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1. Introduction / Julie Drolet -- 2. The historical and current context of social protection : the development of the social protection floor initiative / Julie Drolet and Crystal Kwan -- 3. "Recovery for all" and reducing inequality : austerity and poverty elimination / Crystal Kwan and Julie Drolet -- 4. Social protection : a human right to promote social justice and equity / Sekar Srinivasan, Malakkaran Johny Jino and Edakkat Subhakaran Sriji -- 5. Key concepts and definitions of social protection, social development, and related terms / Tiffany Sampson and Julie Drolet -- 6. Adaptive social protection : climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction / Haorui Wu and Julie Drolet -- 7. Social protection and the fight against poverty / Valter Martins -- 8. The Bolsa familia program in the context of social protection in Brazil : a debate on central issues : focus and impact on poverty / Maria Ozanira da Silva e Silva -- 9. Toward livelihood security through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) : an initiative of the government of India / Miriam Samuel and Sekar Srinivasan -- 10. The South African child support grant and dimensions of social justice / Vivienne Bozalek and Tessa Hochfeld -- 11. Social protection in Ghana : old challenges and new initiatives / Ziblim Abukari and Linda Kreitzer -- 12. Child-sensitive social protection initiatives in Nigeria : a role for indigenous social care / Augusta Y. Olaore, Vickie Ogunlade, and Chidimma Aham-Chiabuotu -- 13. Social protection, disaster risk reduction and community resilience : evidence from rural areas in Indonesia / Saut Sagala. [et al.] -- 14. Conclusion / Julie Drolet.

Social Theory, Social Change and Social Work has two inter-related themes. First to account for and analyse current changes in social work and secondly, to assess how far recent developments in social theory can contribute to their interpretation. Representing the work of a range of academics all involved in research and teaching in relation to social work, it considers issues of central significance to everyone interested in the theory, policy, and practice of social work

This paper proposes a reflection on the concept of social network in three dimensions: as an intersubjective binding process, as practices of cooperation and support for those making social advocacy, and as a way to interweave meanings that interpret and explain the daily life of individuals, groups and organizations. Likewise, we present the political dimension of social networks within the framework of participative democracy from which Social Work clarifies and sustains the notion of network as an interpretative framework for some methodologies of social intervention. ; Este artículo propone una reflexión sobre el concepto de red social en tres dimensiones: como proceso vincular intersubjetivo, como prácticas de colaboración y apoyo a quienes hacen gestión social, y como entrelazamiento de los significados que interpretan y explican la cotidianidad de individuos, grupos y organizaciones. Así mismo, presenta la dimensión política de las redes sociales en el marco de la democracia participativa a partir de la cual el trabajo social esclarece y sustenta la noción de red como marco interpretativo de algunas metodologías de intervención social.

Resumé La dualité entre logements sociaux et très sociaux risque de fragiliser le droit.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Part I: Debates Within Social Constructionism -- Revising the Constructionist Project -- 1. Reconsidering Social Constructionism -- 2. Vernacular Constituents of Moral Discourse: An Interactionist Proposal for the Study of Social Problems -- 3. The 1960s State as Social Problem: An Analysis of Radical Right and New Left Claims-Making Rhetorics -- Constructionist Responses -- 4. For a Cautious Naturalism -- 5. "Members Only": Reading the Constructionist Text -- 6. Revised Social Constructionism: Traditional Social Science More Than a Postmodernist Analysis -- 7. But Seriously Folks: The Limitations of the Strict Constructionist Interpretation of Social Problems -- Ethnomethodological Concerns -- 8. Social Constructionism and Social Problems Work -- 9. Social Problems and the Organization of Talk and Interaction -- 10. The Reflexivity of Constructionism and the Construction of Reflexivity -- 11. Do We Need a General Theory of Social Problems? -- Conclusion -- 12. Reconstituting the Constructionist Program -- Part II: New Challenges to Social Constructionism -- 13. New Challenges to Social Constructionism: Alternative Perspectives on Social Problems Theory -- Critical Challenges -- 14. The Problem with Social Problems: From Social Constructionism to Critical Theory -- 15. Twenty-Two Theses on Social Constructionism: A Feminist Response to Ibarra and Kitsuse's" Proposal for the Study of Social Problems" -- 16. "Literacy" and Business: "Social Problems" as Social Organization -- Poststructuralist Challenges -- 17. Claims-Making from the Underside: Marginalization and Social Problems Analysis -- 18. (De)Construction, Postmodernism, and Social Problems: Facts, Fictions, and Fantasies at the "End of History

By the year 2030 there will be twice as many retirees in the United States as today but only 18 percent more workers. This aging of the population will place considerable financial strain on the United States social security system; relatively few workers will be taxes to pay the benefits of relatively many retirees. Because of this change in demographics, the Social Security Administration will not be able to pay scheduled social security benefits as outlined by current law. Therefore, it is imperative that the government act soon to address the looming fiscal imbalance of the social security program. The Senate Aging Committee and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) both encourage Congress to take a Rawlsian perspective when evaluating social security reform measures that are intended to cope with changing demo- graphics. In their estimation, a desirable reform should not only balance the budget, but it should also protect benefits for the economically vulnerable. In this paper, I examine the relationship between John Rawls theory of social justice and the US social security system. I then provide fifteen possible social security reforms that are consistent with Rawls theory. I conclude with an analysis of the political feasibility of the various reforms considered. As a special example, the mathematical model used to generate the results for three of the reforms is included at the end of the paper.

Der Beitrag befasst sich mit der Bereitstellung und Nutzung von Daten in der öffentlichen Politik und der Rolle der Sozialwissenschaftler im Rahmen einer verbesserten Datennutzung. Dabei geht es insbesondere um die Frage, wie Fakten zu Daten werden und welche Entscheidungen den kontinuierlichen Datensammlungen von sozialen Fakten in der Gesellschaft zugrunde liegen. Es wird untersucht, welche Rollen Regierungen, Märkte und Sozialwissenschaftler bei dieser Datenproduktion besitzen. Während den Sozialwissenschaftlern spezielle Verantwortung für die Qualität von Daten zur Politikberatung zukommt, scheitern jedoch Forschungsprojekte immer wieder an unklaren wissenschaftlichen Fragestellungen an die Forscher, die Daten sammeln und analysieren. So bleibt eine der wesentlichsten ungelösten Fragen zur Zeit, wie Sozialwissenschaft und Politik besser zugunsten einer verbesserten Auswertung sozialer Daten zusammenarbeiten könnten. (ICH)