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Transnationalism and Social Work Education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Transnational movements, networks, and relationships are everywhere in this “world on the move” (Williams & Graham, 2014, p. i1). Transnational peoples maintain relationships of interdependence and support with families and communities in their places of
Betts A.   +10 more
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Review essay: Disentangling feminisms from the cold war [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Feminist thinkers have long argued for the centrality of sexuality, gender and women to the Cold War. They have critiqued the sexual language of ‘deep penetration’ and ‘orgasmic whumps’ used to describe nuclear arms race technology and argued that ...
Bellows-Blakely, Sarah
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Rethinking the Foundational Critiques of Lawyers in Social Movements [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This Article argues that the current moment invites reconsideration of these critiques. The rise of new social movements—from marriage equality to Black Lives Matter to the recent mobilization against President Trump’s immigration order—and the response ...
Cummings, Scott L.
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When and Where: Predicting Human Movements Based on Social Spatial-Temporal Events

open access: yes, 2014
Predicting both the time and the location of human movements is valuable but challenging for a variety of applications. To address this problem, we propose an approach considering both the periodicity and the sociality of human movements. We first define
Kong, Xiangnan   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Review of Atheist Awakening: Secular Activism & Community in America

open access: yesSecularism and Nonreligion, 2016
Book Review of 'Atheist Awakening: Secular Activism & Community in America'.
Katherine Sissons
doaj   +1 more source

The new social movements and the symbolic violence [PDF]

open access: yesRa Ximhai, 2013
We face a constant dissemination of speeches of all types that affect the way we perceive the context around us, several social speeches about violence or peace supported by the media are taking part, meanwhile it is increasingly common to watch the ...
María de las Mercedes Portilla Luja   +1 more
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Consensus social movements and their significance in a globalizing world - the example of the Focolare movement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The importance of consensus social movements consists in the creation of new cultural orientations based on the principles of humanism and universal values, and the way they catalyse the process of a new state of ‘social aggregation’ and strive to gain ...
Wielecka, Natalia
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Unheard and Under‐Supported: Health‐Related Quality of Life in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Disease

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive hemoglobinopathy affecting millions of individuals worldwide. The clinical expression and psychosocial burden of SCD vary widely across geographical, cultural, and healthcare system contexts, underscoring the need for setting‐specific approaches to assessment.
Desiré Fantasia   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Movement for the Abolition of Child Labour as an Example of a Transnational Network Movement

open access: yesWork Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 2008
With the advent of a global network society, movements and social organisations acquire a new place and space in development. A wide range of actors, including international nongovernmental organisations and transnational coalitions, are reacting in a ...
Patrick Develtere, An Huybrechs
doaj   +1 more source

Indigenous Movements, Collective Action, and Social Media: New Opportunities or New Threats?

open access: yesSocial Media + Society, 2020
Indigenous peoples remain among the most marginalized population groups in the Americas. The decline of the Indigenous protest cycle in Latin America by the mid-2000s meant that research on collective action turned elsewhere just as the use of social ...
Pascal Lupien
doaj   +1 more source

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