Sanskritization and Caste Opposition: A Shift from Ritual to Politico-economic Power Amar Bahadur B.K. Introduction Although ‘Sanskritization’ had been a popular term among sociologists and anthropologists during the decades of fifties and sixties, the concept gradually faltered after modernization and westernization took precedence over it. However, the concept has again been able to get atten...

In this review of the exhibition student’s research projects in master’s class Digital Design Studio Architectural Program within International University Sarajevo, mentor and curators Lamila Simisic Pasic Meliha Teparic are giving an analysis settings, aims, purpose show. The is about attempt to follow novelties that 21st century bringing into creation process, such as involvement artificial i...

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Behavioral economics and existentialism both present informative perspectives on human choice. We argue in this article that the dialogue between two approaches can enrich current debate about normative implications of behavioral economics. While suggests our capacity to choose is constrained by cognitive biases environmental influences, emphasizes we (and should) treat ourselves as free ‘becom...

This paper discusses the design and development of software tools for simulation of social networks. It is well known that social networks have become the object of attention of sociologists, political scientists, marketers, etc. The paper identifies two trends in the investigation of social networks: static and dynamic. Static approach involves the study of geometric forms of social networking...

This article provides an overview of the contribution of sociologists to the study of racial and ethnic inequalities in health in the United States. It argues that sociologists have made four principal contributions. First, they have challenged and problematized the biological understanding of race. Second, they have emphasized the primacy of social structure and context as determinants of raci...

Although a central construct for sociologists, the concept of institution continues to elude clear and full specification. One reason for this lack of clarity is that about 50 years ago empirical researchers in the field of sociology turned their gaze downward, away from macro-sociological constructs in order to focus their attention on middle-range empirical projects. It took almost 20 years f...

This paper discusses an innovative experiment where sociologists were actively involved in the requirements analysis for an interactive software system to support the work of air traffic controllers. Air traffic control is intrinsically cooperative and our work involved an analysis of that process from a social perspective and the development of a prototype user interface for air traffic contro...

Climate change can only be tackled with public support for sustainable policies. Thus, attitudes towards climate matter. More than 3 decades of opinion (CCO) research—conducted by geographers, environmental psychologists, behavioural scientists, sociologists etc.—have provided us a wealth information about which predictors shape CCOs. This review synthesises these findings and highlights the di...