The social construction of digital danger: debating, defusing and inflating the moral dangers of online humor and pornography in the Netherlands and the United States

2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giselinde Kuipers
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Social

Social impact bonds and their implications for third sector organisations: experiences from the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Patetta ◽  
Marta Enciso Santocildes
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
The United States ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Social ◽  
Private Investments ◽  
Social Impact Bonds ◽  
Third Sector Organisations

The social impact bond (SIB) is defined as a form of payment-by-results scheme combining governmental payments with private investments. This paper explores the motivations and implications of three third sector organisations (TSOs) participating in SIBs in Continental Europe. It offers an understanding of the involvement of TSOs in this type of scheme; and it shares insights about a context that is different from the United Kingdom and the United States – the Netherlands – which presents the opportunity to expand our knowledge about SIBs.

The Thought of Peter Berger

1974 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-197
Author(s):  
David Cairns
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Construction Of Reality ◽  
Peter Berger ◽  
Protestant Churches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sacred Canopy ◽  
Selection Of

This paper proposes to give some account and critique of Peter Berger's thought as contained in a selection of his books. No note will be taken of his witty and mordant critique of the Protestant Churches in the United States, The Noise of Solemn Assemblies (1961), nor yet of The Social Construction of Reality (1966), which is a more technical book than the others which will be dealt with here. These are The Precarious Vision (1961), Invitation to Sociology (1963), The Social Reality of Religion (1967) (more entertainingly entitled in its original American edition, The Sacred Canopy), and A Rumour of Angels (1968).

I Play I Learn

2017 ◽  
pp. 297-306
Author(s):  
Erik Jon Byker
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
The United States ◽  
Play Theory ◽  
Social Construction Of Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Agent Of Change

The purpose of this chapter is to describe and report the development of an original theoretical work which emerged from comparative and international empirical research. The theory is called, “Technological Play Theory.” In sharing about Technological Play Theory, this study has three purposes. First, the study explains how Technological Play Theory emerged in a grounded theory way (Glaser & Strauss, 1968) from research findings about the social construction of technology among elementary school teacher and students in England, Cuba, India, South Korea, and the United States. Second, the study examines the contours of the Technological Play Theory in relationship to empirical findings. Third, the study examines how Technological Play Theory can be empowering and utilized as an “agent of change” in education and schooling.

The Social Construction of Peacekeeping by U.S. Soldiers

1996 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-21
Author(s):  
David R. Segal
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Social Control ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The United States ◽  
Visual Media ◽  
National Interests ◽  
The Social ◽  
Historical Accounts

Armics arc instruments of national sovereignty and hâve historically fulfilled the major funclions of interna! social control, defense of national territory. and projection of force beyond national borders in support of national policy. While armed forces hâve frcqucntly been callcd upon lo exécute other kinds of operations, thèse thrcc funclions hâve provided a sensé of meaning to soldicrs regarding their mission. The mission was to préparé for. and if necessary to fight and win their counlrics’ wars. This rôle has been reinforced by historical accounts, by childrcn’s games, and by literary and visual media interprétations. In periods characterized by absence of internai threats. cxtcrnal cncmics, and justifications for force projection to protcct allies or national interests, soldiers hâve felt that they didn’t hâve a mission, and nations hâve questioned their need for standing military forces, and hâve frequently demobilized (The cycles of mobilization and demobilization in the United States are described in Scgal. 1989).

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