Suchergebnisse

Chapter 1: Judaization and the Master Plan (June 15-20, 2013) -- Chapter 2: Fatal Embrace (June 20-25, 2013) -- Chapter 3: Only Tigers Survive (June 13-21, 2014) -- Chapter 4: Because They are Here (June 22-26, 2014) -- Chapter 5: Medicine and Torture (June 26-30, 2014) -- Chapter 6: Waiting for Death Every Minute (March 20-25, 2015) -- Photographs from Gaza -- Chapter 7: When Will It Be My Turn? (March 26-30, 2015) -- Chapter 8: Only the Pigeons Fly Free (March 31-April 6, 2015) -- Epilogue

Malta is experiencing a strong economic growth which is attracting increasing numbers of foreign workers. This study investigates the working conditions experienced by Filipinos in Malta, the largest group of migrants from outside the European Union. Survey data collected from a sample of 317 Filipino workers was compared to the results of the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey. While most respondents experience positive work outcomes, a significant minority grapples with negative conditions and perceptions. Overall, the Filipino respondents in Malta appear to face more difficult working conditions than other migrants in Europe. Nearly half of the respondents report that their health or safety is at risk because of their work and over a fourth suffered from discrimination during the year leading to the research. A substantial minority of Filipinos work below their skill levels and more than 40 hours per week. About a third of the respondents are not satisfied with their working conditions, claim not to be treated fairly at work and do not find sufficient help and support from their managers and colleagues. This study indicates the need to take into consideration the realities of both the home and host countries when analyzing the working situation of migrants. It highlights the employment vulnerability of migrant Filipino workers in Malta, and points to an apparent structural deficiency in the Maltese society to protect them. ; peer-reviewed

From 1996 to 2005 a wave of electoral revolutions swept through east Central Europe, the Balkans, and Soviet successor states. The success of these revolutions and their concentration in the post-communist world reflect favorable political and social conditions, as well as the fact that the common structures and policies of communist regimes created unusually good conditions for diffusion of the electoral model after communism's end. These structural conditions led international donors to concentrate democracy assistance in this region. Efforts to support electoral revolutions in countries with less supportive conditions and less favorable attitudes toward the West and democracy are likely to be more problematic

The purpose of the article is to substantiate the theoretical and methodological foundations of the study of social assistance to the elderly in crisis. The scientific novelty of the study lies in а need to create the concept of «social assistance to the elderly in terms of social risks and threats to life and health» as a new area of research that will summarize developments in the social sciences and humanities. The concept will help reduce the level of social and vital threat to the benefit of life, overcomes the crisis and a new organization of own vital activity, by the state – effective social policy and social protection for vulnerable elderly, by civil society – a system of volunteering and mutual assistance. Methodology. The methodological basis of the study bases on an interdisciplinary approach, which relies on the concepts of philosophy, law, psychology, sociology, and other sciences. The system approach as a methodology allows studying the «system of social assistance to the elderly» as a complex system that includes a set of connections, relations between government agencies, and non-governmental organizations whose activities aim at providing social services; «mechanisms for providing social assistance to the elderly» – as a set of practical measures, methods, forms, methods, principles, tools through which social policy implements in the system of social services. Conclusions. The changing social reality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging the social and welfare security of the elderly. The need for social assistance is increasing, and the possibilities of using its traditional forms in lockdown conditions are narro­wing. In a pandemic, the system of providing social services at the recipients' place of residence is of great importance, which increases the requirements for developing an effective mechanism to provide assistance in united territorial communities and to develop new forms of work, especially digital, in emergencies that threaten the lives and health and social ...

Australia's reputation as a successful large scale immigrant-receiving nation is well formed. In the latest wave, not only have millions of diverse people arrived in the post-war period from 1945 to a growing, high income, good employment economy; but the society absorbing them has remained stable and cohesive. This is not to say that it has been entirely plain sailing - sensitive debate, isolated interethnic violence, and the degree of migrant ghettoisation have been prominent, though varying in intensity over time. But overall, the planned program of immigration and settlement by Australia's governments over the years has been successful. This volume examines key elements of the means by which social cohesion can be constructively sought in Australia. With contributions from some of Australia's leading experts in this field, this book addresses the key concern: what are the threats to Australia's social cohesion and how can they be countered?

The main approaches to the definition of the category "social capital" in the historical context are considered. Elements of social capital (social norms, social network, trust) have been defined as well as its main functions have been identified, which were formed during the evolution of this concept. The influence of the hybrid war on the formation of social capital in the context of public trust in business structures in Ukraine is determined. The role of social networks as a source of creation, accumulation and restoration of social capital has been investigated. The importance of the existence of network links that affect the socialization of society and the expansion of its communicative borders in the conditions of the development of modern socio-economic relations has been noted.