Universal democracy and the social sciences

Article Abstract:

The new methodology for the social sciences focuses on universal democracy as its investigative model. This political structure is the determining factor in whether societies attain the goals of justice and liberty, and is therefore a useful tool. By using democracy as a methodology, sociologists can reassert the discipline's emphasis on the concept of a common good.

Methods, Democracy, Social sciences, Social science methods

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Visibility: a category for the social sciences

Article Abstract:

Visibility is concept mainly connected with the sensory, but the article deals with visibility in relation to power, recognition and considers it a double edged sword depending how and when situations present themselves.

Visual perception, Knowledge, Theory of, Epistemology, Recognition (Psychology), Recognition (Memory)

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Contemporary adulthood: reconceptualizing an uncontested category

Article Abstract:

A reconceptualization of the rarely discussed category of contemporary adulthood is proposed by exploring its social constitution through alternative and complementary perspectives.

Public affairs, Cognition, Adolescence, Adulthood

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