Reconsidering Richard Rorty’s Private-Public Distinction

Social Integration and System Integration: Reconsidering the Classical Distinction

In a recent article in Sociology, Mouzelis argues that Lockwood’s distinction between system integration and social integration is, with some modifications, still to be retained because of its logical coherence and its methodological virtues. While its basic value is recognised, this article reconsiders the distinction in the light of some recent achievements in social theory. It is argued that...

The Catholic Church, Sex and Sexuality in Latin America: Beyond the Public/Private Distinction

Internalizing the closet: concealment heightens the cognitive distinction between public and private selves.

The present studies are the first in which social psychological methods were used to test the popular claim that the experience of concealing a stigmatized social identity leads to a "divided self." For people with concealable stigmas, concealment in public settings makes the public-private dimension of self-expression particularly salient, leading them to organize self-relevant information alo...

The Public-Private Distinction in Organization Theory: A Critique and Research Strategy

Scholars have devoted increasing attention to sinriilarities and differences between public and private organizations. This paper critiques the comparative literature on these organizations in order to assess the usefulness of the public-private distinction in organization theory and concludes that further analysis of this distinction is valuable. Several avenues for improving research are sugg...

The nature of public-private partnership

To explaining the public-private partnership matter, we have to search about the answer of this questions: public-private partnership Is subject of what kind of legal contracts? private law? Administrate law? And what kind of Outstanding feature make it difference from other contracts.in order to finding the answer we Explained the concept of partnership, the definition of governmental contract...