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Cities play a major role in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic as many measures are adopted at the scale of cities and involve adjustments to the way urban areas operate. Drawing from case studies across the globe, this book explores how the pandemic and the policies it has prompted have caused changes in the ways cities function. The contributors have examine the advancing social inequality brought on by the pandemic and suggest policies intended to contain contagion whilst managing the economy in these circumstances.

Public procurement accounts for almost 20% of Spain&rsquo ; s gross domestic product (GDP). The current legislation allows for the inclusion of social considerations in contracting processes, hence the interest of this study, which defines the procedures and improvement actions for socially efficient public procurement. The Delphi technique has been used, based on online surveys completed by 71 Spanish experts. The universe includes the set of nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTs), as well as a number of agents with the potential to intervene in the analysis process, namely, academia, the business sector, and public administrations. There is an increasing call for the inclusion of social considerations in tender procedures. However, to date, few studies have provided detailed insight into the inclusion of these social aspects. This study contributes to the scientific literature by identifying six possible strategies for including social considerations into public tenders, namely: objectivizing procedures, generating monitoring tools, developing information and training actions for decision-makers, incorporating awareness-raising initiatives, creating transparency systems, and including information and communication technologies (ICTs). The following four key action areas were also detected: social clauses, reserved markets, social impact assessment, and innovation in public procurement. A consensus was reached on four frames for incorporating the strategies and action areas, namely: socio-economic, procedural, competence, and conceptual. This allows for the efficient inclusion of social considerations into public tenders, thereby generating a twofold impact&mdash ; one via the goods or services acquired, and the second via the impact on the process of producing said goods or services.

The study examines the need to train future teachers using modern information and communication technologies in the context of adaptation to the aspects of postmodern society. It was found that contemporary postmodern education is impossible without application of information and communication technologies, the use of which gradually leads to changes in the content, the methods and technologies of training future teachers. The analysis of scientific literature, which confirms recognition of ICT as a key technology of the 21st century and the urgency of the problem of development and application of educational technologies capable of modernizing and reforming traditional forms of education in order to meet the level of education of future teachers to the present-day requirements. The current trends of ICT in the training of future teachers in postmodern times are considered, modern practices (scenarios) of ICT use which are the most popular in the educational process of future teachers are singled out. The content of the following compulsory components, according to the authors, of professional training of future teachers, is generalized and concretized: didactic, legal, social and methodological. Discussion issues and perspective directions of future scientific research related to complex ethical contradictions due to uncertainty or lack of necessary knowledge, unexpected effects and insufficient transparency of functioning of information and communication technologies are outlined.

The influence of lnternet on the development of new social movements is increasing rapidly. For emerging movements and organizations the lnternet is a powerjiul and innovative tool; it promotes social participation and the search for more 'direct democracy'. Via Internet, social movements can build up an ever wider virtual community. Their skiful protest campaigns represent the prototype of the social revolutions of the future. These new instruments for communication and action promote the 'identity paradigm' which emphasizes basic psychosocial aspects such as the social construction of reality, collective identity, values and commitment to social issues.

In the liberal democratic tradition, dominant nationalist discourses articulate citizenship as the domain of the nation-state, functioning as a mechanism for dispensing rights and claims through political membership. However, in the wake of heightened globality, national paradigms are rapidly being altered by the increased transnational movement of people, capital, and culture. This phenomenon has resulted in the decline of the nation-state as the primary nucleus for cultural, political, and economic organization and undercuts the traditional power of the state to monitor citizenship and govern the conditions of cultural belonging. This project looks to examine how the changing role of the nation-state under the imperatives of globalizing cultural dynamics is impacting both the conceptualization and enactment of citizenship. I read citizenship as a contested site of identity that is being simultaneously affected by the consolidating, centripetal force of the national, and the re-organizing, centrifugal force of the global. Utilizing various genres of cultural production - novels, films, photographs, and speeches - my project analyzes the cultural meaning of American citizenship as it has been affected by the forces of globalization. I argue that new global formations are challenging the conceptualization of identity as it is situated in nationalist narratives of citizenship. I locate this tension within particular categories of American identity: race, class, gender, sexuality, and nationality. I first consider how the reorganization of the global labor economy impacts gender at the intersection of race, focusing on transnational sweatshop labor among Asian and Mexican women. I go on to examine the ways in which configurations of queer globalization present a liberatory potential for sexual dissidence while also posing the threat of reifying heterosexist nationalist norms. Although these analyses demonstrate the increased permeability of national borders as they police citizenship and cultural identity, I also argue that the rise of post-9/11 nationalism in the U.S. reveals the persistent potency of the rhetoric of the nation-state, as well as evaluate the effect of increased globality on the processes of racialization among Arab and Muslim Americans. I conclude with a discussion of the (im)possibility of a universal citizenship beyond national boundaries, one that engages in questions of human rights theory

Introduction / Roberta Piazza -- Part I. Liminality and Chronotope: 1. Chronotopic Identities: The South in the Narratives Told by Members of Mapuche Communities in Chile / Maria Eugenia Merino Dickinson and Anna De Fina -- 2. A Desire for Place: Constructing the Portuguese Homeland before and after 'return' / Michele Koven -- 3. 'Para mí no hay más que París y mi pueblo': Place and Personhood in Processes of Social Distinction / David Divita -- 4. A Space of Your Own: Transforming Roma Heritage Practices and Identity in Contexts of Economic and social Precarity / Mike Baynham -- 5. With or Without Zanzibar: Diaspora Voices and the Memory of the Revolution / Roberta Piazza -- Part II. Liminality and institutional power: 6. Challenging Peripherality: Cornwall in Pan-Celtic Narratives of Place / Marc Scully -- 7. The Belfast Mobility Project: Places, Identities, the Time and Geography of Segregation / Bree T. Hocking, Brendan Sturgeon, John Dixon, Neil Jarman, Dominic Bryan, Jonny Huck, Duncan Whyatt, and Gemma Davies -- 8. Rooted in Hawai`i: Narratives of Revitalization Among New Speakers in Hawai'i / Christina Higgins -- 9. Road Signs and the Negotiation of a Place-Based Identity in Israel / Judith Yoel -- 10. The Infrastructure of Tolerance: Self-Guided Tours of Jewish Amsterdam / Galey Modan -- 11. The Politics of Mental Health: Alienation and Community in Inner-City London / Eva Oddi -- 12. 'Off-shore' as Marginality: Exploring the Panama Papers and the Feasibility of Post-National Sociolinguistics / Tope Omoniyi and Lukasz Daniluk -- Contributors -- Index.

"The intricate web of healthcare, sustainability, and legalities has never been more significant or complex. Bridging Health, Environment, and Legalities: A Holistic Approach embarks on an enlightening journey through these interwoven domains, exploring their relationships and their pivotal role in shaping global well-being.Not merely content with the surface, this book navigates the complex terrain of health equity and access to care, unveiling the role of social determinants of health and their legal implications. It critically examines sustainable medical innovations, scrutinizing the legal and regulatory challenges in adopting and implementing groundbreaking medical advancements. Intellectual property rights and ethical considerations in medical research are carefully dissected, offering guidance on promoting sustainable medical breakthroughs through policy and law."--

"Our communities are stronger when we come together and take time to understand, support, and celebrate one another. In Celebrating All Cultures, readers will learn the importance of acceptance and empathy as they relate to different cultures and how to practice these in their daily lives. Social and emotional learning (SEL) concepts support growth mindset throughout, while "Grow with Goals" activities and "Mindfulness Exercises" at the end of the book further reinforce the content. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they learn more about empathy and inclusion. Also includes sidebars, a table of contents, glossary, index, and tips for educators and caregivers. Celebrating All Cultures is part of Jump!'s Celebrating Our Communities series"--

Hablar de lo que sucede en la ciudad / Ma. Teresa Mckelligan -- Habitus, identidad y representaciones sociales : una propuesta de diálogo para pensar la ciudad y lo urbano / Marta Rizo García -- La comprensión del imaginario desde la historia oral / María Patricia Pensado Leglise -- Imaginarios urbanos e ideologías : las formas simbólicas del EZLN en la Ciudad de México / Sergio Tamayo y Xóchitl Cruz-Guzmán -- Introducción al estudio de las identidades urbanas / Gilberto Giménez -- El reverso de la diferencia / Benjamin Arditi -- Una cierta manera de pensar la noción de imagen o de imaginación en Freud y Lacan / Raquel Loustalot Knapp -- Reflexiones acerca de los imaginarios y la condición urbana / Raymundo Mier -- Imaginario / Abilio Vergara Figueroa

Although scholars routinely agree that a relative absence of socialism marks one way in which the United States is exceptional, they have argued over why we are distinct in this way. As representatives of an enduring comparative public policy issue, two "camps" of analysts have offered broad, competing explanations resting on cultural and structural variables, respectively. This article implements a strategy for demonstrating: (1) specific cultural and structural independent variables are applied most appropriately to explain specific aspects of policy development, and (2) cultural and structural contributions are thus complementary rather than competing. I proceed by focusing on an exception to the "laggard" character of the American welfare state, the unusual success of the social security program. Dealing with the obverse of the usual "why-America-lags" concern provides a more observable dependent variable, enabling us to highlight the actual operation of distinct cultural and structural forces. I then show how this strategy can be applied to broader questions of American exceptionalism and public policy development.