2011

2011
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Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 2983
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 311031228X

Particularly in the humanities and social sciences, festschrifts are a popular forum for discussion. The IJBF provides quick and easy general access to these important resources for scholars and students. The festschrifts are located in state and regional libraries and their bibliographic details are recorded. Since 1983, more than 639,000 articles from more than 29,500 festschrifts, published between 1977 and 2010, have been catalogued.

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Publisher: KARTHALA Editions
Total Pages: 1684
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ISBN: 2811109943

Ages, Generations and the Social Contract

Ages, Generations and the Social Contract
Author: Jacques Véron
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2007-09-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1402059736

In this important and timely book, researchers from different countries compare their experiences and offer contrasting views on the future of social protection. They consider the theoretical aspects of the intergenerational debate, relations between generations within the family, the living standards of elderly people, and the question of social time. For the first time in history, three and sometimes four generations are living at the same time; this book examines the new interactions between family change, labour force participation and population ageing.

Social Reproduction, Solidarity Economy, Feminisms and Democracy

Social Reproduction, Solidarity Economy, Feminisms and Democracy
Author: Christine Verschuur
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2021-09-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030715310

This book contributes to timely debates on the conditions of resistance and changes with the aim to offer a ray of hope in times of ecological, economic, social and democracy crisis worldwide. In the context of the crisis of social reproduction, impoverishment and growing inequalities, myriads of women-led grass-root initiatives are bubbling up. They reorganize social reproduction; redefine the meaning of work and value; explore new ways of doing economics and politics; construct solidarity-driven social relationships and combat their subordination. In doing so, these initiatives challenge the patriarchal, financialized and dehumanizing capitalist system and offer transformative, sustainable paths for feminist social change. Drawing on fine-grained ethnographies in Latin America and India, this book sheds light on women’s daily struggles, their difficulties, contradictions, fragilities, and also their successes and achievements. This book seeks to inspire activists, researchers and policy-makers in the field of feminism and solidarity economy to contribute to amplifying the movement, which rests on the articulation of the various initiatives.

A National Project

A National Project
Author: Leah K. Hamilton
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2020-08-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0228002583

Since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, over 5.6 million people have fled Syria and another 6.6 million remain internally displaced. By January 2017, a total of 40,081 Syrians had sought refuge across Canada in the largest resettlement event the country has experienced since the Indochina refugee crisis. Breaking new ground in an effort to understand and learn from the Syrian Refugee Resettlement Initiative that Canada launched in 2015, A National Project examines the experiences of refugees, receiving communities, and a range of stakeholders who were involved in their resettlement, including sponsors, service providers, and various local and municipal agencies. The contributors, who represent a wide spectrum of disciplines, include many of Canada's leading immigration scholars and others who worked directly with refugees. Considering the policy behind the program and the geographic and demographic factors affecting it, chapters document mobilization efforts, ethical concerns, integration challenges, and varying responses to resettling Syrian refugees from coast to coast. Articulating key lessons to be learned from Canada's program, this book provides promising strategies for future events of this kind. Showcasing innovative practices and initiatives, A National Project captures a diverse range of experiences surrounding Syrian refugee resettlement in Canada.

Social Policy and Citizenship

Social Policy and Citizenship
Author: Adalbert Evers
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199754047

Taking nine European countries as case studies, the contributions to this volume analyze the ways that citizenship has changed in key areas such as social security, labor market policies and social services.

The Instigatory Theory of NGO Communication

The Instigatory Theory of NGO Communication
Author: Evandro Oliveira
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2019-05-31
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3658268581

By understanding the ontogenesis of NGOs as civil society organizations from a historical-anthropological, communicational, sociological, economical and managerial perspective, Evandro Oliveira outlines the Instigatory Theory of NGO Communication (ITNC). This proposes the ontological principles, an applied conceptual model and a cybernetic operational model for understanding and managing communication at NGOs. Those models were tested using a mixed-method research design.

Beyond Marginality?

Beyond Marginality?
Author: Rik van Berkel
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2018-12-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 042987684X

First published in 1998, this volume describes and analyses organizations of social security claimants and their position in the field of force of the national welfare state in six European countries: representing a diversity of welfare state regimes. The authors analyse these organizations, and their strengths and weaknesses, from a variety of theoretical perspectives: such as the opportunity structures of welfare states and national political relations, the fragmentation of the social movements of social security claimants along ideological and categorical lines, the (im)possibilities of organizing socially highly marginalized groups etc. The volume also contains an introduction and an epilogue, as well as a chapter dealing with the relations between collective and individual forms of social resistance.

The Long March of French Universities

The Long March of French Universities
Author: Christine Musselin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 113595187X

The main point of this book is to argue that French universities experienced a quiet but important change during the last decade, which allowed them to become pertinent and more autonomous actors within the French university system.

Economics for Humanity

Economics for Humanity
Author: Mitsuaki Okabe
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2024-08-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1040123007

Economics is often referred to as “the queen of social sciences.” This is because mainstream economics has been established as an elegant academic discipline by assuming mankind simply to be homo economicus— an image of human beings showing interest in only material fulfilment and acting solely in his interest. This book challenges this basic perception of human beings. By replacing it with a more realistic and multifaceted human motive as supported by research in various academic disciplines, the book tries to provide a novel and more plausible picture of human society. Specifically, the book takes in such human aspects as pursuing well-being, forming human networks, and the realisation of potential of ability. Thus, if we try to better understand human motives and the society, it becomes necessary to replace the conventional two-sector (market–government) social model with a more general and theoretically superior social model, the “three-sector model” consisting of market–government–non-profit sectors. This book demonstrates the validity of this new view by utilising basic principles of economic policy and social welfare analyses. Moreover, the book has introduced a newly developing practical philosophy in Japan over the last 50 years to achieve both individual well-being and better human society.