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Relatively little attention has been paid to lower courts' capacity to bring about social change, despite the fact that most citizens who come into contact with the judicial system will have their case considered (and most likely only considered) by these courts. Often these citizens experience a range of problems that are social in origin, including precarious employment, welfare dependence, financial hardship, and various health problems, including mental health and drug dependency. Magistrates courts must respond to social change and its human fallout and, in so doing, can contribute to progressive social change in a local, personal, and incremental way.

chapter 1 Introduction: epistemology, experiments and economics -- part PART 1 The social epistemology of experiment -- chapter 2 Creating phenomena in the lab -- chapter 3 Creating microeconomic phenomena -- chapter 4 Intervening in the 'material world' -- chapter 5 Intervening in the 'social world' -- chapter 6 The social epistemology of experiment -- part PART 2 The social epistemology of experimental economics -- chapter 7 The foundation of experimental economics -- chapter 8 Early methodological debate in experimental economics -- chapter 9 Economics experiments and the real world -- chapter 10 Human agency (or lack thereof) in economics experiments -- chapter 11 Behavioural experiments: How economists learn about human behaviour -- chapter 12 Preference reversals and critical practice in economics -- chapter 13 Conclusion: What about the social epistemology of experiment?.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Social histories of persecution and mass violence -- Labor -- Strategies of survival: Genocide and Armenian deportee labor, 1915-1918 -- Comparing Jewish labor in Poland, 1942-1945, and Armenian labor in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-1918 -- Family -- The family under duress: A male perspective -- "He was in our home like our own child": Discourses of surrogacy and family relations after the Holocaust -- Displacement -- Strangers in a strange land: Refugees in Belarusian society under German occupation (1941-1944) -- Caught between the guerrilla and the colonial state: Refugee life in Northern Mozambique during the Independence War (1964-1974) -- Space -- Space and place: Placing everyday life during the Holocaust -- Hiding in the attic: Sounds and social situation -- Collective action -- Auditory quarrels, rage and collective action: A street singer and his audience within the web of the ghetto society -- People Fell Like Flies: How Yiddish songs document history and collective action during the Holocaust in the Soviet Union -- Mass violence as a social process -- A local history of the Sobibór death camp and Nazi occupation -- Society after violence -- Orphans building homes: Forgotten remnants of the Armenian deportations in South Jordan -- List of authors -- Index.

1. Introduction: Masculinity and Violent Extremism -- 2. Literature and Policy Review and Analysis -- 3. Representations of Masculinity by Progenitor Groups and Extremists -- 4. The Intersection of Extremist and Normative Masculinity -- 5. Discussion and Implications.

Im Mittelpunkt dieses Bandes stehen die methodologischen und methodischen Grundlagen der empirischen Analyse des sozialen Phänomens »Kriminalität«. Die Beiträge bieten einen Überblick über aktuelle Lösungsansätze für klassische Forschungsthemen der Kriminalsoziologie. Sie verweisen darauf, dass die empirische Forschung über Kriminalität eine kontinuierliche Weiterentwicklung von Verfahren der Datenerhebung und Datenanalyse erfordert - etwa im Hinblick auf die Analyse von Kriminalität im Hell- und Dunkelfeld, im Quer- und Längsschnitt oder auf kollektiver und individueller Ebene. Der Inhalt Datenerhebung.- Datenanalyse Die Zielgruppen Forschende, Lehrende und Studierende der (Kriminal-)Soziologie Die Herausgeberinnen Prof. Dr. Stefanie Eifler ist Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Soziologie und empirische Sozialforschung an der Katholischen Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Dr. Daniela Pollich ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin der Kriminalistisch-Kriminologischen Forschungsstelle des Landeskriminalamts Nordrhein-Westfalen

This book analyzes heroin users and the drug subculture on the Shetland Islands, an area known for its geographical remoteness, rural character and relative wealth. It fills the scientific gap created by the conventional research in heroin research, which is usually conducted in urban areas and relies on treatment and prison populations. Based on qualitative, in-depth interviews with twenty-four heroin users, this book depicts and analyzes the nature and historical development of the local heroin scene. It illustrates the features and internal structures of the subculture, and it examines the manner in which both are influenced by the location-specific geographical, cultural and socio-economic conditions. It thus reveals complex causal associations that are hard to recognize in urban environments. Complete with a list of references used and recommendations for future research, this book is a vital tool for progressive and pragmatic approaches to policy, intervention and research in the field of illicit drug use.

In their negotiations for accession to the EU, candidate countries have made important social policy commitments. These include the promotion of social dialogue up to EU standards and the application of the principles and values that prevail in this area. Accordingly, governments of candidate countries are trying to promote appropriate conditions for such social dialogue to take place, while social partners are reinforcing their structures to play their full role in the social dialogue process. Nevertheless, there has been little debate about the real objectives of social dialogue in the candidate countries. What is social dialogue for, what has it achieved so far, and why is it so important to develop it further? Who are expected to be the ultimate beneficiaries of social dialogue mechanisms and practices? What implications might current features of social dialogue in candidate countries have in the enlarged European Union? This article provides a first tentative assessment of the coverage of social dialogue - and thus of the effectiveness of social dialogue mechanisms - in the candidate countries.

In this insightful book, a broad group of social work managers discusses what makes an effective social work administrator. The contributing authors describe their work and work environment, detailing what qualities and traits are needed--within themselves, their co-workers, and their organizations--to be effective and successful now and in the future. Social Work Leadership in Healthcare provides models readers can follow to help improve the social services functions in their own healthcare organizations.The contributing authors discuss issues applicable to the numerous and evolving healthcar

Conditional cash Transfers (CCTS) in the past decade have become attractive as social protection programmes for reducing chronic poverty and vulnerabilities in poor African households. however, the adoption of CCTS in african countries overlooks and neglects the individual and different programme contexts required for successful implementation of the programmes. This negligence can impede the achievement of programme objectives as well as their sustainability owing to prevailing socio-political together with economic development constraints. This policy brief thus advocates for greater consideration by government officials and their international development partners of the needs of individual countries in the design and implementation of ccT programmes in africa. While various social protection programmes exist in one (un)conditional form or the other in countries like Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Africa, Zambia, Egypt, and Uganda amongst others, the introduction of CCTS as social protection programmes is a relatively new phenomena and therefore throws up some challenges. The challenges they present should therefore be seen as part of a learning process rather than reasons to avoid attempting to implement them successfully.

Solitary confinement has repeatedly been found to be detrimental to mental health, causing a range of symptoms, including anxiousness, depression, memory loss and paranoia in a significant amount of prisoners. This sparked a wider, ongoing debate on whether solitary confinement can amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The research that informed this debate however solely focused on Western and democratic states, leading a large gap for less democratic states. This dissertation takes a new research angle, by studying the uses and human rights concerns of solitary confinement on former political prisoners from Burma (Myanmar), a semi-democratic state. Six semi-structured interviews with former political prisoners from Burma were carried out. In addition data from a survey with 1621 responses from Burmese former political prisoners was analyzed. The research show that solitary confinement in Burma has been used in combination with torture, sleep and food deprivation, severely lacking health care and hygiene and unfair and secret trials, all of which are serious human rights concerns. Solitary confinement is at the core of all these human rights concerns, posing serious risks for mental and physical health. The political prisoners are left extremely vulnerable in the hands of their torturers. By breaking contact with others, solitary confinement enables the widespread torture and impunity in Burma.

Samuel Huntington once remarked that authoritarian societies are unable to produce great political scientists, that political science is closely linked to democracy, and that political scientists have a moral duty to promote political reform. Huntington did not, however, discuss in detail why authoritarianism cannot produce great political scientists. He also overlooked a number of other issues with regard to the relationship between regimes and political science. Through an examination of the case of China, this article confirms the main finding of Huntington's thesis through a discussion of why democracy is associated with political science and why authoritarianism does not produce great political scientists. The article, however, also points out the problems associated with Huntington's thesis on connections between regimes and political science. The article offers a number of causal mechanisms and constructive criticisms of Huntington's thesis.

The article focuses on the role of social educators in the field of public policies, specifically social assistance policies, in which this role (social educator) has been assumed by both high school egressed and professionals from humanities courses. Based on the assumption that the subjects who assume the role of "social educators" do not always feel prepared for a qualified performance with users of social assistance policy, the text seeks to offer a set of theoretical-methodological and ethical reflection as a subsidy to the action of this professional in the perspective of human and social development. To this end, it is based on the reflections of several thinkers, as well as on the assumptions of Socio-historical theory. The intention, as already explained, is to offer social educators who work in a context of vulnerability and exclusion, a systematic reflection that can guide their practices from the perspective of technical competence, political commitment, and human sensitivity. ; El artículo enfoca en el papel de los educadores sociales en el ámbito de las políticas públicas, en concreto, las políticas asistenciales, en las que este papel ha sido asumido tanto por egresados de secundaria como por profesionales de carreras de humanidades. Considerando que los sujetos que asumen el rol de "educadores sociales" no siempre se sienten preparados para una actuación calificada con los usuarios de la política asistencial, el texto busca ofrecer un conjunto de reflexiones teóricas, metodológicas y éticas como subvención a la actuación de este profesional en la perspectiva del desarrollo humano y social. Para ello, se basa en las reflexiones de varios pensadores, así como en los supuestos de la teoría sociohistórica. La intención es ofrecer a los educadores sociales, que trabajan en un contexto de vulnerabilidad y exclusión, una reflexión sistemática que pueda orientar sus prácticas, desde la perspectiva de la competencia técnica, el compromiso político hasta la sensibilidad humana. ; O artigo tem como foco a atuação dos educadores sociais no campo das políticas públicas, especificamente, das políticas de assistência social no âmbito do qual, tal função tem sido assumida tanto por indivíduos egressos do ensino médio, quanto por profissionais oriundos de cursos de humanidades. Partindo do pressuposto de que nem sempre os sujeitos que assumem a função de "educadores sociais" sentem-se preparados para uma atuação qualificada junto aos usuários da política de assistência social, o texto busca oferecer um conjunto de reflexão de ordem teórico-metodológica e ética como subsídio à ação desse profissional na perspectiva do desenvolvimento humano e social. Para tanto, fundamenta-se nas reflexões de diversos pensadores, bem como nos pressupostos da teoria Sócio-histórica. A intenção, é oferecer aos educadores sociais que atuam em contexto de vulnerabilidade e exclusão, uma reflexão sistemática que possa nortear suas práticas numa ótica da competência técnica, compromisso político e sensibilidade humana.