Sociology in the Making: Statistics as a Mediator between the Social Sciences, Practice, and the State

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2021 ◽  
pp. 026858092199451
Author(s):  
Adrian Scribano

The social sciences in Latin America have always had a special connection with the study and analysis of the place of emotions in the social structuration processes. The aim of this article is to offer a synthetic exposition of some inquiries about emotions and the politics of sensibilities in Latin America, emphasizing those that are being felt in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. To achieve this objective, first we offer a synthesis of the theoretical and methodological points that will guide the interpretation; then we draw on pre-existing inquiries and surveys which allow us to capture the state of sensibilities before and during the pandemic in the region; and finally some conclusions are presented. The work is based on a multi-method approach, where qualitative and quantitative secondary and primary data are articulated in tandem.


2021 ◽  

This volume examines Arnold Gehlen’s theory of the state from his philosophy of the state in the 1920s via his political and cultural anthropology to his impressive critique of the post-war welfare state. The systematic analyses the book contains by leading scholars in the social sciences and the humanities examine the interplay between the theory and history of the state with reference to the broader context of the history of ideas. Students and researchers as well as other readers interested in this subject will find this book offers an informative overview of how one of the most wide-ranging and profound thinkers of the twentieth century understands the state. With contributions by Oliver Agard, Heike Delitz, Joachim Fischer, Andreas Höntsch, Tim Huyeng, Rastko Jovanov, Frank Kannetzky, Christine Magerski, Zeljko Radinkovic, Karl-Siegbert Rehberg and Christian Steuerwald.


2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-54
Author(s):  
Antonio P. Contreras

This paper inquires into the implications of the different discursive imaginations on civil societies and the state from the perspective of the social sciences, particularly political science and international relations. It focuses on some interfaces and tensions that exist between civil society on one hand, and the state and its bureaucratic instrumentalities on the other, particularly in the domain of environment and natural resources governance in the context of new regionalisms and of alternative concepts of human security. There is now a new context for regionalism in Southeast Asia, not only among state structures, such as the ASEAN and the various Mekong bodies, but also among local civil societies coming from the region. It is in this context that issues confronting local communities are given a new sphere for interaction, as well as a new platform for engaging state structures and processes. This paper illustrates how dynamic are the possibilities for non-state domains for transnational interactions, particularly in the context of the emerging environmental regionalism. This occurs despite the dominance of neo-realist political theorizing, and the state-centric nature of international interactions.


2004 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faiz Bilquees

Commissioned by the Council of Social Sciences (COSS), this volume evaluates the seventeen social sciences departments in the public universities in Pakistan for a given set of parameters. The social sciences departments or the topics covered in this volume and their respective authors include: Teaching of International Relations in Pakistani Universities (Rasul Bakhsh Rais); Development of the Discipline of Political Science in Pakistan (Inayatullah); The Development of Strategic Studies in Pakistan (Ayesha Siddiqa); The State of Educational Discourse in Pakistan (Rubina Saigol); Development of Philosophy as a Discipline (Mohammad Ashraf Adeel); The State of the Discipline of Psychology in Public Universities in Pakistan: A Review (Muhammad Pervez and Kamran Ahmad); Development of Economics as a Discipline in Pakistan (Karamat Ali); Sociology in Pakistan: A Review of Progress (Muhammad Hafeez); Anthropology in Pakistan: The State of [sic] Discipline (Nadeem Omar Tarar); Development of the Discipline of History in Pakistan (Mubarak Ali); The Discipline of Public Administration in Pakistan (Zafar Iqbal Jadoon and Nasira Jabeen); Journalism and Mass Communication (Mehdi Hasan); Area Studies in Pakistan: An Assessment (Muhammad Islam); Pakistan Studies: A Subject of the State, and the State of the Subject (Syed Jaffar Ahmed); The State of the Discipline of Women’s Studies in Pakistan (Rubina Saigol); Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies (Moonis Ahmar and Farhan H. Siddiqi); and Linguistics in Pakistan: A Survey of the Contemporary Situation (Tariq Rahman).


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 81-95
Author(s):  
A.A. KOVALEV ◽  

The purpose of this study is to study the research potential of the phenomenological approach in the social sciences, which emerged in the first half of the XX century as a critique of the dominant method of logical positivism at that time. The following scientific approaches and methods were used in the article: the method of analysis, description and comparison, as well as the phenomenological approach. The author has made an attempt to prove the significance of phenomenology in the social sciences by means of comparison as a way not only to describe facts, but also to explain motives and unobservable meanings. According to the results of the conducted research, the author comes to the conclusion that the solution of urgent problems of society through the practical application of the acquired knowledge about society is possible only if the phenomenological method is actively applied in such a scientific and practical discipline as public administration. This will help to overcome the bureaucratization of the civil service, the isolation of the state administrative apparatus from real social problems, as well as to involve the population itself in the process of public administration, establishing feedback.


1957 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 364
Author(s):  
Shepard B. Clough ◽  
Leonard D. White
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2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sérgio Armando de Sá e Benevides ◽  
Laura Maria Goretti da Motta

<p><strong>Resumo: </strong>Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar a correlação entre os valores de irregularidade longitudinal efetuados com o perfilômetro inercial a laser com 3 sensores dispostos em 3 posições diferentes, em rodovias estaduais do Ceará. Na posição normal foram selecionados 72 trechos na Região Metropolitana de Fortaleza (RMF), dentre estes trechos iniciais foram selecionados 42 com os sensores dispostos no lado direito (LD) e no lado esquerdo (LE). O <em>Software Ciberlogger </em>foi utilizado para a coleta dos dados e para a determinação dos perfis longitudinais dos pavimentos, enquanto que o <em>Software Cibershell </em>foi usado para o cálculo do Índice de Irregularidade longitudinal (IRI). Nas equações de regressão estabelecidas, foram utilizados os programas <em>Microsoft Office Excel </em>e SPSS (<em>Statistical Package for the Social Sciences</em>), usando a Análise da Variância (ANOVA). Os resultados mostram que há correlação entre os valores do IRI medidos nas trilhas interna e externa, IRIint x IRIext, obtidos com a localização dos sensores na posição normal. As análises mostram também que há correlação entre estes mesmos valores e os obtidos com os sensores dispostos no LD e LE.</p><strong>Abstract: </strong>The purpose of this study is to analyze the correlation between the values of the International Roughness Index – IRI, measured with an inertial laser profilometer with 3 sensors in 3 different positions. The pavements investigated were from roads of the state of Ceará. In the normal position, seventy two sections of the state road network were selected, from Fortaleza Metropolitan Region (RMF), among these, 42 were selected with the sensors placed in the right (LD) and in left (LE) side. The <em>Softwares Ciberlogger and Cibershell </em>were used for data collection and for determining the longitudinal road profile The programs <em>Microsoft Office Excel </em>and SPSS (<em>Statistical Package for the Social Sciences</em>) were used for the regression equations and analysis of variance. The results indicate a correlation between IRI values measured from the inbound and outbound wheel path, obtained with the sensors located in normal position. The analysis also suggests a correlation between these values and results obtained with the sensors placed in LD and LE.


Author(s):  
Rubén MOLINA-MARTINEZ ◽  
Amparo Guadalupe CHAVEZ-CHAVEZ

This paper presents the results of an investigation about the foreign tourist affluence in the state of Michoacán. The objective of the research is to identify the main causes of the lack of growth in the tourist influx in Michoacán. A survey was carried out in which a questionnaire was applied to 380 foreign tourists who visited the state in the period of October-November 2019. A Likert scale was used and for the analysis of the results the SPSS program (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). The obtained results showed that the low tourist competitiveness, the lack of investment in the tourist infrastructure and the little diversification in the tourist offer have prevented the increase of the tourist affluence in the state. Finally, a Comprehensive Tourism Planning Model was proposed as a solution to the detected problem.


2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Benjamin Peuch

Belgium has recently decided to integrate the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA). The Social Sciences Data Archive (SODA) project aims at tackling the different challenges entailed by the setting up of a new research infrastructure in the form of a data archive. The SODA project involves an archival institution, the State Archives of Belgium, which, like most other large archival repositories around the world, work with Encoded Archival Description (EAD) for managing their metadata. There exists at the State Archives a large pipeline of programs and procedures that processes EAD documents and channels their content through different applications, such as the online catalog of the institution. Because there is a chance that the future Belgian data archive will be part of the State Archives and because DDI is the most widespread metadata standard in the social sciences as well as a requirement for joining CESSDA, the State Archives have developed a DDI-to-EAD crosswalk in order to re-use the State Archives' infrastructure for the needs of the future Belgian service provider. Technical illustrations highlight the conceptual differences between DDI and EAD and how these can be reconciled or escaped for the purpose of a data archive for the social sciences.


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