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  • Social Relations of Production

    Definition of Social Relations of Production The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Relations of Production: Another way of referring to the class structure. The social relations of production refers to the social relationships that people enter […]

  • Social Democracy

    Definition of Social Democracy The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Democracy: A general term for political doctrines that claim an important role for the state and the community in the shaping and directing a society’s economic and social […]

  • Social Construction of Reality

    Definition of Social Construction of Reality The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Construction of Reality: An aspect of many micro-interpretive perspectives in sociology and must be understood as a contrast to positivistic and structural […]

  • Social Intervention Programs

    Definition of Social Intervention Programs The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Intervention Programs: Activities by government, social agencies and volunteers designed to change and improve the social situation of individuals, groups and […]

  • Social

    Grammar This term is an adjetive. Etimology of Social (You may find social at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). late 15c., “devoted to or relating to home life;” 1560s as “living with others,” from Middle French social (14c.) and directly […]

  • Socialist Feminism

    Definition of Socialist Feminism The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Socialist Feminism: A perspective that examines women’s social situation as shaped by both patriarchal gender relations and by the class structure of capitalism. It sees gender […]

  • Hypothetico-deductive Model of Science

    Definition of Hypothetico-deductive Model of Science The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Hypothetico-deductive Model of Science: The classical or traditional model of how science operates: scientists are assumed to begin with a theory, deduce a […]

  • Social Institution

    Definition of Social Institution The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Institution: A pattern of social interaction, having a relatively stable structure, that persists over time. Institutions have structural properties – they are organized – and […]

  • Resocialization

    Definition of Resocialization The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Resocialization: Rather profound change or transformation of personality arising from being placed within a situation or environment no longer conducive to maintaining a previous […]

  • Social Darwinism

    Definition of Social Darwinism The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Social Darwinism: A late nineteenth century social philosophy which unites an interest in social problems (eg: inequality) with an interpretation of Darwin’s work on the origin of […]

  • Behavioral Sciences

    Those that study the behavior of higher animals, especially people, notably psychology, sociology, and anthropology (and their subcategories, e.g., social psychology), and perhaps history too….

  • Cultural Geography

    Hierarchical Display of Cultural geography Science > Natural and applied sciences > Earth sciences > GeographyScience > Humanities > Social sciencesSocial Questions > Culture and religion > Culture Meaning of Cultural geography Overview and more information about Cultural geography For […]

  • Greenhouse Effect

    Definition of Greenhouse Effect The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Greenhouse Effect: A term from environmental science referring to an increase in the average temperature of the earth brought about by the effects of atmospheric pollution. The […]

  • Communism

    Communism

    Definition of Communism The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Communism: A political theory that advocates collective ownership of the means of production (resources, land and capital), abolition of private property and equalisation of incomes. […]

  • Linguistic Group

    Hierarchical Display of Linguistic group Social Questions > Social framework > Sociocultural groupLaw > Rights and freedoms > Anti-discriminatory measure > Linguistic discriminationScience > Humanities > Social sciences > Linguistics > Language policy Meaning of Linguistic group […]