An Activity Theoretical Approach to Social Interaction During Study Abroad by Rachel L. Shively

“…Results from the study highlight the dynamic nature of social interaction, the importance of age peers, and the usefulness of activity theory for making links between micro-level interactions and macro-level social structures.…”
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Les firmes multinationales face au risque climatique : sauver le capital en sauvant la terre ? by Mathias Lefèvre

“…But the issue can also be read like the place of a larger battle, between firms and critical elements of the society, where what is at stake is the transformation of existing social structures.…”
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Dobra doczesne a nadzieja życia wiecznego z perspektywy Ojców Kościoła by Antoni Żurek

“…Material world and social structures can’t satisfy man because inside his heart there is an unquenchable desire. …”
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Gender and the Commons by Ranjini Murali, Ajay Bijoor, Charudutt Mishra

“…While certain commons may be relatively more important for women, there are variations in their level of resource access and management role, influenced by social structures and divisions. We examined the role of gender and how such intersectionality could shape the governance of the commons in the Spiti Valley in the Indian Trans-Himalaya. …”
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The welfare state within the framework of the capialist system. Does it have a future or is it non-viable in the current globalized system? by Manuel Fernando Cabrera Jiménez

“…It recognizes that every State must confront the complex process that generates the interaction of different social structures interaction and their outcome that affects the people.…”
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Avrupa Birliği Sürecinde Türk İmalat Sanayi Dış Ticaretinin Rekabet Gücü:1989-2009 Dönemi VAR Analizi(Turkish Manufacturing Industry’s Foreign Trade Competitive Power in the EU Acc... by M. Hakan YALÇINKAYA, Coşkun ÇILBANT, Melih ÖZÇALIK

“…The fundamental macro factors that have come to affect globalization are inclusive of intensifying internationalization of political economic and cultural relations among countries, reciprocal interaction of different cultures and social structures and the disappearances of different walls created by the Cold War, respectively.In the making of globalization, no one can underestimate the impact of technological progress and competitive and outward-oriented foreign trade policy strategies. …”
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Home and away: hybrid perspective on identity formation in 1.5 and second generation adolescent immigrants in Israel. by Robin A. Harper, Hani Zubida, Liron Lavi, Ora Nakash, Anat Shoshani

“…A survey of 125 children of immigrants aged 12-19 examined the role of social structures such as pace of life, culture, religion and language on identity formation in 1.5 and 2nd generational groups. …”
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Expanding Our Community: Independent and Interdependent Factors Impacting Refugee Successful Community Resettlement by DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga, Salamatu Barrie, Valentina Djelaj, Stepanie J. Nawyn

“…Using qualitative data collected from Burmese and Burundian refugee groups, this article examines the impact of social structures on the resettlement process. Results indicate that gaps in service delivery such as employment and housing are affected by support from the resettlement agencies and the refugees’ social support network. …”
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Structures sociales et légitimité politique dans la région d’Ibb by Karim Rahem

“…Social Structures and Political Legitimacy in the region of Ibb: An Ethnographic StudySituated west of the city of Ibb, the mountainous area of al Habl saw important social transformations in connection with the development of trade and the process of concentrated land ownership. …”
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Health of migrants during the disease while staying in Poland by Monika Pierzak, Wiktoria Bielecka

“…This kind of emigration concept often results in disturbances in the functioning of the emigrant in various social structures, in the country from which he comes as well as in the country of emigration, which is not without significance on the psychophysical state of the person and also his relatives. …”
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Three Neofunctionalist Conceptual Contributions to the Institutional Theory in Organizations by João Marcelo Crubellate

“…The most recent efforts in institutional theory applied to organization studies search for ways to overcome consequences of traditional dichotomies based on levels of analysis, social structures versus agency as source of practices, and so on. …”
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Le moment 70 de la sexualité : de la dissidence identitaire en milieu militant by Massimo Prearo

“…The identity dissidence in particular forms a militant practice founded on the identity experience as a form of subjective appropriation of objective signification, that is to say as a daily job of composition, linking the political structures of traditional militantism with social structures of sexuality.…”
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Unveiling Local Power Through Microhistory: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Early Modern Husbandry Practices in Casaio and Lardeira (Ourense, Spain) by Tejerizo-García Carlos

“…I will apply the theoretical background of microhistory to four specific archaeological sites to delve into the social structuring and power relationships among the different agents involved in stockbreeding in the territory. …”
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Economic and regional development through SNA: the case of the unemployment rate in NUTS 2 regions of the EU by Pagona Filenta, Dimitrios Kydros

“…SNA is a process that allows the exploration of social structures using networks and graph theory. It presents the visualization of several networks, created based on the degree of correlation of the total unemployment rate data, and calculates measures and centrality metrics to conclude about the interaction and clustering of regions. …”
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What Support? Foucault, Power, and the Construction of Rape by Aliraza Javaid

“…Social and power relations, social structures, and time and place shape their discourses, cultures, and constructions pertaining to male rape. …”
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Affirmative Action for Minorities in India: Constraints and Possibilities by Mohd. Sanjeer Alam

“…At the same time, it has the distinction of having the longest history of most elaborative affirmative action programmes for alleviating socially structured inequalities. While the affirmative action programmes have wider coverage in terms of social groups, there is continuing demand by new social groups for getting acknowledged as ‘disadvantaged’ and inclusion in the system of affirmative action. …”
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Contextualizing Human Psychology by Pentland, Alex

“…The study of psychology has been handicapped by the difficulty of measuring how individual traits affect interactions with the surrounding social structures and how this interaction affects both individual life outcomes and group characteristics. …”
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Python based event management analytics system (part A) by Ng, Han Sen

“…Social Network Analysis (SNA) is the process of investigating social structures using networks and graph theory. SNA studies patterns of relationships among people, companies, states, and other social entities. …”
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Promotion stereotypes in the engineering industry by Ang, Fiona Hui San

“…In addition, the idea of a “male design” in engineering, protecting and continuing the ‘old-boy network’, and the social structures that shape how an individual should behave also contribute to the slow advancement for a women’s career in engineering. …”
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Improving environmental interventions by understanding information flows by De Lange, E, Milner-Gulland, EJ, Keane, A

“…Different patterns of interpersonal communication and social structures within communities influence the adoption of behavioural changes through social influence and social reinforcement. …”