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1Alternative for Social Advance — The Alternative for Social Advance ( Alternativa de Avanzada Social ) is a political party in Colombia. At the last legislative elections, 10 March 2002, the party, as one of the many small parties, won parliamentary representation …
2Social capital — is a concept in business, economics, organizational behaviour, political science, public health, sociology and natural resources management that refers to connections within and between social networks. Though there are a variety of related… …
3Social theory — Social analysis redirects here. For the journal, see Social Analysis (journal). Sociology …
4Social Darwinism — is a term commonly used for theories of society that emerged in England and the United States in the 1870s, seeking to apply the principles of Darwinian evolution to sociology and politics.[1] It especially refers to notions of struggle for… …
5Social anthropology — is the branch of anthropology that studies how currently living human beings behave in social groups. Practitioners of social anthropology investigate, often through long term, intensive field studies (including participant observation methods),… …
6Social thought — provides general theories to explain actions and behavior of society as a whole, encompassing sociological, political, and philosophical ideas. Social theory is used to make distinctions and generalizations among different types of societies, and …
7Social promotion — is the practice of promoting a student (usually a general education student, rather than a special education student) to the next grade despite their low achievement in order to keep them with social peers. It is sometimes referred to as… …
8Social impact assessment — (SIA) is a methodology to review the social effects of infrastructure projects and other development interventions.DefinitionSIA first emerged in the 1970s in the U.S, as a way to assess the impacts on society of certain development schemes and… …
9Social Venture Partners — (SVP) is a network of individuals who pool their time and money to impact the capacity of non profit organizations and to develop their knowledge and skill as philanthropists.Since the organization was founded in Seattle in 1997 it has expanded… …
10social engineering — ➔ engineering * * * social engineering UK US noun [ U] ► SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY the artificial controlling or changing of the groups within society, usually according to particular political beliefs: »He argues for American style social… …
