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Theorizing surveillance in the UK crime control field [PDF]
Drawing upon the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Loic Wacquant, this paper argues that the demise of the Keynesian Welfare State (KWS) and the rise of neo-liberal economic policies in the UK has placed new surveillance technologies at the centre of a ...
McCahill, Michael
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Underlying Forces of Organisational Control on Administrative Behavioural Theoretical Insights [PDF]
Control, for a long time, has been a constitutive aspect of organisational sociology. However, much of the scholarly account on the concept has overlooked a critical character of discretion in organisational discourse.
Boateng, Kofi A.
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This paper proposes a novel approach to sentiment analysis that leverages work in sociology on symbolic interactionism. The proposed approach uses Affect Control Theory (ACT) to analyze readers’ sentiment towards factual (objective) content and towards ...
Areej M. Alhothali, J. Hoey
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PENYIMPANGAN DI TEMPAT KERJA: ANTESEDEN DAN KONSEKUENSI [PDF]
Purpose – This study aims to determine the role of self-monitoring, self-control, and self-regulatory on deviations in the workplace and work performance.
Danang Sunyoto, M.A. Kalijaga
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Community Structure and Crime: Testing Social-Disorganization Theory
Shaw and McKay's influential theory of community social disorganization has never been directly tested. To address this, a community-level theory that builds on Shaw and McKay's original model is formulated and tested.
Robert J. Sampson, W. B. Groves
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Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran The Larning Cell (Sel Belajar) Terhadap Hasil Belajar Sosiologi Kelas XI IPS 1 SMA Negeri 1 Tigo Nagari Kabupaten Pasaman [PDF]
This reseach background is by low learning outcomes in SMA N 1 Tigo Nagari, Kabupaten Pasaman because many students are just silent and do not want to answer the questions given by the teacher, when given individual training students often neglect the ...
Hefni, Hefni, Melia, Yeni, Noni, Noni
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Complex Systems Theory: Some Considerations for Sociology
This essay presents a reflection on the main implications of Complexity Theory for science in general, redefining and dispelling myths of traditional science, and Sociology in particular, suggesting a redefinition of Parsons’ classic concept of Social ...
Rosalia Condorelli
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A Critique of the Mainstream Management Control Theory and the Way Forward
This article critiques the mainstream management control theory with a view to highlighting its gaps and to suggesting a direction for its future development. Management control theory has undergone lopsided development due to the dominance of accounting-
C. Hewege
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Friend or Foe: A Review and Synthesis of Computational Models of the Identity Labeling Problem [PDF]
We introduce the identity labeling problem - given an individual in a social situation, can we predict what identity(ies) they will be labeled with by someone else? This problem remains a theoretical gap and methodological challenge, evidenced by the fact that models of social-cognition often sidestep the issue by treating identities as already known ...
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From Social to Epidemic Criticality and Back [PDF]
We study the spread of a simulated epidemic in a network of individuals who may either contract a disease through sexual contact with an infected nearest neighbor or use safe sex practices under the influence of neighbors who are already adopting precautions.
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