Politics of Social Welfare: A Comparison of Social Work Curriculum and Pedagogy in India and China [PDF]
This study is the result of 66 qualitative interviews conducted with the social work educators and students at the postgraduate departments in India and China.
Rajendra Baikady +2 more
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A distinctive characteristic of sociology is that it’s a critical discipline. But a question that criticisms of society imply is - what’s the alternative? This lecture will look at alternative societies implied by criticisms of existing ones. What is the
Martell, Luke
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Remembering and Forgetting the Korean War in the Republic of Korea
The Korean War had no official ending and has continued in a form of Cold War since 1953, the year the cease-fire agreement was signed, and yet, during the past five decades, it appears to have faded from South Korean memory.
Hyeon Ju Lee
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Formation of social capital in Central and Eastern Europe: Understanding the gap vis-à-vis developed countries [PDF]
Recent Eurobarometer survey data are used to document and explain the stock of social capital in 27 European countries. Social capital in Central and Eastern Europe – measured by civic participation and access to social networks – lags behind that in ...
Fidrmuc, Jan, Gërxhani, Klarita
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THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL REINTEGRATION IN ROMANIA AFTER 1989 [PDF]
This paper attempts at pointing to the way in which social reintegration has evolved in Romania, starting with the communist era and ending with present time. First, we briefly outline the organisation of social reintegration under the communist regime
Constantin Marc NEAGU
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Poland\u27s Ex--Communists: From Pariahs to Establishment Players [PDF]
The Polish United Workers\u27 Party (Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza [PZPR]) suffered what seemed to be a terminal blow in 1989. In elections rigged so that the communists and their old allies were guaranteed 65 percent of the seats in the main ...
Curry, Jane Leftwich
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International Mobility of Romanian Students in Europe: From Statistical Evidence to Policy Measures [PDF]
International mobility of any kind is quite young in Romania, and it was possible only after falling of the communist regime in 1989. Consequently, the paper reflects firstly some conceptual issues on international student mobility; than, in the second ...
Roman, Monica, Suciu, Christina
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Large-scale transformation of socio-economic institutions - comparative case studies on CEECs: background paper 2: comparative country study - Hungary [PDF]
The general idea is to follow the Varieties-of-Capitalism literature on generating indicators on the economic systems actually implemented. However, this literature mostly concentrates on the enterprise (or micro) level in traditional OECD countries ...
Orosz, Ágnes
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The divided continent: Understanding Europe’s social landscape in 2020 and beyond. European Policy Centre 11 February 2020 [PDF]
The political upheaval and dysfunction of recent years have focused political minds on better understanding the volatility underpinning European electorates.
Gaston, Sophia
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[From Summary] This report, which will be updated periodically, discusses the causes of growing social unrest in China and describes recent incidents, explains how the PRC government responds to protest activities, analyzes implications for PRC politics,
Lum, Thomas
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