Summary: A review of the theoretical construction of international social work.Findings: Although social workers are now more frequently engaged in international activities than ever before, they remain divided on a number of critical issues. These include the definition of international social work; the nature and impact of globalization on social work; the proper role of remedial, activist and developmental practice; and finally the place of values, cultural diversity and internationalism as an ideological position. These issues are discussed and clarified, and an attempt is made to formulate proposals that can accommodate and resolve differences.Applications: The applications of this article concern the theoretical construction of social work, in particular, the development of transnational social work; the construction of curricula for social work education and a reconceptualization of the importance of globalization and regionalism for social work practice.
This paper examines how skill-biased growth can generate economic fragmentation (income dis-parities) that give rise to social fragmentation (the adoption of increasingly incompatible social identities and values), which generate political fragmentation (the adoption of increasingly incompatible economic policies). Our model of social fragmentation focuses on three values-driven identities: individualism (focused on status concerns), communitarianism (focused on the benefits of social affiliations), and multi-affilatedness (encompassing both individualistic and communitarian objectives). Our analysis shows how the high-, middle- and low-skilled people are drawn to individualistic, multi-affiliated and communitarian objectives, respectively. We show how skill-biased growth leads to an expansion of the individualistic and communitarian groups, at the expense of the tolerant multi-affiliates. Consequently, there is a narrowing of the moral foundations driving economic policy. We examine the conditions under which these developments increase size of the political constituency for protectionist-nationalist policies (which destroy productivity, compress the income distribution and promote the benefits of social affiliation).
Over the last decade, social marketing has moved away from traditional marketing management approaches towards service-oriented theory, integrating concepts from other disciplines, to account for the distinctive nature of social change and develop an ecological perspective. This article extends prior literature by interrogating the applicability of service-dominant logic (SDL) to social marketing, with a particular emphasis on how a systems perspective can offer new ways to address challenges of social change. In so doing, it examines how the social marketing benchmarks can be extended through applying (and adapting) the principles, concepts and theories of SDL. The article provides critical reflection on the challenges of transferring service-dominant theory to social change contexts highlighting implications for practice and a future research agenda.
1. Introduction: In Search of a More Global Definition of Social Equity -- 2. Understanding Social Equity in Public Administration -- 3. Characteristics and Cultures in the Asia-Pacific Region -- 4. Ho'oponopono and the Kānaka Maoli: The Elusive Quest for Social Equity in the Hawaiian Islands -- 5. Social (In)equity in Australia? -- 6. Social Equity in the Pacific Islands -- 7. "Two Chinas": Social Equity, Social Policies and the Urban-Rural Divide in China -- 8. A Hong Kong Way of Social Equity -- 9. Social Equity in Japan -- 10. Social Equity and Public Sector Employment in the Republic of Korea -- 11. Social Equity in the Philippines: A Continuing-But Elusive-Promise -- 12. Social Equity in Singapore -- 13. Towards a More Global Understanding of Social Equity
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Abstract Social workers support youth in schools, but there is a lack of research that explores the supports that are offered to these helpers. Research suggests workplace coping resources for social workers in other environments that may help buffer the effects of stress; however, there is a significant lack of research on the availability of these resources. The purpose of this study was to determine common available resources to social workers in schools. A total of 100 public school social workers were surveyed using the Workplace Resource Questionnaire for School Social Workers (designed for this study). The study's findings indicate a significant lack of workplace resources for school social workers; only 27 percent of participants reported regularly available resources outside their schools, and 18 percent and fewer reported resources regularly available in their schools. There was a range in how significant participants felt each resource would support their coping, but many participants felt the resources would support their coping at least minimally. Participants suggested training topics and other resources they felt would help their coping with stress while in the workplace.
English This article describes the reflections of three groups of Canadian social work students who participated in a 10-day cultural immersion study tour in Mexico. An analysis of student reflective papers subsequently provides insight into the value of personal and professional transformational experience. Students embraced a new understanding of the connection between structural inequalities and individual experience; and also reported increased understanding of human diversity relevant to their anti-oppressive practice in Canada. French Cette recherche décrit les réflexions de trois groupes d'étudiants canadiens en travail social ayant participé à un séjour d'immersion culturelle de 10 jours au Mexique. L'analyse des réflexions de ces étudiants apporte de la lumière sur la valeur de l'expérience de transformation personnelle et professionnelle. Les étudiants ont développé une nouvelle compréhension du lien entre les inégalités structurelles et l'expérience personnelle; ils ont aussi développé une meilleure compréhension de la diversité humaine qu'ils peuvent appliquer à leur pratique anti-oppressive au Canada. Spanish Se describen las reflexiones de tres grupos de estudiantes de trabajo social canadienses que participaron en un viaje de estudio de 10 días de inmersión cultural en México. Un análisis de sus ensayos clarifica el valor de la experiencia personal y profesional de transformación. Los estudiantes adquirieron una nueva compresión de la conexión entre las desigualdades estructurales y la experiencia individual; también reportaron un mayor entendimiento de la diversidad humana, aplicable a su práctica anti-opresiva en el Canadá.
PurposeThe purpose of this paper develops a conceptual model of social influence for Internet banking adoption (IBA) using social networking platforms (SNPs). It identifies the antecedents of social influence that can positively and negative influence the IBA among a targeted population of conventional and Islamic banks. Moreover, this paper contributes various factors to social influence theory with the purpose of enhancing its implication in the context of Internet banking uptake in developed and developing countries.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a social constructivism approach to understand customer experiences, thoughts, knowledge, awareness and perceptions in relation to IBA. For this study, data were collected from 30 respondents using semi-structured interviews and purposive sampling.FindingsSocial influence comprises customer recommendations, suggestions, ratings, reviews, experiences and thoughts regarding the IBA of Islamic and conventional banks. The findings reveal that social reviews, social experts, social consensus, social responsibility and social perceptions are the key antecedents of social influence that can enhance IBA of SNPs. The research finds that positive social reviews, expert support, consensus, social responsibility and social perceptions are significant in relation to conventional Internet banking. The respondents revealed serious concerns about the privacy of their personal and financial information especially in relation to Islamic banks.Research limitations/implicationsThe effective and well-organized use of SNPs can foster service reviews, word of mouth, higher levels of service awareness, interactive communication, social consensus and social trust to drive the adoption of Internet banking. This study proposes the conceptual model which has positive business implications and provides the banks direction to use the SNPs to their advantage to influxes their customers to adopt the use of Internet banking.Originality/valueMost previous studies have used technology acceptance model, theory of planned behavior and unified theory of acceptance and the use of technology theories in the adoption of technology and IBA. These theories have not fully illuminated the role of social content as a way to enhance or decrease the number of customers in conventional and Islamic banks. This study develops social influence theory by exploring several dimensions (i.e. social reviews, awareness, consensus, cooperation and experts support) in the context of IBA for users of SNPs. Social influence can create more reviews and can lead to more prepurchase information. It can drive customer inquiries and engagement and can inform purchase decisions for IBA. On the other hand, it can motivate existing customers of Islamic banks to use conventional banking services due to effective word of mouth.
The analysis of present-time directions in the study of social development has allowed to identify the resource approach as the most productive one which enables to assess social dynamics through the range of resource characteristics of different population groups and abilities of the relevant groups to apply development resources in the current economic and institutional conditions. Basing on the sociological survey conducted by ISAP RANEPA, the quantitative estimation of material and social recourses of the population has been made; integral values of the resource potential have been calculated as well. The issues of social structure formation are analyzed through the aspect of resource availability; the barriers of Russian middle-class enlargement are defined.
The American family has come a long way from the days of the idealized family portrayed in iconic television shows of the 1950s and 1960s. The four volumes of The Social History of the American Family explore the vital role of the family as the fundamental social unit across the span of American history. Experiences of family life shape so much of an individual's development and identity, yet the patterns of family structure, family life, and family transition vary across time, space, and socioeconomic contexts. Both the definition of who or what counts as family and representations of the "i
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'Entrepreneurship in Policing and Criminal Contexts' explores the contemporary and under researched themes of 'entrepreneurial policing' and 'entrepreneurialism in criminal justice contexts' which are emerging topics of both theoretical and practical interest in the current rapidly changing criminal justice environment. This volume of 'Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research 'critically opens up a new area of policing research, innovatively using theories of entrepreneurship, management and leadership, to illuminate a novel aspect of policing. Moreover, it presents a scholarly discussion about concepts and theories underpinning the topic. It is evident from readings that there are numerous crossovers in the literatures of entrepreneurship and policing because innovation, transformation and change are integral facets of both phenomena. This timely contribution spans theories of criminology, entrepreneurship and policing and as such is a seminal work which will engage practitioners, scholars and students of entrepreneurship and policing in thinking differently about how entrepreneurship can help change traditional thinking in relation to policing and criminal contexts.
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From the year 2012 it entered force the General System of Royalties, which was constituted under the premise of doing an equitable distribution of the resources that gets the State for the exploitation of unrenewable natural resources. The system creates four investment funds, one of them is orientated to the funding of programs and projects of science, technology and innovation; it takes as a purpose the strengthening of the scientific, technological capacities of innovation and of competitiveness of the regions of the country, to contribute to the economic, sustainable growth and to the social progress. Colciencias like institution entrusted to promote the political public ones to foment the science in the country and the universities, like generating institutions of knowledge have a paper protagonist in the structure and execution of the projects to finance with this bottom. ; A partir del año 2012 entró en vigencia el Sistema General de Regalías, el cual fue constituido bajo la premisa de hacer una distribución equitativa de los recursos que recibe el Estado por la explotación de los recursos naturales no renovables. El sistema crea cuatro fondos de inversión, uno de ellos está direccionado a la financiación de programas y proyectos de ciencia, tecnología e innovación; tiene como finalidad el fortalecimiento de las capacidades científicas, tecnológicas de innovación y de competitividad de la regiones del país, para contribuir al crecimiento económico, sostenible y al progreso social. Colciencias como institución encargada de promover las políticas públicas para fomentar la ciencia en el país y las universidades como instituciones generadoras de conocimiento tienen un papel protagonista en la estructuración y ejecución de los proyectos para financiar con este fondo.
El rápido cambio social es una de las características más destacables de la historia moderna de España. La introducción de cambios tecnológicos y de todo tipo en el siglo XX provocaron la transformación de la estructura social, incluyendo fenómenos importantes como el éxodo rural, la diversificación del proletariado urbano, el incremento de estudiantes, intelectuales y técnicos, y favoreciendo la movilidad gegráfica. La población pasó de 18 millones en 1900 a casi 38 en 1981. También se señala que la fuerte tendencia hacia la emigración ha cesado. Actualmente la emigración predominante es interior, del campo a zonas urbanas. También es destacable el incremento de las diferencias regionales.
