Example sentences of "in which social [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tend , however , towards what Sahlins has castigated as a ‘ sociability fetishism ’ ( 1976a : 120 ) , in which social structure is often treated as both prior to , and ontologically superior to , its appearance in goods . |
| 2 | What has frankly surprised me about the last decade is the way in which social scientists who make no claim to a Christian profession have been talking openly about the relevance of religious values to our current economic problems in the Western world . |
| 3 | The implications are that , in a way similar to the class analyses we discussed in the last chapter , there is a major discrepancy between the ways in which social scientists conceptualise what is taking place and how people feel and understand what is taking place . |
| 4 | In addition to the economic arguments put forward for nationalisation , there was also a strong political impetus , as the Labour party attempted to achieve a ‘ fairer , more egalitarian ’ society , in which social priorities and the ‘ national interest ’ took precedence over the desire to maximise profits . |
| 5 | The betwixt and between area of liminality which Turner discusses , in which social differences between individuals tend to be forgotten in a shared feeling of communitas , as among the participants in a pilgrimage , is the interface between human beings and " spiritual beings " . |
| 6 | The year in which social welfare spending 's rising share of the national income stopped rising was 1976 . |
| 7 | The social psychological survey embodied the practical use of scaling techniques by which the attitudes of respondents were held to exemplify positions on basic dimensions and , in this respect , has profoundly affected the way in which social researchers think about the constitution of " things " that constitute the social world . |
| 8 | Hayek argues that a consequence of their distrust of abstract theories is that conservatives are unable to offer any alternative to the direction in which social forces are moving ; they look to the past rather than the future . |
| 9 | Finally , one must be aware of yet another way in which social actions have meaning . |
| 10 | Freud 's theory highlights the way in which social institutions , such as the family , religion , education , law , and political institutions , repress instinctual impulses in people . |
| 11 | The other alternant is the out-group form , and this of course is used in interactions with those who have relatively weak ties with the speaker , or in situational contexts in which social distance is present . |
| 12 | If to that we add both the structured dependency which was earlier described , in which social policies and practices discriminate against them in matters crucial to their well-being ( such as housing , income and transport ) , and the personal indignities of physical and social dependence , we must surely put at the top of our agenda for care a determination to assess realistically , yet sensitively , what is the best balance that can be achieved in the present circumstances of that old person . |
| 13 | This discussion implies three things for the definition of social policy : first , that the policies that are identified as ‘ social ’ should not be interpreted as if they were conceived and implemented with only the welfare of the public in mind ; second , that other policies , not conventionally identified as social policies , may make a comparable , or even greater , contribution to welfare ; third , that public policy should be seen as a whole in which social policies are significantly inter linked with other public policies . |
| 14 | In an age in which social utility was paramount , the Regular Orders , on the other hand , were considered ‘ useless ’ ; nuns , wrote Jovellanos , should be made to knit . |
| 15 | Civil society is at the centre of this web of inter-relationships , comprising : the sphere of circulation , in which people and groups contest in the ‘ market place ’ ; the sphere of reproduction , in which social groups — classes-in-struggle compete to promote their economic , biological and political reproduction ; and the popular democratic forces , through which much of the struggle within civil society is organised . |
| 16 | A preliminary step in this analysis is to distinguish the various ways in which social groups may engage in politics , and the nature of the groups involved . |
| 17 | Europe needs a farm policy , admits Lady Wilcox , but it must be one in which social concerns are separate from price policy . |
| 18 | Galtung is much more concerned than Banfield to place the individual within the variety of social structures in which social interaction takes place , though ultimately his explanation , like Banfield 's , is behaviourist in its terms and suppositions . |
| 19 | This is an excellent example of the way in which social definitions can subtly mould and transform the personal meaning given to sexual activity ; or indeed can make ‘ sexual ’ what had hitherto seemed acceptable . |
| 20 | The second , and growing , way in which social mobility is achieved by the middle classes , and by senior white collar people in particular , is not as ‘ organisation men ’ but as workers moving quite rapidly between organisations . |
| 21 | ‘ Clothes make man ’ said the German proverb , and no age was more aware of it than one in which social mobility could actually place numerous people into the historically novel situation of playing new ( and superior ) social roles and therefore having to wear the appropriate costumes . |
| 22 | These are the situations in which social work intervention is generally demanded . |
| 23 | In this chapter we have discussed the main ways in which social services encouraged economic growth . |
| 24 | It is ironic the new arrangements , in which social services return to the role of gatekeepers to public funds for residential care , are described as the introduction of community care . |
| 25 | However the long standing official policy of community care , in which social services departments were expected to play a major part was thwarted by the unforeseen consequences of financial restraint . |
| 26 | A variety of positions exist ranging from free market , through welfare pluralist ( in which a mix of state , voluntary , market and family forms of provision coexist ) , welfare corporatist ( in which trade unions and employers would have more say in the planning of welfare ) , to alternative social planning ( in which social services would be deprofessionalised and democratised ) . |
| 27 | What is perhaps most striking in the past three decades is the way in which social movements of very diverse kinds have become an accepted part of political life in the Western democracies , and to some extent have provided models for movements in countries where the expression of criticism , dissent and opposition through formal political institutions is virtually impossible . |
| 28 | The circumstances in which social workers are asked to intervene are likely to be complex , as many of the case studies elsewhere in the book show . |
| 29 | This chapter in focusing on work with families and carers considers informal care networks and the role of carers , before exploring ways in which social workers can be involved . |
| 30 | Up to now the emphasis in this book has been on demonstrating ways in which social workers can help maintain a vulnerable elderly person in the community , by working with the client and family network . |