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A Critical and Comprehensive Sociological Theory of Race and Racism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article contests the contention that sociology lacks a sound theoretical approach to the study of race and racism, instead arguing that a comprehensive and critical sociological theory of race and racism exists.
Tanya Golash‐Boza
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

In search of quality and equity: The United Kingdom and Germany in the struggle for PISA scores

open access: yesInternational Journal of Educational Research Open, 2022
School reforms aiming at improving educational performance (quality), closing achievement gaps and reducing the impact of family background on performance (equity) have been on the agenda worldwide for three decades.
Richard Muench, Oliver Wieczorek
doaj   +1 more source

Necessary Metatheory for the Critique of Sociological Theories [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌نامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامه‌های علوم انسانی, 2021
Sociological theories are diverse and this science needs rethinking and critique. If so, far sociological critiques have not had a clear framework. Therefore, a specific method and framework are needed to critique sociological theories.
Hamid Masoudi, Ali Yousofi
doaj   +1 more source

Children’s perspectives on being absorbed when reading fiction: A Q methodology study

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Research in the intersections of literature, media, and psychology increasingly examines the absorbing story experiences of adult readers, typically relying on quantitative self-report questionnaires.
Anežka Kuzmičová   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Brazilian sociological theory and postcolonial criticism

open access: yesSociedade e Estado, 2023
The article discusses to what extent sociological theories produced in the Brazilian academic field dialogue with a global intellectual movement criticizing coloniality and the Eurocentric foundations of the social sciences.
Lucas Amaral de Oliveira   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Factors of social equilibrium shaping and preventing violence [PDF]

open access: yesTemida
The continuous landscape of violence that unfolds parallel to everyday life undermines our sense of well-being, security, and trust in the effectiveness of institutions that are evidently failing to guide individuals to act and react in socially
Pavićević Olivera   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coping with Climate Change: China's Efforts and Their Sociological Significance

open access: yesContemporary Social Sciences, 2018
Most scientists worldwide have accepted anthropogenic climate change as a scientific fact. However, the awareness of climate change varies according to populations, regions, nations and cultures.
Hong Dayong
doaj   +1 more source

A New Institutionalism? The English School as International Sociological Theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In this article I engage with the theoretical opening provided by Barry Buzan’s From International to World Society? I present an argument for five functional categories, which should be able to encompass all the institutions identified by English School
Schouenborg, L.
core   +1 more source

The Grand Theory Is Alive: An Interview with Jonathan H. Turner

open access: yesTeorie vědy, 2021
Jonathan H. Turner is the Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Riverside and, for many decades, the world’s leading authority on sociological theory, with research interests in many other areas such as human and ...
Jonathan H. Turner, Petr Jedlička
doaj   +1 more source

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