ISBN:
3631640226
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9783631640227
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9783653023114
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9783653023114
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
609 S.
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
Serie:
Arbeit, Bildung & Gesellschaft 31
Paralleltitel:
Print version Citizenship and Social Development : Citizen Participation and Community Involvement in Social Welfare and Social Policy
DDC:
303.3
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
This interdisciplinary book includes contributions from scholars from different parts of the world from the fields of political science, economy, sociology, social work, philosophy, and education. The major topics deal with contemporary challenges in social analysis, social theories, social policy, social work. Its special focus is aiming at questions of social development in the context of citizen's participation and involvement in social welfare and social policy. Therefore the overall perspective is connected to questions of democracy in theory and practice, the question of the democratisat
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover; Preface; Table of Contents; Abstracts; I. (RE)DEFINING THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO ANALYSIS OF PARTICIPATION; Paths of Citizen Participation and Responsibility -In Shaping Individual and Community Involvement with Matters of Social Policy and Praxis Searching for a "Planetarium Commons" - Azril Bacal; The Rise and Decline of Citizenship in Europe - Francesco Garibaldo; Knowledge Management as a Strategic Enabler for Improved Social and Economic Cohesion through a Sustainable Learning Society - Stamatina Hadjidema and Victoria Pekka-Economou
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Trends and Particularities of the Socio-Political Pluralism in Greece and Germany. The Effect of Culture and Mentality as Factors of Different Thinking and Action in the Practice of the Socio-Political Pluralistic Model - Stefanos KoffasHenri Lefebvre's Legacy of the Microand Macro-Problems in Social Analysis. Foundations of and Challenges for Self-Management and Participation in the Everyday Life - Heinz Sünker; Towards a Global Civil Society? György Széll; Participatory or Authoritarian Democracy: Alternatives of Society's Organizationin the Crisis of Capitalism -Michael Vester
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
II. PARTICIPATION IN DIVERSE CONTEXTS AND LOCALES"Activation as a Challenge for Fragmented Welfare States: The Balance between Law and Policies in the European Welfare Regime" - Gabriel Amitsis; Decentralised Planning and Poverty Reduction (The Case of Kerala) - P. P. Balan; Creating New Spaces for Marginalised Groupsto Engage in Policy Making in South Africa - Imraan Buccus; Politicisation of Self-Help in Norway - Marte Feiring; Vocabularies of Community Involvement in Urban Romania - Adrian Hatos
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Political Efficacy - Understanding Low Levels of Political Participation in Post-Soviet Countries - Inta MierinaClosing the Gap: Creating Effective Public Participation in Northern Ireland - Ruth McAlister; Institutional Participation and Responsibility towards Education Sri Sharadamatha Balavedika -A Part of Ramakrishna Math - A Case Study - Padmini Rangarajan; Economic, Social and Political Scenarios of Mexico in the Next Two Decades - José G. Vargas-Hernández and Mohammad Reza Noruzi; III.MULTIPLE FORMS, TYPES ANDFACETS OF PARTICIPATION; Trade Unions and Social Networks - Mirella Baglioni
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
The Voice of the Community: Social-Public Economic Inequalities and User Involvement in Public Services - John Curtice and Stratos PatrikiosNew Employee Participation Approaches and its Socioeconomic Influences in the New Economic Era: The Case of Team Work as a Corporate Social Initiative - Aikaterina Economou; Sustainable Development through Community Participation: The Role of Self-Help Groups in India - Debi S. Saini; The Political Participation of Rural Population in Central Poland - Pawel˙ Starosta
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Promoting User Participation through the Third Sector- A Controversial Aspect of Greek Psychiatric Reform - Olga Stassinopoulou
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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