ORGANIZATIONAL sociologyPHYSICSThe author distinguishes three types of evolutionary theories: 1) ahistorical theories, constructed according to the methodological patterns of classical physics (mechanics), 2) supra-historical theories, in which the historical nature of the evolutionary process is reflecte...
Sociological theory is defined as an analytical theory of action that focuses on the issue of social integration, encompassing various perspectives such as functional systems analysis, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism within the field of sociology. ...
Drawing on multi-level, dynamic systems theory in sociology which has been developed and applied in institutional, organizational, and societal analyses, we formulate a general theory of social groups. This social systems approach has not been previously applied in the group area. We claim that thi...
This chapter analyzes the theory of self and comments on few aspects of the special perspective on the self. Self theory, like other knowledge, is dependent on the theories in one's culture about human nature and about the social, biological, and physical world. Put briefly, theories about ...
Postcolonial theory, particularly in its poststructuralist variant, presents important challenges to sociology's self-image, and open debate on these attempts to 'unsettle'the modernist, Westernized disciplines is both conceptually and politically interesting. However, the postcolonial unsettling of sociology...
J Wheeler-Brooks - 《Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare》 被引量: 14发表: 2009年 Feminist and Empowerment Theory and Social Work Practice Anthony Giddens' structuration theory provides concepts that can be used to think differently about oppression and consciousness raising. Structuration sees socie...
(1978), Ecodynamics, A New Theory of Societal Evolution. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications. Google Scholar Boulding, Kenneth E. (1981), Evolutionary... Nagarajan,V K. - 《International Journal of Comparative Sociology》 被引量: 0发表: 1983年 Productivity and U.S. Economic Growth Productiv...
The study of social behaviors that stem from interactions with others is the basis of the science of sociology. Learn more about social interaction theory, social roles, and the influence of sociologist Erving Goffman's book, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. ...
In this work we suggest a novel paradigm of social laser (solaser), which can explain such Internet inspired social phenomena as echo chambers, reinforcement and growth of information cascades, enhancement of social actions under strong mass media operat
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