This paper empirically examines the role of social networks in welfare participation. Social theorists from across the political spectrum have argued that network effects have given rise to a culture of poverty. Empirical work, however, has found it difficult to…

Pursuant to the international character of this publication, the journal is listed and indexed by the following agencies: (1) Thomson Reuters (ISI) Science Journal Master List; (2) The Gale Group (USA); (3) Public Knowledge Project, a consortium of Simon Fraser…

Pursuant to the international character of this publication, the journal is listed and indexed by the following agencies: (1) Thomson Reuters (ISI) Science Journal Master List; (2) The Gale Group (USA); (3) Public Knowledge Project, a consortium of Simon Fraser…

Pursuant to the international character of this publication, the journal is listed and indexed by the following agencies: (1) Thomson Reuters (ISI) Science Journal Master List; (2) The Gale Group (USA); (3) Public Knowledge Project, a consortium of Simon Fraser…

Between February 4 and 15, 1981, a particularly well recorded earthquake widely felt in Mexico City. These events were rather large by local standard; magnitude estimates for the initial and a couple of later shocks are in the range of…

Diversity in higher education calls for process oriented information literacy (IL) practitioners rather than source oriented practitioners. They must be generalists because e.g. students with different backgrounds to a higher degree bring multi- and interdisciplinarity into the situation of creating…

Information literacy (IL) is a key strategic objective for academic libraries. Many academic librarians are involved in designing, developing and delivering IL programmes, using both classroom teaching and e-learning methods. IL has also become a priority at institutional level and…

My proposal is based on my doctoral dissertation On the Shoulders of AI-technology : Sociology of Knowledge and Strong Artificial Intelligence which I succesfully defended on May 29th 2009. E-published http://www.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=12588&postid=1389611 The dissertation is concerned with Sociology’s stance in the…

Since English Language has become one of the most spoken languages worldwide, hotel Industry in El Salvador demands to have personnel with a certain
level of English to interact with guests. This becomes a better job opportunity for
people who…

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