Major areas of investigation include political and state institutions, the effects of a changing international economy, political-economic models of growth and distribution, and the transformation of social structure and culture.
Among its major emphasis are political and state institutions; the effects of a changing international economy; political-economic models of growth and distribution; and the transformation of social structure and culture.
This transformation involves both the transmission of social structures and the disclosure of the sacred and spiritual dimensions of human life.
And in that sense we thought that our main concern should be with working for the transformation of those facets of social structure that made the situation so unsimilar for the majority of the population.
The 21 countries and territories in the region where UNICEF has Country and Programme Offices have seen rapid transformation of their social structures, societies, infrastructure and borders.
The changeover to the dynasty of Isin, actually a succession of kings from different families, brought no essential transformation of the social structure.
In Britain, where de Botton lives part of the time, the election of Margaret Thatcher brought about a giant transformation of social, economic and educational structure.
Luther's separation of worldly and Evangelical values, soon made binding law by Lutheran governments, brought an abrupt end to the early phase of the Reformation, during which events seemed to many to be moving toward a sweeping transformation of social, as well as religious, structures.
Today's social movements aim at the inclusion of gifted souls in the dominant structure rather than at the revolutionary transformation of social relations.
Focusing on the transformation of social affect into political effectiveness, they are intensive interventions into the institutional structure of collective memory, education, and politics.
