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Research grant/HUPS for Sociology Department from Udayana University utilized FGD to frame up the political education utilized by internship and learning via text book of 'Political Parties Accountability' published in 2015 at FISIP Unud that is compared with general lecture delivered by Nazrina Zuryani1) as guest lecturer at Bina Nusantara International (communication Department) in Jakarta. Bina Nusantara International University has not Faculty of Social and Political Sciences as in UNUD but all the students get double degree with overseas universities and Communication department belongs to Faculty of Computing and Media of Binus International. Political education at Sociology department of UNUD has not yet increase the critical thinking of students by argumentation while Binus International urge their students to be more critical for any social changes and global politics. Utilizing the organizational of political parties by Basedeau dan Stroh (2008), as well as the critics from Heywood (2013) who said that political parties have not yet successfully implementing politic of education for people especially the youth. This research is the result of comparing the political education that has been minor in critical thinking at Sociology department at Unud Bali but in contrary, it becomes a major critical thinking for global politics topic at Binus International in Jakarta. Both participants of Focus Group Discussion/FGD were 26 students and 21 students for general lecture. Almost 85% of FGD participants had undertaking subject of Political Sociology while participants of 'Political Globalization' never undertaking it. The result of FGD shows that most of students unaware of global politics as they focus only at subjects' correlations while at Binus International, the general lecture participants shows the ability to synthesize the social and political engineering to face the dilemma of right wings that now are pandemic in the global world.

Purpose– Drawing on the approach of Bourdieu (1977, 1986), and using language as an exemplar, the purpose of this paper is to engage in a "dangerous conversation" to explore how and why issues of diversity were mobilised, ignored and leveraged in one particular service context.Design/methodology/approach– Qualitative research exploring the language choices of 25 service users who had been processed through the criminal Justice System in Wales in the last five years.Findings– The argument is made that in some service contexts, a habitus obtains that renders reflexivity about diversity issues problematic and predicates against the critical reflection necessary to promote anti-oppressive practice.Research limitations/implications– Small sample size, not generalisable.Practical implications– The authors intend the paper to encourage greater reflection on instances when diversity issues are raised and to render simplistic any attempt to invalidate claims of discrimination.Social implications– Encourage dialogue about claims of discrimination and greater reflection by service providers about the legitimacy of such claims.Originality/value– Anti-oppressive theorising has, for the most part, constructed minority group members as passive victims within hierarchical power relationships. While acknowledging how power is unequally distributed, the paper challenges hierarchical models which designate minority group members as bereft of power.

Under former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, New York City adopted one of the most aggressive sustainability policies in U.S. government. Responding to the needs of future New Yorkers, the city analyzed its anticipated growth, the growth rate of services required to meet the needs of a growing population, and the impact of that population on aging infrastructure, and developed a sustainability roadmap that has served as a model for cities around the world.

Since in the mid of 1970 climate change occurred causing 150,000 deaths and 5 million life disabilities every year in developing countries. ARI (Acute Respiratory Infection) is one of the most common diseases in Indonesia and contributing to baby and infant mortality. Pneumonia is one of transmitted disease cause the 2nd death in infant after diarrhea in Indonesia. ARI in Central Jakarta in 2009 recorded 1,213 people. August 2011 ARI cases was 16,750 and 248,168 in North Jakarta, West Jakarta, respectively. The aim of this research was to get a model of climate change and pneumonia in Jakarta. It was an observational research with ecological design. Data obtained from Ministry of Health and Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics in Jakarta from 1990 to 2010. Variables were temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind speed, and pneumonia. The results of multiple linear regression analysis known that one variable significantly associated with the incidence of pneumonia in Jakarta were the wind speed. Based on the p value = 0.007. The increase in wind speed of 1 knot can lead to an increase in 2142 of pneumonia 40.6 % of the variation of wind speed can explain the incidence of pneumonia. It is needed to build cooperation with other sector programs with relevant agencies such as Local Government, Department of Education, community organizations, community leaders and community participation for the anticipated increase in the incidence of pneumonia.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between environmental reporting and corporate governance attributes of companies in Australia.Design/methodology/approachThe paper adopts a quantitative analysis approach. It examines the 2008 annual reports of the largest 100 Australian firms listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) to determine the amount of environmental reporting – these data are compared with various corporate governance measures.FindingsAnalysis found a significant positive relationship between the extent of environmental reporting and the proportions of independent and female directors on a board. The analysis did not, however, support a negative relationship between the extent of environmental reporting and institutional investors and board size as has been previously predicted, rather, it showed a positive relationship.Originality/valueThis paper offers insights to both regulators and company strategists. Regulators such as the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) could consider expanding its Corporate Governance Council guidelines to include consideration of the environment, which is increasingly considered to be an important aspect of corporate social responsibility, and one of the responsibilities of the board of directors. In addition, for companies which include a commitment to the environment in their mission and strategies, it suggests consideration of the impact of board structure and composition is important as both of these are shown to have a significant effect on the amount of environmental information disclosed by companies.