Search results for "Social Change"

The Concept of Value Beyond Economics: Social and Philosophical Roots for Corporate Social Responsibility

2017

This paper tries to underline the importance of the concept of value for CSR and then to map the concept of value beyond Economics. In doing this it takes in consideration the Italian literature in a specific time in order to make a first step for a broader research that takes in consideration also other literatures and time.

Los tratados del Arte del vestido en la España Moderna

2001

Originated by different proffesions, the need for organization the existing knowledge from the Middle Age produce during the Renaissance the publication of methods of work. Not only were it publicated books about science and art, but it were publicated also about tailoring. The purpouse that it were designed the latter ones was to cut as economically as possible from expensive materials and to stablish standars for styles. The album of un anonymous Milan tailor is the only work wich can be considere to precede Juan de Alcega's <i>Geometría, Practica y Traça</i>. Based on Alcega's book, others were published during the Baroque with the same title <i>Geometría y traças</i…

RISC Monitor audience rating and its implications for journalistic practice

2008

Conceptualizations of good news are increasingly driven by detailed audience research. This article examines the application of Research Institute on Social Change (RISC) Monitor in the context of Finnish press journalistic practice and considers the views on journalism and the audience RISC Monitor reinforces. This international and widely used market research tool monitors social change by analysing people's life-styles, attitudes and values. Here the focus is on the implications the use of RISC Monitor has for the idea(l)s of journalism as the transmission of information and as a resource for public participation and active citizenship. The study is based on qualitative interviews with …

Policy and Governance for Sustainable Consumption at the Crossroads of Theories and Concepts

2016

This introductory article of the special issue compares different conceptual underpinnings of efforts to make the everyday activities of consumers more sustainable. As social practice theory (SPT) is the main theoretical foundation of the articles collected here, we outline its strengths and limitations, when compared with the dominant individual-oriented behaviour change approach, and we focus on theories of planned behaviour, social marketing as well as ‘choice architecture’, based on behavioural economics. This article analyses SPT's usefulness, particularly from the applied point of view for policy-makers and social change programme designers. In the final section we provide some recomm…

Social Change and New Challenges for the Health Care System. Introduction to Social Change Review Special Issue

2014

Estructura i canvi social a Espanya. Temes

2013

Aquest material docent ha rebut l’ajut del Servei de Política Lingüística de la Universitat de València L’assignatura Estructura i canvi social a Espanya, codi 34406, s’imparteix en el segon curs i segon quadrimestre del Grau de Sociologia. se centra en els processos d’estructuració i de canvi més rellevants de l’Espanya contemporània, entre el 1970 i el 2010, que es comparen amb unes altres societats de modernitat avançada i es contrasten amb els conceptes, les teories i tendències que s’han vist en altres assignatures del grau. L’assignatura s’estructura en sis temes. 1. El canvi social a Espanya. 1970-2010. 2. Estructura demogràfica, família i immigració. 3. L’estructura econòmica i el m…

ISSP position stand : Transnationalism, mobility, and acculturation in and through sport

2017

The historically unprecedented pace of internationalising sport industry and transnational movement of athletic talent in the last 20 years has heightened the need for developing new competencies in research and daily practice of sport psychology professionals. While academic literature in cultural sport psychology and praxis has been increasing, sport professionals and local organisations seem to give scant time and resources to stay abreast of complex social changes in transnational industry and to the development of cultural competencies. Stemming from the continuing need for qualified athletic personnel to support transitioning athletes and to achieve intercultural effectiveness in dail…

Periodismo de datos iberoamericano: desarrollo, contestación y cambio social. Presentación

2018

espanolA medida que el foco de la investigacion del periodismo de datos se desplaza hacia el Sur Global, Iberoamerica es una region que permanece relativamente poco explorada. Sin embargo, no solo ha sido un espacio pionero en las practicas de periodismo de datos sino que posee un enorme potencial de cambio social y desarrollo a traves de datos abiertos. De hecho, Iberoamerica ha destacado en muchas areas relacionadas con este campo. El periodico argentino La Nacion tiene hasta la fecha una de las unidades de periodismo de datos mas innovadoras en el ambito internacional. Ademas, La Nacion, junto con el periodico espanol El Pais, The Guardian, The New York Times y Spiegel, fue una de las pr…

Demokratie und Gemeinschaft. Oder: wie kontrovers ist die Kommunitarismusdebatte?

1996

"Unter dem Etikett der 'Kommunitarismusdebatte' wird seit einigen Jahren der Umgang mit Differenz und die Integration unterschiedlicher Bevölkerungsgruppen in ein demokratisches politisches System kontrovers diskutiert. Der Streit zwischen 'Kommunitaristen' und 'Liberalen' entzündet sich üaber die Grundlagen der modernen Demokratie. Vereinfacht gründet sich für die Kommunitaristen Demokratie zuerst auf Gemeinschaft und für die Liberalen zuerst auf Gerechtigkeit. Die Kommunitarismusdebatte blieb trotz einer großen Zahl von Beiträgen auf die Analyse moderner westlicher Demokratien beschränkt und sie weist zudem ein 'soziologisches Defizit' auf. Auf diese Lücken zielt meine Fragestellung. Wie …

Social Media as an Opinion Formulator: A Study on Implications and Recent Developments

2019

Social media has a great influence on how information reaches us and how we form an opinion based on it. For many users, social media increases the variety of information and ensure its accessibility across different platforms. However, recent years have seen an exponential increase in the power of social media. Most often, the forwarding and sharing of journalistic articles serve the recommendation from the user's point of view, but recently, these platforms have been developed into an echo chamber to transport additional information or even a critical attitude. In addition, the uncontrolled influx of social media in different parts of the world favors phenomena such as fake news and socia…