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The Craft of Social Anthropology focuses on the methodologies, approaches, and techniques used in the study of social anthropology, as well as anthropological analysis of marriage, divorce, and religious rituals. The book first discusses intensive study of small sample communities and quantification in social anthropology, including quantification and anthropological approach, role of quantification, types of quantitative data, and data collection and processing. The manuscript then examines the frequency of divorce. Topics include divorce ratios, marriage classified by duration, divorce witho

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El presente artículo hace una reflexión crítica sobre la categoría Nuevos Movimientos Sociales (NMS) y explora cuáles son los fundamentos que sustentan las teorías que explican la emergencia y constitución de los nuevos sujetos sociales. A partir de este análisis concluyo que la categoría NMS es otra forma de referirse a los grupos sociales que desafían las múltiples formas de dominación del capital, como un sujeto polimórfico o sujeto de sujetos en la actual etapa de la modernidad capitalista.

El autor revisa diversas propuestas conceptuales sobre el término liberalismo a la luz de la experiencia internacional y nacional; analiza los conceptos de neoliberalismo y liberalismo social mexicano, este último tomado como definición de la estrategia modernizadora del ex presidente Salinas de Gortari, buscando atender simultáneamente los aspectos de la eficiencia de la economía y la equidad en el cuerpo social. En suma, analiza y dilucida sobre los alcances, significados y limitaciones del liberalismo social mexicano.

THIS ARTICLE IDENTIFIES MAJOR SIMILARITIES IN EUROPEAN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY'S LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT PRESUMING A SECULAR ELECTORAL DECLINE. AFTER DESCRIBING THE PATTERN IN NORTHERN EUROPE, IT EXAMINES ITS PREVALENCE IN THE SOUTHERN EUROPEAN PARTIES IN SPAIN, FRANCE AND ITALY. IT ARGUES THAT THE LACK OF A SERIOUS ALTERNATIVE TO THE LEFT OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY SUGGESTS THAT POLITICAL INDIFFERENCE MIGHT POSSIBLY RESULT, BARRING THE EMBRACE OF RIGHT-WING POPULISM OR EVEN FASCISM. THE ELECTORAL SURVIVAL OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY MIGHT COME AT A HIGH PRICE.

AbstractThe Social Unit experiment in Cincinnati is generally thought of as an adventure in social work. The truth is that it is an exploration into a new field of political organization which challenges our traditional ideas of government.

Drawing upon philosophy and social theory, Social Theory of International Politics develops a theory of the international system as a social construction. Alexander Wendt clarifies the central claims of the constructivist approach, presenting a structural and idealist worldview which contrasts with the individualism and materialism which underpins much mainstream international relations theory. He builds a cultural theory of international politics, which takes whether states view each other as enemies, rivals or friends as a fundamental determinant. Wendt characterises these roles as 'cultures of anarchy', described as Hobbesian, Lockean and Kantian respectively. These cultures are shared ideas which help shape state interests and capabilities, and generate tendencies in the international system. The book describes four factors which can drive structural change from one culture to another - interdependence, common fate, homogenization, and self-restraint - and examines the effects of capitalism and democracy in the emergence of a Kantian culture in the West.

Pierre George, après sa Géographie économique et sociale de la France, vient de publier une courte, mais synthétique Géographie sociale, du Monde. Oser parler de géographie sociale ? « Aux armes, sociologues ! » Allons-nous voir reprendre la lutte entre la Morphologie sociale et la Géographie humaine ? Déjà, certains géographes prennent peur : « Après la géographie politique, la géographie religieuse, la géographie psychologique, la géographie médicale, la géographie littéraire, etc., nous fallait-il encore une géographie sociale ?… Les géographes ne risquent-ils pas de compromettre leur discipline, si bien lancée, en voulant tout embrasser ? » Et pourtant les novateurs ne veulent pas reculer — et l'on ne peut qu'applaudir un tel enthousiasme sinon une telle audace.

This volume presents research that integrates decision making and creativity within the social contexts in which these processes occur. The volume is an essential addition to and expansion of recent approaches to decision making. Such approaches attempt to incorporate more of the psychological and socio-cultural context in which human decision making takes place. The authors come from different disciplines and also belong to a broad spectrum of research traditions. They present innovative chapters dealing with both theoretical and empirical aspects of decision making in different personal and organizational contexts. All chapters are written from the perspective that human decision making is inherently social and more or less creative. The volume addresses fundamental questions about the nature of human decision making as it occurs in different social contexts. Thereby, it becomes essential reading for researchers in decision making and for advanced students in psychology, management science, informatics, and related disciplines.