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Solidarity and social behaviour: how did this help communities to manage COVID-19 pandemic?Purpose During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic lockdowns, stay at home or work from home, many have argued that the westernised non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) do not provide remedial in low-income countries like Nigeria, where informal job seekers, street traders, informal labourers and artisans depend mainly ...
Tập 40 Số 9/10 - Trang 1183-1200 - 2020
Population and environment by 2000AD – a social manifestoConsiders the consequences of population growth in relation to space, resources and conflict. Covers environmental issues such as water and pollution. Uses India in the year 2000 as a case study, looking at areas such as housing, agriculture, transport, water, food and environment. Discusses the plans of the country and concludes that an integrated plan for population with development is n... ...
Tập 20 Số 8 - Trang 55-68 - 2000
Retirement concerns and financial literacy in BruneiPurpose Despite the inclusion of financial literacy in retirement studies, there are limited studies that look into retirement concerns and how financial literacy plays a role in managing retirement concerns. Understanding retirement concerns prior to retirement is important given how it affects retirement satisfaction. T...
Tập 40 Số 3/4 - Trang 342-365 - 2020
IS THERE A ‘CRISIS’ IN THE WELFARE STATE?Most contemporary British social policies have developed within an institutional and intellectual framework which is commonly referred to as the welfare state, and which first became firmly established in Britain after the second world war at the beginning of a period of historically high rates of economic growth. The embodiment of social policies within a particular set of public institut... ...
- 1981
MANAGEMENT AND LABOUR IN TRANSITION: THE CASE OF ZIMBABWEThe way in which management and related personnel practices contribute to the organisation and control of the labour process during a period of political change intended to move towards socialism is examined. Rhodesia's colonial history and the position of foreign and multinational corporations in the economy have been determining the changes taking place in employing organisations. Workpl... ...
Tập 6 Số 2 - Trang 83-102 - 1986
Welfare mix, CSR and social citizenshipPurpose The purpose of this paper is to reflect on those “meeting points” and “encountering places” where the action of individuals, families, corporations, NGOs and public policies can optimize the advancement of social citizenship within the European context. hiện toàn bộ
Tập 30 Số 11/12 - Trang 683-696 - 2010
SOME NOTES TOWARDS A REALISTIC REALISM: THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF REALIST PHILOSOPHIES OF SCIENCE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODSThis note is written in the spirit of Becker's dictum that “methodology is too important to be left to methodologists” (Becker, 1970: 3). The methodology I wish to examine is the influential realist approach to social science, which has recently been held up as a panacea for many sociological ills. As an approach with its own specificity it has developed since the mid‐1970s, making importa... ...
- 1989
ORGANISATION IN TRANSITION: FROM GOVERNMENT TO NON‐GOVERNMENT SERVICE CENTRESIn many western, industrialised countries, the shrinking role of governments in providing direct services is manifested by the transfer of traditional government services to voluntary, non‐ profit organisations. An additional stage is marked by a significant reduction in government contributions to these non‐ profit organisations.
Tập 13 Số 3/4 - Trang 108-122 - 1993
‘Modernist’ Sociology in a ‘Postmodern’ World?This article looks at the problems Sociology has in theorising modern discourses in the light of the rise and consolidation of Postmodernism. The paper begins with an historical sketch of the emergence of Enlightenment and how its values helped to engender intellectual curiosity amongst the precursors of modernist sociological theorising. Indeed, the paper analyses how Sociology faces up t... ...
Tập 25 Số 10/11 - Trang 1-13 - 2005
STUDYING SATISFACTIONS IN HUMAN SERVICE ORGANISATIONS: AN EXPLORATIONResponses to open‐ended questions concerning sources of work satisfaction among social workers indicate that instruments and methodology which have been devised in industrial settings may create distortions when applied to human services. The most important sources of satisfaction and dissatisfaction differ from those elicited in industry, a fact which points out the need to begin detailed... ...
- 1985