One factor driving this change has been the emergence of a new kind of enemy, so-called "non-state actors," meaning popular insurgencies and loose transnational networks of fighters, none of which are likely to field large numbers of troops or maintain expensive arsenals of their own.
Using over 10 years of experience as occupational safety and health specialists we could observe that better results are achieved when the involvement of all actors (meaning all the persons present in the labs) is effective.
He didn't have to act".' Mr. Gershenz achieved "offer only" status as an actor, meaning he entertained offers instead of having to audition.
One existential theme that recurs throughout is that Ms. Rodham views herself as an "actor," meaning a student activist committed to a life of civic action, which she contrasts with Mr. Peavoy, who, in her view, is more of an outside critic, or "reactor".
From Israel's perspective, one might argue that Hamas' election made it the equivalent of a state actor, meaning that actions taken under its command and control or by those whom it harbors and supports constitute instances of jus ad bellum.
We argue that IR has the potential to produce not only subjectivist, emic understandings of actors' meanings, but also explanations, characterised by a certain degree of "thickness".
Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were used as a second method of data collection in the case study setting, since these "can get close to the social actors' meanings and interpretation, by examining their accounts of the social interactions in which they have been involved".
This approach assumes that actors have meaning only when embedded in a network of relationships.
Given this account of social reality, in which actors give meaning to their world, as opposed to physical reality whose objects (e.g., electrons, quarks) do not interpret their world, Schutz argued that the appropriate social scientific method involved developing constructs of everyday actor's constructs.
"There might be 10,000 professional actors in Sweden, meaning that the choice is far larger in real life.
An analysis in Mint newspaper finds that as a group "artists", meaning actors, musicians and writers, have the poorest attendance record in parliament.
