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102. Recognition in interaction: theoretical and empirical observations.
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Koskinen, Emmi, Laitinen, Arto, and Stevanovic, Melisa
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SOCIAL theory ,CONVERSATION analysis ,RECOGNITION (Philosophy) ,IDEA (Philosophy) ,IMPLICIT learning ,SOCIOLOGICAL research ,RECOGNITION (Psychology) - Abstract
In the current paper we aim to combine the theoretical ideas of recognition theory to conversation analytical, empirical observations. We ask what recognition theories can give to conversation analysis, and vice versa. We operate on a model of recognition that consists of three different modes: respect, esteem, and love/care, and which distinguishes the levels of conversational actions and the attitudes of recognition manifested in such actions. In this study we examine data examples from various conversational settings (institutional, quasi-experimental, family interaction) and activities (decision-making, storytelling), focusing on the more complex cases of (mis)recognition. We show how recognition can appear both explicitly and implicitly in conversational sequences, and demonstrate how the levels of conversational actions and recognition can be either congruent or incongruent with each other. At the end of the article, we discuss the implications of this view for the interface of conversation analysis and sociological theory, arguing that it can inform and promote the development of interactionally based social and societal critique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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103. LIQUID METHODOLOGY – METAPHOR AS A METHOD.
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Višić, Maroje
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METAPHOR ,SOCIAL theory ,EMPIRICAL research ,QUALITATIVE research - Abstract
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- 2024
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104. Social Theory for Quantum Times: Discourse Meets Agential Realism.
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Hoppania, Hanna-Kaisa
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SOCIAL action ,SOCIAL theory ,REALISM ,CRITICAL discourse analysis ,ETHICS - Published
- 2024
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105. Exploring Theories and Social Policy Changes During COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Mäntyneva, Päivi
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COVID-19 pandemic ,SOCIAL policy ,SOCIAL theory ,METHODOLOGY ,DIFFERENCES - Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges to the capacity of developed welfare states to meet emerging needs. In its initial year, the pandemic prompted a wave of new social policy programmes and modifications to existing ones. This study empirically investigates the applicability of various social theories in elucidating the dynamics of social policy changes during the COVID-19 crisis. Reflective analysis employs Hegelian dialectics as a methodological framework on established theories, including welfare regime theory, path dependence theory, path creation, and incorporates contemporary perspectives such as capability theory. The aim is to reflect and discern what these approaches explain and how these theoretical paradigms account for the observed shifts in social policy dynamics. The paper builds on previously published studies focused on the dynamics of persistence and change, mitigation and prevention, divergence and convergence, and continuity and irruption in social policies implemented in response to the pandemic. The article also contributes at developing a theoretical and methodological reflective approach to examine social policy changes in multiple contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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106. Vivir bajo el realismo capitalista. Trabajo muerto, violencia positiva y hauntología en el filme Aloners (2021).
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Almeyda Sarmiento, Juan David and Pereira de Souza, Herivelto
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DEVIANT behavior ,MODERN society ,SOCIAL theory ,CAPITALIST societies ,VIOLENCE - Abstract
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- 2024
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107. Reflections on Distance in Remote Placement Supervision: Bodies, Power, and Negative Education.
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Munday, Ian, Heinz, Manuela, and Gallagher, Brenda
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COVID-19 pandemic ,TEACHER educators ,TEACHER education ,SOCIAL theory ,OBSERVATION (Educational method) ,TEACHER development ,TEACHER-student relationships - Abstract
School placement plays a critical and complex role in the professional development of student teachers. When universities and schools shut their doors and moved all teaching activities online in March 2020, initial teacher education (ITE) providers across Ireland had to implement emergency alternative practicum supports in order to ensure that students could complete their ITE programmes. Many initial teacher education providers across Ireland introduced professional online conversations as an alternative approach to professional practice supervision. It is easy to view this response to the COVID-19 crisis in purely deficit terms. For obvious reasons, no sensible teacher educator would advocate for abandoning school visits and replacing them with online professional conversations. Nonetheless, emergency measures arguably brought about affordances to the delivery of teacher education, which are deserving of consideration and may help to inform future practice. In this paper, we draw on our recent experience of ITE emergency practicum supervision to explore assumptions and tensions inherent in traditional teacher education practices. We reflect on how we enacted and experienced professional student–tutor conversations without the normally preceding classroom observations and interrogate normalised assumptions about the value and purpose of classroom observation. Our reflections are infused with ideas gleaned from philosophy and sociological theory and are underpinned by a theoretical formulation which we call "negative education". "Negative education" refers to the learning that takes place as a consequence of deprivation. In these terms, we come to examine the negotiation of power and relationships in different learning environments. We explore the benefits of "zooming out", to disseminate power, and show how this helps to engage with the broader aspects of teaching which are so easily overlooked by both tutors and students during "normal" school visits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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108. Beyond the Unitary State: Multi-Level Governance, Politics, and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Animal Welfare.
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Chaney, Paul, Jones, Ian Rees, and Narayan, Nivedita
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ANIMAL welfare ,ANIMAL welfare laws ,POLITICAL culture ,SOCIAL theory ,CORPORATE culture ,FEDERAL government - Abstract
Simple Summary: Existing cross-cultural research on animal welfare often overlooks the way that policy and law are not the exclusive domain of central government. This can result in an over-simplification or misrepresentation of the true situation. The political culture and institutional arrangements for governing the modern state are more complex than a "one-size-fits-all" approach. It is argued that cross-cultural research needs to give greater attention to differences within as well as between unitary states. Specifically, it needs to examine developments in constituent nations and territories. Here we illustrate this by drawing on new research in the United Kingdom, and examine how 'devolution'—or decentralized government for Wales and Scotland—is providing contrasting opportunities for NGOs, campaigners, and the public to lobby to improve animal welfare policy based on local practices, beliefs, and demands (collectively known as the "political culture"). Our findings show how this is important because it results in contrasting animal welfare policies and laws in the constituent nations of the UK. It is argued that extant cross-cultural research on animal welfare often overlooks or gives insufficient attention to new governance theory, civil society, politics, and the realities of devolved or (quasi-)federal, multi-level governance in the modern state. This paper synthesizes relevant social theory and draws on new empirical findings of civil society accounts of campaigning on animal welfare policies and law in the United Kingdom. It is presented as a corrective to arguably reductive, earlier unitary state-based analyses. Our core, evidence-based argument is that cognizance of civil society activism and the contrasting institutional governance structures and political cultures of constituent nations in unitary states—such as the UK—are providing opportunities for the territorialization of legally grounded animal welfare regimes, and culturally distinctive practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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109. Re-situating Weber-reception in the circulation of knowledge: analyzing the intermediation of Chinese sociologists with overseas trajectory.
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Tsai, Po-Fang
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OVERSEAS Chinese ,DISCIPLINE of children ,SOCIOLOGISTS ,GAZE - Abstract
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- 2023
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110. Discussion of Timasheff's Paper.
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MacIver, Robert
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SOCIOLOGISTS ,SOCIAL sciences ,SOCIAL theory - Abstract
The article comments on sociologist Nichloas S. Timasheff's work on "Don Luigi Sturzo's Contribution to Sociological Theory." Timasheff makes his points with fine perception and his comments are not only illuminatory of Sturzo's positions but also unflinchingly expose the problems that at points may trouble the reader of Sturzo. Don Sturzo would have received more adequate recognition hut for his tendency to lay down some maxims which antagonized various groups of readers, but which, nevertheless, do not affect the actual course of his sociological arguments or the conclusion to which they lead. The logic of his initial dictum beguiled Sturzo into an occasional concession that is at odds with the tenor of his sociological teachings. Sturzo's sociological contribution is many-sided, but has scarcely entered into the stream of sociological thought. Aside from an appreciative study by Monsignor Paul Hanley Furfey, which, nevertheless, recognizes the primary difficulty the author has been discussing, and the favorable comments of a few other sociologists, he has been ignored as unimportant. Sturzo himself has made it more difficult for sociologists in general to appreciate the scale of his contribution; his polemical attitude towards other sociologists whose views were akin to his own was no doubt also responsible. He was an effective critic but, as Timasheff points out, over inclined to consider other theories only in their more extreme interpretations.
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- 1961
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111. Should we take sides?: Girard, Mouff e, et al on graceful divisiveness.
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Haw, Christopher Adam
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AMBIVALENCE ,SCAPEGOAT ,AGONISM (Political science) ,SOCIAL theory ,HEGEMONY - Abstract
This paper interprets the rhetoric and social phenomena of "taking sides" and "scapegoating" amidst radical societal division. Exploring the social mechanics of unity and division, I visit the work of René Girard and Chantal Mouffe, who offer a lucid ambivalence regarding the dilemma that neutrality is a practical impossibility. And in turning to implications of their shared paradox--that to be genuinely "peaceful" may require graceful divisiveness--I consider cases and theory on nonviolently fomenting conflict. In contrast with certain liberal social theories of transcending division, this paper treats the desire for politics beyond hegemony--or politics without a scapegoat--as something of an eschatological ideal, toward which Girard, Mouff e, and others offer a tension-filled, crypto-Augustinian, agonistic pluralism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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112. How to decenter neoliberalism in the analysis of contestation and change? Reflections on the usefulness of Foucault's (extended) governmentality approach
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Rondelez, Pieter
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Review Paper ,Hegemony ,Foucault ,Neoliberalism (international relations) ,Social change ,Social theory ,Epistemology ,Decentering neoliberalism ,Governmentality ,Politics ,Argument ,Sociology ,Counter-conduct ,Order (virtue) - Abstract
Neoliberalism has been key term of political and academic debate since the 1990s. Nevertheless, in spite of this centrality, the concept remains vague and highly contested. An influential approach to grasp neoliberalism is the governmentality approach. Nonetheless, academics have pointed to the limitations of using Foucault’s oeuvre on governmentality for understanding neoliberalism. In particular, they have urged to develop a more sober assessment of the theoretical possibilities of using Foucault’s method and concepts to understand (the hegemony of) globalized neoliberalism. In this article, I argue that Foucault’s method on governmentality is far from a limitation in social science. The latter deals with the study of social change. Scholars who want to study social change have to deal with an important epistemological problem: how to study social change without presupposing a certain outcome. Or how to study social change without feeding the hegemonic beast (neoliberalism) you want to slay in the first place? Starting from the argument that we have to go beyond neoliberalism in social theory, this article deals with the question how this could be achieved. I argue that Foucault’s (extended) notion of governmentality (taking into account the notion of counter-conduct) is a methodological concretization of the work of Leitner and colleagues who developed a research agenda in order to decenter neoliberalism in the analysis of contestation and change.
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- 2020
113. Institutions and institutionalisation: They're part of everyday life.
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Brett, Tom
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MEDICAL care ,MEDICAL personnel ,EVERYDAY life ,SOCIAL theory ,GENERAL practitioners - Abstract
Background Institutions are established patterns of recurrent social relationships playing a fundamental part in all our lives. The family is the best-known institution, but other 'total' institutions serve as organisations directly affecting the lives of many individuals in the healthcare sector. Objective This paper examines the sociological theory of institutionalisation as applied to individuals admitted to aged-care facilities, where the complete life-rounds of inmates occur within clearly defined limits. The study provides a framework to enable general practitioners, nurses and healthcare professionals to better appreciate the processes involved as individuals adapt to their new environment. Discussion Sociology provides valuable insights for healthcare providers in understanding how individuals adapt to their loss of independent living and find themselves subjected to intimate regulation in the total institution. The biopsychosocial model of healthcare delivery is better understood when we as health professionals have greater insights to appreciate the competing processes at work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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114. Wittgenstein: A Social Theory of Knowledge. By David Bloor. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1983. Pp. xi + 213. $25.00, cloth; $12.00, paper.)
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Ian Shapiro
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Sociology and Political Science ,Political Science and International Relations ,Columbia university ,Media studies ,Art history ,Sociology ,Social theory - Published
- 1985
115. “Seeing the Theory Is Believing”: Writing about Film to Reduce Theory Anxiety.
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Pelton, Julie A.
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SOCIOLOGY education (Higher) ,CURRICULUM ,ANXIETY ,ACTIVE learning ,AUTHORSHIP ,STUDENT assignments - Abstract
Both “theory” and “writing” engender a great deal of anxiety for the typical undergraduate sociology major. Writing-intensive theory courses increase this feeling exponentially. Active learning approaches to teaching theory are often advocated as a way to combat these fears, but few studies have tested whether these innovations effectively reduce student anxiety. This article describes and evaluates the Film Analysis Papers writing assignment designed to reduce student anxiety in an undergraduate theory course. I present data from a questionnaire that asked students to assess the effect of writing about film on theory anxiety. Findings show that the film assignment reduced anxiety about writing theoretically and improved student confidence in their ability to theorize. This study is unique in that it isolates the effect of active learning approaches on theory anxiety in order to understand whether anxiety mediates the relationship between active learning and learning outcomes in theory classes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2013
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116. Religious accommodation, agonism, agnosticism in healthcare: A commentary on Joshua Hordern, 'Accommodating religion and belief in healthcare: Political threats, agonistic democracy and established religion'.
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Wilkinson, Dominic J. C.
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HEALTH services accessibility ,COVID-19 ,DISCRIMINATION (Sociology) ,PRACTICAL politics ,SOCIAL theory ,SOCIAL justice ,EXTRACORPOREAL membrane oxygenation ,RELIGION & medicine ,HEALTH equity ,BIOETHICS - Abstract
The article offers information on the paper "Accommodating religion and belief in healthcare" Joshua Hordern starts by questioning whether the language of accommodation is itself problematic containing an implicit framing assumption that the default is for patients not to be religious. Topics include examines he cites and endorses the worry expressed by Lori Beaman, that this risks automatically biasing discourse against those who are religious by implying that some people's religious views.
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- 2023
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117. Seis hipótesis de trabajo para entender la delincuencia y el miedo al delito.
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Fernández-Ramírez, Baltasar
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FEAR of crime ,URBAN ecology ,SOCIAL theory ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
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- 2023
118. Studies in Social Theory, Volume II of Collected Papers
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Leon J. Goldstein, Alfred Schutz, and Arvid Brodersen
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Philosophy ,Contemporary philosophy ,Analytic philosophy ,Media studies ,Sociology ,Social theory ,Epistemology ,Volume (compression) - Published
- 1966
119. A conceptual model of social networks and mechanisms of cancer mortality, and potential strategies to improve survival: an invited commentary
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Yamile Molina
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Cancer survivorship ,Knowledge management ,Systematic Reviews ,Commentary/Position Paper ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Social Theory ,Terminology ,Social Networking ,03 medical and health sciences ,Behavioral Neuroscience ,0302 clinical medicine ,Leverage (negotiation) ,Survivorship curve ,Neoplasms ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Adaptation (computer science) ,Applied Psychology ,media_common ,Social network ,business.industry ,Social Support ,Cancer survival ,Models, Theoretical ,Policy ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Conceptual model ,Psychology ,business - Abstract
Women with larger personal social networks have better breast cancer survival and a lower risk of mortality. However, little work has examined the mechanisms through which social networks influence breast cancer outcomes and cancer outcomes more generally, potentially limiting the development of feasible, clinically effective interventions. In fact, much of the emphasis in cancer research regarding the influence of social relationships on cancer outcomes has focused on the benefits of the provision of social support to patients, especially through peer support groups, and only more recently through patient navigation. Though critically important, there are other ways through which social relationships might influence outcomes, around which interventions might be developed. In addition to social support, these include social resources, social norms, social contagion, social roles, and social burdens and obligations. This narrative review addresses how social networks may influence cancer outcomes and discusses potential strategies for improving outcomes given these relationships. The paper (a) describes background and limitations of previous research, (b) outlines terms and provides a conceptual model that describes interrelationships between social networks and relevant variables and their hypothesized influence on cancer outcomes, (c) clarifies social and psychosocial mechanisms through which social networks affect downstream factors, (d) describes downstream behavioral, treatment, and physiological factors through which these subsequently influence recurrence and mortality, and (e) describes needed research and potential opportunities to enhance translation. Though most literature in this area pertains to breast cancer, this review has substantial relevance for cancer outcomes generally. Further clarification and research regarding potential mechanisms are needed to translate epidemiological findings on social networks into clinical and community strategies to improve cancer outcomes.
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- 2018
120. Situating Expertise: Lessons from the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
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Lauren Paremoer
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Sociology of scientific knowledge ,Full Paper ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Public policy ,Public relations ,Full Papers ,scientific advisory committees ,Deliberation ,Collective action ,Politics ,South Africa ,social movements ,Political science ,social determinants of health ,Agency (sociology) ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,HIV/AIDS ,business ,General Environmental Science ,media_common ,Social movement ,Social theory - Abstract
How do Scientific Advisory Committees (SACs) frame the relationship between political agency and expertise in their work? What are the political implications of the ways in which SACs legitimate or obscure specific forms of political agency? Using a South African case study, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) activists' participation in clinical trials designed to demonstrate the efficacy of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) in resource‐poor settings, and the process of translating scientific knowledge about HIV/AIDS into public policy under the leadership of a SAC, the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC), is analyzed. The case study suggests that 1) political agency plays a significant role in generating and disseminating scientific data that allow activists to fulfill their political goals; 2) SACs primarily value political agency as a resource for implementing their prescriptions and legitimating their work; 3) processes of political conscientization, movement building, democratic collective action, and deliberation can contribute to the reliability and validity of the technical knowledge SACs rely on, and under some circumstances, contribute to the political resonance their recommendations have with impacted constituencies; and 4) social theory can serve as a resource for negotiating conflicts between technical experts and activists that cannot be settled by appealing to clinical facts.
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- 2018
121. BOURDIEU'S THEORY AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM OF BERGER AND LUCKMANN.
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Jovanović, Miloš
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SOCIAL theory ,SUBJECTIVITY ,OBJECTIVISM (Philosophy) ,SCIENTIFIC knowledge ,INDIVIDUATION (Psychology) ,SOCIAL influence ,POWER (Social sciences) ,SOCIAL skills - Abstract
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- 2021
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122. Characteristics of adopters of an online social networking physical activity mobile phone app: cluster analysis
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Sanders, Ilea, Short, Camille E, Bogomolova, Svetlana, Stanford, Tyman, Plotnikoff, Ronald, Vandelanotte, Corneel, Olds, Tim, Edney, Sarah, Ryan, Jillian, Curtis, Rachel G, Maher, Carol, Sanders, Ilea, Short, Camille E, Bogomolova, Svetlana, Stanford, Tyman, Plotnikoff, Ronald, Vandelanotte, Corneel, Olds, Tim, Edney, Sarah, Ryan, Jillian, Curtis, Rachel G, and Maher, Carol
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Adult ,Male ,Gerontology ,Adolescent ,020205 medical informatics ,Population ,physical activity ,Health Informatics ,Social Theory ,Information technology ,02 engineering and technology ,Social Networking ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,medicine ,Cluster Analysis ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,education ,mobile phone app ,Exercise ,Psychographic ,Aged ,Original Paper ,education.field_of_study ,k-medoid cluster analysis ,Australia ,Middle Aged ,T58.5-58.64 ,Mobile Applications ,Social marketing ,3. Good health ,social marketing ,online social networking ,Health promotion ,Marital status ,Anxiety ,Female ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,Body mass index - Abstract
BackgroundTo date, many online health behavior programs developed by researchers have not been translated at scale. To inform translational efforts, health researchers must work with marketing experts to design cost-effective marketing campaigns. It is important to understand the characteristics of end users of a given health promotion program and identify key market segments. ObjectiveThis study aimed to describe the characteristics of the adopters of Active Team, a gamified online social networking physical activity app, and identify potential market segments to inform future research translation efforts. MethodsParticipants (N=545) were Australian adults aged 18 to 65 years who responded to general advertisements to join a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the Active Team app. At baseline they provided demographic (age, sex, education, marital status, body mass index, location of residence, and country of birth), behavioral (sleep, assessed by the Pittsburgh Quality Sleep Index) and physical activity (assessed by the Active Australia Survey), psychographic information (health and well-being, assessed by the PERMA [Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Achievement] Profile; depression, anxiety and stress, assessed by the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale [DASS-21]; and quality of life, assessed by the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey [SF-12]). Descriptive analyses and a k-medoids cluster analysis were performed using the software R 3.3.0 (The R Foundation) to identify key characteristics of the sample. ResultsCluster analyses revealed four clusters: (1) younger inactive women with poor well-being (218/545), characterized by a higher score on the DASS-21, low mental component summary score on the SF-12, and relatively young age; (2) older, active women (153/545), characterized by a lower score on DASS-21, a higher overall score on the SF-12, and relatively older age; (3) young, active but stressed men (58/545) with a higher score on DASS-21 and higher activity levels; and (4) older, low active and obese men (30/545), characterized by a high body mass index and lower activity levels. ConclusionsUnderstanding the characteristics of population segments attracted to a health promotion program will guide the development of cost-effective research translation campaigns. Trial RegistrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry ACTRN12617000113358; https://www.anzctr.org .au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=371463 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)RR2-10.1186/s12889-017-4882-7
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- 2019
123. «Cultura del discurso crítico»: la identidad de los intelectuales según la perspectiva sociolingüística de Gouldner.
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Fraga, Eugenia
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SOCIAL theory ,SOCIOLOGY ,DISCOURSE ,MARXIST philosophy ,INTELLECTUALS ,TWENTIETH century ,CULTURE ,PRAGMATISM - Abstract
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- 2023
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124. Reconsidering Translation From a Bourdieusian Sociological Perspective: A Case Study of the English Translation of Luotuo Xiangzi.
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Jing Cao, Mansor, Nor Shahila, and Ujum, Diana Abu
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TRANSLATING & interpreting ,CHINESE literature ,SOCIAL theory ,SOCIOLOGICAL research ,INTERDISCIPLINARY research - Abstract
Translation activities are not isolated, and an increasing number of researchers have applied sociological theories to translation studies, which contributions to interdisciplinary research in translation. Luotuo Xiangzi, written by Lao She, is one of the best modern Chinese novels. Its four English translation versions and translation activities that span decades have deeply interacting with various parts of society. Based on Bourdieu’s sociological theories of the “field”, “capital” and “habitus”, this case study of the English translations of Luotuo Xiangzi explored the relationship and interaction between the translator and other participants (participating groups) in the translation activity. It was discovered that the translation activity could reveal the translator’s habitus and be greatly influenced by interactions with various fields of society and by the capital engaged in the translation activity of Luotuo Xiangzi, providing proof of the explanatory and guiding power of Bourdieu’s sociological theory in translation studies. This paper tries to enrich the interdisciplinary research of sociology and translation and offers additional references for the translation and global dissemination of translated literature, particularly for Chinese literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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125. Traversing Disability: Building Social Capital through Skill Development for Employment.
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Ebrahim, Adèle, Lorenzo, Theresa, and Kathard, Harsha
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EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities ,HUMAN research subjects ,SOCIAL theory ,MOTIVATION (Psychology) ,SOCIAL media ,SOCIAL capital ,ABILITY ,TRAINING ,QUALITATIVE research ,INFORMED consent (Medical law) ,CASE studies ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,RESEARCH funding ,PEOPLE with disabilities - Abstract
This paper investigates the influence of social capital in the training of persons with disabilities. The expansion of social networks is regarded as a central principle of the rehabilitation agenda and thus is a central concept that may influence the training experiences of persons with disabilities. Absent from much of social capital research is its influence on skill development and employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. Social capital has the potential to play an important role in the livelihoods of persons with disabilities who are at high risk of being marginalised. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore and critically examine the experiences of persons with disabilities who participated in an auxiliary skill development programme, to determine whether and how it has strengthened and expanded their social capital to advance their opportunities for economic inclusion and/or employment. There is currently no convincing practice available, particularly in the South African employment landscape, around how social capital can be incorporated in the employment of persons with disabilities. An intrinsic case study approach was utilised as it allowed for the identification and description of an employability-related skill development programme for persons with disabilities. In this paper, we argue that the transfer of skills alone is not enough for persons with disabilities to gain employment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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126. How Much Do Sociologists Write About Economic Topics? Using Big Data to Test Some Conventional Views in Economic Sociology, 1890 to 2014.
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Daoud, Adel and Kohl, Sebastian
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ECONOMIC sociology ,MULTILEVEL models ,SOCIAL theory - Abstract
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- 2016
127. Social exchange
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Jacob Dijkstra and Sociology/ICS
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Social network ,business.industry ,Communication ,Short paper ,Social complexity ,Social identity approach ,Experimental research ,Computer Science Applications ,Human-Computer Interaction ,Social exchange theory ,Media Technology ,Sociology ,Positive economics ,business ,Social psychology ,Social network analysis ,Information Systems ,Social theory - Abstract
In this short paper, I review the literature onsocial exchange networks, with specific attention to theoreticaland experimental research. I indicate how socialexchange theory is rooted in general social theory andmention a few of its main links to social network analysisand empirical network research. The paper provides anaccessible entry into the literature on social exchange.
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- 2015
128. Reactions on reading "The withering of criticism".
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Scapens, Robert W.
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ACCOUNTING ,SOCIAL theory ,RESEARCH ,PRAXIS (Process) ,ACCOUNTING literature ,DIALECTIC - Abstract
Purpose - The paper outlines my reactions on reading Tony Tinker's paper "The withering of criticism". Design/methodology/approach - It describes how I read the paper with increasing feelings of frustration. Findings - In the end I was quite negative about the prospects for critical accounting research and feel that this is unfortunately a lost opportunity. Originality/value - I point out that Tinker's paper contains a number of new avenues to be explored and new insights which can be gained, but these are in danger of being lost amid continuing internecine strife. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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129. An App to Improve Eating Habits of Adolescents and Young Adults (Challenge to Go): Systematic Development of a Theory-Based and Target Group-Adapted Mobile App Intervention
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Anna, Rohde, Anja, Duensing, Christine, Dawczynski, Jasmin, Godemann, Stefan, Lorkowski, and Christine, Brombach
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Male ,young adults ,mobile apps ,Original Paper ,mobile phone ,Systems Analysis ,Adolescent ,Equipment Design ,Feeding Behavior ,Social Theory ,Mobile Applications ,healthy eating ,Young Adult ,mHealth ,health behavior ,motivation ,Behavior Therapy ,Fruit ,Vegetables ,Humans ,Female ,adolescents - Abstract
Background Due to the widespread use of mobile phones, dietary mobile apps are promising tools for preventing diet-related noncommunicable diseases early in life. However, most of the currently available nutrition apps lack scientific evaluation and user acceptance. Objective The objective of this study was the systematic design of a theory-driven and target group–adapted dietary mobile app concept to promote healthy eating habits with a focus on drinking habits as well as consumption of fruits and vegetables in adolescents and young adults, especially from disadvantaged backgrounds. Methods The design process was guided by the behavior change wheel (BCW). The development process comprised 3 stages. In stage 1, the target behavior was specified, and facilitators and barriers were identified. Furthermore, important insights into target group interests, needs, and values in the field of nutrition and apps were revealed. To this end, 2 empirical studies were conducted with the target group. In stage 2, results of stage 1 were translated into behavior change techniques (BCTs) and, finally, into app functionalities and features. Consequently, in stage 3, the concept was evaluated and optimized through expert interviews. Results Facilitators and barriers for achieving the target behavior were psychological capabilities (eg, self-efficacy), reflective motivation (eg, fitness), automatic motivation, social support, and physical opportunity (eg, time). Target group interests, needs, and values in the field of nutrition were translated into target group preferences for app usage, for example, low usage effort, visual feedback, or recipes. Education, training, incentives, persuasion, and enablement were identified as relevant intervention functions. Together with the target group preferences, these were translated via 14 BCTs, such as rewards, graded tasks, or self-monitoring into the app concept Challenge to go (C2go). The expert evaluation suggested changes of some app features for improving adherence, positive health effects, and technical feasibility. The C2go concept comprises 3 worlds: the (1) drinking, (2) vegetable, and (3) fruit worlds. In each world, the users are faced with challenges including feedback and a quiz. Tips were developed based on the health action process approach and to help users gain challenges and, thereby, achieve the target behavior. Challenges can be played alone or against someone in the community. Due to different activities, points can be collected, and levels can be achieved. Collected points open access to an Infothek (information section), where users can choose content that interests them. An avatar guides user through the app. Conclusions C2go is aimed at adolescents and young adults and aims to improve their fruit and vegetable consumption as well as drinking habits. It is a theory-driven and target group–adapted dietary mobile intervention concept that uses gamification and was systematically developed using the BCW.
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130. Predictors of Patients’ Loyalty Toward Doctors on Web-Based Health Communities: Cross-Sectional Study
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Wu, Tailai, Deng, Zhaohua, Chen, Zhuo, Zhang, Donglan, Wu, Xiang, and Wang, Ruoxi
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Adult ,Male ,Telemedicine ,Adolescent ,physicians ,media_common.quotation_subject ,education ,Health Informatics ,02 engineering and technology ,Affect (psychology) ,patients ,Health informatics ,social theory ,Personalization ,Young Adult ,Survey methodology ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,020204 information systems ,0502 economics and business ,Loyalty ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Attachment theory ,medical informatics ,Humans ,Web application ,health services ,media_common ,Original Paper ,Internet ,Physician-Patient Relations ,psychological theory ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,community network ,Corrigenda and Addenda ,United States ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Patient Satisfaction ,Female ,050211 marketing ,business ,Psychology ,Social psychology - Abstract
Background Web-based health communities provide means for patients to not only seek care but also to promote their relationship with doctors. However, little is known about the predictors of patients’ loyalty toward doctors in Web-based health communities. Objective This study aimed to investigate the predictors of patients’ loyalty toward doctors in Web-based health communities. Methods On the basis of sociotechnical systems theory and attachment theory, we propose that social factors including emotional interaction, perceived expertise, and social norm influence patients’ loyalty through their emotional attachment, whereas technical factors including sociability, personalization, and perceived security affect patients’ loyalty through functional dependence. To validate our proposed research model, we used the survey method and collected 373 valid answers. Partial least square was used to analyze the data. Results Our empirical analysis results showed that all the social factors including emotional interaction (beta=.257, t350=2.571; P=.01), perceived expertise (beta=.288, t350=3.412; P=.001), and social norm (beta=.210, t350=2.017; P=.04) affect patients’ emotional attachment toward doctors significantly, whereas except sociability (beta=.110, t350=1.152; P=.25), technical factors such as personalization (beta=.242, t350=2.228; P=.03) and perceived security (beta=.328, t350=3.438; P=.001) impact functional dependence significantly. Considering the effect of working mechanisms, both emotional attachment (beta=.443, t350=4.518; P Conclusions Patients’ loyalty toward doctors in Web-based health communities is important for the effectiveness of doctors’ advice or service in Web-based health communities. The research results not only fill the gaps in the literature of the patient-doctor relationship and Web-based health communities but also has many implications for establishing patients’ loyalty on Web-based health communities and in physical context.
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131. Theory-Based Predictors of Mindfulness Meditation Mobile App Usage: A Survey and Cohort Study
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Aaron Cheung, AliceAnn Crandall, Audrey P Hooper, and Ashley M Young
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Mindfulness ,mindfulness ,Health Informatics ,Information technology ,Social Theory ,Cohort Studies ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Phone ,Intervention (counseling) ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Utah ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Students ,mobile apps ,Original Paper ,Public health ,Multilevel model ,Theory of planned behavior ,Moderation ,T58.5-58.64 ,Mobile Applications ,Meditation ,executive function ,intention ,Female ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 ,Psychology ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Clinical psychology ,Cohort study - Abstract
BackgroundMindfulness meditation has become increasingly popular over the last few years, due in part to the increase in mobile apps incorporating the practice. Although studies have demonstrated the potential of mindfulness meditation to positively impact health, little has been uncovered about what predicts engagement in mindfulness meditation. Understanding the predictors of mindfulness meditation may help practitioners and phone app developers improve intervention strategies and app experience. ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to use the Theory of Planned Behavior and Temporal Self-Regulation Theory to determine factors predicting mindfulness meditation mobile app use. MethodsThe sample consisted of 85 undergraduate students with no prior mindfulness meditation experience. During their first laboratory visit, participants completed tasks to measure their executive functioning and a survey to measure Theory of Planned Behavior constructs about mindfulness meditation. Over the following 2 weeks, participants logged the days and minutes that they practiced mindfulness meditation using a phone app. Hierarchical regression modeling was used to analyze the data. ResultsAfter controlling for demographic factors, participant subjective norms (beta=14.51, P=.001) and intentions (beta=36.12, P=.001) were predictive of the number of minutes practicing mindfulness. Participant executive functioning did not predict mindfulness meditation practice, nor did it moderate the link between intentions and mindfulness meditation practice. Participant attitudes (beta=0.44, P
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132. The educated, deliberative citizen: constituents for a normative model.
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Englund, Tomas
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COSMOPOLITANISM ,DELIBERATION ,DIGNITY ,PHILOSOPHY of education ,TEACHER development ,SOCIAL theory ,SOCIAL sciences education ,SOCIAL forces - Abstract
The aim of this paper is to make further use of and develop the idea of deliberative communication (Englund, [20], [21], [22], [23], [26], [29], [30]) as crucial for creating sustainable democratic societies and educated citizens living educationally (cf. This means that the formation of school subjects and curriculum content rests on a deliberative understanding of education and curriculum (Englund, [18], [19], [29], cf. As I have developed in the earlier text I Towards a deliberative curriculum i from 2015, I mean that it is a bit problematic to, as a curriculum theoretician, look too close at school subjects as, e.g., Zongyi Deng does, namely "that a school subject is a distinctive purpose-built enterprise" (Englund, [29], p. 48) which comes close to a systematic curriculum view which is the dominant one today and that this package of knowledge in one way or another has to be delivered to the students. 9 This paper is based on, slightly revised and enlarged from an 10-pages-outline, The educated, deliberative citizen: A crucial curriculum question presented at NERA Curriculum Research Network, Symposium on "Who is the educated citizen in a knowledge society?". [Extracted from the article]
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133. JUST CARE! RETHINKING THE UNEVEN GEOGRAPHIES OF CARE.
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Saltiel, Rivka and Strüver, Anke
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SOCIAL theory ,FEMINIST ethics ,SOCIAL history ,SOCIAL injustice ,SOCIAL structure ,GEOGRAPHY - Abstract
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134. Repensar las relaciones sociales en la etnografía: una aproximación desde el enfoque relacional.
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Olivos Santoyo, Nicolás and Bautista Santiago, Norma
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INDIGENOUS peoples ,SOCIAL theory ,SOCIAL facts ,WORK experience (Employment) ,ETHNOLOGY - Abstract
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135. The Effect of Doctor-Consumer Interaction on Social Media on Consumers' Health Behaviors: Cross-Sectional Study
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Donglan Zhang, Zhaohua Deng, Tailai Wu, Ruoxi Wang, Darrell J. Gaskin, and Zhanchun Feng
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Adult ,Male ,Interaction theory ,020205 medical informatics ,Cross-sectional study ,social media ,Health Behavior ,Health Informatics ,02 engineering and technology ,social theory ,Research model ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Humans ,medical informatics ,Social media ,030212 general & internal medicine ,physician patient relationships ,Physician-Patient Relations ,Original Paper ,psychological theory ,Communication ,Outcome expectancy ,Consumer Behavior ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Female ,Health behavior ,Psychology ,Social psychology ,Social cognitive theory - Abstract
Background: Both doctors and consumers have engaged in using social media for health purposes. Social media has changed traditional one-to-one communication between doctors and patients to many-to-many communication between doctors and consumers. However, little is known about the effect of doctor-consumer interaction on consumers’ health behaviors. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate how doctor-consumer interaction in social media affects consumers’ health behaviors. Methods: On the basis of professional-client interaction theory and social cognitive theory, we propose that doctor-consumer interaction can be divided into instrumental interaction and affective interaction. These two types of interactions influence consumers’ health behaviors through declarative knowledge (DK), self-efficacy (SE), and outcome expectancy (OE). To validate our proposed research model, we employed the survey method and developed corresponding measurement instruments for constructs in our research model. A total of 352 valid answers were collected, and partial least square was performed to analyze the data. Results: Instrumental doctor-consumer interaction was found to influence consumers’ DK (t294=5.763, P
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136. An alternative transformation in ranking using $$l_1$$ -norm in data envelopment analysis.
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Ziari, S.
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RANK correlation (Statistics) ,STATISTICAL correlation ,FORCE-field analysis (Social sciences) ,SOCIAL forces ,SOCIAL theory - Abstract
Jahanshahloo et al. (Appl Math Comput 153:215-224, ) propose a method for ranking extremely efficient decision making units (DMUs) in data envelopment analysis (DEA) using super-efficiency technique and l1-norm and they show that the presented method is able to eliminate the existing difficulties in some methods. This paper suggests an alternative transformation to convert the nonlinear model proposed by Jahanshahloo et al. (Appl Math Comput 153:215-224, ) into a linear programming form. The present paper shows that model with this transformation is equivalent to the above-mentioned nonlinear model. The motivation of this work is to linearize the proposed nonlinear model by Jahanshahloo et al. (Appl Math Comput 153:215-224, ) which has the higher order of complexity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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137. A theory of migration: the aspirations-capabilities framework.
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de Haas, Hein
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VERSTEHEN ,SOCIAL processes ,SOCIAL change ,ANIMAL migration ,SOCIAL theory - Abstract
This paper elaborates an aspirations–capabilities framework to advance our understanding of human mobility as an intrinsic part of broader processes of social change. In order to achieve a more meaningful understanding of agency and structure in migration processes, this framework conceptualises migration as a function of aspirations and capabilities to migrate within given sets of perceived geographical opportunity structures. It distinguishes between the instrumental (means-to-an-end) and intrinsic (directly wellbeing-affecting) dimensions of human mobility. This yields a vision in which moving and staying are seen as complementary manifestations of migratory agency and in which human mobility is defined as people's capability to choose where to live, including the option to stay, rather than as the act of moving or migrating itself. Drawing on Berlin's concepts of positive and negative liberty (as manifestations of the widely varying structural conditions under which migration occurs) this paper conceptualises how macro-structural change shapes people's migratory aspirations and capabilities. The resulting framework helps to understand the complex and often counter-intuitive ways in which processes of social transformation and 'development' shape patterns of migration and enable us to integrate the analysis of almost all forms of migratory mobility within one meta-conceptual framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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138. NATURE AS THE SOURCE OF MYSTERIUM TREMENDUM: AN ESSAY ON THE POETIC WORKS OF BLACKWOOD, SMITH AND CAMPBELL.
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Pišev, Marko
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SOCIAL theory ,THEORY (Philosophy) - Abstract
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139. The Affective Determinants of Socialization in Terms of Structuralism.
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Sajtarly, Inna A. and Utiuzh, Iryna G.
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SOCIAL theory ,STRUCTURALISM ,AFFECT (Psychology) ,PERSONALITY development ,SOCIAL order ,POSTSTRUCTURALISM - Abstract
This article is concerned with the issue of socialization in the context of considering the conceptual and methodological elaborations of structuralist thought representatives. This largely refers to modern social scholars, who have been involved in the studies of effective socialization mechanisms in so-called "advanced societies". When examining the given issue, it was revealed that the criticism, inherent in postmodern poststructuralism as well as conceptualization of sociological structuralism are related to the common understanding of the productive determinants significance for "conserving" and, consequently, reproducing the established social order. Furthermore, the developers of these contemporary social thought concepts share a common belief in the dependence of the individual's mental structure on the institutional framework of society. In other words, according to most representatives of the structuralist paradigm, the basic personality orientation patterns are a function of the social system, in which the individual was socialized. The same can be said about the individual's affective-motivational structure, i.e., it largely depends on the specifics of the corresponding social system. Thus, the direct aim of this paper consists in revealing the general logic and arguments in favor of social determinism in the structuralist theory of personality development as well as considering the relevance of structuralist ideas as such. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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140. El soberano trabajador: una discusión con la filosofía social y política del trabajo de Axel Honneth.
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Sánchez Madrid, Nuria
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BASIC income ,SOCIAL democracy ,DIVISION of labor ,SOCIAL theory ,SOCIAL values - Abstract
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141. Marcien Towa, father of Cameroonian Critical Theory: a comparison with Max Horkheimer.
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Bitang, Adoulou
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CRITICAL theory ,SOCIAL theory ,IDEA (Philosophy) ,FATHERS ,CRITICAL realism ,SOCIAL comparison - Abstract
In this paper, I examine the extent to which Marcien Towa (1931-2014) can be considered the Father of Cameroonian Critical Theory. In this regard, I compare what can be called his social philosophy with the project of a critical theory of society, as outlined by Max Horkheimer (1895-1973). I specifically consider Marcien Towa's idea of philosophy, which I confront with Horkheimer's project from the perspectives offered by their sociopolitical premises, conceptual references, and progressive goals. On each of these aspects, I discover sufficient correspondences that allow me to argue that Towa and Horkheimer, who barely knew each other, formulated a somewhat similar claim, namely to provide a critical theory of society, whose aim is not only to understand society but more importantly to change it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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142. Conspiracy theories and clinical decision‐making.
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Stout, Nathan
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ANTIBIOTICS ,PATIENT refusal of treatment ,DELUSIONS ,HOSPITAL emergency services ,COVID-19 ,SOCIAL theory ,PATIENT decision making ,CAPACITY (Law) ,PSYCHOLOGY ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,INFECTION ,ATTITUDES toward illness ,HEALTH attitudes ,THEORY ,DECISION making in clinical medicine ,BIOETHICS ,WOUND care - Abstract
When a patient's treatment decisions are the product of delusion, this is often taken as a paradigmatic case of undermined decisional capacity. That is to say, when a patient refuses treatment on the basis of beliefs that in no way reflect reality, clinicians and ethicists tend to agree that their refusal is not valid. During the COVID‐19 pandemic, however, we have witnessed many patients refuse potentially life‐saving interventions not based on delusion but on conspiracy beliefs. Importantly, many of the beliefs espoused by conspiracy theorists resemble delusions in a number of relevant ways. For instance, conspiracy beliefs often posit states of affairs that could not possibly exist in the world, they are recalcitrant in the face of disconfirming evidence, and they tend to put the believer in a state of paranoia. Given these similarities, how should we think about conspiracy theorists' capacity for making clinical decisions? In this paper, I attempt to answer this question by first offering an account of just what makes some set of beliefs count as a conspiracy theory. Second, I attempt to disambiguate conspiracy beliefs from delusions by exploring important conceptual and psychological features of both. Finally, I apply standard criteria for assessing a patient's decision‐making capacity to instances of conspiracy beliefs and argue that, although the picture is muddy, there may be cases in which conspiracy beliefs undermine capacity. I end by exploring the implications that this might have for surrogate decision‐making and addressing potential objections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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143. CONFERENCE REPORT: 3RD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON LAW AND IDEOLOGY ON THE "RULE OF LAW AND THE POLITICS OF CONFLICT", JAVAKHISHVILI TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY, TBILISI, GEORGIA, 23-24 MAY 2016.
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MAŃKO, RAFAŁ
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JUSTICE administration ,LEGAL education ,SOCIAL theory ,POLISH politics & government ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Published
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144. Consumer Adoption of Personal Health Record Systems: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective
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Khaled Hassanein and Assadi
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health records, personal ,Male ,Knowledge management ,020205 medical informatics ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Control (management) ,education ,Health Informatics ,02 engineering and technology ,Structural equation modeling ,online systems ,social theory ,03 medical and health sciences ,Survey methodology ,0302 clinical medicine ,personal autonomy ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Information system ,Personality ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,physician patient relationships ,Self-determination theory ,media_common ,Original Paper ,psychological theory ,business.industry ,health care information systems ,behavior ,intention ,technology ,Spite ,Female ,business ,Autonomy - Abstract
Background: Personal Health Records (PHR) systems provide individuals with access and control over their health information and consequently can support individuals in becoming active participants, rather than passive recipients, in their own care process. In spite of numerous benefits suggested for consumers’ utilizing PHR systems, research has shown that such systems are not yet widely adopted or well known to consumers. Bearing in mind the potential benefits of PHRs to consumers and their potential interest in these systems—and that similar to any other type of information system, adoption is a prerequisite for realizing the potential benefits of PHR systems—research is needed to understand how to enhance the adoption rates for PHR systems. Objective: This research seeks to understand how individuals’ intentions to adopt PHR systems are affected by their self-determination in managing their own health—the extent of their ability to take an active role in managing their own health. As such, this research aims to develop and empirically validate a theoretical model that explains PHR systems adoption by the general public through the integration of theories from the information systems and psychology literatures. Methods: This research employs a cross-sectional survey method targeted at the Canadian general public without any prior experience in using PHR systems. A partial least squares approach to structural equation modeling was used to validate the proposed research model of this study (N=159). Results: Individuals with higher levels of ability to manage their own health (self-determination) are more likely to adopt PHR systems since they have more positive perceptions regarding the use of such systems. Further, such self-determination is fueled by autonomy support from consumers’ physicians as well as the consumers’ personality trait of autonomy orientation. Conclusions: This study advances our theoretical understanding of PHR systems adoption. It also contributes to practice by providing insightful implications for designing, promoting, and facilitating the use of PHR systems among consumers.
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145. Predictors of Patients’ Intention to Interact With Doctors in Web-Based Health Communities in China: Cross-Sectional Study
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Zhuo Chen, Ruoxi Wang, Tailai Wu, Donglan Zhang, Xiang Wu, and Zhaohua Deng
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Adult ,Male ,Online and offline ,China ,Telemedicine ,Service (systems architecture) ,020205 medical informatics ,physicians ,education ,Applied psychology ,Health Informatics ,Intention ,02 engineering and technology ,Affect (psychology) ,patients ,Health informatics ,social theory ,Survey methodology ,0502 economics and business ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Humans ,medical informatics ,Web application ,Internet ,Physician-Patient Relations ,Original Paper ,psychological theory ,business.industry ,Community network ,05 social sciences ,Reproducibility of Results ,community network ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Research Design ,Female ,050211 marketing ,telemedicine ,business ,Psychology - Abstract
Background Web-based health communities provide opportunities for doctors and patients to interact with each other and change the traditional communication mode between doctors and patients. However, little is known about the predictors of patients’ intention to interact with doctors in Web-based health communities in China. Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate what are the predictors of patients’ intention to interact with doctors in Web-based health communities in China. Methods On the basis of two-factor theory and service convenience theory, we propose that the attributes of Web-based health communities including ease of use and perceived synchronicity influence patients’ intention to interact through convenience of Web-based health communities, whereas the attributes of physical health facilities such as inaccessibility and discontinuity affect patients’ intention to interact through inconvenience of physical health facilities. We employed the survey method to validate our hypothesized relationships. Through developing the measurement instruments, we collected 334 valid answers from Web health community users and utilized partial least square to analyze the data. Results Ease of use (t311=2.924, P=.004) and perceived synchronicity (t311=2.353, P=.019) were found to influence convenience of Web-based health communities significantly, whereas inaccessibility (t311=3.189, P=.002) and discontinuity (t311=3.149, P=.002) were found to impact inconvenience of physical health facilities significantly. Meanwhile, both convenience of Web-based health communities (t311=2.353, P=.019) and inconvenience of physical health facilities (t311=2.787, P=.006) were found to affect patients’ intention to interact with doctors in Web-based health communities significantly. Therefore, all the proposed hypotheses were supported. Conclusions Through including factors from both Web-based health communities and physical health facilities, we can understand patients’ intention to interact comprehensively. This study not only contributes to literature of doctor-patient interaction and Web-based health platforms but also provides implications to promote doctor-patient interaction online and offline.
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146. Discourse studies: Between social constructionism and linguistics. A critical overview.
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Cap, Piotr
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SOCIAL sciences education ,SOCIAL constructionism ,DISCOURSE ,LINGUISTICS - Abstract
This paper gives a critical overview of the analytical approaches dominating the field of discourse studies in the last three decades, from the perspective of their philosophical and formative bases: social constructionism and linguistics. It explores different conceptions of the theoretical nexus between these two bases leading to the emergence of three distinct yet complementary strands of thought (i-iii). The paper starts with poststructuralist views of discourse salient in (i) Laclau and Mouffe's Discourse Theory. Laclau and Mouffe's assumption that no discourse is a closed entity but rather transformed through contact with other discourses is taken as the introductory premise to present a large family of (ii) critical discourse studies, characterized as text-analytical practices explaining how discourse partakes in the production and negotiations of ideological meanings. Finally, the paper discusses (iii) three recent discourse analytical models: Discourse Space Theory, Critical Metaphor Analysis and the Legitimization-Proximization Model. These new theories take a further (and thus far final) step towards consolidation of the social-theoretical and linguistic bases in contemporary discourse studies. The empirical benefits of this consolidation are discussed in the last part of the paper, which includes a case study where the new models are used in the analysis of Polish anti-immigration discourse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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147. Lifestyle.
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Satterlee, Seth
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VEGANISM ,SOCIAL theory ,POSITIVE psychology - Published
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148. Social Theory and Public Policy.
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Goldstone, Jack A.
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SOCIAL theory ,GOVERNMENT policy ,POLITICAL science ,THANKSGIVING Day - Published
- 2019
149. Economic Forced Migration in Southern Africa: The Case of Malawi.
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Sungani, Cobbener Wilfred and Mwale, Pascal Newbourne
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FORCED migration ,SOCIAL theory ,AFRICAN history ,AFRICAN philosophy ,SOCIAL history - Abstract
As with other world regions, free market capitalism or the neoliberal system has caused numerous individuals and families to lose access to viable income-generating bases in Southern Africa. This places them in a socio-economically abject and precarious position. Resource-poor and unemployed Southern Africans have for a long time been forced to migrate to less unstable economies within the region. South Africa continues to be the most attractive destination for most poor and destitute Southern Africans. These people are called 'economic refugees' in the dominant literature. Hitherto, the plight of the Malawian 'economic refugee' in South Africa has not attracted much scholarly attention. Drawing on the interdisciplinary methodologies of African social philosophy and African social history, we present the case of Malawian economic refugees in South Africa. Drawing upon ideas derived from Immanuel Kant's analysis in Perpetual Peace (1917), this paper argues for the promotion of the spirit of fraternity between South Africans and Malawian migrants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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150. Practice Theory as a Tool for Critical Social Theory.
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Haslanger, Sally
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CRITICAL theory ,MORAL attitudes ,SOCIAL theory ,SOCIAL facts - Abstract
What is the best method for undertaking critical social theory, and what are its ontological and normative commitments? Andreas Reckwitz has developed compelling answers to these questions drawing on practice theory. As a practice theorist myself, I am very sympathetic to his approach. This paper sketches a social theory that extends the reach of practice theory to include non-human animals and allows us to discriminate between importantly different kinds of social formations. In doing so, I argue that a strongly normative basis for differentiating social phenomena is compatible with the methods of social theory and critical social theorists need not shy away from first-order moral commitments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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