Conceptualizing Society

Author : Adam Kuper
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134926499
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conceptualizing Society written by Adam Kuper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social anthropologists represented in this volume share the view that, together, ethnography and theoretically informed comparison constitute a single, plausible enterprise, and they reject both the postmodernist criticism of ethnography as epistemologically problematic, and the opposing view that no theory could possibly do justice to the insights and complex descriptions of ethnography. In this volume, the first papers taken from the first conference of the newly-formed European Association of Social Anthropologists, the contributors discuss the various models at the disposal of the modern ethnographer. Their concerns range through structuralism, postmodernism and world systems theory, and the volume as a whole offers a lively account of the state of general theory in social anthropology today.

Author : Noboru Konno
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819728312
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kōsō-ryoku: Conceptualizing Capability written by Noboru Konno and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. O'Hagan
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403907528
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conceptualizing the West in International Relations Thought written by J. O'Hagan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-04-09 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West is a concept widely used in international relations, but we rarely reflect on what we mean by the term. Conceptions of and what the West is vary widely. This book examines conceptions of the West drawn from writers from diverse historical and intellectual contexts, revealing both interesting parallels and points of divergence. It also reflects on implications of these different perceptions of how we understand the role of the West, and its interactions with other civilizational identities.

Author : Benson Saler
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781571812193
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conceptualizing Religion written by Benson Saler and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How might we transform a folk category - in this case religion - into a analytical category suitable for cross-cultural research? In this volume, the author addresses that question. He critically explores various approaches to the problem of conceptualizing religion, particularly with respect to certain disciplinary interests of anthropologists. He argues that the concept of family resemblances, as that concept has been refined and extended in prototype theory in the contemporary cognitive sciences, is the most plausible analytical strategy for resolving the central problem of the book. In the solution proposed, religion is conceptualized as an affair of "more or less" rather than a matter of "yes or no," and no sharp line is drawn between religion and non-religion.

Author : Michelle Pace
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136794441
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conceptualizing Cultural and Social Dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean Area written by Michelle Pace and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-02-08 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published as a special issue of Mediterranean Politics, this collection critically analyzes the dynamics and complexities of the wider Euro-Mediterranean area on the basis of individual theory-informed designs and conceptual frameworks. Since the predominant focus has been on the first (political and security partnership) and the second baskets (economic and financial partnership) of the Barcelona Process, our contributors analyze social and cultural issues (the third basket of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership), drawing upon linkages between concepts, structures and policy outcomes. Some articles focus on the impact of the EU's actor capability in the area of EU policies towards the South in enhancing interregional dialogue, understanding and cultural cooperation. Others focus on a critical discourse analysis of dialogue, identity, power, human rights and civil society (including Western and non-Western conceptions). Finally, the volume culminates with a discussion on cultural democracy in Euro-Mediterranean relations.

Author : Furio Cerutti
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317037510
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conceptualizing Politics written by Furio Cerutti and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics is hugely complex. Some try to reduce its complexity by examining it through an ideological worldview, a one-size-fits-all prescriptive formula or a quantitative examination of as many 'facts' as possible. Yet politics cannot be adequately handled as if it were made of cells and particles: ideological views are oversimplifying and sometimes dangerous. Politics is not simply a moral matter, nor political philosophy a subdivision of moral philosophy. This book is devised as a basic conceptual lexicon for all those who want to understand what politics is, how it works and how it changes or fails to change. Key concepts such as power, conflict, legitimacy and order are clearly defined and their interplay in the state, interstate and global level explored. Principles such as liberty, equality, justice and solidarity are discussed in the context of the political choices confronting us. This compact and systematic introduction to the categories needed to grasp the fundamentals of politics will appeal to readers who want to gain a firmer grasp on the workings of politics, as well as to scholars and students of philosophy, political science and history.

Author : Naomi Geneene Penney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conceptualizing Community Input for Public Health Practice written by Naomi Geneene Penney and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rolf A. Lundin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461556910
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Projects as Arenas for Renewal and Learning Processes written by Rolf A. Lundin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a growing tendency to organize various aspects of business life by projects, and to set up temporary organizations in a competition where speed and adaptability becomes a major necessity. Organizing by projects is perceived as a good way to ensure action and to stress the importance of getting work done. However, there is a need to balance the stress on action so that learning capabilities are not only retained, but augmented. Projects as Arenas for Renewal and Learning Processes provides examples of how different types of projects function from a learning or renewal perspective, taken from a wide variety of real-life environments in industrial and public organizations. This book illustrates the mistaken habit of assuming too much in the project area: for example, project notions are, in fact, culture-dependent; classical market-oriented contracting business relations do not fit with the learning dimension of projects; and long-term learning on core competencies and product development projects need to be connected. The book is also intended to represent many of the research frontiers in the project field. Enhancing learning capabilities is - or should be - of a mutual concern to researchers and managers alike.

Author : National Centre of International Security and Defence Analysis (Pune, India). Conference
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
ISBN 13 : 9788126907885
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conceptualizing Security for India in the 21st Century written by National Centre of International Security and Defence Analysis (Pune, India). Conference and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2007 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Present Volume Is An Anthology Of Papers Presented In The First Nisda Security Conference In 2005 With Interdisciplinary Contributions From A Variety Of Professionals From Government Organization, Academics And Researchers On The Common Theme Of Conceptualizing The Notion Of Security In The 21St Century. It Entails A Multi-Pronged Input From Organizational, Bureaucratic And Academic Perspectives To Look At In A Focused Way The Indo-Centric View Towards The National And International Security Matters. It Is Hoped That The Volume Will Be Useful To The Policymakers As Well As The Students Of International Relations And International Security.

Author : B. Baumgarten
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137385790
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conceptualizing Culture in Social Movement Research written by B. Baumgarten and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume introduces and compares different concepts of culture in social movement research. It assesses their advantages and shortcomings, drawing links to anthropology, discourse analysis, sociology of emotions, narration, spatial theory, and others. Each contribution's approach is illustrated with recent cases of mobilization.