Social exclusion is a concept, which has been popularized in social policy programs since the 1970s. In documents of the European Union, exclusion virtually eliminated the concept of poverty, although it is mainly defined through poverty. The definitions of social exclusion evolve towards adding more and more dimensions to the phenomenon. This article attempts to answer the question whether we are really dealing with a completely new social phenomenon or whether previously known phenomena, such as: poverty, social inequality, marginalisation or discrimination have evolved so that this new quality needed new nomenclature. The article deals with multidimensional definitions of social exclusion, the provenance of the concept in public debate, as well as the discourse’s directions and paradigms of social exclusion.
The article attempts to demonstrate that the process of genetic modification of food and its consequences in the form of influencing the health of entire societies, agro-ecosystems and the environment, which increasingly depends on the degree to which basic needs are met, is a contemporary social issue. Based on the results of mainly biochemical and biotechnological research, the types of genetic modifications of food and their impact on health have been analysed. Secondary analysis of the studies allowed the identification of multi-organ dysfunction syndrome of laboratory animals in reaction to the consumption of genetically modified plants. The paper also analyses the documents of the European Union and the Polish legislation concerning the admission to cultivation and subsequent trade of food products containing genetically modified ingredients.
Social cooperative is a specific form of cooperative work. It is an association of people at risk of social exclusion, which combines both the economic and social functions. The most important goal of social cooperative is to prevent social exclusion. Vocational activation of the members is part of a complete social reintegration and leads to greater social cohesion. The objective of this paper is to determine the extent to which social cooperatives operating in Poznań fulfill the obligation of reintegration of the groups at risk of social exclusion, imposed on them by the Act on Social Cooperatives. The article contains analysis of the relevant legislation, official documents, as well as the results and interpretation of empirical research based on survey methodology.
On the management structure of higher education an equivalent impact have external interaction as well as the internal determinants. Higher education facilities compete with each other in the regional and global dimension on the free market basis. European universities are evolving into open organizations for the environment. The model of added value creation is changing: in traditional model supply and demand of services were important, nowadays value-added are new stakeholders (business communities, particularly the local ones, local authorities, NGOs), and it is the inclusion of those entities, which, as institutionalized or not, have a real impact on the decisions of institutions of higher education, should be seen as a strategic goal. The autonomy of public universities is in fact limited by law, forcing submission to the pattern established by the state. Despite this, the state has little ability to pursue the assumed educational and science policy. The current structure of management in higher education is not sufficiently clear and unwieldy, and substantive autonomy of universities is lower than in many other EU and OECD countries. The article attempts to answer the question to which extent solutions and experiences of European higher education systems are able to influence the reform process launched in Poland and to identify constraints inside the system which slow this process.
In this paper, social innovations are presented from the perspective of the project Innovative Social Investment: Strengthening communities in Europe, InnoSI, No 649189. The project has been implemented within the framework of the program: Horizon 2020-EU36The study was intended to identify innovative approaches to social investment at national and regional level in 28 EU Member States, with in-depth case studies conducted in 10 Member States. The purpose of this article is to answer the question: whether designing social innovations and anticipating social trends at transnational level is an effective measure.
Women’s empowerment is a process of gradual growth of the spiritual, political, social and economic strength of individuals, communities or entire societies. Strengthening the social position often entails strengthening confidence in one’s own abilities. It is also connected with full participation of women in economic life in all sectors, which is very important in the context of strengthening economies and achieving desirable goals of sustainable development. Social business introduces a completely revolutionary dimension to a free market economy. This does not interfere with the profit-generating mechanism, on the contrary, it promotes investment, management and competitiveness. Satisfaction obtained in achieving specific social goals is the only motive for the investment, and the resulting business is assessed in accordance with this standard. The article presents the process of empowering poor women from the rural district of Magura in Bangladesh, possible to carry out through the activities of the BRAC (Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee). The work refers to the effectiveness of activities in the field of social business, first in the context of changing the awareness of rights and the self-worth of women taking part in such projects, and secondly in the context of improving their socio-economic status and exiting poverty.
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