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The willingness of undergraduate students to volunteer for NGO work: a Ghanaian case study

Okorley, Ernest L.; Owusu, Alberta A.; … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 44 (2017) 6, pp. 751-759

Purpose Despite the increasing awareness on students’ volunteerism globally, and its potential benefit to national development, there is limited research information on the subject in developing countries including Ghana. The purpose of this paper is to assess the willingness of university...

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Economics and religion: Globalization as the cause of secularization as viewed by Adam Smith

Alvey, James E. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 32 (2005) March, pp. 249-267

Purpose – In the Western world the voices calling for a secular society have grown ever louder over the last three … economic and moral grounds. Design/methodology/approach – A discussion focusing on those calling for a secular society and, in … history from a purportedly positive view, they have argued that “modernization” leads to a secular society. Recently …

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An inquiry into the disposition of Chinese agriculture

Zhang, Dongxue - In: International Journal of Social Economics 32 (2005) May, pp. 388-407

the era of Reforms and openness, a picture portraying the traits of Chinese rural society is provided. The author delves … deep into the foundations of econometric as well as western society to draw comparisons between Occidental and oriental … society. Findings – Unlike the widely held view that implicitly identifies the basis of studies in Chinese economical …

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The missing movement: a Polanyian analysis of pre-crisis America

Herman, Dan - In: International Journal of Social Economics 39 (2012) July, pp. 624-641

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to seek to apply Polanyi's theory of the double movement as a response to the effects of economic liberalization and globalization to the pre-2007 American economy. In so doing, it seeks to ascertain the reasons why this assumed double movement did not...

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UNDP on good governance

Elahi, Khandakar Qudrat-I - In: International Journal of Social Economics 36 (2009) October, pp. 1167-1180

their political nature. Finally, the paper assigns an all-impressing role to civil society organizations (CSOs) in promoting …

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Political participation and life satisfaction: a cross-European analysis

Pacheco, Gail; Lange, Thomas - In: International Journal of Social Economics 37 (2010) September, pp. 686-702

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to model the link between political participation and life satisfaction whilst correcting for the endogenous nature of the relationship; explore the impact of different strengths of political participation and aim to uncover if the relationship displays...

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Knowledge, values and ideas: rethinking the notion of a social science

Armour, Leslie - In: International Journal of Social Economics 30 (2003) January, pp. 34-72

The fragmentation of knowledge poses serious threats to a survival when scientific and technological know-how constantly outrun understanding of societies and individuals. A significant problem associated with this state of affairs is the unquestioned separation of facts and values. This paper...

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Do traditional measures of economic performance really satisfy the needs of citizens for a better society?

Floyd, David - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) February, pp. 218-223

society and offer alternative measurements for the increasingly more global economy of today. Design …

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A Brief Review of the Development of Urban Transportation in Brazil

Barat, Josef - In: International Journal of Social Economics 16 (1989) 12, pp. 44-57

The history and development of urban transportation sysems in Brazil are reviewed in some detail. Early urban developments were served by rail and relied upon the rail transit systems but this has deteriorated since the 1930s as a result of high urban growth rate. Rail transport has chiefly been...

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Marx on Man's Sociality by Nature: An Inexplicable Omission?

Nitsch, Thomas O. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 19 (1992) 7/8/9, pp. 108-120

Documents and notes the specific content of Marx′s postulate (in the original German edition of Das Kapital , 1867) that “der Mensch von Natur ...ein gesellschaftliches thier ist”. All the prominent English editions (unlike the French, Russian, Italian and Spanish versions examined) except...

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