As a response, the paper argues that the concepts of contextuality, power and responsibility guided by an understanding of historical and contemporary colonial and neocolonial North-South relations are key in assisting students to better understand their role as future social work practitioners. ...
This paper describes a short social work relationship with an elderly couple, whom I shall call Mr. Parks, aged 83, and his wife Mrs Parks aged 80.1 shall explore the process of the relationship, and to do so propose a slightly artificial division of the major theoretical concepts employed ...
This is Chapter 1 of the book which outlines the theoretical framework the authors used to research and analyse Vietnam's social capital. This chapter explores the origins of the concept "social capital" in Western scholarly history since the work of Lyda J. Hanifan (1916), and discusses the...
This article presents a framework integrating theoretical concepts and reform movements that shape the contemporary environment of social work administration. The framework incorporates several major environmental forces including issues of authority, market exchange and community cooperation, and new public ...
M-theory- (particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong string theory- (particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings...
Chapter 3 reviews recent developments in the rich and growing body of research and theory which has come to be known as social shaping of technology The da... S Russell,R Williams - Shaping Technology, Guiding Policy: Concepts, Spaces and Tools 被引量: 52发表: 2002年 ...
Social Research Choosing the topic for investigation or deciding on the research question Reviewing the literature Identifying core concepts Choosing a research design, forming hypotheses, and collecting data Analyzing the date Drawing conclusions
Albrow told Xinhua that he first came across the idea of a human community with a shared future in the book "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China," and that he was impressed most by Xi's "logical and theoretical exploration of concepts." ...
Core Concepts in Sociology Here are some essential concepts: Social Institutions:These are structures within society that fulfill essential functions, such as family, education, religion, economy, healthcare, and government. They shape individuals’ lives and behavior, providing guidelines and expectations...
The functionalist perspectivealso called functionalism, originatesin the work of French sociologist Émile Durkheim, one of the founding thinkers of sociology. Durkheim's interest was in how social order could be possible, and how society maintains stability. His writings on this topic came to be ...