The Role of Critical Social Science in Asia

China Report ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-205
Author(s):  
Lawrence Surendra
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Critical Social Science ◽  
Critical Social

scholarly journals Naturalizing pollution: a critical social science view on the link between potash mining and salinization in the Llobregat river basin, northeast Spain

2018 ◽  
Vol 374 (1764) ◽  
pp. 20180006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santiago Gorostiza ◽  
David Saurí
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Mediterranean Climate ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Potash Mining ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Critical Social Science ◽  
Llobregat River ◽  
Critical Social

The scientific literature distinguishes between primary or natural and secondary or human-induced salinization. Assessing this distinction is of vital importance to assign liabilities and responsibilities in pollution cases and for designing the best policy and management actions. In this context, actors interested in downplaying the role of certain drivers of human-induced salinization can attempt to neglect its importance by referring to natural salinization, in a similar fashion to other pollution and health-related cases, from tobacco smoke to climate change. Potash mining, which has experienced continued growth during the last decades and is a significant contributor to salinization, is prone to originate such controversies because natural salinization from the saline geological catch can be mixed with salinization produced by mining waste such as brines and mine tailings, thus obscuring the distinction between causes. By reviewing the long-standing social and environmental conflict caused by potash mining in a region of Mediterranean climate—the Llobregat river basin—in this article, we highlight the importance of the impacts of salinization on human health and provide a critical social science perspective on salinization processes.This article is part of the theme issue ‘Salt in freshwaters: causes, ecological consequences and future prospects’.

Reflective Practice Within Elite Consultancy: Diary Extracts and Further Discussion on a Personal and Elusive Process

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoe Knowles ◽  
Jonathan Katz ◽  
David Gilbourne
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Sport Psychology ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Elite Sport ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Critical Social Science ◽  
Shared Writing ◽  
Critical Social

This paper examines reflective practice by illustrating and commenting upon aspects of an elite sport psychology practitioner’s reflective processes. Extracts from a practitioner’s reflective diary, maintained during attendance at a major sporting event, focused upon issues that relate to on-going relationships and communication with fellow practitioners and athletes. Authors one and three offered subsequent comment on these accounts to facilitate movement toward critical reflection via an intrapersonal process creating considerations for the practitioners with regard to skills and personal development. These issues are discussed in relation to pragmatic topics such as “staged” and “layered” reflection encouraged by author collaboration and shared writing within the present paper. We argue these outcomes against more philosophical/opaque considerations such as the progression of critical reflection and critical social science.

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