A Normative Foundation for the Social Investment Approach?

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalie Morel ◽  
Joakim Palme
Keyword(s):  
Academic Research ◽  
Capabilities Approach ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Amartya Sen ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Normative Foundation ◽  
The Social

The SIA has been criticized for its productivist view of social policy and one-sided emphasis on economic returns. Indeed, it is fair to say that the social dimension of social investment has been paid lip service both in terms of policy developments and in academic research. In fact, it may be that one of the weaknesses of the SIA is its lack of clear normative underpinning or theory of social justice against which to develop a well-founded evaluative framework for assessing the quality of social policies and social arrangements both for society as a whole and from the life perspective of individuals. This contribution discusses the possible relevance of the capabilities approach developed by Amartya Sen, both in developing a normative framework for social investment, but also in developing indicators for assessing social outcomes, and for analysing how different institutional arrangements support or hinder agency and capabilities.

scholarly journals Quality of Life and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Review Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-262
Author(s):  
Samira Mokhlesi ◽  
Masoumeh Simbar ◽  
Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani ◽  
Nourossadat Kariman ◽  
Hamid Alavi Majd
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Gestational Diabetes ◽  
Newborn Care ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Adequate Education ◽  
Maternal And Newborn Care

Objectives: High-risk pregnancies can affect the quality of life (QOL) of pregnant women due to their complications. QOL involves different dimensions including physical, psychological, and social health of the individuals. Assessing the QOL, especially in mothers with gestational diabetes is important in planning for maternal and newborn care and understanding the need for care for policymakers and the health care association. Therefore, the present study aimed to review the effects of gestational diabetes on QOL during pregnancy. Materials and Methods: In this study, articles indexed in several databases such as PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Google Scholar, SID, and Magiran were obtained among which, those related to the QOL of mothers with gestational diabetes were extracted and evaluated based on the aim of the study. Results: The series of the reviewed studies included 10 articles on the physical, psychological, and social dimensions of the QOL of mothers with gestational diabetes. Most of the examined articles failed to find any significant change in the physical dimension of QOL of mothers with gestational diabetes. The psychological effects of gestational diabetes were diverse and less understandable, therefore, different studies obtained contradictory results in this regard. Three out of four studies examining the social dimension of QOL of women with gestational diabetes showed that mothers’ QOL could be jeopardized by social dimension. Conclusions: In general, the results revealed that gestational diabetes could affect various physical, psychological, and social dimensions of the QOL of mothers. In addition, adequate education should be provided for mothers with diabetes in order to reduce their fear, anxiety, and depression concerning gestational diabetes.

scholarly journals A REVIEW OF MALAYSIAN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING ASSESSMENT TOOLS: THE SOCIAL DIMENSION

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (26) ◽  
pp. 105-110
Author(s):  
Razlin Mansor ◽  
Sheau-Ting Low
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
Existing Building ◽  
The Social ◽  
Building Assessment ◽  
Development Goals

Building assessment tools have been introduced for nearly two decades to specifically recognize buildings performance towards sustainable development goals. However, the requirements to achieve sustainability in buildings are mainly focused on the environmental and economic aspects, while the significance of social aspects has been scarcely emphasized in many building assessments tools. This paper presents a review of social aspects in the sustainable building assessment tools adopted in Malaysia. In total, four building assessment tools are selected and discussed with the aim to identify to what extent the building assessment tools cover the social dimension. The results of the content analysis indicate that the assessment tools have included partial criteria of social aspects but the scope could further expand to preserve the key features of the social aspects including quality of life, human health, and environmental satisfaction. The findings provide a valuable overview of the building assessment tools and address gaps in existing building assessment tools from a social aspect perspective.

Applying Social Aspects in Home Telecare Design to Improve the Safety of Users and Quality of Service

2016 ◽  
pp. 1048-1072
Author(s):  
Lawrence Chidzambwa
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Medical Intervention ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Solution Design

Telecare enables remote and cost-effective home treatment of patients, improving the safety and quality of life of frail individuals. However, despite increased availability of telecare devices, many are not fully used and often ignored due to poor social perception and experience. The research suggests the social aspects of quality and safety related to user experience have not been considered. This can lead to misuse or non-use of telecare devices, reducing patient safety and quality of life. This chapter explores the implications for the lack of social considerations in telecare and develops a series of models and methodologies to integrate the social dimension with the traditional medical intervention focus. By applying semiotics and normative behavioural theory, the authors show how a Normative Home Telecare Framework can improve telecare solution design and ensure take up and use of the devices and increase patient safety and life quality.

scholarly journals Residency without citizenship: Korean immigration and settlement in Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Hundt
Keyword(s):  
Economic Outcomes ◽  
Korean Immigrants ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
End Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Immigration And Settlement ◽  
Korean Immigration

This article focuses on the changing quality of citizenship in Australia, which is the idealized end-point of the process of immigration, by drawing on the experience of Korean immigrants. In the formal ( political) dimension of citizenship, the article shows that Koreans fare comparatively poorly. They are less likely to be citizens than most other groups of immigrants, due to factors such as the lateness of Korean immigration. The article also analyzes the social dimension of citizenship among Koreans in Australia, and their disappointing socio-economic outcomes. Korean immigrants, I argue, enjoy residency without citizenship, and their experience illustrates how the promise of Australian citizenship has eroded. This is a significant finding, given the prominent role that immigration has played in shaping all aspects of contemporary Australia.

scholarly journals The social dimension and indicators of sustainability in agrifood supply chains

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1476
Author(s):  
Renato Rocha Dias Santos ◽  
Patricia Guarnieri ◽  
Otavio Moreira Do Carmo Jr. ◽  
Silvia Araújo Dos Reis ◽  
José Márcio Carvalho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
The Social ◽  
Art Research

Several organizations aim to establish and manage cooperative and collaborative actions in order to incorporate the principles related to sustainable management in supply chains. The indicators related to the social dimension are still barely explored in academic research, since the perceived business practices are still emerging in the contemporary world and in the organizational relations. The opposite of the financial and environmental dimensions, which are already rooted in the business environment. In agrifood chains, social aspects are essential when suppliers are often impoverished farmers, and labor practices are generally painful and exploitative. This paper aims to identify, in the international literature, the state-of-the-art research related to social sustainability in agrifood supply chains. To achieve this goal, a systematic literature review covering papers published in the Science Direct, Directory of Open Access Journals and Emerald Insight databases was carried out. Results indicate that academic production is still low, despite its growth in recent years, and is limited to approaches containing indicators of social sustainability related to support communities affected by agrifood business. In addition, it evidences arrangements among members of supply chains, mostly of the cooperative type, having collaborative arrangements with more limited approaches among the analyzed works.

scholarly journals Evolución y desarrollo del bádminton español 2000-2019 (Evolution and development of the Spanish badminton 2000-2019)

Retos ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 335-345
Author(s):  
Jaime Gómez Rodríguez ◽  
Pedro Tomás Gómez Piriz ◽  
David Cabello Manrique
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Broadcast Channels ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ex Post Facto

  La gestión del deporte contemporáneo gira en torno a la performance organizacional y su consecuencia en la performance deportiva. Se diseñó un estudio de casos, ex post facto, un análisis retrospectivo (2000-2019) de una unidad organizacional (Federación Española de Bádminton, FESBA) de naturaleza preferentemente cualitativa, que interactúa con predicciones estadísticas y análisis de las evoluciones temporales. El estudio contempla cinco dimensiones (Económica, Deportiva, Social, Organizativa y Difusión) y veinticinco variables. La dimensión social, económica, organización de competiciones nacionales, calidad de los resultados y difusión se muestran como indicadores claves (dimensiones palancas). La dimensión económica correlaciona con licencias de deportistas, número de clubes y competiciones nacionales organizadas (Rho=.964, .967 y .904 respectivamente). La dimensión organizativa tuvo una consecuencia directa en un aumento de las competiciones nacionales, consiguiendo un mayor interés por el seguimiento del bádminton en los canales de difusión (Rho=.838). Se han apreciado crecimientos estables en la dimensión social. Es a partir de 2014 cuando se acentúa esta evolución, coincidiendo con una estrategia audiovisual por parte de FESBA y una proyección de la figura de Carolina Marín. Los recursos de la FESBA han permitido obtener un mayor número de practicantes generando más licencias escolares, en un sistema de competiciones nacionales, con un incremento de la variable calidad de resultados, simultáneamente con un mayor número de licencias federadas y clubes. Esta afirmación interactúa con el efecto de difusión en TV y medios. Se demuestra la sincronía entre la evolución de los datos analizados y el desempeño materializado en los distintos programas desarrollados por FESBA.  Abstract. The management of contemporary sports is based on organizational performance and its consequence in sports performance. An ex post facto case study was designed, a retrospective analysis (2000-2019) of an organizational unit (Spanish Badminton Federation, FESBA) of apreferably qualitative nature, which interacts with statistical predictions and analysis of temporal evolutions. The study includes five dimensions (Economic, Sports, Social, Organizational and Dissemination) and twenty-five variables. The social and economic dimensions, the organization of national competitions, the quality of the results and the dissemination are shown as key indicators (leverage dimensions). The economic dimension correlates with sportsman's licenses, number of clubs and organized national competitions (Rho = .964, .967 and .904 respectively). The organizational dimension had a direct consequence in anncrease in national competitions, achieving a greater interest in broadcast channels (Rho = .838). Stable growth has been observed in the social dimension. It is from 2014 when this evolution is accentuated, coinciding with an audiovisual strategy by FESBA and a projection of the figure of Carolina Marín. The resources of the FESBA have made it possible to obtain a greater number of practitioners generating more school licenses, in a system of national competitions, with an increase in the variable quality of results, simultaneously with a greater number of official licenses and clubs. This statement interacts with the broadcast effect on TV and the media. The synchrony between the evolution of the data analyzed and the performance materialized in the different programs developed by FESBA is demonstrated.

scholarly journals Social dimension of students’ problems under the development of the contemporary university infrastructure

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 800-813
Author(s):  
Zh V Puzanova ◽  
T I Larina
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
It Department ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
The University ◽  
To Receive

Improving the quality of students’ life is an important task for every university and the educational system as a whole, which fits into the aims of the studies of the social dimension of students’ life. To solve this task, the study of students’ problems is a priority, while the second step can be the creation of university structures that would solve these problems effectively. The article presents an ideal model of the consulting center that can solve such problems. The authors conducted four focus groups in the RUDN University with students of different courses from different countries, and used projective techniques and group discussions to identify models of the consulting center, departments that it should consist of, and qualities of employees working in these departments. The general model of the consulting center includes an information department as its ‘core’ responsible for the distribution of students’ requests to necessary departments; IT department (site, corporate mail, etc.); department of social support (scholarships, financial support, etc.); residence department (registration, dormitory, etc.); department of science and education (grants, competitions, etc.); student committee (leisure). The students prefer to receive all necessary information online, by phone and also in person. The preferred social network for information is Facebook - for foreigners - and VK (Vkontakte) - for Russian students. The students also mentioned three main languages for distribution of information - Russian, English and Chinese. The focus-groups allowed to find out that although some necessary units designed to solve students’ problems already exist, they do not actually solve them due to bureaucratic or other reasons. Therefore, the proposed model of the consulting center can be an effective management solution ‘from the bottom’ that would help the university to communicate with students and to understand their real needs.

scholarly journals Miedo ante la muerte y calidad de vida en adultos mayores

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-304
Author(s):  
Tirso Duran-Badillo ◽  
Maria Aurelia Maldonado Vidales ◽  
Ma de la Luz Martínez Aguilar ◽  
Gustavo Gutierrez Sánchez ◽  
Hermelinda Ávila Alpirez
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Environmental Dimension ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Objetivo: Conocer la relación entre el miedo a la muerte y calidad de vida de los adultos mayores. Material y Método: Estudio correlacional en adultos mayores. La muestra fue de 99 adultos mayores, se utilizó la Escala original de Collet-Lester de Miedo a la Muerte y al Proceso de Morir y el Cuestionario WHOQOL-BREF. Resultados: No se encontró relación en la escala global del miedo ante la muerte y el proceso de morir con la calidad de vida. Se observó relación negativa entre el miedo a la propia muerte y la dimensión física de la calidad de vida (p<.05) y en el miedo al propio proceso de morir con la dimensión ambiental de la calidad de vida (p<.05). Se encontró relación positiva entre el miedo a la muerte de los otros y la dimensión social de la calidad de vida (p<.05). Conclusiones: A menor miedo a la propia muerte mayor calidad de vida en la dimensión física, a menor miedo al propio proceso de morir mayor calidad de vida en la dimensión ambiental y a mayor miedo a la muerte de otras personas mayor calidad de vida en la dimensión social. Objective: Know the relationship between the fear of death and the quality of life ofolder adults.Materials and Method: Correlational study in older adults. The sample was 99 older adults. The original Collet-Lester Scale of Death Fear and the Dying Process and the WHOQOL-BREF Questionnaire were used.Results: No relationship found on the global scale of Death Fear and the Dying Process with the quality of life. A negative relationship was observed between the fear of own death and the physical dimension of the quality of life (p<.05), and the fear of the process of dying with the environmental dimension of quality of life (p<.05). Positive relationship was found between the fear of the death of others and the social dimension of quality of life (p <.05).Conclusions: A lesser fear of one's own death higher quality of life in the physical dimension, a lesser fear of the process of dying, greater quality of life in the environmental dimension and the greater the fear of the death of other people, the greater the quality of life in the social dimension.

The Slow Road to the Social Investment Perspective in the European Union

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Dinan
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Social

The European Union has no unilateral legislative capacity in the area of social policy. However, the European Commission does play the role of guide by providing a discursive framework and targets for its 28 Member States to meet. Since the late 1990’s, the EU’s ideas on social policy have moved away from the traditional social protection model towards promoting social inclusion, labour activation and investing in children. These new policies represent the social investment perspective, which advocates preparing the population for a knowledge-based economy to increase economic growth and job creation and to break the intergenerational transmission of poverty. The EU began the gradual incorporation of the social investment perspective to its social dimension with the adoption of ten-year strategies. Since 2000, it has continued to set goals and benchmarks as well as offer a forum for Member States to coordinate their social initiatives. Drawing on a series of interviews conducted during a research experience in Brussels as well as official documents, this paper is a descriptive analysis of the recent modifications to the EU’s social dimension. It focuses on the changes created by the Europe 2020 Strategy and the Social Investment Package. By tracing the genesis and evolution of these initiatives, the author identifies four obstacles to social investment in the European Union's social dimension.   Full text available at: https://doi.org/10.22215/rera.v10i1.263

The contribution to human development of social policies in the Central American Integration System

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Bornemann-Martínez ◽  
Pedro Caldentey ◽  
Emilio J. Morales-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Capabilities Approach ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Central American ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Human Capabilities ◽  
Integration System ◽  
The Social

This chapter examines the contribution to human development of social policies in the Central American Integration System (SICA), a tool for designing and implementing regional initiatives complementary to national policies. It considers whether the conceptual foundations of the social dimension in SICA are adequately defined and offers suggestions for redefining the social dimensions on the paradigm of human development and the capability approach. After providing an overview of the extent of human development and capability approaches in Central American development plans, the chapter discusses the progress of national social indicators in the region in terms of of the effectiveness of policies and indicators associated with human capabilities. In terms of regional policies, one proposal is to adjust the focus of the strategic approach of social integration in the SICA framework to the human development capabilities approach in member countries.

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