The Position of Women

2018 ◽  
pp. 54-64
Author(s):  
Richard M. Titmuss
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
Social Position ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Women's Suffrage ◽  
Suffrage Movement ◽  
The Social ◽  
Applied Social Science

This chapter talks about the satisfaction of recalling some of the achievements of the Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain, especially in a period when the possibilities of social progress and the practicability of applied social science are being questioned. The development of the personal, legal, and political liberties of half the population of the country within the span of less than eighty years stands as one of the supreme examples of consciously directed social change. The chapter then draws together some of the vital statistics of birth, marriage, and death for the light they shed on the changes that have taken place in the social position of women. Then, it suggests that the accumulated effect of these changes now presents the makers of social policy with some new and fundamental problems.

scholarly journals Practising social work

Social Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 97-114
Author(s):  
Guy Shennan
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Science Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Work Education ◽  
Work Knowledge

The chapter considers changes and developments in the content of social work education under the three headings of social science disciplines, understanding human development and relationships, and theories, approaches and methods for practice. At the start of the period under review, social science knowledge (primarily from sociology and social policy) and human development theories predominated, but as their research base and published literature have expanded, theories and methods for practice have become more prominent. The contribution to knowledge from research conducted by social workers themselves is acknowledged, as is the contribution made by experts by experience, both directly and through research interviews. The prominence of sequences on law for social workers is noted. The chapter concludes by asserting that the broad partnership of interests which should determine the content of the social work knowledge base is threatened by Government's much-expanded role, but that most social work programmes continue to ensure a balanced curriculum.

Advances in Cybernetics Provide a Foundation for the Future

2020 ◽  
pp. 2018-2026
Author(s):  
Stuart Umpleby ◽  
Xiao-hui Wu ◽  
Elise Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
North America ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
Biological Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
American Authors

Interest in cybernetics declined in North America from the mid 1970s to 2010, as measured by the number of journal articles by North American authors, but increased in Europe and Asia. Since 2010 the number of books on cybernetics in English has increased significantly. Whereas the social science disciplines create descriptions based on either ideas, groups, events or variables, cybernetics provides a multi-disciplinary theory of social change that uses all four types of descriptions. Cyberneticians use models with three structures – regulation, self-organization and reflexivity. These models can be used to describe any systemic problem. Furthermore, cybernetics adds a third approach to philosophy of science. In addition to a normative or a sociological approach to knowledge, cybernetics adds a biological approach. One implication of the biological approach is additional emphasis on ethics.

scholarly journals Challenges for social policy and health policy in a shared economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 03007
Author(s):  
Mária Nováková ◽  
Eduard Burda ◽  
Silvia Capíková
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Labour Law ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Modern Economy ◽  
Undeclared Work ◽  
The Social

The rapid and unrestrained growth of the shared economy segment surprised the legislators, theorists and scientists in labour law. The enormous development of the shared economy and digital platforms surprised many areas of social science that were unable to respond proactively and provide reliable solutions to emerging problems, that arise from the absence of basic rules and at least in partial regulation of the modern economy. There is no quality psychological and sociological research that would pave the way for legislation. Available psychological studies of the behaviour of the upcoming generation of “millennials” suggest some incentives for change, but not as much as the solution to the problems would require. In the article I will try to outline the social and health aspects of the shared economy that entails the philosophy of not owning, but borrowing. We will also focus our attention on the criminal aspects of undeclared work, possible tax evasion and unbalanced competition as a result of the organic development of the shared economy and digital platforms.

The History of Sociology in Britain

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. H. Halsey
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Science ◽  
London School ◽  
History Of Sociology ◽  
Literature And Philosophy ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
London School Of Economics

This chapter discusses the battle between literature and science for domination of sociology, a topic that has rather been neglected as a theme in the history of sociology in Britain if also perhaps overheated nowadays in exchanges over relativism between the denizens of ‘cultural studies’ and the proponents of a ‘science of society’. The chapter argues that, traditionally, the social territory belonged to literature and philosophy. A challenge was then raised by science especially in the nineteenth century. Then, especially in the twentieth century, social science developed so as to turn a binary contrast into a triangular one. Sociology had three sources in Western thought: one literary (political philosophy), one quasi-scientific (the philosophy of history), and one scientific (biology). It is no accident that both sociology and social policy were placed first at the London School of Economics, the Fabian institution invented and fostered by Sidney and Beatrice Webb in 1895.

scholarly journals Social Science versus Christian Theology, Reconsidered: The Case of British Social Policy Studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-235
Author(s):  
Chris Allen
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Policy Studies ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Mutual Learning

This paper reconsiders the ‘versus’ relationship between Christian Theology (ct) and social sciences with reference to Social Policy Studies (sps) in Britain. I argue that the organised scepticism of sps towards ct, on the grounds that it is a conservative episteme, is unwarranted. It misrecognises Church Theology as ct writ large and thus demonstrates an oversight towards radical forms of ct with which it might make common cause. I also question radical theologians that reject social sciences on similar grounds, i.e. for lacking a sufficiently revolutionary episteme. Although I am sympathetic to intellectual projects that seek to overcome this ‘versus’ relationship by focusing on the discursive similarities of ct and sps, such projects are precarious. I elaborate praxis rather than discursive similarities as a sounder basis for reconciliation. Much mutual learning takes place at the level of praxis that, if acknowledged, could strengthen the movement for radical social change.

Impact of Violence in Movies on Juvenile Delinquency

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-68
Author(s):  
Naima Saeed ◽  
Tansif Ur Rehman ◽  
Mehmood Ahmed Usmani
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Media Effects ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Consequences Of Violence

Studies encompassing media-effects are a prime subject for social science scholars worldwide. The dilemma lies in the very fact that in Pakistan this issue of great significance has not been paid proper attention. Juvenile delinquency is one of the major issues that cause a great hindrance in the social progress of any society. It not only creates anxiety and aggression in youth, but also turns productive humans into a destructive force against family, society and nation. This research endeavors to discover the consequences of violence in movies with respect to Pakistani youth and uncovering a connection between subjection to such type of content and consequently criminal propensities. Publicized research has examined media effects with a variety of consequences; this research has empirical evidence that exhibits the very fact that violence in the media causes delinquency, thus promoting criminal behavior, especially within the context of Pakistani society.

Multiple Regression and Spatial Policy Analysis: George Udny Yule and the Origins of Statistical Social Science

10.1068/d291 ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie W Hepple
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Multiple Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
The Social ◽  
Spatial Policy ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Statistics

Studies on the history of statistics by MacKenzie and on quantitative geography by Barnes have suggested that the lineaments and assumptions of statistical methods such as correlation and regression are closely related to their origin in biometrics and eugenics. This paper challenges that view by examining in detail the work of George Udny Yule. Yule was a colleague of Karl Pearson in the 1890s, but was interested in social science and social policy applications, not eugenics. In the late 1890s he constructed both the theory and application of multiple regression analysis, using geographical data. The paper examines Yule's work and its context, relating it to debates on the history of statistics, and traces the subsequent early diffusion of regression and correlation into the social sciences. The paper concludes by arguing for greater recognition of Yule's pivotal role, and also for further studies on the history of quantitative social science.

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