In 2006, the primary economic concerns focused on: high national debt ($ 9 trillion ), high non-bank corporate debt ($ 9 trillion ), high mortgage debt ($ 9 trillion ), high financial institution debt ($ 12 trillion ), high unfunded Medicare liability ($ 30 trillion ), high unfunded Social Security liability ($ 12 trillion ), high external debt ( amount owed to foreign lenders ) and a serious deterioration in the United States net international investment position ( NIIP ) (- 24 % of GDP ), high trade deficits, and a rise in illegal immigration.

This crisis, insofar as it pertains to academia, concerns both the motivations and justification procedures for making research claims: unstated givens or values that have validated the basic efforts of academic research since the late 18th century might no longer be valid ( particularly, in Social Science & Humanities research, though examples from Mathematics are given by Lyotard as well ).

Psychophysiology is closely related to the field of Neuroscience and Social neuroscience, which primarily concerns itself with relationships between psychological events and brain responses.

Later, after Sokal's self-exposure of his pseudoscientific hoax article in the journal Lingua Franca, the Social Text editors explained in a published essay that they had requested editorial changes that Sokal refused to make, and had had concerns about the quality of the writing, stating " We requested him ( a ) to excise a good deal of the philosophical speculation and ( b ) to excise most of his footnotes.

Social Constructivism encompasses a broad range of theories that aim to address questions of ontology, such as the Structure and agency debate, as well as questions of epistemology, such as the " material / ideational " debate that concerns the relative role of material forces versus ideas.

Social promotion began to spread in the 1930s along with concerns about the psychosocial effects of retention.

Though commercial concerns continued to dominate foreign policy, Frondizi took part in negotiations between President Kennedy and Cuban representative Ernesto Che Guevara after an Inter-American Economic and Social Council summit in Punta del Este, Uruguay, in August 1961.

To be able to continue their parliamentary work, the group formed the Sozialdemokratische Arbeitsgemeinschaft ( SAG, " Social Democratic Working Group "); concerns from the SPD leadership and Friedrich Ebert that the SAG was intent on dividing the SPD then led to the expulsion of the SAG members from the SPD on January 18, 1917.

Sex and Social Justice sets out to demonstrate that sex and sexuality are morally irrelevant distinctions that have been artificially enforced as sources of social hierarchy ; thus feminism and social justice have common concerns.

In the 110th Congress, Snowe worked to ensure passage of a genetic non-discrimination act, which she had previously worked to pass for nearly eight years ; opposed cutting loans through the Small Business Administration ; offered legislation aimed at reducing the price of prescription drugs and insurance costs for small businesses ; and became a leading voice among Congressional Republicans expressing concerns over President Bush's plans for the privatization of Social Security.

Therefore, some sociologists wanted to stretch Marxist ideas of social conflict to analyze environmental social movements from this materialist framework instead of interpreting environmental movements as a more cultural " New Social Movement " separate than material concerns.

He argued that instead of environmental movements being " New Social Movements " peculiar to current societies, environmental movements are very old — being expressed via religious movements in the past ( or in the present like in ecotheology ) that begin to focus on material concerns of health, local ecology, and economic protest against state policy and its extractions.

Social concerns have persisted in the BHA ’ s programme.

Important concerns of the Social Gospel movement were labor reforms, such as abolishing child labor and regulating the hours of work by mothers.

Morrison became a highly influential spokesman for liberal Christianity, advocating higher criticism of the Bible, as well as the Social Gospel, which included concerns about child labor, women's suffrage, racism, war and pacifism, alcoholism and prohibition, environmentalism and many other political and social issues.

The Committee concerns itself with matters relating to taxation and other revenue measures generally, and those relating to the insular possessions ; bonded debt of the United States ; customs, collection districts, and ports of entry and delivery ; deposit of public moneys ; general revenue sharing ; health programs under the Social Security Act ( notably Medicare and Medicaid ) and health programs financed by a specific tax or trust fund ; national social security ; reciprocal trade agreements ; tariff and import quotas, and related matters thereto ; and the transportation of dutiable goods.

The Social Welfare Agency primarily concerns itself with dealing with the Padania Republic Faction ( PRF or RF ), an organization seeking an independent Northern Italy through acts of terrorism and bribery.

In 1917, a group of community leaders organized the Richmond School of Social Economy to address urban social and health concerns and to be " the first of its kind in the south.

Social intuitionists such as Jonathan Haidt, for example, argue that individuals often make moral judgments without weighing concerns such as fairness, law, human rights, or abstract ethical values.

However, another armed opposition movement, the Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie ( RCD-Goma ), backed by Rwanda, along with several parties of the unarmed political opposition including the Union pour la Democratie et le Progres Social ( UDPS ) of the veteran Congolese politician and former prime minister, Etienne Tshisekedi refused to sign the accord, which lead to concerns about a return to violence.

This legislation anticipated the Social Security Act of 1935, which covered most other employees, and was tailored to address the specific concerns of railroad workers.

This article concerns proposals to change the Social Security system in the United States.

Social concerns led to increased regulation of the nuclear power industry and to the abandonment of some expansion plans, altering the course of modernization itself.

Social concerns made the development of Aramis difficult ; the safety of passengers was at risk because of the lack of security in private cars.

Social invention did not have to await social theory any more than use of the warmth of a fire had to await Lavoisier or the buoyant protection of a boat the formulations of Archimedes.

Anita Faye Hill ( born July 30, 1956 ) is an American attorney and academic, currently a professor of social policy, law and women's studies at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management.

His main book on social reform is Toward Social Renewal.

* Social Right ( Destra Sociale ), led by Gianni Alemanno, advocated a more " social " approach to economic policy and was considered at the right of the party.

* K-Society ( includes Social sciences, sociology & social anthropology )

* Social capital, the value of social networks to individuals embedded in them

Social capital is defined by Robert D. Putnam as " the collective value of all social networks and species ( who people know ) and the inclinations that arise from these works to do things for each other ( norms of reciprocity ).

Social harmony — the great goal of Confucianism — therefore results in part from every individual knowing his or her place in the social order, and playing his or her part well.

* Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council ( EPSCO ): Composed of employment, social protection, consumer protection, health and equal opportunities ministers.

Social conservatives see traditional social values as threatened by secularism, so they support school prayer and oppose abortion and homosexuality.

Psychologist Felicia Pratto and her colleagues have found evidence to support the idea that a high Social Dominance Orientation ( SDO ) is strongly correlated with conservative political views, and opposition to social engineering to promote equality, though Pratto's findings have been highly controversial.

Some examples are the American's Creed and the Social Creed adopted by the Methodist Church ( which contains both religious and social beliefs ).

* Social engineering awareness keeps employees aware of the dangers of social engineering and / or having a policy in place to prevent social engineering can reduce successful breaches of the network and servers.

* A survey of and introduction to the current state of critical social theory is Craig Calhoun's Critical Social Theory: Culture, History, and the Challenge of Difference ( Blackwell, 1995 ) ISBN 1-55786-288-5

Social determinants of health are the social conditions in which people live which determine their health.

Conventional Beliefs and Counterintuitive Realities in Social Research: an international Quarterly of the social Sciences, Vol.

The Economic and Social Research Institute, a social science research institute, is based on Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2.

# Social competition is driven by the need for self-esteem and is aimed at achieving a positive social status for the in-group relative to comparable out-groups ( e. g., favouring an in-group in order to make it better than an out-group ).

Social cognitive theory is a highly influential fusion of behavioral, cognitive and social elements that was initially developed by educational psychologist Albert Bandura.

Social Darwinism, which gained widespread acceptance, made no distinction between physical and social life, and viewed the human condition as being an unceasing struggle to achieve the survival of the fittest.

Social Darwinism challenged positivism's claim of deliberate and rational choice as the determining behaviour of humans, with social Darwinism focusing on heredity, race, and environment.

Hayek was defended by Professor Antony Flew who stated that the German Social Democrats, unlike the British Labour Party, had, since the late 1950s, abandoned public ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange and had instead embraced the social market economy.

" Hayek and social justice: a critique ", Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 12 ( 4 ): 581 – 604.

The political left, comprised mainly of Social Democrats, covering a wide spectrum from moderate to revolutionary socialists ; the political right was even more diverse, ranging from social liberals and moderate conservatives to rightist conservative elements.