The aim of this paper is to examine the notion of social mechanisms by comparison with the notions of evolutionary and physical mechanisms. It is argued that social mechanisms are based on trends, and not lawlike regularities, so that social mechanisms are different from mechanisms in the...

В главе учебника по экономической компаративистике, осуществляется сравнение экономических систем в пространстве (цивилизационные подходы). Рассматривается...

This article tries to make evident the fact that the scientific endeavour of “macro”-behaviouristic-empiricist paradigms does not have a real basis because it is not grounded on the ultimate principle of society: human action. The emphasis of this article is on the perspective that the most...

This paper summarises research into localised urban systems which accounts for variations in styles of diversity within multi-cultural cities. New work builds on previous studies in London and Turin. The first produced an ideal type model of open:closed urban systems and evidence that the former...

This paper summarises research into localised urban systems which accounts for variations in styles of diversity within multi-cultural cities. New work builds on previous studies in London and Turin. The first produced an ideal type model of open:closed urban systems and evidence that the former...

This paper summarises research into localised urban systems which accounts for variations in styles of diversity within multi-cultural cities. New work builds on previous studies in London and Turin. The first produced an ideal type model of open:closed urban systems and evidence that the former...