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Complexity Theory & Political Change: Talcott Parsons Occupies Wall Street, Martin Zwick
Complexity Theory & Political Change: Talcott Parsons Occupies Wall Street, Martin Zwick
Systems Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
Complexity theory can assist our understanding of social systems and social phenomena. This paper illustrates this assertion by linking Talcott Parsons' model of societal structure to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Parsons' model is used to organize ideas about the underlying causes of the recession that currently afflicts the US. While being too abstract to depict the immediate factors that precipitated this crisis, the model is employed to articulate the argument that vulnerability to this type of event results from flaws in societal structure. This implies that such crises can be avoided only if, in Parsons' terms, structural change occurs …
Complexity Theory & Political Change: Talcott Parsons Occupies Wall Street [Presentation], Martin Zwick
Complexity Theory & Political Change: Talcott Parsons Occupies Wall Street [Presentation], Martin Zwick
Systems Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
Complexity theory can assist our understanding of social systems and social phenomena. This paper illustrates this assertion by linking Talcott Parsons' model of societal structure to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Parsons' model is used to organize ideas about the underlying causes of the recession that currently afflicts the US. While being too abstract to depict the immediate factors that precipitated this crisis, the model is employed to articulate the argument that vulnerability to this type of event results from flaws in societal structure. This implies that such crises can be avoided only if, in Parsons' terms, structural change occurs …
Visualizing Fair Trade Coffee, Daniel Jaffee, Philip Howard
Visualizing Fair Trade Coffee, Daniel Jaffee, Philip Howard
Sociology Faculty Publications and Presentations
The fair trade certification world has entered a period of major change. The recent departure of Fair Trade USA from the international certification system led by Fair Trade International (formerly FLO), and its decision to develop separate U.S. standards that permit certification of plantation-produced coffee, cocoa, and other crops, has thrown the meaning of the U.S. fair trade label into question. The recent appearance of a new certification—The Institute for Marketecology (IMO) “Fair For Life” label—has made the panorama even more complex. These developments follow a decade of struggles within the fair trade movement over the nature of its relationship …
Complexity Theory And Political Change: Talcott Parsons Occupies Wall Street, Martin Zwick
Complexity Theory And Political Change: Talcott Parsons Occupies Wall Street, Martin Zwick
Systems Science Friday Noon Seminar Series
Complexity theory can assist our understanding of social systems and social phenomena. This paper illustrates this assertion by linking Talcott Parsons' model of societal structure to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Parsons' model is used to organize ideas about the underlying causes of the recession that currently afflicts the US. While being too abstract to depict the immediate factors that precipitated this crisis, the model is employed to articulate the argument that vulnerability to this type of event results from flaws in societal structure. This implies that such crises can be avoided only if, in Parsons' terms, structural change occurs …
Human Trafficking And Slavery: Towards A New Framework For Prevention And Responsibility, Dana S. Hathaway
Human Trafficking And Slavery: Towards A New Framework For Prevention And Responsibility, Dana S. Hathaway
Dissertations and Theses
Human trafficking and slavery are horrific crimes that require strict penalties for perpetrators and effective protections for survivors, but these crimes are in part facilitated by a system of laws and norms that effectively marginalize certain populations--the "unskilled" migrant. In this thesis I aim to reexamine and reinterpret the problem of human trafficking and slavery in a way that highlights the background conditions to the problem. I argue that the framework used as a conceptual foundation for addressing the problem limits the scope of responsibility. Specifically, the framework fails to acknowledge structural contributing factors I show to be relevant: law, …