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Iran has undergone considerable social and political upheaval since the revolution and this has been reflected in its cinema. Focusing on the practices of regulation, production and reception of films in Iran, this book explores the politics of Iranian cinema in its post-revolutionary context.

"Interrogating the intersections of food, journalism, and politics, this book offers a critical examination of food media and journalism, and its political potential against the backdrop of contemporary social challenges. Contributors analyse current and historic examples such as Black Lives Matter, COVID-19, the environment, Brexit, and gender politics, highlighting how food media and journalism reach beyond the commercial imperatives of lifestyle journalism to negotiate nationalism, globalization, and social inequalities. The volume challenges the idea that food media/journalism are trivial and apolitical by drawing attention to the complex ways through which storytelling about food has engaged public discourse in the past, and the innovative ways it is doing so today. Bringing together international scholars from a variety of disciplines, the book will be of great interest to scholars and students of Journalism, Communication, Media Studies, Food Studies, Sociology and Anthropology"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Corona pandemic and the changing global economy -- PART I: Conflicts, trust and society -- 2 The Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on global political economy -- 3 Riding the wave or going under? The Covid-19 pandemic and trust in governments -- 4 India's lockdown -- 5 Violence amidst virus: an essay on conflicts in the world and at home in times of a pandemic -- 6 Brothers in arms? Covid-19 and Hindu-Muslim conflict in India -- PART II: Macroeconomic issues and environment -- 7 The long shadow of epidemics -- 8 The macroeconomic impact of Covid-19 on the Indian economy: an exploratory framework -- 9 Developing economic herd immunity in the face of a pandemic -- 10 Covid-19 and an assessment of some policy actions adopted by India -- 11 Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on de-globalization -- 12 Green or brown: global environment in the post-COVIDian era, and challenges for India -- PART III: Sectoral perspectives -- 13 Coping with Covid-19 and its consequences: household adjustments in India -- 14 Firm fragility: a re-interpretation in the times of the Covid-19 outbreak -- 15 Impact of Covid-19 on manufacturing industries in India: networks and trade dependence -- 16 Measurement of efficiency loss in Indian agricultural sector due to Covid-19: evidence from rice production -- 17 The pandemic and the informal sector of India: probable impacts and strategic intervention -- 18 Covid-19 pandemic: implications for widowed and elderly women in India -- PART IV: Health, education and labour -- 19 Policy failure before Covid-19 pandemic and options for the government in near future -- 20 Higher education in the Post-Covid era: India and the world.

Tracks the movement, incorporation, and diffusion of policies and programs at social, national, and international levels. This book explores patterns and advances in the global integration of policies that result from shared knowledge, regulations, and norms. It helps administrators create strategic management policies and political arrangements.

Recently, the converging trend of pedagogic disciplines is highlighted by the experimental synthesis of engineering and social science. The linkage seems conceptually plausible but turns out an intractable task practically due to multidisciplinary nature. This article presents some basic models for linking social science and engineering disciplines to develop new courses like Management of Technology, Policy Studies of Technology, and Economics of Technology. The models reflect such diverse design factors as hierarchical, functional, organizational, procedural, dynamic, and systematic aspects that should be taken into account. These models are of limited value since each accommodates partial or local needs. Therefore, instead of adopting a particular model, it is required to develop an integrated model according to customized specification. In doing that, the ultimate goal is not to merely convey managerial skills and/or economic theories to engineering majors but to devise a neodiscipline with solid viability.

PurposeThis paper aims to fill the existing gaps in literature which deal with both the application of a socially oriented philosophy to the theme of strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) integration and to the systematic analysis of the processes of strategic CSR management, and to create a connection between social management philosophy and the dynamic approach to CSR integration based on the strategic management processes. In particular, this study aims at creating a conceptual model to highlight, in a structured and organic way, the dynamic relationships, based on a social management philosophy, characterizing the integration of CSR in the different strategic management processes: formulation and implementation of both intended and emergent strategies. In relation to these goals, the following research questions are formulated: What are the most important strategic management processes in which to integrate CSR following a social management philosophy? How does integration (strategic CSR) based on social management philosophy impact these processes? How do strategic CSR processes based on social management philosophy determine strategic change? Which are the management tools which support integration based on social management philosophy?Design/methodology/approachThe work is a conceptual paper. The paper has been developed as follows: the identification of the theoretical gaps; the definition of the research objectives; the literature review about both CSR integration and strategic management in a dynamic perspective; the formulation of the research questions; the conceptual analysis, based on social management philosophy, of the relevant propositions related to the dynamic approach to CSR integration; the building of the conceptual model based on the propositions; and the description and the analysis of the model.FindingsIn this model, three circles of change that are able to describe the integration of CSR into strategic management have been identified: A, the circle for achieving the strategic intent; B, the circle for formulating the strategic intent; and C, the circle of bottom-up innovations.Practical implicationsFrom a managerial perspective, it is possible to point out the following implications related to the integration of CSR into strategic management and the achievement of a strategic CSR: as for change dynamics which are linked to the formulations of the intended strategy, it is fundamental to develop a social management philosophy; to achieve the strategic intent, it is necessary to incorporate CSR actions into core activity of value chain; to favour the socially oriented bottom-up innovations, it is necessary to define a favourable organizational context; the strategic CSR must be supported by integrated tools and methodologies that make the rationalization of processes of change possible; and the application of tools and processes, even sophisticated ones, which are not based on social management philosophy may lead, in the long run, to negative tensions among stakeholders, as well as to serious repercussions on the firm's management and its performance.Social implicationsIt is possible to pinpoint other implications for the society: the circle for achieving the strategic intents, with the aim of improving the execution phase, increases the positive externalities and reduces the negative externalities of the economic activities; the circle for formulating strategic intents allows to identify a win–win solution for CSR issues; and the bottom-up entrepreneurship increases the chances to find innovative solutions which combine social aspects and competitive aspects.Originality/valueThe analyses provide an integrated approach, connecting strategic management and CSR in a dynamic perspective.

Politische Diskussionen zu Karriere und Beschäftigungsbedingungen des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses fokussieren in den zurückliegenden Jahren insbesondere die Weiterentwicklung der Personalstrukturen und Maßnahmen der Personalgewinnung und -entwicklung und den hohen Anteil befristeter Beschäftigungsverhältnisse. Die Studie untersucht geschlechterpolitischne Implikationen von veränderten Personalstrukturen auf dem Weg zur Professur und befristeten Beschäftigungsverhältnisse an Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen. Im Ergebnis werden jeweils kleinere Geschlechterdifferenzen deutlich, wobei eine Vielzahl an kleineren Benachteiligungen in unterschiedlichen Bereichen zur strukturellen Diskriminierung von Wissenschaftlerinnen kumulieren können. Frauen sind fast paritätisch an den Juniorprofessuren beteiligt, haben allerdings etwas seltener eine Tenure-Track-Professur inne. Beim Übergang in die Lebenszeitprofessur zeigen sich Geschlechterunterschiede vor allem bei Status und Verdienst (Zugang zu W3-Professuren). Geschlechterunterschiede bei Befristungen bestehen sowohl sowohl an Hochschulen als auch an Forschungseinrichtungen nach der Promotion und in Führungspositionen.

Acknowledgments -- "I guess I can be myself there, instead" -- "It just felt like there was a lot more space around here before" : crowded isolation -- "This is about as good as it gets" : negotiating involvement -- "I don't want them knowing my business. And they don't have to" : negotiating performances of (in)visibility -- "I think it's pretty private" : negotiating safety, risk, and recklessness -- Adolescent marginality and media migration -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author

The article is dedicated to less studied aspect of external migration namely to the formation and functioning of migrant communities in host countries. The expediency of using the theory of social capital and the theory of migration networks as a theoretical and methodological basis for the study of migrant communities is substantiated. The developments of R. Park, J. Coleman, A. Portes are analyzed and the basic operational parameters of the social capital of migrant communities are constructed. The parameters of the functioning and transformation of social capital are analyzed in a two-dimensional space of autonomy and efficiency. The classification of migrant communities by type of social capital is proposed. The following types of communities are identified: 1) a low-efficient, highly autonomous community; 2) highly efficient highly autonomous; 3) a highly efficient and low-autonomous community. The article discusses the results of an expert survey of representatives of communities of Ukrainian migrants in the EU countries on the transformation of the social capital of these communities. The social capital of migrant communities of Ukrainians is "culturally bonding", aimed at preserving the common cultural identity of Ukrainians abroad in the context of a different cultural environment. Migrant communities of Ukrainian migrants remain relatively homogeneous in terms of culture, identity and practices. It is revealed that in the context of contemporary transformations of external migration, changes and social capital of migrant communities is changing too. The circular nature of migration at the present stage adversely affects the social capital of migrant communities, their permanent membership is diminished, social ties are weakened, the autonomy of communities is reduced and the integration of migrants into host societies is increased. Number of such communities today are to some extent deinstitutionalized.

El presente trabajo analiza las relaciones entre movimientos sociales, Estado y gobierno, desde la óptica teórica propuesta por René Zavaleta, a partir de sus conceptos de 'forma primordial' y de 'momento constitutivo'. A partir de un trabajo de campo con observación y entrevistas en profundidad con dos movimientos sociales de matrices político ideológicas autonomista y nacional-popular, el resultado del análisis confirma la profunda reformulación en las relaciones entre movimientos sociales y Estado que tuvo lugar desde la relegitimación institucional, acontecida en el marco de los gobiernos de Néstor Kirchner y de Cristina Fernández de Kirchner entre 2003 y 2015 en el país. El artículo concluye entonces que, allende la inscripción político-ideológica de los movimientos sociales, la etapa kirchnerista se constituyó como un nuevo 'momento constitutivo' en la relación entre el Estado y los movimientos sociales, modificando aspectos estratégicos y tácticos de los vinculamientos en éstos respecto de la esfera institucional. ; This paper analyzes the relationship between social movements, state and government, from the theoretical perspective proposed by René Zavaleta, on the basis of his concepts of 'primary form' and 'constitutive moment'. Based on fieldwork with observation and in-depth interviews with two social movements, one of them autonomist and the other one national-popular, the result of the analysis confirms the profound reformulation in the relationship between social movements and State which took place since the institutional relegitimation that occurred under the governments of Nestor Kirchner and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner between 2003 and 2015 in Argentina. Hence the article concludes that, beyond the political-ideological inscription of social movements, the kirchnerist phase constitutes itself as a new 'constitutive moment' in the relationship between State and social movements, changing strategic and tactical aspects of the relationship of these movements regarding the institutional sphere. ; Fil: Longa, Francisco Tomás. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales; Argentina