The State of Sociological Theory and the Sociological Community: A Review Article

1973 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 448-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Ben-David
Keyword(s):  
Sociological Theory ◽  
Review Article ◽  
The State

Neoliberal reformers: Economics as class warfare

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-262
Author(s):  
Braham Dabscheck
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Business Groups ◽  
Review Article ◽  
The State ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
State Governments ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
Jel Codes ◽  
Federal Level

This review article discusses MacLean’s study of the ideas of a group of economists and their embracing by an oligarchy of business groups to implement a Neoliberal agenda and its implications for American democracy. It mainly focuses on the Nobel Prize winning economist James McGill Buchanan and the industrialist Charles Koch. Business groups provided funds to Buchanan and others to train right-minded people in the precepts of Neoliberalism, established think tanks and institutes to disseminate their views, and ‘directed’ and/or provided advice and draft legislation for Republican politicians at both the state and federal level. Inspiration for how to achieve this Neoliberal ‘revolution’ can be found in Lenin’s 1902 What is to be Done?. The Neoliberal attack on government and statism is consistent with Orwell’s notion of doublethink. It constitutes a weakening of those parts of the state which are inimical to the interests of a wealthy oligarchy, the federal government and agencies/government departments who are viewed as imposing costs (taxes) on and interfering with (regulating) the actions of the oligarchy, and strengthening other parts such as state governments, the judiciary, at both the state (especially) and federal level and police forces to protect and advance their interests. JEL codes: B10, B22

scholarly journals COVID-19 in Kerala: Health Index Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-24
Author(s):  
Zameer Shervani
Keyword(s):  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Index Theory ◽  
Review Article ◽  
The State ◽  
Virus Spread ◽  
Health Index ◽  
Survey Results

The recent surge in COVID-19 cases in the state of Kerala in India has been studied in this article. The dynamics of virus spread, sero-survey results, health index, and herd immunity concept have been applied. Kerala, with the highest score on the health index among all the states of India, is most susceptible to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Kerala has nearly the same number of cases as Germany. The “Health Index Theory” established in this review article first has explained well the surge in the cases. Briefly, the concept of COVID-19 herd immunity has also been tested first.

The state of the field and debates on ethnic cleansing

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 1136-1145
Author(s):  
H. Zeynep Bulutgil
Keyword(s):  
Review Article ◽  
The State ◽  
Ethnic Cleansing ◽  
Mass Violence ◽  
Strategic Environments ◽  
Made In ◽  
State Of The Field

This review article outlines the progress that the literature on the causes of ethnic cleansing has made in the last 10–15 years. The article specifically focuses on two lines of research that have expanded our understanding of ethnic cleansing: (a) the studies that focus on the role of wars (this literature can in turn be divided into those works that treat “wars as strategic environments” and those that treat “wars as transformational forces”); (b) the studies that focus on the pre-war domestic or international conditions that hinder or promote ethnic cleansing. The last section of the article suggests several future avenues of research that could further refine the study of ethnic cleansing and its relationship to other types of mass violence.

Man, Society and the State in Herbert Spencer’s Sociological Theory

Diogenes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay Alexandrov ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Social Evolution ◽  
Sociological Theory ◽  
The State ◽  
Natural System ◽  
Negative Freedom ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Biological Organisms

This article examines Herbert Spencer‘s organic-evolutionary sociological theory, built on the analogy of dependencies in the development of society and the development of biological organisms, which places special emphasis on the interpretation of the idea of progress. The article analyzes a number of basic points in Spencer‘s teaching, such as the relationship between social and industrial progress, the role of property and socio-economic wellbeing, the evolutionary forms of statehood, legislation and lawmaking, the interpretation of positive and negative freedom. Spencer‘s concept of social evolution is also considered here, according to which societies are not created, but develop and cannot be created artificially and intentionally, as they grow naturally like any natural system.

Self-healing organic coatings based on microcapsules – A patent-based review

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Moreira Schlemper ◽  
Sérgio Henrique Pezzin
Keyword(s):  
Corrosion Protection ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Review Article ◽  
The State ◽  
Organic Coatings ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Healing Agent

: Self-healing coatings are intended to increase long-term durability and reliability and can be enabled by the presence of microcapsules containing a self-healing agent capable of interacting with the matrix and regenerating the system. This review article provides an overview of the state-of-the-art, focusing on the patents published in the field of microcapsule-based self-healing organic coatings, since the early 2000’s. A discussion about coatings for corrosion protection and the different self-healing approaches and mechanisms are also addressed, as well as future challenges and expectations for this kind of coatings.

Gender and China Studies

1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-231
Author(s):  
James Hevia
Keyword(s):  
Review Article ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
The State ◽  
Contemporary China ◽  
China Studies ◽  
China Series

AbstractA Review Article of CHRISTINA K. GILMARTIN, GAIL HERSHATTER, LISA ROFEL, TYRENE WHITE, eds., Engendering China: Women, Culture, and the State. Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press [Harvard Contemporary China Series, 10, 1994, £ 18.25/$ 27.50 paperback/£ 39.95/$ 59.95 hardback]

scholarly journals Origins of the Mahāyāna

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-394
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Silk
Keyword(s):  
Review Article ◽  
The State ◽  
Mahayana Buddhism ◽  
Mahāyāna Buddhism ◽  
Mahayana Buddhist ◽  
State Of The Field

Abstract A new volume, Setting Out on the Great Way: Essays on Early Mahāyāna Buddhism (2018), collects essays on questions related to the origins of the Mahāyāna Buddhist movement. This review article considers the contributions, and offers a few observations on the state of the field.

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