Harnessing the Storm by Angus McNelly

“… Following the end of the progressive cycle in Latin America, new social movements and transformative social forces have emerged. This article develops a decolonial reading of the work of Bolivian Marxist René Zavaleta Mercardo (1937–1984) through the work of his most significant student, Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui (1949–), in order to offer a way to search for forward forwards future transformative projects. …”
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Politics of the Poetic Form: Adam Ważyk and the Americans by Marta Koronkiewicz

“…These poets saw the poetic practice as part of the active and reconstructive approach to everyday reality, which is an approach that sets them apart from more theoretically predisposed strands of the Marxist literary theory which saw poetic forms mostly as an epiphenomenon of social forces and processes. The idea that is the strongest link between Ważyk and the American poets mentioned above is treating formal poetic innovation as precisely the element that serves the causes of enhancing the potential of language and communication.…”
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Virality, Algorithms, and Illiberal Attacks on the Press: Legitimation Strategies for a New World by Ronald N. Jacobs

“…This article examines the social forces that have combined to challenge press authority: (1) the changing ownership structure and revenue model for news organizations, (2) the shifting dynamics of media influence made possible by convergence culture and algorithmic culture, and (3) the attacks on expertise made possible by the spread of neoliberal and populist rhetorics in the public sphere. …”
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Political Reasons behind the Cessation of the Constitutional Reform in China, 1948–1949 by M.A. Guleva

“…As the main conclusion, it can be said that the key political reasons which brought about the cessation of the constitutional reform were, on the one hand, the impossibility of consensus with the opposition and, on the other hand, the dogmatization of Guomindang’s ideological platform and the disparity between the reform model suggested by the government and the requests from less influential parties and social forces.…”
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Capitalisme et société rurale by Max Weber

“…This inertia is embodied in social forces sociologically studied by Weber: the class of state officials, the military and hereditary monarchy, churches, etc. …”
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Qui crée la création de valeur ? by Valérie Boussard

“…The rise in the number of transactions over the past 30 years is therefore explained less as the result of market forces than as the product of social forces shaping and driving the market. The text uses a recent survey in the French M&A sector crossing biographic interviews, workplace observations and secondary documentation.…”
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Faith Conversions in Pakistan: Projections and Interpretations by Ghulam Hussain

“…It argues that the narrative reflected in proposed bills, reports, and social media reinforces the role of patriarchy and caste as the social forces. The paper concludes that this narrative is politically motivated and does not take into account multiple push and pull factors that lead to religious conversion while defining the term. …”
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Just us by R. Eugene Turner

“…The transition will be made within the context of complex social forces, which must be engaged in purposeful collaboration and action. …”
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Estado y representación política en Brasil by Helcimara De Souza Telles

“…In general, there is a tendency to analyze the party system simply as a result of the social forces acting upon the State. Differently from these usual approaches, the proposal presented here is based on the idea that the obstacles faced by Brazilian parties may have originated from the concentration of decision power in the hands of the State or the Executive branch. …”
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GNOSTIC VIEW IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE (IN CASE OF ARDALAN) by AGHAEI RAD Hamid

“…This article particularly concludes that despite the rise of technology of construction and modification of context and eco-social forces which are apparent over the three decades of design, the principles of traditional Islamic architecture can be identified conceptually within Ardalan’s projects to differing degrees.…”
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Political Parties in Contemporary Zambia: A View from within by Radim Tobolka

“…The inter-subjective encounters focused on the parties’ dayto-day functioning and were used to construe a model of party members’ lifeworld and its connections to macro-social forces studied by positive science. The study describes the Zambian political party scene as a ‘one party multipartism’ that is characterized by a lack of organizational cohesion and party switching of both individuals and structures. …”
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Social Europe as a Multilevel Governance: The Italian Perspective by Andrea Ciampani

“…The article deals with history and historiography of Social Europe, understood as integra-tion of social forces (mainly the trade-unions) of the different European countries. …”
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Climate Justice and Sustained Transnational Mobilization by Paul Almeida

“…Samir Amin’s final essay called for the creation of a new international organization of progressive social forces. This essay provides evidence from twenty-first century transnational movements on the likelihood of the emergence of such an international organization and the issues and sectors most likely to facilitate coalitional unity.  …”
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Las elecciones presidenciales de 1946 y el peronismo naciente vistos por el periódico La Vanguardia by Claudio Panella

“…This paper will analyze the attitude of the aforementioned newspaper towards the election, the kind of discourse as well as the arguments used to definitely favour the Unión « Democrática » and harshly criticize Perón and his supporting political and social forces. It has been paradoxical to verify how this political scene definitely divorced the mass of workers from left wing political parties - a process that Socialist leaders did not manage to revert - as a consequence of a wrong evaluation of what the Argentine working class of the time needed and desired. …”
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Into the path of violence: children in a world of weapons by Branco, Angela, Senna, Sergio

“…To study the topic demands a systematic approach so as to account for the variety of factors at work, from the historico-social forces revealed in the social practices and the collective culture of gangs, to issues such as autonomy and social responsibility. …”
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The Actor: The Key Determinator in Service Ecosystems by Bård Tronvoll

“…A thorough examination of the realms that influence the actors embedded in service ecosystems suggests that social forces guide and are guided by actors. This article offers six guidelines for understanding the vital role of actors in service ecosystems.…”
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Boy or girl? Examining changes in parental gender preferences by Ong, Jeanette Shu Hui

“…However, as a fast-growing country, modernity and social forces has weakened this preference over time. …”
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An exploratory study on the reintegration route of ex-drug convicts : obstacles leading to re-entry and proposed policies to prevention of re-entry by Yong, Vanessa

“…This paper will be exploring the various types of personal obstacles and obstacles caused by social forces based on two sociological theories – stigma and life course journey. …”
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Does transition matter? Managing natural resources conflict in Myanmar by Ning, Jie

“…After analyzing the interactions among the central government, the opposition, social forces, external powers and other involved actors in the two cases, this research concludes that central-periphery relations, strategies of involved actors and external pressure collectively determine the outcome of Myanmar's natural resources conflict during the period of political transition. …”
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The role of socialisation in producing moral judgement by Siti Nuraisyah Dassian

“…The question of whether morals are socially formed, and the extent of the influence of social forces on morality, have long been an interdisciplinary discussion. …”
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