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The missing organizational dimension in urban sociology

, 2009
Our article takes issue with the treatment of organizations in much urban sociology. We argue that both Marxian political economists and Chicagoan ethnographers and quantitative analysts treat organizations as derivative rather than productive of urban ...
Marwell, Nicole P., McQuarrie, Michael
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Examining New Donors in the OECD's Development Assistance Committee

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do emerging donors integrate into the existing international aid architecture? While the existing literature focuses largely on emerging donors from the Global South, such as Brazil, China, India and Russia, there are many emerging donors from the Global North that have joined the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC)—the premier ...
Nicolas Bau, Simone Dietrich, Katharina Fleiner, Alice Iannantuoni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Schimbări din perspectiva locuirii în mediul rural românesc

Sociologie Românească, 2000
The paper on rural inhabiting consists of two parts: a) description of some changes that have taken place in rural inhabiting in Romania by historical regions and b) presentation of changes in the villages studied by the teams coordinated by D.
Trăilă Cernescu
doaj  

Studentification, youthification, and gentrification, all at once? New-builds, newcomers, and near-campus change in a post-industrial city

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series
Higher education growth changes the neighbourhoods of university cities in multiple ways. The most evidenced way is studentification, although researchers also report youthification and gentrification.
Jakub Zasina, Wiktoria Jakubiak
doaj   +1 more source

The Re-invention of Sociology of Community

, 2014
In today’s society the term ‘Community’ is frequently used. Politicians, religious leaders, policy makers and the media are repeatedly utilizing the concept to describe a particular scenario.
Halsall, Jamie
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The sociological significance of domestic violence: Tensions, paradoxes and implications

, 2013
Sociology and sociological theory has been effective in analyzing societal and institutional conflict and violence, but less so the specifics of interpersonal violence. This article examines the sociological significance of domestic violence.
Hearn, Jeff,, Jeff Hearn, Hearn, Jeff
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The Art of Reception: Field Visits as Microcosms for Development Interventions of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Uganda

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
wiley   +1 more source

Societate și arhitectură

Sociologie Românească, 2001
Population growth had an important influence on architecture, as it determined increasing of construction volume, especially houses. Built houses are meant to endure for few generations.
Trăilă Cernescu
doaj  

Urban Ageing: Towards an enhanced spatial perspective

, 2018
Joint Session of RN 37 (Urban Sociology) and RN01 (Ageing in Europe) Call for papers of the Joint Session Cities have become central to research on the complexities and multidimensionality of ageing.
patriciapereira
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From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
wiley   +1 more source