scholarly journals Zusammenhalts-Regionen – zur Theorie der Weltgesellschaft in der Sozialgeographie

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-454
Author(s):  
Peter Dirksmeier ◽  
Angelina Göb
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Social Geography ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
World Society ◽  
Theoretical Terms

Abstract. The essay combines the concept of social cohesion with Rudolf Stichweh's system-theoretical concept of world society. These two approaches are joint hereafter with questions of spatial differentiation. The aim is to embed empirical micro-studies in macro-theoretical terms and to make them useful for empirical research in social geography. The construct of “cohesive region” demonstrates this by using the example of neighbourhoods.

A City is Not a Semilattice Either

1976 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Harary ◽  
J Rockey
Keyword(s):  
Graphical Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Theoretical Terms ◽  
Natural Form ◽  
Mathematical Definition ◽  
Christopher Alexander ◽  
Structural Configurations ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

In 1965 Christopher Alexander took the original step of analysing the city in graph theoretical terms and concluded that its historical or natural form is a semilattice and that urban planners of the future should adhere to this model. The idea was well received in architectural circles and has passed without serious challenge. In this paper, the value of such analysis is once again emphasized, although some of Alexander's arguments and his conclusions are refuted. Beginning with an exposition of the relationship between the graph theoretical concept of a tree, and the representation of a tree by a family of sets, we present a mathematical definition of a semilattice and discuss the ‘points’ and ‘lines’ of a graph in terms of a city, concluding that it is neither a tree nor a semilattice. This clears the ground for future graphical analysis. It seems that even general structural configurations, such as graphs or digraphs with certain specified properties, will fail to characterize a city, whose complexity, at this stage, may well continue to be understood more readily through negative rather than positive descriptions.

scholarly journals Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Wisdom in the Global Sustainable Information Society

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Hofkirchner
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Complex Systems ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
World Society ◽  
Good Society ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
To Come ◽  
Systems Intelligence ◽  
Society Today

The Global Sustainable Information Society is a theoretical concept describing the vision of a good society in the age of global challenges. Globality, sustainability and informationality are understood in an innovative way as essential features of a world society to come that is capable of mastering the global challenges. Regarding informationality, the distinction between informedness and informatisation is made and a law of requisite information is introduced. The terms “intelligence”, “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) and “wisdom” are discussed from the perspective of complex systems. Intelligence and AI without wisdom are not deemed sufficient to meet the conditions of a good society today.

scholarly journals Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Wisdom in the Global Sustainable Information Society

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Hofkirchner
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Complex Systems ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
World Society ◽  
Good Society ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
To Come ◽  
Systems Intelligence ◽  
Society Today

The Global Sustainable Information Society is a theoretical concept describing the vision of a good society in the age of global challenges. Globality, sustainability and informationality are understood in an innovative way as essential features of a world society to come that is capable of mastering the global challenges. Regarding informationality, the distinction between informedness and informatisation is made and a law of requisite information is introduced. The terms “intelligence”, “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) and “wisdom” are discussed from the perspective of complex systems. Intelligence and AI without wisdom are not deemed sufficient to meet the conditions of a good society today.

ALMOST ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT STATUS INCONSISTENCY BUT NEVER DARED TO MEASURE: THEORETICAL DEFICITS IN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON STATUS INCONSISTENCY

1985 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekkart Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Theoretical Terms ◽  
Expectation States ◽  
General Evaluation ◽  
Status Inconsistency ◽  
Interaction Partners ◽  
Expectation States Theory ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Almost All

Status inconsistency theorizing still contains more promises than current research about the concept has lived up to. While being somewhat eclectic in the points made, in the three parts of the paper, nevertheless, a general evaluation of status inconsistency theorizing and empirical research is aimed at. In the first section basic premises and conditions of the theory are discussed. It is persistently argued that these premises need to be corroborated empirically, if status inconsistency is to become a stronger predictor than in the past. In particular, it is maintained that status inconsistency needs to be dealt with and measured at the individual's subjective level, how he or she experiences the respective status configurations in respective contexts. At the macrosocietal level status inconsistency seems to be a weak predictor due to numerous counter-effects balancing each other. In narrowly modernized communities, however, status inconsistency might become a strong predictor of some forms of behavior, if it is established that status inconsistent configurations possess relevancy for both the individual and his or her interaction partners and are experienced as stressful by the individual Drawing in particular on findings from expectation states theory and research, numerous caveats as to more adequate linkage between theoretical terms and possible operationalizations are pointed to. It is hoped that with some of the caveats in mind, status inconsistency research will rejuvenate.

scholarly journals Movilidad residencial en la Ciudad de México / Residential Mobility in Mexico City

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Graizbord ◽  
Beatriz Acuña
Keyword(s):  
Mexico City ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Spatial Models ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Social Geography ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
Ex Post

En este trabajo analizamos el ex post de una modalidad del proceso de migración intraurbana, esto es, el efecto de la decisión de moverse o buscar una alternativa de vivienda por parte de un número elevado de unidades familiares que entran en el proceso. Un análisis agregado de esta naturaleza implica acercarse a los cambios que experimenta la estructura metropolitana de la Ciudad de México al final del periodo en el que se registra el fenómeno de movilidad intrametropolitana (1995-2000). No se trata, por lo tanto, de mostrar el patrón de diferenciación espacial en un momento dado, sino de descubrir las tendencias de cambio que la estructura urbana experimenta a lo largo del tiempo, a diferencia de un corte sincrónico que utiliza variables “stock” para mostrar un patrón de distribución espacial de esas variables.Hemos subdividido la Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México en anillos concéntricos y en zonas o sectores urbanos. Este es un recurso que tiene una larga historia en la geografía social urbana para simplificar los patrones de distribución de individuos y hogares con múltiples características económicas y sociales que interactúan de manera compleja en el espacio urbano. El uso de estos modelos espaciales permite apreciar las relaciones que ocurren entre las características de la vivienda, los atributos de los residentes, y su ubicación en el espacio urbano. AbstractThis paper analyzes the ex-post of one aspect of the process of intra-urban migration, in other words, the effect of the decision to move or seek alternative housing by a high number of family units involved in the process. An aggregate analysis of this nature implies examining the changes experienced by the metropolitan structure of Mexico City at the end of the period when the phenomenon of intra-metropolitan mobility was registered (1995-2000). The point, then, is not to show the pattern of spatial differentiation at a specific time, but rather to reveal the changing trends experienced by urban structure over time, unlike a synchronic section that uses stock variables to show the spatial distribution pattern of these variables.The authors have sub-divided the Metropolitan Zone of Mexico City into concentric rings and urban zones or sectors. This recourse has long been used in urban social geography to simplify the distribution patterns of individuals and households with numerous economic and social characteristics that interact in a complex fashion within urban space. The use of these spatial models shows the relationships that occur between housing characteristics, residents’ attributes and their location in urban space.

scholarly journals What’s Hegemonic about Hegemonic Masculinity? Legitimation and Beyond

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuchen Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Relational Understanding ◽  
Feminist Sociology ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Progressive Potential

Raewyn Connell’s theoretical concept of hegemonic masculinity has been profoundly influential in feminist sociology. Despite the rich literature inspired by her theory, conceptual ambiguities have compromised its full potential. In this article, I critique a pessimistic tendency in the interpretation and application of hegemonic masculinity, which focuses on its regressive role in reproducing/legitimating heteronormative patriarchy while overlooking its progressive potential. I propose that revisiting Antonio Gramsci’s theorization of hegemony can help us understand hegemonic masculinity by its mechanism of domination—force accompanied by consent—rather than via certain pregiven masculine qualities. This reformulation of hegemonic masculinity not only pushes us to maintain a relational understanding of masculinities in empirical research, but also brings attention to Connell’s vision for social change.

scholarly journals Everyday encounters with difference in urban parks: forging ‘openness to otherness’ in segmenting cities

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Barker ◽  
Adam Crawford ◽  
Nathan Booth ◽  
David Churchill
Keyword(s):  
Deliberative Democracy ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Weak Ties ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Cultural Differentiation ◽  
Social Polarisation ◽  
Nuanced Understanding

AbstractIn a context of hyper-diversity and social polarisation, it has been suggested that public parks constitute crucial arenas in which to safeguard deliberative democracy and foster social relations that bind loosely connected strangers. Drawing on empirical research, we offer a more circumspect and nuanced understanding of the – nonetheless vital – role that parks can play in fostering civic norms that support the capacity for living with difference. As ‘spaces apart’, parks have distinctive atmospheres that afford opportunities for convivial encounters in which ‘indifference to difference’ underpins ‘openness to otherness’. As places in which difference is rendered routine and unremarkable, the potency of parks for social cohesion derives from fleeting and unanticipated interactions and the weak ties they promote, rather than strong bonds of community that tend to solidify lines of cultural differentiation. Both by design and unintentionally, regulation and law can serve to foster or constrain the conditions that sustain conviviality.

The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and a Positive Working Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefka Masaldzhiyska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
The State ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Theoretical Terms ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this article is to explore the important role and the emotional intelligence impact on the working environment including summarized research in theoretical terms and transition to practical terms in selected Bulgarian organizations. The adopted approach in this article initially covers the relationship between emotions and emotional intelligence, opportunities for increasing emotional intelligence (ways, techniques), emotional intelligence impact on the working environment. On this basis, an empirical research has been done in five Bulgarian business organizations that are successful and have earned high achievements in human resource management. The research provides evidence of a strong emotional intelligence influence on the working environment. It describes the state of the working environment from the standpoint of the emotional intelligence state of the respondents included in it.

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