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"Theory of mind is the ability that allows us to decipher human behavior by understanding the desires, beliefs, intentions, and motivations of others and our own. It also permits us to predict others' behavior and model our own in order to act morally toward others. Moral judgment (the ability to appraise whether an intention or the outcome of an action is good or bad) involves mental state understanding, especially when detecting other's intentions. Because the relationship between theory of mind and moral judgment in early and middle childhood is far from being clearly understood, we conducted a scoping review that allowed us to advance valuable avenues for future research. Of the 34 papers initially identified in five databases (Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, PsycInfo, and ResearchGate), 20 studies were eligible and analyzed concerning their main results and the assessments used for both theory of mind and moral judgment. Most studies reported a direct relationship (one study identifying even bidirectional links) between the two variables of interest. A discussion regarding the implications and future directions is put forward to advance research in children's understanding of their worlds (internal and external) in a socio-moral way. Keywords: theory of mind, moral judgment, children, autism, scoping review "

"The author of this book was in a position which allowed him to become thoroughly conversant with the working of the Government machinery in Russia, and in this volume, originally published in 1938, he presents the situation in Soviet Russia as it developed since the Revolution of 1917 and discusses the events which led up to it. Based mainly on information drawn from Soviet sources, which the author acknowledges may not be impartial, the author nevertheless maintains that a clear outline of the real situation may be inferred."--Provided by publisher.

This book reconstructs the history of what the author calls "the social question," or the ways in which both labor and social welfare have been organized from the Middle Ages onward to contemporary industrial society. Throughout, the author identifies two constants bearing directly on the question of who is entitled to relief and who can be excluded: the degree of embeddedness in any given community and the ability to work. Along this dual axis the author locates virtually the entire history of social welfare in early-modern and contemporary Europe

The article is devoted to the problem of multiple interpretations of a literary text, which creates for the reader a space of a dialogue with the author. The article analyzes the students' interpretations of A.E. Shcherbina's poem "Letter to a Fish", the author considers as the "self" of the interpreter is revealed through working with the text. The author of the article comes to the conclusion that the mul- tiplicity of interpretations conveys the richness of a literary text, its relevance, acquired in the readers' life experience.

In this chapter, the author explores the phenomenon of flamboyant girls' fifteenth birthday parties (quinceañeras) as a gender–specific ritual. The author discusses the ways that this life–cycle ritual celebrates the girl's entry into sexual adulthood, portrays her as an object of heterosexual desire, while simultaneously granting the girls ritual and exotic agency. The author concludes that contemporary quinceañera rituals also reflect the island's recent political and economic turn toward a more capitalist society and displays the growing racialized and gendered inequalities on the island. ; Peer reviewed

In this article, derived from her doctoral dissertation, the author (a teacher educator in drama in Ireland) presents her students' initial responses to her performance of a one-woman play, "Goldilocks's Testimony." The play, written by the author, concerns the marginalisation of women in workplaces. In the play, women's "real" experiences of workplace marginalisation are transposed to Fairyland. In this article, the author represents her postgraduate student teachers' responses to her performance in play script format. In this play script, "The Habits of History" (Olsen, 2003), the students' responses are also transposed to Fairyland.

The author of the article considers the concept of immigration as a social threat to the Spanish society, highlights social attitude towards immigrants and refugees in Spain and analyzes the adaptation of immigrants to the new environment. The author attempts to give in-depth analysis of the migration policy of Spain and discloses the main factors affecting social attitude towards immigrants and refugees in Spain. Consequently, the author explains current tendency, creating a negative stereotype of an immigrant in the Spanish society.
Keywords: Refugees, immigrants, integration, adaptation, migration policy of Spain

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to put forth a practical guide for improving communications and getting what you want from relationships.


Design/methodology/approach
This is an opinion piece based on a speech given by the author at the Chartered Institute of Housing's annual conference.


Findings
Forming partnerships between local authorities and housing associations is vital in tackling the problem of un-affordable housing.


Originality/value
This article is based on a speech given by the author and offers the viewpoint of said author.

This essay investigates cartoons that were drawn in response to the four deaths of sitting U. S. Presidents during the 20th century. The author argues that there is a pattern to the cartoons that were drawn and examines why the cartoons are necessary. The author not only examines political cartoons from mainstream newspapers, but analyzes the cartoons that were published in the Chicago Defender. Finally, the author contrasts cartoons drawn about the deaths of sitting presidents to those drawn in response to the deaths of long-retired former presidents.

The author focuses on the careful consideration of ethical and psychological approaches to the analysis of a brand. Ascertaining the reasons of the insufficient study of these approaches, the author proposes a novel solution - to carry out respective genealogy of the brand. In this article positivism of these approaches, as well as their political implications in the genealogies become clear. As a result of the brand analysis from the social and philosophical point of view, the author points to a peculiarity of production of modern affective subjectivity.

This article engages Germano's film and essay. The author lauds the fundamental thrust of the essay towards achieving scholarly recognition for film projects based on scholarly research. At the same time, the author questions Germano's sharp opposition between analytic and documentary films. He appraises The Other Side of Immigration very favorably, while pointing out that the aesthetic choices and the power of the testimonies do not fall neatly within the categories established by Germano. The author then discusses his own experiences in conjoining historical research and documentary filmmaking.

In this review article, the author takes a closer look at the French journal Tiqqun (1999-2001) and the pamphlet The Coming Insurrection (originally published in 2007). In particular, the author consider the overarching political project advanced in these texts as 'sectarian reason', that is to say, as a form of bio-politics that is deeply rooted in anthropological and ethical assumptions. Moreover, the author identify the intrinsic deadlocks of these suppositions, in particular their latent voluntarism, which they claim to reject if not to have overcome. Adapted from the source document.

In this essay the author analyzes contemporary migration, a central issue in the globalized world, through a particular sociological point of view: the social capital. The author presents a review of the scientific results of various scholars, who for various reasons have been dealing with migration studies, using the concept of social capital as a tool for innovative analysis. Starting from this literature, the author initially introduces issues and topics related to migration studies, with the aim to formulate a classification that takes into account the different emerging approaches.

The author, the UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, discusses the importance of Russia's continued cooperation with the organization that he represents. The author sees an exceptional opportunity for the UN's Alliance of Civilizations to be recognized as a new tool of soft power aimed at developing fully-fledged intercultural or inter-civilizational dialog and cooperation. The author describes the aims of the Alliance, including the promotion of democratic governance of cultural diversity with particular attention to the divide between the West and Islam. K. Cargill

The risk of repudiation plays a central role in the size and nature of international capital flows. In this paper the author addresses the question of whether, in a world of international capital flows with risk of default, strategic externalities provide a rationale for regulation of international borrowing. The author models centralized arrangements of international debt in which only governments borrow and lend internationally and decentralized arrangements in which individuals have access to international markets. The author shows that a centralized setup allows more international risk sharing than a decentralized setup.