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National context matters : influence of national business system on social enterprises in Scotland and India / Sreevas Sahasranamam and Christopher Ball -- Industry matters : comparative study of Vietnam's SME managers and workers on meaning and impacts of CSR in two manufacturing sectors / Angie Ngoc Tran and Søren Jeppesen -- Cluster matters : corporate social responsibility and micro, small and medium-sized enterprise clusters in India / Mukesh Gulati, Peter Lund-Thomsen and Sangeetha Suresh -- Adding a small business perspective to research on working conditions in global production networks / Vivek Soundararajan -- SME resources and capabilities for sustainability performance : a framework for emerging economies / Burcin Hatipoglu -- Small business social responsibility and sustainability metrics : a focus on environmental performance measurement and waste / Diego Vazquez-Brust and Laura J. Spence -- Financial development and the efficiency of microfinance institutions / Niels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Aljar Meesters -- Corporate sustainability and social responsibility of smallholder farmers : implications for agriculture financing / Emmanuel Benjamin, Ebele Maduekwe, Maarten Punt and Gertrud Buchenrieder -- Financial aggregation of risks for MSMEs in developing economies : a conceptual framework of financial aggregation and microinsurance effects / Jyoti Navare and Morrison Handley-Schachler -- Exploring the global potential of social entrepreneurship and small business social responsibility for tackling societal value creation / Anica Zeyen and Markus Beckmann -- Social entrepreneurship and CSR theory : insights, application and value / David Littlewood and Diane Holt -- Hybrid organisations and models of social enterprise in Ghana and Bangladesh / Fergus Lyon and Abdullah Al Faruq -- The tree of knowledge : sustainable management practices for a collaborative ecosystem amongst small to medium enterprises / Heather Stewart and Rod Gapp -- Enabling sustainability in SMEs through action research / Patricia Hind and Arnold Smit -- Case study : scaling up social responsibility among small foundry clusters in India / Mukesh Gulati and Ruchita Sanwal -- Case study : clustering--a way to create shared value? a case study of a food and drink cluster organisation in England / Darla Dore -- Case study : human capital and environmental engagement of SMEs in Pakistan--a comparative analysis of the leather industry / Aqueel I. Wahga, Richard K. Blundel and Anja Schaefer -- Case Study : incubation and relevance of social businesses in rural Nepal : a case study of a social business incubator in Jumla / Ingeborg Patsch

Not only the size but also the composition of shadow economy and undeclared work are different in the EU Member States. The illegal work is apparent in sectors, where there is a high need of physical work, not requiring high qualification or competence, which is often associated with the second job that is performed in order to increase the income in an unofficial way, when the employers pay the whole or part of the salary illegally in order to avoid taxes; the employees work based on the contracts that are filled in an incorrect manner or without them, as well as when the overtime is not recorded, etc. The analysis of a scientific literature shows that the change and the situation in the market of the illegal work are assessed basing them on different methodological approaches, based on unequal criteria, the reformation of the labour market in different countries is implemented in different direction/uneven track. This is related not only with different economic and social status of the countries, demographical changes, legal basis, but also with different policy, views and assessment indicators. Objectives of the research: 1) considering the variety of theoretical concepts for illegal work, to specify the changes in the definition of illegal work in the individual EU countries; 2) to identify the assessment methodologies of illegal work and changes of its extent; 3) to review the extents of illegal work in the EU countries and Lithuania, by providing measures for reducing it.

Dyadic research provides an opportunity to understand the interdependent nature of social behavior. However, this type of design presents a unique set of methodological and statistical challenges. The two studies described in this case involve a dyadic approach to understanding how socially anxious people recruit others to accompany them into social situations, a process known as social surrogacy. The advantages and difficulties associated with taking such a dyadic approach, as well as the other challenges my co-author and I encountered while conducting this research (e.g., distinguishing between confirmatory and exploratory aspects of the studies, recruitment, hypothetical vs. naturalistic assessment techniques) are explored and discussed.

This paper aims to investigate the effect of the multi-party system on national security stability in Indonesia. There are two questions related to national defense and security aspects, namely how many political parties are suitable, and how do the election and the number of parties influences the stability of national security? The research approach is a mixed method. For quantitative methods, we use inferential statistical analysis based on statistical data from the 1955 to 2019 elections and the 2005-2018 local elections. From the Effective Number of Election Parties (ENEP), the total Crime, and the Indonesian Democratic Index, we find that all national voters in each election in Indonesia will accumulate significantly in the range of five to ten parties, regardless of the number of political parties participating in the election. For qualitative methods, we formed a two-session FGD that discussed ENEP and its risks to national defense and security and how to recommend related policies. We conclude that the 4-5% Electoral threshold is sufficient to be enforced as a rule in the next election. Local elections (pilkada) outside Java and Bali have a more significant influence on national security stability than national legislative elections. The implications of this study encourage policymakers in the field of national defense and security to take anticipatory steps towards differences in the risks of holding elections and local elections (pilkada), as well as the direction and focus of pilkada research, especially in the perspective of national defense and security.

This book presents original research into contemporary geographical aspects of the study of crime. The contributors, drawn from different disciplines within the social sciences and from various countries, give a review of the subject which provides a valuable insight into the geography of crime. Their approaches range from the behavioural to the environmental, and the crimes dealt with include violent crime and residential burglary. The book examines data sources, discusses different crimes and ways of studying them and considers the fear of crime. The criminal justice system in the UK is exam

Work on soc perception & norm formation is noted & the healthy interdisciplinary aspect of exp'tion in soc psychol is stressed. The `dream' of an integration of interdisciplinary efforts is found to be embodied most prominently today in the phrase `behavioral sci's.' Current res & writing indicate that there is a greater emphasis on individual behavior, somewhat to the neglect of comparable emphasis & data on the org'al patterns among individuals, their instit's, value or norm systems, & technology. There are cases in which culture is defined in strictly individual terms & is seen only within the confines of specific interpersonal relations. Carried to its extreme, 'behavioral sci' would lead to the absorption of the soc sci's by an all-embracing sci of individual behavior. The contributions soc psychol can make most effectively are discussed. They include: the study of the meaning of the S-cul setting to the reacting individual, & the study of the processes of perceiving, judging, learning etc, of the individual within his S-cul setting. The conception of the soc disciplines working at their own level of analysis, & psychol working at the level concerned with individual experience & behavior will make it possible to check results across the various disciplines, but reductionist trends must be curbed. M. Maxfield.

Sustainable fashion: The memory of fashion -- Memory and A/r/tography -- Fashion -- Fashion and memory -- The assemblage of sustainable fashion: Upcycling -- Sustainable fashion education: Lessons from the past experiences -- Alive fashion from the periphery.

"Artificial Intelligence has demonstrated such advancements that commentators ask if AI should be granted the moral status of personhood. This book argues that this view assumes that personhood corresponds to how well one's thinking mirrors the biases, worldview, and intelligence of the middle class, relegating the poor to the status of "non-human.""--

Now, in his debut essay collection, Daniel Black gives voice to the experiences of those who often find themselves on the margins. Tackling topics ranging from police brutality to the AIDS crisis to the role of HBCUs to queer representation in the Black church, Black celebrates the resilience, fortitude and survival of Black people in a land where their body is always on display