The Pandemic Penalty: The Gendered Effects of COVID-19 on Scientific Productivity by Molly M. King, Megan E. Frederickson

“…Academia serves as a valuable case for studying the effects of social forces on workplace productivity, using a concrete measure of output: scholarly papers. …”
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Thinking and theorising about activism: who and how? by Elizabeth Humphrys

“…And how can theory can be developed in a way that both takes into account the viewpoint and needs of the historical players whose activity is shaping the future (social movement actors) and the wider social forces that give rise to and shape the struggles those players are involved in. …”
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The historical character of research in education by Olinda Evangelista, Eneida Shiroma

“…The work with categories of the historical materialism - totality, contradiction, mediation, hegemony, reproduction, social class, capital, labor – contribute to the appropriation of the central nexus that give meaning to the empirical research, to the relations and social forces correlations that determine the object of study. …”
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Hydroelectricity, Environmental Governance and Anti-Reflexivity: Lessons from Muskrat Falls by Mark C. J. Stoddart, Cole Atlin

“…Drawing on publicly available data and secondary sources, we identify the constellation of social forces that maintained political anti-reflexivity about the economic and environmental risks of the project and led to a double economic and environmental disaster. …”
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La conquista de la fortuna by Antonio Hermosa Andújar

“…Man has become the complete owner of his destiny when conquering fortune by virtù, that is, the entirety of social forces, concrete or diffuse, that oppose to the exercise of his will. …”
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Digital Media and the Entrenchment of Right-Wing Populist Agendas by Ralph Schroeder

“…This shift requires a rethinking of political communication that includes both the social forces that give rise to populism and the alternative digital channels that entrench them, with implications for the prospects of the role of media in politics in the two countries and beyond.…”
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Reading Strategies in Tourist Attractions Guided by Cultural Tourism Integration:Illustrated by the Case of Scenic Spots Community Libraries in Yueyang Tower District and Junshan D... by ZHANG Liang

“…Community libraries should upgrade their service concept, optimize their service systems, expand their channels of user participation, and encourage all social forces, including community members, to participate in the community reading promotion.…”
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Contestations collectives et soulèvement du 17 décembre 2010. La révolte des quartiers populaires de Sidi Bouzid (Tunisie). by Mourad Ben Jelloul

“…In fact, many factors pooled together to enhance mobilization of many popular layers in the outskirts: the informal sector which catered for hundreds of families was being restricted, unemployment among new graduates reached alarming rates, the local social forces liable to support authorities shrank as the partisan political body, represented by the RCD and its basic cells, was on the wane. …”
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Abortion in the United States' bible belt: organizing for power and empowerment by Castle Mary

“…Powerful interlocking political, financial and social forces are arrayed against women in many Southern and Western states. …”
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Giants in the Frame: A 1964 Photo Analysis of How Malcolm X and Dr. Harry Edwards Connected Race, Religion, and Sport by Whitney Griffin, C. Keith Harrison

“…Racial analysis of photography in the canon is important when unpacking layers of racial discrimination, Black manhood, and the historical dynamics within social forces that create stereotypical perceptions of African American males. …”
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The Principles of Political Participation in the Islamic Republic of Iran by Ali Maleki

“…To this aim, descriptive analysis method was used to analyze the theoretical perceptions in this regard and practical challenges created due to the variety of principles affecting political participation and also lack of common theoretical agreement over the role of people and social forces in the political procedures in the Islamic Republic of Iran as well as the resolutions to leave this challenge behind. …”
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Research on the construction of rural public sports service system in Sichuan province from the perspective of urban-rural integration by Li Hongying, Feng Suqiong, Yang Liujie

“…In order to break through the dilemma of the Rural Public Sports Service System in Sichuan Province, we must seize the opportunity of the integration of urban and rural areas, conform to the regional characteristics of Sichuan, plan the steps of the supporting reform between urban and rural areas as well as the farmers’ personal sports needs; and increase the farmers’ economic income, meanwhile, we should introduce and attract social enterprises and social forces to invest a lot in the human, material and financial resources of rural public sports. …”
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Orders of Hunger and Heaven: Neoliberalism, Christian Charity and Homelessness in Taiwan by Scott R. Beck

“…As an analytic tool, I utilize Boltanski and Thevenot’s framework to link emergent tensions with broader social forces, such as neoliberalism, the welfare state, and religion. …”
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Die sosiale en gemeenskapsdinamika van projekbestuur by C. Brown

“…Many project managers in South Africa are faced with hitherto unknown social forces and elements in the execution of their missions, which they are often not adequately trained for. …”
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The Impact of Scandinavian Practical Theology on Welfare State-Building by Reza Rahmati

“…Thus a special form of solidarity between political and social forces was formed in Scandinavian society, and the reflection of all these forces in the Nordic government became a special model of solidarity and governance in this society. …”
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“Artificial societies” and the social sciences by Lansing, J. Stephen.

“…Logical views from Karl Popper in his speech in the German Sociological Association in 1961; Critical response from Theodor Adorno; Identification of the argument as a 'positivist dispute'; Popper's attack against the inductivist and naturalist concepts of science; Focus on descriptive statistics in the analysis of social forces.…”
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Alternative conversations : queer children and re-negotiating identities. by Yeo, Cindy Wen Ting.

“…These three texts, I argue, deploy new images of children queered not only by their sexual presentations but also by social forces leading them toward alternative ways of narrating themselves into legal discourse.…”
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The limits to transforming the environment and the limits to sociological knowledge by Schroeder, R

“…The paper then focuses on energy and gives an overview of the various social forces that can potentially counteract the future tensions arising from the foreseeable depletion of energy sources. …”

A defence of the welfarist account of enhancement by Zohny, H

“…It has also been objected to on the basis that it relies heavily on the contested concept of well-being, and that it underestimates the role social forces play in how we define well-being. I argue here that these criticisms are either unfounded or addressable. …”

The development of sub-regional institutions in Southeast Asia : the case of Bimp-Eaga by Hafiizh Hashim, Abdul Hai Julay

“…This paper’s starting point is on the emphasis that institution is a social construction: political contestations between the social forces in the domestic often influences how state shaped regional institutions that would serve their interest. …”
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