For years, many political and social analysts had concluded that Latin American societies were resigned to leaving the past behind.

Ninan Koshy is a noted political thinker, foreign affairs expert, theologian and social analyst.

She even suggests an explicitly non-psychological change in the work of social and behavioural analysts.

If a social analyst were searching for a clue to which way cultural winds were blowing, he could look at two benefits this weekend.

In their hearts, they say, they are brilliant and incisive social analysts whose savage wit can change the very course of current events.

The news media here have historically been unusually conservative, too, and thus have served to inhibit rather than promote new values, many social analysts say.

"She is a great scholar, a social analyst," Mr. Sanford said.

Searches have made him a pastor, professor, spiritual counsellor, social analyst, writer and retreat facilitator.

Otherwise, she does not try to be much of a political or social analyst.

It's as if she's proving her credentials as a social analyst.