in Liberia
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Veronika Fuest
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Social Anthropology ,Sociology ,Political Science ,Development Studies ,Peace-Building, Non-Governmental Organizations, Parties to Conflicts/Conflict Participants, Social Participation, Development Policy Strategies, Local Politics, Tradition, Secret Societies ,300, 303, 320, 327 ,Liberia ,Present ,Ethnologie ,Soziologie ,Politikwissenschaft ,Peace-Building, Nichtregierungsorganisation, Konfliktpartei/Konfliktbeteiligte, Soziale Partizipation, Entwicklungspolitische Strategie, Lokalpolitik, Tradition, Geheimbund ,Gegenwart ,History of Africa ,DT1-3415 ,International relations ,JZ2-6530 ,Social Sciences - Abstract
In post-war situations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) feature highly in peace-building processes in their (perceived) capacities as both representatives of civil society and as grassroots agents to be employed in the reconstruction and transformation of society. As elsewhere, in Liberia, peace-building approaches include, first, international blueprints of representation that intend to empower groups generally perceived to be socially subordinate and, second, supporting traditional institutions considered social capital in reconciliation. Using the example of Liberia, this paper explores how in local conflict arenas, NGO workshops – the most popular mode of participatory intervention – are interpreted and appropriated by local actors; it highlights some fallacies and unintended consequences of inclusive procedures in practice and questions the support furnished to heads of gendered secret societies. Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NRO) wird in Nachkriegsphasen hohe Kompetenz in Bezug auf peace-building-Prozesse zugesprochen, denn sie repräsentieren die civil society und stellen gleichzeitig Akteure, die an der Basis zum Wiederaufbau und zur gesellschaftlichen Transformation beitragen können. Auch in Liberia schließen peace-building-Konzepte an erster Stelle international erarbeitete Zielvorgaben zur Repräsentanz ein und sehen erstens eine Beteiligung von Gruppen mit niedrigem sozialen Status vor und zweitens die Unterstützung traditioneller Institutionen, die als soziales Kapital im Aussöhnungsprozess angesehen werden. Die Autorin untersucht am Beispiel Liberia, inwieweit NRO-workshops – die beliebteste Form der partizipativen Intervention – in Konfliktzonen von lokalen Akteuren interpretiert und für eigene Ziele genutzt werden; sie verweist auf irrtümliche Annahmen und unbeabsichtigte Konsequenzen der praktischen Anwendung inklusiver Verfahren und stellt die Unterstützung in Frage, die Oberhäuptern geschlechtsspezifischer Geheimgesellschaften zuteil wird.
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- 2010
16. Counter-hegemony, anti-globalisation and culture in International Political Economy.
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Worth, Owen and Kuhling, Carmen
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GLOBALIZATION ,HEGEMONY ,ECONOMICS ,CULTURAL imperialism ,AUTHORITY ,INTERNATIONAL relations ,INTERNATIONAL business enterprises ,POLITICAL science ,SOCIAL sciences ,SOCIOLOGY - Abstract
This article argues that studies of counter-hegemony and resistance in International Political Economy (IPE) have often ignored the cultural dimensions of anti-globalisation. We argue that a greater understanding of the elements needed for the articulation of counter-hegemony within IPE can be achieved through an engagement with the traditions inherent in the Birmingham School, and with the elements of Situationism contained within the anti-consumerist movement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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17. Reply to Radder
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Wynne, Brian
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SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIAL sciences ,SCIENTIFIC knowledge ,SOCIOLOGY of knowledge ,INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
In his response to the Special Issue of this journal on "The Politics of SSK," Hans Radder makes two main points about the relations of politics and sociology of scientific knowledge. First, he argues that science and technology studies (STS) can and should go beyond descriptive analyses of the politics of science and technology, to engage in normative criticisms, assessments or recommendations. Significantly, however, he restricts his vision of this engagement to a certain type of STS normativity. Thus, the role for STS of offering reflexive critique of existing public issue-definitions goes hand-in-hand with the normative role of helping change existing definitions of agency, and of encouraging problematization of entrenched ideas of the human subject, and of human relations.
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- 1998
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18. The Political Contexts of Religious Exchanges: A Study on Chinese Protestants’ International Relations
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Tobias Brandner
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Christentum ,Far East ,descriptive study ,Sociology and Political Science ,deskriptive Studie ,Sociology & anthropology ,Protestantism ,Entwicklungsland ,bilateral relations ,Sociology ,Social science ,Survey ,Political science ,lcsh:Social sciences and state - Asia (Asian studies only) ,regional integration ,bilaterale Beziehungen ,worldview ,Nachbarschaft ,international relations ,Christianity in Asia ,Protestantismus ,Minderheitenpolitik ,Religion ,Ecumenism ,lcsh:Political institutions and public administration - Asia (Asian studies only) ,ecumenism in Asia ,internationale Kommunikation ,ddc:301 ,internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik ,General Economics, Econometrics and Finance ,Typology ,China ,Asia ,lcsh:H53 ,Politikwissenschaft ,international communication ,lcsh:JQ1-6651 ,Internationale Beziehungen ,Social sciences ,Christianity ,Politics ,regionale Integration ,Weltbild ,Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture ,neighborhood ,politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur ,Ostasien ,International relations ,international church relations ,Contemporary ,Religionssoziologie ,Weltordnung ,minority ,anwendungsorientiert ,world order ,developing country ,International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy ,Asien ,Protestant ,Soziologie, Anthropologie ,minority policy ,applied research ,Dominance (economics) ,Minderheit ,Political economy ,ddc:320 ,Political Science and International Relations ,Sociology of Religion ,ddc:327 - Abstract
"This article surveys the complex ecumenical, missionary and international church relations of Chinese Protestant Christians. It argues that the inter-church relations to other parts of Asia are overshadowed by relations to Christians in the West, thus reflecting a political preoccupation with relationships to the West. This is evidenced by an analysis of worldwide and Asian ecumenism as well as bilateral church and missionary relationships. The dominance of contacts with the West not only contradicts the idea of a multipolar world and increased South-South contacts, it also stands in contrast to the reality of growing and increasingly important Christianity in Asia. Methodologically, this paper analyses different kinds of international relations (multilateral and bilateral, inter-church and missionary) and develops a typology of different inter-church and inter-state relations to assess international church relations in Asia today. The typology shows how China's international church relations support its political relationships with its neighbours and beyond." (author's abstract)
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- 2013
19. Transnational Chinese Sphere in Singapore: Dynamics, Transformations and Characteristics
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Hong Liu
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soziales Netzwerk ,Organisationen ,Far East ,Sociology and Political Science ,Immigration ,Einwanderung ,Identity (social science) ,Diaspora ,empirisch-quantitativ ,Sociology ,Migration ,media_common ,lcsh:Social sciences and state - Asia (Asian studies only) ,quantitative empirical ,Singapore ,Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ,empirisch ,international relations ,Wirtschaft ,Southeast Asia ,historical ,lcsh:Political institutions and public administration - Asia (Asian studies only) ,economy ,ddc:300 ,social network ,China, Singapore ,internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik ,General Economics, Econometrics and Finance ,immigration ,Historic and contemporary ,lcsh:H53 ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Homeland ,lcsh:JQ1-6651 ,Internationale Beziehungen ,Social sciences ,Transformation ,Politics ,Südostasien ,Immigrants ,anthropology ,immigrants ,transnational social sphere ,historic and contemporary ,Development economics ,Migration, Sociology of Migration ,China ,Social sciences, sociology, anthropology ,Ostasien ,organizations ,International relations ,Chinese ,historisch ,Social network ,business.industry ,Bevölkerungsentwicklung ,population development ,Singapur ,International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy ,Political economy ,Political Science and International Relations ,empirical ,business ,ddc:327 - Abstract
Based upon an empirical analysis of Singaporean Chinese's intriguing and changing linkages with China over the past half century, this paper suggests that multi-layered interactions between the Chinese diaspora and the homeland have led to the formulation of an emerging transnational Chinese social sphere, which has three main characteristics: First, it is a space for communication by ethnic Chinese abroad with their hometown/ homeland through steady and extensive flows of people, ideas, goods and capital that transcend the nation-state borders, although states also play an important role in shaping the nature and characteristics of these flows. Second, this transnational social sphere constitutes a dynamic interface between economy, politics and culture, which has contributed to creating a collective diasporic identity as well as social and business networks. Third, the key institutional mechanism of the transnational social sphere is various types of Chinese organizations – ranging from hometown associations to professional organizations – which serve as integral components of Chinese social and business networks.
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- 2012
20. Official/ Unofficial: Information Management and Social Association
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Kay Hearn
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weapon ,Information management ,History ,non-governmental organization ,Sociology and Political Science ,soziale Bewegung ,Corporatism ,social relations ,Public administration ,Öffentlichkeit ,Tibet ,ddc:070 ,Afrika ,theory application ,Sudan ,State (polity) ,Geschichte ,China ,internet ,civil society ,corporatism ,government ,nongovernmental organisations ,Sociology ,internationale Beziehungen ,Political science ,Berichterstattung ,media_common ,lcsh:Social sciences and state - Asia (Asian studies only) ,reporting ,Reductionism ,Demokratisierung ,communication ,General History ,international relations ,Partei ,Regierung ,the public ,commerce ,historical ,AIDS ,lcsh:Political institutions and public administration - Asia (Asian studies only) ,The Internet ,party ,internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik ,General Economics, Econometrics and Finance ,ddc:900 ,allgemeine Geschichte ,Handel ,Civil society ,nichtstaatliche Organisation ,Asia ,Theorieanwendung ,lcsh:H53 ,Politikwissenschaft ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Association (object-oriented programming) ,interaction ,lcsh:JQ1-6651 ,Social sciences ,soziale Beziehungen ,Interactive, electronic Media ,Medien ,Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture ,Diskurs ,interaktive, elektronische Medien ,News media, journalism, publishing ,politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur ,Contemporary ,Internet ,Government ,historisch ,business.industry ,political sciences ,media ,information management ,Kommunikation ,Interaktion ,Informationsmanagement ,democratization ,International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy ,social movement ,Asien ,contemporary ,ddc:320 ,Africa ,Political Science and International Relations ,Waffe ,discourse ,Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen ,business ,ddc:327 - Abstract
This paper explores the debates around civil society and corporatism as ways of understanding changes in social association, including non-governmental organisations and protest groups, and information management in relation to the development of the Internet. Both concepts have been used to examine the changes that have taken place since the implementation of the Open Door Policy and more recently the development of the Internet, and have shed light on the way in which new forms of social association operate, and on their relationship to the government. However, both concepts tend to be deterministic and reductionist positions. Instead, I use a centre-margin analysis based on medium theory to explore the relationship between the state and society as a way of shedding light on the interaction between the government and NGOs and on how the state manages the flow of information in order to shape public discourse.
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- 2010
21. Submerged Nations Surfacing in Research.
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Murvar, Vatro
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INTERNATIONAL relations ,POLITICAL science ,SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIAL sciences ,ETHICS - Abstract
The article reviews two books on international politics. "Nonstate Nations in International Politics: Comparative System Analyses," edited by Judy S. Bertelsen; "Nations Without a State: Ethnic Minorities of Western Europe," edited by Charles R. Foster. Bertelsen and Foster have gathered some substantive essays on submerged nations-a configuration of several issues of utmost importance. Until now this has been completely neglected in national and international politics and also by social scientists, who should be better prepared to understand the impact of these new phenomena. All the chapters in both collections, written by distinguished specialists in their respective areas, are almost uniformly of superb quality. The two books have a great deal in common, and they are unique thus far in that they represent intrepid pioneering in new subject matter in political sociology, political science, and comparative history.
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- 1982
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22. RUSSIAN POLICY IN POST-SOVIET SPACE: MILESTONES AND CURRENT STATUS
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Sergey Valerievich Bespalov
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CIS ,International relations ,Economic growth ,Common Economic Space ,Appeal ,Social Sciences ,Geopolitics ,Politics ,Customs union ,Foreign policy ,Comparative research ,Political economy ,Eurasian integration ,Position (finance) ,Customs Union ,Sociology ,post-Soviet space ,Russia's foreign policy - Abstract
The paper examines the main trends in the development of bilateral relations in the post-Soviet Eurasia and is characterized the evolution of Russian foreign policy in the post-Soviet space using historiosophical and comparative research methods. Formulated periodization of Russian policy toward the region , taking into account the geopolitical , foreign , domestic economic and domestic factors. Current state of Russian policy towards neighboring countries and the prospects for improving its performance are analyzed in the article. The author identifies the main problem areas of the current state of international relations in the region and identifies opportunities available to Russia to strengthen the integration processes. Concludes that , without abandoning the appeal in a number of cases to the general traditions common historical experience accumulated over decades or even centuries of living together within a single state and remains an important resource in Russian politics , Russia needs to position itself as a state, able to provide its partners those preferences and assistance ( financial, informational , educational services , etc.) , which they need , and who expect to get - usually without good reason - other centers of world politics . Offers practical guidance for experts, politicians , managers and representatives of public organizations.
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- 2014
23. Rozwój nauk społecznych w rozważaniach Immanuela Wallersteina - implikacje dla teorii stosunków międzynarodowych
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Remigiusz Rosicki
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International relations ,Emancipation ,Constitution ,Process (engineering) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Theory of international relations ,Nauki społeczne ,Immanuel Wallerstein ,Social sciences ,Teoria stosunków międzynarodowych ,Political Science and International Relations ,Sociology ,Social science ,Scientific disciplines ,media_common - Abstract
The paper presents an analysis of the social science development concept of Immanuel Wallerstein. In general terms we can say that the development of social sciences was based on a process of emancipation of individual subjects of research and validation of research methods. I. Wallerstein drew attention to the process of emancipation of individual disciplines, therefore we can talk about the separation of philosophy, followed by social sciences and, negatively evaluated by I. Wallerstein, applied social sciences. With the constitution of individual disciplines we dealt with the process of polarising methodological positions, which can be roughly described as the concept of two cultures. The text describes the following issues: (1) the directions of emancipation of scientific disciplines, (2) the processes of emancipation of scientific disciplines, (3) the dynamics of changes in social sciences, (4) the effects of changes occurring in sciences. In addition to the main assumptions of I. Wallerstein on science, the text attempts to confront these assumptions with the achievements of T.S. Kuhn, R.K. Merton and C.W. Mills. The aim of the article is to point out the implications for the “theory of international relations” deriving from the general trends in the development of social sciences. This issue has come down to only selected issues of: microscopisation, idealisation, metaphorical use, deformation, transcendentalisation, fictionalisation and fetishisation of notions in the “theory of international relations”. The aim of the article is to point out the implications for the theory of international relations deriving from the general trends in the development of social sciences. This issue is presented by focussing on selected questions of: microscopisation, idealisation, methaporical use, deformation, fictionalisation and fetishisation of notions in the theory of international relations. Artykuł przedstawia analizę koncepcji rozwoju nauk społecznych Immanuela Wallersteina. W ogólnym zarysie można powiedzieć, że rozwój nauk społecznych opierał się na procesie emancypacji poszczególnych przedmiotów badań i uprawomocnienia się metod badawczych. I. Wallerstein zwracał uwagę na proces emancypacyjny poszczególnych dyscyplin, dlatego też możemy mówić o wyodrębnieniu się filozofii, w dalszej kolejności nauk społecznych oraz negatywnie ocenianych przez I. Wallersteina nauk społecznych stosowanych. Wraz z konstytuowaniem się poszczególnych dyscyplin naukowych mieliśmy do czynienia z polaryzacją stanowisk metodologicznych, które to w skrócie można określić pojęciem dwóch kultur. W tekście podjęto następująca problematykę: (1) kierunki emancypacji dyscyplin naukowych, (2) procesy emancypacyjne dyscyplin naukowych, (3) dynamikę zmian w naukach społecznych, (4) skutki zmian występujących w naukach. Oprócz głównych założeń myśli I. Wallersteina na temat nauki w tekście podjęto próbę konfrontacji tych założeń z dorobkiem T. S. Kuhna, R. K. Mertona i C. W. Millsa. W artykule wskazano implikacje dla teorii stosunków międzynarodowych w związku z ogólnymi procesami rozwoju nauk społecznych. Problematyka ta została sprowadzona do wybranych kwestii: mikroskopizacji, idealizacji, metaforyki, deformacji, transcendentalizacji, fikcjonalizacji i fetyszyzacji pojęć w teorii stosunków międzynarodowych.
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- 2012
24. A contextual typology for the study of the relationship between political instability and tourism
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Antonis L. Theocharous and Θεοχάρους, Αντώνης Λ.
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Typology ,International relations ,Process (engineering) ,Tourism geography ,Politics ,Social Sciences ,Tourism ,International politics ,Variation (linguistics) ,Literature ,Economics and Business ,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management ,Environmental impact assessment ,Sociology ,Marketing ,Positive economics - Abstract
This paper endeavours to shed some new light onto the political dimensions of tourism, by contributing and enhancing understanding of the institutional dimensions of political instability and tourism. It aims to show, specifically, that tourism often is the result of politics, that it is inextricably intertwined sometimes with national politics, and often with international politics, social and environmental impacts, and thus has a direct and indirect influence, which cannot be ignored. To this end, at a first step a working definition of 'political instability' will be provided so as to facilitate the process of reviewing and critically assessing the extant literature. At a subsequent step, a contextual typology for the study of the relationship between political instability and tourism is developed. This typology has as its major objectives • to assist the categorisation and analysis of the relevant literature • to enable future researchers to empirically apply an analytical approach that it will delineate the basic sources of variation of the various conceptual themes relating political instability and tourism.
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- 2010
25. Good Fences: The Importance of Setting Boundaries for Peaceful Coexistence.
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Rutherford, Alex, Harmon, Dion, Werfel, Justin, Gard-Murray, Alexander S., Bar-Yam, Shlomiya, Gros, Andreas, Xulvi-Brunet, Ramon, and Bar-Yam, Yaneer
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INTERNATIONAL relations ,ETHNIC groups ,RELIGIOUS diversity ,GEOGRAPHIC boundaries ,CULTURAL pluralism ,COMPUTATIONAL biology - Abstract
We consider the conditions of peace and violence among ethnic groups, testing a theory designed to predict the locations of violence and interventions that can promote peace. Characterizing the model's success in predicting peace requires examples where peace prevails despite diversity. Switzerland is recognized as a country of peace, stability and prosperity. This is surprising because of its linguistic and religious diversity that in other parts of the world lead to conflict and violence. Here we analyze how peaceful stability is maintained. Our analysis shows that peace does not depend on integrated coexistence, but rather on well defined topographical and political boundaries separating groups, allowing for partial autonomy within a single country. In Switzerland, mountains and lakes are an important part of the boundaries between sharply defined linguistic areas. Political canton and circle (sub-canton) boundaries often separate religious groups. Where such boundaries do not appear to be sufficient, we find that specific aspects of the population distribution guarantee either sufficient separation or sufficient mixing to inhibit intergroup violence according to the quantitative theory of conflict. In exactly one region, a porous mountain range does not adequately separate linguistic groups and that region has experienced significant violent conflict, leading to the recent creation of the canton of Jura. Our analysis supports the hypothesis that violence between groups can be inhibited by physical and political boundaries. A similar analysis of the area of the former Yugoslavia shows that during widespread ethnic violence existing political boundaries did not coincide with the boundaries of distinct groups, but peace prevailed in specific areas where they did coincide. The success of peace in Switzerland may serve as a model to resolve conflict in other ethnically diverse countries and regions of the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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26. International Factors in the Formation of Refugee Movements
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Astri Suhrke, Aristide R. Zolberg, and Sergio Aguayo
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Latin Americans ,Social Problems ,Refugee ,Population ,Population Dynamics ,Social Sciences ,Social issues ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,0502 economics and business ,Development economics ,050602 political science & public administration ,Psychology ,Social conflict ,Sociology ,050207 economics ,education ,Developing Countries ,Demography ,Transients and Migrants ,International relations ,Behavior ,Motivation ,Refugees ,education.field_of_study ,Politics ,05 social sciences ,Social change ,Emigration and Immigration ,Models, Theoretical ,0506 political science ,Foreign policy - Abstract
On the basis of detailed case studies by the authors of the principal refugee flows generated in Asia, Africa, and Latin America from approximately 1960 to the present, it was found that international factors often intrude both directly and indirectly on the major types of social conflict that trigger refugee flows, and tend to exacerbate their effects. Refugees are also produced by conflicts that are manifestly international, but which are themselves often related to internal social conflict among the antagonists. Theoretical frameworks for the analysis of the causes of refugee movements must therefore reflect the transnational character of the processes involved. This paper sets forth such a framework and points to the policy implications of the proposed reconceptualization.
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- 1986
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