Community Work: Fostering Social Development Through Collective Action
Work Unit 1: Community and its Definition
Community Work as an Organizational Process to Promote Social Development Projects
There is considerable confusion when attempting to address a delimitation and definition of Community Work (CW). Twelvetrees states that there is not yet an agreement on what community work is. For some, it cannot be distinguished from political action; others see no difference between paid and unpaid community work. Another question is whether community work is a profession
Read MoreLabor Movement Origins: 19th Century Social Change
Roots of the Labor Movement in the 19th Century
The roots of the labor movement during the first half of the 19th century are found in the rise of social and political change. This era also saw the emergence of a new social class formed by industrial workers, many of whom came from the peasantry, while others were former craftsmen ruined by mechanization. The living conditions of these workers were often miserable. The Industrial Revolution and liberal ideas led to the exploitation of workers by
Read MoreSocial Harmony: Civic and Environmental Education
Item 4: Potpourri Issues
Civic Education
Life in common: Human existence must have meaning, a direction that we define and build together, so we must:
- Reject indoctrination, dogmatism, and fundamentalism.
- This does not mean choosing a vacuum (anything goes).
- Peaceful coexistence must be based on ethics (not morals, as coexistence is impossible without ethics) and be minimal (minimal in order to be accepted by all).
- Ethics → Minimum common denominator of the human
Together. Implications:
The Council of
Read MoreGlobalization and Social Sciences: Impact and Opportunities
1. A Global World: Problems and Solutions
Globalization
Globalization is a term used to define the twenty-first-century world, although one cannot understand how we got to this point without taking into account the history of past centuries.
Globalization is a logical consequence of technological development, allowing the world economy to function as a unitary system. This has negative consequences for a large part of humanity. Alternative movements have emerged that define themselves as anti-globalization,
Mexico’s National Development Plan 2007-2012: Objectives & Strategies
Message from President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
This basic premise, the Plan for Sustainable Human Development, Vision 2030, is a joint commitment to Sustainable Human Development, a description of Mexico, desirable and possible despite differences. Sustainable Human Development gives us the opportunity to move forward with a comprehensive perspective of benefit to individuals, families, and communities. Its guides are liberty, legality, plurality, honesty, tolerance, and the ethical practice of
Read MoreBeaker Culture: Bronze Age Pottery and Social Status
Beaker Culture
The Beaker culture is an archaeological culture of the Bronze Age, dating from approximately 2650 BC to 1900 BC.
Phases
- 2650-2500 BC: Maritime Beaker and corded ware
- 2600-2300 BC: Beaker-2
- 2400-2100 BC: Regional late styles
It developed in Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. The Beaker Culture gets its name from the manufacture of bell-shaped ceramic decorated by incision bands. The interiors of these incisions were sometimes
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