Search Results - subject:"social development"

Social development in South Africa : in pursuit of a developmental state

Noyoo, Ndangwa - 2025

This book interrogates and discusses social development in post-apartheid South Africa as both an approach to an … overarching development process and an envisaged end-state of well-being. It critically analyses social development in the context … social development process that is underpinned by indigenous knowledge systems and forms of care that respond to human needs …

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Development traps in Latin America and the Caribbean : vital transformations and how to manage them

Vereinte Nationen / Economic Commission for Latin … - 2024

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Reducing inequality and pursuing inclusive social development in Latin America and the Caribbean : challenges, priorities and key messages in preparation for the Second World Summi...

Vereinte Nationen / Economic Commission for Latin … - 2024

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Value change and the new wave of fertility postponement in Western Europe

Lindström, Oskar; Guetto, Raffaele; Vignoli, Daniele - 2026

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Shifting the value of norms : fast internet, premarital sex and the erosion of female genital cutting

García-Hombrados, Jorge; Pérez-Parra, Daniel; Ciacci, … - 2026

Health-harmful norms persist because they fulfill a socially valued function. In many Nigerian communities, female genital cutting (FGC) is practiced because it is believed to discourage sex outside marriage, outweighing its perceived costs for many households. This paper examines the impact of...

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Contested transformative imaginaries : economic reasoning and actor coalitions in Austria's corporatist setting

Hager, Theresa; Porak, Laura; Pühringer, Stephan; … - 2026

Despite widespread acknowledgment of the climate crisis, ambitious climate action remains constrained by competing visions of socio-ecological transformation (SET). Drawing on critical state theory, which conceptualizes the state as a "strategic terrain" where social forces struggle over...

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Primary definers of transformation? : actor power and the socio-ecological transformation discourse in Austrian media

Verità, Carlotta; Theine, Hendrik - 2026

This contribution provides a first comprehensive mapping of the socio-ecological transformation (SET) landscape within the Austrian media (2015-2022). Utilizing a multi-layered mixed-methods framework that integrates Named Entity Recognition (NER), Structural Topic Modeling (STM), and Critical...

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Green jobs, labour market transitions and social protection : longitudinal analysis for Viet Nam

Duman, Anil; Ananian, Sévane - In: International labour review 165 (2026) 1, pp. 1-18

This article examines labour market transitions towards green employment in Viet Nam and their relationship to social protection. Using a task-based approach and longitudinal labour force survey data, we find that green jobs remain limited, accounting for only 15 per cent of total employment....

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Education: transforming challenges into opportunities for inclusion, innovation, and social impact

Rodrigues dos Santos Corrêa, Solange; Jardim, Jacinto - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 16 (2026) 1, pp. 1-31

This study analyzes how Entrepreneurship Education Programs (EEPs) are discussed in the scientific literature, focusing on their relationship with social entrepreneurship, socioeconomic inclusion, sustainable development, and economic growth. The study adopts a narrative literature review with...

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From resource scarcity to digital leverage : a framework for sustainable technology and circular-economy-oriented social entrepreneurship

Yordanova, Zornitsa; Shotarov, Antoan - In: Sustainable technology and entrepreneurship 5 (2026) 1, pp. 1-10

This conceptual paper introduces the theory of Digital Resource Leverage (DRL) to explain how social entrepreneurs transform resource scarcity into digital opportunity within the context of sustainable economic systems. Building on and extending the Resource-Based View and bricolage theory, the...

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