this paper studies the role of the conceptual models of the policy makers in the quality of prioritizing problems in the agenda setting stage of public policy cycle.  several factors contribute to perceiving problems, presenting clear definitions of them, prioritizing them and then problem setting in the format of agenda for policy makers. however, expecting to examine the theories of enactment...

Objective: The present study examined the effect of choice theory education on the happiness and self-esteem in university students. Methods: The statistical population consisted of all students of Qom universities. The study sample consisted of 30 students (7 males and 8 females per group) with low self-esteem (0 out of 10) and happiness (14 out of 87) levels. The subjects were randomly selec...

The objective of this research is to analyze the geographical distribution of the research and development (R&D) collaboration of Japanese multinational enterprises (MNEs) in China. We analyze location strategies of overseas R&D activities on a regional instead of a national level. We first discuss the linkage of foreign direct investment (FDI) and ensue knowledge spillovers from MNEs to a host...

contemporary sociology in many ways still depends on the classical theories. the emergence of new phenomena and their increasing importance in the modern society requires new explanations. the qualitative and quantitative growth of sciences, especially humanities, in the last hundred years has made various scientific disciplines dependent on each other. this is what makes the work of contempora...

Social Choice and Public are theories that share theoretical assumptions. Nevertheless, each one offers different solutions to the instability problem of decision making. This article seeks clarify similarities differences between these theories. In a nutshell, social choice studies aggregation individual preferences, theory assumes individuals have ordinal preferences actors do not interact wi...