“Faiths and Social cohesion” Establishing social participation with religious differences: local Muslim communities in Europe

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Altay Manco ◽  
Spyros Amoranitis

The action entitled “Faiths and Social Cohesion” the resultsof which are presented in this volume is supported by theEuropean Commission Directorate- General for Employmentand Social Affairs within the framework of the EuropeanProgramme against discrimination and in favour offundamental social rights and the civil society (Art 13 of thetreaty of the Union). This is an action for identification, validation and transnational exchanges “good practices” and information against discrimination coordinated by the Institutefor Research, Training and Action on Migrations (IRFAM).This action is carried out at the transnational level with sixsets of partners hailing from various countries.

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 366-382
Author(s):  
Dina Sensi

The European action named “Faiths and Social cohesion”. Building up Social Participation in Religious Difference: Local Muslim Communities inEurope» was assessed during the last six months of the project. The objective was to assess the impact of the actions taken. 


Politeja ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6(75)) ◽  
pp. 219-235
Author(s):  
Anna Jach

Social Participation and the Pandemic in Russian Conditions: A.D. 2020 The aim of this analysis is a diagnosis of grassroots social (individual and group) participation in the conditions of the state in deepening crisis – the state which not for the first time has turned out to be not only unprepared, but also unable and uninterested in undertaking effective actions preventing and mitigating the results of the pandemic. The accompanying question concerns the endurance of the civil society emerging in an authoritarian state the RF undoubtedly is – the society which, having once tasted self-organization and independence, will not be interested in giving up their constitutional civil freedoms or political, cultural and social rights. What invariably remains an important tool used in the analyzed process is the Internet, which still is beyond the control of Russian state structures.


2003 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-87
Author(s):  
Ataul Huq Pramanik

This paper seeks to achieve the following objectives: to discuss the idea of unity from the Islamic and secular perspectives; to test empirically how the absence of certain universal values (virtues) in the pursued development strategies shattered unity and thereby led to the Ummah’s disintegration; to examine how the interrelationships between growth and democracy can promote unity by creating a civil society through higher human development; and to examine the Organization of the Islamic Conference’s (OIC) role in strengthening unity among diverse Muslim communities.


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (100) ◽  
pp. 849
Author(s):  
Miguel Agudo Zamora

Resumen:Este trabajo analiza la situación en el modelo constitucional español del principio de no regresividad de los derechos sociales. Se parte del análisis sucinto del modelo social de nuestra Constitución lo que implica el reconocimiento de derechos económicos y sociales. Este reconocimiento es la plasmación constitucional de los principios de solidaridad y de cohesión social. El principio de cohesión social ha sido definido por el Consejo de Europa e incluido explícitamente en los tratados constitutivos de la Unión Europea. La necesidad de lograr la cohesión social fundamenta la inclusión en las Constituciones y en los tratados internacionales del principio de no regresividad de los derechos sociales. En la Constitución española de 1978 este principio no se incluye expresamente. La no inclusión en la Constitución de este principio supone un peligro para la cohesión social en tiempos de crisis económica. Por su parte, el Tribunal Constitucional ha sentado una doctrina ambigua sobre este asunto, que ha sido analizada en este trabajo, así como las más significativas aportaciones doctrinales sobre la materia. Para saber cuáles son los limites de la regresividad de los derechos sociales que dotan de contenido este principio se ha realizado una comparativa internacional y de los principios constitucionales. Del estudio del ordenamiento internacional y de los valores y principios constitucionales se ha obtenido una serie de límites a la regresividad del contenido, eficacia y protección de los derechos sociales. Concluye este trabajo sugiriendo una propuesta de reforma constitucional que incluya el principio de no regresividad de los derechos sociales en el texto constitucional estableciendo una serie de requisitos de aquellas medidas que puedan suponer una regresión de contenido de los mismos tales como que deberán justificarse plenamente en referencia a la totalidad de los derechos, valores y principios recogidos en la Constitución y en los tratados internacionales suscritos por el Estado español y en el contexto del aprovechamiento pleno del máximo de los recursos de que se disponga; se aplicarán tras el examen más exhaustivo de todas las alternativas posibles; tendrán en todo caso carácter temporal hasta que las circunstancias económicas permitan restablecer el ámbito material de contenido, eficacia, protección y garantía prexistente de los derechos sociales afectados; en todo caso respetarán el contenido mínimo esencial de los derechos sociales como manifestación de la dignidad humana; serán razonables y estarán suficientemente motivadas; no vulnerarán, entre otros, los principios de seguridad jurídica, confianza legítima, no discriminación e irretroactividad de disposiciones restrictivas de derechos individuales, serán proporcionadas y respetarán los principios de solidaridad, cohesión y sostenibilidad social. Summary1. State, solidarity and social cohesion. 2. Doctrinal and jurisprudential notes on the principle of non-regressivity of social rights. 3. Limits to the regressivity of social rights. a) Limits derived from international law. b) Limits derived from dignity as essential content of social rights. c) Limits derived from the prohibition of arbitrariness: the need for sufficient motivation. 4. Conclusion: constitutionalamendment and non-regressivity of social rights.Abstract:This paper analyzes the constitutional recognition of the principle of non-regressivity of social rights in Spain. It starts from the succinct analysis of the social model of our Constitution which implies the recognition of economic and social rights. This recognition is the constitutionalization of the principles of solidarity and social cohesion. The principle of social cohesion has been defined by the Council of Europe and explicitly included in the constitutive treaties of the European Union. The need to achieve social cohesion underpins the inclusion in the Constitutions and international treaties of the principle of non-regression of social rights. In the Spanish Constitution of 1978 this principle is not expressly included. The non-inclusion in the Constitution of this principle poses a danger to social cohesion in times of economic crisis. For its part, the Constitutional Court has established an ambiguous doctrine on this subject, which has been analyzed in this work, as well as the most significant doctrinal contributions on the subject. In order to know which are the limits of the regressivity of the social rights that give content of this principle an international comparison has been made as well as a study of constitutional principles. Limits to the regressivity of content, effectiveness and protection of social rights have been obtained from the study of international order and constitutional values and principles. This paper concludes by suggesting a proposal for constitutional amendment that includes the principle of non-regressivity of social rights in the Spanish Constitution establishing some requirements of those measures that imply a regression of their content such as: they shall be fully justified in relationship with all the rights, values and principles contained in the Constitution and in the international treaties signed by the Spanish State and in the context of full exploitation of the maximum resources available; Shall be applied after a more comprehensive examination of all possible alternatives; Shall in any case be of a temporary nature until the economic circumstances permit the restoration of the content, effectiveness, protection and pre-existing guarantee of the social rights affected; In any case they will respect the essential minimum content of social rights as a manifestation of human dignity; Shall be reasonable and sufficiently motivated; Shall not infringe, inter alia, the principles of legal certainty, legitimate expectations, non-discrimination and non-retroactivity of provisions restricting individual rights; Shall be proportionate and shall respect the principles of solidarity, cohesion and social sustainability.


2009 ◽  
pp. 1-45
Author(s):  
Robert Layton

Author(s):  
Lucie Lamarche ◽  
Marianne De Troyer

Citizenship, social rights and social cohesion: A priori, the concept of social cohesion evokes the idea of a body of values, norms, behaviours and expectations that, because they are shared, give meaning to “living together”. This is why, at a time of globalization, neo-liberalism, and economic growth at all costs, implementing strategies designed to promote social cohesion is often presented as the antidote to the ills of society and the prerequisite to development. In the literature and political discourse, the concept of social exclusion is used to describe the reality of many social groups today who feel deprived of security and identity and are convinced that they have lost something they once possessed. The question, then, is one of knowing what the obstacle to social cohesion is. Research efforts, as well as international institutions, have abundant recourse to this logic in order to identify and remedy some of the obstacles they perceive as being the causes of social exclusion. For example, in this respect, inclusion and participation in the labour market is the object of sustained attention; the same applies to the war against poverty. Meanwhile, everything points to social exclusion and its opposite, social cohesion, being phenomena that cannot, for the purpose of analysis, be reduced to questions of material dysfunction in a given society. By the same token, social cohesion cannot be reduced to a matter of integration or a fight to leave the margins of society. This is only part of what we learn from the work of Jane Jenson and Mateo Alalouf, whose earlier efforts have inspired several contributions that follow.


2019 ◽  
pp. 77-108
Author(s):  
Emily L. King

Chapter three examines the relation between fantasy and civil vengeance through the figure of the vagrant. Insofar as vagrants are presumed responsible for major social problems, civil society justifies its poor treatment as retribution. Reading Jack Cade’s rebellion in Shakespeare’s 2 Henry VI, the chapter proposes that normative society’s fantasy of its own victimhood produces vagrant bodies that are constructed to withstand extreme forms of labor and punishment, and the resulting bodies then sustain an expanding nation-state. Thomas Nashe’s The Unfortunate Traveller, or the Life of Jack Wilton reveals the dynamic at work on the international stage in its attempts to define early modern Englishness against not only the Continent but also cosmopolitanism. While the impoverished vagrant offers social cohesion to normative subjects within the domestic project of nationalism, the affluent cosmopolitan vagrant and his eventual recoil from other cultures offers the fiction of a secure English identity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
I Gusti Ngurah Edi Putra ◽  
Pande Putu Januraga

Indirect female sex workers (FSWs), a type of FSW working under the cover of entertainment enterprises (e.g., karaoke lounge, bar, etc.), remain as an important key population for HIV transmission, signaling the need of appropriate interventions targeting HIV-related behaviors. This study aimed to investigate the association between social capital and HIV testing uptake. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 indirect FSWs in Denpasar, Bali. The dependent variable was HIV testing uptake in the last six months preceding the survey. The main independent variables were social capital constructs: social cohesion (perceived peer support and trust) and social participation. Variables of socio-demographic characteristics were controlled in this study to adjust the influence of social capital. Binary logistic regression was performed. The prevalence of HIV testing in the last six months was 72.50%. The multivariate analysis showed that only peer support from the social capital constructs was associated with HIV testing uptake. Indirect FSWs who perceived a high level of support within FSWs networks were 2.98-times (95% CI = 1.43–6.24) more likely to report for HIV testing. Meanwhile, perceived trust and social participation did not show significant associations in relation to HIV testing uptake. As social cohesion (support) within FSWs’ relationships can play an important role in HIV testing uptake, existing HIV prevention programs should consider support enhancement to develop a sense of belonging and solidarity.


Author(s):  
Maria Geralda Gomes Aguiar ◽  
Eliab Barbosa Gomes ◽  
Cacilda Miranda da Silva ◽  
Ana Rita Santos Pereira ◽  
Sonia Maria Freitas Cerqueira ◽  
...  

Resumo: Relato de experiência da intervenção sociocultural no bairro Coronel José Pinto na cidade de Feira de Santana – BA, desenvolvida por dezessete alunas do Programa Universidade Aberta à Terceira Idade da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UATI/UEFS). Trata-se de uma estratégia alternativa de ampliação das ações da UATI utilizando-se do potencial das alunas como multiplicadoras para fazer um levantamento sistemático de dados sobre o perfil socioeconômico e cultural de 603 idosos residentes no bairro. Essa iniciativa, sob orientação do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas da Terceira Idade (NEPTI), tem como eixo norteador a concepção de educação ao longo toda a vida, na perspectiva de delinear pautas sociais e culturais de ação solidária que possibilitem o resgate da consciência social dos idosos na luta pelo reconhecimento de direitos sociais, de sua autonomia, capacidade de integração e participação na sociedade. Constitui-se assim, em um projeto de revalorização do bairro que integra a ação solidária e cidadã das alunas/idosos da UATI e dos idosos residentes no bairro, tendo como resultante das ações empreendidas a criação do Grupo de Convivência Viver Feliz. Palavras-chave: Terceira Idade. Cidadania. Solidariedade. Participação Social. Abstract: This is a report of an experience of socio-cultural intervention in Colonel José Pinto district in the city of Feira de Santana – Bahia, developed by seventeen students of the Program Open University to the Third Age of the State University of Feira de Santana (UATI/UEFS). It is an alternative strategy of amplification of the actions of the UATI using the students potential as multipliers to make a systematic collection of data on the socio-economic and cultural profile of 603 seniors living in that district. The initiative under the guidance of the Nucleus of Studies and Research of the Third Age (NEPTI), has as it basic principle the concept of education as a lifetime process with the purpose of delineating social and cultural lists of soldary action that facilitate the ransom of the senior’s social conscience in the struggle for the recognition of their social rights, autonomy and the capacity to participate in the life of society. It is therefore a project of revaluation of the district that integrates the solidary action of senior citizens that study in the UATI and those who live in that district. Keywords: Third Age. Citizenship. Solidarity. Social Participation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasiliki Kantzara

<p>This article examines the ways education is<br />related to social cohesion, mainly in sociology<br />of education approaches. The notion of<br />cohesion is used widely, especially as a noble<br />aim worth striving at, in order to sustain the<br />ties that keep society together. Education is<br />viewed as an important institution that contributes<br />to cohesion by socialising the new<br />members of society, providing them with<br />knowledge and skills in order to facilitate<br />their social participation. Sustaining however<br />current societal organisation implies that social<br />inequality is also reproduced. Thus, we<br />argue that, the question of cohesion is inter<br />alia a political one.</p>


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