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Social Media and Social Order [PDF]
This book addresses the relationship between social media and social order at multiple scales and sites, from city neighborhoods to national politics, to how the data harvested by transnational corporations influence lives worldwide. It provides insights into how diverse social worlds are being reshaped by social media, analysis of what this means, and
Fisher-Høyrem, Stefan, Herbert, David
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Background Appropriate health system utilisation during pregnancy is fundamental for maintaining maternal and child’s health. To study the use and determinants of supplementary prenatal screening and diagnostics in Germany this study provides ...
Johanna Mayer +8 more
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Background: Early exposure to digital media may affect the physical and cognitive development in young children. The American Academy of Pediatrics and national guidelines recommend no digital media use at all under the age of 18 months.
Kira Durham +32 more
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Complex concepts with varying connotations: In search for conceptual definitions
One of the fundamental challenges for sociology is the interpretation of its key terms, which is determined by the fact that many words of everyday language and scientific discourse are the same despite implying a much higher level of generalization as ...
I. V. Trotsuk
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The Social Order of Markets [PDF]
In this article I develop a proposal for the theoretical vantage point of the sociology of markets, focusing on the problem of the social order of markets. The initial premise is that markets are highly demanding arenas of social interaction, which can only operate if three inevitable coordination problems are resolved.
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The Coming Multi-Order World [PDF]
The article shows that the current international system is changing towards a completely new form of international system, conceptualized as a multi-order system. The suggestion for a multi-order world stands in contrast to three current narratives about
Flockhart, Trine
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The structural contradictions and constraints on corporate social responsibility: Challenges for corporate social irresponsibility [PDF]
Purpose - This chapter engages critically with the ideas of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and irresponsibility (CSI) in order to examine their utility for the purposes of realizing more socially just and environmentally sustainable social and ...
Nunn, Alex +3 more
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Social Ordering Functions [PDF]
We present the Fair Social Ordering approach to policy assessment. In an economic model, a Social Ordering Function (SOF) associates each economy in the domain with a complete ranking of the allocations. We describe the main achievements of the SOF theory. We present two applications, which show how SOF's can be used to evaluate policies.
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Review of Metanarratives of Disability: Culture, Assumed Authority, and the Normative Social Order [PDF]
Metanarratives of Disability opens discussion and understandings around cultural, theoretical, and lived experience perspectives of disability. The critical concepts of assumed authority and the normative social order are introduced and investigated ...
Worthington, N.
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Political Economy of Budgeting System in Iran, with an Emphasis on Social Order Approach (1906-1925) [PDF]
In the approach of new institutionalism, the budgeting system's complexities have roots in its formation's historical development. Understanding this historical development from the perspective of institutions and organizations has made it easier to ...
Hamid Reza Ghasemi +2 more
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