This paper provides a comprehensive overview of evolution and innovation in social network analysis to the paradigm of social networking. It explains how the development of sociological theory and the structural properties of social groups matter to computer science and communications. Authors such as Moreno, John Barnes and Harrison C. White provide evidence of a growing body of literature add...

This article introduces social workers to the beliefs and practices associated with Paganism, Witchcraft, and Wicca and describes how social workers can help to create a welcoming environment for children and youths belonging to these religious minority groups. Drawing on social science research, social work literature, and a case example, the author presents suggestions for working with Pagan ...

versus Descriptive. Models can vary in the degree to which they attempt to incorporate the detail of particular targets. An example of a model which aims to be a detailed representation of a specific location and the developments there is the work by Dean et al. (1999) on the Long House Valley, in northern Arizona near Monument Valley. The model covers a time from about A.D. 400 to 1400 and con...

Acknowledging the consolidation of citizen science, this paper aims to foster a collective debate on two visible gaps field. First, how overcome limited participation social sciences and humanities in broader field still dominated by natural sciences. Second, develop science that allows for an active citizens critical engagement with contemporary societies. The authors coordinate state-sponsore...

The Mandela 1 government that came into power in 1994 made the democratization of science and technology a priority in post-apartheid South Africa (Joubert, 2001, p. 316). Attendant ideas of Science Communication and Public Understanding of Biotechnology 2 have hitherto become currency in South Africa’s public sector drive towards the democratization of science. Democratization of science and t...

INTRODUCTION: METHODOLOGICAL AND THEORETICAL ARGUMENT Thomas Kuhn's concept of 'paradigm" has attracted a lot of attention from sociologists and historians of science. In particular, some recent work has involved the search for groups of scientists which are taken to be the social analogue of this idea. I will argue here that the boundaries of those 'social circles' of scientists which have bee...