Machine generated contents note: Part I. Why A New Strategy is Needed; 1. Replacing the most influential indicator in the world; 2. Why is GDP successful?; 3. What does GDP measure (and what does it not)?; 4. Why is beyond-GDP not successful?; Part II. The New Strategy: A Community for Well-being and...

Inequality is a global concern, for its social and human consequences, and its impact on the pace and pattern of economic growth. In India and Brazil, this issue has received increasing attention in recent years. In Brazil, inequality grew until the 1980s, when it reached extreme levels, but has...

Using a mixed-method research design involving interviews and a survey, we examined how union officials in Quebec perceive social movement unionism (SMU). We show that union officials view SMU as a multifaceted phenomenon with ideal and pragmatic dimensions. They are torn between strong support...

The notion of 'society' is increasingly debated, recently, under the impact of 'globalization'. This debate is carried out in both sociology and business studies, and it also has implications in political theory. A theoretical grounding of society is provided following G.H. Mead, which bears...

Powerful robot laborers in the 21st century -- Innovation networks and partnerships -- Social and cultural friction as creative forces -- Two cases of robots in medical science and health care -- Robots in eldercare -- Robots in services -- Robots in agriculture -- The paradoxes of friction...

Formuliert werden aktuelle Überlegungen zu Wegen aus der Kinder- und Jugendarmut. Damit verbindet sich die Absicht, Reflexionen und Material bereitzustellen, um Möglichkeiten armutssensibler Kinder- und Jugendpolitik sowie sozialpädagogischer Praxis weiter zu fördern und zu unterstützen