Part I: Introduction -- 1. The Project: Theoretical Framework and Institutional Experience around the World -- 2. University Social Responsibility Network: A Platform to Promote University Social Responsibility -- Part II: Concepts and Theoretical Considerations -- 3. From Historical Roots to Contemporary Challenges -- 4. University Social Responsibility: Conceptualization and an Assessment Fra…
Chapter 1. Introduction: Understanding the changing urban space in India -- Chapter 2. From theory to practice: Field research in four small municipalities in eastern Uttar Pradesh -- Chapter 3. From local to regional challenges: The political profile of the small towns’ municipal councils -- Chapter 4. Between urban imbalances and technical constraints: The challenges of managing local publi…
Preface -- Chapter 1. Dimensions of Resistance -- Chapter 2. In Dialogue with the Past -- Chapter 3. The Story -- Chapter 4. Narrative Enactment -- Chapter 5. Making History, Making Resistance.This Briefs advances a theoretical approach that recognizes social movements as contingent enterprises. It explores the endurance of social movements over time, by developing analytical tools to study how…
Part I. Communities, Development and Culture -- Chapter 1. Re-thinking Community Quality of Life in Latin American Countries; Graciela Tonon -- Chapter 2. Quality of Life of the Guarani Community in South America; Lía Rodriguez de la Vega and Héctor Rodriguez -- Chapter 3. Exploring the Concept and Practices of Felicitas Publica at Lisbon University: A Community and Relational Approach to Wel…
Chapter 1. Introduction: The role of virtues in social work practice -- Chapter 2. Voice to the voiceless -- Chapter 3. But you can push and push and push -- Chapter 4. Empower people to take control of their own lives -- Chapter 5. Respect and integrity -- Chapter 6. What can we do to make changes? -- Chapter 7. A people world, rather than a paper world -- Chapter 8. I cannot give up, I cannot…
Preface; Rhonda Phillips, Meg Holden and Chantal Stevens -- Introduction; Chantal Stevens, Lyle Wray -- PART I. Community Indicators Identifying Different Types of Disadvantage -- Chapter 1. Environmental Justice in Australia: Measuring the Relationship between Industrial Odour Exposure and Community Disadvantage; Lucy Gunn, Billy Greenham, Melanie Davern, Suzanne Mavoa, Elizabeth Jean Taylor a…
Preface -- Part I: The Exploration of the Theory and Practice of the Eco City Construction in China -- The Principle of “Following the Way the Human Body Works” in the Construction of an Eco City -- Construction of Eco Cities in China in an Information Age -- The Economic Development and the Environmental Protection of the Eco City -- The Space Layout and Planning of the Eco City Construct…
1. Schooling for Sustainable Development in South Asian Countries (Rajeswari N. Gorana) -- 2. A New Paradigm of Education towards Sustainable Development (Rajeswari N. Gorana) -- 3. The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in South Asia (Madhavi Joshi) -- 4. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Initiatives and Programmes in Bangladesh (Md. Salequzzaman) -- 5. Gross National Ha…
Preface -- Introduction -- Section I: Need for Transformations -- Chapter 1: Connecting Food Access and Housing Security: Lessons from Peterborough, Ontario -- Chapter 2 : Strengthening the Backbone: Local Food, Foreign Labour and Social Justice -- Chapter 3: Community Food Security in Pictou Landing First Nation -- Chapter 4: The Us Experience in Planning for Community Food Systems: An Era …
Part 1. Vision and Ambition -- Chapter 1. Implementing the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Small-Scale Fisheries (Svein Jentoft, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Nicole Franz, and Maria Jose Barragán-Paladines) -- Chapter 2. A Human Rights-Based Approach to Securing Small-Scale Fisheries: A Quest for Development as Freedom (Rolf Willmann, Nicole Franz, Carlos Fuentevilla, Thomas McInerney and Lena Westlu…