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Société civile et capital social en Suisse
No full textLe livre présente les résultats d'une recherche quantiative portant sur l'engagement et la participation associative dans les communes suisses. L'ouvrage s'interroge au sujet de l'idée que la participation engendre des effets positifs pour la qualité d'une démocratie. Est-il possible de considérer que la participation apporte une certaine vitalité à une société qui se veut démocratique? Si tel est le cas, quelles sont les valeurs que la participation représente
The united nations international year of volunteers:how supranational political opportunity affect national civil societies
No full textThe year 2001 was declared by the united nations as 'international year of volunteers' (IYV) with the aim of promoting worldwide volunteerism and civic engagement. This event is proposed in this paper as an opportunity provided to civil society by a supranational political context. The IYV case is used in this paper to illustrate how supranational political opportunities affect European civil society when they meet with given national contexts
Discussion
No full textL'intervention porte sur la depolitisation des questions liées au travail (et au chomage), il analyse le role des acteurs institutionnels tels que l'UE ainsi que celui d'acteurs collectifs à faibles ressources comme les chomeurs dans le developpment des debats et des politiques publiques liés au travail
Social Innovation and Social Policy: Theory, Policy and Practice
No full textSocial innovation has become a prominent theme in discussions of social policy reform across the world. This book examines why social innovation is important to social policy analysis. It discusses the theoretical and policy context of this concept; its origin and background; why it has emerged to prominence in recent years and how it has been applied.The book relates social innovation to key debates and issues in social policy. These include competing agency and structural explanations of and solutions to social problems; the relative efficacy of government and civil society initiatives, and the capacity of community and/or service user-led responses to address social problems. The book will be a valuable resource for a wide, international readership including social and public policy analysts, policy makers, practitioners and students
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Introduction
Full text linkThe introductory chapter discusses key theoretical concepts upon which the book develops, such as the meaning of integration and inclusion, broadly understood but also with reference to the labour market and to the wider social context. Hence it reflects on how different labour outcomes affect empowerment and participation as key aspects of newcomers’ integration. It also introduces the reader to the multilevel (local–national–European) and multidimensional (micro–meso–macro) framework of the study underpinning the book, as well as to its large quantitative and qualitative empirical basis. The introduction also discusses ethical aspects which pertain to research with vulnerable individuals. Finally, the layout of the book is presented and explained
Le transnationalisme en action: le cas des Turcs en Suisse
No full textL'article analyse les processus de transnationalisme des immigrés par le biais de l'étude du cas de la communauté Turque. Trois sphères sont prises en consideration pour étudier le transnationalisme: la culture, l'économie et la politique
Le transnationalisme en action: le cas des Turcs en Suisse
No full textL'article analyse les processus de transnationalisme des immigrés par le biais de l'étude du cas de la communauté Turque. Trois sphères sont prises en consideration pour étudier le transnationalisme: la culture, l'économie et la politique
Solidarity movement organizations:towards an active global consciousness?
No full textThe chapter discusses the role of French transnational social movements organisations during the conflict in former Yugoslavia. It presents a typology of humanitarian organisations allowing to distinguish between advocacy associations on the one side, and operational organizations on the other side. The former are active in western countries to raise collective consciousness around a specific issue, whereas the latter act directly on the field of the conflicts. The chapter makes the hypothesis that such humanitarian situations represent the rising of a global active consciousness
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