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Modern Civil Society

Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2008
The article is aimed at providing arguments in favor of the vital role of civil society in the institutional infrastructure of socio-economic development. Civil society is explored both as a social phenomenon and as a theoretical concept. Civilization-based and formation-based characteristics underlying forms and contents of civil society in different ...
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The Fiber of Modern Society

Science Translational Medicine, 2011
In a series of articles, diverse professionals engage in a critical dialogue on innovation.
Elazer R, Edelman, Martin B, Leon
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The school and society


John Dewey's "The School and Society" argues that the traditional school system, characterized by passive, isolated learning focused heavily on symbolic studies, is fundamentally incompatible with the radical industrial and social revolutions of the ...
J. Dewey
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Modernity and Society

2021
Through globalization, modernity makes the world homogenous. Two primary components of a society are its culture and its social structure. Society is a large grouping of people that shares the same geographical territory, shares a common culture and social structure and expected to abide by the same laws.
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Modernization and Society

Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2007
The author argues that Russia needs modernization. Its essence is in the transition to the new economy. But the main factor which is necessary in this respect is modernization of social institutions. Russian society is not mature enough for the modernization. One needs to take measures in order to promote public confidence and social activity.
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Society and Modernity

1982
The roots of the Japanese ‘economic miracle’ are deeply entrenched in the past. Thus, whereas the political historian may wish to distinguish between Edo ‘feudalism’, Meiji ‘absolutism’, Taisho ‘democracy’ and post-war ‘liberalism’, the economic historian is more interested in the continuous growth and acceleration of Japanese economic development ...
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Death rituals in modern society

British Journal of Community Nursing, 2020
The advent of death prompts a series of events leading to the disposal of the body and any period of mourning thereafter, and these rituals differ among societies. The differences in death rituals tend to signify different cultural blueprints of actions and behaviours passed down through generations that everybody learns while growing up as members of ...
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Social Isolation in Modern Society

2006
Part one: Social isolation 1 The issue of social isolation Roelof Hortulanus and Anja Machielse 2 Theories on social contacts and social isolation Anja Machielse 3 A typology of social contacts Ludwien Meeuwesen Part two: Personal and social factors 4 Life events and social isolation Ludwien Meeuwesen 5 Personal competences and social isolation Ludwien
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Modern National Societies

1968
A national society is a Particular kind of social system. Social systems, we assume, raise the question of their purpose or their contributions. They may exist to produce goods, to raise children, to educate, to cure. Often they have more than one end.
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3. Modern Societies

2014
The period since 1945 was divided by the ending of the Cold War in 1991, and it accordingly makes sense to offer a comment about the collapse of the Soviet Union by way of preface. An initial point is simple: the centralization of power for development purposes may lead not just to an immediate disaster but to long term failure.
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