Interpreting the myths of the digital age: why we believed in the power of cyberspace to open up a new world. The digital era promises, as did many other technological developments …
How can social bonds in society be strengthened? How do we learn and develop prosocial behaviour? This comprehensive textbook provides up-to-date coverage of the social …
R Bekkers - Political psychology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Participation in voluntary associations is explained by different theories in sociology, psychology, and political science. Sociologists have emphasized the effects of resources …
R Crompton, C Lyonette - The British journal of sociology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This paper critically examines two strands within contemporary gender essentialism–that is, the argument that men and women are fundamentally different and that it is this …
P Keefer, S Knack - Handbook of new institutional economics, 2005 - Springer
Douglass North (1990) describes institutions as the rules of the game that set limits on human behavior, now a universally-accepted definition. North and others especially …
This article provides an overview of social trust, examining its various aspects and components. Trust is best understood in a sociological sense by focusing on its important …
Human Nature offers a wide-ranging and holistic view of human nature from all perspectives: scientific, historical, and sociological. Mary Clark takes the most recent data …
K Dekker, G Bolt - Urban studies, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
In the Netherlands, the post-war housing estates are increasingly experiencing problems. Some of these relate to the concentration of households with a low socioeconomic status on …