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Direct linkCrenshaw, Edward; Robison, Kristopher – Social Forces, 2010
This study establishes a socio-demographic theory of international development derived from selected classical and contemporary sociological theories. Four hypotheses are tested: (1. population growth's effect on development depends on age-structure; (2. historic population density (used here as an indicator of preindustrial social complexity)…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Sociolinguistics, Population Growth, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedKasarda, John D.; Irwin, Michael D. – Social Forces, 1991
Analysis of employment change data for 3,101 counties during recent national recession and recovery periods found that factors derived from human ecological theory (density, infrastructure age, unionization, labor force education, and crime rate) best predicted local competitive dynamics across all business-cycle phases. Contains 60 references.…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Community Characteristics, Competition, Employment Patterns
Molm, Linda D.; Collett, Jessica L.; Schaefer, David R. – Social Forces, 2006
Inherent to all social exchange relations are elements of both cooperation and competition. We develop and test a theoretical model which proposes that the relative salience of the competitive, conflictual elements of exchange mediate and explain the negative effects of negotiated exchange, as compared with reciprocal exchange, on actors'…
Descriptors: Social Exchange Theory, Competition, Models, Conflict
