The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposive Social Action

Merton, Robert Κ.

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“…In other words, the observer is prompted to search for still unknown causes and effects that are in many cases broader and more complicated than manifest functions. Merton names these relations 'latent functions', to which he referred earlier as 'unanticipated consequences of social action' (Merton, 1936).…”

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Functionalism: Its axiomatics

Sato¹

2011

Sociopedia

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Section: Merton's Functional Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Functionalism: Its axiomatics

Sato¹

2011

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“…McDonnell and Grub 1991), resulting in the unanticipated consequences (cf. Merton 1936) as shown in Fig. 4 offers an interesting question: was it ignorance, intended ignorance or simply an error?…”

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The impact of applying different metrics in target definitions: lessons for policy design

Harmsen

2016

Energy Efficiency

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The objective of this paper is to analyse the impact of the use of different metrics in the EU renewable energy target definition. The analysis, using a case study of the Dutch renewable energy support for illustration, reveals that a target based on primary energy would have led to a ranking in which renewable electricity options would predominantly have been considered cheaper for realizing the target. As a primary energy-based target is more closely linked to overarching objectives of the EU Renewable Energy Directive, such as climate change and energy security, this implies that the least cost realization of the current final energybased target does not necessarily lead to the least cost mix for reducing CO 2 emissions or avoiding fossil primary energy. The Dutch case study also shows that the budget allocation in favour of renewable heat and gas options was not only a direct consequence of the final energy-based target but also because of the limited annual budget available for support in the analysed period. With the increase of the support budget since 2013, the budget allocation between the renewable energy categories has become more balanced. Lessons for policy design are provided by highlighting the importance of side-effects which are often insufficiently recognized in the design stage of targets. In the case of the EU renewable energy target, the choice for a final energy-based target did, on the one hand, not consider the consequences for least cost target achievement (negative side-effect), but on the other provided an incentive to pay more attention to renewable heat (positive sideeffect).

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“…na sugestão de que as mulheres devam frequentar cursos superiores mesmo que não tenham pretensão ou perspectiva de inserção no mercado de trabalho, porque servirão como um bom modelo (role model) para seus filhos (Parsons, 1959), o autor inverte os "sinais": deduz a motivação e a ação individual a partir das necessidades sistêmicas. Mas essa posição é de difícil sustentação por não incluir de forma completa as consequên-cias inesperadas da ação (Merton, 1936). Uma possibilidade de atenuação dessa tendência é a articulação explícita entre os níveis distintos irredutíveis (Tilly, 2001).…”

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Decisões entre pesquisas quali e quanti sob a perspectiva de mecanismos causais

Kirschbaum¹

2013

Rev. bras. Ci. Soc.

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The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposive Social Action

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Functionalism: Its axiomatics

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The impact of applying different metrics in target definitions: lessons for policy design

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