Towards a Socially Sustainable World Economy: An Analysis of the Social Pillars of Globalization, and: Making Sweatshops: The Globalization of the U.S. Apparel Industry (review)

Institutions make new forms of acting possible: Signing executive orders, scoring goals, and officiating weddings are only possible because of the U.S. government, the rules of soccer, and the institution of marriage. Thus, when an individual occupies a particular social role (President, soccer player, and officiator) they acquire new ways of acting on the world. The present studies investigated children’s beliefs about institutional actions, and in particular whether children understand that individuals can only perform institutional actions when their community recognizes them as occupying the appropriate social role. Two studies (Study 1, N = 120 children, 4-11; Study 2, N = 90 children, 4-9) compared institutional actions to standard actions that do not depend on institutional recognition. In both studies, 4- to 5-year-old children believed all actions were possible regardless of whether an individual was recognized as occupying the social role. In contrast, 8- to 9-year-old children robustly distinguished between institutional and standard actions; they understood that institutional actions depend on collective recognition by a community.

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A Panel Evaluation of the Changes in the General Public’s Social-Media-Following of United States’ Public Health Departments during COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health ◽

10.1177/2150132721995450 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

pp. 215013272199545

Author(s):

Areej Khokhar ◽

Aaron Spaulding ◽

Zuhair Niazi ◽

Sikander Ailawadhi ◽

Rami Manochakian ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Social Media ◽

State Level ◽

The State ◽

Public Health Department ◽

Health Departments ◽

The Public ◽

Public Health Departments ◽

The Social ◽

The U.S

Importance: Social media is widely used by various segments of society. Its role as a tool of communication by the Public Health Departments in the U.S. remains unknown. Objective: To determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social media following of the Public Health Departments of the 50 States of the U.S. Design, Setting, and Participants: Data were collected by visiting the Public Health Department web page for each social media platform. State-level demographics were collected from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention was utilized to collect information regarding the Governance of each State’s Public Health Department. Health rankings were collected from “America’s Health Rankings” 2019 Annual report from the United Health Foundation. The U.S. News and World Report Education Rankings were utilized to provide information regarding the public education of each State. Exposure: Data were pulled on 3 separate dates: first on March 5th (baseline and pre-national emergency declaration (NED) for COVID-19), March 18th (week following NED), and March 25th (2 weeks after NED). In addition, a variable identifying the total change across platforms was also created. All data were collected at the State level. Main Outcome: Overall, the social media following of the state Public Health Departments was very low. There was a significant increase in the public interest in following the Public Health Departments during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: With the declaration of National Emergency, there was a 150% increase in overall public following of the State Public Health Departments in the U.S. The increase was most noted in the Midwest and South regions of the U.S. The overall following in the pandemic “hotspots,” such as New York, California, and Florida, was significantly lower. Interesting correlations were noted between various demographic variables, health, and education ranking of the States and the social media following of their Health Departments. Conclusion and Relevance: Social media following of Public Health Departments across all States of the U.S. was very low. Though, the social media following significantly increased during the early course of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it still remains low. Significant opportunity exists for Public Health Departments to improve social media use to engage the public better.

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on socio-economic and sustainability

Environmental Science and Pollution Research ◽

10.1007/s11356-021-14986-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Xueli Wei ◽

Lijing Li ◽

Fan Zhang

Keyword(s):

World Economy ◽

Social Economy ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Well Being ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

The Status ◽

Sectional Analysis ◽

The Impact

Pumping elephantThe COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the lives of people around the world in millions of ways . Due to this severe epidemic, all countries in the world have been affected by all aspects, mainly economic. It is widely discussed that the COVID-19 outbreak has affected the world economy. When considering this dimension, this study aims to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world economy, socio-economics, and sustainability. In addition, the research focuses on multiple aspects of social well-being during the pandemic, such as employment, poverty, the status of women, food security, and global trade. To this end, the study used time series and cross-sectional analysis of the data. The second-hand data used in this study comes from the websites of major international organizations. From the analysis of secondary data, the conclusion of this article is that the impact of the pandemic is huge. The main finding of the thesis is that the social economy is affected by the pandemic, causing huge losses in terms of economic well-being and social capital.

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The U.S. and the World Economy After Covid-19

Journal of Policy Modeling ◽

10.1016/j.jpolmod.2021.02.002 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Dominick Salvatore

Keyword(s):

World Economy ◽

The World ◽

The U.S

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Historicizing the comparative survey of freedom: tracing the social trajectory of an influential indicator

Science in Context ◽

10.1017/s0269889720000216 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 121-144

Author(s):

Emily Zerndt

Keyword(s):

American Foreign Policy ◽

Policy Decision ◽

Political Scientist ◽

Social Scientists ◽

The Social ◽

Retrospective Account ◽

Comparative Survey ◽

Policy Decision Making ◽

The U.S ◽

Freedom House

ArgumentThe Comparative Survey of Freedom, first published by Freedom House in 1973, is now the most widely used indicator of democracy by both academics and the U.S. government alike. However, literature examining the Survey’s origins is virtually nonexistent. In this article, I use archival records to challenge Freedom House’s retrospective account of the indicator’s creation. Rather than the outcome of a scientific methodology by multiple social scientists, the Survey was produced by a single political scientist, Raymond Gastil, according to his own hunches and impressions. How, then, did this indicator rise to such prominence? I argue that the Survey’s notoriety can be attributed to its early promotion in both political science and American foreign policy decision-making, as well as the fact that it fit the dominant scientific and political paradigms of the time.

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Overview of PROMISE

Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals ◽

10.1177/2165143420980458 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 216514342098045

Author(s):

David E. Emenheiser ◽

Corinne Weidenthal ◽

Selete Avoke ◽

Marlene Simon-Burroughs

Keyword(s):

Career Development ◽

Social Security ◽

Human Services ◽

Technical Assistance ◽

Department Of Education ◽

Social Security Administration ◽

Special Issue ◽

Health And Human Services ◽

The Social ◽

The U.S

Promoting the Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE), a study of 13,444 randomly assigned youth and their families, includes six model demonstration projects and a technical assistance center funded through the U.S. Department of Education and a national evaluation of the model demonstration projects funded through the Social Security Administration. The Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services and the Executive Office of the President partnered with the Department of Education and Social Security Administration to develop and monitor the PROMISE initiative. This article provides an overview of PROMISE as the introduction to this special issue of Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals.

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Introduction: Moral and Market disordering in the time of Covid-19

Cultural Dynamics ◽

10.1177/09213740211014304 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 145-161

Author(s):

Michaeline A Crichlow ◽

Dirk Philipsen

Keyword(s):

Economic System ◽

High Growth ◽

Special Issue ◽

Relational Approach ◽

Market Values ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

World Economic ◽

Triadic Relationship ◽

The U.S

This special issue composed of essays that brainstorm the triadic relationship between Covid-19, Race and the Markets, addresses the fundamentals of a world economic system that embeds market values within social and cultural lifeways. It penetrates deep into the insecurities and inequalities that have endured for several centuries, through liberalism for sure, and compounded ineluctably into these contemporary times. Market fundamentalism is thoroughly complicit with biopolitical sovereignty-its racializing socioeconomic projects, cheapens life given its obsessive focus on high growth, by any means necessary. If such precarity seemed normal even opaque to those privileged enough to reap the largess of capitalism and its political correlates, the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic with its infliction of sickness and death has exposed the social and economic dehiscence undergirding wealth in the U.S. especially, and the world at large. The essays remind us of these fissures, offering ways to unthink this devastating spiral of growth, and embrace an unadulterated care centered system; one that offers a more open and relational approach to life with the planet. Care, then becomes the pursuit of a re-existence without domination, and the general toxicity that has accompanied a regimen of high growth. The contributors to this volume, join the growing global appeal to turn back from this disaster, and rethink how we relate to ourselves, to our neighbors here and abroad, and to the non-humans in order to dwell harmoniously within socionature.

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Reasons for Working and Their Relationship to Retirement Attitudes, Job Satisfaction and Occupational Self-Efficacy of Bridge Employees

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development ◽

10.2190/k8ku-46lh-dtw5-44tu ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 61 (1) ◽

pp. 21-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 85

Author(s):

Veronica M. Dendinger ◽

Gary A. Adams ◽

Jamie D. Jacobson

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Baby Boomers ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Retirement Age ◽

Bridge Employment ◽

Reliable Predictor ◽

The Social ◽

Social Reason ◽

The U.S

Although the Baby Boomers are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population and they are quickly approaching retirement age, research has widely neglected to look at the reasons as to why many of them intend on opting for bridge employment as opposed to completely retiring. This study examined the relationships among four reasons for working (social, personal, financial, and generative) and three attitudinal responses to bridge employment (job satisfaction, retirement attitudes, and occupational self-efficacy). In a sample of 108 recent retirees holding bridge employment positions, it was found that generativity served as a reliable predictor of job satisfaction and attitudes toward retirement, whereas the social reason for work was only a reliable predictor of attitudes toward retirement.

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