Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The WJP Rule of Law Index is a new quantitative assessment tool designed by The World Justice Project to offer a detailed and comprehensive picture of the extent to which countries adhere to the rule of law in practice. The Index consists of 10 factors and 49 sub-factors, organized under the following set of four principles, or bands, which constitute the WJP definition of the rule of law: 1. The government and its officials and agents are accountable under the law; 2. The laws are clear, publicized, stable and fair, and protect fundamental rights, including the security of persons and property; 3. The process by which the laws are enacted, administered and enforced is accessible, fair and efficient; 4. Access to justice is provided by competent, independent, and ethical adjudicators, attorneys or representatives, and judicial officers who are of sufficient number, have adequate resources, and reflect the makeup of the communities they serve. These principles are derived from a wide array of international sources, including the United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights, that enjoy broad acceptance across countries with vastly differing social, cultural, economic, and political systems. It has also been vetted in WJP meetings on five continents. While other indices cover certain aspects of the rule of law, such as human rights, commercial law, or corruption, they do not yield a full picture of rule of law compliance. The WJP Rule of Law Index is the first to treat the rule of law comprehensively.

Rule of law. --- Rule of law --- Social aspects. --- WJP --- statistikk --- juss --- lov --- lovgivning --- verden --- globally --- Supremacy of law --- Administrative law --- Constitutional law

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Pierre Bourdieu’s contributions to the theory and practice of social research are far reaching. Possibly the most prominent sociologist in recent times, his work has touched on a myriad of topics and has influenced scholars in multiple disciplines. Throughout Bourdieu’s work, emphasis is placed on the linkage between the practice of social research and its relationship to social theory. This book honours Bourdieu’s commitment to the inextricable relationship between social theory and research in social science. In this volume, authors from all over the world utilize key concepts coined by Bourdieu, specifically his concept of capitals, habitus, and the field, and attempt to test them using quantitative survey data. The focus of this volume is how researchers can take key elements of Bourdieu’s work and apply them to the analysis of quantitative data on a variety of topics. Throughout the volume, issues of the possible interpretations of concepts and measurement validity are focused upon in a language that can be appreciated by new and experienced researchers alike. This volume is useful for courses where the linkage between theory and research is emphasized, at both the upper undergraduate and general postgraduate level. In addition to serving as a teaching tool, the articles within the volume will be invaluable to any scholar interested in working with Bourdieu’s concepts in quantitative research.

Social change. --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Bourdieu, Pierre, --- Burdʹe, Pʹer, --- Burdʹe, P. --- Bourdieu, P. --- Pūrtiyu, Piyar, --- Social sciences. --- Statistics. --- Sociology. --- Social Sciences. --- Methodology of the Social Sciences. --- Sociology, general. --- Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law. --- Statistics for Social Science, Behavioral Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law. --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Statistical analysis --- Statistical data --- Statistical methods --- Statistical science --- Mathematics --- Econometrics --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law. --- Methodology. --- samfunnsvitenskap --- samfunnsvitenskapelige metoder --- statistikk --- kvantitative forskningsmetoder --- sosiologi --- matematiske metoder --- matematisk statistikk --- Statistics .

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Statistics are everywhere. Their power and their undoubted efficacy in many areas have given rise to faith in measurement and metrics. More of them will tell us all that we need to know. Their use carries with it a number of presuppositions: that reality can be satisfactorily represented and that it can be controlled or the risks managed. The papers in this book interpret the ethics and aesthetics of statistics in terms of representation, visualisation and accessibility, focus on the appeal of ‘simplicity’, of technical languages, numbers, diagrams and pictures, and pay attention to their connection with action plans. The book explores what has made educational researchers dependent on statistics, and deals with their use in areas such as the prevalence of maltreatment of children, European citizenship, well-being and happiness, illegal migrants, and university expansion. There is discussion of how the quest for more and better statistics finds its voice in policy initiatives that become slogans, and how public opinion polls are used to rationalise political decision-making. Can a more limited and modest use be made of statistics which does not deflect attention away from education’s core business and which does not destroy the local practical knowledge that on which good education is based? ‘Smeyers and Depaepe continue to bring together a significant international group of educational philosophers and historians on topics of importance to researchers. This fifth volume in their series takes up the ‘gold standard’ use of statistics in case studies not contributed elsewhere. I highly recommend this text to counter a current over-emphasis on technique in research methodology. Use of statistics remains but herein under new, insightful conceptualizations.’ Lynda Stone, Philosophy of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA ‘Once again, Depaepe and Smeyers succeeded in bringing together distinguished international and cross-disciplinary scholars exploring very timely and critical issues in current educational research. This is a groundbreaking book on a theme that can’t be ignored by educational researchers and those interested in a better understanding of the culture of science and science as culture. Moreover, the present book instigates to study history of educational research, a limited but developing field, and invites reflection to those who are sometimes too reliant on number crunching as a mode of interpretation and rather credulous in the acceptance of institutional records. Frank Simon, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium This publication, as well as the ones that are mentioned on the preliminary pages of this work, were realized by the Research Community (FWO-Vlaanderen/Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium) Philosophy and History of the Discipline of Education: Faces and Spaces of Educational Research.

Education. --- Educational Philosophy. --- Educational Policy and Politics. --- Education --- Philosophy. --- Philosophie --- Education -- Research -- Congresses. --- Education -- Research -- Statistics -- Congresses. --- Educational research. --- Educational statistics -- Congresses. --- Educational statistics. --- Educational statistics --- Social Sciences --- Education, Special Topics --- Theory & Practice of Education --- Academic collection --- 37.012 --- Onderzoeksmethoden bij opvoeding en onderwijs --- utdanning --- pedagogisk forskning --- etikk --- estetikk --- statistikk --- filosofi --- sosiologi --- Pedagogiek en onderwijskunde --- Research --- Statistics --- fundamentele pedagogiek --- 37.012 Onderzoeksmethoden bij opvoeding en onderwijs --- fundamentele pedagogiek. --- Statistical methods. --- Children --- Education, Primitive --- Education of children --- Human resource development --- Instruction --- Pedagogy --- Schooling --- Students --- Youth --- Social sciences. --- Educational policy. --- ducation and state. --- Social Sciences. --- Methodology of the Social Sciences. --- Statistical methods --- Education policy --- Educational policy --- State and education --- Social policy --- Endowment of research --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Government policy --- Learning and scholarship --- Mental discipline --- Schools --- Teaching --- Training --- Social sciences --- Methodology. --- Education—Philosophy. --- Education and state.