Showing papers on "Field (Bourdieu) published in 1979"

Basic dimensions of definitions of leisure.

Abstract: Despite its obviousness, the field of leisure research has lacked an empirical method to discover the underlying determinants of definitions of leisure. Based upon Kelly's (1972) and Neulinger's (1...

Decision Theory and the Small Businessman

Abstract: This is a field study of decision making by small businessmen. Thirty-five owner-managers were studied, and it was found that they employed a multidimensional, stochastic, non-quantitative decision...

Urbanization in Papua New Guinea: A Study of Ambivalent Townsmen

Abstract: Acknowledgements Map 1. Introduction 2. Urban development and form 3. Migration and the urban population 4. Security: primary social relationships in town 5. Social idioms in the wider urban field 6. Formal institutions in the wider urban field 7. Comparisons and conclusions List of references Index.

Interpersonal Communication Theory and Research: An Overview of Inscrutable Epistemologies and Muddled Concepts

Abstract: This article reviews some of the intellectual developments outside of the field of communication which may have directly or indirectly influenced our field's rejection of logical empiricism and sub...

Methods of instruction in social studies education

Abstract: The field of social studies, like all other fields, is evolving and changing. Changes in the schools, in students, and in consequence teaching, require a constant revision of the method books that prepare teachers. This third edition is quite different from its predecessors and hopefully reflects what social studies teachers at all levels of instruction will need to know during the decade of the 90s.

On Being a Symbol: An Appraisal of Karl Rahner:

Abstract: THE NOTION of "symbol" has enriched discussions of a variety of topics in fields ranging from psychology and the social sciences to philosophy and theology. Despite the prevalence of the notion, there is no reason to think that "symbol" always means the same thing; in fact, the variety of contexts in which it is used would suggest that we begin with just the opposite assumption. In theology alone the notion of symbol has been used to illuminate questions in every area ranging from exegesis to sacramentology. Again, even in the field of theology, there is no need to assume that "symbol" has a univocal force whether it is used by exegetes, apologists, or liturgista; a study of the language game played by the notion in each of these areas is needed before any generalizations can be made. The goal of this essay is to study the use of the notion of symbol in one segment of the theology of one theologian, Karl Rahner. Two overlapping but logically distinct steps are required for such a study. First, I will propose the main conditions that would have to be fulfilled to evaluate Rahner's notion of symbol. At this stage I do not intend to actually evaluate the notion but merely to specify what one must keep in mind in order to evaluate it. To elucidate these appraisal conditions will require investigating the problems the notion of symbol is supposed to solve and the questions a metaphysical generalization of "symbol" is supposed to answer. Second, I will appraise an important segment of Rahner's thinking on this subject. I will propose that Rahner's notion of Realsymbol clears up certain ambiguities in some "symbol-talk," but that it also

Law and sociology : exploratory essays

Abstract: These essays present strategies and directions for research into the relationship between law and sociology. Each author offers a distinct approach to this field of research applying social science concepts and techniques to the analysis of law as an element of our society. The editor classifies these approaches into five types: role analysis, organizational analysis, normative analysis, methodological analysis, and institutional analysis.

Speech communication: Its conceptual foundation and disciplinary status

Abstract: The problems associated with the disciplinary status of speech communication stem from the absence of consensus on the appropriate classification of the field, inadequately specified properties of the concepts on which research is conducted, failure to develop a coherent organizational structure for assessing advances in knowledge, and undefined measures of utility.

The Role of Social Scientists 25 Years after Brown

Abstract: The Appendix to the Appellant's Brief (known as the Social Science Brief) submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court for its consideration in Brown vs. Board of Education was prepared by three social scientists and endorsed by thirty-two other researchers in the field of American race relations. The brief summarized studies treating social and psychological aspects of segregation and was cited by the Court in its ruling that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." The Brown decision ushered in intense legislative and judicial action and positive involvemnt of social scientists. When the center of gravity of the civil rights movernnt shifted to Northern urban centers, however, more subtle, sophisticated methods were used to limit desegregation through the exercise of political power. Scme well-publicized social scientists, perhaps identifying with those sources of power, used their expertise to support neo-conservative and "practical" impedimnts to the progress of racial justice.

Cookbooks, Auctions, and Claptrap Cocoons: a Commentary On the Field of Organizational Behavior

Abstract: A professor, so the old joke goes, is a person who believes that the human race would be a great deal better off if it just knew a little more about his/her subject. Ever since I sat in the Harvard Business School’s OB course in 1958-59, I have believed this about Organizational Behavior. I simply can’t imagine an academic field which lacks any of the components of OB: its interest in action and its connections to the world of affairs; its eclectic intellect and relative freedom from preoccupation with the fine differences between psychology, sociology, philosophy, history, political science, and economics; its pragmatic approach to methodology and avoidance of formalism; its devotion to fostering true learning in the student and the experimental spirit this has produced; its location in management schools where, in my opinion, most of the action has been for the last quarter century ; its fundamental concern with the person. These characteristics have been articles of faith for me, the source of the high quality pleasures and pains which I think go with being fully alive. OB has been attacked by many, but if it really is a cancer on the corpus universitas, then I plead guilty to having been foursquare a carcinogen. But lately, I have begun to worry about the field. I am concerned about its current content and direction. I have begun to worry about us as a cadre of profes-

The fulfillment of fieldwork in Marxist praxis

Abstract: Since this paper is yet another contribution to the abundant literature on field work, I should emphasise that the following thoughts are primarily intended to encourage Marxists to overcome their prejudices against field work and to move from an overemphasis on theory and the variety of rhetorical battles to more practical work. It is puzzling that so few Marxist sociologists (and our colleagues in related disciplines) are engaged in empirical studies of the work place, political organisa? tion, or community studies, in contrast to our non-Marxist predecessors, and even contem? poraries. Bourgeois sociologists, on the other hand, have tended to overlook certain epistemo logical aspects of field work in comparison to other social science methods such as the experi? ment, or the survey and analysis of records ? and they have rarely investigated the relation? ship of these methods to social praxis, and what type of knowledge results from their application. The Marxist classics understand praxis (or simply practice) as a process whereby human beings, by means of the continuous trans

Municipal politics and government: development of the field in Canadian political science

Abstract: . Following what has become almost a tradition within the Canadian discipline of political science, this paper attempts an analysis of the development of one field in that discipline. In a sense, a main purpose of the paper is to define the boundaries of the field, an exercise which, given the nature of the field, results in a rather personal definition. Two approaches are taken. First there is a review of the Canadian literature since 1886. That review helps identify the more important sub-fields and analytical approaches. Secondly, the paper reports on a survey of the ways the field is presently taught in Canadian universities and colleges. Assuming that an image of a discipline or of a field is most accurately obtained by examining both writings over time and teaching approaches, the analysis proceeds to identify some of the problems within the field, and offers suggestions for future development of it. The author concludes that because of the highly eclectic nature of the field, in terms of both scope of subject matter and in approaches to analysis, there is a need for more integration among the sub-fields.

A Developmental Perspective on the Nature of Professionalism and the Effectiveness of Professionals in Complex Organizations.

Abstract: The functionalistic perspective on the nature of professionalism, as presented by Parsons (1939) and others, is briefly reviewed and criticized. A developmental perspective is proposed. Both theories predict that individual professionalism affects the relationship between organizational characteristics and the effectiveness of professionals. A field study, which was designed to test this hypothesis, is described.

Actions not words.

Abstract: The deep-rooted respect of the value of each individual in Sweden is shown in its community-based care of the mentally handicapped. Author looks at the lessons Britain can learn in this field.

The Supreme Court and madness: a middle ground on proof of mental illness for commitment.

Abstract: THERE has been a great deal of legislative activity in the 50 states of the United States in recent years in the field of commitment for mental illness. Civil-rights organizations have been largely...