This paper investigates the systemic nature of methodological individualism. According to widespread belief, the notion of autonomy of the actor that is defended by methodological individualism is mistaken because it is incompatible with the study of society in terms of its organized structure. We argue that this viewpoint must be rejected. In our opinion, it stems from confusion between ontolo...

This paper describes the research design of an ongoing case study in an apartment complex comprising approximately 160 international students in Brisbane, Australia. The objective of the study involves the design and development of an online community network to facilitate the creation and growth of a sustainable residential neighbourhood community. The study is informed by the PAD methodology ...

There are two urgent questions in academic research on Communities of Practice. The first is how to safeguard the sustainability of a Community of Practice (CoP). The second is how to motivate people in order to participate in and to contribute to such a community. In this paper we try to answer these questions by assuming networked individualism. This notion refers to the observation that indi...

after the collapse of the left extreme ideological camp (communism) in leadership with soviet :union: in 90’s; that must be consider along the collapse of the right extreme ideological camp (fascism) in the mid of twentieth century; the middle right ideological camp (liberalism) in leadership of industrial world countries, to celebrate this victory along with globalization age. in the meantime,...

This paper contributes to the economics of culture by introducing an instrument for individualism that is supported by economic theory. Extending a familiar model of risk sharing arrangements to incorporate optimal socialization decisions, I show that collectivist social ties are stronger in riskier environments. This result motivates the use of rainfall variation, a measure of exogenous agricu...