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Forum Sociológico, 2012 Cativante, a tese da “modernidade reflexiva” de A. Giddens dificilmente poderá ser sustentada empiricamente se alguns dos seus pressupostos não forem (re)equacionados. Confrontando a perspetiva de A. Giddens com a de P. Bourdieu, procura-se, assim, neste
Maria Benedita Portugal e Melo
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In Search of a Singular I: A Structurational Analysis of Passing [PDF]
, 2005 It is easy to envision the socio-cultural phenomenon of passing as a relic of a bygone era, yet passing is markedly more. From a historical perspective, passing-as-white is a strategy of representation through which light-skinned, white-looking ...
Alesan, Dawkins Marcia
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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A river of risk : a diagram of the history and historiography of risk management [PDF]
, 2008 The history of risk and risk management can be evaluated through the historiography of the subject. Writings on the history of risk and risk management can also be treated as pieces of evidence.
Hay-Gibson, Naomi
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"Open the Gates Mek We Repatriate": Caribbean slavery, constructivism, and hermeneutic tensions [PDF]
, 2014 This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edit version of an article published in International Theory. The definitive publisher-authenticated version: Shilliam, Robbie.
Shilliam, R
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Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Combining different theoretical frameworks can lead to new insights into the role of material things in shaping human experience in the Paleolithic period. This paper first presents a historical review of three theoretical approaches in archaeology, anthropology, and the philosophy of mind: Material culture and materiality studies, the ...
Bar Efrati
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On the recovering of social solidarities in the age of globalisation
Journal of Human Environmental Studies, 2006 An attempt to recover damaged social solidarities in the age of globalisation is required evading the exclusivist character communitarianism often have. As for this point, Anthony Giddens' theoretical project aims at being openness through his idea ...
Kohei Miyazaki
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Renaming in Adoption: Exploring Name Ambivalence in Adoptive Parents' Name Stories
Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Names are central to identity, yet their role in adoption, where identity and family dynamics are complex, remains under‐researched. This article draws on findings from a qualitative study of names and adoption in England and Wales to examine adoptive parents' decisions about the first names of their children.
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Positivismo y sociología: en torno a unos artículos recopilados por Anthony Giddens
Papers, 1977 En este artículo se realiza una revisión crítica de la colección de textos presentada por Anthony Giddens bajo el título de Positivism and Sociology (Londres: Heinemann, 1974). El autor se refiere más extensamente a los textos de Max Weber, Alfred Schutz
José Jiménez Blanco
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An investigation of the relation of space to society: a discussion on A. Giddens, H. Lefebvre and space syntax [PDF]
, 2003 This thesis is dealing with the relation of society and space as a main characteristic for elucidating the design process. More particular is based on the problem which appears both in spatial and social theories of relating entities which ‘are in ...
Mavridou, M.
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