the concept of individualism in the field of sociology was introduced by the empirical scheme of one's position in society. the growing importance of the attention to this pattern affected by social changes has been rapid and rough. cultural and social processes of modernization and modern age always create new conditions and stimulus leading to changes and verities in methods of individua...

this study aims to have a sociological explanation of the different forms of participation among khalkhal citizens and the factors affecting it. in this study, the important issue is attention to dimensions of participation. the theoretical framework and model were presented by using the theory of talcott parsons, lipset, habermas, de tocqueville, lerner, and rostow. this research was a survey ...

the concept of individualism in the field of sociology was introduced by the empirical scheme of one's position in society. the growing importance of the attention to this pattern affected by social changes has been rapid and rough. cultural and social processes of modernization and modern age always create new conditions and stimulus leading to changes and verities in methods of individualizat...

The article examines the transformation of content idea participatory democracy with reference to historical retrospection.
 To carry out a full-fledged analysis evolution democracy, way development concept in general is considered. It has been established that phenomenon "democracy" originates from times antiquity and works Aristotle (384-322 BC), philosophers Renaissance (M. Machiavelli,...

Benthamism-which conceived of prisoners as "different from normal people ... [in need of] firm and extensive management from the outside" (p. 46). This carceral turn to an ideology normally associated with enabling citizens to seek their own greatest happiness was not unique to Britain. Alexis de Tocqueville, after all, had remarked on the "complete despotism" in American prisons, all the more ...

“Three personal aspects of this work might be of interest: (1) it documents the often-praised interplay between teaching and research; (2) it was a successful example (rarer than one might think) of interdisciplinary collaboration; and (3) it illustrates how a work’s success can bring irritation as well as pride. “My concern for clarifying the meaning of alienation began when I taught a course ...

This article argues that the modern concept of the state of nature as the defining claim of IR theory was developed in the course of the intercultural/international encounter between the Spaniards and the Amerindian peoples after the discovery of America. The analysis of the Spanish debate at the time demonstrates that the concept of the state of nature was itself the product of a highly charge...