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EU Social Inclusion Policies in Post-Socialist Countries
The fact that post-socialist European Union (EU) countries are struggling with implementation of the EU's social inclusion policy is well known. But why is that so? Are the problems solely connected with how inclusion policies are enforced, or could it just as likely be the way policies are designed that creates challenges? This book explores experiences with inclusion policy implementation in seven different post-socialist EU countries. It focuses particularly on two groups of people in constant danger of social exclusion: people with Roma background and people with disabilities. So far, researchers have studied these issues primarily through policy analysis, and thus not provided knowledge...
Common Culture and the Ideology of Difference in Medieval and Contemporary Poland
Teresa Pac provides a much-needed contribution to the discussion on shared culture as foundational to societal survival. Through the examination of common culture as a process in medieval Kraków, Poznań, and Lublin, Pac challenges the ideology of difference—institutional, religious, ethnic, and nationalistic. Similarly, Pac maintains, twenty-first century Polish leaders utilize anachronistic approaches in the invention of Polish Catholic identity to counteract the country’s increasing ethnic and religious diversity. As in the medieval period, contemporary Polish political and social elites subscribe to the European Union’s ideology of difference, legitimized by a European Christian heritage, and its intended basis for discrimination against non-Christians and non-white individuals under the auspices of democratic values and minority rights, among which Muslims are a significant target.
Institutional Ethnography in the Nordic Region
Developed in response to the theoretically driven mainstream sociology, institutional ethnography starts from people’s everyday experiences, and works from there to discover how the social is organized. Starting from experience is a central step in challenging taken-for-granted assumptions and relations of power, whilst responding critically to the neoliberal cost-benefit ideology that has come to permeate welfare institutions and the research sector. This book explicates the Nordic response to institutional ethnography, showing how it has been adapted and interpreted within the theoretical and methodological landscape of social scientific research in the region, as well as the institution...
Transnational Resilience and Change
This edited collection draws together contributions from various social scientific fields and explores the mechanisms and strategies that Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities employ to preserve identities and cultural practices in different situational and national contexts. The book has a global focus with case studies from different European nations, as well as from Australia, North and South America. While several chapters acknowledge the power of cultural maintenance in the preservation of identity, others take a critical stance towards those aspects of inwardly focused and self-regulated examples of cultural isolation and highlight the implications that cultural marginality can have for members of these groups. The book is therefore essential reading for students in professional fields such as social work, education and community development. It is also relevant to academics with interests in anthropology, ethnography, migration studies, politics, public administration, sociology and social policy. Many of the book’s themes have a cross-disciplinary and transnational relevance and will be of interest to a range of international audiences.
¿Qué es la dimensión de género en el ámbito de la investigación? Casos de estudio en la investigación interdisciplinar
A LO LARGO DE LOS ÚLTIMOS AÑOS, la dimensión de género ha ido recibiendo cada vez más atención en cuanto al contenido se refiere. Uno de los motivos es que la incorporación de la perspectiva de género mejora la calidad de la investigación e innovación. Según la Comisión Europea y diversos organismos nacionales financiadores de la investigación, la dimensión de género debería incluirse en la investigación cuando sea relevante. Sin embargo, ¿qué quiere decir “dimensión o perspectiva de género”? y ¿cuándo es relevante? EN ESTA GUÍA nos dirigimos a investigadoras e investigadores y a otros miembros de la comunidad investigadora que sientan curiosidad sobre qué conlle...
Zwischen Sandkasten und Abschiebung
Basierend auf einer mehrmonatigen Feldforschung beschreiben die AutorInnen das Leben junger Kinder in Unterkünften für geflüchtete Menschen. Insbesondere die räumlich-materielle Ausstattung der Unterkünfte wird in ihrer sozialen und emotionalen Bedeutung für die Kinder und ihre Eltern präsentiert und vor dem Hintergrund universeller Kinderrechte diskutiert. Die AutorInnen kommen zu einer kritischen Einschätzung der Lage und richten Empfehlungen an Politik, Praxis und Wissenschaft.
Kinderschutz in der Demokratie – Eckpfeiler guter Fachpraxis
Gegenwärtig werden verstärkt tödliche Fälle von Kindesmisshandlung medial aufgegriffen und sensationsheischend aufbereitet. Hierbei kommt es oft zu Engführungen und Einseitigkeit. Im Handbuch setzen die Autor*innen neu an und fragen: Vor welchen Herausforderungen stehen wir aktuell in der Kinderschutzarbeit? Sie entfalten ein Konzept nachhaltiger demokratischer Kinderschutzarbeit auf Basis eines neuen Grundverständnisses und eines umfassenden Konzepts der Prozessgestaltung für eine solidarische Kooperation der beteiligten Akteur*innen.
Livelihoods and Learning
Current paradigms of ‘development’ generally serve mobile pastoralist groups poorly: their visibility in policy processes is minimal, and their mobility is constructed by the powerful as a ‘problem’, rather than as a rational livelihood strategy. Increasingly damaged eco-systems, shrinking natural resources, globalisation and urbanisation all put pressure on pastoralist livelihoods. Such processes often worsen, rather than alleviate, poverty and socio-economic marginalisation among pastoralists, but they also precipitate engagement with forms of education that may improve their future livelihood security and social status, and enhance occupational diversification. Opening with a disc...
Public Participation for 21st Century Democracy
A comprehensive text on the theory and practice of public participation Written by two leaders in the field, Public Participation for 21st Century Democracy explores the theory and practice of public participation in decision-making and problem-solving. It examines how public participation developed over time to include myriad thick, thin, and conventional opportunities, occurring in both face-to-face meetings and online settings. The book explores the use of participation in various arenas, including education, health, land use, and state and federal government. It offers a practical framework for thinking about how to engage citizens effectively, and clear explanations of participation sce...
