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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Social Solidarity"”.
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Rethinking Charitable Actions: Identifying the New Characteristics of Social Solidarity
… comprehend the changing values and domains of social solidarityin charities? The first chapter introduces a theoretical discussion to go beyond the conventional contrast between altruism and self-interest in understanding charitable action. The chapter focuses on how the citizens of the Western …
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Sub-state nationalism and social solidarity : essays on Spain and the United Kingdom
This dissertation focuses on sub-state nationalism in Europe, concentrating on the critical cases of Spain and the United Kingdom, where recent independence referenda in Catalonia and Scotland illustrate that sub-state nationalism is neither confined to weak states nor a thing of the past. In the …
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A study of social solidarity and the constitution of school mathematics in five working class schools in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
This study investigates how forms of social solidarity influence pedagogic practice and the manner in which they are implicated in providing information to the teacher about what it is that students have constituted as criteria for the production of legitimate text at five working-class schools in …
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The utilisation of ubuntu can promote accountability in public officials and state institutions as well as give effect to social solidarity in South Africa
… critical socio-economic rights as well as forge social solidarity. It is submitted that public officials that embrace ubuntu, as defined by an unwavering focus on communal obligations, will give effect to their duties (as provided for in the Constitution) as a means to create a just and caring …
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Continuity and change among the 'Utaiba tribe in the Al-Duwadmi province of Saudi Arabia: a socio-anthropological study
This study explores the nature and extent of social change within Saudi Arabia since 1970, focusing on the 'Utaiba tribe living in Al-Duwadmi province. The research examines continuity and change in al'Urf (traditional customary law), the economic system, family structure and function, and social …
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Community Solidarity and Well-Being after the Virginia Tech Shootings
… Tech, the community experienced a surge of social solidarity. Using a longitudinal study of 478 students, this thesis examines the impact of attitudinal solidarity on well-being nine months after the shootings. In particular, this study focuses on the interaction effects of sex and …
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The moral economy of Islamic philanthropy in Cape Town: the case of Mustadafin Foundation and the African Muslims Agency
… and political activism driven by an Islamic social justice ethos. On the other hand, AMA was founded in 1981 as a transnational humanitarian organisation operating across Africa and Asia. Both organisations play a critical role in township development by providing food, water, education …
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Legal and policy implications of Uganda's social security law
Social security is an expression of social solidarity and an attempt to curb the ills of exclusion and poverty. The welfare state was premised on this very ideal of social solidarity. As a result of the changed and changing times, the welfare state which has now come to be known as social security …
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The Importance of the Concept of Conscience-Collective in Emile Durkheim's Thought: A Theoretical and Historical Analysis
… people—that provided the initial foundation for social solidarity. It was the glue that kept society organized and functioning. While Durkheim's discussion of the collective conscience is a landmark contribution to sociology, it is clear that the idea of collective definitions and representations …
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Crossroads: An interdisciplinary study of funeral directors in Indiana
… of funeral directors in Indiana, focusing on the social role they play. Funeral directors, through performances as director and actor, with their living tableaux and focus on the life of the deceased individual, rather than his or her death, offer us the illusion of a modern American ideal—a …
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Native work : an impulse of tenderness
… p. 33). Native Work is motivated by a desire for social solidarity - a desire which emerges as a particular kind of historical possibility in the aftermath of apartheid. As such, it finds inspiration in Duggan-Cronin’s commitment to affirm the lives of those black South Africans who many of his …
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Religion, solidarity and identity: a comparative study of four South African schools with a religious affiliation
… to the privileging of particular forms of solidarity and identity. This explorative, multiple case study is located in four independent schools in South Africa, each with an official affiliation to a particular religious community. The sample comprises a co-educational charismatic …
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Gold, Grain, and Grace: Piety and Community in Late Medieval Rome
… creating a ruling group marked by strong ties of social solidarity. Over time, these strategies also had the cumulative effect of shifting the attitudes of the political elite toward the commune itself. Rather than seeing the commune as the primary example of a rightly ordered Christian society, …
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Jaunųjų katalikų sąjūdžio genezė, ideologiniai principai ir jų realizavimo praktika (1919 - 1940) /
Object of thesis – a social, cultural and partly political movement initiated by a whole range of talented young Catholic intellectuals – Young Catholic Movement (YCM) that operated in 1936 – 1940. The desire to prepare successors of S. Šalkauskis, K. Pakštas and J. Eretas and other Catholic …
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Christian-Muslim dialogue in post-revolutionary Egypt: the influence of the humanist discourse
… science with the intergroup theory from social psychology. This framework helps reveal details of the interfaith dynamics. This research argues that: Firstly, there has been a stronger discursive struggle among people taking top-down and bottom-up approaches in inter-religious dialogue …
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The community and the problems of rural society
… these issues within the conceptualisation of “social innovation”, which encapsulates notions such as empowerment and emancipation by means of innovations in societal relations and practices to fulfil unmet local needs. Through three analyses of local development approaches in the Austrian …
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Questioning Muslim Identity: A Critical Analysis of the Discourse on Muslim Integration
… excludes the important economic and social problems of Muslim newcomers. Specifically, the discourse on civic integration avoids reference to any welfare program that attempts to produce economic security and social solidarity; Muslims become exclusively responsible for their own …
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Effervescence and solidarity in religious organizations.
… stimulates collective effervescence and social solidarity. I use mixed methods to test the theory. In the quantitative phase of research, I create measures of the ritual dynamics using data from the United States Congregational Life Survey (2001). I find strong support for several of the …
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Urban Basis of Political Protest in Syria: Explaining: Divergent Patterns of Mobilisation and Demobilisation
… amid the militarisation of the conflict, social solidarity and fortified urban environments became increasingly decisive.
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