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Changemakers: Social Entrepreneurship (Social Action and Activism)
This chapter delves into the potential of children as dynamic agents of social justice, participating in conscientious social involvement and...
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Social support and reference group: the dual action mechanism of the social network on subjective poverty
The social network is an important way to promote subjective poverty alleviation. Based on China Labor Dynamics Survey (CLDS) data from 2014, 2016,...
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The relationship between action, social and multisensory spaces
Several spaces around the body have been described, contributing to interactions with objects (peripersonal) or people (interpersonal and personal)....
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Social Action as Language
Structuralists considered languagelanguage to be a system of differencessystem of differences that overdeterminesoverdetermination the action of...
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A combined synchronization index for evaluating collective action social media
Social media has provided a citizen voice, giving rise to grassroots collective action, where users deploy a concerted effort to disseminate online...
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Social Networks and Action Space in Cities
This chapter builds on Jacobs’s insights into social networks as a cohesive force in cities. It introduces social-network concepts into...
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Social Identity Motivators in Environmental Collective Action Patterns in Deciding to Participate in Extinction Rebellion
Social Identity research has found prominence in the realm of collective action but lacks an environmental activism focus. This study gathers...
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From niches to norms: the promise of social tip** interventions to scale climate action
The net-zero transition poses unprecedented societal challenges that cannot be tackled with technology and markets alone. It requires complementary...
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Social capital in action for strengthening rural schools
This article reflects on the connection between education, development, and social capital through the example of a specific type of rural school...
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Social identities in climate action
With the increasingly hazardous effects of climate change on nature and humanity, a key question in social science research is how to foster climate...
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Environmental enrichment reverses proulcerogenic action of social isolation on the gastric mucosa and positively influences pain sensitivity and work capacity
The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of rat housing conditions—standard conditions, social isolation, environmental enrichment—and the...
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Impact Logic: Social Innovation Categories for Cities’ Action Plans
How can cities’ public administrators, policy makers or transition teams be supported in selecting and monitoring social innovation actions that...
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Climate policy as social policy? A comprehensive assessment of the economic impact of climate action in the UK
Co-benefits are central to the case for climate action but are side-lined in many economic analyses. This paper presents an evaluation of three...
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Development and Validation of the Youth Sociopolitical Action Scale for Social Media (SASSM)
Youth sociopolitical action, which encompasses a broad range of behaviors to dismantle systems of oppression, is increasingly taking place on social...
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Towards determining perceived audience intent for multimodal social media posts using the theory of reasoned action
Increasing use of social media has resulted in many detrimental effects in youth. With very little control over multimodal content consumed on these...
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The paths of solidarity economy: the emergence and maintenance of social policies through collective action
Solidarity is a fundamental concept in social sciences, explaining the motivation for collective action and understanding how social cohesion...
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Action against inequalities: a synthesis of social justice & equity, diversity, inclusion frameworks
Inequalities in health have long been recognized as interconnected with social, economic, and various other inequalities. The application of social...
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Networks of action situations in social–ecological systems: current approaches and potential futures
“Action situations”—instances of decision-making and agency—have become central to studying social–ecological systems. This special feature collects...
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Social media enables people-centric climate action in the hard-to-decarbonise building sector
The building and construction sector accounts for around 39% of global carbon dioxide emissions and remains a hard-to-abate sector. We use a...
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Emotional cycles and collective action: Global crises and the World Social Forum
As the world suffers the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, global justice activists pursue political solutions to its devastating consequences...