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There are a number of objectives that guide this work. First, we aimed to identify the general characteristics of Andalusian companies in terms their approach to social responsibility, particularly in the area of human resources and environmental impact.
María José González-Moreno +2 more
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Problems with innovation. The analysis of regional innovation systems in Poland
The article takes up the issue of evaluation of innovation policy implemented by the Polish authorities since 2000. The unit of the analysis is the regional innovation systems, implemented and funded in accordance with the directives and from EU sources.
Agnieszka Karpińska
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TOWARDS THE PRAGMATIC CONCEPT OF KNOWLEDGES [PDF]
The article presents and justifies the thesis that the way of understanding knowledge has changed significantly over the last century. This change consists in departing from the classic definition of knowledge formulated by Plato, and in particular in ...
Rafał Maciąg
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How can cultural sociology help us understand contemporary Chinese society?
In this editorial for the Thematic Series: Cultural Sociology and China, we discuss the global growth of cultural sociology as a sociological sub-discipline, its current state and future prospects in mainland China, and the aims of this special issue in ...
Amy Tsang, Michèle Lamont
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Statistical expertise in the Ecuadorian public administration: Emergence and legitimation mechanisms
Statistics are an essential tool for governance in contemporary public administration. The advent of this discipline in Ecuador hinged on the role played by a field of experts that appeared and achieved legitimacy in the period running between 1927 and ...
Byron Villacís
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The classical and modern sociology of knowledge: paradigm approach [PDF]
There are discusses the classical and modern sociology of knowledge from the position of a paradigm approach in this article. The basis of the classical paradigm of the sociology of knowledge is the theory of social knowledge and the actions of K ...
N. V. Nikolina, A. E. Strelyaeva
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Tacit knowledge as a gift: sociology of the managerial culture in old China
The interpretation of the concept of «knowledge» in spiritual culture of old China has been considered. The main ways of its acquirement and use in society has been identified.
M. Yu. Zakharov +2 more
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Knowledge and the Sociology of Education
This paper does not go into detail concerning the current debate around the idea of “powerful knowledge”, however, a brief account of the history and context of the sub-discipline as it has developed in England, is presented.
Michael Young
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This article discusses part of a qualitative study carried out among representatives of four generations (the traditionalist generation, baby boomers, generation X, and generation Y), which reveals intergenerational differences in the way the ageing ...
Emilia Kramkowska
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Confucian sociology of managerial knowledge
The article attempts to conceptualize the nature of managerial knowledge in traditional Chinese culture and the possibility of using methodological potential of current sociology of knowledge for this task.
M. Yu. Zakharov +2 more
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