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A critical introduction to the key processes and contexts of social change in contemporary society, combining a thorough grounding of key theorists with hot topics such the media, the environment and new technologies - ideal for students across the social sciences.

The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11628-011-0124-8 ; The implementation of corporate social responsibility policies in firm management processes is becoming increasingly relevant. In the particular case of the financial sector, the incorporation of these policies often has huge repercussions as their role as intermediaries means that firms depend on them for investment which, in turn, affects the way firms perform. Within the financial sector, those organizations form part of the social economy-credit cooperatives and savings banks-are a very particular case as one of the principles on which they are based is their social nature. In this study, we examine the social responsibility situation in these financial organizations, focusing on the case of savings banks. We provide information that will help us better understand the real state of Spanish savings banks with respect to these two areas of social responsibility: The "Obra Social" (or charitable activities) and the incorporation of social and environmental criteria in their business policies. ; Server Izquierdo, RJ.; Capó I Vicedo, J. (2012). Corporate social responsibility of financial organizations in the social economy: a case study on savings banks. Service Business. 6(1):99-115. doi:10.1007/s11628-011-0124-8 ; S ; 99 ; 115 ; 6 ; 1 ; Barea J, Monzón JL (1992) La economía social en España, en Economía Social. Entre Economía Capitalista y Economía Pública. Ciriec-España, Valencia, pp 131–156 ; Belmonte LJ, Cortés FJ (2010) La concentración del sector de cooperativas de crédito en España. Ciriec Rev Econ Púb Soc Coop 68:223–246 ; Brown M, Whysall P (2010) Performance, reputation, and social responsibility in the UK's financial services: a post-'credit crunch' interpretation. Serv Ind J 30(12):1991–2006 ; Carroll AB (1979) A three-dimensional conceptual model of corporate performance. Acad Manag Rev 4(4):497–505 ; Case S (1996) The socially responsible guide to smart investing. Prima Pub, Rocklin ; Castelló E (2003) ...

AbstractThis special issue commemorates the 50th anniversary of Social Policy & Administration. Much has been written over the last two decades about the role of ideas in social policy, especially as they relate to institutions. For instance, a decade ago in this journal, I published a now widely cited article titled 'Ideas and social policy: An institutionalist perspective'. The present contribution returns to some of the issues raised in that 2005 article, while assessing the recent ideational scholarship, with the goal of formulating a new research agenda for scholars in the field. Special attention is paid to the need for clear analytical distinctions and rigorous empirical analysis to study the explanatory role of ideas in social policy change, as they may interact with institutions. This article concludes with a discussion about the meaning of institutionalism in ideational analysis and how to concretely explore the interaction between ideas and institutions in the study of social policy stability and change.

The article reviews pragmatic, conservative, radical, idealistic, neutral, critical, and vulgar-managerial worldview approaches to the interpretation of public relations' social role in a society wide-familiar within the theory and practice of Western countries. Sharing the American scholar James Grunig's and his colleagues' point of view on the normative theory of ethical PR, the author shows that only in case of the practical application of symmetrical (ideal) model of communication between organizations and publics, the social institute of public relations may overcome an utilitarian approach to ethics and become more effective and socially responsible. The author comes to the conclusion that application of such a symmetrical model of public relations in Ukraine will promote the democratic development and creation of a civil society in this country.

Social funds represent a diverse universe of World Bank projects. Social funds are defined as agencies or programs that channel grants to communities for small scale development projects. Social funds typically finance some mixture of socio economic infrastructure (e.g. building or rehabilitating schools, health centers, water supply systems,), productive investments (e.g. micro?finance and income generating projects), social services (e.g. supporting nutrition campaigns, literacy programs, youth training, support to the elderly and disabled), and capacity building programs (e.g., training for community based organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and local governments). Social Fund programs are demand driven and aim to involve the active participation of several local actors, often using a community driven development approach. The main goal is usually to address the needs of poor and vulnerable communities while building social capital and empowerment at the local level. Social funds have several features that place them in the social protection (SP) realm. They typically target poor communities and/or vulnerable households. They finance social risk management interventions like temporary employment generation and expanded access to basic services by the poorest. Social funds are often employed to address immediate post?conflict needs and responses to natural disasters.

Argues that social indicators give a broader social view of development. The World Bank is now the only institution that regularly publishes, on an annual basis, detailed data on social conditions for all countries of the World. This information is contained in the Bank's Social Indicators of Development Report. (SJK)

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This article argues that New Labour's reliance on a 'social inclusion through employment' approach is problematic - especially when applied in lower income areas. This is due to the significant gap between actual employment rates and a full-employment scenario in such areas, its unidimensional view that equates social inclusion with having a job, and its failure to recognise and value forms of work beyond employment. We evaluate whether and how one alternative form of work - mutual aid - could be harnessed to help activate social inclusion. Through 400 interviews in UK lower income urban neighbourhoods, we find little evidence that people use mutual aid, instead preferring to receive some form of payment. Based on this recognition, the article develops a proposal for an Active Citizens' Credits scheme to activate mutual aid, and in so doing, provide a complementary social inclusion policy.

Esse artigo buscou analisar a formação da "área social" na extensão rural pública oficial brasileira, e de que forma sua configuração atual pode auxiliar tanto na construção de um diagnóstico quanto na condução de um processo de transformação dessa política pública. É possível perceber que a "área de bem-estar social" é marcada pela herança do modelo trazido dos EUA, confundindo seu projeto de educação doméstica com a proposta mais ampla da Economia Doméstica. Dessa maneira, foi consolidada a partir de fundamentos assistencialistas, fatalistas, eugenistas e moralizantes. Constatou-se ainda que, mesmo com as sucessivas mudanças de abordagem da extensão rural a partir dos anos 1970, a "área social" continuou seguindo um formato de educação doméstica conservadora, que se desdobra hoje em outras profissões, como o Serviço Social. Assim, para superar o declínio que essa prática representa na atualidade para a política pública em questão, é necessário romper com a reprodução de uma área de atuação baseada nos elementos da Pedagogia do Doméstico.

Dive computers have an important potential for citizen science projects where recreational SCUBA divers can upload the depth temperature profile and the geolocation of the dive to a central database which may provide useful information about the subsurface temperature of the oceans. However, their accuracy may not be adequate and needs to be evaluated. The aim of this study is to assess the accuracy and precision of dive computers and provide guidelines in order to enable their contribution to citizen science projects. Twenty-two dive computers were evaluated during real ocean dives for consistency and scatter in the first phase. In the second phase, the dive computers were immersed in sufficient depth to initiate the dive record inside a precisely controlled sea aquarium while using a calibrated device as a reference. Results indicate that the dive computers do not have the accuracy required for monitoring temperature changes in the oceans, however, they can be used to detect thermoclines if the users follow a specific protocol with specific dive computers. This study enabled the authors to define this protocol based on the results of immersion in two different sea aquarium tanks set to two different temperatures in order to simulate the conditions of a thermocline. ; This paper has received funding from the European Union (EU)'s H2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 643712 to the project Green Bubbles RISE for sustainable diving (Green Bubbles). This paper reflects only the authors' view. The Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains. © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Authors would like to express their gratitude to Ali Ethem Keskin who shot the underwater pictures. Authors would like to thank ...

Analyse der Gründe der schlechteren schulischen Leistungen von Schülern ausländischer Herkunft. Analyse der PISA-Studie 2006: ungleiche Bildungschancen, Segregation im Bildungswesen, Notwendigkeit von mehr Demokratisierung der Schulen und von mehr sozialer Mobilität.

The EU Landings Obligation: An ambitious Policy, that may impact the fishing industry in the short-term… Q: How can Science help mitigate such impacts, and so support the successful implementation of the policy? A: Science cannot force changes, but Science GATHERS and SHARES USEFUL KNOWLEDGE to inform changes!!!