Book Reviews: The Family and Individual Development, Administering Research and Development: The Behaviour of Scientists and Engineers in Organizations, the Dynamics of a Changing Technology: A Case Study in Textile Manufacturing, the Family and Social Change: A Study of Family and Kinship in a South Wales Town, the Sociology of Housing: Studies at Berinsfield, Britain's Married Women Workers, Modern British Politics, Aspects of the Analysis of Family Structure, Changing the Lawbreaker, Biological Aspects of Social Problems, An Introduction to the Study of Social Administration, Social Policy and Administration: Studies in the Development of the Social Services at the Local Level, the Arts in Society Edited

People possess a creative set of strategies based on their local knowledge (LK) that allow them to stay in flood-prone areas. Stakeholders involved with local level flood risk management (FRM) often overlook and underutilise this LK. There is thus an increasing need for its identification, documentation and assessment. Based on qualitative research, this paper critically explores the notion of LK in Malawi. Data was collected through 15 focus group discussions, 36 interviews and field observation, and analysed using thematic analysis. Findings indicate that local communities have a complex knowledge system that cuts across different stages of the FRM cycle and forms a component of community resilience. LK is not homogenous within a community, and is highly dependent on the social and political contexts. Access to LK is not equally available to everyone, conditioned by the access to resources and underlying causes of vulnerability that are outside communities’ influence. There are also limits to LK; it is impacted by exogenous processes (e.g., environmental degradation, climate change) that are changing the nature of flooding at local levels, rendering LK, which is based on historical observations, less relevant. It is dynamic and informally triangulated with scientific knowledge brought about by development partners. This paper offers valuable insights for FRM stakeholders as to how to consider LK in their approaches.

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El cuidado informal en tiempos de crisis. Análisis desde la perspectiva enfermera

Enfermería Global ◽

10.6018/eglobal.17.2.297211 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 515-541 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Manoli Cantillo Monjo ◽

Teresa Lleopart Coll ◽

Sandra Ezquerra Samper

Keyword(s):

Assessment Tools ◽

Gender Inequalities ◽

The Arts ◽

Current Perspective ◽

The Social ◽

The Family ◽

And Gender ◽

New Research ◽

Practice Methods ◽

Use Of Assessment

Objetivos: Cuantificar y caracterizar la producción científica enfermera sobre cuidados informales del período 2007-2016, observar la evolución de la temática durante estos años, adquirir una perspectiva actual sobre el estado de la cuestión y realizar propuestas sobre futuras líneas de investigación e intervención.Metodología: Revisión bibliográfica llevada a cabo mediante dos estrategias: una cuantitativa, y una segunda estrategia cualitativa. Resultados: El tipo de artículo más publicado es el estudio original cuantitativo, aunque se detecta un crecimiento de las publicaciones con enfoque cualitativo. Los temas más tratados son el perfil de la persona cuidadora, los impactos de la atención en su salud y en otros aspectos de su vida cotidiana, las propuestas de intervenciones profesionales para promover el cuidado personal y para evitar la sobrecarga de las personas cuidadoras y, por último, el uso de herramientas de evaluación para la planificación de la atención a las mismas.Conclusiones: Las publicaciones enfermeras identifican con acierto la centralidad del cuidado informal y el giro asistencial hacia el domicilio y la familia. No problematizan, sin embargo, el actual trasvase de responsabilidades hacia el cuidado desde las administraciones públicas hacia el ámbito familiar, ni analizan en profundidad las desigualdades socioeconómicas y de género reinantes en el actual escenario de cuidados. El abordaje a estos dos elementos puede contribuir a abrir nuevas líneas de investigación e intervención en el campo de la enfermería. Goals: To quantify and characterize the scientific production in nursing on informal care from 2007 to 2016, to observe the evolution of the theme during this period, to acquire a current perspective on the state of the arts, and to suggest future directions of both research and professional practice. Methods: Bibliographical review undertaken through two strategies: a quantitative strategy and a qualitative one. Results: The most frequent type of published article is quantitative although there is an increase of qualitative publications. Among the most frequent themes are: the study of the caregiver’s profile, as well as the impacts of care on their health and on their everyday life; practical professional recommendations to promote care and self-care and to prevent caregivers’ overload; and, finally, the use of assessment tools for planning attention of caregivers. Conclusions: While nursing publications rightly identify the centrality of the family and the household in the new care scenario, they do not problematize the current transfer of responsibility for care from public administrations toward the realm of the family. Neither do they problematize the social, economic, and gender inequalities that take place in the context of care. To approach these two themes can contribute to create new research and professional lines in nursing.

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BUILDING THE SOCIAL CAPITAL IN RURAL AREAS’ SMES WOMEN COOPERATIVE, GARGALIANI, SOUTH-WEST PELOPONNESOS

International Journal of Economics Business and Entrepreneurship ◽

10.23960/ijebe.v1i1.28 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Leonidas Papakonstantinidis

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Local Development ◽

Local Level ◽

Local People ◽

Human Communication ◽

South West ◽

The Social ◽

Development Procedure

The purpose of this paper is to prove that the rationalization of the “Integrated Endogenous Local Development” should be proved to be a valuable policy mean, under the proposed methodological procedure of Sensitizing Local People, through the “animation procedure”, toward developing their own skills, capacities and therefore their place, that are asked by the local SMEs Sensitization may be proved to be the fundamental methodological tool, for building the social capital at local level, by making valuable local people’s “intrinsic inclinations”-a “term” which is stronger than “capacities”- under a new value system, and human communication. ”Sensitization” - as the upper limit of the sensitization procedure- is been approached, step by step, especially: Establishing the “bottom-up approach” in planning the development procedure at local level, Establishing the “animation procedure” among local people, Analysing local people “intrinsic inclinations” in context with a “system value”, Creating a “team psychology” among local people, Encouraging local people in finding and adopting the local “Flag Theme”. The proposed procedure may be useful, especially in small, less developed and isolated rural areas. A case-study “Women Cooperative, Gargaliani, South-West Peloponnesos”, is referred as a typical case of the development procedure, based on local people (women) animation in Greece.

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Social Investment and the causes of energy poverty: are cooperatives a solution?

Implementing Innovative Social Investment ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447347828.003.0011 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 179-194

Author(s):

Michael Willoughby ◽

José Millet-Roig ◽

José Pedro García-Sabater ◽

Aida Saez-Mas

Keyword(s):

Social Services ◽

Social Economy ◽

Clean Energy ◽

State Funding ◽

Energy Prices ◽

Energy Poverty ◽

The Social ◽

Reliable Source ◽

The Face

This chapter is about a successful energy co-operative in Spain. With rising poverty and energy prices among the most expensive in Europe and, the cooperative not only provides a reliable source of clean energy to consumers, but also forms a central part of the community in which it is situated. The case study points to a need for private enterprises to collaborate with local authorities and social services to provide solutions to drastic situations of poverty that are still prevalent, particularly in areas of Southern and Eastern Europe. The Spanish energy cooperative demonstrates one way in which the social economy can help to shape the future of the welfare state in the absence of state funding and in the face of national policies that are not well aligned.

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Revitalising the self-sufficient household economy: the Social Land Programme in Hungary

Implementing Innovative Social Investment ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447347828.003.0010 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 165-178

Author(s):

Judit Csoba ◽

Flórián Sipos

Keyword(s):

Rural Communities ◽

Role Models ◽

Living Standard ◽

Small Scale ◽

Positive Role ◽

Self Sufficiency ◽

The Social ◽

The Family ◽

Social And Physical Environment

The authors introduce the Social Land Programmes, Hungary. Social Land Programmes aim to strengthen self-sufficiency and reduce reliance on social aid by helping people with no financial means to engage with small-scale agriculture. The case study investigated eight rural communities participating in a Social Land Programme. Innovative features include bottom up organisation designed and carried out locally (in contrast to top-down public employment programmes in Hungary). For local leaders, producing food and improving living standard are its main points. They also see various other benefits that include improving the social and physical environment and passing on positive role models within the family. However, they consider national goals of increased employment and self-sustainability to be over optimistic.

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The Political Socialization of Activists in the British Communist Party

British Journal of Political Science ◽

10.1017/s0007123400007699 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 53-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

D. T. Denver ◽

J. M. Bochel

Keyword(s):

Political Socialization ◽

Local Level ◽

The Political ◽

British Politics ◽

Party Organizations ◽

Lack Of Information ◽

The Social ◽

Political Background ◽

Party Activists ◽

Local Party

In the ten years or so since the publication of Hyman's seminal work, 1 students of politics have given increasing attention to political socialization. There has been a proliferation of works utilizing the concept. 2 The notion of socialization has perhaps been most rigorously applied in studies of the development of the political attitudes of children and adolescents, 3 but it has also been employed, if rather more loosely, in the study of adult electors. 4 There is, however, a dearth of material relating to the socialization of party activists at local level. This is not to say that the social and political background and the recruitment patterns of party activists have not been investigated, 5 but the concept of political socialization has not been explicitly or very rigorously employed. The importance of local party organizations and their memberships has not always been self-evident to students of politics and we do not propose to argue the point here. We merely assert that British parties and British politics derive much of their ‘style’ from the character of party activists. This being the case, we feel that the relative lack of information about the socialization of activists represents a considerable gap.

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T-labs and climate change narratives: Co-researcher qualities in transgressive action–research

Action Research ◽

10.1177/1476750319829203 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 63-86 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Thomas Macintyre ◽

Tatiana Monroy ◽

David Coral ◽

Margarita Zethelius ◽

Valentina Tassone ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Climate Change ◽

Action Research ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Science And Society ◽

Action Research Project ◽

Methodological Innovation ◽

The Arts ◽

The Social

This paper addresses the call for more action-based narratives of grassroot resistance to runaway climate change. At a time when deep changes in society are needed in order to respond to climate change and related sustainability issues, there are calls for greater connectivity between science and society, and for more inclusive and disruptive forms of knowledge creation and engagement. The contention of this paper is that the forces and structures that create a disconnect between science and society must be ‘transgressed’. This paper introduces a concept of Transgressive Action Research as a methodological innovation that enables the co-creation of counter hegemonic pathways towards sustainability. Through the method of the Living Spiral Framework, fieldwork reflexions from the Colombian case study of the international T-Learning project were elicited, uncovering and explicating the transgressive learning qualities needed to respond to climate change. As part of a larger action–research project, this paper combines the arts with the social sciences, demonstrating how the concept of ‘Transgressive Action Research’ can enable co-researchers to engage in disruptive and transformative processes, meeting the need for more radical approaches to addressing the urgent challenges of climate change.

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Enhancing Social Resilience of the Coastal Fishing Communities: A Case Study of Hilsa (Tenualosa Ilisha H.) Fishery in Bangladesh

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10103501 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 3501 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Mohammad Mozumder ◽

Md. Wahab ◽

Simo Sarkki ◽

Petra Schneider ◽

Mohammad Islam

Keyword(s):

Local Level ◽

Small Scale ◽

Social Resilience ◽

Income Loss ◽

Social Ecological ◽

The Social ◽

Alternative Means ◽

Building Community ◽

Distribution Of Power

Social resilience is an essential aspect of sustainability in environmental management, especially in poor resource-dependent communities. To better understand the dynamics of social resilience, we have conducted a primarily qualitative study of communities dependent on hilsa fishing in two coastal villages in southern Bangladesh. This study applies concepts of social-ecological system (SES), social resilience and co-management in outlining our qualitative data and framing its interpretation. Our findings show that while the establishment of hilsa sanctuary areas has enhanced the previously low ecological sustainability of local small-scale fishing, the management of this program has challenged the social resilience of hilsa fishers by creating new inequalities in the distribution of power and privilege, in terms of the ways in which seasonal fishing bans are enforced and compensation for income loss during the ban periods is distributed. Based on our findings, we suggest specific measures for strengthening social resilience at the local level, including building community networks, developing community infrastructures, updating existing rules and regulations, providing alternative means of generating income for fishers during the crisis periods (e.g. natural disasters and fishing ban periods) and more active sharing of responsibility between stakeholders and government for management of the hilsa fishery. These findings are also applicable to understanding the issues beyond rules and regulations that co-management arrangements need to address in order to be successful and to enhancing the function of co-management arrangements in improving social resilience within resource-dependent communities.

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The Growth and Dissolution of a Large-Scale Business Enterprise

10.5949/liverpool/9780986497391.001.0001 ◽

2012 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Gordon Boyce

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Large Scale ◽

Financial Structure ◽

Industrial Sector ◽

Business Enterprise ◽

Early Twentieth Century ◽

The Social ◽

The Family ◽

The World

This book is an in-depth case study of the Furness Withy and Co Shipping Group, which operated both tramp and liner services and was one of the five major British shipping groups of the early twentieth century. It demonstrates how British shipowners of this period generated success by exploring Christopher Furness’ career in relation to the social, political, and cultural currents during a time of tremendous shipping growth in Britain and the establishment of some of the largest shipping firms in the world. It approaches the study from three angles. The first analyses how the Furness Group expanded its shipping activities and became involved with the industrial sector. The second illustrates the organisational and financial structure of the enterprise. Finally, the Group’s leadership and entrepreneurship is scrutinised and placed within the wider context of twentieth century British business. The case study begins in 1870, with an introduction explaining how Christopher Furness came to join the family company, Thomas Furness and Co. in order develop services, expand, and instigate the changes and mergers that brought the Furness Group into existence. There are thirteen chronologically presented chapters, a bibliography, and seven appendices of data including an ownership timeline, tonnage statistics, acquisitions, a list of maritime associates, and a timeline of Christopher Furness’ life. The book concludes in 1919 with the de-merging of the Furness Group’s shipping and industrial holdings, the resignation of the Furness family from the company’s board, the sale of their shares, and the move into managing the firm’s industrial interests.

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Partnership working between young carers project and social services

Social Work and Social Sciences Review ◽

10.1921/swssr.v16i3.534 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 50-64

Author(s):

Anna Heyman

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Social Services ◽

Family Relationships ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Young Carers ◽

Social Work Theory ◽

The Family ◽

The Impact

This article draws on in-depth qualitative interviews with ten practitioners who specialise in working with young carers, to examine how members of the emerging profession of ‘young carers’ worker’ view their partnerships with social services. It focuses particularly on one case study area (Town Z), where partnerships between social services and the voluntary sector around young carers were relatively highly developed. It explores the practitioners’ comments about the impact of their organisations’ partnerships with social services on their work. This is done in the context of their conceptualisations of care and family relationships. In particular, the themes of identifying young carers and working with the family as a whole are discussed, and young carers’ workers views are compared to the conceptualisations that come across in literature from both disability studies and social work perspectives. It is concluded that young carers’ workers conceptualisations of care and disability do differ markedly from the perspectives that appear to dominate both social work theory and practice, and that this impacting on how the former view their partnerships with the latter.

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