scholarly journals The bargaining theory of war and peace

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles H. Anderton
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Bargaining Theory ◽  
Important Research ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
The Social ◽  
Bargaining Models ◽  
Theory Of War

The bargaining theory of war and peace has emerged as an important research framework in the social sciences for understanding why wars occur and why opportunities for peace sometimes fail. Close to a dozen distinct “rationalist” sources of war have been theoretically modeled in the bargaining literature, empirical studies of war and peace are increasingly drawing upon bargaining models for theoretical guidance, and “nonrationalist” sources of war based on insights from psychology and sociology can be incorporated into the theory. This article briefly surveys key elements and results of the bargaining theory of war and it emphasizes the untapped potential for the framework to serve as a theory of peace in both research and teaching.

Secondary analysis in the social sciences and its relation to futures studies

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiano Vezzoni
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
Futures Studies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
The Social ◽  
Definition Of

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show the importance of secondary analysis to social sciences and to futures studies, both for research and teaching purposes. Design/methodology/approach – An illustration of the main characteristics of secondary analysis, presenting it as a theory-driven activity where the definition of the research design plays a fundamental role. Findings – This paper extends the secondary analysis approach to the study of the future. The utility of secondary analysis for futures studies is illustrated by means of the presentation of two examples developed in the field of the sociology of religion. Originality/value – The results are useful for those who want to develop sound and robust approaches to the study of social change, taking into consideration the simulation of possible future scenarios.

New Outlines of Structural Sociology, 1945–70

2019 ◽  
pp. 63-85
Author(s):  
J.P.S. Uberoi
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Scientific Theory ◽  
World View ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Home Rule ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Indian Point

This chapter presents a discussion of international intellectual trends in the social sciences, theoretical and empirical studies in India, the question of independence of mind or home rule in intellectual institutions. Following the swarajist project outlined earlier of viewing Europe and its systems of knowledge and practices from an independent Indian point of view, this chapter is in effect a research outline for a new structural sociology in India. We are introduced to structuralism as it exists in the world, its scope and definition and as a methodology for the social sciences. This is followed by the approach to structuralism as scientific theory, method and as philosophical world view. Finally discusses are the principles of structural analysis, structuralism in language, literature and culture, in social structure, with regard to society and the individual, religion, philosophy, politics, sociology and social-anthropology.

The Identification and Prevention of Publication Bias in the Social Sciences and Economics

2011 ◽  
Vol 231 (5-6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd Weiß ◽  
Michael Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Missing Data ◽  
Publication Bias ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings

SummarySystematic research reviews have become essential in all empirical sciences. However, the validity of research syntheses is threatened by the fact that not all studies on a given topic can be summarized. Research reviews may suffer from missing data, and this is especially crucial in those cases where the selectivity of studies and their findings affects the summarized result. So-called publication bias is a type of missing data and a phenomenon that jeopardizes the validity of systematic or quantitative, as well as narrative, reviews. Publication bias exists if the preparation, submission or publication of research findings depend on characteristics of just these research results, e. g. their direction or statistical significance. This article describes methods to identify publication bias in the context of meta-analysis. It also reviews empirical studies on the prevalence of publication bias, especially in the social and economic sciences, where publication bias also seems to be prevalent. Several proposals to prevent publication bias are discussed.

Developing substantive theories into formal theories via disruption

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 572-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Scott Rosenbaum ◽  
Rebekah Russell-Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Services Marketing ◽  
Conceptual Frameworks ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Stage Process ◽  
Formal Theories

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to encourage service researchers to engage in “theoretical disruption” by purposefully adding variance to existing substantive theories, and conceptual frameworks, to construct formal theories of buyer–seller marketplace behaviors. The authors put forth an original four-stage process that illustrates the way substantive theories may be developed into formal theories. Design/methodology/approach The authors provide their opinions regarding theoretical creation and their interpretations of Grounded Theory methodological techniques that support the development of general theories within the social sciences. Findings In general, the services marketing discipline is based on a foundation of substantive theories, and proposed conceptual frameworks, which emerged from samples, contexts and conditions that ensue within industrialized, upper-income locales. Rather than seek to expand substantive theories by generating new categories and relationships between categories, most researchers limit their verification studies within the scope of original theoretical frameworks. Resultantly, the services marketing domain has not developed a set of formal theories. Research limitations/implications The editors encourage researchers to reconsider the discipline’s substantive theories and to transform them into formal theories. Substantive theories expand into formal theories when researchers question original theoretical frameworks and show situations in which they require modification. Theoretical verification does not transform substantive theories into formal theories; rather, the discovery of negative cases suggests the need for theoretical modification. Originality/value This work suggests that researchers may be over-emphasizing the generalizability of their proposed theories in papers because of a lack of sample variance in empirical studies.

scholarly journals Miłość, wierność i odpowiedzialność w przestrzeniach spotkań młodzieży studiującej

2020 ◽  
pp. 235-251
Author(s):  
Mirosława Ściupider-Młodkowska
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Life Change ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Love Relationships ◽  
Important Research Topic ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Partner Relations ◽  
Psychological Expertise

Ściupider-Młodkowska Mirosława, Miłość, wierność i odpowiedzialność w przestrzeniach spotkań młodzieży studiującej [Love, Loyalty and Responsibility in Meeting Spaces of University Students]. Studia Edukacyjne nr 56, 2020, Poznań 2020, pp. 235-251. Adam Mickiewicz University Press. ISSN 1233-6688. DOI: 10.14746/se.2020.56.13Intimate partner relations have been an important research topic for years in the social sciences that address the order and survival of families and future generations. It is worth considering the contemporary code and the model of love and intimacy, which is just as natural in the process of socialization as the binding partnership for a lifetime. The purpose of the article is not to answer the question about the norm and the pathology in partner relations. In the assumption of the questions taken up, several issues have been raised in the field of constructivism and the phenomenon of partnership transformations and models of love, fidelity and responsibility in environments such as the family and parallel contemporary environments, such as virtual media in the form of the Internet and other determinants of popular culture. The discourse on emotional capitalism in partner relations raises numerous questions, constituting the theoretical basis of the questions addressed in this article: Do modern shortterm relationships determine the feeling of love and loyalty as a currency in the era of the Self? How far does the contemporary individualization of life change being together? Does pedagogical and psychological expertise provide real help in finding genuine values? Are they a response to loneliness, fear and contemporary consumerism in love relationships?

scholarly journals Happiness Studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margareta Hallberg ◽  
Christopher Kullenberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Way

This article is about the growth and establishment of the interdisciplinary research field ”Happiness Studies”. This article focuses on how research on happiness has become a quickly growing and successful field within western societies and what it says about both the social sciences and contemporary social order. The concept of co-production, as defined by Sheila Jasanoff, is used to show how science and society interact and influence each other. Hence, we show how happiness has become a significant topic for empirical studies and the way interdisciplinary research is intertwined with what is perceived as both challenging and worth striving for in society and culture.

Poiein—Political Infinitive

PMLA ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stathis Gourgouris
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Literary Study ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Disciplinary Boundaries ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Social

From a certain standpoint, Marjorie Perloff's lament, in her 2006 MLA Presidential Address, that literary study has been relegated to a secondary position in the research framework of our profession has merit. This standpoint, however, rests on a retrospective (if not nostalgic) comparison of today's institutional parameters with the enviable autonomy that literary study once enjoyed, a self-authorization that demarcated not merely the practice of literary study (or literary criticism) but even what we might call a literary way of thinking. This was how the institution of theory in American universities took hold, and it is elementary to recall that many other disciplines, principally in the social sciences but also in the arts, conceded to literary studies the vanguard of the methodological and epistemological reconfigurations of their own disciplinary boundaries. Anthropologists, historians, film critics, and art historians, who suddenly acceded to the position of theorist, came to regard literary studies as an inventory for whatever new terms or concepts they deemed necessary in unsettling their own disciplinary givens.

scholarly journals Why do we pick similar mates, or do we?

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. M. Versluys ◽  
Ewan O. Flintham ◽  
Alex Mas-Sandoval ◽  
Vincent Savolainen
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Mate Choice ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Human Biology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Positive Assortative Mating ◽  
The Social ◽  
Adaptive Processes ◽  
Proximate Causes ◽  
Broad Interest

Humans often mate with those resembling themselves, a phenomenon described as positive assortative mating (PAM). The causes of this attract broad interest, but there is little agreement on the topic. This may be because empirical studies and reviews sometimes focus on just a few explanations, often based on disciplinary conventions. This review presents an interdisciplinary conceptual framework on the causes of PAM in humans, drawing on human and non-human biology, the social sciences, and the humanities. Viewing causality holistically, we first discuss the proximate causes (i.e. the ‘how’) of PAM, considering three mechanisms: stratification, convergence and mate choice. We also outline methods to control for confounders when studying mate choice. We then discuss ultimate explanations (i.e. ‘the why’) for PAM, including adaptive and non-adaptive processes. We conclude by suggesting a focus on interdisciplinarity in future research.

Habits of the Heart

2011 ◽  
Vol 637 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica R. Miller ◽  
Ezekiel J. Dixon-Roman
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Hip Hop ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
Moral Force ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
Future Work

The landscape of youth religious participation is an underengaged area across both the humanities and social science. While the humanities lack empirical data on the changing religious life worlds of youths, existing empirical work in the social sciences suggests that institutional religion buffers criminality and delinquency—a brand of engagement the authors refer to as “buffering transgression.” This is a process that both conceives and privileges religion as an institutional and a moral force responsible for creating prosocial behavior. While empirical studies on youths and religion keep religion arrested to institutional and moral functions, scholars in the humanities work hard to legitimate youth cultural forms, such as hip hop, by conflating its rugged dimensions with a quest (and hope) for democratic sensibilities—a motif the authors suggest is rooted in ideologies of teleological progress. Using the tropes progress, peril, and change, this article explores the utility (and limitations) of empirical work and the often misguided efforts to moralize religion. Here the authors raise queries regarding youth cultural change and religion and quantitatively model youth religious change over 16 years. The implications of these theoretical and empirical interventions point toward future work at the social scientific intersections of religion in culture.

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