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The story of sex tourism in the Gringo Gulch neighborhood of San José, Costa Rica could be easily cast as the exploitation of poor local women by privileged North American men--men who are in a position to take advantage of the vast geopolitical inequalities that make Latin American women into suppliers of low-cost sexual labor. But in Gringo Gulch, Megan Rivers-Moore tells a more nuanced story, demonstrating that all the actors intimately entangled in the sex tourism industry--sex workers, sex tourists, and the state--use it as a strategy for getting ahead. Rivers-Moore situates her ethnography at the intersections of gender, race, class, and national dimensions in the sex industry. Instead of casting sex workers as hapless victims and sex tourists as neoimperialist racists, she reveals each group as involved in a complicated process of class mobility that must be situated within the sale and purchase of leisure and sex. These interactions operate within an almost entirely unregulated but highly competitive market beyond the reach of the state--bringing a distinctly neoliberal cast to the market. Throughout the book, Rivers-Moore introduces us to remarkable characters--Susan, a mother of two who doesn't regret her career of sex work; Barry, a teacher and father of two from Virginia who travels to Costa Rica to escape his loveless, sexless marriage; Nancy, a legal assistant in the Department of Labor who is shocked to find out that prostitution is legal and still unregulated. Gringo Gulch is a fascinating and groundbreaking look at sex tourism, Latin America, and the neoliberal state.

•  Summary: Recent rampage shootings at schools have provoked intense academic discussion. While there have been two recent school shootings in Finland, there is not much empirical research focusing on these incidents. What is particularly lacking is research on community reaction to this type of mass violence. In this article, we take a look at the negative aspects of solidarity after a shooting incident in a small Finnish community of Jokela. We explore community experience on shootings through two types of empirical measures. The research material consists of a mail survey of the local residents and focused interviews of professional experts.•  Findings: Our results suggest that there was a rise in social solidarity after the shooting tragedy. However, the increased level of solidarity was also followed by a variety of negative phenomena such as strengthened group divisions between youth and adults, social stigmatization, and feelings of collective guilt. These experiences are familiar in the cultural trauma processes.•  Applications: In general, the article points out that mass violence has long-term impact on people's social engagement and interaction patterns. Similar processes can be argued to be particularly significant when studying relatively small communities.

"Political commentator and media personality Will Witt gives young conservatives the ammunition they need to fight back against the liberal media. Popular culture in America today is dominated by the left. Most young people have never even heard of conservative values from someone their age, and if they do, the message is often bland and outdated. Almost every Hollywood actor, musician, media personality, and role model for young people in America rejects conservative values, and Gen Zs and millennials are quick to regurgitate these viewpoints without developing their own opinions on issues. So many young conservatives in America want to stand up for their beliefs in their classrooms, at their jobs, with their friends, or on social media, but they don't have the tools to do so. In How to Win Friends and Influence Enemies, Will Witt arms Gen Zs and millennials with the knowledge and skills to combat the leftist narrative they hear every day."--Amazon.ca

"Departing from the premise that 'being ordinary' is brought into the discourse and brought out in the discourse and is thus an interactional achievement, the contributions to this edited volume investigate its construction, reconstruction and deconstruction in media discourse. Ordinariness is perceived as a scalar notion which is conceptualised against the background of both non-ordinariness and extra-ordinariness. The chapters address its strategic construction across media genres (public talk, Prime Minister's Questions, interview, radio call-in, commenting) and discursive activities (tweets, social media posts) as done in various languages (American English, Austrian German, British English, Chinese, French, Finnish, Hebrew and Japanese) by professional participants (e.g., politicians, journalists, scientists) and by ordinary people participating in media discourse (e.g., ordinary citizens, viewers, members of the audience). Discursive strategies used to bring about (non/extra) ordinariness include small stories, quotations, conversational style, irony, naming and addressing as well as references to the private-public interface"--

Exploring difficult and crucial aspects of the transnational gender politics of globalisation, this book provides a unique and valuable introduction to the history of the concept of social reproduction from an inter-disciplinary perspective.

The article reveals the issues connected with the legal characteristic of the right to social assistance in the present conditions. The peculiarities of the formation of the right to social assistance through the prism of the right to social protection are analized. The key role of social assistance among types of social security is noted. The article emphasizes the need to take into account European social standards in shaping the latest system of social benefits. The emphasis is put on certain types of state and social insurance assistance. The basic tendencies of development of the legislation on social assistance are discussed.It is noted that the right to social assistance is a complex, systematic social right which includes the possibility for a person to receive financial support in the form of a cash in the event of full, partial, or temporary loss of disability, loss of breadwinner, unemployment from circumstances independent of them, as well as in old age and in other cases, in the manner prescribed by law. The main features of the right to social assistance are as follows: complex and systematic social rights; stems from the content of the right to social protection; functions in state and non-state social protection and social insurance system; the object is social assistance and its individual types; entitled persons are mainly socially vulnerable categories of persons who can not independently provide their livelihoods on an adequate level; as a rule, guaranteed when the person is not entitled to a pension; subject mainly to legislative regulation, a special place in which belongs to the law on the State Budget for the relevant year; characterized by the existence of specific mechanisms for implementation, guarantee and legal protection; determined, as a rule, in relation to the subsistence minimum; to be monitored, supervised and controlled.It is obvious that in the current situation, an important social strategy should be further harmonization of the size of the subsistence minimum with a sufficient standard of living, which will ensure the proper level and quality of life of eligible persons, including by agreeing the subsistence minimum for able-bodied and disabled people to a higher level.In the context of the reform of social protection, the reform of social assistance should be carried out through the prism of reforms of the system of state social protection; reforms of the social insurance system; development of non-state social protection; increasing the effectiveness, efficiency and accessibility of the right to social assistance; systematization and codification of legislation on social protection.The main tendencies of legislative provision of the right to social assistance are as follows: organization of systemic economic reforms; organization and implementation of social protection reform, taking into account international and national experience; ensuring the effectiveness, accessibility and effectiveness of implementation mechanisms, guaranteeing and legal protection of the right to social assistance and its separate types; implementation of state and public support; the latest systematization and codification of legislation on social protection; introduction of effective monitoring, supervision and control. In this aspect, the issue of elaboration and adoption of the Social Code of Ukraine as a single, codified law, which has a complex regulation of relations in the field of social security (social protection), including social assistance, is of great importance.Article received 10.07.2018 ; У статті розкрито питання, пов'язані із правовою характеристикою права на соціальні допомоги в умовах сьогодення. Наголошено на особливостях формування права на соціальні допомоги крізь призму права на соціальний захист. Відзначено ключову роль соціальних допомог серед видів соціального забезпечення. Підкреслено необхідність урахування європейських соціальних стандартів при формуванні новітньої системи соціальних допомог. Акцентовано увагу на окремих видах державних і страхових соціальних допомог. Наголошено на основоположних тенденціях розвитку законодавства про соціальні допомоги.Матеріал надійшов 10.07.2018

The article reveals the issues connected with the legal characteristic of the right to social assistance in the present conditions. The peculiarities of the formation of the right to social assistance through the prism of the right to social protection are analized. The key role of social assistance among types of social security is noted. The article emphasizes the need to take into account European social standards in shaping the latest system of social benefits. The emphasis is put on certain types of state and social insurance assistance. The basic tendencies of development of the legislation on social assistance are discussed.It is noted that the right to social assistance is a complex, systematic social right which includes the possibility for a person to receive financial support in the form of a cash in the event of full, partial, or temporary loss of disability, loss of breadwinner, unemployment from circumstances independent of them, as well as in old age and in other cases, in the manner prescribed by law. The main features of the right to social assistance are as follows: complex and systematic social rights; stems from the content of the right to social protection; functions in state and non-state social protection and social insurance system; the object is social assistance and its individual types; entitled persons are mainly socially vulnerable categories of persons who can not independently provide their livelihoods on an adequate level; as a rule, guaranteed when the person is not entitled to a pension; subject mainly to legislative regulation, a special place in which belongs to the law on the State Budget for the relevant year; characterized by the existence of specific mechanisms for implementation, guarantee and legal protection; determined, as a rule, in relation to the subsistence minimum; to be monitored, supervised and controlled.It is obvious that in the current situation, an important social strategy should be further harmonization of the size of the subsistence minimum with a sufficient standard of living, which will ensure the proper level and quality of life of eligible persons, including by agreeing the subsistence minimum for able-bodied and disabled people to a higher level.In the context of the reform of social protection, the reform of social assistance should be carried out through the prism of reforms of the system of state social protection; reforms of the social insurance system; development of non-state social protection; increasing the effectiveness, efficiency and accessibility of the right to social assistance; systematization and codification of legislation on social protection.The main tendencies of legislative provision of the right to social assistance are as follows: organization of systemic economic reforms; organization and implementation of social protection reform, taking into account international and national experience; ensuring the effectiveness, accessibility and effectiveness of implementation mechanisms, guaranteeing and legal protection of the right to social assistance and its separate types; implementation of state and public support; the latest systematization and codification of legislation on social protection; introduction of effective monitoring, supervision and control. In this aspect, the issue of elaboration and adoption of the Social Code of Ukraine as a single, codified law, which has a complex regulation of relations in the field of social security (social protection), including social assistance, is of great importance.Article received 10.07.2018 ; У статті розкрито питання, пов'язані із правовою характеристикою права на соціальні допомоги в умовах сьогодення. Наголошено на особливостях формування права на соціальні допомоги крізь призму права на соціальний захист. Відзначено ключову роль соціальних допомог серед видів соціального забезпечення. Підкреслено необхідність урахування європейських соціальних стандартів при формуванні новітньої системи соціальних допомог. Акцентовано увагу на окремих видах державних і страхових соціальних допомог. Наголошено на основоположних тенденціях розвитку законодавства про соціальні допомоги.Матеріал надійшов 10.07.2018

The article reveals the issues connected with the legal characteristic of the right to social assistance in the present conditions. The peculiarities of the formation of the right to social assistance through the prism of the right to social protection are analized. The key role of social assistance among types of social security is noted. The article emphasizes the need to take into account European social standards in shaping the latest system of social benefits. The emphasis is put on certain types of state and social insurance assistance. The basic tendencies of development of the legislation on social assistance are discussed.It is noted that the right to social assistance is a complex, systematic social right which includes the possibility for a person to receive financial support in the form of a cash in the event of full, partial, or temporary loss of disability, loss of breadwinner, unemployment from circumstances independent of them, as well as in old age and in other cases, in the manner prescribed by law. The main features of the right to social assistance are as follows: complex and systematic social rights; stems from the content of the right to social protection; functions in state and non-state social protection and social insurance system; the object is social assistance and its individual types; entitled persons are mainly socially vulnerable categories of persons who can not independently provide their livelihoods on an adequate level; as a rule, guaranteed when the person is not entitled to a pension; subject mainly to legislative regulation, a special place in which belongs to the law on the State Budget for the relevant year; characterized by the existence of specific mechanisms for implementation, guarantee and legal protection; determined, as a rule, in relation to the subsistence minimum; to be monitored, supervised and controlled.It is obvious that in the current situation, an important social strategy should be further harmonization of the size of the subsistence minimum with a sufficient standard of living, which will ensure the proper level and quality of life of eligible persons, including by agreeing the subsistence minimum for able-bodied and disabled people to a higher level.In the context of the reform of social protection, the reform of social assistance should be carried out through the prism of reforms of the system of state social protection; reforms of the social insurance system; development of non-state social protection; increasing the effectiveness, efficiency and accessibility of the right to social assistance; systematization and codification of legislation on social protection.The main tendencies of legislative provision of the right to social assistance are as follows: organization of systemic economic reforms; organization and implementation of social protection reform, taking into account international and national experience; ensuring the effectiveness, accessibility and effectiveness of implementation mechanisms, guaranteeing and legal protection of the right to social assistance and its separate types; implementation of state and public support; the latest systematization and codification of legislation on social protection; introduction of effective monitoring, supervision and control. In this aspect, the issue of elaboration and adoption of the Social Code of Ukraine as a single, codified law, which has a complex regulation of relations in the field of social security (social protection), including social assistance, is of great importance.Article received 10.07.2018 ; У статті розкрито питання, пов'язані із правовою характеристикою права на соціальні допомоги в умовах сьогодення. Наголошено на особливостях формування права на соціальні допомоги крізь призму права на соціальний захист. Відзначено ключову роль соціальних допомог серед видів соціального забезпечення. Підкреслено необхідність урахування європейських соціальних стандартів при формуванні новітньої системи соціальних допомог. Акцентовано увагу на окремих видах державних і страхових соціальних допомог. Наголошено на основоположних тенденціях розвитку законодавства про соціальні допомоги.Матеріал надійшов 10.07.2018

Political yard signs are one of the most conspicuous features of American political campaigns, yet they have received little attention as a form of political communication or participation. Against the backdrop of today's political environment of conflict and division, this text advances a new understanding of how citizens experience campaigns, explaining why many still insist on airing their views in public and what happens when social spaces become political spaces.

1. Legality of drone strikes -- 2. Consent and territorial sovereignty -- 3. Drones and compliance with human rights law -- 4. Drone strikes and compliance with international humanitarian law -- 5. The social and political impact of drones in Pakistan -- 6. Conclusion.

Contents; 1 Introduction; John Lantos -- 2 How babies die and why this is important to clinicians, researchers, and parents; Eduard Verhagen and Annie Janvier -- 3 When do we become a person and why should it matter to pediatricians?; Amélie Dupont-Thibodeau and Annie Janvier -- 4 Neonates are devalued compared to older patients; Annie Janvier, Carlo Bellieni and Keith Barrington -- 5 Who makes it to the NICU? The association between prenatal decisions and neonatal outcomes; Amélie Dupont-Thibodeau and Annie Janvier -- 6 Termination of pregnancy and perinatal palliative care in the case of fetal anomaly: why is there so much incoherence?; Antoine Payot -- 7 Predicting outcomes in the very preterm infant; Keith Barrington -- 8 Predicting the future of preterm infants: should we use quality of life and social determinants criteria?; Antoine Payot -- 9 End-of-life decisions in neonatology from a children's rights perspective: Dutch developments examined; JozefDorscheidt -- 10 The Lure of Technology: Considerations in Newborns with Technology-Dependence; Brian Carter -- 11 Making tough ethical choices in a morally pluralistic world; John Lantos.

This book focuses on the creation of space as an activity. The argument draws not only on aspects of movement in time, but also on a cultural and specifically social context influencing the creation of the spatial habitus. The book reconsiders existing theories of time and space in the field of urban planning and develops an updated account of spatial activity, experience and space-making. Recent developments in spatial practice, specifically related to new technologies, make this an important and timely task. Integrating spatial-temporal dynamics into the way we think about cities aids the i

This article examines the place that Nepalese immigrant workers occupy in Qatar, a country where migrants' social and spatial positions are determined by their nationality and qualifications. The article uses visual images, mainly photographs, to illustrate the divided nature of society in Qatar. While trying to adopt the migrants' point of view, the author spent time both in the place where they live, that is the labor camps, and in central Doha where migrants spend their free time. Thus, except for the work place, pictures were taken both in private and public spaces to outline migrants' living spaces. They illustrate the strong constraints migrants have to face in everyday life. For the author himself, pictures are a means of taking a closer look at these places, once back from a field trip. By playing with different scales, zooming from the labor camp setting to the details of how rooms are arranged, pictures enable us to grasp the multiple facets of segregation and the way Nepalese migrant workers draw on their own resources to make foreign places their own. However, the adjustments made to these living spaces continue to reflect their lowly position in a highly segmented society.