Social and Solidarity Economy for Sustainable Development: Its Premises - and the Social Economy Basel example of practice

The SSE is a viable strategy in dealing with some contemporary problems known both in industrial and developing countries. SSE is contextualized against the background of recent developments: The liberalization of goods and capital flows world wide, continued industrialization, and the increased global division of labour. Addressed is how local populations could reach certain objectives and satisfy certain needs using techniques characteristic of SSE and, thus, carve out a social and economic space of their own vis-à-vis anonymous markets, global actors, local and national elites. Within this self governed space, it is suggested, a path can be layed for the necessary transition towards local, social and ecological sustainability. The Social Economy Basel www.sozialeoekonomie.org (SEB, founded 1996) will serve as an example to suggest how SSE principles could be operationalized into organizational practice

Impacts of reconstructed soils on CO2 emissions in the Bernese Three Lakes Region

Peat soils formed in the Bernese Three Lakes Region after the last ice age. These soils were formed after the region had been subjected to a system of lakes, rivers and ponds. In these anaerobic soil conditions, carbon-rich soil accumulated and formed the peat soils of today. The soils have been turned into arable land and have undergone several water corrections in the 19th and 20th century. This change of land use has turned these soils from carbon sinks into carbon sources. The goal of this study was to determine if reconstructed peat soils emit less CO2 compared to natural peat soils. In order to do this the CO2 flux of different peat soils was measured in 10 locations across the Three Lakes Region in the Canton of Bern. The results show that there seems to be no correlation between the reconstruction of peat soils and a lower soil CO2 flux

Estrangement: Marx\u27s conception of human nature and the division of labor

Estrangement: Marx\u27s conception of human nature and the division of labor, examines the idea of estrangement in philosophy and the social sciences through an analysis of Marx\u27s works. This book elucidates a functional meaning for the term estrangement and explores Marx\u27s views on the division of labor and human nature.https://surface.syr.edu/books/1021/thumbnail.jp

Transnational social work: a new paradigm with perspectives

In the course of its professionalisation, social work seems to have got trapped in national social policy frames while our world is increasingly marked by transnational processes. Due to its structural location within nation states, therefore, social work generally has its hands tied to adequately respond to ‘globalisation’, particularly in the almost total absence of transnational or world social policy frames. Given this situation, what can the profession do? This chapter explores how social work could experience a professional renaissance by explicitly reflecting its role and activities from a transnational perspective. First is explored what a transnational social work perspective is, and what it is not. Second, the possible locations are identified as to where transnational social work could already be practiced. Third, key knowledge dimension are identified for the entire social work field to move forward in adopting a transnational perspective in training, research, service delivery systems and practice

Self-Conceptions and Evolution: A Critical Comment on Philip Kitcher's The Ethical Project

This paper provides a critical comment on Philip Kitcher's as yet unpublished book The Ethical Project. In the first part it explains why Kitcher's position is naturalist as well as pragmatist. In the second part it is argued that the role ethics plays in human history is richer than Kitcher conceives it: Building on his view, this paper suggests that ethics not only provides a mechanism to diminish the risk of social conflict and social instability, but it also enables the emergence of self-conceptions. This reveals according to what processes certain particular changes occurred in the evolution of ethic

Sozialpolitik Anders Denken. Das Verursacherprinzip – von der Umweltpolitischen zur Sozialpolitischen Anwendung

The “polluter pays” principle in environmental law assumes that the actor would reduce or avoid adverse effects of his actions if he had to bear the consequences of those actions (internalization of effects). Such internalization can generally be done in two ways: either by avoiding or eliminating the harmful effects or by wearing the financial consequences of the injury. It is therefore on the one hand to have an incentive effect, on the other to a compensatory effect. Pineiro and Wallimann apply these societal cost principles from the environmental world to the social realm, where social problems can be seen as negative externalities caused by anything or anyone - which raises the question of the causes or perpetrators. It is indisputable that social problems, in fact, usually occur as a result of human activity, but to clearly identify the root cause can be infinitely more difficult than in the environmental field, where the evidence can be done using scientific inquiry. In advocating their case, Pineiro and Wallimann develop guidelines for a possible application of the polluter pays principle to the social sector, and additionally, highlight selected societal problem areas in the area of alcohol, unemployment, and disabilities where this could be applied.https://surface.syr.edu/books/1020/thumbnail.jp

Das Zeitalter der Knappheit – Ressourcen, Konflikte, Lebenschancen

Michael N. Dobkowski and Isidor Wallimann establish a disturbing but realistic scenario of the disastrous future that awaits humankind as surplus populations collide with dwindling resources. Authors consider a number of cause-and-effect situations on industrialization, biophysical limits, exponential population growth, and genocide, to name a few. This volume is a critical contribution to the field and will serve as an ideal introduction to courses in the environment, population, resources, genocide, and social conflict.https://surface.syr.edu/books/1018/thumbnail.jp

IL-32 as a potential biomarker and therapeutic target in skin inflammation.

IL-32 is a recently described cytokine that performs a variety of functions under inflammatory conditions. Serum IL-32 has been shown to be elevated in several diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cancer, systemic lupus erythematosus, HIV infection, and atopic diseases including atopic dermatitis. There are nine different isoforms of IL-32, with IL-32γ being the most biologically active one. The following review summarizes the different roles of the various IL-32 isoforms in the context of skin inflammation, with a focus on atopic dermatitis