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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"sociological theory"”.
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Scientific discourse, sociological theory, and the structure of rhetoric
… and critical efficacy of reflexivity and sociological theory as means for reconciling the normative and descriptive functions of the rhetoric of science. In attempting to define a separate research domain within Science Studies, rhetoric of science has borrowed Strong Program and …
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Monetary Effervescence: A Sociological Theory of Religion Applied to Money
… on the religious nature of money by employing a sociological theory of religion in viewing money as a technical concept. This is an interdisciplinary work between religious studies, economics, and sociology and draws heavily from Emile Durkheim's <em>The Elementary Forms of Religious Life</em> as …
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Testing Gouldner's coming crisis theory: on the state of contemporary sociological theory
… of the leading figures of four competing theory groups, namely Talcott Parsons (functionalism), George Homans (exchange theory), Erving Goffman (the dramaturgical wing of symbolic interactionism), and Harold Garfinkel (ethnomethodology). The findings provide illuminations of both the past …
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The social construction of diapers as a consumer issue: an application of feminist sociological theory
This study draws on Dorothy Smith's feminist sociological theory and methodology to propose an alternative way of conceptualizing and conducting inquiry into consumer issues. The application of this approach is then illustrated using the subject of diapers. Qualitative interviews were conducted …
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South African social theory : Steve Biko
… dynamism. This minor dissertation investigates sociological theory in South Africa. The primary aim of this dissertation is to determine if one can produce or derive sociological theory from the work of black South Africans, specifically Steve Biko. To this end one has to disseminate the idea of …
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The social thought of Clarence Edwin Ayres
… the thesis of this study, that although Ayres’s theory of progress is damaging to his sociological theory as a whole, his theory of the basic dichotomy of social action, that of technology and ceremonialism, deserves greater credit than it has received and is profoundly significant sociologically.
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An investigation of the co-constitution of mathematics and learner identification in the pedagogic situations of schooling, with special reference to the teaching and learning of mathematics in a selection of grade 10 mathematics lessons at five scho
… education, specifically drawing on Bernstein's sociological theory of education and its application in the investigation of the relations between pedagogy and social justice. The specific problematic within which my study is located is the constitution of school mathematics in the pedagogic …
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The Characteristics of Sociological Practitioners: A Social Psychological Examination
… sent by mail and e-mail to 143 members of the Sociological Practice Association. The purpose of the questionnaire was to measure the role expectations as qualities (competencies), role expectations as actions, and role enactments of the respondents'. An additional goal was to examine how …
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ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING: THE CHANGING SELF, IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL CONTROL
This sociological study uses online survey data from one hundred and six respondents to explore how social networking websites alter the social self. Critical and symbolic interactionist sociological theory is used as a means to understand the data. This dissertation specifically concerns how …
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Policy and Health (In)Equities among Native Elders
Sociological theory and literature in the study of disparities in health and access to care in old age has, with few exceptions, not considered important political contexts for the aging AI/AN community. Political histories have unique implications for this population, and particularly those in old …
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Political Misuse of Domestic Intelligence: A Case Study on the FBI
… domestic intelligence is best explained by the sociological theory of unfulfilled needs. On the other hand, political counterintelligence can be best explained by Threat Theory. In order for a domestic intelligence organization to be effective, its organizational discretion must be limited by …
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A place of their own : graphic design degrees and the search for distinction in Protestant evangelical higher education
… in the field, and upon post-structural sociological theory, particularly that of Bourdieu. In asking how such courses are run, the study uses as an exemplar, four educational institutions that run such a course, based on a research investigation of three institutions in the USA and one …
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Balanced biosocial theory for the social sciences
Evolutionary theory is the unquestioned paradigm for all biological sciences and is gaining acceptance in many of the social sciences, predominantly psychology and anthropology. Sociology, as a discipline, has failed to embrace evolutionary theory and remains uninformed about the most powerful …
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Parisian Social Studies: Positivism and the Novels of Balzac, Paul de Kock and Zola
… must be re-imagined in the context of the proto-sociological movement of positivism. Existing criticism on panoramic literature typically views this movement as emerging from early-nineteenth-century urban upheaval. I focus here instead on early pre-sociological theory. Published concurrently …
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Re-Reading Mead: The Mind-Body Dilemma and Sociology
… George Herbert Mead on the development of modern sociological theory, sociologists limit their reading of Mead to only a few of his many writings. Not only has this neglect led to a shallow interpretation of Mead, but it has also led to misunderstandings concerning Mead's broader interests and has …
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William Faulkner as Sociologist: An Adventure in the Sociology of Literature
… that his works be required reading in courses in sociological theory, but rather, to show in what sense and what areas his and the role of sociologist overlap. A. thorough reading of the major Faulkner novels, a sorting-out and. probing of his passages relevant to the field of sociology seems the …
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Beyond the Veil: A Case Study of Context, Culture, Curriculum, and Constructivism at Dubai Women's College
… in this study are: constructivist learning theory, trans formative curriculum theory, and sociological theory. Change and empowerment theory figure prominently in this study. Findings reveal this unique group of educators understand curriculum theory as a "contextualized" construct and argue …
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The discourse of "Belonging" and Baptist church membership in contemporary Britain: historical, theological and demotic elements of a post-foundational theological proposal
… post-foundational theology and Anthony Giddens’s sociological theory of structuration. An historical overview of Baptist church history reveals the continuities and discontinuities in the theology and practice of church membership. Attention is focused on the covenantal discourse of professional …
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Family Group Conferences : an analysis of their application in social work safeguarding practice
… It aligns the model with core social work and sociological theory and in this sense presents it as a ‘borrowed’ or ‘blended’ science. However, it argues the case for a theoretical framework that recognises the ‘uniqueness’ of FGCs. The thesis concludes with a strong recommendation for system …
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