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A social norm is a shared standard of acceptable behavior by a group. [1] Social norms can both be informal understandings that govern the behavior of members of a society, as well as be codified into rules and laws. [2]
The four functions of AGIL break into external and internal problems, and further into instrumental and consummatory problems. External problems include the use of natural resources and making decisions to achieve goals, whereas keeping the community integrated and maintaining the common values and practices over succeeding generations are considered internal problems.
Born in Lübeck, Radbruch studied law in Munich, Leipzig and Berlin.He passed his first bar exam ("Staatsexamen") in Berlin in 1901, and the following year he received his doctorate with a dissertation on "The Theory of Adequate Causation".
Crab mentality, also known as crab theory, [1] [2] crabs in a bucket [a] mentality, or the crab-bucket effect, is a mentality of which people will try to prevent others from gaining a favourable position in something, even if it has no effect on those trying to stop them.
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Ruth Shonle Cavan (August 28, 1896 [1] – August 25, 1993 [2]) was an American sociologist based at the University of Chicago. She specialized in deviance and criminology and was a leader of the Chicago school of sociology.
Selo Soemardjan (May 23, 1915 in Yogyakarta [1] – June 11, 2003 in Jakarta), also spelled as Selo Sumarjan or Selo Sumardjan, was a well known senior academic in sociology at the University of Indonesia, and is known as the Pioneer of Indonesian Social Sciences. [1]
Social exchange theory is a sociological and psychological theory that studies the social behavior in the interaction of two parties that implement a cost-benefit analysis to determine risks and benefits.