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Despite the range of analytical foci in current policy process theory, the idea of an empirically sound power concept has not received much attention. While scientifically oriented process frameworks tend to be either implicitly or explicitly based on a ...
Tjorven Sievers, Michael D. Jones
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Liberalization of electricity markets, governmental policies for renewable electricity and technology development are transforming national electricity industries.
Mari Ratinen
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Obligations as Social Constructs [PDF]
In this paper we formalize sanction-based obligations in the context of Searle's notion of construction of social reality. In particular, we define obligations using a counts as conditional, Anderson's reduction to alethic modal logic and Boella and Lesmo's normative agent. Our analysis presents an alternative criticism to the weakening rule, which has
Guido Boella +1 more
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Community’s Social Construction on Covid-19 Patients with Supervision in Surakarta Indonesia [PDF]
Negative stigma labelled against Covid-19 patients and health workers can worsen Covid-19 management situation. Therefore, this research aimed to analyze Surakarta people’s interpretation on Covid-19 patient and their social construction process on Covid-
Demartoto Argyo +3 more
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Sexual cleansing is part of the social transition process for widows to become eligible to remarry after the death of her husband. This ritual is conducted to cleanse the widow of evil spirits resulting from the death of her husband.
Leso Munala +5 more
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Un constructo social de los Derechos Humanos para la autodeterminación de los pueblos indígenas
Propongo un derecho humano a la autodeterminación de los pueblos indígenas como algo a desarrollar en cada caso por el pueblo indígena y válido sólo si es aceptado por ese pueblo.
Benjamin Gregg
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THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY
Defining reality and the mechanisms by which people perceive it is a difficult and challenging task in this age of post-truth, where everything is relative, interpretable, and dynamic, without generally accepted norms. However, there is a close relationship between the human and the social environment.
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How to Project a Socially Constructed Sexual Orientation
Was bisexuality a widespread feature of ancient Greek society? This question is an instance of cross-cultural projection – of taking the means through which people are categorized in one culture and applying it to members of another. It’s widely held by
Peter Finocchiaro
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Some health problems at work, increased by ever more intense work demands, result in absenteeism, turnover, stress, work exhaustion, and MSDs. These problems are treated with more appropriate preventive measures when ergonomic interventions take into ...
Laurence Théry, Florence Chappert
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The Social Construction of Revelation [PDF]
Working in a social constructionist perspective, this paper explores the potential of the concept of revelation in the many dialogues of practical theology: with the church, with society, and with the academic disciplines (theological and socialscientific). Each of these dialogues posits specific demands and constraints, and the practical theologian is
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