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Un Janus bifrons : la sociologie comme discipline universitaire et comme « vocation »
Sociologies, 2013 Sociologists are back to sociology! But this does not mean they are asking the same questions. The analysis of this debate, that SociologieS initiated, shows that in fact, two debates have been launched; one centred on sociology in research and higher ...
Monique Hirschhorn
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Nature, society and social change [PDF]
, 2012 Environmental destruction has become an everyday reality in the contemporary world. Major concerns are being put forward regarding the dangers to the environment in general and to human societies in particular, with strong focus currently being put on ...
Briguglio, Michael
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Doing public sociology in the classroom [PDF]
, 2018 Within this chapter I explore the manner in which public sociology (Burawoy, 2004) might be usefully employed to enhance teaching and learning. After arguing for an orientation to teaching that centralises students’ experiences by ‘starting from where ...
Matthews, CR
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Natural resources conservation management and strategies in agriculture [PDF]
, 2013 This paper suggests a holistic framework for assessment and improvement of management strategies for conservation of natural resources in agriculture.
Bachev, Hrabrin
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Sociology as a Vocation and a Collective Enterprise: Remembering Michael Burawoy
SociologicaMichael Burawoy has been one of the most influential contemporary sociologists. The author of a scholarly output developed over fifty years, Burawoy innovated in ways of theorizing, field research methods, and tackling the most varied objects of study ...
Riccardo Emilio Chesta
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Loan default prediction of Chinese P2P market: a machine learning methodology
Scientific Reports, 2021 Repayment failures of borrowers have greatly affected the sustainable development of the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending industry. The latest literature reveals that existing risk evaluation systems may ignore important signals and risk factors affecting P2P ...
Junhui Xu, Zekai Lu, Ying Xie
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[Review of] James B. McKee. Sociology and the Race Problem: The Failure of a Perspective [PDF]
, 1994 In his sweeping study of the treatment of African Americans in American sociology from the 1920s until the 1960s, James B. McKee, a professor emeritus of sociology at Michigan State University, concludes that sociologists need to revive an older ...
Williams, Vernon J., Jr
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The relationship between Higher Education and labour market in Greece : the weakest link? [PDF]
, 2009 The high level of graduate unemployment, even though it is acknowledged as one of the most distinctive characteristics of the Greek labour market, it has not attracted enough attention in the academic literature.
C Kanellopoulos +21 more
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Con la sociologia pubblica: ragioni e prospettive di una proposta
CambioIn recent years, interest in the perspective of public sociology has grown in Italy, alongside a renewed focus on the relationship between sociology and the public sphere.
Lavinia Bifulco, Vando Borghi
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RIMCIS, 2014 Public sociology is at the origin of the formation of the modern Brazilian sociological field. Between 1960 and 1970, at least two important institutions of sociological research (the Center for Labor and Industrial Sociology at the University of São ...
Ruy Braga
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