ABSTRACT This is a draft of an article that has been accepted for publication by Oxford Universit... more ABSTRACT This is a draft of an article that has been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press in Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology, edited by Janeen Baxter, and due for publication in 2015. When available (online) it will have more functionality and will be revised from time to time. Suggestions always welcome.
Game Theory is based on the premise that in any competitive situation (unless the outcome is dete... more Game Theory is based on the premise that in any competitive situation (unless the outcome is determined by pure chance), there are factors at work which lend themselves to mathematical representation and analysis which will help explain how the result came about. A proper understanding of these relationships can only enhance a player's probability of success. Although the expression Game Theory passed into general use, its methods were for many years ignored by business. A few companies used Game Theory to help decide on the best strategy when bidding for contracts. Broader interest in the subject was rekindled in 1994, when the Nobel Prize for economics was awarded to 3 renowned game theorists John Nash, John Harsanyi, and Reinhard Selten. While each has taken Game Theory forward, Nash has carved the most notable academic furrow as the originator of Nash's Equilibrium. Many companies that have shown interest in Game Theory are in tightly regulated industries like power-generation or they take part in restricted competitions such as auctions or bidding for contracts. When limited numbers of participants are playing by accepted rules and behaving in a rational way, Game Theory is best able to point up the most advantageous competitive moves.
Durkheim saw public rituals of punishment as acts of emphatic denunciation that provided a focus ... more Durkheim saw public rituals of punishment as acts of emphatic denunciation that provided a focus for the outrage and righteous indignation of the moral community. Foucault saw the public execution as an 'act of terror' inflicted on the body of the criminal, to be replaced by a "gentler" treatment of the soul of the offender as well as the body, made possible by the penal system. It will be argued first of all that public execution was abolished, not for humanitarian reasons, but because these public degradation ceremonies could no longer be counted on to induce the desired combination of indignation and awe, as audiences became more sophisticated and therefore capable of questioning the process, and even of sympathizing with the persons being executed. Secondly, it will be demonstrated that public execution has now been replaced by the contemporary revenge drama, represented by the "Dirty Harry" movies and others that enact contemporary rituals of punishment to arouse these emotions of outrage, indignation and fear, while controlling for the possibility of any alternative perspectives that would undermine these kinds of reactions.
Canadian Review Of Sociology/revue Canadienne De Sociologie, Jul 14, 2008
L'impact de la société moderne sur l'identité et les traditions ethniques a été très docu... more L'impact de la société moderne sur l'identité et les traditions ethniques a été très documenté. Une quantité considérable de recherches portant sur un large éventail de groupes ethniques ont traité de la relation entre l'ethnicité au Canada et le processus de modernisation. Le but de cet article est de voir dans quelle mesure les médias sont un indicateur de l'impact de la modernisation chez les Mennonites, au Canada et aux États‐Unis.The impact of modern society on ethnic identity and ethnic traditions has been widely documented. A substantial body of research involving a wide range of ethnic groups has dealt with the relationship between ethnicity in Canada and the processes of modernization. The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which exposure to the mass media is an indicator of the impact of modernization on Mennonites in Canada and the United States.
Mennonites still comprise one of the most markedly rural ethno-religious groups in North America,... more Mennonites still comprise one of the most markedly rural ethno-religious groups in North America, but are urbanizing faster than other groups. This study illustrates how they have survived, how they are changing, and how they have dealt with internal and external conflict in the process.
... In these poems-twelve in all and extre~nely spare-we move through the ruins of a relationship... more ... In these poems-twelve in all and extre~nely spare-we move through the ruins of a relationship that was-and rernains-life-sustai~ling: "Whatever there is in melthat is singing,/whatever there is in me,/you are ... Yost's chauvinistic treatment of his wife, Eliza, contrasts with Isaac's ...
... It is evident throughout his book that Janzen has written for the Church, and he presents his... more ... It is evident throughout his book that Janzen has written for the Church, and he presents his thesis with examples, analogies, and illustrations ... means of essays on a range of topics by John Friesen, Harvey Plett, Henry Schapansky, Adolf Ens, Delbert Plett, Royden Loewen and ...
... In these poems-twelve in all and extre~nely spare-we move through the ruins of a relationship... more ... In these poems-twelve in all and extre~nely spare-we move through the ruins of a relationship that was-and rernains-life-sustai~ling: "Whatever there is in melthat is singing,/whatever there is in me,/you are ... Yost's chauvinistic treatment of his wife, Eliza, contrasts with Isaac's ...
ABSTRACT This is a draft of an article that has been accepted for publication by Oxford Universit... more ABSTRACT This is a draft of an article that has been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press in Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology, edited by Janeen Baxter, and due for publication in 2015. When available (online) it will have more functionality and will be revised from time to time. Suggestions always welcome.
ABSTRACT This is a draft of an article that has been accepted for publication by Oxford Universit... more ABSTRACT This is a draft of an article that has been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press in Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology, edited by Janeen Baxter, and due for publication in 2015. When available (online) it will have more functionality and will be revised from time to time. Suggestions always welcome.
Game Theory is based on the premise that in any competitive situation (unless the outcome is dete... more Game Theory is based on the premise that in any competitive situation (unless the outcome is determined by pure chance), there are factors at work which lend themselves to mathematical representation and analysis which will help explain how the result came about. A proper understanding of these relationships can only enhance a player's probability of success. Although the expression Game Theory passed into general use, its methods were for many years ignored by business. A few companies used Game Theory to help decide on the best strategy when bidding for contracts. Broader interest in the subject was rekindled in 1994, when the Nobel Prize for economics was awarded to 3 renowned game theorists John Nash, John Harsanyi, and Reinhard Selten. While each has taken Game Theory forward, Nash has carved the most notable academic furrow as the originator of Nash's Equilibrium. Many companies that have shown interest in Game Theory are in tightly regulated industries like power-generation or they take part in restricted competitions such as auctions or bidding for contracts. When limited numbers of participants are playing by accepted rules and behaving in a rational way, Game Theory is best able to point up the most advantageous competitive moves.
Durkheim saw public rituals of punishment as acts of emphatic denunciation that provided a focus ... more Durkheim saw public rituals of punishment as acts of emphatic denunciation that provided a focus for the outrage and righteous indignation of the moral community. Foucault saw the public execution as an 'act of terror' inflicted on the body of the criminal, to be replaced by a "gentler" treatment of the soul of the offender as well as the body, made possible by the penal system. It will be argued first of all that public execution was abolished, not for humanitarian reasons, but because these public degradation ceremonies could no longer be counted on to induce the desired combination of indignation and awe, as audiences became more sophisticated and therefore capable of questioning the process, and even of sympathizing with the persons being executed. Secondly, it will be demonstrated that public execution has now been replaced by the contemporary revenge drama, represented by the "Dirty Harry" movies and others that enact contemporary rituals of punishment to arouse these emotions of outrage, indignation and fear, while controlling for the possibility of any alternative perspectives that would undermine these kinds of reactions.
Canadian Review Of Sociology/revue Canadienne De Sociologie, Jul 14, 2008
L'impact de la société moderne sur l'identité et les traditions ethniques a été très docu... more L'impact de la société moderne sur l'identité et les traditions ethniques a été très documenté. Une quantité considérable de recherches portant sur un large éventail de groupes ethniques ont traité de la relation entre l'ethnicité au Canada et le processus de modernisation. Le but de cet article est de voir dans quelle mesure les médias sont un indicateur de l'impact de la modernisation chez les Mennonites, au Canada et aux États‐Unis.The impact of modern society on ethnic identity and ethnic traditions has been widely documented. A substantial body of research involving a wide range of ethnic groups has dealt with the relationship between ethnicity in Canada and the processes of modernization. The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which exposure to the mass media is an indicator of the impact of modernization on Mennonites in Canada and the United States.
Mennonites still comprise one of the most markedly rural ethno-religious groups in North America,... more Mennonites still comprise one of the most markedly rural ethno-religious groups in North America, but are urbanizing faster than other groups. This study illustrates how they have survived, how they are changing, and how they have dealt with internal and external conflict in the process.
... In these poems-twelve in all and extre~nely spare-we move through the ruins of a relationship... more ... In these poems-twelve in all and extre~nely spare-we move through the ruins of a relationship that was-and rernains-life-sustai~ling: "Whatever there is in melthat is singing,/whatever there is in me,/you are ... Yost's chauvinistic treatment of his wife, Eliza, contrasts with Isaac's ...
... It is evident throughout his book that Janzen has written for the Church, and he presents his... more ... It is evident throughout his book that Janzen has written for the Church, and he presents his thesis with examples, analogies, and illustrations ... means of essays on a range of topics by John Friesen, Harvey Plett, Henry Schapansky, Adolf Ens, Delbert Plett, Royden Loewen and ...
... In these poems-twelve in all and extre~nely spare-we move through the ruins of a relationship... more ... In these poems-twelve in all and extre~nely spare-we move through the ruins of a relationship that was-and rernains-life-sustai~ling: "Whatever there is in melthat is singing,/whatever there is in me,/you are ... Yost's chauvinistic treatment of his wife, Eliza, contrasts with Isaac's ...
ABSTRACT This is a draft of an article that has been accepted for publication by Oxford Universit... more ABSTRACT This is a draft of an article that has been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press in Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology, edited by Janeen Baxter, and due for publication in 2015. When available (online) it will have more functionality and will be revised from time to time. Suggestions always welcome.
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