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This book is an essential collection addressing key challenges in studying violent extremism. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, terrorism literature has expanded, aiming to understand, prevent, and predict evolving threats. However, early research often lacked academic rigor and empirical depth. As the field has developed, more tho...

Zusammenfassung Das Essay verortet die Neukonstituierung des Privaten im Nationalsozialismus unter den Bedingungen einer radikal ideologisierten Herrschaft sowie von systematischer Gewalt, Diskriminierung und Vernichtung der rassisch Ausgegrenzten. Mit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und dem Holocaust wurden Familientrennungen zu einer kollektiven Erfahrung,...

By understanding the purchasing of fashion clothing, this paper analysed social practice theory to attitudes towards fashion clothing purchasing behaviour among young adults in emerging markets. This study mainly considered young adult consumers, as they are the most dynamic and discerning segment. The study employed a standardised Qualtrics online...

To understand a theory, we must place it within the specific spatial and temporal context in which it was written. Furthermore, we know that behind every theory lies the person (the writer) and their mind. Therefore, we will begin with a brief introduction to the life of Marcuse, to better understand why he thought the way he did in his time and wh...

Social media has emerged as an assertive communication and brand-building tool in the dynamic entrepreneurship landscape. This study explores the influence of social media usage on the performance of start-ups, focusing on the mediating role of brand image. The research employs a quantitative approach, collecting data from 450 start-ups in Ghana th...

Resumen: Este trabajo explora el desarrollo social desde una perspectiva de intervención pública vertical orientada al combate estructural de la pobreza. Se analizan las políticas públicas verticales como mecanismos institucionales diseñados desde el Estado para intervenir directamente sobre las condiciones de desigualdad, marginación y privación s...

"The Natural History of Freedom: From Active Matter to Homo Sapiens" explores the intricate relationship between philosophical concepts like agency and free will and empirical findings in the natural sciences. By integrating insights from physics, biology, neuroscience, and social theory, this work offers a framework for understanding how freedom e...

While much of the literature on unethical behavior focuses on self-serving misconduct, this study explores employees’ violations of social norms and/or ethical standards to benefit their organizations: unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB). Given the unique socio-cultural and economic dynamics in Hispanic American contexts, this study examine...

A central problem of social theory consists in explaining individual cooperative behavior. One of the main interpretations is rooted in the rational choice theory, born from the homo oeconomicus model , which proposes instrumental rationality, maximization of expected utility and self-interest as unique presuppositions of individual behavior. These...

This paper traces a genealogical line of microsociology in the theoretical ideas of Sophie Germain, a 19th-century French mathematician and philosopher. While her contributions to mathematics have been rediscovered and re-evaluated in recent years, her theoretical writings remain largely overlooked. To address this gap, I examine Germain's contribu...

This article delves into the dynamics of emotional detachment and strategic deception in leadership, exploring the psychological and organizational implications of leaders who mask their true intentions to manipulate followers and stakeholders. It examines how emotional detachment-either as a leadership strategy or as a symptom of narcissistic tend...

Objectives In order to explore the influence mechanism of family environment on the prosocial behavior tendency of college students and the chain mediating role of empathy and moral sensitivity in this relationship. Methods A survey was conducted on 451 college students using the Family Adaptability and Cohesion scales, the Dispositional Moral Sen...

Demography is considered one of the most important social sciences, especially since it is related to humans and their needs in light of the scarcity of economic resources. It consists of a set of theories that explain to us the reasons for the development of societies and their increase, and the models with their mathematical formulas measure thei...

This study explores the dynamics of visibility and influence in digital social relations, examining their implications for the emergence of a new symbolic capital. Using a mixedmethods design, the research combined semi-structured interviews with 20 digitally active individuals and quantitative social media data analysis to identify key predictors...

Purpose This study examines the factors influencing the intention to subscribe to video streaming platforms in China through integrating the extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2), perceived value theory, and stimulus–organism–response (S-O-R) theory. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative study was conducted to t...

One of the fundamental hurdles for both Christian theology and medical ethics is characterizing disability as an aspect of human experience rather than a deviation from it. Anthropologies that anticipate a fixed subject articulate disability through the lens of pathology, alienating disabled experiences from what it means to be human. Pulling from...

Menschen mit Psychiatrieerfahrung sind häufig über einen langen Zeitraum hinweg Adressat:innen professioneller Unterstützungsleistungen in Form von ambulanter Betreuung (SGB IX). Im Gegensatz zu Unterstützungsleistungen innerhalb von Familien oder Freundschaften beruht professionelle Hilfe nicht auf Gabe und Gegengabe, sondern folgt einer Marktlogi...

This essay explores (inter)dependency through the concepts of Claude Lévi-Strauss's “floating signifiers” and Eduardo Viveiros de Castro's “ontological predation”, placing them in dialogue with other social theories, such as Fernando Henrique Cardoso's dependency theory and Comte's notion of the “Great Fetish.” The text analyzes how these ideas hel...

Homelessness and social disorder on public transit are on the rise across Canada. We studied the factors contributing to social disorder on public transit, including homelessness, from the experiences and perspectives of frontline staff including police officers, transit peace officers, and an outreach team in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Using Braun...

Age is omnipresent in our lives and a fundamental element in the organisation of human societies. Age relations, like other power relations, generate social inequality. As a reflection of its importance, age is frequently used in empirical studies in the field of sociology and other social sciences. However, the social theorisation of age is inchoa...

For a long time Western reason, of which capitalism embodies the most accomplished and radical form, seemed able of acquiring a growing capacity to control the world. Social turmoil and the ecological crisis appear to question such capacity, while in social theory ‘new materialisms’ are committed to denounce its engine – the separation and hierarch...

This article addresses the most relevant approaches and lines of research in economic sociology and social sciences regarding the transformations of money, its social nature, and the analysis of monetary behavior. The main objective is to identify key areas of study and examine gaps in the specialized literature across three dimensions: money as an...

Scientific knowledge creation is fundamentally transforming as humans and AI systems evolve beyond tool-user relationships into co-evolutionary epistemic partnerships. When AlphaFold revolutionized protein structure prediction, researchers described engaging with an epistemic partner that reshaped how they conceptualized fundamental relationships....

Objective To explore the impact and mechanisms of COVID-19 on the professional identity of nursing students, providing theoretical and practical insights to inform nursing education reform. Method This study employed Colaizzi’s descriptive phenomenological method to explore nursing students’ experiences. Semi-structured interviews were conducted,...

Introduction Compliance with the law is not solely a legal issue but also a social one, shaped by the competing demands of different power structures. Methods The research methodology is based on a review of literature from legal theory, sociology of law, and education studies. The primary method used is conceptual synthesis. Results The conceptu...

Introduction: Riots are a recurring element of social and political resistance, yet their communicative dimensions are often underexplored in social theory. This study addresses this shortcoming by introducing the concept of riots as discursive-mediated events. We present a new theoretical and analytical framework to explore how different groups an...

In recent years, there has been a significant academic interest in the relationship between fractals and social networks. Both systems demonstrate complex , self-organizing patterns, making them a subject of fascination. Fractals, characterized by self-repeating geometric shapes, and social networks, which depict intricate connections among individ...

The way groups perform to preserve or forget a collective memory is reminiscent of the concept of metamemory. However, scholar apply the term metamemory primarily to individuals. Is it possible to consider metamemory for the collective memory of a group, too? Various groups make extensive efforts to create or retain cultural artifacts with the inte...

The coexistence of customary practices and formal constitutional frameworks presents an enduring legal and normative dilemma, particularly within pluralistic and postcolonial societies. While cultural traditions offer continuity, identity, and social cohesion, they may simultaneously perpetuate exclusionary or discriminatory norms that stand in dir...

This study investigates the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on employee green behavior, examining the mediating role of moral attentiveness and the moderating role of ethical leadership. Drawing on social identity theory, social exchange theory, and the person-situation interactionist perspective, we propose a moderated mediation mo...

Though the concept of differentiation has long been central to sociological theory, efforts to build a cumulative body of knowledge about differentiation dynamics are currently hindered by a lack of consensus about the way we should refer to certain processes and states. Addressing this issue, the following article provides an analysis of terminolo...

This study provides a discussion on the term generation-unit, which has a central position in Karl Mannheim’s sociology of generation, with its theoretical implications and with some examples on European Avant-Garde art movements in its historical dimension. Generation-units are defined as integrative attitudes that bring members of generations tog...

Purpose: This empirical study, based on Routine Activity Theory (RAT), aimed to explore the drivers behind environmental harm, the factors that contribute to the suitability of the environment as a target for ecological harm, and the strategies for promoting sustainability in Ghana's textiles industry Design/ Methodology/ Approach: Interpretive p...

The transmission of green ideas within families is no longer limited to the older generations instilling ideas into the younger generations. Younger generations are increasingly influencing the green travel behavior of older generations with their green ideas. This study was based on social learning theory and reverse socialization theory and propo...

A New Index for Public Space: After Distancing offers readers a re-evaluation of the notion of publicness as a lens to unpack the complexity of urban space. A "new index" is proposed to reconstitute the promises and the predicaments of public space to better prepare for the contemporary challenges of post-pandemic, conflict-ridden society. Part I p...

The primary aim of this study is to explore the influence of social media on university students’ revisit intention in sports tourism, using Expectation-Confirmation Model and the Uses and Gratifications Theory. A structured questionnaire was distributed to a random sample of 435 students from three universities in Hubei Province to measure their s...

Zusammenfassung Ein praxeologisches Vokabular hat sich in nahezu allen sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschungsfeldern verbreitet – wozu auch die Soziale Arbeit und Erziehungswissenschaft mitzuzählen sind – und ist forschungsleitend für eine Reihe von Arbeiten zu Wissenschaft, Arbeit, Organisation und Technik. Unter dem Label „Praxistheorien“ versammelt...

This study explores the contextualization of Pierre Bourdieu’s theoretical framework—particularly the concepts of habitus, capital, and field—in the formation of students’ (santri) character within Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) in Indonesia. Amidst the growing discourse on character education and its integration into Islamic institutions, th...

O presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar o perfil da população idosa atendida no SCFV em Gurupá no ano de 2023, para conhecer as condições socioeconômicas e o grau de pobreza da mesma. A escolha desse objeto de estudo ocorreu em função de vários fatores, entre eles, o aumento exponencial da população idosa no Brasil, as desigualdades regionais...

There is a current and projected dearth of individuals with the required skills and education to become professional archaeologists. Because of this, the discipline should consider underlying causes leading students to have a lack of interest in pursuing archaeological careers. Social cognitive career theory posits that self-efficacy, expected outc...

Purpose: This study focused on the following specific objectives; to establish the role of traditional, agile, waterfall and systems approaches on sustainability of infrastructure projects in Embu County. This study was guided by stakeholder theory, social learning theory, Technology Acceptance Model, the theory of change, and the 3 overlapping cir...

The debate over how to finance the transition to renewable energy in the face of catastrophic climate change has put the issue of public banks back on the political agenda. In order to avoid the mistakes of the past, the article analyzes one of them, mission drift, the tendency to act outside the original mandate. This can result in the public bank...

Social interactions among data contributors are essential to the success of many VGI (volunteered geographic information) projects, and the patterns of such interactions are often shaped by geographies in which the contributors are situated. However, there is a lack of investigations on geographic context’s influences on VGI contributor behaviour a...

In Bangladesh, student dropout rates are a major issue for fair access to education and the country's development. This study looks at why students drop out and the impact this has, using students' perspectives and social theories. It examines primary, secondary and university education levels, using Social Reproduction Theory (SRT) and Ecological...

This study aims to analyze the influence of local wisdom, environmental sensitivity, and disaster anticipation on social balance in Jember Regency. In this study, a social theory is used that underlies that local wisdom, environmental sensitivity, and disaster anticipation can affect social balance. The research method used is a survey with cluster...

Within immediate modernity, increases in the multitude of psychological, social, emotional and behavioural disruptions affecting human actors, categorised under the (reductive) label of ‘anxiety’ are reaching an apex. This peak can be conceptualised both by frequency of disruptions, which may be defined as ever-present, and by the volume of negativ...

Background For young people who have experienced homelessness, relative housing stability alone is insufficient to achieve socioeconomic inclusion. There is little peer-reviewed research investigating interventions targeting socioeconomic inclusion outcomes for youth who have experienced homelessness. Our previous community-engaged work signaled th...

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the global shift to online education, exposing both opportunities and challenges in ideological and political (I&P) courses at Chinese higher vocational colleges, where student engagement remains pivotal yet underexplored. This qualitative study examines how students perceive and experience engagement in online I&P...

Introduction . This article substantiates the possibility of semiological analysis in relation to ideology on the basis of the semiological theory of R. Barthes. The subject of the study is ideology as a sign system. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the application of semiological analysis of ideology. The hypothesis of the study is that...

Context and Purpose: In recent decades, tourism studies have focused on well-being and prioritized the study of tourists' well-being to develop tourism and create pleasure and meaning. Therefore, to better understand well-being in tourism and improve tourist well-being, the aim of the present study is to identify theories and models for measuring a...

Traffic crashes involving three-wheeled motorized rickshaws (3-WMRs) pose considerable public health risk in developing countries. Although prior research has thoroughly investigated the effects of risk factors such as weather, road conditions, and driver characteristics on 3-WMR collisions, the effect of the day of the week (weekday versus weekend...

Filipino farmers endure substantial financial strains despite contributing to the nation's food security. This study described the financial challenges faced by these tenant farmers and their coping mechanisms, aiming to inform interventions for improving their financial well-being and promoting sustainable agricultural practices. The research empl...

Client-level fairness metrics for federated learning are used to ensure that all clients in a federation either: a) have similar final performance on their local data distributions (i.e., client parity), or b) obtain final performance on their local data distributions relative to their contribution to the federated learning process (i.e., contribut...

In empirical social sciences, data visualization is routine and expected. In the theoretical side of social sciences, visualization is a rarity. Whether empirical or theoretical, visualization streamlines the communication of research process, findings, and core conjectures. In this paper, we develop a new embedded relational method for visualizing...

Voices Through Time: One Hundred Reflections on Artificial Language and Intelligence is a speculative, interdisciplinary thought experiment that imagines how one hundred of history’s greatest minds might respond to the emergence of large language models and artificial intelligence. From Plato to Picasso, from Ada Lovelace to Malcolm X, this work br...

Objective: Widespread product recalls present a significant challenge in the global automotive industry, often leading to reputational damage and a decline in customer loyalty. Understanding how customers respond after a recall is essential, particularly in determining whether their commitment diminishes or remains intact. This study examines the i...

Among all violent offenses murder ranks as one of the most severe types of crimes. Scholars and sociologists have devoted numerous years to identify the basis behind this phenomenon. This research examined murder by analyzing the six fundamental sociological concepts including Social Disorganization Theory, Cultural Deviance Theory, Strain Theory,...

The aim of this paper is to consider legal and political theories and, more broadly, social theoretical concepts that might in practice be consistent with the aims of Agamben's critique of power. As a first step, we will recall the importance of biopolitics and such fundamental concepts as community, bare life, form-of-life, state of exception, des...

A robust culture of compliance is a cornerstone of effective cybersecurity and organizational risk management. While technological controls and regulatory frameworks are crucial, sustainable adherence to compliance standards largely depends on an organization's internal culture, which comprises shared values, behavioral norms, and leadership modeli...

The apparel industry in Ghana has increasingly come under scrutiny for its environmental footprint, particularly in the wake of rising concerns about ecological degradation. This study critically examines the motivations behind unsustainable practices within the industry, exploring how economic, cultural, and structural factors contribute to enviro...

The aim of this study is to identify and empirically validate the factors that increase students’ engagement in remote work-integrated learning (WIL). The technology interactivity model was considered an appropriate theoretical foundation for proposing the conceptual model in this study. Four factors i.e. interactivity, customisation, active contro...

Climate change is a pressing issue that requires action across multiple levels, from individual behavior to international cooperation. On the individual level, one of the easiest and most important actions people can take is to talk about climate change. However, relatively few Americans engage in climate change discussions with family and friends,...

This paper explores how race and ethnicity intersect with educational structures, policies, and experiences through a sociological lens. It critically examines how institutional racism, cultural capital, social stratification, and power relations shape access to, and outcomes in, education for racialized groups. Drawing upon classical and contempor...

Around 2–8% of children and adolescents in developed societies are young carers, who provide care for ill, disabled, or addicted family members. This paper investigates the vulnerability and multidimensional injustices faced by young carers, drawing on empirical studies—both qualitative and quantitative—and social theory to reveal how young carers...

New types of information (Big Data), along with related analytical tools, including Artificial Intelligence, are shaping contemporary developments in urban tourism to a very large extent. This process can be seen as part of the emergence of a broader creative economy, supported by intense digitalization. Often generated through interactions among u...

The aim of this paper is to analyse verbal attacks targeting three prominent Ghanaian traditional leaders in comments on news articles published on GhanaWeb. The paper relies on appraisal theory, social actor analysis, and the theory of impoliteness to qualitatively analyse a number of purposively selected comments on the subject, published on the...

This article analyzes the Hamas-Israel controversy through 253,925 Spanish-language YouTube comments posted between October 2023 and January 2024, following the October 7 attack that escalated the conflict. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, the study combines the analysis of controversies from Science and Technology Studies (STS) with advance...

Crime is a social problem that is not only faced by Indonesia or certain communities and countries, but is a problem faced by the entire world community. Social media is media in the form of sites and applications involving internet-based technology. Social media is an online media through internet-based applications, can be used to share, particip...

Leadership communication plays a crucial role in shaping organizational success and has become a key area of interest across many social science fields. With research showing that leaders spend 70-80% of their time communicating (Wajcman & Rose, 2011), it is clear that effective communication is at the heart of good leadership. This chapter explore...

On September 28, 2018, Palu experienced one of the most significant natural disasters in its history, consisting of three types of catastrophes: earthquakes, tsunamis, and liquefaction. Natural disasters have severe impacts, but life continues through the ability to engage in social action. This research analyzed social action in the aftermath of t...

This study explores the accountability mechanisms in Indonesia's Village Fund Direct Cash Assistance (BLTDD) programme during COVID-19, combining New Institutional Sociology theory with Behn (2001) accountability framework. Through qualitative analysis of four case studies in West Java, findings reveal strong financial accountability but significan...

O professor Moacir Gadotti relata nesta entrevista os seus passos no caminho para a construção e consolidação de uma carreira com repercussões internacionais que é signo de perseverança e compromisso com as transformações da sociedade rumo ao um tempo em que se geste uma cidadania planetária. Diretor do Instituto Paulo Freire em São Paulo, o Prof....

This study explores the accountability mechanisms in Indonesia's Village Fund Direct Cash Assistance (BLTDD) programme during COVID-19, combining New Institutional Sociology theory with Behn (2001) accountability framework. Through qualitative analysis of four case studies in West Java, findings reveal strong financial accountability but significan...

This study aims to describe the social ethics that exist in the traditional game of blarak-blarak sempal. The method used in the study is qualitative descriptive. Data collection uses literature studies. The data obtained were then analyzed using literary sociology theory. The result of this research is that there are various social ethics of the J...

The agriculture sector employs substantial labour force and contributes substantially to the nation's Gross Domestic Product. Its success depends heavily on agricultural credit and financing. The significance of credit in agriculture is being marred by high rates of default. The high default rate on agricultural loans is cause for concern from both...

Philippe Nonet and Philip Selznick stated that responsive law is a law that is oriented to the fulfillment of social needs and is able to adapt according to the dynamics of society. This study aims to compare the application of responsive legal theory in responding to social changes in the field of criminal and civil law. The research method used i...

Language diversity in educational settings presents both challenges and opportunities for administrators, educators, and students. This paper examines the implications of linguistic plurality in primary, secondary, and tertiary education, highlighting the need for inclusive language policies that enhance accessibility and equity. Theoretical framew...

Gender inequality remains a persistent issue in Indonesian sports, where female athletes face systemic barriers in participation, leadership, funding, and media representation. Deep-rooted cultural norms and traditional gender roles limit opportunities for women, reinforcing male dominance in sports. Institutional neglect, inadequate funding, and l...

Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the Turkish theatre jubilee tradition and its role in preserving cultural heritage, reinforcing social identity, and promoting sustainable urban communities in alignment with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11. Theoretical Framework: The research is grounded in cultural heritage theory, social...

The application of sociological theory to the study of health and health care has a long if chequered career, and there is considerable international variation in the manner of its development and in current practice. In this paper our focus is on the current situation in the UK, although its analysis and arguments clearly have a somewhat broader a...

Ecologists recognise that we live on an increasingly human‐dominated planet, yet most of the field's foundational concepts remain essentially biophysical, with little reference to human society. There are few better examples of this divide between ecological and social theory than the niche concept. During its century‐long history, the niche concep...

Ethics is now law. It is the traditional way of governing human relationship. Ethics, itself,is a science for habituating well-being; therefore here we have studied professional etiquette character onthe basis of ethics theory.Within the range of this topic, here we tried to determine origin of ethics, its internal significance,marrow, and differen...

Framed along pluralist and critical social theories, the paper offers an innovative climate adaptation theoretical construct—subaltern adaptation—which necessitates the reimagining of the ‘community’ as a spatio-temporal (‘historical’ space) and spatio-social (‘anthropological’ space) within a particular ecological zone, instead of the usual state-...

As celebrity endorsement is now a common factor among advertisers and brands, this study focuses on the influence of celebrity endorsement on brand perception of Tecno Mobile. The study anchored on the principles of the Source Credibility Theory, Social Influence Theory and the Elaboration. Likelihood model. Using the survey design, questionnaire w...

In this paper, we critique the concept of structural racism as a determinant of health, as it is operationalized in quantitative research. Our review is not a defense of the concept but a critical examination. From this review, we share several different areas for methodological innovations, including identifying macro‐micro‐macro linkages, and mea...

This article explores Psychosocial Theology as an emerging interdisciplinary framework that integrates theological reflection, psychology, and social sciences to address contemporary social challenges. Rooted in practical theology and empirical research, Psychosocial Theology provides a systematic and action-oriented response to issues such as soci...

Online social networks (OSNs) provide a platform for individuals to share information, exchange ideas, and build social connections beyond in-person interactions. For a specific topic or community, opinion leaders are individuals who have a significant influence on others’ opinions. Detecting opinion leaders and modeling influence dynamics is cruci...

Decolonization is widely discussed, yet colonial practices continue to thrive in South Africa, silencing African traditions in significant life events like weddings and funerals. Many South Africans prefer White weddings, viewing them as prestigious and desirable, largely unaware of the subtle colonial undertones. The allure of White weddings is a...

This paper actualizes the conceptual pair scarcity-abundance through the phenomenon of spending surpluses as the accursed share (la part maudite) in the field of ethnology, sociology and philosophy of Georges Bataille. Within his unfinished project of general economy, and in dialogue with the same conceptual pair in the field of economic theory, pa...

This study explores high school teachers' perspectives in the UMkhanyakude District within the province of KwaZulu-Natal, in South Africa, with redefining Continuing Professional Teacher Development (CPTD) occupying the central focus. Twelve Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) teachers were selected to participate in thi...

The paper is an attempt to summarize and critically assess the main threads of research on conspiracy theories. The first part of the paper offers an analysis of theoretical frameworks developed within philosophy, political theory, sociology, the theory of history, anthropology and cultural studies. The main approaches to conspiracy theories are di...

There has been widespread opposition to so-called essentialism in contemporary social theory. At the same time, within contemporary analytic metaphysics, the notion of essence has been revived and put to work by neo-Aristotelians. The ‘new essentialism’ of the neo-Aristotelians opens the prospect for a new social essentialism—one that avoids the pr...

The object of this research is CV. Penerbit Lakeisha which was studied using 2 theories. Robert Escarpit's literary sociology theory as an umbrella theory in research and Bourdieu's cultural production arena theory as the core theory of analysis. This research is a qualitative method with data obtained through field research in the form of intervie...

Social theories explain the current state of affairs between social groups. In the sociological race literature, theories traditionally explained White-Black relations. In the ethnicity literature, theories explained native-born and immigrant relations. What happens to social theorizing of current group relations when new third groups emerge in soc...

This research aims to use a postcolonial perspective to describe ambivalence in Ayad Akhtar's novel American Dervish. Ayad depicts Dr. Naveed Shah's experiences as a member of the American community. This research examines the interplay of Naveed psyche and ambivalence within the theoretical framework of Karen Horney's psychoanalytic social theory,...

Social sciences are increasingly recognized as useful for reorienting human action toward environmental conservation. Fully realizing the social sciences’ potential requires applying social science methods to conservation challenges and drawing from and building on human action theories from across the social sciences to better understand how and w...

Late-modern societies are experiencing a transformation that is very different from the one environmental movements and many scientists have long been campaigning for. While ecological issues are slipping down the political priority list, the autocratic-authoritarian turn and the collapse of the liberal world order are gaining momentum. Ecopolitica...

In public debates about language discourse there is commonly an agreement that people need to be enabled to express themselves sufficiently. However, there are few or no scholars who come forth to address social implementation of multi/ open language policy in the public sector. This paper adopts critical social theory (CST) to explore the debates...

This paper investigates how socio-demographic factors, cultural variables, and attitudes interact with positive and negative consumer dispositions—cosmopolitanism, affinity, ethnocentrism, and animosity—to influence pre-purchase, purchase, and post-purchase behaviors. Anchored in five key theories—attitude theory, laddering theory, social identity...