Social and Environmental Issues Research Papers

The contemporary business environment can be particularly challenging for boards and business leaders seeking to think and act strategically, and also embrace social and environmental responsibilities and the concerns of a wider range of... more

Much as has been written and done to prevent Fraudulent Financial Reporting (FFR) practices but FFR is still exists in the corporate world. It is common to think about FFR practices in large companies for its greater amount of... more

As charities expand into social enterprises they must adapt their model to not only create value, but also capture it. This paper explores two cases of charities developing SE's and their journey in discovering how to capture value.

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- by Madison Hopper
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  Business, Business Ethics, Social Movements, Nonprofit Studies

“K‟utarapxiw quqanakasxa, ukatxa phichantapxarakiw, quqa tunu lawanaks jik‟irapxi, ukatsi janipuniw jik‟supkit qhuya tunu saphanakasxa.” “One should take pride in one‟s land and culture. There is a popular saying in Aymara, "They cut our... more

“K‟utarapxiw quqanakasxa, ukatxa phichantapxarakiw, quqa tunu lawanaks jik‟irapxi, ukatsi janipuniw jik‟supkit qhuya tunu saphanakasxa.”

“One should take pride in one‟s land and culture. There is a popular saying in Aymara, "They cut our
branches, they burn our leaves, they pull out our trunks . . . but never could they overtake our roots.‟ This was addressed to the Spaniards.”
- Aymara agriculturist of Chile

Aymara Indian Perspectives on Development in the Andes presents our collaborative research with the Aymara people in the Andes of northern Chile. We conducted ethnographic interviews with Aymara people in more than 18 villages from the coast to the high plateau, 4600 meters above sea level.
Within a multidisciplinary framework and with a detailed understanding of issues from the Aymara point of view, together we explore the enduring reciprocal relations between the Aymara and the elements of land, water, and the supernatural amid exogenously imposed development within their holy land. We discuss the paving of international Chile Highway 11, diversion of Altiplano waters of the Río Lauca
to the arid Atacama Desert coast for hydroelectricity and irrigation, mining within Parque Nacional Lauca, a UNESCO International Biosphere Reserve, and Chilean national park policies regarding Aymara communities and their natural and cultural properties within the protected area.
For Andean people, economic, spiritual, and social life, are inextricably tied to land and water. The Aymara
of Chile are the indigenous people of the northern border Region XV, Arica y Parinacota, who are struggling to maintain their sustainable and traditional systems of irrigation waters distribution, agriculture, and pastoralism in one of the most arid regions of our world, the Atacama Desert. Interviews with
Aymara people reveal the social and environmental dimensions of the larger conflict between rapid economic growth and a sensitive cultural and natural resource base. The Aymara help us to understand indigenous issues and their cosmological vision.

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This paper takes a look at the "Peyote Crisis" from a new angle. The peyote plant is at a complex intersection between environmental and cultural interests. With its numbers dwindling in the wild, there are still thousands of Native... more

Large-scale development projects oftentimes end up creating negative impacts that affect vulnerable populations with particular intensity. Projects likely to displace families from their homes, degrade the living conditions of indigenous... more

My paper is all about the all-time controversial social issue " The Narmada Bachao Andolan". It contains the whole analysis of the issue and what all happened from the beginning to the end. It has an introduction, important happenings in... more

El capítulo las razones por las que resulta útil usar herramientas de Historia Oral para contrarrestar la experiencia de los afectados por megaproyectos de desarrollo, con los discursos esgrimidos por actores oficiales e institucionales... more

"The colonization of Turtle Island and by extension, the colonization of Indigenous women and their bodies has created subtle forms of racism such as systemic and environmental racism. More Indigenous women are beginning to demand... more

The research presents the development of new guidelines providing a signiﬁcant contribution to identiﬁcation and management of adverse impacts of oil activities on continental areas characterized by high biodiversity. The guidelines focus... more

This paper provides an analysis of some relevant issues in corporate social and environmental reporting (CSER) research by way of review of relevant literature. Issues in the following two main areas of CSER research are identified: the... more

The purpose of this article is to deepen analyses of life production relations that are of central concern to the feminist global political economy frameworks around which this special issue is organized. While the original approach... more

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- by Paul Foley
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  Feminist Theory, Marxism, Political Ecology, Marxism and Ecology

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment management (E-waste or WEEE) is a crucial issue in the solid waste management sector with global interconnections between well-developed, transitional and developing countries. Consumption society... more

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- by Florin Constantin MIHAI and +1
  maria grazia gnoni
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  Management, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering

The renewables-based energy system represents a unique opportunity to meet climate goals while increasing economic growth, creating new employment opportunities and enhancing human welfare. Hence the role of renewable energy has been... more

The discussion of issues in political ecology has expanded greatly in recent times, above all as the result of growing concern about far-reaching ecological problems that seem to require an effective political response in the near future.... more

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- by John Clark
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  Social Movements, Social Theory, Philosophy, Applied Philosophy

La solidarietà è considerata dalla Chiesa Cattolica come un principio fondamentale del proprio insegnamento sociale e, più in generale, del proprio impegno nella promozione della caritas che, accanto all'annuncio del Vangelo e alla... more

Homens trans enfrentam dificuldades e violências contra a dignidade até na hora de acessar o serviço de saúde Maternidade real Movimento visa acabar com romantismo da realidade vivida por mulheres-mães 44 04 38 10 O corpo perfeito é o seu... more

Environmental movements are networks of informal interactions that may include individuals, groups, and organizations engaged in collective action motivated by shared identity or concern about environmental issues. This article reviews... more

SUMÁRIO CARTA DAS “PESCADORAS ENCANTADAS” ARAREKOLÊ - INTRODUÇÃO: DIREITOS TERRITORIAIS DE POVOS E COMUNIDADES TRADICIONAIS EM SITUAÇÃO DE CONFLITOS SOCIOAMBIENTAIS POVOS INDÍGENAS: PISA LIGEIRO, QUEM NÃO PODE COM A FORMIGA NÃO ASSANHA... more

SUMÁRIO

CARTA DAS “PESCADORAS ENCANTADAS”

ARAREKOLÊ - INTRODUÇÃO: DIREITOS TERRITORIAIS DE POVOS E COMUNIDADES TRADICIONAIS EM SITUAÇÃO DE CONFLITOS SOCIOAMBIENTAIS

POVOS INDÍGENAS: PISA LIGEIRO, QUEM NÃO PODE COM A FORMIGA NÃO ASSANHA O FORMIGUEIRO

The contribution of the Human Rights Committee to the further development of the right of indigenous peoples to land, territory and natural resources: an analysis of the landmark decision in the case Ángela Poma Poma against Peru
Mariana Monteiro de Matos

Educação Indígena Tremembé na Aldeia de Almofala: Terra, Torém e Luta
Leonísia Moura Fernandes; Carmem Luísa Chaves Cavalcante

Desafios a uma Saúde Indigenista Específica e Diferenciada no Maranhão Diego Rodrigo Pereira; Rayssa de Sousa Morais

Com a Palavra os Povos Indígenas: o Direito ao Usufruto da Terra na Constituinte
Danielle Bastos Lopes; Thiago Ranniery M. de Oliveira

Aportes sobre História Econômica, Direitos Humanos e Povos Indígenas No Brasil
Flávia do Amaral Vieira; Isabella Cristina Lunelli

A Mercadorização do Ambiente como Violação de Direitos Indígenas: Projetos do “Desenvolvimento” e o Caso dos Tremembé de Queimadas Ronaldo de Queiroz Lima

QUILOMBOLAS: O ESCRAVO QUE MATA O SENHOR PRATICA UM LEGÍTIMO ATO DE AUTODEFESA (LUÍS GAMA)

Comunidade Remanescente de Quilombo Lagoinha de Baixo/MT: entre direitos garantidos e direitos usufruídos
Luciana Stephani Silva Iocca; Fatima Aparecida da Silva Iocca

Comunidades quilombolas: luta pela terra, luta jurídica e luta simbólica
João Augusto de Andrade Neto

Etnografia da Educação Escolar e Comunitária na Comunidade Quilombola São Raimundo de Taperu: reflexões sobre identidade, direitos e conflitos
Carine Costa Alves; Assis da Costa Oliveira

COMUNIDADES TRADICIONAIS DE TERREIRO: SARAVÁ IANSÃ A GRANDE GUERREIRA, ORIXÁ DO RAIO E DO VENTO, QUE AJUDA COM SUA ENERGIA VENCER AS LUTAS E AS DIFICULDADES. (PRECE A IANSÃ)

As Comunidades Tradicionais de Terreiros e as Ações por Igualdade Racial no Sul e Sudeste do Pará
Ivan Costa Lima; Deyziane dos Anjos Silva

Saberes e práticas educacionais nas Comunidades de Terreiros Baianos Jurandir de Almeida Araújo

DIREITOS TERRITORIAIS E QUESTÃO AGRÁRIA NO BRASIL: MALDITAS SEJAM TODAS AS CERCAS! MALDITAS TODAS AS PROPRIEDADES QUE NOS PRIVAM DE VIVER E DE AMAR! (D. PEDRO CASALDÁLIGA)

A Questão Agrária no Brasil: Contribuições acerca da luta dos camponeses, indígenas e quilombolas pelo acesso à terra
Bruno Bruziguessi

Usos do direito e conflito fundiário numa situação de fronteira
João Augusto de Andrade Neto

Fronteiras e Limites entre Lutas por Terra e Território no Norte de Minas Gerais
André Dumans Guedes

Território e Territorialidades dos Pescadores Artesanais de Ubatuba/Sp: Usos, Conflitos e Resistências
Larissa Tavares Moreno

O Indeferimento de Pedido Liminar em Ações Possessórias como Realização do Direito Fundamental à Moradia
Lucas Laitano Valente

Populações tradicionais e apossamento ilegal: para além da função social da propriedade
Marcus Eduardo de Carvalho Dantas

A Morada da Terra: a luta por direitos em um assentamento na Amazônia
Kerlley Diane Silva dos Santos

Comissão dos Assentamentos de Humaitá no Sul do Amazonas, conflitos fundiários a disputa pelo uso dos recursos
Aurelio Diaz Herraiz; Cassiano Oliveira dos Santos

Políticas Públicas e Desenvolvimento Territorial: uma Análise sobre o Conselho Municipal de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional de Nova Iguaçu/RJ
Viviane Soares Lança

CONFLITOS SOCIOAMBIENTAIS E VIOLAÇÕES DE DIREITOS HUMANOS E AMBIENTAIS: SEM INDIGNAÇÃO, NADA DE GRANDE E SIGNIFICATIVO OCORRE NA HISTÓRIA HUMANA (MICHAEL LÖWY)

Repensando o Conceito de Direitos Humanos à Luz dos Conflitos Socioambientais Vivenciados por Povos e Populações no Ceará/Brasil Luciana Nogueira Nóbrega; Martha Priscylla Monteiro Joca Martins

A Carta de Crédito e os direitos da população afetada pela UHE Belo Monte: a violação do direito ao projeto de vida
Alysson Lopes da Costa; Kessia Silva Moraes

Territorialidades e conflitivas dos programas de desenvolvimento no Nordeste brasileiro: projetos de infraestrutura de grande escala em turismo e populações tradicionais costeiras
Potyguara Alencar dos Santos

A Construção da Hidrelétrica Belo Monte e o Despejo Forçado em Santo Antônio
Andréia Macedo Barreto

Um conflito socioambiental na Ilha Grande, Brasil: a praia do Aventureiro em disputa
Córa Hisae Hagino

Caminhos fechados: coerção aos meios de vida como forma de expulsão dos caiçaras da Jureia
Roberto Sanches Rezende; Rodrigo Ribeiro de Castro; Mauro William Barbosa de Almeida

Agrotóxicos e Estado de Exceção: a Suspensão da Legislação de Agrotóxicos em Atenção aos Interesses do Agronegócio
Cleber A. R. Folgado

O Princípio da Dignidade e o Direito à Vida e à Saúde na Realidade do Sertanejo em Meio à Seca
Stephanie da Silva Holanda

Povos e Comunidades Tradicionais e Unidades de Conservação: Limites e Possibilidades sobre a Comunidade Quilombola Fazenda Velha, no Parque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina
Clara Flores Seixas de Oliveira; Claudio Oliveira de Carvalho

A Nova Lei Florestal Brasileira e a Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional: outras colheitas jurídicas do mesmo paradigma agrário-político
Lucas Eduardo Allegretti Prates

DIREITO À CONSULTA PRÉVIA, LIVRE E INFORMADA: DENDÊ NO BACALHAU, LEGÍTIMA E GENEROSA TRANSGRESSÃO (MUNDO LIVRE S/A)

A Consulta Prévia, Livre e Informada como mecanismo de garantia de Direitos Humanos dos povos indígenas: caso Kichwa de Sarayaku vs Equador
Amanda Borges de Oliveira

O direito dos povos de decidir sobre seu próprio destino: perspectivas a partir da consulta, da participação e do consentimento
Gabriela Balvedi Pimentel

SISTEMA DE JUSTIÇA: A VIDA NÃO É A QUE A GENTE VIVEU E SIM A QUE A GENTE RECORDA, E COMO RECORDA PARA CONTÁ-LA (GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ)

O Poder Judiciário e os desafios à efetivação da desapropriação socioambiental
Daisy Carolina Tavares Ribeiro

A advocacia frente às contradições do sistema de justiça no tratamento dos movimentos sociais: o caso da criminalização do MST
Luiz Otávio Ribas; Tiago de García Nunes

AGROECOLOGIA: SE TEMOS DE ESPERAR, QUE SEJA PARA COLHER A SEMENTE BOA QUE LANÇAMOS HOJE NO SOLO DA VIDA (CORA CORALINA)

Notas sobre a Política Nacional de Agroecologia e Produção Orgânica
Daniele Vanessa de Souza Santos; Daniela do Carmo Kabengele

Fortalecendo a teia agroecológica: a relação do grupo universitário MUDA com agricultores familiares do estado do Rio de Janeiro
Caio Sant’Anna; Heloisa Teixeira Firmo

Part one of a two-part critique of Garrett Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" and "Lifeboat Ethics." A revised and expanded version is forthcoming from Changing Suns Press (http://www.changingsunspress.com/books/).

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- by John Clark
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  Critical Theory, Discourse Analysis, Sociology, Social Demography

The female breast has been put through the ringer for the past few years, but this is nothing new. The breast has been the subject of adoration, mystery, revolution, and lust, being “trivialized, romanticized, or sexualized in ways that... more

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- by Dylan B Parker
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  Gender Studies, Anthropology, Liturgy, Theological Anthropology

Access, defined as the ability to use and benefit from available marine resources or areas of the ocean or coast, is important for the well-being and sustainability of coastal communities. In Canada, access to marine resources and ocean... more

Nowadays, world economy is undoubtedly richer than in the past. Capitalism and liberalism have generally allowed economic growth at unimaginable rate. Nevertheless, they have failed in wealth distribution. The existing literature and... more

Like all other parts of the world, land use patterns in Bangladesh especially of south-west part have been observed to change rapidly since late of 20th century. Lands of south-west region were generally used for rice farming since the... more

Like all other parts of the world, land use patterns in Bangladesh especially of south-west part have been observed to change rapidly since late of 20th century. Lands of south-west region were generally used for rice farming since the middle of 20th century but polderization project of Bangladesh during 1970s caused major changes in land use pattern either through transformation or modification of land cover and cropping. Literature shows that single cropped rice areas of past decades have already been cultivated twice or thrice per year while some such lands have already been converted for shrimp farming. This paper examines the determinants of land use patterns and their corresponding changes (i.e. rice and shrimp farming) over time at pirozpur village of Kaligonj upazila under Satkhira district of Khulna division in Bangladesh. The study is being done on the basis of cross-sectional data collected from the decision maker or head of each sample household. Here data have been collected through questionnaire as well as focus group discussion from a sample size of 80 households; each forty from shrimp and rice farming. Here logistic regression considering rice farming land as the reference dummy as well as cost-benefit analysis is being done to know the extents of land use determinants. However, the study area being close to river Hariavanga, shrimp farming has become predominant in the study area and young people are more interested in shrimp farming than in any other land use alternatives. Analysis shows that cost free irrigation for shrimp farming as well as higher profit, lower cost and available inputs are the major factors of increased shrimp farming in the study area. The study also finds that if rice can be cultivated thrice per year then shrimp is less attractive while there lacks training facilities for the rice farmers which may cause dissatisfaction to land owners causing conversion of rice land into shrimp. Available land holders primarily decide their land use pattern based on short run cost benefit calculation rather than long run impact of land use in their livelihood as well as ecology. The study finds age, natural calamities, family type and availability of credit to be negatively related with shrimp farming while land engagement process, accessibility, economically active family number, proximity to service sector, neighborhood land use patterns, land ownership and land rent to be positively related. Whatever be the determinants of land use and their corresponding extents, mass awareness should be emphasized for optimal land use.

Cities are a locus for struggles over the ability for historically marginalized groups to feed themselves. These stratified spaces represent a distinct expression of the conventional agrifood system: the undernutrition/malnutrition... more

Having in mind climate change as well as the rising risk of potential environmental crisis caused by pollution and unsustainable exploitation of natural resources, the concept of environmental security, primarily defined as the resilience... more

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- by Ana Batrićević
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  Environmental Education, Environmental Law, Ecofeminism, Feminism

Jatuhnya rezim komunis pasca Cold War membawa perubahan yang begitu signifikan terhadap tatanan sistem internasional. Uni Soviet yang menjadi representasi dari negara super power dengan ideologi komunis harus mengakui kedigdayaan Amerika... more

Jatuhnya rezim komunis pasca Cold War membawa perubahan yang begitu signifikan terhadap tatanan sistem internasional. Uni Soviet yang menjadi representasi dari negara super power dengan ideologi komunis harus mengakui kedigdayaan Amerika Serikat yang keluar sebagai pemenang dalam Cold War. Amerika Serikat mulai meperluas pegaruhnya terhadap bekas bekas negeri komunis melalui invasi dan operasi operasi intelijen rahasia. Kekuasaan Amerika Serikat saat ini hampir mencapai 50% dari 500 (Multi national Coorporation) dan bank bank terbesar di seluruh dunia dan juga ratusan misi-misi militernya 1 . Namun, dominasi kekuasaan imperialism Amerika Serikat mulai ditentang oleh beberapa negara, seperti di Irak dan Afghanistan mulai bermunculan perlawanan oleh gerakan rakyat terhadap invasi invasi yang dilakukan oleh Amerika Serikat dengan terjadinya konflik konflik bersenjata. Saat ini, gelombang perlawanan rakyat terhadap globalisasi neoliberal diseluruh dunia mulai semakin meningkat. Gelombang perlawanan yang dilakukan rakyat terhadap hegemoni AS juga terjadi di beberapa negara di kawasan Amerika Latin, khususnya Venezuela. Dibawah kepemimpinan Hugo Chavez yang belakangan menjadi sangat popular di kalangan rakyat jelata Venezuela mulai terang-terangan menentang segala bentuk imperialis yang dilakukan oleh Amerika Serikat. Trry Lyn Karl mengemukakan bahwa pada kasus Venezuela, minyak merupakan faktor yang paling penting dalam menjelaskan pembentukan kondisi struktural bagi kehancuran otoriterisme militer dan kelangsungan suatu sistem yang demokratis 2 . Hal tersebut disebabkan minyak merupakan komoditi vital yang secara universal paling dibutuhkan dalam menjalankan mekanisme pasar. Jakarta :LP3ES, 1993,hal.300 Venezuela merupakan salah satu negara di kawasan Amerika Latin dengan sumber kekayaan alam yang melimpah, terutama dalam komoditi minyak bumi. Minyak bumi menjadi salah satu sumber pendapatan devisa terbesar bagi Venezuela. Pada tahun 2003, Venezuela menjadi negara pengekspor minyak bumi terbesar ke lima di dunia dan terbesar ketiga bagi Amerika Serikat 3 . Selama dua dekade pelaksanaan agenda neoliberalisme yang dilakukan oleh Amerika Serikat di Venezuela berdampak terhadap semakin terpuruknya perekonomian Venezuela. Hal tersebut berdampak terhadap semakin meningkatnya pengangguran akibat dari banyaknya perusahaan yang bangkrut dan melakukan PHK besar-besaran. Hugo Chavez yang didukung oleh rakyat yang rata-rata berasal dari golongan menengah ke bawah, menerapkan sebuah kebijakan ekonomi yang anti terhadap neoliberalisme. Organisasi Amerika Latin, antara lain adalah Presiden Venezuela, Hugo Chavez (1998), Presiden Brazil, Luis Ignacio "Lula" da Silva (2001); Presiden Argentina Nestor Kirchner (2003, yang beberapa waktu setelahnya digantikan isterinya, Christina Fernandez); Presiden Uruguay, Tabarez Vasquez (2005); Evo Morales, Petani koka miskin yang terpilih sebagai Presiden Bolivia (2006); Michelle Bachelet, aktivis Partai Sosialis, menjadi Presiden Chili (2006); tokoh revolusioner lama Nikaragua, Daniel Ortega, yang kemballi ke panggung kekuasaan negara sebagai Presiden Nikaragua (2006), Rafael Correra, ekonom dan doctor ekonomi lulusan Amerika Serikat, yang terpilih sebagai Presiden Ekuador (2007), dan Fernando Lugo, Presiden Paraguay (2008). Dan, dalam gembong tersebut, terdapat tokoh "kiri" yang menjadi kuncen Amerika Latin, presiden Kuba, Fidel Castro. Pemimpin revolusioner Kuba yang telah lebih dari 30 tahun menghadapi berbagai "serangan" AS terhadap diri dan pemerintahannya ini, kini secara resmi telah digantikan oleh adiknya, Raul Castro 15 .

Este capítulo defiende la necesidad de reposicionar al capitalismo como categoría analítica y objeto de estudio para las ciencias sociales en América Latina. Revisa de manera necesariamente breve algunas perspectivas teóricas sobre el... more

Mining licenses in post-apartheid South Africa are being granted by the ruling government in sensitive areas that are important tourism hubs and employment generators. Limited research has been conducted to understand mining impacts on... more

Global climate change policy issued by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with the scheme Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) will not only involve the community and... more

Despite EU climate objectives and raw material needs, there is a growing concern caused by the limited direct access to primary sources and supplies of valuable raw materials, and by the heavy reliance on imports. Member states are... more

O Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar foi criado na década de 1970. Um de seus núcleos administrativos foi delimitado em meados dos anos 1980 no município de Ubatuba: o Núcleo Picinguaba. Este se sobrepôs a quatro bairros, sendo dois deles... more

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- by Gabriella Almeida Rancan
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  Sociology, Environmental Science, Ecology, Cultural Diversity

The authors engage ecological modernization and treadmill of production theories as well as the longstanding postmaterialist values hypothesis and the objective problems subjective values hypothesis to assess the effects of national level... more

The study examined the perceptions of undergraduate Social Studies Students on measures to curb graduate unemployment in Nigeria. Specifically, the study sought to determine students’ perceptions on measures to curb graduate unemployment... more

Background: European and national policies on citizenship education stimulate the implementation of a participative approach to citizenship education, fostering active citizenship. The reason given for fostering active citizenship is the... more

Background: European and national policies on citizenship education stimulate the implementation of a participative approach to citizenship education, fostering active citizenship. The reason given for fostering active citizenship is the decline of participation in political and social life jeopardizing democracy. Schools have to implement a participative approach through stimulating participation within school and its direct environment, while fostering a certain kind of political literacy, critical thinking and analysing skills, certain kind of values, attitudes and behaviours. Purpose: The purpose of this article is to problematise the participative approach of citizenship education advocated by policy makers and several researchers. In order to do so, four different categories that citizenship education has to cover will be theoretically and empirically analysed: political knowledge, critical thinking, values, attitudes and behaviours, and active participation. The practical implications for educational practice will be discussed.
Source of evidence: Two types of documents have been analysed: The 2005 and 2012 Eurydice reports and the 2009 International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) research reports. These documents are exemplary of the mainstream idea of citizenship and citizenship education held by policy makers and many researchers on citizenship education. The Eurydice reports have analysed citizenship education in more than 30 countries while promoting a certain concept of citizenship education, namely active citizenship. The ICCS has researched pupils’ competencies on citizenship education and school practices in 38 countries. It is an interesting source because it had to define and operationalise the different constituents of citizenship education.
Main argument: In jurisdictions where citizenship education is compulsory, schools have to implement this participative approach and account for it. We suggest that this educational approach to citizenship education may be problematic because each aspect – political literacy, critical thinking and analysing skills, values, attitudes and behaviours, and active participation – presents challenging demands on the curricu- lum, head teachers and teachers. We argue three kinds of constraints that make the implementation of such a participative approach unrealistic: (1) insufficient specialist knowledge on the part of teachers and head teachers, (2) time and budget constraints and (3) an overcrowded curriculum. We demonstrate that the broad range of themes that political literacy has to cover demand specific knowledge on the part of teachers regarding each of the themes. Then we argue that critical thinking skills are hard to learn and demand continuous practice. Implementing and sustaining active participation structure within school and in the direct environment, again, require specific skills and curricular organisation. The demands made by values, attitudes and behaviours on teachers and pupils could not be explored because of the lack of conceptual clarity in the documentation under scrutiny.
Conclusion: The feasibility of a participative approach to citizenship education has been questioned through theoretical and empirical critical analysis. On this basis, we suggest that the scope of the citizenship education curriculum should be reconsidered or that teacher and head teacher should receive the necessary and adequate training, and support to implement such a participatory structure.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how legitimacy is gained, maintained or repaired through direct action with salient stakeholders and/or through external reporting, by using a number of empirical case vignettes within a... more

This paper is related to the effects of child abuse on health and well-being. Child abuse is a socially growing issue faced by all the countries of world. Children became victim of physical abuse and sexual abuse, and they are also... more

From New Clear Vision (Sept. 21, 2015). A reflection on the recent Katrina commemoration events, on the true legacy of the Katrina disaster, and on what has been silenced in the name of resilience and redevelopment.

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- by John Clark
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  Sociology, Political Sociology, Social Movements, Social Theory

Drawing on Alfred Schütz’s thought, as well as on a number of modern pragmatists and practice theorists, we theorize incomegetting—referring to practices of getting income, typically salaried work—as the paramount structurer of everyday... more

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- by V.P.J. Arponen
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  Sociology, Social Theory, Sociology of Work, Phenomenology

This study adapts a conceptual framework from the physical activity literature to examine how walking as a mode of transport is related to individual, physical, and social environments. The data used in this study come from the Hamilton... more

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- by Andrew F Clark
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  Time Use, Social Influence, Social and Environmental Issues, Walking

The essay explores the emotional and political valence of melodramatic storytelling in Steven Soderbergh’s Erin Brockovich. It uses the analytical tools of cognitive film theory to explore the ways in which Erin Brockovich employs... more

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- by Alexa Weik von Mossner
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  Cultural Studies, Emotion, American Studies, Gender Studies

Bifrost is an arts-research intervention that seeks to raise awareness about the realities and risks of climate change in our time through focused discussions, targeted communications, educational activities and participatory art... more

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  Peter Norrman
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  History, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Environmental Sociology

A two-part critique of Garrett Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" and "Lifeboat Ethics." A revised and expanded version is forthcoming from Changing Suns Press (http://www.changingsunspress.com/books/).

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- by John Clark
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  Critical Theory, Discourse Analysis, Sociology, Social Demography

In this essay, I examine some of the overlapping keywords and concepts in American Studies, ecocriticism, and ethnic studies that have contributed to some misperceptions and inaccurate chronologies in the intellectual genealogies of the... more

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- by Joni Adamson
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  American Literature, Ethnic Studies, American Studies, Film Studies

Many communities are located near multiple sources of pollution, including current and former industrial sites, major roadways, and agricultural operations. Populations in such locations are predominantly low-income, with a large... more

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