Foucault’s New Materialism: An Extended Review Essay of Thomas Lemke’s The Government of Things by Mark Olssen

“…A shorter version of this article was published as a book review in Social Forces (http://doi.org/10.1093/soac037, 22nd April 2022). …”
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Beyond the Nation-State: Failed Strategies and Future Possibilities for Global Governance and Human Wellbeing by Garry Jacobs

“…It challenges the view that the resistance of established social forces will necessarily prevent progress in these conditions of uncertainty and complexity. …”
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Understanding second language acquisition / by Ortega, Lourdes

“…The book zooms in and out of universal, individual, and social forces, in each case evaluating the theories and research findings that have been generated across diverse naturalistic and formal contexts for second language acquisition. …”

Model of Good Governance: Social Capital and Comprehensive Development by Ruhollah Safariyan, Seyed Javad Emamjomehzadeh

“…Today a different social structure is required for the comprehensive development of the organization so that all social forces can be included in this structure. A good governance pattern with a different social and political framework is also in line with these new conditions. …”
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The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care : A Critical Approach / by Weitz, Rose, 1952-, author 632720

“…You'll gain an understanding of how social forces affect who gets ill, how we think about illness, how we get our health care, and what it is like to work in the health care field. …”

Power and Involuntary State of Exception in Iran (Foundation and Conditions of Possibility) by Sajjad Sattari

“…From his point of view, although Iranian involuntary state of exception is not an ultimate and constant situation and there is a possibility of rethinking; However, both power elites and social forces are exposed to some specific great paradoxes.…”
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Model of Good Governance: Social Capital and Comprehensive Development by Ruhollah Safariyan, Seyed Javad Emamjomehzadeh

“…Today a different social structure is required for the comprehensive development of the organization so that all social forces can be included in this structure. A good governance pattern with a different social and political framework is also in line with these new conditions. …”
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Modern State Emerging in the Middle East: From Historical Sociology Lenses by Mehdi Zibaei

“…One of the signs of the modern state is the exclusive use of physical force by the political authority; this point in the European pattern was formed by the process of bargaining between social forces and statesmen. While the active social forces in the modern Middle East had so little role in institutionalizing physical forces in the state’s hands. …”
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How Internal Hiring Affects Occupational Stratification by Wilmers, Nathan, Kimball, William

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Why Do Unemployed Americans Blame Themselves While Israelis Blame the System? by Sharone, Ofer

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Tracking people in highly dynamic industrial environments by Papaioannou, S, Markham, A, Trigoni, N

“…In addition, we show how these maps can be used in conjunction with social forces to accurately predict human motion and increase the tracking accuracy. …”

Introduction to the Special Issue: Religion and Human Rights: Complementary or Contrary by Hans-Georg Ziebertz

“…Human rights law is supposed to direct all social forces towards enhancement of the autonomy and equality of all citizens [...]…”
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Autocracy and the Modern State: Case Study of Reza Shah’s Government by Hamidreza Rahmanizadeh Dehkordi, Mohamad Medi Zanjani

“…This study aims to show how a seemingly absolute and autocrat modern state, Reza Shah’s State, could be limited by a number of factors including the existence of strong social forces such as tribes, the state’s incapability to exert absolute force, and the intervention of foreign powers. …”
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Addressing the Relationship between Power, State and Society in Pre-Modern Iran by Mahdi Abbasi Shahkooh

“…In this article, the results suggest a kind of confrontation and contrast between governments and social forces in which government is disintegrated and the network community struggles to survive the government and social rivals.…”
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Addressing the Relationship between Power Relations of Government and Society in Pre-modern Iran by Mahdi Abbasi Shahkooh

“…In this article, the results suggest a kind of confrontation and contrast between governments and social forces in which government is disintegrated and the network community struggles to survive the government and social rivals.…”
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A Genealogy of the Nationalization of the Iran Oil Industry Movement: A Reflection on the Relations among State, Society and Capitalism 1941 to 1953 by farjad nateghi, ebrahim towfigh

“…Firstly, we consider the subjective position of social forces, the relation between these forces, deformation of the old political order and re-formation of a new state amongst the contemporary discursive metamorphosis and the context in which the events of this movement occurred. …”
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A Genealogy of the Nationalization of the Iran Oil Industry Movement: A Reflection on the Relations among State, Society and Capitalism 1941 to 1953 by farjad nateghi, ebrahim towfigh

“…Firstly, we consider the subjective position of social forces, the relation between these forces, deformation of the old political order and re-formation of a new state amongst the contemporary discursive metamorphosis and the context in which the events of this movement occurred. …”
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Foreign Policy of the Interim Government; An Analysis of the Perspective of Political Economy by Mostafa karami, Amir Niakoee, Reza Simbar, Ghoudratt Ahmadian

“…This explanation is based on how social forces operate and their nature at this juncture, the dominant political ideology and structure, and the economic conditions and forces that shape the interaction and influence of international political economy in this period. …”
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Gender Policy in Contemporary Iran: The Role of State in Changing the Status and Rights of Women (1891–2013) by Elaheh Sadeghi

“…Using a historical–comparative method, the present research shows that gender policy in contemporary Iran was influenced by three variables: the strength of the women’s movement, the state’s tendencies, and other positions of social forces. Moreover, gender policy has emerged under three distinct paradigms. …”
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Political sociology of unity and division by Sumino, T

“…At the heart of this thesis lies an interest in explaining how social forces shape political preferences regarding the tension between unity and diversity in contemporary democracies. …”