Ethnohistorical research combines early documentary sources as well as archaeology, linguistics, and social theory with biogeographical evidence of the earliest cultures.
The very idea of cultural rights (by definition, group rights) represents a radicalization of liberal social theory and moves significantly beyond the ideas of tolerance and recognition.
In fact, a new study in Psychological Science by Dr. Rhodes and Lisa Chalik suggests that this intuitive social theory may even influence how children develop moral distinctions.
The cycle of abuse is a social theory developed by Lenore Walker, who taught at the Rutgers Medical School, to describe an often-predictable pattern in an abusive relationship.
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It all makes me think of British philosopher John Stuart Mill, who described the social theory of utilitarianism, which holds that one must always act so as to produce the greatest aggregate happiness for the greatest number of people.
This could work for those in the early stages of the disease, but eventually there comes a point where people with Alzheimer's no longer recognize their lives as their own, said Barry Schwartz, professor of social action and social theory at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
But the psychologist also said the growth in cosmetic surgery couples was a good example of the so-called "social matching theory".
Moodle is designed to support pedagogies based on social constructionist theory, and includes activity modules such as forums, chats, resources, journals, quizzes, surveys, choices, workshops, glossaries, lessons, and assignments.
Once you get your zealots excited and talking, social network theory and the subsequent effects of contagion suggest that they can in turn influence 10s, 100s and 1000s of like-minded social citizens.
This result is so devastating that many public choice economists themselves, including the father of social choice theory Kenneth Arrow, refuse to acknowledge what it implies: The myriad paradoxes and infirmities infecting democracy prevent it from ever living up to expectations that it can be a stable and efficient means of guiding and improving society.
We found five interrelated criteria that form a new blueprint for how corporations can maximize their investments in CSR: business-based social purpose, clear theory of change, quality and depth of information, concentrated effort, and partnering with experts.
In theory, new social policies should be able to spread the wealth in this nation of 1.3 billion.
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According to this theory, new social forces have emerged in China as a result of economic reform and the party must seek to represent them.
Recent declines in traffic at the fledgling social network seem to bear this theory out.
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Meritocracy is impossible in theory or practice without social structures that set and enforce sportsmanlike rules of the game.
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What is novel is the digital toolkit available to help businesses and their leaders become more social, more open, more Theory Y, more Model 2, etc.
They understand, in theory, the importance of social media in their marketing mix.
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And one of my favorites, the Volkswagen fun theory, inspired some positive social re-engineering by using play as the motivator to behavior change.
In theory, the Medicare and Social Security trust funds have at least some money to pay a portion of the bills that are coming due.
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At Remedy Health Media, a health information and technology company just outside Washington, social media manager Stuart Perkins has another theory about why play is critical.
When a job becomes available, someone who claimed Social Security at 62 can, in theory, return to work and pay back benefits received without interest, then wait until a later age to claim a higher check.
He also chides the authors for ignoring countries that do not fit their theory, and for glossing over social problems, such as divorce and suicide, that are worse in more equal countries.
One starting point in any analysis of failed countries is the theory of Max Weber, the father of social science.
Google already has an online payment mechanism called Checkout that, in theory, it could use to collect payments for social games on its platform.
Mr. Dunbar's "social brain hypothesis" rests on another idea the theory of mind which argues that we use our brains to imagine what others are thinking.
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Economist and social critic Thorstein Veblen took a crack at it in The Theory of the Leisure Class, the 1899 classic that wryly posited the theory of "conspicuous consumption, " his phrase for keeping up with the Joneses.
The peace plan, in theory, is now being rolled out, with pledges of social justice, greater press freedom and political reform.
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Thorough knowledge of the theory and practical application of the techniques used in educational planning and the social sciences, as well as extensive and relevant experience in conducting of training.
He also helped develop a rigorous body of theory and evidence that helps us understand why pleasant political daydreams often create actual social nightmares.
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Memory also appears to play a role in imagining what someone else might be feeling, known as theory of mind, which is helpful in deciding how to behave in unfamiliar social situations, such as going to a party with a new group of friends or starting a job.
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