On the evolutionary language game in structured and adaptive populations. by Kaloyan Danovski, Markus Brede

“…We propose an evolutionary model for the emergence of shared linguistic convention in a population of agents whose social structure is modelled by complex networks. Through agent-based simulations, we show a process of convergence towards a common language, and explore how the topology of the underlying networks affects its dynamics. …”
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«Pasa la vida»: Cartografías Urbanas de Madrid en la Post-Transición (1982-1994) by Vicente Rodríguez Ortega

“…In the studied period, Spanish cinema encounters an ever-flowing social, approaching it from different perspectives, turning into a representational mechanism that codifies the practices of the everyday –that is, the recurrent forms of interaction through which individuals function with a given social structure.…”
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Introduction to Diseña 22: Design, Oppression, and Liberation (2nd issue) by Frederick M. C. van Amstel, Rodrigo Freese Gonzatto, Lesley-Ann Noel

“…These papers refer to social struc­ture as a common leverage point to criticize and transform different oppres­sion relations, namely racism, gender, marginalization, epistemic injustice, and colonization. …”
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PEMBELAJARAN MULTIKULTURAL MELALUI PENDIDIKAN MULTIKULTURAL BERBASIS NILAI KEBANGSAAN by Laurencia Primawati

“…Pendidikan  multikultural sebagai program dirancang dengan berpedoman pada dimensi: content integration, knowledge construction, prejudice ruduction, equitable pedagogy, dan empowering school culture and social structure. Melalui rancangan ini, pendidikan multikultural diimplementasikan ke dalam pembelajaran multikultural berbasis nilai kebangsaan untuk menghasilkan subyek belajar  yang memiliki kompetensi: (1) berwawasan dan berpengetahuan luas tentang konsep multikulturalisme (knowledge); (2) memiliki sikap arif dan bijak sebagai anggota masyarakat yang multikultur (disposition); dan (3) memiliki keterampilan dalam mengambil keputusan dan memberikan alternatif terhadap permasalahan multikultural dalam menjaga integrasi dan keharmonisan (skill).…”
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THE MODE OF LIFE OF THE DON PEASANTRY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY (settlements and dwellings) by М. A. Kolomeytseva

“…The paper aims at revealing the features of peasants’ life on the Don; they constitute a separate category in the social structure of the Don, where the privileged position was occupied by Cossack servicemen. …”
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Cultura e ambivalenza by Giorgio Grossi

“…If we observe the phenomenology of the so-called “cultural field” within our globalized world, we must point out two connected trends: first, a changeable profile of second modernity culture, which appears always more hybrid, de-territorialized and hypertrophic (that is, with plural significance, territorial dis-embedding and unlimited imaginative creation); second, this change is related to a disjunction within social structure between the economic and political system, and the cultural system, as argued, in different way, by D. …”
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDUCED MARGINALIZATION: PERSPECTIVES by DERRY PAUL TM

“…The primary focus lies in understanding how climate-induced marginalization impacts a nation’s social structure, especially affecting disadvantaged communities. …”
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POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY AND RULE OF LAW FORMATION IN CONTEMPORARY AZERBAIJAN by Gunay Kurbanali Melikli

“…The formation of the rule of law is hampered by the regional contradictions, in particular, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as high legal illiteracy of the population, the traditions-bound nature of the social structure, elements of corruption and authoritarianism in management at certain levels.…”
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Beyond Essence: Performing Gender and Sexuality in Ena Lucía Portela's Cien botellas en una pared by Karen S. Christian

“…This essay argues that Portela's novel problematises the (hetero)sexist norms that have persisted in Cuban society, dismantling patriarchy in favour of a fluid, amorphous social structure in which power itself becomes ephemeral. …”
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An Introduction to Interaction: Understanding Talk in Formal and Informal Settings by lvalue lvalue

“…Based on ethnomethodology, a theoretical perspective of sociology which appeared in the 1960s and which explored how people create social order, social structure and situated action (Garfinkel 1967) through the direct observation of human behaviour, conversation analysis emerged in the 1980s as an approach to the study of talk in interaction. …”
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Introduction to Diseña 22: Design, Oppression, and Liberation (2nd issue) by Frederick M. C. van Amstel, Rodrigo Freese Gonzatto, Lesley-Ann Noel

“…These papers refer to social struc­ture as a common leverage point to criticize and transform different oppres­sion relations, namely racism, gender, marginalization, epistemic injustice, and colonization. …”
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An Institutional Analysis of Local Lifelong Learning Approaches to Early School Leaving in Italy and Spain by Xavier Rambla, Maddalena Bartolini

“…Despite this bias of official policies, we argue that some initial VET schools manage to navigate the interface between social structure and agency and accommodate the aspirations of disadvantaged students by involving local stakeholders and shaping school time organization in a particular way.…”
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Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Through the Prism of Horizontal Inequalities: Theoretical Overview by Hayk Smbatyan

“…Building on the synthesis of macro and micro theoretical approaches, the paper reflects upon possible ways of exploring the roots of the conflict by bridging social structure with social agency, and morphological knowledge with individual experience. …”
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Argentina y la fragmentación excluyente: notas sobre el nuevo vínculo Estado—sociedad by Fabián REPPETO

“…He tries to combine the analysis of four dimensions: the openess toward the economical globalization, the transition and consolidation of democracy, the reform of the state and the social structure transformation. Although his reflections have a global view, he uses the Argentinian case as point of reference.…”
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The Democratic Republic of Congo: Endeavoring Women Empowerment after a War of Rape by Deni Meutia

“…In the end, the author found that women have a way to overcome the effect and impact of rape better than men do. Social structure, which placed men in the upper side of women, made the effect and impact on the men who experienced rape victim hard to release their suffering. …”
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The Impact of the Environment on the Development of Educational Administration by Hosni Soud

“…In addition, achieving qualitative leaps in the development of educational administration requires a thorough knowledge of the social structure, social relations, economic and cultural conditions. …”
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De quels ingénieurs parle-t-on ? Situation et trajectoires des ingénieurs des grandes écoles. Le cas du Maroc by Pierre Vermeren

“…This is quite representative of the unequal social structure of Morocco and of the role played by its monarchic regime - the Makhzen - which tends to favor the technocratic and social elite. …”
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What is a social determinant of health? Back to basics by Robert A. Hahn

“…The objective of this essay is to clarify the understanding and use of Social Determinants of Health by exploring basic characteristics of ‘determinants’ and ‘fundamental causes,’ the ‘social,’ ‘structure,’ and ‘modifiability,’ and to consider theoretical and practical implications of this reconceptualization for public health.  …”
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Why Common Prosperity is Good for Socialism and for China’s Economy by John Ross

“…This is crucial as it was the social structure envisaged by Marx from the Communist Manifesto onwards for the primary stage of socialism. …”
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Dialektika cigánské férovky. Příspěvek ke kritické antropologii bezpečnosti by Václav Walach

“…The aim of the paper is to localizethe social experience of (in)security in relationto the political order and social structure. Takingthem into account, we can aspire to sociologicallyrelevant knowledge of how security discoursesand practices shape our everyday ways of being.…”
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