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The main purpose and goal of Sociology Mind (SM) is to synergize sociological imagination in the 21st century toward a critical understanding of new social and cultural forces that call for scientific interpretation and analysis of facts and values. All manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rigo…
Melike Selcuk Arpınar, Murat Basal
With the spread of the internet in the digital age, online shopping is where consumers add the product they want to the cart, save it and pay for it. Consumers who see shopping as a way to pleasure and happiness see it as a means of satisfaction that can meet…
Mario I. Aguilar
This paper examines the relation between the work of liberation theology, particularly of the Argentinean José Míguez Bonino and the political theoretical analysis of Chilean Camila Vergara, with her analysis and activism of populism as plebeian pol…
Abdi M. Kusow
Over the past century, Robert Park’s assimilation theory, dubbed otherwise, a race relations cycle has simultaneously become the starting point for the articulation of ethnic group relations and the most controversial concept in America sociology. With…
Dong Yan
The college student associations are important carriers to implement the fundamental task of cultivating morality and promoting quality education. They are mass student organizations that carry out activities under the leadership of the college Party committe…
Claire Laetitia Fernende Nleng Aloma, Murat Basal
Nowadays, the market in this sector encompasses almost every kind of healthcare service, such as health systems, hospitals, providers with multiple locations, individual practices, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, health insurance plans…
William Elliott, Amanda Jones-Layman, Sunggeun Park, Subin Min, Megan O’Brien
The City of Saint Paul’s CollegeBound Boost ( Boost for short) program is the first to test combining Children’s Savings Accounts (CSAs) with a monthly guaranteed income payment ($500 per month; income support) and targeted quarterly CSA deposits ($250 per qu…
Amadu Jacky Kaba, 1 1
This paper examines future pandemics in West Africa, the region’s develop ment, the role of the West African diaspora, especially in the United States, and the need to establish an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) University System. West Afr…
Sunday Adekunle Akande, Olusola Matthew Ojo
This article explores the nexus between global governance and state capacity in view of the implications for development crisis in Africa. Adopting a global governance analytical framework, the article contends with the norms and rules guiding contemporary wo…
Junbo Feng
As the concept of the “rule of law” progressively transitions from an idea to a tangible reality, the importance of understanding rules and emphasizing the supremacy of rights has grown. These have evolved into key value concepts advocated by modern societies…
Yafeng Dang
Norms, more specifically, human responsibilities, are the premise of under standing freedom, and in turn , we can reveal the secret of normativity by understanding freedom. In traditional freedom, normativity refers to the freedom of choice and the freedom of…
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The main purpose and goal of Sociology Mind (SM) is to synergize sociological imagination in the 21st century toward a critical understanding of new social and cultural forces that call for scientific interpretation and analysis of facts and values. All manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rigo… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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