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Can we understand important social issues by studying individual personalities and decisions? Or are societies somehow more than the people in them? Sociologists have long believed that psychology can't explain what happens when people work together in complex modern societies. In contrast, most psychologists and economists believe that if we have an accurate theory of how individuals make choices and act on them, we can explain pretty much everything about social life. Social Emergence takes a new approach to these longstanding questions. Sawyer argues that societies are complex dynamical systems, and that the best way to resolve these debates is by developing the concept of emergence, focusing on multiple levels of analysis - individuals, interactions, and groups - and with a dynamic focus on how social group phenomena emerge from communication processes among individual members. This book makes a unique contribution not only to complex systems research but also to social theory.
316.32 --- Globale samenlevingsvormen --- Communication --- Social evolution. --- Social systems. --- Sociology. --- Social aspects. --- 316.32 Globale samenlevingsvormen --- Social evolution --- Social systems --- Sociology --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- System theory --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Culture --- Evolution --- Social change --- Communication and culture --- Social aspects --- Social Sciences
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What principles should guide an empowerment evaluation? And how can these principles actually be put into practice? One of the primary tasks in an empowerment evaluation (EE) is to increase the capacity of program stakeholders to plan, implement, and evaluate their own programs. This book presents the most current formulation of the 10 principles of EE and provides professionals and students with the tools to put these principles into practice. Through case studies of diverse evaluation projects—including community health foundation initiatives, school district programs, and a $15 million corporate program aimed at bridging the digital divide—the founder and leading proponents of EE clarify key concepts and discuss important lessons learned. Coverage includes how to balance program improvement efforts with accountability requirements; how EE can be used to guide standards-based work; how to use EE in a learning organization; the differences among empowerment, collaborative, and participatory evaluation; and much more.
#SBIB:303H60 --- #SBIB:35H415 --- Bijzondere methoden: algemeen --- Beleidscyclus: evaluatie --- Evaluatie --- Empowerment --- Evaluation research (Social action programs) --- Organization. --- Industrial organization. --- Social systems. --- Employee empowerment. --- Human services --- Evaluation. --- Evaluatie. --- Empowerment. --- Evaluation research (Social action programs). --- Employee empowerment --- Industrial organization --- Organization --- Social systems --- Industries --- Industrial concentration --- Industrial management --- Industrial sociology --- Services, Human --- Sociology --- System theory --- Organisation --- Management --- Evaluation of social action programs --- Evaluative research (Social action programs) --- Evaluation --- Social action --- Social sciences --- Social service --- Empowerment, Employee --- Delegation of authority --- Research --- Employee participation
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