Sustaining communities : prospects and challenges / Georgios O. Tsobanoglou, PhD and Aikaterini T. Kokkinou, PhD, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tsobanoglou, Georgios Odysseus, editor.

Kokkinou, Aikaterini, editor.

Series:

Social issues, justice and status series.

Social issues, justice and status

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable urban development.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2022]

Summary:

"This book focuses on current sociological and socioeconomic issues, including recent developments, techniques and strategies within the current socioeconomic development spectrum of the 21st century. More specifically, this book presents a discussion of the planning and designing of a modern sustainable socioeconomic system, adequate for modern societies and communities, analyzing both technical and socio-cultural aspects. Systems that are planned and designed without considering these aspects often limit their efficiency or even fail. On this matter, this book fills a gap in socioeconomic literature by exploring and studying main dimensions of the interaction between some of the most important socioeconomic aspects and related factors (both theoretically and empirically)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part 1. Theoretical Approaches

Chapter 1

Empowerment in the Balance

Abstract

Introduction

Empowerment as a Four-Dimensional Balancing Act

The Contradiction between Autonomy and Control

The Contradiction between Focus and Stigmatization

The Contradiction between Ambition and the Risk of Programmed Failure

The Contradiction between Individual and Collective Action

The Metaphor of a Balancing Act

Example 1: Urban Squatting

Example 2: Secondary Education Reform and Student Protest

Example 3: Union Organizing

Example 4: Employability Policy

Example 5: Welfare Policy

Conclusion and Discussion

References

Chapter 2

Community-Based Tourism: A Dialogic Proposition via Local-Based Development

The Tourism Phenomenon in the Contemporary World

Globalization and Tourism: The Articulation of the "Local/Global" (Glocal)

Development

Local Development

Community Based Tourism

Final Considerations

Chapter 3

Cooperative Supply Chains as an Old-New Opportunity for Sustainable Development

Literature Review

Research Methodology

Results

Old and New Social Economy

Formal and Non-Formal Cooperative Supply Chains

Advanced Corporate Social Responsibility

Discussion and Research Limitations

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Chapter 4

Local Development and Social Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas as an Agency of Sustainable Development

The Concept of Local Development

Endogenous Development

Global-Local Interconnections

Partnership, Cooperation and Participation

European Union and Social Entrepreneurship

Social Women's Social Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas

Women's Cooperatives in Greece.

Women's Cooperatives on Lesvos

Chapter 5

Virtual Networks as Tools of Social Justice

Introduction: The Internet in Globalized Context

Virtual Networks and Facebook

Social Networking

Facebook

Elements of Social Justice

The Social Justice and the Network

Data Collection and Analysis

Chapter 6

Circular Economy: Creating Value and Efficiency

Circular Economy: A Model towards Efficiency

Efficiency and Value Attainment

The Creation of a Glocal Strategy

Conclusion: Policy Implications

Part 2. Case Studies

Chapter 7

The Influence of the Institutional Framework on Local Community Schemes in the Period of Economic Crisis 2011-2013: The Example of the Municipality of Athens

Economic Crisis and Unemployment

Youth Unemployment in the European Union and Greece

Social Cooperatives in Greece

Public Policy Concerning on Social Entrepreneurship

Other Entities of Civil Society

Strategy and Initiatives of the Municipality of Athens

The Creation of a Local Strategy on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Other Initiatives of the Municipality of Athens

Chapter 8

Communication and Culture for Sustainable Development: Building Community Resilience for Climate Justice in India

Communicating a Culture of Ecological Consciousness

Eco-Religion as a Way of Life

Eco-Cultural Traditions in Buddhism and Jainism

Worship of Trees

Building Resilient Communities through Eco-Religion and Biodiversity

Community Action for Climate Justice

Policy Implications of Climate Justice for Sustainable Development

Chapter 9.

A Study on Competency Utilization of Women Entrepreneurs in Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in the Kanpur Region

The Methodology

Industrial Profile of District Kanpur

Categories of Women Entrepreneurs

Competencies of Women Entrepreneurs in India

Ambitious

Confident

Open and Willing to Learn

Cost Conscious

Values Cooperation and Allegiance

Hurdles Faced by Women Entrepreneures

Chapter 10

Employment and Its Reproduction. How a Workers' Cooperative Community in Greece Bridges Work and Health Participation Issues Leading to Sustainability: The VIOME Community in Thessaloniki

The Problem of Unemployment and Social Exclusion in Greece

The Relationship between Unemployment and Health and the Role of the Greek State

The New Forms of Social Enterprise in Response to Unemployment

The VIO.ME. Odyssey

The Beginning of Industrial Mechaniki (VIO.ME.)

The Social Cooperative Enterprise (SCE. VIO.ME.)

Solidarity and Self-Management: Two of the Basic Principles of Organization and Management

The Ecological and Environmentally Friendly Orientation of the Production

The Problems and Difficulties of the Project

Labor Clinic: Part of a Wider Self-Managed Community

Chapter 11

A Stakeholders' Struggle: The Case of the High-Speed Rail across the Susa Valley, Piemonte Region, Italy

High-Speed Rail Challenges

Materials and Methods

Stakeholders Involved

Investigating Susa Valley Conflicts through a Stakeholders´ Questionnaire

Discussion

Taking Stakeholders' Needs into Proper Account

Chapter 12

COVID-19 and Patterns of Local and Global Migration in India

Abstract.

Introduction: Historical Background of Migration in India

COVID-19 Crisis and Patterns of Reverse Migration

The Implication of COVID-19 Crisis on Global and Local Economy

Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 13

Revisiting the Social Capital-Institution-Poverty Nexus

Cleaver and Frank's 'Resources-Mechanisms-Outcomes' Framework

Case Study: Mainland Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong

Institutional Resources and Constraints

Politicising Social Resources

Rights-Based Approach to Citizenship

Finance, Human Capacity and Physical Environment

Conclusions and Policy Implications

Chapter 14

Child Poverty in Greece: A Priority Challenge

Children in Poverty and Social Exclusion

Children at Risk of Poverty or Social Exclusion in Greece from a Comparative Perspective

Risk of Poverty for Children

Persistent Child Poverty

Subjective Poverty: Inability to Make Ends Meet

Dispersion around the Poverty Threshold

Economic Fragility and Material Deprivation

The Impact of Social Transfers/Expenditures on Child Poverty

Chapter 15

Local Cultural Development in the Wine Region of Attica

Communication Strategy Combined with Place-Identity

Citybranding of Markopoulo, Mesogaia

The Heritage of the MARKO-COOP

Rural Economy and Cultural Heritage: "Wine Roads", Interconnection and Extroversion

Marko as a Rural Cultural Unit

Survey Research on the Identification of Special Characteristics of the Area

SWOT Analysis

Other Sources

Chapter 16

Global-Local Internet Activism in Brazil: Campaigns, Online Petitions and Action Organization as a Borderline Movement

Introduction.

South Epistemologies: Overcoming Inequalities through a Quest for a Polycentric Word Order

Is It Possible to Conceive the Internet as a Global Public Sphere Space?

AVAAZ - New Form of Appropriation of Political Collective Action?

Methodology

What Is Avaaz?

To "Close the Gap between the World We Have the World Most People Everywhere Want"

Brazilian Environmental Community Petitions Content Analysis

Local Movements vs Continental or Global Ones

About the Editors

Index

Blank Page.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Print version: Tsobanoglou, Georgios O. Sustaining Communities: Prospects and Challenges

ISBN:

9798886970920