Although various Spiritualist traditions have their own beliefs, known as Principles, there are some shared concepts:A belief in spirit communication.A belief that the soul continues to exist after th ...
International law has existed since the mid-19th century. Two sophisticated legal systems developed in the Western World: the codified systems of continental European states (American Civil Law) and E ...
Critiques of globalization generally stem from discussions surrounding the impact of such processes on the planet as well as the human costs. They challenge directly traditional metrics, such as GDP, ...
The world population has experienced continuous growth since the end of the Great Famine and the Black Death in 1350, when it stood at around 370 million. The highest rates of growth – global populat ...
Economic globalization is the increasing economic interdependence of national economies across the world through a rapid increase in cross-border movement of goods, service, technology and capital. Wh ...
Humans have interacted over long distances for thousands of years. The overland Silk Road that connected Asia, Africa, and Europe is a good example of the transformative power of translocal exchange t ...
Identity may be defined as the distinctive characteristic belonging to any given individual, or shared by all members of a particular social category or group. Identity may be distinguished from ident ...
UNESCO and its mandate for international co-operation can be traced back to the League of Nations resolution on 21 September 1921, to elect a Commission to study the question. The International Commit ...
The WTO's predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), was established after World War II in the wake of other new multilateral institutions dedicated to international economic coop ...
The following is a list of the twenty largest economies by nominal GDP at a specific year according to International Monetary Fund.Rank 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 20131 United States United States Un ...
There are three broad sociological classes describing deviant behavior, namely structural functionalism, symbolic interaction and conflict theory.Structural-functionalism Social integration is the att ...
Stigma is a Greek word that in its origins referred to a type of marking or tattoo that was cut or burned into the skin of criminals, slaves, or traitors in order to visibly identify them as blemished ...
According to Donelson Forsyth, after submitting to group pressures, individuals may find themselves facing one of several responses to conformity. These types of responses to conformity vary in their ...
As early as 1950, David Riesman distinguished between a majority, "which passively accepted commercially provided styles and meanings, and a 'subculture' which actively sought a minority style ... and ...
Some people earn the respect of individuals by assisting others or playing important social roles. In many cultures, individuals are considered to be worthy of respect until they prove otherwise. Cour ...
