Essays about: "normativism"

Found 2 essays containing the word normativism.

  1. 1. Post-socialist urban planning : Local needs in the City of Murmansk, Russia

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

    Author : Daria Nikitina; [2018]
    Keywords : post-socialist planning; path-dependence; modernization; planning systems; rationality; local needs; municipal decision-making; residential development; civic engagement;

    Abstract : Urban research is aware of being culturally embedded, and inability to break free from history in some cases may explain why the change goes in a particular direction. After more than 70 years of centrally planned community and isolation, present urban structures in Russia stand as arenas for the system transitions. READ MORE

  2. 2. Worldview: Personal ideology, values and beliefs concerning metaphysics, epistemology, human nature and morality

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Artur Nilsson; [2007]
    Keywords : worldview; weltanschauung; philosophy of life; Tomkins; personal ideology; ideo-affective posture; polarity theory; humanism; normativism; q-methodology; Philosophy; Filosofi; Psychology; Psykologi; Social psychology; Socialpsykologi; Philosophy and Religion; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : First, de St. Aubin's (1996) modified polarity scale (MPS), adapted from Tomkins (1965), was investigated, using data from 315 Swedes. Structural equation modeling rendered two super factors, humanism and normativism, and two sub-factors of humanism. Adding the third factor only produced a slight increase in model fitness. READ MORE