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A comparison of Goldman and Fuller can be found in Legitimizing Scientific Knowledge: An Introduction to Steve Fuller's Social Epistemology, Francis Remedios, Lexington Books, 2003. pp. 106 – 112.
Austria's blue-collar workers, by comparison, tend to endorse the Social Democratic Party and the Freedom Party.
According to Social Identity Theory, intergroup conflict starts with a process of comparison between individuals in one group ( the ingroup ) to those of another group ( the outgroup ).
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In a social sense, the party presented an older and more traditional image in comparison to the Alberta Progressive Conservatives, who, given the predominance of Social Credit, seemed fairly liberal.
In an address which he delivered on September 10, 1978, in Atlanta, Georgia he expressed his desire to write a comparison of the Bible and the Qur ' an and to work with educators in the Muslim community on a Social Science text book for all grade levels-kindergarten through high School.
* Social comparison theory, a branch of social psychology
Social exchange theory posits that all human relationships are formed by the use of a subjective cost-benefit analysis and the comparison of alternatives.
Social Democratic Party of Croatia, which was nominally the main opposition party, based on its representation in old Parliament, was in comparison somehow friendly towards Tudjman.
A comparison of in-game screenshots, published in EA's legal filings, of EA's The Sims Social ( left ) and Zynga's The Ville, demonstrating the similarities in the games ' art assets.
Social comparison theory was initially proposed by social psychologist Leon Festinger in 1954.
Social comparison theory is centered on the belief that there is a drive within individuals to gain accurate self-evaluations.
Social comparison research has suggested that comparisons with others who are better off or superior on an upward comparison can lower self regard ( Tesser et al., 1988 ) whereas downward comparisons can elevate self regard ( Gibbons, 1986 ).
Social comparison theory: An attributional approach.
), ' Social comparison processes: Theoretical and empirical perspectives ( pp 259 – 278 ).
Social comparison and interpersonal attraction: The case
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* Clay Shirky " Gin, Television, and Social Surplus ", a comparison of the gin craze and the dawn of the Information age, Clay Shirky website, April 2008
He criticised Bingaman in comparison to his own support for reform of the Social Security system and the Iraq War as well as U. S. relations with China, saying " With all due respect, I do not believe the present occupier of the junior seat from New Mexico is doing all that can and should be done on these fronts ," he said of Bingaman.

Social and activity
The Finnish Social Democrats lack of interest in revolutionary activity and primary interest in sovereignty was a disappointment to Lenin.
Social classes and the relationship between them, plus the political structures and ways of thinking in society, are founded on and reflect economic activity.
At the end of the war, Honecker resumed activity in the party under leader Walter Ulbricht, and, in 1946, became one of the first members of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ( Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, SED ), which was formed by the merger of the KPD and the Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany.
* Social validation, compliance in a social activity to fit in and be part of the majority
The US Social Security Administration defines disability in terms of inability to perform substantial gainful activity ( SGA ), by which it means “ work paying minimum wage or better ”.
In 1985, a new government led by the center-right Social Democrats headed by Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva, came to power in Portugal and began loosening the state's control over economic activity.
12 ) As a framework for the exchange of experiences, the World Social Forum encourages understanding and mutual recognition amongst its participant organizations and movements, and places special value on the exchange among them, particularly on all that society is building to center economic activity and political action on meeting the needs of people and respecting nature, in the present and for future generations.
* Social information processing, an activity through which collective human actions organize knowledge
Social ecologists claim that the systemic issue of hierarchy cannot be resisted by individual actions alone such as ethical consumerism but must be addressed by more nuanced ethical thinking and collective activity grounded in radically democratic ideals.
Servas International has consultative status as a non-governmental organization with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, currently with representation at many of the UN's hubs of activity.
Social camping goes beyond uniting families and it may also give the opportunity for lonely campers to enjoy this type of activity with individuals who share their enthusiasm in this matter.
* Social grooming, the activity by which animals and people who live in proximity can bond and reinforce social structures
In his 1936 essay, " The Unanticipated Consequences of Social Action ", Merton uncovered the wide field of human activity where things do not go as planned, and paradoxes and strange outcomes are seen.
" Social security fund " is a central, state or local institutional unit whose main activity is to provide social benefits.
The university also operates an Extension Center which is aimed at providing university-level education opportunities for non-university students as a form of Corporate Social Responsibility activity and as a means to forge relations with the local communities of its two campuses.
Social activity presupposes human beings inhabiting shared forms of life, and in the case of social construction, utilizing semiotic resources ( meaning making and meaning signifying ) with reference to social structures and institutions.
The largest forum for alter-globalization activity is the annual World Social Forum.
Much of the early activity in the party involved formulating policy and promoting Social Credit theories to the public.
It is awarded to citizens of India to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service and Public Affairs.
He had been elected on a wave of left-wing activity in the Labour Party, culminating in the breakaway of the Social Democratic Party ( SDP ).
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Social activity comes in a distant third to eating and resting for foraging animals.
On 14 August the government resigned because of the rising activity of the communist wing in Social Democracy.
Social and emotional stimuli, particularly those related to the well-being of another person, are being more directly studied with advent of technology that can track brain activity ( such as Electroencephalograms and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging ).
It is the largest division ; the largest sections within it are the Major Crimes Section ( violent crime, bank robbery, gun crime, Social Security fraud, and criminal immigration violations ); the White Collar Crime Section ( White-collar crime, such as financial fraud, bank fraud, civil rights violations, health care fraud, and environmental crimes ; the Securities Fraud Section ( securities fraud in Silicon Valley and throughout the District ); the Organized Crime Strike Force ( organized crime, including Russian and Asian organized crime ); and the Anti-Terrorism Task Force ( prevention and prosecution of terrorist-related activity ).

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