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Social change
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20 Jan 2013
TL;DR: The materiality (the arrangement of physical, digital, or rhetorical materials into particular forms that endure across differences in place and time) of technologies, ranging from computer-simulation tools and social media, to ranking devices and rumours, is actually implicated in the process of formal and informal organizing.
Abstract: Ask a person on the street whether new technologies bring about important social change and you are likely to hear a resounding "yes." But the answer is less definitive amongst academics who study technology and social practice. Scholarly writing has been heavily influenced by the ideology of technological determinism - the belief that some types or technologically driven social changes are inevitable and cannot be stopped. Rather than argue for or against notions of determinism, the authors in this book ask how the materiality (the arrangement of physical, digital, or rhetorical materials into particular forms that endure across differences in place and time) of technologies, ranging from computer-simulation tools and social media, to ranking devices and rumours, is actually implicated in the process of formal and informal organizing. The book builds a new theoretical framework to consider the important socio-technical changes confronting people's everyday experiences in and outside of work. Leading scholars in the field contribute original chapters examining the complex interactions between technology and the social, between artefact and humans. The discussion spans multiple disciplines, including management, information systems, informatics, communication, sociology, and the history of technology, and opens up a new area of research regarding the relationship between materiality and organizing.
400 citations
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27 Oct 1997
TL;DR: Globalism and the Study of Social Policy The State of the World's Welfare The Social Policy of Global Actors International Organizations and the Making of Post-Communist Social Policy Non-Governmental Organizations and Global Social Policy in Conditions of Conflict as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Globalism and the Study of Social Policy The State of the World's Welfare The Social Policy of Global Actors International Organizations and the Making of Post-Communist Social Policy Non-Governmental Organizations and Global Social Policy in Conditions of Conflict The Prospects for Global Social Policy
399 citations
TL;DR: It is found that emigration and remittances have offsetting effects on resilience within an evolving social and political context, and diversification and increasing income levels are beneficial for resilience.
Abstract: We argue that all aspects of demographic change, including migration, impact on the social resilience of individuals and communities, as well as on the sustainability of the underlying resource base. Social resilience is the ability to cope with and adapt to environmental and social change mediated through appropriate institutions. We investigate one aspect of the relationship between demographic change, social resilience, and sustainable development in contemporary coastal Vietnam: the effects of migration and remittances on resource-dependent communities in population source areas. We find, using longitudinal data on livelihood sources, that emigration and remittances have offsetting effects on resilience within an evolving social and political context. Emigration is occurring concurrently with, not driving, the expansion of unsustainable coastal aquaculture. Increasing economic inequality also undermines social resilience. At the same time diversification and increasing income levels are beneficial for resilience.
398 citations
TL;DR: The authors provides a critical analysis of the NSM thesis, finding that the central propositions are not defensible as a theory or a paradigm, and that they are not definable in terms of its concepts or evidence.
Abstract: Discussions of New Social Movements have sought to explain the apparent shift in the forms of contemporary social movements in Western nations by linking it to the rise of a postmodern world. However, the central propositions of the NSM paradigm have not been critically analyzed in terms of its concepts or the evidence. This review provides a critical analysis of the NSM thesis, finding that the central propositions are not defensible as a theory or a paradigm.
398 citations
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17 Jun 2010TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a social ontology and social structure for ontology-based social networks, where ontology is used to represent the social structure of a social network.
Abstract: 1. Introduction 2. Emergence 3. Cause 4. Social ontology and social structure 5. Agency 6. Normative institutions 7. Organisations 8. Social events 9. Conclusion.
398 citations