Social Change and Configurations of Rhetoric: Schooling and Social Exclusion–Inclusion in Educational Reform in Contemporary Spain

2009 ◽  
pp. 217-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel A. Pereyra ◽  
J. Carlos González Faraco ◽  
Antonio Luzón ◽  
Mónica Torres
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Educational Reform ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Contemporary Spain

scholarly journals Seeing Near and Far: Balancing Stakeholder Needs and Rights in Kazakhstan’s Educational Reform

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jazira Asanova
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Educational Reform ◽  
Education System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Educational Reforms ◽  
Reform Initiatives ◽  
Current Reform ◽  
Société Civile ◽  
Stakeholder Needs

This paper examines the schooling reform in the post-socialist transformation of Kazakhstan. Adopting a rights-based approach to education, it looks at the ways in which the current education system addresses (or fails to address) the rights and needs of various stakeholders in the society, including teachers, learners, parents, civil society, and policymakers. Two recent large-scale educational reforms form the focus of the paper: a national standardized assessment and a transition from 11 to 12 years of schooling. Implications of the current reform initiatives for Kazakhstan’s development are also discussed, pointing to lessons for understanding schooling and social change in post-socialist transformation. Cet article examine la réforme scolaire pendant la période de transformation post-socialiste du Kazakhstan. En adoptant une approche basée sur les droits de l'éducation, l'auteur considère les méthodes que l'actuel système d'éducation emploie pour répondre (ou ne pas répondre) aux droits et aux besoins des parties prenantes de la société, y compris, les enseignants, les apprenants, les parents, la société civile, et les responsables de politique. Cet article met au point le deux récentes réformes scolaires à grande envergure: la standardisation de l'évaluation nationale et l'ajout d'une année en plus à l'ancien système scolaire de 11 années. L'auteur y examine aussi les répercussions des initiatives de la réforme actuelle pour le développement du Kazakhstan, et suggère les leçons qui pourront nous faire comprendre l'éducation et le changement de la société dans la transformation post-socialiste.

Is Law Unbounded? Property Rights and Control of Social Groupings

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (02) ◽  
pp. 517-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amnon Lehavi
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Property Rights ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Review Essay ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Suggested Model ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
And Control ◽  
Practical Feasibility

This review essay follows up on a suggested model for resolving problems of neighborhood externalities and exclusionary associational patterns in metropolitan areas. The model is based on a property rights regime of “alienable entitlements,” as articulated by Lee Anne Fennell in The Unbounded Home (2009). The essay frames this model as promoting a groundbreaking approach to the fundamental quandary over the role of law as a tool for broad‐based social change and asks if legal rules can fully absorb the multiple types of societal effects that influence the nature of contemporary homeownership. It assesses the normative desirability and practical feasibility of controlling social exclusion through property rights.

scholarly journals Gamechanger: harnessing football for social change

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-98
Author(s):  
Linda Irvine Fitzpatrick ◽  
Donald Maciver ◽  
Leeann Dempster ◽  
Kirsty Forsyth
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Community Benefits ◽  
Societal Problems ◽  
Voluntary Organisations

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a case study of an intersectoral partnership that has taken place in Scotland (United Kingdom) entitled Gamechanger. The main idea of Gamechanger was for statutory, commercial and voluntary organisations to work in partnership to harness the power of football (soccer), to tackle health inequalities and social exclusion. The paper will detail how Gamechanger has been developed, with reference to the newly developed “Incite” model for effective intersectoral partnership working.Design/methodology/approachThis paper draws on the authors’ experiences of leading and evaluating intersectoral partnerships from 2015 to 2019. The report draws on the work which took place during that period, and the achievements in relation to Gamechanger.FindingsGamechanger has led to significant innovations. It has encouraged sectors to work together, and develop new ways of responding to difficult societal problems.Originality/valueGamechanger is believed to be the first initiative of its kind developed with a football club in Scotland.ConclusionsThis work has been developed through robust community-informed efforts. The scope and scale of the projects to deliver community benefits is significant. Gamechanger has provided a means for football to take a different approach to how it works to benefit communities.

The Wisdom of the Novel in Richard Rorty’s philosophy as an example of postmodern humanism

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 153-161
Author(s):  
Patryk Kaczmarek
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Liberal Education ◽  
The Novel

The article presents the reconstruction of the edifying subjectivity derived from Richard Rorty’s neopragmatism. The functions of Master Novels that fit the trend of liberal education and postmodern humanism have also been described. I argue in favor of a thesis that the recognition of the Wisdom of the Novel widely spread in culture can contribute to social change. The effect of this change may consist in a decrease in the amount of social exclusion of various groups and the existence of ideological radicalisms, which may contribute to the progression of solidarity among people.

Women, politics and social change in contemporary Spain

Tesserae ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-294
Author(s):  
Anny Brooksbank Jones
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Contemporary Spain

scholarly journals Rethinking social change: The promises of Web 2.0 for the marginalized

First Monday ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Nemer
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Urban Slums ◽  
Police Brutality ◽  
Social Boundaries ◽  
Problem Space

This paper focuses on the uses of Web 2.0 platforms by residents of favelas, urban slums in Brazil, in order to expand our understanding of what Web 2.0 can and cannot do in terms of social change. To explore this problem space, I draw on a 10-month ethnography in the favelas of Vitória, Brazil to study slum residents’ Web 2.0 practices and engagements. I show how Web 2.0 afforded favela residents the ability to protest and cross social boundaries, but when that happened they faced something much stronger: social exclusion, police brutality against the blacks and poor, and limited civic engagement.

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