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This is the first in a two volume study of Corporate Social Responsibility and corporate behaviour from around the world, taking in viewpoints from five continents and over ten countries. These case studies present a detailed analysis of best practice in the corporate world in the areas of social ethics and community engagement.

Citizens around the world look to the state for social welfare provision, but often struggle to access essential services in health, education, and social security. This book investigates the everyday practices through which citizens of the world's largest democracy make claims on the state, asking whether, how, and why they engage public officials in the pursuit of social welfare. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in rural India, Kruks-Wisner demonstrates that claim-making is possible in settings (poor and remote) and among people (the lower classes and castes) where much democratic theory would be unlikely to predict it. Examining the conditions that foster and inhibit citizen action, she finds that greater social and spatial exposure - made possible when individuals traverse boundaries of caste, neighborhood, or village - builds citizens' political knowledge, expectations, and linkages to the state, and is associated with higher levels and broader repertoires of claim-making

In this article, the anthropological idea of culture as a complex of technologies used by different social groups is operationalized for the analysis of modern Russian society. The author shows that the difference between the technologies available to various social groups engenders sociocultural divide in society, including the political sphere.Key words: Russian society, culture, technology, culture shock, cultural divide ; В статье идея культуры рассматривается как исследовательский инструмент, позволяющий изучать современное российское общество. В соответствии с антропологической традицией культура отождествляется с суммой технологий, освоенных и применяемых различными социальными группами. Автор показывает, что качественные различия между технологиями провоцируют социокультурный раскол в обществе, проявляющийся в том числе и на политическом уровне.Ключевые слова: российское общество, культура, технологии, культурный шок, культурные разрывы.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Okada Men, Money, and the Moral Hazards of Urban Inequality -- Chapter Two. Gender Inequality, Sexual Morality, and AIDS -- Chapter Three. "Come and Receive Your Miracle": Pentecostal Christianity and AIDS -- Chapter Four. "Feeding Fat on AIDS": NGOs, Inequality, and Corruption -- Chapter Five. Returning Home to Die: Migration and Kinship in the Era of AIDS -- Chapter Six. Living with HIV: The Ethical Dilemmas of Building a Normal Life -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index.

An incisive glimpse into the future of the internet In Step into the Metaverse: How the Immersive Internet Will Unlock a Trillion-Dollar Social Economy, future tech strategist, entrepreneur, and thought leader Dr. Mark van Rijmenam delivers a startlingly insightful discussion about how the world as we know it will fundamentally change as the physical and the digital worlds merge into the metaverse, impacting the everyday experiences of people, companies, and societies. The author maps out the extraordinary opportunities and challenges facing business leaders, consumers, regulators, policymakers, and other metaverse stakeholders trying to navigate the future of the Internet. In the metaverse, you can be who you want to be, where you want to be, and companies and consumers are only restricted by their own creativity how they can benefit from the immersive internet. With engaging commentary on issues ranging from avatars, identity and digital fashion to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), blockchain and the economics of the metaverse, this book also offers: Discussions on the importance of an open and interoperable metaverse build on the web 3.0 paradigm if we want to reign in the control of Big Tech over our identity, data and lives. Explorations of the enormous--and largely untapped--potential for metaverse entertainment, including gaming, music, media, and sports and how brands can engage with their customers in novel ways and how digital twins will change how we work and innovate. Considerations related to the dangers of an always-on, immersive internet, including data breaches, avatar imposters, mental health issues, corporate and state surveillance, and the need for metaverse law. A fascinating read you won't be able to put down, Step into the Metaverse belongs in the hands of executives, managers, and other business leaders who play a role in digital transformation or execution. It's also an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the future of technology, the internet, and social interaction.

Der Verfasser gibt zunächst einen Überblick über den Aufbau eines sozialistischen Wirtschaftsystems in Jugoslawien nach 1945 und zeigt, welche Bedeutung der hohe Anteil von als Nebenerwerbslandwirten tätigen Arbeitern für das jugoslawische Modell einer autozentrierten Industrialisierung hatte. Mit der anhaltenden Wirtschaftskrise der achtziger Jahre gewinnt dieses Modell eine neue Bedeutung als wirtschaftliche Rückfallposition und wird zu einem Elemente der Zurückdrängung Jugoslawiens an die weltwirtschaftliche Peripherie. Der Verfasser zeigt, daß sich gleichzeitig eine Schattenwirtschaft entwickelt, in der informelle Beziehungen dominieren, und daß es zu einer dramatischen Marginalisierung der technischen Intelligenz sowie zu einer systematischen Dämpfung der Erwartungen von Schul- und Hochschulabgängern kommt. (BIOst-Wpt)

The article analyzes the institutional and structural heterogeneity of international diamond market. Two market levels are considered: diamond primary supply (by mining companies) and the level of rough diamonds resales and polished diamonds manufacturing. It is shown that on the primary diamond market level the oligopoly structure has been established, and the secondary rough diamond market level is competitive. On the primary market level contractual commitments are enforced by "block booking sales"; on the level of rough diamonds resales and polished diamonds manufacturing — by social and ethnic homogeneous groups and networks as well as by reputation.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Share Rehabilitation Counseling and Emerging Disabilities: Medical, Psychosocial, and Vocational Aspects -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Emerging Disabilities -- Chapter Objectives -- Defining Emerging Disabilities -- Contemporary Trends Linked to Emerging Disabilities -- Advances in Medicine and Assistive Technology -- Globalization -- Climate Change -- Poverty -- Violence and Trauma -- The Aging Populace -- Disability Legislation -- Medical, Psychosocial, and Vocational Characteristics of Emerging Disabilities -- Multitude, Chronicity, and Severity of Symptoms -- Multimorbidity -- Diagnostic Challenges and Medical Skepticism -- Stigma and Lack of Social Support -- Vocational Challenges -- Populations at Risk of Acquiring Emerging Disabilities -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions -- References -- Chapter 2: Chronic Pain -- Chapter Objectives -- Case Illustration: Linda -- Definitions, Types, and Causes of Chronic Pain -- Examples of Emerging Chronic Pain Conditions -- Chronic Migraines -- Fibromyalgia -- Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Pain -- Vocational Aspects of Chronic Pain -- Characteristics of Individuals Living With Chronic Pain -- Rehabilitation Counseling Implications -- Counselor Awareness and Self-Reflective Practice -- Outreach and Eligibility Determination -- Rehabilitation Assessment and Planning -- Rehabilitation Services -- Counseling and Guidance -- Pharmacological and Surgical Interventions -- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy -- Mindfulness Practices -- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy -- Complementary Health Approaches -- Pain Self-Management -- Self-Help and Support Groups -- Job Development and Placement -- Accommodation Planning -- Conclusions -- Discussion Questions -- References.

This article addresses the issue of Chinese state engineering of an urban middle class in Beijing. Its major argument is that urban dwellers with closer ties to the public sector and better access to traditional forms of welfare have benefited comparatively more than other groups from the redistribution and privatization of public assets and from policies to improve consumption in urban areas. The author investigates in particular the impact of urban housing reform on this process of polarization, the increasing residential segregation of the professional middle-class and the effects of this process on neighborhood politics, the emergence of self-conscious communities of interests, and the self-organization of autonomous activist groups.(China J/DÜI)

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Editorial Board -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Poverty and Deprivation -- 2 Globalisation and Gender Relations in Social Work -- 3 Affirmative Action: A Counter to Racial Discrimination? -- 4 Social Work and Independent Living -- 5 Facing our Futures: Discrimination in Later Life -- 6 Lesbians and Gay Men: Social Work and Discrimination -- 7 Intellectual Disability, Oppression and Difference -- 8 Strategies of Empowerment: Taking Account of Protests by People -- 9 Towards a Theory of Emancipatory Practice

AbstractTo the extent that intersectionality is becoming a common term in mainstream social science, it is as a methodological justification to separate out different racial, ethnic, gender, class, and other social groups for empirical analysis. One might call this the "intersectionality hypothesis," and in its best incarnation, it is about getting the facts right and finding the differences that matter. But an intersectional analysis in the social sciences often involves more than this. An intersectional approach also leads to potentially different interpretations of the same facts, or what we term a different social explanation. It is not only the intersection of categories that defines an intersectional project, then, but the theoretical framing that informs the analysis and interpretation of the subject under study. This framing often leads to an analysis of multiple and even conflicting social dynamics that enable certain kinds of social understanding that are otherwise invisible when scholars focus on a single set of social dynamics. Because the social theoretical aspects of research on intersectionality are rarely discussed, relative to the more methodological and ontological aspects of intersectionality, this is our main subject matter in this article. We focus on the process of developing social explanations rooted in the intersection of multiple social dynamics in several examples from our own research and across a variety of topics in social science research.

Medical, Legal, and Social Science Aspects of Child Sexual Exploitation: A Comprehensive Review of Pornography, Prostitution, and Internet Crimes is intended for professionals who work with children and families. Information on how perpetrators of child sexual exploitation crimes operate, as well as guidelines for successful prosecution and strategies for prevention, will empower those who seek to keep children safe