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Nonprofit organizations that engage in rebranding strategies face challenges reconciling normative (social or mission driven) and utilitarian (business driven) identities of their organizations. This research examines the interplay between rebranding processes and dual identities of 10 rebranded charitable organizations, in particular how these identities are reflected in managers' narratives and subsequently shape rebranding strategies. The study reveals four types of rebranding strategies and the potential drivers for their adoption. Pressure to secure resources can lead nonprofit organizations to emphasize utilitarian identities in rebranding, and so surface hidden tensions among stakeholders reluctant to relinquish established normative identities. In managing the process of rebranding, senior managers engage in practices of justifying, re-visioning, and influencing to reduce emerging tensions. The research suggests that both utilitarian and normative identity concerns need to be addressed during the process.

Rad se bavi položajem žena u kaznenim ustanovama. U njegovom prvom delu ukazano je na podatke koji govore o porastu broja žena lišenih slobode u poslednjim decenijama i rezultatima istraživanja o posledicama takve kaznene politike. U drugom delu izložena su saznanja do kojih su autori došli zahvaljujući prilici da komuniciraju sa bivšom osuđenicom koja je kaznu izdržavala u Kazneno-popravnom zavodu za žene u Požarevcu. Sa njom su, posle dokumentacione analize podataka o njenoj krivičnoj stvari, obavili seriju razgovora, kojima joj je pružena mogućnost da kroz polustrukturisani intervju vođen 'licem u lice' iznese svoje traumatsko iskustvo boravka u kaznenoj ustanovi. Ono je brižljivo i autentično zabeleženo i kasnije podvrgnuto analizi sadržaja, kako bi se utvrdile sve svesne i nesvesne poruke osobe B. Iako su se autori trudili da ne naprave grešku i iz pojedinačnog iskustva jedne (doduše netipične) osuđenice izvedu opšte zaključke o kaznenom sistemu u kome se tako često i olako poseže za kaznom zatvora, čini se da, uzimajući u obzir i saznanja do kojih su došli istraživači u drugim delovima sveta, sve ukazuje da je taj sistem teško može ostvariti ciljeve koje mu društvo postavlja. Očito je da on umesto omogućavanja resocijalizacije osuđenih lica, ovima nameće pasivno potčinjavanje, razvijajući kod njih dvoličnost, paranoidne stavove i specifičnu mortifikaciju identiteta. Stoga i ne treba da začudi visoka stopa penitencijarnog povrata sa kojim se moderne države suočavaju. ; This paper offers an analysis of the position of women in penitentiary institutions. The authors firstly explicate data on the increase in number of incarcerated women in Serbia in the last decades, and clarify the results of the research related to the effects of such penal policy. The second part of the paper contains information obtained on the account of the opportunity to communicate with a female ex-inmate of the Penal Correctional Institution in Požarevac, Serbia. After a thorough documentary analysis of her case records, a series of semi-structured interviews with the former inmate were performed 'face to face', allowing her to put across a traumatic experience of her stay in the penal facility. This account was carefully and accurately noted down and later subjected to content analysis, in order to determine both cognizant and subliminal messages of the interviewee. The authors made an effort to avoid the mistake of generalization, and tried not to make wide-ranging conclusions regarding the existing penal system based on the experiences of one (though atypical) incarcerated person. However, and taking into account the conclusions of other researchers arrived at in other parts of the world, it may be inferred that a penal system which easily resorts to imprisonment as a form of punishment, hardly can achieve the goals put before it by the society. It is obvious that, instead of their re-socialization, a tough penal system imposes passive submission on the convicted individuals, and pushes them toward hypocrisy, paranoid attitudes and mortification of identity. For this reason, one should not be puzzled by the high rates of penitentiary recidivism in contemporary societies.

Interventions addressing the multiple needs of incarcerated women are rare. In this study, several measures were used to assess functional changes among pregnant, substance-dependent, incarcerated women transferred to a community-based residential treatment program that allowed their infants to reside with them. Women engaged in comprehensive therapeutic and skill-building activities for 6 to 9 months. The program's goal was to assist women in childbirth and in the continuing relationship with their child while improving psychological and social functioning. Examination of changes were limited to those who completed treatment and all measures (n = 27). Although significant improvements were noted, nearly half were discharged with symptoms indicative of a depressive disorder. Assessment of long-term outcomes comparing this group with pregnant women who remained in prison is under way.

Deliverable: D5.21 Environment scanning workshop and report 1 Work package in charge: WP5 Developing and Valuing Climate Services Actual delivery date for this deliverable: Project-month 18 Dissemination level: Confidential (CO) Lead authors Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS): Vilena Valeeva, Kathrin Stephen Foresight Intelligence (FI): Johannes Gabriel Other contributing authors Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO): Elena Nikitina, Aleksei Kuznetsov Reviewer Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI): Chiara Bearzotti We support the Blue Growth! Visit us on: www.blue-action.eu Follow us on Twitter: @BG10Blueaction ; The Blue-Action project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 727852.

Preliminary Material /Andrew Harding -- Chapter 1. Access to Environmental Justice: Some Introductory Perspectives /Andrew Harding -- Chapter 2. Access to Environmental Justice in Ghana (Accra) /James S. Read -- Chapter 3. Access to Environmental Justice in India's Garden City (Bangalore) /Amanda Perry-Kessaris -- Chapter 4. Access to Environmental Justice in Indonesia /Adriaan Bedner -- Chapter 5. Access to Environmental Justice in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) /Andrew Harding and Azmi Sharom -- Chapter 6. Access to Environmental Justice in a Politically Unstable Environment: a Case Study of Nepal /Surya Subedi -- Chapter 7. Access to Environmental Justice: Karachi's Urban Poor and the Law /Martin Lau -- Chapter 8. Towards a Greener China? Accessing Environmental Justice in the People's Republic of China /Michael Palmer -- Chapter 9. Access to Environmental Justice in the South West Pacific /Nicola Pain -- Chapter 10. Access to Environmental Justice and Public Participation in Thailand /Thawilwadee Bureekul -- Chapter 11. Access to Environmental Justice in United Kingdom Law /Jean-Jacques Paradissis and Michael Purdue -- Chapter 12. Access to Environmental Justice in the United States: Embracing Environmental and Social Concerns to Achieve Environmental Justice by J. Mijin Cha /Andrew Harding -- A Note on Environmental Law-Enforcement Duties /Andrew Harding -- Index /Andrew Harding.

International audience ; Objective: To analyse the physical fitness of a large sample of the French population across different ages. Design: Observational cross-sectional study. Setting: Data were collected from the Athletic Track and Field Federation, which organised events dedicated to measuring physical fitness. The events took place in 22 regions between 2006 and 2010. Participants: French volunteer citizens (N=31 349) aged between 4 and 80 years old who participated in events dedicated to measuring physical fitness. Primary and secondary outcome measures: We assessed the results of the following fitness tests: 20 m shuttle run, standing broad jump, repeated squat jump, 4×10 m shuttle run, speed, flexibility and push-ups in relation to age and body mass index (BMI) using Spearman's rho, a one-way analysis of variance. A bi-exponential model was used to represent the performance with age. Results: Our major results showed higher performances for men and for subjects with normal BMI at all age groups except for the flexibility test. BMI was strongly correlated across all ages with physical fitness p<0.0001. Furthermore, through bi-exponential model, a mean peak performance was identified at 26.32 years of age for men and 22.18 years of age for women.Conclusions: Physical fitness assessment using asimple series of tests on the general population offersan important indicator of health status. The possibilityof observing the evolution of fitness levels with timeprovides an important monitoring method from apublic health perspective. Further research is needed toreinforce and evaluate the approach.

International audience ; Objective: To analyse the physical fitness of a large sample of the French population across different ages. Design: Observational cross-sectional study. Setting: Data were collected from the Athletic Track and Field Federation, which organised events dedicated to measuring physical fitness. The events took place in 22 regions between 2006 and 2010. Participants: French volunteer citizens (N=31 349) aged between 4 and 80 years old who participated in events dedicated to measuring physical fitness. Primary and secondary outcome measures: We assessed the results of the following fitness tests: 20 m shuttle run, standing broad jump, repeated squat jump, 4×10 m shuttle run, speed, flexibility and push-ups in relation to age and body mass index (BMI) using Spearman's rho, a one-way analysis of variance. A bi-exponential model was used to represent the performance with age. Results: Our major results showed higher performances for men and for subjects with normal BMI at all age groups except for the flexibility test. BMI was strongly correlated across all ages with physical fitness p<0.0001. Furthermore, through bi-exponential model, a mean peak performance was identified at 26.32 years of age for men and 22.18 years of age for women.Conclusions: Physical fitness assessment using asimple series of tests on the general population offersan important indicator of health status. The possibilityof observing the evolution of fitness levels with timeprovides an important monitoring method from apublic health perspective. Further research is needed toreinforce and evaluate the approach.