This volume focuses on one important aspect of human sense-making - theory building - and strives to clarify the thesis that theories do not develop in some sort of social, intellectual or cultural vacuum, but are necessarily the products of specific times, insights and mindsets.
This volume focuses on one important aspect of human sense-making - theory building - and strives to clarify the thesis that theories do not develop i...
This volume seeks to understand the real world, including the historical backgrounds and the theoretical assumptions brought to studies of intercultural conflicts, using the complexity of changes in Eastern Europe during the 1990s.
This volume seeks to understand the real world, including the historical backgrounds and the theoretical assumptions brought to studies of intercultur...
Until the past decade, development experts shared a conception of how to facilitate development in the Third World countries of Latin America, Africa, and Asia. One essential factor in this paradigm was the role of mass media communication. The media were expected to convey useful information from government development programs to their intended audiences. This dominant paradigm of mainly one-way communication flows did not lead to widespread development in the Third World. Instead, scholars and development planners began to search for alternative models of development and for other...
Until the past decade, development experts shared a conception of how to facilitate development in the Third World countries of Latin America, Afri...
