scholarly journals Assessing equality in neighbourhood availability of quality greenspace in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Baka ◽  
Leslie Mabon
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Testing ◽  
Economic Data ◽  
Perceived Safety ◽  
Urban Greenspace ◽  
The Social ◽  
Neighbourhood Level ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Use Studies ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Point Of Departure

In this paper, we assess the relation between neighbourhood-level deprivation and local greenspace quality in Glasgow, Scotland. There is rising interest globally in inequality in the distribution and accessibility of urban greenspace. In particular, it is increasingly realised that overarching social and political inequalities can lead to less well-off areas having less or lower-quality greenspace, and thus being less likely to draw down the social and environmental resilience benefits provided by urban greenspace. We evaluate the relationship between neighbourhood-level deprivation and greenspace quality by combining socio-economic data with assessment of neighbourhood greenspace taken from Google Street View, subjecting our observations to statistical testing. We find that on nearly all measures of greenspace quality, there is a statistically significant correlation between deprivation and greenspace quality, with more disadvantaged areas having lower-quality greenspace. This finding is consistent with much existing research. However, we make a contribution to the international literature by showing it is not only the presence or extent of greenspace, but also the characteristics within greenspaces, that vary with deprivation. As existing research suggests greenspace attributes such as tranquillity, greenness and perceived safety are important to unlock the health, wellbeing and resilience benefits that greenspace provides, this is a notable finding. We conclude by arguing that there is a need to go further than simply identifying inequalities, and instead use studies such as ours as a point of departure for imagining wider planning and social policy measures aimed at understanding and addressing underpinning inequalities.

scholarly journals LGBT tourism in Puerto Vallarta: source of foreign exchange or a breach of ethics and morals in Mexican society? Reflections of an ethnography

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-87
Author(s):  
Jesús Otoniel Sosa Rodríguez ◽  
Jesús Otoniel Sosa Rodríguez ◽  
Jesús Otoniel Sosa Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Economic Effect ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Socioeconomic Impact ◽  
Economic Data ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Mexican Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Mixed Nature

As of 2013 in Mexico, the creation, support and development of the LGBT tourist segment were established into the Mexican federal government policies, which has not been consolidated besides lacking of statistical and economic data so its socioeconomic impact is known. The objective of this research is to reflect on the social and economic effect generated by an LGBT friendly tourist destination resulting from the touristic practices that take place in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. This beach destination is considered the most important LGBT tourist destination in the country due to the amount of economic income it generates and the touristic infrastructure that has been developed. Some considerations are made on the relationship between the expenditure generated by tourists and the income received by residents, as well as its socio-environmental impact. The methodology used is of a mixed nature, emphasizing the integration of economic data in a quantitative way besides ethnography carried out in the destination in a qualitative way. The results of this social phenomenon called LGBT Tourism finally unleashed a synergy and power relations between the different actors involved in Puerto Vallarta: government, businessmen, civil associations, residents and to a lesser extent tourist.

scholarly journals If You See Something, Say Something: Lateral Surveillance and the Uses of Responsibility

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 235-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Reeves
Keyword(s):  
Community Based ◽  
Norman Conquest ◽  
Neighborhood Watch ◽  
The Public ◽  
Community Based Programs ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Point Of Departure

The US Department of Homeland Security’s new “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign displays a renewed drive to redistribute surveillance responsibilities to the public. Using this campaign as its point of departure, this article examines the relationship between conditions of sovereign governance and public lateral surveillance campaigns. As the police and other sovereign institutions have receded from their traditional public responsibilities, many surveillance functions have been assumed by the lay population via neighborhood watch and other community-based programs. Comparing this development with the policing functions of lateral surveillance during the Norman Conquest, this article provides a historically grounded analysis of the potential for this responsibilization to fracture the social by transforming communal bonds into technologies of surveillance power.

Possibilities of a Territorial Ordering for the Transition in Nicaragua

1985 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
J L Coraggio
Keyword(s):  
Political Orientation ◽  
Spatial Concentration ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Territorial Organization ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Administrative Structures ◽  
Territorial Transformation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Point Of Departure

The object of this paper is an analysis of the possibilities of a politically oriented territorial transformation in the process of building a new state in Nicaragua. Three central questions are posed. How should the struggle of popular sectors be connected with the contradictions associated with territorial organization? Is there an autonomy of the spatial, that is, is spatial concentration simply a product of capitalism? Does the construction of socialism necessitate decentralization, or does spatial concentration remain in socialism because it is a universal tendency associated with the nature of technology? Not even neoclassical conceptions of territorial organization, nor those of the new Marxist school (which analyzes the society–space relationship in universal terms), are effective in orienting popular struggles. To advance the analysis of the relationship between the political and the territorial, we require an examination of concrete situations. In the paper are thus presented some basic concepts relating to the territorial or spatial and the social, the specific relationship between a society in transition and space; the present territorial transformations in Nicaragua and the problems and contradictions they have generated are then analyzed. It is argued that it is political orientation that should regulate the definition of new patterns of territorial organization. Spatial structures show a certain rigidity which retards transformation and they therefore cannot be part of the revolutionary project, but must rather be a consequence of the social transformations. Regionalization is an end-state and not a point of departure. If the politico-administrative structures do not coincide with those of production and reproduction, it will be difficult to establish a substantive democracy and decentralization.

Forgiving Others and Compassion

2021 ◽  
pp. 125-151
Author(s):  
Neal M. Krause
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Support ◽  
Fundamental Issue ◽  
Theoretical Rationale ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
Core Study ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Point Of Departure

The virtue of forgiving others and the virtue of compassion occupy a pivotal position in the core study model because they provide an important point of departure for explaining how spiritual support affects health. This fundamental issue is explored in three sections: (1) a theoretical rationale for focusing specifically on forgiveness and compassion is provided—in the process the social underpinning of these virtues is highlighted; (2) studies on the relationship between forgiveness and health as well as compassion and health are reviewed; (3) a submodel is introduced that aims to flesh out the nature of the relationship between spiritual support and these two social virtues is provided.

Social work in the web of social protection: Contexts and alternatives

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cláudia Priscila C dos Santos ◽  
Tatiane Valduga ◽  
Jorge Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Social Responses ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Web

In the context of research in the field of social work, we have carried out an analysis on the relationship between two social policy measures intended to promote the social well-being of its beneficiaries in Portugal. Through a deductive methodology, the results show the impact of the adopted measures aimed at reducing spending on social policies. Conclusions highlight that social workers can collaborate with alternative social responses in an evidence-based manner, enhancing practice, namely, regarding competencies for the realisation of social diagnosis within the context of peoples’ living conditions in order to promote access of citizens to social support.

scholarly journals Regional Features of the Attitude of Adolescents to Health and the Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 88-104
Author(s):  
Irina Zhuravleva ◽  
Nina Lakomova
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Attitude To Health ◽  
Regional Features ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Behavior Types ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The article is devoted to adolescent health as an important potential of the country’s labor and population resources. The negative trends characterising the health of this age group in recent decades require the adoption of immediate and radical measures in the field of social policy. Based on the results of the study “Adolescent Health and the Environment” (2017), analysis of statistics, various documents and publications, an attempt was made to find out the nature of changes in the attitude of adolescents to their health and the environment under the influence of social policy measures. This approach examines the relationship between sociological indicators of adolescent attitude to health (self-esteem, motives and health factors, the presence of bad habits, attitude to the environment) and the impact of means and methods of social policy of various kinds. Advocacy of a healthy lifestyle forms attitudes towards a positive attitude to health and reliance on one’s own efforts to achieve it. A lack of attention to environmental issues at the regional level leads to a decrease in environmental concerns among these issues among young people. These processes can be traced by comparing the responses of the respondents of two cities (Ulan-Ude and Ulyanovsk) with significant differences, and by analysing the content components of the social policies of these regions. The conclusion is drawn about the effectiveness of the measures that form the specific behavior types of adolescents in the field of health.

scholarly journals PERAN BIAYA SOSIAL TERHADAP PENINGKATAN KINERJA SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYPADA PERUSAHAAN INDUSTRI MANUFAKTUR LISTED DIBURSA EFEK INDONESIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Nor Hadi
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Social Cost ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Statistical Testing ◽  
Legitimacy Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
Energy Community ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Test Result

<p>This article examining the relationship between social cost (environment, energy, community, employee, and consumen) and social performance in 62 companies representing manufacture industries in Indonesia Stock Exchange. Social cost and social performance were capture from responden are CEO by survey. Data analysis by multivaried regression. Results suggest that legitimacy theory may be an explanatory of social responsibility practice. Statistical testing results enviromental cost are significant related social performance. While, the social cost (environment, energy, employee, and consumen) staistics test result are significant related social performance.</p>

Prophets and Profits of Racial Science

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruha Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Precision Medicine ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Racial Science ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Racial Ethnic

In this response to Terence Keel and John Hartigan’s debate over the social construction of race, I aim to push the discussion beyond the terrain of epistemology and ideology to examine the contested value of racial science in a broader political economy. I build upon Keel’s concern that even science motivated by progressive aims may reproduce racist thinking and Hartigan’s proposition that a critique of racial science cannot rest on the beliefs and intentions of scientists. In examining the value of racial-ethnic classifications in pharmacogenomics and precision medicine, I propose that analysts should attend to the relationship between prophets of racial science (those who produce forecasts about inherent group differences) and profits of racial science (the material-semiotic benefits of such forecasts). Throughout, I draw upon the idiom of speculation—as a narrative, predictive, and financial practice—to explain how the fiction of race is made factual, again and again. 

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