The Relationship of Life Experience to Political Orientation: Personal Stories of Social Scientists

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ervin Staub ◽  
Nick Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Personal Stories ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Intergenerational Income Elasticity in Turkey

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-37
Author(s):  
Murat Anıl Mercan ◽  
Hande Barlin
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Variable ◽  
Income Elasticity ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Income Status ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Longitudinal Dataset

Social scientists have been intrigued by the relationship between generations based on different characteristics. Economists, has been especially interested in measuring intergenerational income elasticity, which looks at the relationship of parents and that of their children when they become adults and gives clue on trends of income inequality. Most of the literature concentrates on the experiences of developed countries and measurement issues. Nevertheless, new studies concerning intergenerational income elasticity is being undertaken in developing countries as the data become increasingly available for these countries. In this vein, there is only one previous study that investigates intergenerational income elasticity for Turkey. Mercan (2012) finds that intergenerational income elasticity is around 0.1 in Turkey, which depicts Turkey as a highly mobile country meaning that children of poor parents have a higher likelihood to have a better income status. However, his study does not depend on a longitudinal dataset, which might make Mercan’s (2012) estimate biased. Following Solon (1992) in using OLS for lower bound and instrumental variable (IV) for upper bound, this study puts forth a new estimate, which relies on a nationally representative and longitudinal dataset for Turkey. The study's estimate for intergenerational income elasticity varies between 0.3 and 0.6, which is much higher than the result of Mercan (2012), indicating that Turkey is a less mobile country than previously foreseen.

Imagination and Art

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Swedberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Scientist ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines the role of imagination and the arts in helping social scientists to theorize well. However deep one's basic knowledge of social theory is, and however many concepts, mechanisms, and theories one knows, unless this knowledge is used in an imaginative way, the result will be dull and noncreative. A good research topic should among other things operate as an analogon—that is, it should be able to set off the theoretical imagination of the social scientist. Then, when a social scientist writes, he or she may want to write in such a way that the reader's theoretical imagination is stirred. Besides imagination, the chapter also discusses the relationship of social theory to art. There are a number of reason for this, including the fact that in modern society, art is perceived as the height of imagination and creativity.

scholarly journals Psychological features of the relationship of personality resilience and subjective feelings of loneliness

2021 ◽  
Vol 284 ◽  
pp. 08022
Author(s):  
Elena Tkach
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Subjective Feeling ◽  
Psychological Features ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The article focuses on identifying and describing some aspects of the psychological characteristics of the relationship between personality resilience and the subjective feeling of loneliness in adolescence. Resilience is understood as a person’s ability to adapt and be effective, to function successfully despite the influence of any external factors, to survive and develop. Resilience is presented as the ability to recover from setbacks, to rely on the gained life experience for your personal growth and self-realization. An empirical study has shown that there is a strong inverse statistically significant relationship between the phenomenon of vitality and the subjective feeling of loneliness in adolescents. The experimental (correctional and developmental) work carried out was effective, as it influenced the development of the participants’ resilience. The emphasis in correctional and developmental work was placed on the discovery and activation of the development of resources for self-care, a positive self-concept, positive self-attitude, forward thinking, and the ability for long-term planning, the ability to cope, reflexive and communication skills and abilities, the ability to establish and develop connections with other people. The experimental work can be considered quite effective, since, according to the research participants, they began to cope with the negative aspects of loneliness, difficult life situations, became more positive and stable better.

scholarly journals Nilai Moral sebagai Prediktor Orientasi Politik pada Anggota Organisasi Keagamaan

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-180
Author(s):  
Irfan Fahmi ◽  
Bagus Takwin ◽  
Roby Muhamad
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Correlational Approach ◽  
Nahdlatul Ulama ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Islamic Organizations

This study aims to examine the relationship of moral values formed in five moral values, harm/care, fairness/ reciprocity, ingroup/loyalty, authority/respect and purity/sanctity with the political orientation of the various Islamic organizations in Indonesia. Research carried out by the quantitative method with the correlational approach. Participants in this study were 531 Muslims who affiliated the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Muhammadiyah, Persis, Mathlaul Anwar, PUI, LDII, and Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia (HTI). The results show that Muslim organizations in Indonesia showed different patterns in the moral values that associated with the political orientation of Islam. Based on this research Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Muhammadiyah, Mathlaul Anwar, PUI, and LDII including Islamic groups with a political orientation inclusive while Persis and Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), including the Islamic group with exclusive political orientation.

scholarly journals LIFE AS A JOURNEY: A VIEW OF LIFE AS A JOURNEY MODERATES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBJECTIVE AGE AND SUBJECTIVE HEALTH

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S454-S455
Author(s):  
Ga-Eun (Grace) Oh
Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Health Perceptions ◽  
Subjective Age ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Difficult Situations

Abstract Previous research has shown the relationship of subjective age and health status: feeling younger than one’s age is correlated with better health outcomes including both subjective and objective measures. This research investigates how the view of life as a journey might moderate the relationship between subjective age and subjective health. A view to look at life as a journey is a common metaphor to view life as an ongoing process. Prior work has suggested that people who went through difficult situations successfully tend to construe their life experience as a journey. This suggests that thinking of life as a journey might help people cope better with their negative experiences in general such as feeling older. Thus, we investigate to see if believing ‘life as a journey’ can buffer against the negative effect of feeling older on subjective health perception. To test this, we collected the data from American participants (N = 724) of various ages. The results showed that more life was viewed as a journey, smaller the detrimental effect of subjective age on subjective health. Although feeling older generally reduced subjective health, this negative effect of feeling older was smaller among those who thought life as a journey. This research suggests that thinking life as a journey might be used to reduce the negative impact of older subjective age on health perceptions.

The criminal statistics of nineteenth-century cities: a new approach

Urban History ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 28-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Sindall
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Main Interest ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Criminal Statistics

In the last decade an area of urban history receiving increasing attention has been that of crime and, in particular, nineteenth-century crime. For those social scientists whose main interest is the study of lower-class life the study of crime has become increasingly fashionable. However, the study of crime is the study of the whole of society and the relationship of the various classes within that society. That law-makers create law-breakers is axiomatic and the study of crime is, therefore, not just the study of criminals but also of the institutions which defined them as criminals. For too long it has been implied that studying criminals is the study of a subset of lower-class life. This is a reflection of the fact that research is largely a middle-class occupation and so researchers bring to their work their own middle-class perception of society. The result is the automatic acceptance that crime consists purely of larceny, burglary, assault, rape and murder while overlooking the middle-class crimes of fraud, embezzlement, tax evasion, offences against the Companies Acts, Consumer Protection Acts and Factory Acts.

Family Law and Social Change Among the Toro of Uganda

1985 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-93
Author(s):  
Melvin L. Perlman
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Complex Model ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Law And Society ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Effect Change ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Jane Collier has stated that “the long preoccupation in legal studies with explaining the gap between law and behaviour has precluded the search for a more complex model of relations between law and society that accepts the gap as given”. The purpose of this paper is to further document the need for a more complex model of the relations between law and society. One question now gaining currency is: what is the relationship of law to social change? Some observers claim that “the question is no longer whether law is a significant vehicle of social change but ratherhowit so functions and what special problems arise”. Others regard law as a potential cause of social problems. A serious debate has thus emerged over whether law works at all to effect change and, if so, for whose benefit. This is a complex question. Legal impact studies for example, have revealed some unintended consequences of law-in-action. Moreover, it is often difficult to isolate the main effect of a legal policy, and in any case, social scientists and policymakers alike are interested in longer-range, indirect effects. It is useful, therefore, to distinguish between the direct and indirect aspects of the role of law. Given this complexity, we may usefully rephrase the question as follows: what conditions or factors affect the relationship between law and society, including social change?

scholarly journals MODEL PEMBELAJARAN PENANAMAN NILAI-NILAI PANCASILA PADA PELAJARAN KEWARGANEGARAAN MELALUI PENDEKATAN CONTECTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING

Nuansa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irwan Satria
Keyword(s):  
Civic Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Contextual Learning ◽  
Life Itself ◽  
Main Thing ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Contextual learning, enabling the learner to be active, evolves according to its potential. In the learning pro- cess, the main thing  is to link all these aspects. To relate it can be done in various ways, such as material that is studied directly related to the factual  conditions associated with real life experience. CTL approach is the relationship of matter or topic  with real life. So in the contextual learning is how to have  the learning experience owned by students always associated with actual problems that  occur  in the  environment. Thus learning in civic education based on Pancasila values  through contextual learning emphasizes the introduction, love and  application of Pancasila values  to learners. Learners are led to adaptation to the values of Pancasila so that it becomes a prophetic man, a human that is useful both for life itself and society, nation and states.

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