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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 …

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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 …

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COVID-19 and platform work in Germany : lessons for the new normal

Herzog, Lorena; Cooiman, Franziska; Gerber, Christine; … - Weizenbaum-Institut - 2024

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Die Sozialstruktur der Soziologie: Professorenschaft in Deutschland

Mau, Steffen; Huschka, Denis - 2010

-structural composition of professors in the field of sociology. This investigation is based upon a full survey of professors at sociological …

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Community Norms and Organizational Practices: The Legitimization of Wage Arrears in Russia, 1992-1999

Earle, John S.; Spicer, Andrew; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - 2004

What role do community norms play in the diffusion and persistence of new organizational practices? We explore this question through an examination of the widespread practice of wage arrears, the late and non-payment of wages, in Russia during the 1990s. Existing research on wage arrears most...

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Die Rolle des Internets als Informationsbeschaffungsmedium in Banken

Roßbach, Peter - 2009

Subject of the study presented in this paper is the analysis of the relevance of the Internet as an information source in German banks. The results show, that today the Internet is indeed the most important information source for many types of information used in the business processes of banks....

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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 …

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A Note on Social Norms and Transfers

Sundén, David; Weibull, Jörgen W. - 1997

This note elaborates an extension of the paper 'Social Norms, the Welfare State, and Voting' by Lindbeck, Nyberg, and Weibull [1]. That paper studies the effects of a social norm against living off others work. In the welfare-state context of their model, this means that individuals who live on...

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A Review on Energy Consumption from a Socio-Economic Perspective: Reduction through Energy Efficiency and Beyond

Schmidt, Stephan; Weigt, Hannes - 2013

Reducing energy demand and increasing energy efficiency are seen as major elements of the ongoing transformation of energy systems in multiple national and international programs like the EU 20-20-20 targets. Despite the predominately socio-economic nature of energy demand such interdisciplinary...

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Is There Room for 'Fear' as a Human Passion in the Work by Adam Smith?

Parisi, Daniela - 2014

The sciences tell us that fears are physical feelings and mental emotions that play a key role in any society. Not many issues related to fear are explored by economists today. The aim of this paper is to go backwards through the history of economic thought, and examine if and how Adam Smith...

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