Social Torture
Автор: Chris Dolan
Год издания: 0000
As Director of the Refugee Law Project at the University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda, Dolan offers a behind-the-scenes, cross-disciplinary study of one of Africa's longest running and most intractable conflicts. This book shows how, alongside the activities of the Lord's Resistance Army, government decisions and actions on the ground, consolidated by humanitarian interventions and silences, played a central role in creating a massive yet only very belatedly recognized humanitarian crisis. Not only individuals, but society as a whole, came to exhibit symptoms typical of torture, and the perpetrator-victim dichotomy became blurred. It is such phenomena, and the complex of social, political, economic and cultural dynamics which underpin them, which the author describes as social torture. Building on political economy, social anthropology, discourse analysis, international relations and psychoanalytic approaches to violence, this book offers an important analytical instrument for all those seeking entry points through which to address entrenched conflicts, whether from a conflict resolution, post-conflict recovery or transitional justice perspective.
Social Capital and Strategy Effectiveness: An Empirical Study of Entrepreneurial Ventures in a Transition Economy
Автор: I. Manev
Год издания:
Although new ventures’ competitive positioning and their founders’ social networks are both recognized as important in the context of transition economies, not much is known about their multiplicative effect on performance. We build on the strategic management literature and social network theory to develop theoretical predictions about the role of competitive strategies and social capital for entrepreneurial performance. These are tested with survey data from Bulgaria. We find that both the venture’s competitive strategic positioning and the founder’s networking positively influence performance. The hypothesized moderating effect of networking for the relationship between differentiation strategy and performance received only tentative support. Contrary to expectations, we find a negative moderating effect of networking for the relationship of cost leadership with performance. These results suggest that the entrepreneur’s network plays a role in shaping how strategies influence performance by possibly upholding differentiation and deemphasizing cost leadership strategy. Implications for managerial practice and public policy are discussed.
Theorie des richesses sociales. T. 1
Автор: Frederic Skarbek
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «Theorie des richesses sociales : Tome 1 : suivie d'une bibliographie de l'economie politique / par le Comte Frederic Skarbek».
Theorie des lois sociales
Автор: J. F. de Brie
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «Theorie des lois sociales / par J.F. Dauray de Brie».
Theorie des richesses sociales. T. 2
Автор: Frederic Skarbek
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «Theorie des richesses sociales : Tome 2 : suivie d'une bibliographie de l'economie politique / par le Comte Frederic Skarbek».
Histoire de la Sorbonne dans laquelle on voit l'insluence de la Theologie sur l'ordre social. T. 1
Автор: J. Duvernet
Год издания:
Полный вариант заголовка: «Histoire de la Sorbonne dans laquelle on voit l'insluence de la Theologie sur l'ordre social. T. 1 / par M. l'Abbe J. Duvernet».