Citizenship and social development : Citizen participation and community involvement in social welfare and social policy. Labour, education & society ; Vol. 31.

Ein tadelloses Exemplar. - This interdisciplinary book includes contributions from scholars from different parts of the world from the fields of political science, economy, sociology, social work, philosophy, and education. The major topics deal with contemporary challenges in social analysis, social theories, social policy, social work. Its special focus is aiming at questions of social development in the context of citizen�s participation and involvement in social welfare and social policy. Therefore the overall perspective is connected to questions of democracy in theory and practice, the question of the democratisation of all institutions and of everyday life. The contributions gain a special relevance in the contemporary time of social crisis � both within and beyond the European Union. - Content: (RE)DEFINING THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO ANALYSIS OF PARTICIPATION -- Azril Bacal: Paths of Citizen Participation And Responsibility - In Shaping Individual and Community Involvement with Matters of Social Policy and Praxis. Searching for a "Planetarium Commons" -- Francesco Garibaldo: The Rise and Decline of Citizenship in Europe -- Stefanos Koffas: Knowledge Management as a Strategic Enabler for Improved Social and Economic Cohesion through a Sustainable Learning Society -- Stamatina Hadjidema, Victoria Pekka-Economou: Trends and Particularities of the Socio-Political Pluralism in Greece and Germany. The Effect of Culture and Mentality as Factors of Different Thinking and Action in the Practice of the Socio-Political Pluralistic Model -- Heinz S�nker: Henri Lefebvre's Legacy of the Micro- and Macro-Problems in Social Analysis -- Gy�rgy Sz�: Towards a Global Civil Society? -- Michael Vester: Participatory or Authoritarian Democracy: Alternatives of Society's Organization in the Crisis of Capitalism -- PARTICIPATION IN DIVERSE CONTEXTS AND LOCALES -- Gabriel Amitsis: Activation as a Challenge for Fragmented Welfare States. The Balance between Law and Policies in the European Welfare Regime -- P. P. Balan: Decentralised Planning and Poverty Reduction (The Case of Kerala) -- Imraan Buccus: Creating new Spaces for Marginalised Groups to Engage in Policy Making in South Africa -- Marte Feiring: Politicisation of Self-Help in Norway Adrian Hatos: Vocabularies of Community Involvement in Urban Romania -- Inta Mierina: Political Efficacy - Understanding Low Levels of Political Participation in Post-Soviet Countries -- Ruth McAlister: Closing the Gap: Creating Effective Public Participation in Northern Ireland -- Padmini Rangarajan: Institutional Participation and Responsibility towards Education Sri Sharadamatha Balavedika - A Part of Ramakrishna Math - A Case Study -- Jose G. Vargas-Hern�ez and Mohammad Reza Noruzi: Economic, Social and Political Scenarios of Mexico in the Next Two Decades -- MULTIPLE FORMS, TYPES AND FACETS OF PARTICIPATION -- Mirella Baglioni: Trade Unions and Social Networks -- Mirella Baglioni and Mariella Berra: ICT Communication Networks and Social Cohesion. The Web Immigration Portal -- John Curtice and Stratos Patrikios: The Voice of the Community: Social-Public Economic Inequalities and User Involvement in Public Services -- Aikaterina Economou: New Employee Participation Approaches and its Socioeconomic Influences in the New Economic Era: The Case of Team Work as a Corporate Social Initiative -- Silia Nikolaidou: Social Sensibility and Social Involvement -- Debi S. Saini: Sustainable Development through Community Participation: The Role of Self-Help Groups in India -- Pawel Starosta: The Political Participation of Rural Population in Central Poland -- Olga Stassinopoulou: Promoting User Participation through the Third Sector - A Controversial Aspect of Greek Psychiatric Reform -- Christina Vayas: Networking for Local Social Policy Development: The Municipal or District Social Policy Council -- CONCEPTUALIZING PARTICIPATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DIVERSE ACTORS: AGE AND GENDER DIMENSIONS: Dimosthenis Daskalakis: Aspects of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Childhood - Theoretical Analysis and Experiences from Athens Area -- Cornelia Delouka-lnglessi: The Commercialised Child: The Case of TV Advertising aimed at Children and the EU's Regulatory Protective Measures Offered by the Audiovisual Media Services Directive -- Vera Anatol'evna Gnevasheva: Social and Cultural Value Orientations of Russian Youth: The Theoretical and Empirical Researches -- Biijan Pant: Women's Participation in Development: The Role of I/NGOs in Nepal -- Julia Rozanova: Social Participation of Older Rural Women in Canada: Insights from a Critical Feminist Perspective -- Stefanos Spaneas: Collaboration in Children's Social Services: Towards the Generation of a Different Organizational Approach -- Georgios Tsobanoglou and Ioanna Giannopoidou: Organizational Framework of the Public Care System in Greece - Does it Promote Child Protection? ISBN 9783631640227