Institutional Trust, Education, and Corruption: A Micro-Macro Interactive Approach

response articles: micro and macro analysis

the present study reports an analysis of response articles in four different disciplines in the social sciences, i.e., linguistics, english for specific purposes (esp), accounting, and psychology. the study has three phases: micro analysis, macro analysis, and e-mail interview. the results of the micro analysis indicate that a three-level linguistic pattern is used by the writers in order to cr...

An institutional perspective on the micro-macro link

The micro-macro link may be regarded as a dynamic process in which actors interpret local patterns of relations as indicators or elements of an overarching structure, communicate their interpretations, and adjust their relations to the overall structure as they perceive it. In this paper, it is proposed that actors perceive local substructures in a network of evaluations, such as dyads, triads,...

Investigation on the Relationship between the Perception of Corruption and Social Trust (A Study on Cities Amol, Sari, and Chalus in Mazandaran Province)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the perception of corruption and social trust among the urban population over 30 years old in the cities Amol, Sari, and Chalus in Mazandaran province. In the perceptions of corruption variable, the Hoetjes, Triesman and Heidenheimer’s theories were used. Also, in the social capital variable from the institutionalized approach...

Foreword: "Institutional corruption" defined.

Beyond Macro and Micro in the Linguistic Anthropology of Education

This special issue explores whether the heuristics “macro” and “micro” capture the most important levels of explanation in the anthropology of education. Recent work suggests that we must move beyond a macro–micro approach. This introduction sketches reasons for going beyond macro and micro and reviews alternative approaches to explaining cultural and educational processes. The following articl...