Results 71 to 80 of about 20,174 (204)

The Development of Egalitarianism, Altruism, Spite and Parochialism in Childhood and Adolescence [PDF]

open access: yes
We study how the distribution of other-regarding preferences develops with age. Based on a set of allocation choices, we can classify each of 717 subjects, aged 8 to 17 years, as either egalitarian, altruistic, or spiteful.
Fehr, Ernst   +2 more
core  

Implications for democracy of a networked bureaucratic world [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Dwight Waldo wrote nearly fifty years ago that democracy is very much more than the political context in which public administration is carried out. Public administration is now less hierarchical and insular and is increasingly networked.
O'Toole Jr, Laurence J.
core   +2 more sources

The Contemporary Debate on Secularization and Its Cross‐National Variation: A Systematization Through Topic Modeling

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Secularization is a key concept in the social scientific study of religion, yet its meaning remains ambiguous due to varied definitions produced in the literature. This article aims to provide a data‐driven systematization of the debate on religious change by analyzing 1638 academic articles published between 2001 and 2022 using structural ...
Valeria Rainero, Ruud Luijkx
wiley   +1 more source

“Taking Care of Your Own”: Parochialism, Pride of Place, and the Drive to Diversify Teaching

open access: yesAERA Open, 2020
As the student population in U.S. public schools becomes increasingly ethnoracially diverse, many school districts and hiring personnel have taken proactive approaches to recruiting teachers of color.
James Noonan, Travis J. Bristol
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding reciprocity [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper surveys the evolutionary game theoretic literature on reciprocity in human interactions, dealing both with long-term relationships and with sporadic interactions. Four basic themes, repetition, commitment, assortation, and parochialism, appear
E.Somanathan, Rajiv Sethi
core  

The context and mission of Canadian Lutheranism [PDF]

open access: yes, 1980
The mission of the Church can be understood only in the context of our time. This context is one of skepticism and failed idealism; of egocentricity, of religious pluralism and secular religion. The needs confronting the Church are re-evangelisation,
Nostbakken, Roger W.
core   +1 more source

Reproducing National Distinction: How Cultural Capital Shapes Estonia's Russian School Field

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on nationalism has long emphasized the homogenizing role of education in producing shared language, history and identity, while studies in the sociology of education have examined how cultural capital and social class structure school hierarchies.
Léo Henry
wiley   +1 more source

Diferențe interregionale pe dimensiunea parohialism/naționalism

open access: yesSociologie Românească, 2004
This study aims at investigating the parochialism dimension, by four significant socio-statistical indicators: the independence/interdependence level, the internal/external locus of control, complex identification/local identification (eight identities ...
Dana Bălaș
doaj  

Optimal Parochialism: The Dynamics of Trust and Exclusion in Networks [PDF]

open access: yes
Networks such as ethnic credit associations, close-knit residential neighborhoods, 'old boy' networks, and ethnically linked businesses play an important role in economic life but have been little studied by economists. These networks are often supported
Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles
core  

The Waikato Region: Major tourism issues and opportunities to facilitate tourism development: Public summary [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
A regional tourism project was commissioned by Katolyst, the Waikato Economic Development Agency, to assess the following: What is meant by regional tourism; the current views of industry stakeholders within the tourism and hospitality sectors; major ...
Walter, Naomi Jane, Zahra, Anne Louise
core   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy