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1. International social work and international social policy -- 2. From welfare to workfare : the great transformation -- 3. Citizenship and civil society discourse / Helene Jacobson Pettersson and Hans van Ewijk -- 4. Social work under construction -- 5. Community policy and community work -- 6. Other fields of activity -- 7. From assimilation to intercultural competences : a challenge for social work / Jurgen Nowak and Hans van Ewijk -- 8. Social work as a profession, research and science.

There seems to be a broad consensus in Europe that there is a European Social Model (ESM), which needs to be defended and developed. But this concept is ambiguous: is it a simple description of the current state of European companies? Is it a normative concept? Is it compatible with contemporary globalisation? Is it a political project? The ESM is embodied in different ways in each EU country. The article discusses the classification of Esping-Andersen, which distinguishes four models: liberal, continental, Scandinavian and Mediterranean. The best economic performance is achieved by the liberal and Scandinavian countries; the latter also have the best social performance. The economic performance of the continental model countries is poor. Do they have to resign to the liberal model or can they move towards the Scandinavian model? The ESM faces new economic (expenditure growth, globalisation) and social (individualism) challenges. Three views on its future are faced. The first stressed the importance of ensuring social cohesion. The second proposes to restore incentives to work. The third proposes to increase the role of social protection as a factor of production. Should Social Europe be taken forward? This is an ambiguous project that can aim at modernising social protection, i.e. reducing it or gradually introducing high social standards common to all Member States. What should be the sharing of roles between national and European institutions in the evolution of the ESM (s)? The current strategy (that of the Open Method of Coordination) is unsatisfactory, weak democratic and impactful. Can it be improved? ; Un large consensus semble exister en Europe pour estimer qu'il existe un Modèle social européen (MSE), qui doit être défendu et développé. Mais cette notion est ambiguë : est-ce une simple description de l'état actuel des sociétés européennes ? Est-ce une notion normative ? Reste-t-elle compatible avec la mondialisation contemporaine ? Est-ce un projet politique ? Le MSE est incarné de façon différente ...

Social Media and Social Order combines a structural analysis of the global impact of social media as contributing to the production of a datafied social order with a series of actor-focused analyses, each examining how roles structured by social media are performed at various sites: enmeshed in European cities, entangled in contested Middle Eastern borders, and embedded in provincial Indian small-town networks. The final section then arcs back to a focus on the general properties of social media networks revealed through two American cases, emphasizing the human costs for the recipients of abuse (legislators of color) and the political costs of participatory propaganda for a deliberative understanding of democracy. A central theme is how the principle of differential treatment embedded in the datafied social order is becoming increasingly widespread across social fields. The book demonstrates how social media are implicated in reshaping social order in ways which align with this principle, including creating new precarious hierarchies of esteem, reinforcing existing social, class and religious hierarchies, opening political discussion to more participants but at the cost of reinforcing local hierarchies and dominant discourses, underlining gendered constructions of national identity, amplifying the abuse received by women and people of color in leadership positions and enmeshing users in the circulation of propaganda which resonates with their preconceptions, thus deepening societal polarization.

"This collection of works by critical sociologists of various nationalities focuses on cutting-edge approaches to conflict-driven social change. By emphasizing the role played by contemporary social movements such as environmentalists, migrant organizations, world social forum activists and others, these studies grapple with diverse forms of organized resistance in the 21st century. From homeless peoples displaced by Hurricane Katrina to young Muslim women refusing to shun their veils in French schools, the logic of a new generation of protest is deciphered with an eye to learning from as well as informing new social forces demanding progressive change. The result is an affirmation of the continuing relevance of critical sociology in analyzing key social contradictions in the United States, Mexico, and beyond"--Page 4 of cover