Social Science Theory for Environmental Sustainability

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc J. Stern
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Persuasive Communication ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Social Science Theory ◽  
Science Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
Communication Conflict ◽  
To Come ◽  
Sustainability Challenges

Social science theory for environmental sustainability: A practical guide makes social science theory accessible and usable to anyone interested in working toward environmental sustainability at any scale. Environmental problems are, first and foremost, people problems. Without better understandings of the people involved, solutions are often hard to come by. This book answers calls for demonstrating the value of theories from the social sciences for solving these types of problems and provides strategies to facilitate their use. It contains concise summaries of over thirty social science theories and demonstrates how to use them in diverse contexts associated with environmental conflict, conservation, natural resource management, and other environmental sustainability challenges. The practical applications of the theories include persuasive communication, conflict resolution, collaboration, negotiation, enhancing organizational effectiveness, working across cultures, generating collective impact, and building more resilient governance of social-ecological systems. Examples throughout the book and detailed vignettes illustrate how to combine multiple social science theories to develop effective strategies for environmental problem solving. The final chapter draws out key principles for enhancing these efforts. The book will serve as a key reference for environmental professionals, business people, students, scientists, public officials, government employees, aid workers, or any concerned citizen who wants to be better equipped to navigate the social complexities of environmental challenges and make a meaningful impact on any environmental issue.

The Harm and Benefit Thesis

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Armor
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
School Desegregation ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
School Segregation ◽  
Social Science Theory ◽  
Science Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Judicial Doctrine

Of all the social science theories that have been applied to school desegregation policy, none has a longer or more important history than the harm and benefit thesis. In its simplest form, the thesis holds that school segregation is harmful to the social, psychological, and educational development of children, both minority and white, and that school desegregation is beneficial for undoing or at least ameliorating the damages from segregation and discrimination. While the harm and benefit thesis began as a purely social science theory, its apparent endorsement by the Supreme Court in Brown gave the thesis an enormous boost, elevating it from academic theory to moral authority. From Brown to the present time, the harm and benefit thesis has played a curious and bifurcated role in the evolution of school desegregation policy. Although it began as a social science theory that had apparently found its way into judicial doctrine, its role in the courts soon parted from its role among educators, social scientists, and civil rights groups. On the judicial front, a number of lower court decisions in the early 1970s stressed the harms of school segregation and the benefits of integration remedies. The Supreme Court itself never again explicitly addressed the harm and benefit thesis after Brown, however, and its judicial relevance diminished over the next three decades as the high Court majority restricted the application of Brown to government-enforced school segregation. For this reason many constitutional scholars have long maintained that the psychological harm finding in Brown is not an essential part of constitutional law. To the extent that a harm thesis can be inferred from current judicial doctrine, then, harm arises only if school (or other) segregation is sanctioned by law or official action. For many other actors on the desegregation stage, however, the harm and benefit thesis has had a far broader applicability. During the periods when the earliest formulations began to appear, such as that by Gunnar Myrdal in 1944 or the famous doll studies of Kenneth and Mamie Clark in the late 1930s, most existing segregation was in fact sanctioned by law, and thus most social science research on this issue of necessity reflected the effects of official segregation.

Charisma and objectivity

1988 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron A. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Social Science Theory ◽  
Ecclesiastical Authority ◽  
Science Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Cross ◽  
The Relationship

This essay analyzes the relationship between two ideas central to the social sciences and religion: charisma and objectivity. My goal is to interpret a longstanding theoretical dispute regarding objectivity in the social sciences by referring to sectarian charisma and its challenge to the legitimacy of ecclesiastical authority. In illuminating a religious pattern revealed in the confrontation between social science theory and political philosophy, I suggest that objectivity represents a form of ‘secular’ charisma. I describe the cross-cutting relationship between charisma and objectivity and examine both the religious implications of objectivity and the epistemological implications of charismatic phenomena.

Personhood, belonging, affect and affliction

2021 ◽  
pp. 003802612110192
Author(s):  
Alex Broom ◽  
Sophie Lewis ◽  
Rhiannon Parker ◽  
Leah Williams Veazey ◽  
Katherine Kenny ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Photo Elicitation ◽  
Social Science Theory ◽  
Science Theory ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Caring Relations ◽  
Cultural Origins

What does migrancy mean for personhood, and how does this flow through caring relations? Drawing on life history interviews and photo elicitation with 43 people who identify as migrants and live with cancer, here we argue for the significance of recognising complex personhood as it inflects illness and care. Drawing on social science theory around temporalities, moralities and belonging, we assemble a series of cross-cutting themes at the intersection of personhood and care; relations that transcend cultural origins yet are vividly illustrated in relation to migrant pasts. In seeking a multidimensional view of personhood, we attend to the intersecting layers of complexity that make up care in this context vis-a-vis an emphasis on forms of difference, vulnerability and otherness. In this way, we develop an approach to personhood and care that broadens the lens on migrancy and cancer, but also, one that speaks to the importance of recognition of complexity and how it shapes care more generally.

Human Rights between Jurisprudence and Social Science

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDRA HUNEEUS
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Social Science Theory ◽  
Science Theory ◽  
The One

AbstractThis article argues that human rights law – which mediates between claims about universal human nature, on the one hand, and hard-fought political battles, on the other – is in particular need of a richer exchange between jurisprudential approaches and social science theory and methods. Using the example of the Inter-American Human Rights System, the article calls for more human rights scholarship with a new realist sensibility. It demonstrates in what ways legal and social science scholarship on human rights law both stand to improve through sustained, thoughtful exchange.

scholarly journals Norms and values in socio-hydrological models

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahendran Roobavannan ◽  
Tim H. M. van Emmerik ◽  
Yasmina Elshafei ◽  
Jaya Kandasamy ◽  
Matthew Sanderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Science Data ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
Social Science Theory ◽  
Science Theory ◽  
Sustainable Water Resources Management ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Future Prediction ◽  
Model Transfer

Abstract. Sustainable water resources management relies on understanding how societies and water systems co-evolve. Many place-based socio-hydrology (SH) studies use proxies, such as environmental degradation, to capture key elements of the social component of system dynamics. Parameters of assumed relationships between environmental degradation and the human response to it are usually obtained through calibration. Since these relationships are not yet underpinned by social science theories, confidence in the predictive power of such place-based socio-hydrologic models remains low. The generalisability of SH models therefore requires major advances in incorporating more realistic relationships, underpinned by appropriate hydrological and social science data, and theories. The latter is a critical input, since human culture – especially values and norms arising from it – influences behaviour and the consequences of behaviours. This paper reviews a key social science theory that links cultural factors to environmental decision-making, assesses how to better incorporate social science insights to enhance SH models, and raises important questions to be addressed in moving forward. This is done in the context of recent progress in socio-hydrological studies and the gaps that remain to be filled. The paper concludes with a discussion of challenges and opportunities in terms of generalisation of SH models and the use of available data to allow future prediction and model transfer to ungauged basins.

Cyberinsecurity and Cyberwarfare

2015 ◽  
pp. 383-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Chong
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Human Computer Interaction ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
User Behaviour ◽  
Social Science Theory ◽  
Science Theory ◽  
Solid Foundation ◽  
Computer Interaction

This chapter seeks to define the term “cyberinsecurity” as the intersection of human fears and errors with user behaviour in a digital setting. Examining links between psychology and human-computer interaction, the author explores several case studies set against the context of cyber-authoritarianism in Asian countries and argues that any attempts to address or advance studies in cybersecurity and cyberwarfare must be grounded in a solid foundation of current social science theory.

scholarly journals Perkembangan Kesenian Pendalungan di Kota Probolinggo Jawa Timur Tahun 1984-2018

HUMANIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 304
Author(s):  
Dini Eka Wulansari ◽  
A.A Bagus Wirawan ◽  
A.A Inten Asmariati
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
Social Science Theory ◽  
Science Theory ◽  
The People ◽  
Historical Theory

This study has discussed about the development of traditional art in Probolinggo or its called Pendalungan art in 1984-2018. Traditional art from Probolinggo, which  not widely known by the people has experienced revival through several periods of years which are supported by social community until nowadays. The formulation of the problems of the study are, (1) How are the process of developing Pendalungan art in Probolinggo? (2) What are supporting factors for the development of Pendalungan art in Probolinggo? (3) What are the implications of the development of Pendalungan art in Probolinggo ?. This study used cultural history method, and historical theory of Ida Bagus Sidemen and social science theory namely Rhole Teory by Dwi Narwoko and Bagong Suyanto were applied.The results of this study revealed that there were several roles carried out in the community elements in developing the traditional art in Probolinggo to find and preserve the identity of Probolinggo art in the midst of other arts in this area. Along the time, Pendalungan Arts finally has found the lines, namely Pendalungan Probolinggoan which consists of various kinds of art.

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