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Social Science Research Methods and Knowledge-Claims
Judge, Paramjit S - eSocialSciences - 2007
This paper explores three important but interrelated issues: The power of example; the fragment as evidence; and finally, the field experience and the possibility of generalisation. These issues are central in the current discourse of social science practice in which serious doubts are being raised...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487794
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The Great Mindshift : How a New Economic Paradigm and Sustainability Transformations go Hand in Hand
Göpel, Maja - Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie - 2016
This book describes the path ahead. It combines system transformation research with political economy and change leadership insights when discussing the need for a great mindshift in how human wellbeing, economic prosperity and healthy ecosystems are understood if the Great Transformations ahead...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011684544
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For a political sociology of water resources management
Mollinga, Peter P. - 2008
"political sociology of water resources management". The framing draws theoretical insights from sociology, development studies …, 1984; Archer, 1995) and the notion of public sociology (Burawoy, 2005a); development studies' understanding of the … studies in this particular way comes from. The section situates the field in relation to development sociology as the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010206383
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Technology and work : new sociological approaches?
Moniz, Antonio; Krings, Bettina-Johanna; Frey, Philipp - 2018
From 15–21 July 2018, the World Congress of Sociology, organized by the International Sociological Association (ISA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053699
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From Art to Marketing : The Relevance of Authenticity to Contemporary Consumer Culture
Massi, Marta - 2023
relevance to marketing management. The author draws on several disciplines, including arts, philosophy, sociology and psychology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229300
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MODERNIZAÇÃO DA INDÚSTRIA PORTUGUESA: Análise de um inquérito sociológico
Moniz, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1989
programme that was urgent and determinant in the field of industrial sociology in Portugal. It focus again on the processes of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836575
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Novos Modelos de Produção na Indústria Automóvel Algumas Interrogações
Moniz, António; Machado, Tiago - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
Taking into account the global trends towards vertical de-integration and functional integration, the WorTiS project is expected to be able to determine to what extent the Portuguese automobile industry is experiencing far-reaching changes as far as innovative (post-fordist) work systems are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837265
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A P2P File Sharing Network Topology Formation Algorithm Based on Social Network Information
Altmann, Jorn; Bedane, Zelalem Berhanu - Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program … - 2010
This paper applies the theory of social networks to P2P systems, creating a social-network-based P2P network topology formation algorithm for file sharing. The algorithm extends the Gnutella P2P file sharing technology, which uses super nodes for searching and for relaying shared files between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511385
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Science Commons: Towards Free and Open Knowledge Systems
Ghatak, Shambhu - eSocialSciences - 2009
The free/open source software movement is an economic, social and political movement that has triggered a new recognition of the importance of open knowledge systems, especially in developing countries. Report of a workshop for policy makers in New Delhi. [eSS Conference Report]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512442
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Public Space in Urban Asia
Lim, William SW (contributor) - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
, urban planning, sociology and geography; general readers interested in cities, heritage and development; city planners …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156397