Changing paradigms of development: an assessment by Farooqui, Jamil

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Sociology, genetics, and the coming of age of sociogenomics by Mills, MC, Tropf, FC

“…We chronicle the history of genetics, focusing particularly on post-2005 genome-wide association studies, the post-2015 big data era, and the emergence of polygenic scores. …”

The role of think-tanks in East Asia by Desker, Barry

“…Some 120 participants attended the inaugural Congress of the Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA) in Singapore in November 2003. Asians from universities and institutes in many countries accounted for about 70 percent of the participants. …”
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Educational expansion, skills diffusion, and a new dimension of the OED triangle by Araki, S

“…<p>Among wide-ranging functions of education, sociologists have paid close attention to its role in social stratification and mobility. …”

The Importance of Internal Pacification in the Development of Nation States by Rasheed Masood Khan

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Does the teaching profession still need universities? by Furlong, J

“…Building on the work of classic American sociologists such as Everett Hughes and D.C. Lortie, for over 30 years Hoyle has been an observer, commentator and analyst of the teaching profession in England, highlighting advances, challenges and contradictions in the profession's changing fortunes. …”

Incorporating machine learning into sociological model-building by Verhagen, MD

“…Quantitative sociologists frequently use simple linear functional forms to estimate associations among variables. …”

Returns to Relationships: Social Capital and Household Welfare in India by Jaya Jha, Edward J. Kelley

“…These indicators of social capital are also significantly associated with lower odds of a household living below the poverty line. …”
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பண்டைத் தமிழரின் சமய மரபு / Religious Tradition of Ancient Tamil Society by முனைவர் அ. ஜெயபால் / Dr. A. Jayabal

“…Usually, the researchers decide the conclusion of the study by referring to the association of literature. Anthropologists, ethnographers, folklorists, sociologists, etc. use various data that reveal the life of the ancient Tamils and show that the worship of Tamils is not institutionalized by religious methods and is independent always. …”
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The Metabolism of the Right Populism in France of the 21st Century by G. N. KANINSKAYA

“…In such context, the theoretical approaches of leading French  historians, sociologists and political scientists to the definition of  populism are considered. …”
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Concept of «Identity Transforming Organizations» (ITOs): Ideas, Criticism and Prospects for Application in Religious Studies by T. A. Folieva

“…The article discusses the concept of “Identity Transforming Organizations” (ITOs), which was proposed by American sociologists of religion in the 70s. XX century in the course of research of the society of Alcoholics Anonymous. …”
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Being Creative With Tradition: Rooting Theravàda Buddhism in Britain by Sandra Bell

“…Beginning in the 1970s, the founders of classical sociology began to be criticized for making naive and crude assumptions about the distinction between the notion of tradition and the notion of modernity. Sociologists, such as Edward Shils and S. N. Eisenstadt, and historians, led by EricHobsbawm and Terence Ranger, sought a deeper understanding of historical processes by asking questions about how social change effects particular clusters of associated ideas and practices and why some elements alter while others persist.…”
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From Loan Sharks to Commercial Banks: Moral Crusades and the Segmentation of the Credit Market in the United States, 1900-1945 by Simon Bittmann

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Developing Causal Model of Meaningful Life and Loneliness Based on Psychological Distress with the Mediating Role of Family Emotional Climate in People with Experience of Coping wi... by Kamran Sheivandi Cholicheh, Zohreh Dortaj, Fazlollah Hasanvand, Fateme Ghaemi

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The Evolution of Social Constructs: A Proposal for the Re-Conceptualization of Sociobiology for Understanding Interdependent Social Networks as Evolving “Organisms” Using Norbert E... by Anthony Nairn

“…volution by natural selection applied by sociologists has been met with great resistance since Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), marked by dark notions of power and authority associated with an uncritical and enthusiastic application of natural selection to fashionable notions of race and privilege. …”
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You Too?! Mixed-Initiative LDA Story Matching to Help Teens in Distress by Dinakar, Karthik, Jones, Birago, Picard, Rosalind W., Rose, Carolyn, Thoman, Matthew, Reichart, Roi, Lieberman, Henry A

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La réception du théâtre par le jeune public by Ariane Richard-Bossez, Sylvia Girel, Fanny Broyelle

“…This article proposes to question the reception of theatre by young and very young public, based on the first results of an action-research in progress, associating sociologists of art and education around an artistic and cultural project intended for early childhood, proposed by one of the principal scenes of the town of Marseille (the théâtre du Merlan, national scene). …”
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Mechanisms in sociology—a critical intervention by Dominik Döllinger

“…Drawing on the mechanistic worldview associated with leading figures of the scientific revolution, the paper emphasizes the impact of mechanistic thinking on the societal rationalization process identified by Max Weber and the Frankfurt School. …”
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Fazer História, Fazer Sentido: Associação Cultural do Negro (1954-1964) Make History, Make Sense: Associação Cultural do Negro (1954-1964) by Mário Augusto Medeiros da Silva

“…The interest of the paper is to discuss the scope and limits of this association and its activities, not discussed by the literature on race relations and history of black movements in Brazil.…”
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Russian Orthodoxy Nowadays by V. N. LEKSIN

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