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Functionaries: A Distributional Approach to Institutional Analysis

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper outlines a distributional approach to institutional analysis, reconceptualising institutions as distributions of knowledge and activity across people. We argue that institutionalisation and institutional change are best understood by focussing on actors with the requisite knowledge and motivation to keep institutional patterns going,
Dustin S. Stoltz, Marshall A. Taylor, Omar Lizardo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Composition Theory: A Pragmatist Specification of the Mesosocial

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article develops composition theory as a pragmatist specification of the mesosocial. Existing theories describe situated social life without adequately explaining the mechanisms that produce it. Recent pragmatist scholarship has established important foundations: Gross on mechanisms, Lizardo on habit, and Hallett on inhabited ...
David D. Brown
wiley   +1 more source

Marxist history and schooling: Beyond economism [PDF]

, 1994
Marxist history emphasises the linkage between economic production, social institutions and everyday life. Critics of Marxism claim that its analysis of schooling is simplistic, functional and deterministic The first part of this paper examines whether ...
Down, B.
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Interpreting Changes in Global Methane Budget in a Chemistry‐Climate Model Constrained With Methane and Isotopic Observations

AGU Advances, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract The continuous increase in atmospheric methane (CH4) concentrations over the past few decades has become a major concern due to its strong role as a greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. In this work, we investigate the changes in the global methane budget using a global chemistry‐climate model constrained with methane and its ...
Jian He, Vaishali Naik, Larry W. Horowitz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A right to a risk filled life : understanding and analysis of the risk discourse for consumers in mental health : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Social Policy at Massey University [PDF]

, 2008
This thesis documents the perspective and discourse of risk for eleven people who identify as someone with lived experiences of mental illness and mental health service use.
Phillips, Ross
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Becoming the Olympics: The Sound Proof series of exhibition (2008-2012) [PDF]

, 2013
Presentation at the Heritage Architecture LanDesign conference. Organised by Le Vie dei Mercanti and sponsored by Forum UNESCO.
Biagioli, Monica
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Entre a epistemologia e a ontologia: a teoria da estruturação de Anthony Giddens

Tempo Social, 2014
O artigo ilustra algumas peculiaridades metodológicas do projeto teórico de Anthony Giddens, a teoria da estruturação. O diagnóstico é que ela tem menos influência na teoria social atual do que poderia ter.
Fábio Rodrigues Ribeiro da Silva
doaj  

Hermenéutica, etnometodología y problemas del análisis interpretativo

Cuadernos de Antropología Social, 1989
Anthony Giddens
doaj   +1 more source

The Globalization of Maternal Healthcare in Western Africa

, 2014
Maternal healthcare is one of the most important global issues in today’s world, reflected in its inclusion in the Millennium Development Goals. Globalization, through increased acceleration and movement, has improved maternal healthcare in Western ...
Magistrali, Maura T.
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Between Bandura and Giddens: Structuration Theory in Social Psychological Research?

, 2014
S. Oppong
semanticscholar   +1 more source