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Abstract  Rural industrial restructuring, including growth in meat processing and other nondurable manufacturing, has generated employment opportunities that have attracted Latino in‐migrants to new nonmetropolitan destinations. Long‐time residents, however, are not always receptive. While some observers point to economic and social benefits of a Latino influx, others believe that the newcomers drain local resources, raise poverty and crime rates, and diminish the quality of life in their communities. We evaluate the influence of rapid population growth on emerging Latino destinations—new boomtowns. We use data from the U.S. census and other sources to measure changes in local economic circumstances and quality of life in nonmetropolitan boom counties experiencing high rates of Latino growth between 1990 and 2000. Our findings indicate that large influxes of Latinos had surprisingly few negative economic consequences for local populations. Furthermore, the quality of life in new destinations did not deteriorate in comparison to other nonmetropolitan counties, especially with regard to crime. Mounting pressure to educate students with limited English proficiency is nevertheless apparent. Our conclusion highlights relevant national policy debates and underscores the need for commitment on the part of firms responsible for Latino growth.

El art?culo se centra en el concepto dual de la econom?a social y solidaria, con el objetivo de presentar las caracter?sticas del sector en Colombia y en Europa, y as? establecer puntos comunes y de inter?s para su fortalecimiento en el espacio eurolatinoamericano. Se detalla la importancia de la ESS para el desarrollo social y el papel de las alianzas intercooperativas como elemento de innovaci?n social, identificando los elementos de mayor importancia para fomentar el modelo basado en la pluralidad y la democracia econ?mica que contribuye al desarrollo sostenible, adem?s de fomentar el tejido asociativo y la igualdad de oportunidades en las dos orillas del Atl?ntico.

"Bringing together several scholars from different social science disciplines who relate Hayek's theory of social change to empirical phenomena and methodological debates within their respective disciplines, Toward a Hayekian Theory of Social Change explores Hayek's political economy and social philosophy in new perspective"--

The European Social Model is at a crossroad. Although from the 1990s onwards, the threat of an imminent crisis shaped much of the rhetoric surrounding the future of the welfare state, disagreement within the academic community remains. What is however increasingly clear is that with the global financial crisis and the Euro crisis that followed it, the challenges the European Social Model faces have become more acute and demand action. This volume launches a multifaceted inquiry into these challenges. Each contribution, written by renowned scholars in their fields, represents an in-depth exploration of issues that cut to the core of current political, economic and social processes. They are an invitation to the seasoned scholars as well as to the beginning students of social sciences, public administration or journalism to engage with, by now, a large body of scholarship, to accompany the authors in their endeavours to seek an explanation to burning questions and start their own inquiries.

The World Politics of Social Investment: Political Dynamics of Reform traces the development of social investment reforms across the regions of Nordic, Continental, and Southern Europe, as well as Central and Eastern Europe, North and Latin America, and North East Asia. The chapters in this volume study the impact of different structural drivers for social investment (e.g., demographic, poverty, demand for skill, or lack of an available workforce), the salience of social investment in the public debates, and the different political coalitions that led to or prevented the adoption of social investment strategies.

Visamos aqui problematizar as diferentes concepções de pobreza e "questão social" na tradição liberal, e suas formas típicas de enfrentamento, no contexto do liberalismo clássico, no século XIX, do keynesianismo, no século XX, e do neoliberalismo, a partir da atual crise do capital. Com isto, oferecemos uma reflexão sobre aspectos para uma caracterização histórico-crítica de pobreza e "questão social". Finalmente, procuramos problematizar os caminhos para a busca de diminuição da desigualdade social, mediante políticas compensatórias no contexto atual.

Sociale investeringen staan in veel Europese landen op de beleidsagenda. Hierbij gaat het om een omslag van klassiek herverdelend sociaal beleid
naar activerend sociaal beleid. Hoewel deze agenda een verlaging van de
armoede beoogt, vrezen sommigen juist voor averechtse effecten. Uit vergelijkende
studies blijkt dat sociaalinvesteringsbeleid vooralsnog weinig
effect heeft gehad op de ontwikkeling van de Europese armoedecijfers.
Een verklaring hiervoor lijkt te zijn dat in de meeste landen – mede door
het optreden van de financiële crisis – de verschuivingen in de uitgaven
van traditioneel naar activerend sociaal beleid betrekkelijk beperkt in
omvang zijn. Echter, vanwege politiek-economische redenen en trends
als verdergaande economische globalisering, is het goed denkbaar dat
sociale investeringen in de toekomst een belangrijker plek krijgen in sociale stelsels.