Paradigms Of Social Order

Author : Sergio Dellavalle
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030661793

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Paradigms of Social Order by Sergio Dellavalle Pdf

No social life is possible without order. Order being the most constituent element of society, it is not surprising that so many theories have been developed to explain what social order is and how it is possible, as well as to explore the features that social order acquires in its different dimensions. The book leads these many theories of social order back to a few main matrices for the use of theoretical and practical reason, which are defined as 'paradigms of order'. The plurality of conceptual constructs regarding social order is therefore reduced to a manageable number of theoretical patterns and an intellectual map is produced in which the most significant differences between paradigms are clearly outlined. Furthermore, the 'paradigmatic revolutions' are addressed that marked the most relevant turning points in the way in which a 'well-ordered society' should be understood. Against this background, the question is discussed on the theoretical and practical perspectives for a cosmopolitan society as the only suitable possibility to meet the global challenges with which we are all presently confronted.

Author : Sergio Dellavalle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3030661806

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Paradigms of Social Order by Sergio Dellavalle Pdf

No social life is possible without order. Order being the most constituent element of society, it is not surprising that so many theories have been developed to explain what social order is and how it is possible, as well as to explore the features that social order acquires in its different dimensions. The book leads these many theories of social order back to a few main matrices for the use of theoretical and practical reason, which are defined as 'paradigms of order'. The plurality of conceptual constructs regarding social order is therefore reduced to a manageable number of theoretical patterns and an intellectual map is produced in which the most significant differences between paradigms are clearly outlined. Furthermore, the 'paradigmatic revolutions' are addressed that marked the most relevant turning points in the way in which a 'well-ordered society' should be understood. Against this background, the question is discussed on the theoretical and practical perspectives for a cosmopolitan society as the only suitable possibility to meet the global challenges with which we are all presently confronted. Sergio Dellavalle is Professor of Public Law and State Theory, University of Turin, Italy, and Senior Research Affiliate at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany.

Author : Gibson Burrell,Gareth Morgan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351899147

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Sociological Paradigms and Organisational Analysis by Gibson Burrell,Gareth Morgan Pdf

The authors argue in this book that social theory can usefully be conceived in terms of four broad paradigms, based upon different sets of meta-theoretical assumptions with regard to the nature of social science and the nature of society. The four paradigms - Functionalist, Interpretive, Radical Humanist and Radical Structuralist - derive from quite distinct intellectual traditions, and present four mutually exclusive views of the social work. Each stands in its own right, and generates its own distinctive approach to the analysis of social life. The authors provide extensive reviews of the four paradigms, tracing the evolution and inter-relationships between the various sociological schools of thought within each. They then proceed to relate theories of organisation to this wider background. This book covers a great range of intellectual territory. It makes a number of important contributions to our understanding of sociology and organisational analysis, and will prove an invaluable guide to theorists, researchers and students in a variety of social science disciplines. It stands as a discourse in social theory, drawing upon the general area of organisation studies - industrial sociology, organisation theory, organisational psychology, and industrial relations - as a means of illustrating more general sociological themes. In addition to reviewing and evaluating existing work, it provides a framework for appraising future developments in the area of organisational analysis, and suggests the form which some of these developments are likely to take.

Author : Andrew C. Janos
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0804713332

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Politics and Paradigms by Andrew C. Janos Pdf

Recent economic and political developments in the Third World and in Communist and advanced industrial societies have challenged some of the most cherished assumptions of social science, forcing social scientists to rethink many of the categories of their discipline. In a concisely written and provocative book, the author traces this process of rethinking. He does so by going back to the nineteenth-century origins of political sociology and economy, and by exploring more recent attempts by American scholarship to fashion from the writings of Smith, Marx, Spencer, Weber, and Durkheim a new universal theory of modernization and political change. The author argues that these attempts led to a new intellectual crisis, which could be resolved only by a "paradigm shift," that is, by refocusing the discipline from the classical concept of social relations to a new global concept of the division of labor and systems of exchange. Overall, the volume may be read both as an intellectual history of modern political science, and as an attempt to fashion an analytical tool for empirical research. As such, it will be of interest to students of political philosophy as well as of comparative politics.

Author : Stefan Kadelbach,Thomas Kleinlein,David Roth-Isigkeit
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191081057

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System, Order, and International Law by Stefan Kadelbach,Thomas Kleinlein,David Roth-Isigkeit Pdf

Since the formation of nation-states lawyers, philosophers, and theologians have sought to envisage the ideal political order. Their concepts, deeply entangled with ideas of theology, state formation, and human nature, form the bedrock of today's theoretical discourses on international law. This volume maps models of early international legal thought from Machiavelli to Hegel before international law became an academic discipline. The interplay of system and order serves as a leitmotiv throughout the book, helping to link historical models to contemporary discourse. Part I of the book covers a diverse collection of thinkers in order to scrutinize and contextualize their respective models of the international realm in light of general legal and political philosophy. Part II maps the historical development of international legal thought more generally by distilling common themes and ideas that have remained at the forefront of debate, such as the relationship between law and theology, the role of the individual versus that of the state, the influence of power and economic interests on the law, and the contingencies of time, space and technical opportunities. In the current political climate, where it is common to state that the importance of the nation-state is vanishing, the problems at issue in the classic theories do not seem so remote: is an international system without central power possible? How can a normative order come about if there is no central force to order relations between states? These essays show how uncovering the history of international law can offer ways in which to envisage its future.

Author : Anol Bhattacherjee
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1475146124

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Social Science Research by Anol Bhattacherjee Pdf

This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.

Author : Waltraud Schelkle
Publisher : Campus Verlag
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social change
ISBN : 3593365332

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Paradigms of Social Change by Waltraud Schelkle Pdf

Author : Kavous Ardalan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317085720

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On the Role of Paradigms in Finance by Kavous Ardalan Pdf

Social theory can usefully be conceived in terms of four key paradigms: functionalist, interpretive, radical humanist and radical structuralist. The four paradigms are founded upon different assumptions about the nature of society and each generates distinctive theories, concepts and analytical tools. Finance theory is based on the functionalist paradigm and for the most part finance theorists are unaware of the philosophical tradition to which they belong. By relating finance to the four paradigms, Ardalan's work offers a concise understanding of the multifaceted nature of finance. He recommends theorists adopt a diversity of paradigms and discusses its benefits by application to the following phenomena: the development of academic finance, the mathematical language of academic finance, the mathematics of academic finance, money, corporate governance, markets, technology and education.

Author : Stewart Clegg,James R. Bailey
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 2009 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412915151

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International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies by Stewart Clegg,James R. Bailey Pdf

Describing the field, spanning individual, organisation, societal and cultural perspectives in a cross-disciplinary manner, this is the premier reference tool for students, lecturers, academics and practitioners to gather knowledge about a range of important topics from the perspective of organisation studies.

Author : Robert K. Merton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1996-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0226520706

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On Social Structure and Science by Robert K. Merton Pdf

Robert K. Merton is unarguably one of the most influential sociologists of his time. A figure whose wide-ranging theoretical and methodological contributions have become fundamental to the field, Merton is best known for introducing such concepts and procedures as unanticipated consequences, self-fulfilling prophecies, focused group interviews, middle-range theory, opportunity structure, and analytic paradigms. This definitive compilation encompasses the breadth and brilliance of his works, from the earliest to the most recent. Merton's foundational writings on social structure and process, on the sociology of science and knowledge, and on the discipline and trajectory of sociology itself are all powerfully represented, as are his autobiographical insights in a fascinating coda. Anchored by Piotr Sztompka's contextualizing introduction, Merton's vast oeuvre emerges as a dynamic and profoundly coherent system of thought, a constant source of vitality and renewal for present and future sociology.

Author : Norman Blaikie,Jan Priest
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781509515400

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Social Research by Norman Blaikie,Jan Priest Pdf

This unique book explains the central role that research paradigms play in the design and conduct of social research. The authors argue that social research should not just describe or confirm a social problem but should seek to find an explanation for it – and to do so requires research with 'eyes philosophically wide open'. Important philosophical and practice elements of three widely recognized paradigms – Neo-Positive, Interpretive and Critical Realist – are carefully elaborated and their use in action illustrated with detailed examples. The authors show that the philosophical assumptions of a chosen paradigm must match those embedded in a characterization of a research problem and its context. This paradigm orientation is shown to be fundamental to appropriately framing a problem, formulating research questions, deciding on a logic of inquiry and selecting and using methods to investigate it. Ultimately, an appropriate paradigm orientation to social research provides a dispassionate, rigorous and effective basis for the production of new social scientific knowledge. Following on from Blaikie's Approaches to Social Enquiry and Designing Social Research, this innovative book will be invaluable to upper-level and research students, their lecturers and supervisors, and researchers across the social sciences.

Author : Paul Littlewood,Ignace Glorieux,Ingrid Jönsson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351899512

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Social Exclusion in Europe by Paul Littlewood,Ignace Glorieux,Ingrid Jönsson Pdf

Exclusion has come to hold a prominent place in the political discourse of all governments in the European Union and in the European Commission itself. As such, it figures importantly in various research agencies’ funding priorities attracting academics to develop and conduct major research programmes. But what does it mean? This book analyzes the different meanings the term exclusion has come to convey and surveys a wide variety of actual applications in different European countries.

Author : Thomas S. Kuhn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Historia de la fisica
ISBN : 0226458032

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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn Pdf

Author : Maapola-Thobejane, Hlabathi Rebecca,Maguvhe, Mbulaheni Obert
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781668458013

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Handbook of Research on Shifting Paradigms of Disabilities in the Schooling System by Maapola-Thobejane, Hlabathi Rebecca,Maguvhe, Mbulaheni Obert Pdf

Children living with disabilities face hardships of many kinds that make it impossible for them to access quality education in the same way as their peers in the schooling system. All children are entitled to quality education and a supportive school environment that allows them to develop to their full potential irrespective of their disabilities. However, different factors make it difficult for many learners who live with disabilities to access, participate, and succeed in the schooling system. The Handbook of Research on Shifting Paradigms of Disabilities in the Schooling System focuses on the global trends in education that require the total eradication of every form of impediment in the process of accessing quality education and lifelong learning for people living with disabilities. Rooted in the philosophy of equal rights, human dignity, and social justice, access to quality education for all has led to the current drive for inclusive education. Covering topics such as inclusive schooling systems, visual impairments, and emotional disabilities, this major reference work is an essential resource for students and faculty of higher education, administrators of both K-12 and higher education, government officials, policymakers, non-profit organizations, researchers, and academicians.

Author : Rachelle A. Dorfman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317713654

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Paradigms of Clinical Social Work by Rachelle A. Dorfman Pdf

This fully-integrated volume written by the leading experts in the field of social work presents a wide rage of therapeutic paradigms. Especially noteworthy is the common framework provided for all paradigms discusse, thus facilitating comparison and contrast between each approach. These paradigms include cognitive, brief-oriented, and psychosocial therapies, as well as Adlerian theory and radical behavorism.