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Revisiting gender mainstreaming in international development.Goodbye to an illusionary strategy

Brouwers, Brouwers, R. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2013

been abstract. Wrapped in the mystifying language of ‘gender mainstreaming’, development agencies pursue a strategy which … multilateral donors, in particular those conducted since the turn of the century. Not one study reports positively about the gender … mainstreaming policy. The essentials of the discourse of gender and development are not reflected in practice, the policy has not …

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The concept of corporate social responsibility

Lebano, Lebano, A. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2010

Corporate social responsibility (CSR), or the idea that companies should combine economic, social and environmental concerns, seems an unavoidable component of discourses on business and society. Why is this the case? Is it because we are in a post neoliberal era, and in an economic crisis, that...

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Interactions between states and markets in a global context of change

Ashley, Ashley, P.A. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2010

This working paper is part of ongoing research on international comparison between European and Brazilian public policies for cross-sector and multi-actor social responsibility based on a concept of stakeholders’ social responsibility as proposed by Ashley (2010). One of the propositions...

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The Master model on multi-actor and multilevel social responsibilities

Ashley, Ashley, P.A. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2011

This working paper contributes to a collective discussion in a workshop occurring in January 2011 at the International Institute of Social Studies, bringing scholars from Europe and Brazil and aiming inter-university research collaboration on linking policies on social responsibility to...

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Asian drivers and the future of responsible production and consumption: exploring a research question and hypotheses for future research.

Knorringa, Peter - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2007

This paper raises two questions to take a first step in developing a research agenda to assess the developmental relevance of responsible production, which includes both Fair Trade and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. The first question is: How likely is it that responsible...

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