Some Social Relations Restated
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 333-346
ISSN: 1537-5390
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In: The American journal of sociology, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 333-346
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: Man: the journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 174
In: Acta sociologica: journal of the Scandinavian Sociological Association, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 73-97
ISSN: 1502-3869
In: The journal of negro education: JNE ;a Howard University quarterly review of issues incident to the education of black people, Band 22, Heft 4, S. 497
ISSN: 2167-6437
In: Teaching sociology: TS, Band 5, Heft 3, S. 315
ISSN: 1939-862X
In: Social policy & administration: an international journal of policy and research, Band 35, Heft 5, S. 608-626
ISSN: 0037-7643, 0144-5596
In: Társadalomkutatás, Band 32, Heft 2, S. 99-116
ISSN: 1588-2918
In: Human relations: towards the integration of the social sciences, Band 29, Heft 9, S. 805-817
ISSN: 1573-9716, 1741-282X
This paper reports the findings of an intensive study of 11 families in Bombay during Divali in 1973-74. It also uses materialfrom interviews and social interaction with a number offactory workers and clerks. I willfocus on the way in which employment influences patterns of social relations. Urban dwellers are conscious of alternative modes of behavior and different values, which they attempt to manipulate to provide themselves with the best opportunities, both economically and socially.
In: Social policy and administration, Band 35, Heft 5, S. 608-626
ISSN: 1467-9515
Like Marxists before, greens are trenchant critics of the commodification of human life by consumer capitalism. They have been persistent advocates of less materialistic ways of living but, as such, have been easily dismissed as champions of frugal, small‐scale community living. This essay argues that a society which fostered non‐materialistic ways of living could offer more rather than less to its citizens if it put at the centre of its vision the quality of human and social relations. A relational perspective insists that human capacities—aesthetic, spiritual, practical/intellectual, ethical and convivial—are developed through our relations to others and to nature, including the nature and otherness in ourselves. The primary aim of an ecowelfare society should be to create the conditions for such human capacities to flourish in a balanced way. The essay frst describes four areas of our everyday social relations where qualitative change is necessary if a democratic culture is to flourish. Capitalism privileges the development of the practical/intellectual and, in consequence, our over‐extended technical powers now put the world at risk. Green democracy must be approached in this light. Participation in political discussion and decision making at all levels of society enhances individual and collective ethical and convivial capacities and therefore fosters citizens who have the capacity to respond to social and ecological insecurity. To be convincing, green democracy needs to recognize the actual complexity of society, a complexity that direct, face‐to‐face models of democracy cannot deal with. In opposition to the markets and managerialism of existing governments greens should develop a vision of the extended democratization of all levels and institutions of society, from housing estates and health centres to universities and non‐departmental public bodies like the Arts Council. In doing so it must recognize the differences, tensions and conflicts in all communities irrespective of whether these are generated around place, identity or lifestyle. It must therefore promote the maximum diversity of democratic forms.
In: World Economy and International Relations, Heft 5, S. 5-20
ISSN: 2782-4330