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Between the Managerial and the Democratic University: Governance Structure and Academic Freedom as Sites of Political Struggle

Studies in Social Justice, 2016
In this article we argue that the university cannot fully contribute to democratic life without being both an institution whose governance is collegial and based on principles of equality, equity, inclusion, transparency, and accountability, and a vector
Dalie Giroux, Dimitrios Karmis, Christian Rouillard   +2 more
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Rethinking the Secular in Feminist Marriage Debates

Studies in Social Justice, 2010
The religious right often aligns its patriarchal opposition to same-sex marriage with the defence of religious freedom. In this article, I identify resources for confronting such prejudicial religiosity by surveying two predominant feminist approaches to
Ada S. Jaarsma
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Participants’ home as an interview context when studying sensitive family issues

Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2013
This article considers the meaning of the participants’ home as an interview context when studying sensitive family issues. The article is based on two qualitative family studies by the authors on foster children’s perspectives on their home and their ...
Kati Hämäläinen, Susanna Rautio
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Online and face-to-face role-play simulations in promoting social work students’ argumentative problem solving

Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2013
This paper reports on a teaching experiment in which social work students (n=38) practiced problem solving through argumentative tasks. A teaching experiment was carried out at a Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences in Finland in connection with a ...
Kati Vapalahti, Miika Marttunen, Leena Laurinen   +2 more
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Adult Workers in Theory or Practice?

Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2012
This paper examines lone mothers’ participation in active labour market programmes in Germany. Since the 2005 Hartz IV employment and welfare policy reforms, expectations that non-em- ployed parents receiving means-tested benefits should be ready for ...
Cordula Zabel
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Special rights within universal welfare

Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2016
Over the past two decades, several measures have been developed to provide assistance to persons defined as victims of trafficking. This article describes and discusses the organization of barriers and access to assistance (such as housing, medical ...
Anette Brunovskis
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Are we right to blame it all on colonialism?

Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2015
The study on the history school subject showed that any reenactment of the history discipline should include the reinterpretation of identities from a historical perspective, and this reinterpretation should start with colonial history because this is ...
Alinane Priscilla Kamlongera Katenga-Kaunda
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Harnessing artificial intelligence and machine learning for fraud detection and prevention in Nigeria

Journal of Economic Criminology
Fraud poses a significant threat to Nigeria's burgeoning digital economy, impacting sectors like finance, e-commerce, healthcare, and education. Traditional methods struggle to keep pace with evolving fraud schemes.
Oluwaseun Isaac Odufisan, Osekhonmen Victory Abhulimen, Erastus Olarenwaju Ogunti   +2 more
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Adolescents’ Subjective Views about Interprofessional Team Participation

Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2016
Background: One common arrangement in the Norwegian child welfare system is the interprofessional collaborating team, not unlike the English core group.
Siv Elin Nord Sæbjørnsen, Atle Ødegård   +1 more
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Reflections on social work in practice : Perceptions of how being from a higher caste affects social work among the lower (Dalit) caste people of Nepal

Journal of Comparative Social Work, 2015
This essay reflects on my community work in a rural village located approximately 70 km from Kathmandu in Nepal. As a social worker, my task was to help integrate people from the Dalit (lower) caste in their local community. The assignment proved to be a
Shovita Adhikari
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