This paper continues the investigation of logic competing theories (be they scientific, social, political etc.) initiated in [4]. We introduce a many-valued, multi-type modal language which we endow with relational semantics based on enriched reflexive graphs, inspired by Ploščica's representation general lattices. axiomatize resulting non-distributive these structures and prove completeness th...

Though there is wide agreement among political scientists that separation of political and socio-economic statuses is necessary for the functioning of democracy, wide disagreement exists over the extent to which political statuses in tlie United States differ from socio-economic ones. This article focuses on PACs (Political Action Committees) as a new means for status-fusion in the United State...

The process of suburbanization of Riyadh, a city of 4.5 million inhabitants, offers a unique situation in which the urban morphology of the city can be examined in light of socio-political and economic conditions. Central government ordinances helped create 'dysfunctional' sprawl by mandating big lots and over wide streets. Fifty percent of the city's urban plan of approximately 1,300 square ki...

Social theories are usually developed to enable a clearer understanding of a situation or problem. The 'Social Model' is currently the dominant model for researching disability, addressing disability from within a socio-political framework which draws substantially on a ‘social constructionist’ perspective. This paper critiques some of the core sociological assumptions of the Social Model, ques...

The development of cultural psychiatry is reviewed at different stages historically in contemporary China during the past two and a half decades. Comments are made about the social, political, and professional reasons why the development of cultural psychiatry has been delayed, and what needs to be done to improve the situation in the near future, particularly to expand the concern from the min...

The history of socio-technical interventions is intertwined with reports that interventions are successful in the short to medium term but over time organisations revert back to their previous practices. It is often reported that changes in senior management or politics result in an undermining of the legitimacy of the systemic principles used in the intervention and as a result the organisatio...