Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 1186716
A Methatheoretical Analysis of the Issue of Social Dynamics: The Development of a Tool for the Social Progress/Regress Measurement
A Methatheoretical Analysis of the Issue of Social Dynamics: The Development of a Tool for the Social Progress/Regress Measurement // 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association 2015: “Differences, Inequalities and Sociological Imagination”
Prag, Češka Republika, 2015. str. N/A-N/A (predavanje, međunarodna recenzija, sažetak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
A Methatheoretical Analysis of the Issue of Social
Dynamics: The Development of a Tool for the Social
Progress/Regress Measurement
Autori
Žažar, Krešimir
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni
Skup
12th Conference of the European Sociological Association 2015: “Differences, Inequalities and Sociological Imagination”
Mjesto i datum
Prag, Češka Republika, 25.08.2015. - 28.08.2015
Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje
Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija
Ključne riječi
social dynamics ; social progress/regress ; methatheoretical tools ; empirical indicators ; social realms
Sažetak
Since the foundation of sociology as a distinctive science, the issue of social dynamics has been one of its central concerns. Already the inventor of the name of the discipline, Auguste Comte, postulated the examination of social dynamics as one of two crucial fields of sociological considerations. The issue of social dynamics has still not lost its actuality and relevance since societies are not fixed entities, but have been undergoing constant transformation processes. Therefore the question whether a certain society has progressed or regressed has been steadily appearing. However, estimations of the social progress/regress have usually been based on cursory, general impressions and, thus, have lacked reliability and precision in terms of criteria. Having in mind the denoted drawback, in this paper we advocate a development of clear and strict methatheoretical tools which would allow a robust and accurate assessment of a degree of social progress/regress. Furthermore, we propose a rudimentary outline of such tool. The basic underlying idea of this attempt is to convert an abstract concept of progress/regress in an aggregate of particular empirical indicators and, further, to a set of exact measurable variables. Additionally, we underline that it is more proper to relate the idea of social progress/regress to each of particular 6 distinguished realms of social world instead to associate it with society in general terms. In concluding remarks we emphasize that the development of methateoretical instruments, as proposed here, represents an indispensable prerequisite for an accurate sociological examination of the issue of social dynamics.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Sociologija
