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Collaborating with transnational families: Learning from the experiences of family caretakers, educators, psychologists, and spiritual leaders in Honduras

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript centers on the experiences of caretakers of minors in Honduran transnational families (TNFs) in which one or both parents emigrated, and of the schoolteachers, professional psychologists, and spiritual leaders working with these families.
Marco Gemignani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sociologia contemporanea, teoria critica, teoria sociale: il contributo di Boltanski. Una rilettura critica

open access: yesSocietàMutamentoPolitica: Rivista Italiana di Sociologia, 2021
In contemporary sociological theory, the work of Boltanski and his research group is viewed as central, for at least two reasons: its contribution to reopening debate in critical social theory and renewing the European sociological tradition.
Lidia Lo Schiavo
doaj   +1 more source

"I would like to see that one is able to say I'm proud of being a citizen of the EU…" – the way Hungarian people see Europe and the European Union [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper explores the concepts of Europe, Europeanism and European Union, their meaning to Hungarians, how people define them and how they relate to these concepts through the analysis of qualitative in-depth interviews.
Göncz, Borbála
core  

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Les normes ISO, entre soft law étendue et dessein biopolitique

open access: yesCahiers Droit, Sciences & Technologies, 2021
ISO standards belong to the field of soft law and are imposed as voluntary standards. The article proposes a political sociology of their construction and implementation.
Jérôme Lamy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sociological self images : paradigms and pluralisms in sociological theory, 1960s-1990s : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Sociology at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
This thesis explores the identity and self-understanding of sociology as expressed chiefly in discourses of sociological theory. It takes as its starting point the 'identity crisis' of sociology that began in the 1960s with the demise of structural ...
Kemp, Stephen Timothy
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The contribution of French pragmatic sociology to critical Management studies

open access: yes, 2015
La sociologie pragmatique francaise (SP), inspiree des travaux de Luc Boltanski et Laurent Thevenot, est de plus en plus utilisee par les etudes organisationnelles en management.
Benjamin Taupin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Justification [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In the most general sense, the term“justification” refers to the act of providing reasons for the validity, legitimacy, and defensibility of (1) an action, (2) a belief, and/or (3) a social arrangement.
Susen, S.
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The role of beliefs and social–emotional skills in shaping educational expectations among Romanian adolescents

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The study used descriptive and multivariate statistics analytical methods to explore relationships between the highest level of education expected by 15‐year‐old Romanian students and factors associated with student background (personal and academic), school characteristics and selected beliefs and social–emotional skills.
Camelia Truța   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The State, a Police Matter? What the Work of Internal Police Oversight Agencies Teaches Us about the State

open access: yesSocietàMutamentoPolitica: Rivista Italiana di Sociologia, 2021
The stateness of the police institution is often assumed by social scientists. This article attempts to show that making that stateness uncertain may contribute to a renewal of the sociology of the State.
Cédric Moreau de Bellaing
doaj   +1 more source

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