Social Sciences

Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2014

  • Cohabitation in Semi-Presidential Countries

    Chun-Hao Chang

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2014
    Pages: 31-43
    Received: 17 February 2014
    Published: 20 March 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ss.20140302.11
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    Abstract: This paper aims to discuss various forms of cohabitation in semi-presidentialism through the constitutional stipulations and intra-executive relationships between the president and the prime minister. By examining the cases of emerging semi-presidential countries, this paper suggests that “cohabitation” not be considered as the necessary outcome of... Show More
  • Comparing Japan and Singapore in some Aspects of English

    Liang Morita

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2014
    Pages: 44-52
    Received: 26 February 2014
    Published: 20 March 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ss.20140302.12
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    Abstract: Many have heard about the declining and aging Japanese population but fewer are aware of its implications on immigration. According to UN estimates, immigration has to be at 650,000 per year to counteract the negative effects. This means that most of the Japanese will be living and working alongside foreigners in the near future. English language e... Show More
  • Symbolic Interactionism and Ethnomethodology as Methods of Valuation of Subjectivities in Social Research

    Wellington Amâncio da silva, Elilia Camargo Rodrigues

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2014
    Pages: 53-58
    Received: 31 March 2014
    Accepted: 16 April 2014
    Published: 30 April 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ss.20140302.13
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    Abstract: This article discusses the relevance of qualitative and participatory methodologies in education, bearing in mind the principles etnopedagógicos in the construction of social research in the educational field. In circumstances of investigation the interactivity and participation are mediators in that process because it contributes to the identifica... Show More
  • Sociology of Science and the Turn to Social Constructivism

    Ivan Mihailov Chompalov, Lubomir Savov Popov

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2014
    Pages: 59-66
    Received: 17 February 2014
    Accepted: 28 April 2014
    Published: 10 May 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ss.20140302.14
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    Abstract: Knowledge about and reflection on the epistemological developments in sociology of science is an important step towards a critical analysis of the discipline, its present, and its future. The assessment of theoretical and empirical trends within the discipline has a number of beneficial consequences. Thus, spurring a discussion about the relative... Show More