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In this article we report findings from three longitudinal studies carried out to understand the social interactive processes in multicultural groups observed in their organizational settings. Its aim was to explore the dynamics of cognitive, affective and communicative aspects during the development of a shared understanding. In particular, crystallizing the effect of culture in a temporal setting was considered. Data give reason to believe that country-of-origin diversity aspects during this process depend on whether employees feel this is salient in a particular context. The findings are of particular value to intercultural managers in their role as project leaders. For successful cooperation among culturally diverse group members, they need to facilitate social interactive processes by balancing perceived differences.

It has been acknowledged the importance of associations, political as well as nonpolitical, for the foundation of democracy. In the last three-four decades the number of associations in Western countries have decreased rapidly and there is a fear of negative implications for the future of democracy. Putnam suggests the importance of associations to be their production of social capital, that is, reciprocal trust between people involved in such networks. This article argues for a shift from this focus of social capital to the communicative, relational and cognitive aspects suggested by Nahapiet & Ghoshal. This makes conversation and achieving common goals playing a significant role in associations' positive effects on democracy. Today people increasingly build their relations and perform communicative action on the Internet, to achieve the same common goals they used to strive for in real life associations. Taking off from Schudsons model, distinguishing social and democratic talk, the communicative and democratic implications of participating in an online discussion performed by a fan culture, is investigated. The conclusion is, something Putnam hints at in his broad investigation into the decreasing activity in American associations, that the production of social capital might today also be digital.

The wave of transnational ideological thought after the 1999 reform has become a serious threat to religious harmony in Indonesia. Ideological teachings that want to return to the roots of Islamic law in all aspects of life have implications for identity politics, which have given space to privilege Islamic groups and place other groups into second class in all aspects. life. This teaching is increasingly spread to the surface through social media and creates debate and unrest that threatens the unity of fellow Muslims and the integration of the nation and state which is built on ethnic, ethnic, cultural, belief, and religious diversity. The adherents of various religions try to rebuild the values of civilization that have been torn apart by the thought of radicalism through social media such as Twitter. They held a virtual dialogue by raising cross-sectoral issues. This research is library research using descriptive analysis through the following steps: collecting research materials, processing data, analyzing, and drawing conclusions. The results of his research are that adherents of religions such as Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism conduct dialogue through Twitter with various cases by upholding religious understanding that is polite, humorous, tolerant, and maintains the spirit of brotherhood in differences. This pattern of building a civilizational dialogue is a new way of communicating without boundaries through Twitter to reaffirm the spirit of togetherness in maintaining harmony and diversity in Indonesia. It is time for dialogue patterns like this to be developed on other social media so that the face of social media becomes the glue media for human civilization.

The global road safety crisis disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Indeed, with relatively low rates of vehicle ownership, Africa bears a disproportionate burden of annual road fatalities per population. Transportation and public health professionals have long been aware of the behavioral aspects of the global road safety epidemic. Successful collaboration of social work and public health in Africa is well documented. Road safety presents an opportunity for interdisciplinary research and practice with road safety professionals to bridge the know–do gap that continues to challenge progress toward reducing the burden of injuries and deaths attributable to crashes.

Chapter 1 Class Structure, Education, and Social Mobility in Post-war Japan -- Chapter 2 The changing marriage market and status homogamy -- Chapter 3 Relative Indices of Educational Attainment and Trend Analysis of Inequality of Educational Opportunity Using the 2015 SSM Survey Data -- Chapter 4 Long-Term Trends in Long-Term Employment in Japan -- Chapter 5 Intragenerational Mobility between Regular and Non-regular Employment Sectors in Japan: From the Viewpoint of the Theory of Mobility Regime -- Chapter 6 Gap in Attitudes toward Higher Education between Graduates and Non-graduates: Growing Educational Disparity in Younger Cohorts -- Chapter 7 Effects of Regional Inequality on Political Attitudes: Social Capital and Support for Redistribution and Free Competition -- Chapter 8 Explanation of Socioeconomic Inequality among the Male Elderly: An Approach Based on Estimated Income History -- Chapter 9 Another aspect of social inequality, wealth, in a super-aged society, Japan: Re-examining the conventional framework of social stratification.

This article describes the role of social development processes in the spiritual development of humanity, its specific aspects, and the integral connection between them. It discusses present reforms in New Uzbekistan today in the socio-political, religious, and enlightenment spheres are considered the results, which have a positive impact on human dignity and the social mood of the people. These issues have been revealed based on concrete examples. The ideological landscape of today's world poses new challenges for humanity and unexpected challenges. Several threats and dangers exist to human spirituality and a national value. The spirituality of mankind and the nation can change and improve depending on the matters of which the society is composed. The social mood of the community is one of the industrial laws, which depends on the actual implementation of changes and reforms, including the concrete results. Therefore, it mentions that New Uzbekistan reforms in all areas are rising to a new level in terms of content and quality. In the current complex and turbulent times, the role and influence of spiritual and educational issues are exponentially growing. It is a fact that this phenomenon is spreading among all levels of government and its people and becoming an essential part of deepening the process of democratic change in our society. Moreover, these processes create an atmosphere of open and sincere communication in the life of a community, including the spirit of understanding people, living with their pain and worries, helping them from a practical point of view with the problems of life that afflict them. The article examines the importance of providence of education to young people who are spiritual, well-mannered, kind, and compassionate in society.

Teachers in their teaching practice live different tensions related to political, social, economic and cultural demands. Teachers' decisions within the classroom are likely to have consequences beyond any academic scenario. Those decisions have an impact on students' perception of society and culture. On the one hand, teachers have some influence upon some of these sociocultural and self-concept related issues that shape students' upbringing. On the other hand, aspects such as family revenues, social dynamics, location and strata, role models, parents' literacy level, etc. exceed their means as they are part of a system concerning the social, political and economic establishment of the government. In public education, EFL teachers cannot afford to approach English as a mere subject to be taught. In fact, the great majority of them are homeroom teachers too.

Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Theorising contemporary sustainability -- Sustainability today : from fringe to mainstream -- Ecological modernisation : promises and prospects -- Corporate social responsibility : business stepping up? -- Practising contemporary sustainability -- The politics of climate change : fight and flight -- Unconventional gas and social licence : locking the gate? -- Renewable energy transitions : powering the future -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Shoddy rags and relief blankets : perceptions of textile recycling in north India / Lucy Norris -- Death, the phoenix, and Pandora : transforming things and values in Bangladesh / Mike Crang ... (et al.) -- One cycle to bind them all? : geographies of nuclearity in the uranium fuel cycle / Romain Garcier -- The shadow of the global network : e-waste flows to China / Xin Tong and Jici Wang -- Devaluing the dirty work : gendered trash work in participatory Dakar / Rosalind Fredericks -- Stitching curtains, grinding plastic : social and material transformation in Buenos Aires / Karen Ann Faulk -- Trash ties : urban politics, economic crisis and Rio de Janerio's garbage dump / Kathleen M. Millar -- Sympathy and its boundaries : necropolitics, labour and waste on the Hooghly river / Laura Bear -- 'No junk for Jesus' : redemptive economies and value conversions in Lutheran medical aid / Britt Halvorson -- Evident excess : material deposits and narcotics surveillance in the USA / Joshua Reno -- Remont : work in progress / Catherine Alexander.

"In this book, Stefan Battle weaves together autoethnographic narrative and ethnographic performance material from his own life and those of four other Black men, to show the untold impact of racial trauma on these everyday lives. By engaging readers with these experiences, stories and pain, the book aims to help to stop racial trauma and heal the race-based grief of the many Black men who need to speak out against racial injustice United States. Battle organizes the book as a performative account of a one-day workshop that he might teach to college students or other adults. He uses individual activities including an interview with a White woman regarding her relationship to race and racism, a staged reading in which five Black men share their stories, an audience discussion about race and racism, and Battle's performative talk, sharing the author's desire for people of all races, to self-reflect and then talk among themselves about race and racism. Battle's powerful book reveals that each Black man's unique story is important and that understanding something of a person's hidden context for processing the traumas of racism can lead to new understanding and healing. To this end, Battle examines issues such as Black men's mental health, and the wider societal systemic racism in the US that provokes tension and harm to the racial victimization of Black men. Suitable for students and scholars of qualitative research and autoethnography in the Social Sciences, Communication Studies, Education, Social Work, and Africana or Black Studies, this book will also be of interest to anyone seeking to better understand and engage with the Black male experience in the US"--

A fascinating account of theoretical debates around identity and work, recent trends and methodological arguments concerning the role of oral testimony and its interpretation.