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  2. Chicano studies - Wikipedia

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    Pragmatism is an ideological approach to Chicano studies. [21] This ideology emphasizes political activism and social responsibility. [21] Adherents to this approach believe it is the community's job to insert themselves into the workings of the current educational system to demand formal recognition of Chicano studies as a discipline. [21]

  3. Relational sociology - Wikipedia

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    Sociology. Relational sociology is a collection of sociological theories that emphasize relationalism over substantivalism in explanations and interpretations of social phenomena and is most directly connected to the work of Harrison White and Charles Tilly in the United States and Pierpaolo Donati and Nick Crossley in Europe.

  4. Community-based participatory research - Wikipedia

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    Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an equitable approach to research in which researchers, organizations, and community members collaborate on all aspects of a research project. CBPR empowers all stakeholders to offer their expertise and partake in the decision-making process. CBPR projects aim to increase the body of knowledge ...

  5. Participatory action research - Wikipedia

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    Participatory action research (PAR) is an approach to action research emphasizing participation and action by members of communities affected by that research. It seeks to understand the world by trying to change it, collaboratively and following reflection. PAR emphasizes collective inquiry and experimentation grounded in experience and social ...

  6. Charles Tilly - Wikipedia

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    Charles Tilly (May 27, 1929 – April 29, 2008 [ 1 ]) was an American sociologist, political scientist, and historian who wrote on the relationship between politics and society. He was a professor of history, sociology, and social science at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1984 before becoming the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of ...

  7. Social influence - Wikipedia

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    Social influence comprises the ways in which individuals adjust their behavior to meet the demands of a social environment. It takes many forms and can be seen in conformity, socialization, peer pressure, obedience, leadership, persuasion, sales, and marketing. Typically social influence results from a specific action, command, or request, but ...

  8. Social responsibility - Wikipedia

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    Social responsibility is an ethical concept in which a person works and cooperates with other people and organizations for the benefit of the community. [1] An organization can demonstrate social responsibility in several ways, for instance, by donating, encouraging volunteerism, using ethical hiring procedures, and making changes that benefit ...

  9. Sociological theory - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A sociological theory is a supposition that intends to consider, analyze, and/or explain objects of social reality from a sociological perspective, [ 1 ]: 14 drawing connections between individual concepts in order to organize and substantiate sociological knowledge.