Dictionary of Relational Sociology

Relational Sociology and the Globalized Society

A sociological theory that is appropriate to the processes of globalization has as its testing ground the ability to capture the morphostasis/morphogenesis of relations, which includes the morphostasis/morphogenesis of structures, culture and agency. This is the task that defines what a relational sociology has to be. The morphogenesis of relations is not the result of the morphogenesis of its ...

Growing up beside you: A relational sociology of early childhood

This article will begin by outlining influential attempts by historians and sociologists to develop a more adequate theoretical understanding of past and contemporary childhoods, focusing on the major problems that stem from the pivotal role that ‘developmentalism’ plays in their arguments. I will argue that sociologists can overcome some of their deepest fears about the role of developmental p...

Ethnography of Development Sociology

Development sociology as a distinct area of study gained prominence in the post-world war era with the evolving interest in political and economic progression of the post-colonial world. The emerging discipline from the mainstream sociology have been particularly interested in development paths and strategies adopted in nations in the various regions of the world with greater emphasis in develo...

The relational database dictionary - a comprehensive glossary of relational terms and concepts, with illustrative examples

EDICT - An Enhanced Relational Data Dictionary: Architecture and Example

An inte rated data dictionary for a rela-tional DBM8 provides a centrallzed management environment for maintainin information about the data in the database refations. However , current relational data dictionaries do not provide adequate facilities for the capture and representation of high-level semantic information about the enterprise whose data is stored in the tables of the database. This...