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This article's primary aim is a conceptual substantiation of the necessary conditions, and objective and subjective limitations of the social design for the consolidation route of territorial communities, which is understood as the process of mass consciousness modifications through the gradual prerequisites approval that ensure the assimilation of consolidation notions as behavioral standards. To gratify the study's aim, a survey was conducted in the Belgorod region from Jan. to Apr. 2021, including a mass questionnaire survey of the people utilizing the quota sampling method. Based on the results, the system of social practice may be created in the territorial community; it can be inclined toward its participation in and reproduction as a dynamic participant in social processes.

We present a number of concepts and hypotheses concerning the impact of the political opportunity structure on the mobilisation pattern of new social movements in Western Europe. The hypotheses refer to the general level of mobilisation in a given country, the general forms and strategies of action employed, the system level at which mobilisation is typically oriented and the development of the level of mobilisation across time. The hypotheses are tested in a comparative analysis of France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. The analysis reveals country-specific variations in the mobilisation patterns of new social movements, which are largely in line with the theoretical expectations and serve to confirm the relevance of the political process approach for the study of social movements.

El artículo desarrolla la hipótesis de que el Trabajo Social se vio atravesado en las últimas cinco décadas por tres grandes interrupciones: las teorías críticas del marxismo; el enfoque de derechos, género y ciudadanía; y las teorías críticas de lo colonial y el feminismo del Sur. Analiza esta genealogía, proponiendo una crítica del eurocentrismo, el racismo y el androcentrismo como condición de una intervención social transformadora en tiempos neoliberales.

An attempt to define terms for sociological analysis, focusing on change & conflict as opposed to social systems ("functionalist") or "power relations." "Collective behavior," "social struggles," & "social movement" are defined in terms of whether actions are responsive or active & whether they focus on general power relationships or specific decisions. The women's movement is cited as today's most important cultural movement. The analysis of social movements can penetrate areas of social order, crisis, & social change, creating hope for the ability of schools & social work to lessen social inequality, & implying that social order, the solidification of social relations into state control, may not not necessarily be the trend of the future. J. Woodward.

xi, 210 p. ; 28 cm. ; University of Michigan. Center for Japanese Studies. ; First published in 1950 under title: A guide to Japanese reference and research materials in the field of political science.

China has accumulated exclusive experience in the state support of science and innovation. The results of its study are reported in this article. The analysis of specific program-planning approach for science and technology development made it possible to reveal the role of innovation in the national model of acceleration of China's economy. The positive and negative characteristics of the Chinese approach based on public sector to incentives in science and technology and knowledge transfer from science to production are highlighted ; У статті представлено результати вивчення китайського досвіду підтримки державою науки та інновацій. На основі аналізу специфіки програмно-планового підходу в підтримці науки та технологій розкрито роль інновацій в національній моделі прискорення зростання. Висвітлено позитивні та негативні характеристики китайського підходу до стимулювання на основі державного сектора науково-технічного прогресу та трансферу знань з науки в виробництво

Gaining an understanding of how best to support the development of Aboriginal children is important in promoting positive social, emotional, educational, and health outcomes. The purpose of the current study was to identify the most important elements of healthy development for Aboriginal children, with a particular focus on social-emotional development. Focus groups were conducted with 37 Aboriginal Canadians, including parents, service providers, adolescents, and young adults. Five inter-connected themes emerged: cultural wellness, emotional wellness, mental wellness, social wellness, and strong identity, with strong identity described as central and foundational to the other themes. This study strengthens the assertion that Aboriginal children require an additional set of social-emotional skills to successfully navigate different cultural contexts during development. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

Climate services' main function has been to provide technical scientific evidence for decision-making in formal institutions. This article makes a case for recognising the diverse functions and meanings of climate services across the spectrum of institutions constituting climate governance. The article reports on research that identified climate services needs for building resilience in Bergen city (Norway) through a collaborative back-casting workshop with actors variously engaged in climate governance. Participants' discussions raised four key observations on climate services. First, they saw the potential for using climate information in a diverse set of formal and informal institutions. Second, they considered how to adapt information to these diverse settings. Third, they looked at how information could enhance existing initiatives, rather than demanding 'new' products. And fourth, participants' proposed climate services highlighted their diverse functions, and led the authors to suggest classifying services according to their principal functions. The article finishes by proposing a field of 'social climate services' that configures relationships between scientists and social actors, built on technologies of humility, for enriching the ongoing culturally and politically charged debates and practices around climatic change in informal institutional settings. Social climate services function can include enabling people to voice their concerns, learn, critically reflect on changes to culture and identity, build social networks, and try out new practices.

Summary While social work as a field predicates itself upon a person-in-environment approach, limited work has explored the nuanced relationship between a person and their environment. Exploring place, which can briefly be described as "meaningful location," is one means of looking at the person-in-environment paradigm. This conceptual article builds upon Oldenberg and Brisset's sociological theory of Third Places (which conceptualizes non-home/non-work places that provide a particular sense of well-being and belonging for participants) to consider an alternative theory of "collapsed places," which recognizes the ways in which socially marginalized communities uniquely build meaning within their respective place contexts. Findings In a traditional first, second, and third places, Oldenburg and Brissett imagine that individuals can move freely throughout and between all three spaces. However, individuals whose lives are constrained for any number of reasons do not have this same freedom. Their places are thus "collapsed"—perhaps geographically so, or perhaps their mobility limitations constrain free movement. This article includes case examples from three "collapsed place" contexts—older adults, incarcerated communities, and individuals experiencing homelessness or housing instability. Applications Little has been done to operationalize social work theories of place towards practice. This article offers implications for social workers to better support clients and communities in operationalizing place-based social work research and practice. Considering how individuals and groups make meaning in "collapsed place" contexts can serve as a tool for social workers to engage with socially marginalized groups at micro, meso and macro levels.

I propose an economic analysis of the China's rural social security system. The article takes a snapshot of the gradual changes underwent in the rural medium, replacement of family and land security with a modern system based on social funds and democratic management. Some ideas developed are: necessity and urgency of the social security system under new conditions of rural development in China, pros and cons; current situation and main problems of rural social security, plus the perspectives. It offers suggestions and possible solutions in drafting some principles for the foundation to reform the rural social security system in China.