Hyperreality, simulacra and simulations in virtual space as a phenomenon of «antisocial» theory by Jean Baudrillard by V. Novikov, S. Kovaleva

“…An attempt has been made to apply the scientific approaches of Jean Baudrillard’s anti-social theory, as well as the concepts of hyperreality, simulacra and simulation, used by him for the understanding of social phenomena, occurences and processes in the modern virtual space. …”
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Reconstructing Zakat Management Through Political Culture: Insights from Madura by Basar Dikuraisyin, Ahmadun Najah

“…This reconstruction is called cultural politicization, which combines social theory and legal institutions. Furthermore, this reconstruction generates an ideal organizational relationship proposal for zakat management institutions and reduces social non-compliance. …”
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THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF GLOBAL STRATEGIES FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETY AND EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF CRITICAL THEORY by Viktor V. Zinchenko

“…Methodology. The critical social theory, which developed in the framework of contemporary neo-Marxism, indicates the need for a thorough analysis of society, however, unlike other theoretical concepts and research programs in order to analyze not a fixation and a statement of the existing social givens. …”
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METODOLOGINIAI INFORMACIJOS VISUOMENĖS STUDIJŲ PROFILIAI: VYNAS JAUNAS, VYNMAIŠIAI SENI? by Marius Povilas Povilas Šaulauskas

“…Marius Povilas Šaulauskas Summary The article explores the methodological underpinnings of the new emerging field of information society studies from a vantage point of the traditional social theory in retrospect. It presents twofold - de dicto and de re - typology of information society theories. …”
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METODOLOGINIAI INFORMACIJOS VISUOMENĖS STUDIJŲ PROFILIAI: VYNAS JAUNAS, VYNMAIŠIAI SENI? by Marius Povilas Povilas Šaulauskas

“…Marius Povilas Šaulauskas Summary The article explores the methodological underpinnings of the new emerging field of information society studies from a vantage point of the traditional social theory in retrospect. It presents twofold - de dicto and de re - typology of information society theories. …”
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Intersectional discrimination, exclusion and the socio-political economy of global mental health: A systematic scoping review of the literature by Rochelle A. Burgess, Sorcha Ní Chobhthaigh, Bijayalaxmi Biswal, Diana Ceccolini, Babatunde Fadipe, Denaneer Khan, Neena Aggarwal, Ishrat Pabla, Camila Solis, Ramya Pillutla, Piyali Sarkar, Eric Frasco, Valentina lemmi, Soumitra Pathare, Crick Lund

“…In this scoping review, we explore the extent to which the current mental health evidence base acknowledges the impact of intersectional structural determinants of mental health outcomes, via the mechanism of discrimination - linked to a range of commonly underexplored socio-political factors (Protocol registration DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/CGJQH).We included nine social phenomena widely acknowledged in social theory as contributing to the patterning of social determinants: (1) Political Dynamics, (2) Racism, Caste & Xenophobia, (3) Gender & Sexuality, (4) Neighbourhood Dynamics, (5) Class & Working conditions, (6) Colonialism, (7) Indigeneity, (8) Religious & Spiritual Identities (9) Age & Disability. …”
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Gender as Innovative Scientific and Philosophical Discourse by E. E. Shishlova

“…The author analyses actual problems of gender discourse, such as gender socialization and gender identification from positions of the leading social theories of the 20th century (structural-functional, constructivist and structural-constructivist), denoting change of classical thinking by modern and postmodern.…”
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Transitioning to residency: a qualitative study exploring residents’ perspectives on strategies for adapting to residency by Gerbrich Galema, Jasperina Brouwer, Tineke Bouwkamp-Timmer, Debbie A. D. C. Jaarsma, Götz J. K. G. Wietasch, Robbert R. J. Duvivier

“…On the organizational side, residents experienced six strategies, mapped through Organizational Socialization theory. Collective-individual: whether the residents felt they were treated as a group or as individuals. …”
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La formation professionnelle initiale duale comme levier d’engagement organisationnel : analyse d’un dispositif de formation d’apprenti-es assistant-es en soins et santé communauta... by Camille Crottaz, Nathalie Delobbe, Sandrine Fellay Morante

“…Referring mainly to the organizational socialization theories, this article focuses on a vocational apprenticeship training program at the upper secondary level for healthcare and community health assistant. …”
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RSE et théorie des parties prenantes : les impasses du contrat by Didier Cazal

“…Then I underline how stakeholder theory is rooted in contractarianism: the firm is viewed as a nexus of contracts between stakeholders, in the line of transactions costs theory, its philosophical foundations are inspired from social theories of social contract and justice as fairness, as they were especially developed by Rawls. …”
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To speak is to fight by Stefan Sonderling

“…Against the prevailing hegemony of the pacifist bias in poststructuralist social theories, Lyotard returns language to its pragmatic origin in the war-like agonistic and combative social reality. …”
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A Participatory Approach to Uniting the Multiple Agendas of Social Arts by Eltje Bos, Ephrat Huss

“…We propose a definition of social arts followed by an analysis in the context of fine arts, psychology, and social theories. Next, the challenges of researching and evaluating social arts initiatives are discussed, followed by potential pathways and instruments for assessment. …”
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How successfully do immigrant parents transfer their voting behavior to their offspring? by Monika Bozhinoska Lazarova, Christoph Spörlein

“…This study integrates political socialization theory and behavioral genetics to disentangle the mechanisms underlying differences in the intergenerational transmission of voter turnout in majority and immigrant families. …”
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Third-order critical family therapy: rethinking psychopathology and psychotherapy by Raúl Medina Centeno

“…This clinical proposal integrates systemic wisdom with social theories, and in particular delves into a sociocultural theory of the human mind, power and emotions, a set of concepts from which indignant love, solidarity dialogue, critical honesty emerge, as the axes from which clinical work is woven. …”
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Konstruktywizm i pedagogika różnorodności w kontekście edukacji włączającej by Jolanta Rzeźnicka-Krupa

“…The posthuman critique of social constructivism formulates the second of the questions I want to answer in the text: how can the constructivist approach cooperate with some new contemporary social theories, especially the new realism (materialism) and pedagogy of things? …”
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Should I Stop Thinking About It: A Computational Exploration of Reappraisal Based Emotion Regulation by Mei Si

“…It provides a research platform to simulate and compare alternative psychological and social theories, as well as to create virtual characters that can interact with people or among each other to provide pedagogical or entertainment effects. …”
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Obituaries and predictions: a sociological perspective on the future of religion by J. Beyers

“…This article explores this syllogism, by analysing two 19th-century social theories on the future of religion. Weber was not positive as to the future of religion and foresaw that religion would die out at the hands of rationality and modernisation. …”
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Socio-cultural resource of management strategy of modern China by L. V. Filindash

“…The socio-cultural vector of the management strategy is interpreted in the discourse of the building socialism theory with Chinese specifics, which implies the living standards improvement with industries development that provide vital human needs and socially important innovation directions in science and economy. …”
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Cultural Resistance and Sharia-Based Ecology in the Fishing Community in Aceh by Zubir Zubir, Abdul Manaf, Noviandy Noviandy, Abdul Mugni

“…These data were analyzed using a sociological approach, social theories, power-knowledge relations, and habitus. …”
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THE YOUTH IN RUSSIA: INEQUALITIES AND LIVING CHOICES by E. I. Kuzmina

“…Theoretical grounds of the research are the classical and the contemporary social theories concerning social inequality (Parsons, Weber, Sorokin, Warner). …”
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