Rethinking Social Distinction, J.-P. Daloz

Rethinking the social history.

R has established that social environments affect human health.1 Acknowledged social determinants of health — including racial or ethnic background, occupation, and the use of alcohol and tobacco2 — also influence the effectiveness of health care delivery.3 But other social factors, such as the ability to afford medications, access to transportation, available time, and competing priorities, ma...

Rethinking Social Insurance (March 2005)

Social insurance is a subject I have been studying for nearly 40 years. The intellectual and policy revolution in social insurance that is occurring around the world is among the most significant and positive developments of current economics. Social insurance programs have become the most important, the most expensive, and often the most controversial aspect of government domestic policy, not ...

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In the history of the Rice Dramatic Club, there have been occasions when it has fallen in the power of the or ganization to produce outstanding modern dramas by contemporary playwrights—plays rich in enter ta inment quality, subtle in humor ; plays which live in the minds of the a u dience long af ter the final curtain falls. Such plays as "The Roynl Family," "Hay Fever ," and "Hell Bent for He...

Social Networks and Social Capital: Rethinking Theory in Community Informatics

Rethinking Culture: The Social Lineage Account

Persuaded by the critique of cultural essentialism, many critics believe that there is no defensible way of identifying distinct cultures, or of distinguishing cultural loss from cultural change, that is compatible with the normative agenda of multiculturalism. This article challenges this widely shared belief by developing a concept of culture that can withstand the critique of essentialism an...