Convergence Theory or Technological Determinism: Welfare System as a Product of IndustrialismIf the citizenship view stresses the role of politics in the development of welfare in modern society, convergence theory emphasises the role of industrialisation in shaping the institutions of......
This is a theoretically based study on the theory of technological determinism and its reach into mass media theory regarding the Internet. Participants in this study were given Internet logs that allowed for their Internet travel purposes to be recorded. They were also given a survey that broke ...
Potts, John, Who's afraid of technological determinism: another look at medium theory, Australia: Fibreculture Publications, 2008.Potts, John, W id of technological determinism: another look at medium theory, Australia: Fibreculture Publications, 2008....
theory of the firmVeblenworker cooperativesB510B520D230L2200330This article contends that, in their treatments of worker cooperatives, the predominant theories of the firm adhere to the logic of technological determinism, and can accordingly be evaluated using the ideas of Thorstein Veblen and Karl ...
In relation to human nature, GST does not believe in determinism. Given these stances, GST should be regarded as a postmodern theory belonging to the humanist paradigm [7]. Although in the practical field of GST, white systems are generally referred to as part of the basic concepts of GST,...
This measure quantifies the degree of environmental determinism on the temporal evolution of an individual. When this measure is minimized an individual becomes completely insensitive to the environment—and hence is neither in the organismal or colonial form—and not in any real sense adaptive. It...
If in fact Money Market Accounts can quell money creation in FRB banks, then we must point to the more realistic and evident fact that the separation of loan banking and deposit banking is becoming a much more widely accepted phenomenon with the rise of technological gateways...
Globalization continues to be one of the most hotly debated and contested phenomena of the past two decades. A wide and diverse range of social theorists have argued that today's world is organized by accelerating globalization, which is
Along with his formula (once again taken from Hegel) of freedom being the insight into necessity, and the drawing of parallels between natural laws and social processes, they gave sustenance to a social-technological “concept of emancipation,” according to the following premise: social necessity ...
“Type 1: humanistic‒historical” sections), the classical approach to sociocultural evolution explains change by means of stadial development or progress. For example, the chronological order of technological advancement from Stone Age to Iron Age through Bronze Age can be regarded as predetermined...