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DigitCult@Scientific Journal on Digital Cultures, 2016 The purpose of this paper is to analyse the transformation of intellectuals in contemporary global post-industrial society, through a critical review on sociological studies and researches.
Francesco Antonelli
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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PSL Quarterly Review, 2014 The article analyses the reciprocal relations between Economics and Sociology. The author begins with Pareto’s position on general Sociology, which entails a fairly strict division between the two fields of scientific enquiry, calling attention to the ...
G. GINI
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang +3 more
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Contingencies of Value: Devices and Conventions at a Design School Admission Test
Valuation Studies, 2014 Based on a study of the admission test at a design school, this paper investigates the contingencies of aesthetic values as these become visible in assessment practices.
Sara Malou Strandvad
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Human rights and ethical reasoning : capabilities, conventions and spheres of public action [PDF]
, 2012 This interdisciplinary article argues that human rights must be understood in terms of opportunities for social participation and that social and economic rights are integral to any discussion of the subject.
Bessy C +18 more
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Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong +2 more
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The Argonauts as a classic of Sociology: Malinowski and the recent history of New Economic Sociology
ManaThis essay was presented at the tribute to Bronislaw Malinowski, 100 years after the publication of The Argonauts of the Western Pacific organized by the Department of Social Anthropology of the London School of Economics.
Ariel Wilkis
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Network Interaction of Universities in Higher Education System of Ural Macro-Region [PDF]
Экономика региона, 2017 The subject-matter of the analysis are the characteristics and forms of cooperation between universities of Ural Federal District on the basis of their typology.
Garold Efimovich Zborovsky +1 more
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Contributions to the sociology of law : a critical reading of Marx and Weber : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Sociology, Massey University [PDF]
, 1985 The purpose of this thesis is to aid the process of uderstanding the sociology of law - what it has been and what it can be. It is most important to consider to what extent can law and sociology contribute in the real human struggle for economic, social ...
Romero, Maria Isabel Hernandez de
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