By Aysha Taryam Editor-in-Chief: The Gulf Today On some days more than others we are subjected to incidents, reactions or even words that rub us the wrong way. The reasons are many but the ultimate feeling is one. A feeling of shock and utter disturban… . . . → Read More: Emirati the local expat
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Christopher Chase-Dunn, Yukio Kawano, Denis Nikitin Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA Courtesy: Working Papers in the World-Systems Archive Abstract: Using the world-systems perspective this essay examines the trajectories of several types of globalization over the last 100 years and the recent surge in public cognizance of global processes. It is found that different types of globalization have different temporal characteristics. Some are long-term upward trends while others display large cyclical oscillations. The factors that explain the recent emergence of the discourse of globalization are examined, and this discourse is analyzed in terms of the contradictory interests of powerful and less-powerful groups. We contend that there is a lag between economic and political/cultural globalization and that the latter needs to catch up if we are to convert the current world-system of “casino capitalism” into a more humane, democratic, balanced and sustainable world society. Contributed to the Ad Hoc session on the Future of Globalization at the International Sociological Association, XIV World Congress of Sociology, July 26 – August 1, 1998, Montreal, Canada Continue reading Globalization:A World-Systems Perspective Gallup SurveyThere is much discussion as to the amount of money the government in Washington should spend for national defense and military purposes. How do you feel about this? Do you think we are spending too little, about the right amount, or too much? Continue reading USA: Military and National Defense Stress and Prison Workers in Nigeria
J. Okoza, H.O. Imhonde and O. Aluede Current Research Journal of Social Sciences 2(2): 65-68, 2010 Abstract: This study examined the sources of stress among prison workers in Nigeria. A total of 150 (110 male Pierre Bourdieu In: Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales. Vol. 30, novembre 1979. L’institution scolaire. pp. 3-6. La notion de capital culturel a été construite pour rendre compte de l’inégalité des performances scolaires, en mettant d’emblée l’accent sur l’inégale distribution entre les classes des instruments nécessaires à l’appropriation des biens culturels (e.g. oeuvres d’art). Les propriétés du capital culturel existant à l’état incorporé, i.e. intériorisé sous forme de disposition permanente et durable (habitus), sont pratiquement réductibles au fait qu’il s’agit d’une forme de capital identifié aux individus : son accumulation demande du temps, bien social difficile à s’approprier par procuration; il demande un investissement personnel; son accumulation est limitée par les limites biologiques de son support, etc. Ces propriétés spécifiques qui, étant perçues comme liées à la personne, ajoutent aux avantages de l’héritage les apparences de l’inné et les vertus de l’acquis, et font du capital culturel incorporé le moyen de transmission légitime par excellence du patrimoine lorsque les formes directes et visibles de transmission tendent à être socialement considérées comme illégitimes. Les biens culturels (livres, tableaux, machines), capital culturel à l’état objectivé, sont transmissibles instantanément et appropriables formellement dans leur matérialité, mais les conditions de leur appropriation spécifique sont soumises aux mêmes lois de transmission que le capital culturel à l’état incorporé. Le capital culturel peut exister enfin sous la forme institutionnalisée de titres scolaires, qui, comme la monnaie, sont relativement indépendants par rapport au porteur du titre. Cette forme certifiée et garantie du capital culturel permet de poser le problème des fonctions sociales du système d’enseignement et d’appréhender pratiquement les relations qu’il entretient avec le système économique. Continue reading Les trois états du capital culturel Une analyse cliométrique The single European currency and its relationship to coordinated economic and social development: a Cliometrics analysis. Philippe Jourdon. Entelequia ebooks. RESUME Cette thèse propose une relecture de la théorie des cycles de KONDRATIEFF à l’horizon 2007. Il s’agit à la fois de reprendre l’interprétation de DUPRIEZ (1966) des . . . → Read More: La monnaie unique européenne et sa relation au développement économique et social coordonné Since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey has been unable to convert its regional connections into political influence. But with an ever-growing number of factors converging to endow Turkey with greater regional authority, even domestic squabbles may not prevent the Ottoman phoenix from rising once again. By Philip McCrum Turkey’s size, [...] . . . → Read More: Turkey’s Expanding Geopolitical Reach By: H. Varulkar* (MEMRI) On March 3, 2010, the Arab Peace Initiative Follow-Up Committee, comprising of Arab foreign ministers, decided to give “one last chance” to negotiations with Israel, approving the renewal of indirect talks between Israel and the PA for a period of four months only. The committee convened in response [...] . . . → Read More: Behind the Scenes of Arab Politics: Arab Sources on Renewing of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Aljazeera Centre For Studies February 2010 At the end of the phase known as the “Afghan Jihad”, most Arabs and Muslims who participated in the Afghan war returned to their homelands. Some formed the nucleus for the dissemination, in their countries, of the ideas that they carried or developed during the “jihad” [...] . . . → Read More: Al-Qaeda in Hot Spots Hossam Ezzedine March 23, 2010 the Arab Reform Bulletin ( Carnegie) Following a rash of Palestinian demonstrations in East Jerusalem and the recent shooting deaths of four young men in the West Bank, it is logical to ask whether we are seeing the beginning of another intifada. While spontaneous unrest is unpredictable, what [...] . . . → Read More: Towards a Third Palestinian Intifada? |
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