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The myth of 'the myth of Irish neutrality': deconstructing concepts of Irish neutrality using international relations theories [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
A number of academics, journalists and political elites claim that Irish neutrality is a 'myth', and many also characterise public support for Irish neutrality as 'confused' and 'nonrational'.
Devine, Karen
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Virtualization of Religious Communities as a Key Tool to Understanding the Evolution of Sociological Concepts of Religiosity

open access: yesКонцепт: философия, религия, культура, 2020
The article considers the evolution of the sociological vision of religiosity. The relevance of the topic raised is due to the demarcation between the religious and the secular the late Modern and personal identification. The purpose of the article is to
S. D. Lebedev
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Approaching the social control of drugs, I: Construction of the problem [PDF]

open access: yesSociologija, 2008
The paper aims at outlining the social process whereby drug use has been defined as a major problem of contemporary society. The beginning of profane use of drugs is located in modern industrial society, while their global spread and the establishment of
Radulović Dragan
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Enhancing Comprehensive Mastery of Qualitative Research Methodology for Students Through the Deconstruction of the Eid al-Fitr Greeting Model

open access: yesSociety, 2023
This quasi-experimental study aims to enhance the Mastery of Comprehensive Qualitative Research Methodology (MCQRM) among Sociology students. The goal is to equip students with systematic thinking steps involving philosophy, paradigm, object of study ...
Bagus Haryono   +3 more
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Historical sociology, international relations and connected histories [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article addresses three recent developments in historical sociology: (1) neo-Weberian historical sociology within International Relations; (2) the 'civilizational analysis' approach utilized by scholars of 'multiple modernities'; and (3) the 'third ...
Bhambra, Gurminder K.
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Contours in reflexivity: Commitment, criteria and change [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article examines the intellectual contours in calls to reflexivity in social research. In charting changes in these calls and their ideas on the role of social research in society, the article draws out lessons for future orientation.
May, T
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«We are equal to any other family… we believe in our true parenthood and the authenticity of our families». Adoptive families in the new family structure models

open access: yesFeminismo/s, 2014
In this article we tackle the meaning of the adoptive family from the analysis of the adoptive Spanish mothers and fathers’ speech. In a context empty of adoptive culture, adoptive families publish narrations to be valued as «normal», while as the same ...
María José Rodríguez Jaume   +1 more
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The Identity of Fate and the Identity of Choice: Between the Routine of Continuation and the Ordinariness of Rejection

open access: yesThe Person and the Challenges, 2023
Culture and religion still interrelate with one another. The presence of religious values in social life depends, above all, on the processes of constructing cultural identities in the course of socialization and education, which warrant the experience ...
Wojciech Świątkiewicz
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Nierozstrzygalność - drugie imię dekonstrukcji?

open access: yesPrzestrzenie Teorii, 2007
The article focuses on the problem of undecidability - the main feature of literature according to Derrida. Numerous examples of undecidability shows that it is not deconstruction which has found this kind of reading.
Elżbieta Winiecka
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