La présente thèse, par sa méthodologie, se situe dans le domaine de la sociologie des religions. En nous servant de l'approche wébérienne comme assise analytique, nous étudions le concept de la mort à Ougarit entre les troisième et deuxième millénaires avant l'ère commune. Plus …
This thesis explores how coach-athlete relationships are influenced within the organisational culture of a rowing club. Relational Cultural Theory and the work of Weber are used to examine how the concept of organisational culture informs understanding of coach and athlete relat…
The dissertation offers one of the first comparative and purely “sociological” studies of fatalism. The aim of the project is to evaluate the distinct Weberian and Durkheimian theoretical perspectives on the subject of fatalism and offer a more comprehensive analytical formulati…
Transitions from authoritarian/totalitarian forms of rule to democratic ones have become the subject of renewed interest. This ran be traced in large measure to the collapse of communism and the growth of democracy world-wide. Some have seen it as a triumph for democracy, while …