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Cover -- Social Work and Social Justice -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Part I: Historical, Conceptual, and Theoretical Foundations of Social Justice -- 1. Introduction: Background, Themes, and Goals -- 2. Alternative Concepts of  Justice -- 3. Social Justice and the Social Work Profession -- 4. Theories and Concepts Underlying Socially Just Practice -- Part II: Doing Justice -- 5. Social Justice and Individual and Family Change -- 6. Socially Just Group Work Practice -- 7. Socially Just Organizational Practice

"This book serves as an interdisciplinary base of scholarly contributions on the subject of technoethics, a field that deals with current and future problems that arise at the intersection of science, technological innovation, and human life and society"--

Sociological studies suggest that there is no decline in Central and Eastern European religious activities after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It is true, that religion has individualised in some places in the region, but elsewhere there is an increase in traditional church attendance. These trends justify investigations of the effects of religion as a key factor in identity formation. The study is based on a one-year research on the impact of religious activity on the economies of Central and Eastern Europe. The project contains two main statements about the region: 1. There is a significant negative relationship between religious pluralism and church attendance; 2. Socio-economic indicators at macro level have significant correspondences with religious characteristics: there is an indirect linkage between religious belief and economic development in the region. This study focuses on the regional aspects of the research findings, in particular which forms of capital are accumulated by religious activities and organisations. By reviewing the most current theories of social capital, the study categorises the ways religion affects the accumulation of territorial capital. It describes the religious characteristics of Central and Eastern Europe and classifies thirteen countries (Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia) according to religious indicators. The classification shows in which countries religious belief is strong as indicated by active church attendance, which in turn can be used for measuring social capital. The results of the study strengthen those theories which interpret religious activity as an investment in human and social capital. According to the classification, in Poland and Romania religion could play a key role in the accumulation of social capital because of their strong religious belief and activity. Although further investigations are needed to highlight the direct linkage between the indicators of social capital and religion in the region, this study outlines the main theoretical correlations. Religion generates social capital by adding common norms for the communities, building trust, tolerance and solidarity. At the same time, religious organisations stimulate volunteering and open-handedness in solving social problems. In summary religion in Central and Eastern Europe is a key determinant of national and regional identity, as well as a source of capital accumulation which has a direct impact on the economy.

Addresses questions that relate to how people use computers, cell phones, and the internet, how they integrate their use of new technology into daily routines, and how family function, social relationships, education, and socialization are changing as a result. This book is intended for professionals and students in human-technology interaction

What are the solid achievements of the sociology of economic behaviour? What have been the main failures and omissions? How will the subject develop? In this assured and timely volume, the author demonstrates how the sociology of economic behaviour was hijacked by the economic sociology which grew out of Parsons' interpretation of Weber

The paper examines the problems of assessing the long-term impact of intensive exploitation of natural resources on the environment of a large region. Data for empirical study obtained from information of Rosstat and Annual State Reports «On the state and protection of the environment of the Russian Federation». The vast territory of Asian Russia was chosen as the object of research. The results indicate a significant increase in environmental problems at each stage of industrial development in this region. These problems are especially acute in connection with the entry of Asian Russia into the next wave of accelerated industrialization of raw materials, characterized, first of all, by a significant expansion of projects for the extraction and processing of solid minerals and hydrocarbons to new mostly undeveloped territories. This, taking into account the already accumulated environmental problems, makes additional requirements for the substantiation of plans to accelerate the socio-economic development of the region and the launch of new raw materials projects, bringing to the first place not only economic and strategic aspects, but also issues of environmental safety. This, in turn, requires not only constant monitoring of the state of the environment and protection activities of business entities, increasing the reliability and completeness of the results obtained on its basis, but also assessing the compliance of the existing institutional environment with the tasks of eliminating environmental problems accumulated in the region and reducing the negative anthropogenic impact on the environment. At the same time, the results of the analysis of both current approaches to statistical observation in this area and environmental mechanisms indicate the presence of significant imperfections in them. In this regard, it is necessary to improve the institutional mechanisms for regulating environmental protection in order to increase the sustainability of the region's development

This article discusses some aspects of state–NGO relationships in India at the central and local levels from 1947 onwards. It draws its analytical framework from studies which incorporate organizational complexities and characteristics, political, social, and economic realities, associational cultures of individual countries, and human agency in analysing state–NGO relationships. It examines the applicability to India of some propositions on state–NGO relationships which are found in the literature. The author argues that there are observable differences in state–NGO relationships in various localities; these are illustrated through a set of case studies of local state–NGO interactions in the context of housing and land policies for the urban poor. Despite these differences, however, the author argues that the relationship at the local level can be generally characterized by the hostility of politicians, party workers, local élites, lower level bureaucrats, and lower level employees of the state toward NGO activity.

"The inclusion of qualitative social data into global environmental and economic input-output (IO) models remained illusive for many years. It was not until around 2013 that researchers found ways to include data, for example, on poverty, inequality, and worker safety, into IO models capable of tracing global supply chains. The sustainable development goals have now propelled this work onto the world stage with some urgency. They have shone a spotlight onto social conditions around the world and brought global trade into the frame for its ability to influence social conditions for good or ill. This book provides a compilation of groundbreaking work on social indicators from the most prominent IO research groups from a wide range of academic backgrounds and from around the world. In addition, it frames this work in the real world of politics, human rights, and business, bringing together a multidisciplinary team to demonstrate the power of IO to illuminate some of the world's most pressing problems. Edited by well-known researchers in the area, Joy Murray, Arunima Malik, and Arne Geschke, the book is designed to appeal to a broad academic and business audience. While many chapters include technical details and references for follow-up reading, it is possible to omit those sections and yet gain a deep appreciation of the power of IO to address seemingly intractable problems."--Provided by publisher

The aim of the study is to show the problems associated with identification of anti-communist resistance in Czechoslovakiaandto suggest a methodological concept to address them. The research methodology is based on theoretical generalization of a multiannual core empirical research work. The scientific contribution is evident in the proposed methodological conception of searching for the phenomenon of anti-communist resistance in a specific historical area,not only in a connotation with the repressive measures taken by the regime, but especially in its share in the overall weakening of the regime and, eventually, its demise. The analytical core research would be "blind" and "deaf", if it wouldn't be framed by a synthesis. This suggests, in addition, the possibility of identifying the degree ofaccountability of the anti-communist resistance to the downfall of the regime, and thus the possible correction of the wording of Slovak Act No. 219/2006 on the Anti-Communist Resistance. The conclusions.The methodical concept of directing anti-communist resistance research indicated by the study enables understanding of the anti-communist resistance in a broader sense, including not only visibly organised anti-regime activities, but also a wide range of spontaneously emerging non-political activities.These activities gradually mutated, under the influence of a series of facts, into politicized manifestations of dissatisfactionsignificantly differentiated (so much so, that they could perceive each other as hostile). An opportunity to find out how the indicated resistance in all its wide-spectrum form had infiltrated into individual components and structures of the society and social groups, and thus significantly contributed to the weakening of the social base of the regime, offers itself. ; The aim of the study is to show the problems associated with identification of anti-communist resistance in Czechoslovakiaandto suggest a methodological concept to address them. The research methodology is based on theoretical generalization of a multiannual core empirical research work. The scientific contribution is evident in the proposed methodological conception of searching for the phenomenon of anti-communist resistance in a specific historical area,not only in a connotation with the repressive measures taken by the regime, but especially in its share in the overall weakening of the regime and, eventually, its demise. The analytical core research would be "blind" and "deaf", if it wouldn't be framed by a synthesis. This suggests, in addition, the possibility of identifying the degree ofaccountability of the anti-communist resistance to the downfall of the regime, and thus the possible correction of the wording of Slovak Act No. 219/2006 on the Anti-Communist Resistance. The conclusions.The methodical concept of directing anti-communist resistance research indicated by the study enables understanding of the anti-communist resistance in a broader sense, including not only visibly organised anti-regime activities, but also a wide range of spontaneously emerging non-political activities.These activities gradually mutated, under the influence of a series of facts, into politicized manifestations of dissatisfactionsignificantly differentiated (so much so, that they could perceive each other as hostile). An opportunity to find out how the indicated resistance in all its wide-spectrum form had infiltrated into individual components and structures of the society and social groups, and thus significantly contributed to the weakening of the social base of the regime, offers itself.

The aim of the study is to show the problems associated with identification of anti-communist resistance in Czechoslovakiaandto suggest a methodological concept to address them. The research methodology is based on theoretical generalization of a multiannual core empirical research work. The scientific contribution is evident in the proposed methodological conception of searching for the phenomenon of anti-communist resistance in a specific historical area,not only in a connotation with the repressive measures taken by the regime, but especially in its share in the overall weakening of the regime and, eventually, its demise. The analytical core research would be "blind" and "deaf", if it wouldn't be framed by a synthesis. This suggests, in addition, the possibility of identifying the degree ofaccountability of the anti-communist resistance to the downfall of the regime, and thus the possible correction of the wording of Slovak Act No. 219/2006 on the Anti-Communist Resistance. The conclusions.The methodical concept of directing anti-communist resistance research indicated by the study enables understanding of the anti-communist resistance in a broader sense, including not only visibly organised anti-regime activities, but also a wide range of spontaneously emerging non-political activities.These activities gradually mutated, under the influence of a series of facts, into politicized manifestations of dissatisfactionsignificantly differentiated (so much so, that they could perceive each other as hostile). An opportunity to find out how the indicated resistance in all its wide-spectrum form had infiltrated into individual components and structures of the society and social groups, and thus significantly contributed to the weakening of the social base of the regime, offers itself. ; The aim of the study is to show the problems associated with identification of anti-communist resistance in Czechoslovakiaandto suggest a methodological concept to address them. The research methodology is based on theoretical generalization of a multiannual core empirical research work. The scientific contribution is evident in the proposed methodological conception of searching for the phenomenon of anti-communist resistance in a specific historical area,not only in a connotation with the repressive measures taken by the regime, but especially in its share in the overall weakening of the regime and, eventually, its demise. The analytical core research would be "blind" and "deaf", if it wouldn't be framed by a synthesis. This suggests, in addition, the possibility of identifying the degree ofaccountability of the anti-communist resistance to the downfall of the regime, and thus the possible correction of the wording of Slovak Act No. 219/2006 on the Anti-Communist Resistance. The conclusions.The methodical concept of directing anti-communist resistance research indicated by the study enables understanding of the anti-communist resistance in a broader sense, including not only visibly organised anti-regime activities, but also a wide range of spontaneously emerging non-political activities.These activities gradually mutated, under the influence of a series of facts, into politicized manifestations of dissatisfactionsignificantly differentiated (so much so, that they could perceive each other as hostile). An opportunity to find out how the indicated resistance in all its wide-spectrum form had infiltrated into individual components and structures of the society and social groups, and thus significantly contributed to the weakening of the social base of the regime, offers itself.

The aim of the study is to show the problems associated with identification of anti-communist resistance in Czechoslovakiaandto suggest a methodological concept to address them. The research methodology is based on theoretical generalization of a multiannual core empirical research work. The scientific contribution is evident in the proposed methodological conception of searching for the phenomenon of anti-communist resistance in a specific historical area,not only in a connotation with the repressive measures taken by the regime, but especially in its share in the overall weakening of the regime and, eventually, its demise. The analytical core research would be "blind" and "deaf", if it wouldn't be framed by a synthesis. This suggests, in addition, the possibility of identifying the degree ofaccountability of the anti-communist resistance to the downfall of the regime, and thus the possible correction of the wording of Slovak Act No. 219/2006 on the Anti-Communist Resistance. The conclusions.The methodical concept of directing anti-communist resistance research indicated by the study enables understanding of the anti-communist resistance in a broader sense, including not only visibly organised anti-regime activities, but also a wide range of spontaneously emerging non-political activities.These activities gradually mutated, under the influence of a series of facts, into politicized manifestations of dissatisfactionsignificantly differentiated (so much so, that they could perceive each other as hostile). An opportunity to find out how the indicated resistance in all its wide-spectrum form had infiltrated into individual components and structures of the society and social groups, and thus significantly contributed to the weakening of the social base of the regime, offers itself. ; The aim of the study is to show the problems associated with identification of anti-communist resistance in Czechoslovakiaandto suggest a methodological concept to address them. The research methodology is based on theoretical generalization of a multiannual core empirical research work. The scientific contribution is evident in the proposed methodological conception of searching for the phenomenon of anti-communist resistance in a specific historical area,not only in a connotation with the repressive measures taken by the regime, but especially in its share in the overall weakening of the regime and, eventually, its demise. The analytical core research would be "blind" and "deaf", if it wouldn't be framed by a synthesis. This suggests, in addition, the possibility of identifying the degree ofaccountability of the anti-communist resistance to the downfall of the regime, and thus the possible correction of the wording of Slovak Act No. 219/2006 on the Anti-Communist Resistance. The conclusions.The methodical concept of directing anti-communist resistance research indicated by the study enables understanding of the anti-communist resistance in a broader sense, including not only visibly organised anti-regime activities, but also a wide range of spontaneously emerging non-political activities.These activities gradually mutated, under the influence of a series of facts, into politicized manifestations of dissatisfactionsignificantly differentiated (so much so, that they could perceive each other as hostile). An opportunity to find out how the indicated resistance in all its wide-spectrum form had infiltrated into individual components and structures of the society and social groups, and thus significantly contributed to the weakening of the social base of the regime, offers itself.