Sentences with phrase «social constraints on»

While Olesen looks at the technical potential of various technologies for utilizing crop residues and manure as bioenergy sources, social scientists and economists study social constraints on such mitigation measures, such as profitability and the mindset of farmers.

By enabling new flows of money, information and power on a world scale, the multinationals have succeeded in insulating themselves from both political and social constraints on their economic power, and thus have become an embodiment of the supreme value of economic efficiency over human values.

Not exact matches

«Having written two lengthy books on poverty in Victorian England,» Prof. Himmelfarb notes, «I am painfully aware of the difficulties and inequalities in Victorian life... class distinctions, social prejudices, abuses of authority, constraints on personal liberty, restrictions and hindrances of all sorts.

Mr. Sullivan has no interest whatever in reconstructing a Catholic sexual ethic, or any other kind of ethic that might propose constraints or moral orderings on the satisfaction of sexual desires, apart from a few narrowly defined causes of possible «social harm.»

Similarly, the environmental / social dimension discloses external constraints on practice, pressing us to be realistic about the impact of mutual regard on social existence.

Some of these constraints are present because of the social context in which the sermon is produced, others depend on the way the sermon textualizes these elements, and still others occur as features of the internal structure of the sermon itself.

But what did that prove — that someone operating completely outside the constraints of a regular school meal program (financial, regulatory, and social) can do things differently than someone who is forced to stay on budget and follow the rules?

A more realistic perspective would look at the impact of material and structural constraints on social reality and the battle of interests accounting for both current reality and social change.

«As part of this Hattersley wrote a book «Choose Freedom», which was a decent attempt, particularly given the constraints on a very senior serving frontbencher, to popularise in general politics the ideas of John Rawls, Tawney and Crosland, rooting social democratic politics in a positive conception of liberty.

Social liberalism recognises that an individual's material and personal circumstances can act as a constraint on them realising freedom.

«The fact remains that Kathy Hochul's plan to slash Medicare and Social Security benefits will raise taxes and put further economic constraints on Western New York taxpayers.»

The authors suggest that this indicates that environmental conditions place constraints on these types of traits, limiting the degree to which they can reflect quality or be used for social interaction.

Robb and He also advise that future research needs to examine social constraints — which may foster disruption of circadian rhythms — on shift workers.

To explore that issue, she is now looking beyond Kansas and across three continents, collecting data in Korea, Ghana and elsewhere in the U.S. Whereas more choice may lead to similar friends for U.S. college students, different social landscapes and broad cultural attitudes may introduce their own unique constraints on how people pick their friends.

People were asked how many years would be needed to develop such devices, how prepared Britain was to exploit them, and whether the key constraint on development was social, technological, economic, ecological or political.

According to Barrett: «Ecological constraints acting on juveniles determine the level of social interaction between infant and juvenile gelada.»

The researchers» petition, sent under the letterhead of the University of Chicago social science center known as the Crime Lab, says that «politically motivated constraints» have held back U.S. research on gun - related violence since the mid-1990s.

Our results call into question the current emphasis on social rather than ecological explanations for the evolution of large brains in primates and evoke a range of ecological and developmental hypotheses centred on frugivory, including spatial information storage, extractive foraging and overcoming metabolic constraints.

This is not necessarily a reflection of the quality of your blog or social influence, but may be due to some constraints we have on the volume and type of blogs, content or level of influence we have represented on the site.

If you're dating in this day and age, you know that time constraints can have a big impact on your social life.

Part documentary, part farce, Taxi is a sterling commentary on art's ability to transcend social and political constraints and a fascinating rumination on theft.

Alcoholism, delinquent youths, and domestic violence are all issues tied to the constraints on the refugees» economic, social and cultural rights.

Parents generally arrived at their chosen school through a largely linear process that began with the ruling out of large segments of the broader educational market of schools (e.g. ruling out all traditional public schools based on prior negative experiences, ruling out the private sector due to financial constraints) followed by the identification of a particular school through the parent's social network of family, friends and work colleagues.

While it is true that when Green takes off his journalist hat and puts on his columnist one he is no longer under any obligation to describe things accurately, he is being more than a bit disingenuous to suggest the «Commissioner's Network» (Section 18 of Senate Bill 24) simply means «longer days, year - round school, more social services, better pay for sought - after science and math teachers — without the constraints of restrictive labor contracts.»

Social and cultural constraints on students» access to school knowledge.

Issue three: First who — getting the right people on the bus, within social sector constraints.

The FDCPA was written before social media were invented, so whether the Act's constraints on what debt collectors can and can not legally do apply to social media is being debated in the courts.

Interestingly enough, we're seeing those same constraints again, either in iPhone, Android or other mobile platforms, tablets or in social applications based in Facebook, where the need to play immediately have once again put a bunch of technological handcuffs on the composers of music and the creators of sound effects.

the social market in FIFA Mobile has no constraints - you can buy and sell cards at any price, and it's totally dependent on the free market to eventually come to an equilibrium about what's a reasonable price for cards.

26x40 inches ink, acrylic, gouache on paper Angelo Monserat's Constraint series is inspired by the abstract expressionists of the 50s and references the movement and mark - making of their work in response to the rapid movement of present - day international trade and communication and the confluence of mid century social ideas still at play in this contemporary economy.

Micro-financing and other social safety nets and social welfare grants, as a means to enhance adaptation to current and future shocks and stresses, may be successful in overcoming such constraints if supported by local institutional arrangements on a long - term sustainable basis (Ellis, 2003; Chigwada, 2005).

From my own social circle, I know that many people had reservations about I732 primarily due to the potential negative impact on state revenues, given the lack of funding for education, the various Tim Eyman - penned constraints on taxation, etc..

Marschak, J.: 1960, Stanford Symposium on Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences, Stanford University Press, chapter Binary choice constraints on random utility indications, pp. 312 — 329.

An article that just appeared in the journal Global and Planetary Change, authored by me and Mark Freeman and Michael Mann, reported a simulation experiment that sought to put constraints on the social discount rate for climate economics.

Paired with emotional distress, impact on children, financial constraints, and the social implications, it is important to make an informed choice about this important relationship.

Earlier research has shown that children with hyperactivity and conduct difficulties in particular, may find it difficult to adapt to the educational and social constraints of the classroom impacting on their adjustment, further behaviour and later attainment.

Children with hyperactivity and conduct difficulties in particular, may find it difficult to adapt to the educational and social constraints of the classroom impacting on their adjustment, further behaviour and later attainment.

We argue for expanding the research agenda to consider the adaptation of families caring for children with ID through greater understanding of the social - ecological constraints on families and the resources needed to meet the «normal», everyday adaptive challenges they face.

After testing invariance constraints, the final model, χ2diff (9, N = 74) = 14.71, ns, included invariance constraints on actor and partner paths from women's and men's attachment security to intimacy, on partner paths from men and women's anxious attachment to intimacy, and on actor paths from social intimacy to conflict.

There is also a need for a considerable commitment of time and resources beyond the usual time - span of agency funding cycles: «Planning to date, be it social, community, economic or infrastructure development is severely inhibited by funding and time constraints, which in turn impacts on the planners» capacity to apply sound planning methodology to the task.»

Indeed, hypercompetitiveness was associated positively with constraint commitment (i.e., maintaining a relationship out of concern for one's investment and other social - psychological costs associated with leaving), and was associated negatively with personal dedication commitment (i.e., interest in the relationship based on concerns for mutual benefit).