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O’Neil, Daniel J. "Augustinianism and the social service state." International Journal of Social Economics 26, no. 10/11 (October 1999): 1354–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/03068299910223457.

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Temaev, Timur V., Olga P. Synkina, and Alexandr K. Hachaturyan. "Social services for senior citizens: The view of service recipients." Izvestiya of Saratov University. Sociology. Politology 22, no. 2 (May 23, 2022): 160–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.18500/1818-9601-2022-22-2-160-165.

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The article is devoted to the urgent problem – the study of the availability of state paid social services, the degree of satisfaction of elderly citizens with them, as well as the study of their cost and the proposed spectrum. The article presents the results of quantitative (questionnaire survey) and qualitative (interview) studies conducted by the authors as a part of a research group at the Chair of Sociology of Social Work of Saratov State University in Saratov and the region. Relying on quantitative and qualitative methodologies, the authors analyze the solvency of elderly citizens as recipients of social services, the quality and range of services offered by the state.
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Dvornyk, Olena. "ANALYSIS OF THE STATE OF PROVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO FAMILIES FOUND IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES." Social work and social education, no. 1 (8) (May 27, 2022): 65–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.31499/2618-0715.1(8).2022.262649.

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The article is devoted to the issue of social protection of families in difficult life circumstances. The state of provision of social services to families in difficult life in Ukraine in connection with the implementation of the new Law of Ukraine «On Social Services» of January 17, 2019 № 2671-VIII [10] is analyzed. The legislation of Ukraine on social protection and provision of social services has been studied. The new Law of Ukraine «On Social Services» [10] is compared with the previous Law of Ukraine «On Social Services» of 19.06.2003 № 966-IV [11] and the specific changes that have taken place are noted. The all-Ukrainian state of providing social services to families in difficult life circumstances is considered. It was found that the legal side of the provision of social services is available and it is quite clear, but, unfortunately, the practical side of the implementation of legislative documents is at the stage of testing and implementation. The register of social service providers, created in pursuance of Article 15 of the Law of Ukraine «On Social Services» [10] and posted on the official website of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine. The Classifier of Social Services has been studied, which contains a systematic summary of the names of social services, their short description, term of provision, as well as a list of categories of recipients of these services [3]. Differences are noted when comparing the register of social service providers with the Classifier of Social Services. It is determined that more than 90% of social service providers in Ukraine are state and municipal institutions and organizations. The state of informatization on the Internet of social service providers in Ukraine is demonstrated. Social services that are aimed at helping individuals/families who find themselves in difficult life circumstances are listed. The quantity of social service providers in Ukraine that provide them to individuals/families who find themselves in difficult life circumstances is analyzed. The need to provide quality social services to families in need is substantiated. It is argued that the issue of implementing the system of providing social services by public organizations at the state level in Ukraine is relevant.
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Katelo, Iveta, Irēna Kokina, and Vitālijs Raščevskis. "SERVICE QUALITY IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF LATVIA." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 6 (May 28, 2021): 293–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/sie2021vol6.6282.

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Improvement of quality of public services is one of the important goals in the advancement of the operation of state / public administration in Latvia. The aim of the research was to evaluate the quality of customer service in the institutions of public administration in Latvia, to perform the factor analysis of the collected data.The research was based on the selection of customers of public services, in total of 292 people in Riga and in Latvian regional centres in 2017-2018. The research was conducted in public institutions of Latvian regions that provide social assistance (SSIA – the State Social Insurance Agency), offer employment promotion services (SEA – the State Employment Agency); realize tax policy in the state (SRS – the State Revenue Service), implement the state environmental protection policy (MEPRD – Ministry of Environment Protection and Regional Development); provide legal aid services (DC – Daugavpils Court). The quality of services provided to the clients of corresponding institutions was evaluated. For the data collection, the service quality assessment model – the SERVQUAL instrument (Parasuraman et al., 1988) was used, as well as the analysis of the research data factors was carried out.The service quality assessment revealed that the performance of public service organizations in Latvia does not meet the customers’ expectations. The evaluation of service quality provided by public authorities, as well as their regular monitoring would improve the quality of services provided.
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Sinkevich, Zh V. "System and Types of Social Services." Siberian Law Herald 4, no. 91 (2020): 49–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.26516/2071-8136.2020.4.49.

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It has been established that, for many years, special legal entities of state and municipal forms of ownership were created as characteristic of the social protection of citizens. In the modern period of development of organizations, the designated relations are associated with the transfer of state functions to legal entities, regardless of their form of ownership and to individuals. This tendency manifests itself in the creation of a system within which small and medium-sized businesses are also involved in the provision of social services. The article presents an analysis of social services from the standpoint of the systemic construction of relations. It is proposed to understand the social service system as the elements resulting in the provision of social services, these relations are regulated by public and private norms. It is concluded that such services are provided by a special subject composition of organizations and individual entrepreneurs, as well as by state-authorized bodies that coordinate these relations, decide to classify citizens as needy. A comparative analysis of the legislative concept “social service system” and its differences from the “system of social services” is offered. Through the analysis of the convergence of private and public principles, the tendency of convergence of the norms of social security and civil law is revealed. It is proposed to consider the types of social services through the features of social services as a special type of service. A comparison of social service legislation and provisions on social entrepreneurship is given. Identifying trends in the development of law, the author concluded that the legislator, by transferring part of the authority to provide social services to subjects of social entrepreneurship, determines the area of responsibility of each subject of relations, develops a mechanism for providing services through a competitive basis of providers of social services. Social services can be provided by any entity, including non-profit organizations. Social services can be provided by any entity, including non-profit organizations.
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Popovych, Vasyl, Serhii Shcherbyna, Halyna Barshatska, and Olena Baluchtina. "E-government Potential in Social Service Delivery: Regional Context." SHS Web of Conferences 100 (2021): 04003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202110004003.

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The article identifies the potential for introducing a system of electronic social services in the context of electronic government development in Ukraine. The definition of an electronic social service as a social service is given, fully or partially provided with the help of social protection institutions online services and the population social services, to individuals, certain social groups who are in difficult life circumstances. It has been determined that the development of modern information use and communication technologies and the Internet already allows the use of various forms of providing and receiving electronic social services, is spreading due to the state policy of public services digitalization ("the state in a smartphone"), among which a special demand is registration in electronic the form of social benefits, benefits, pensions and the like. According to the results obtained, the greatest potential for introduction into the social service system is possessed by social services, psychological online consultations, distance learning and socio-economic services. Among the factors for optimizing the implementation of electronic social services, the most significant identified are the following increases in budget funding, computer population, information support for the introduction of the electronic social services system through social advertising, increasing the level of technical support and access to the Internet.
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Baller, Julia B., and Colleen L. Barry. "State Variation in School-Based Disability Services Financed by Medicaid." Journal of Disability Policy Studies 27, no. 3 (July 24, 2016): 148–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1044207316637545.

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To understand the role of Medicaid in financing health services delivered through special education, program characteristics and covered services were compared from all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Data were collected from school-based fee schedules and policy manuals available through state Medicaid or education agencies. Except Wyoming, all states bill Medicaid for school-based health services, but there is substantive variation across states in services covered. The service categories most often covered by states’ Medicaid special education programs are speech–language/audiology, occupational/physical therapy, and behavioral health. Almost all states use a fee-for-service payment methodology to reimburse for services. Implications for the delivery of care to and health outcomes of students with disabilities are discussed.
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Shestakov, Maxim A., Vladimir M. Smirnov, and Marina V. Danilina. "State and Current Trends in the Development of the Social Service System in Russia." Economies 10, no. 2 (January 27, 2022): 32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/economies10020032.

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The paper assesses the current state and development trends of the social service system. The authors presented the current scheme of the system of social services in Russia and determined that it includes the budgetary, non-profit and commercial sectors. In particular, it is shown that the dominant sector providing social services is the public sector. However, despite the dominant role of the public sector in the provision of social services, in recent years there has been a tendency towards an increasing role of the sector of non-profit (non-budget) and commercial organizations, which have different principles of pricing for social services. For a more complete description and development trends of the social services system in the Russian Federation, the authors determined the most important indicators characterizing the functioning of the social service system and the provision of social services to the population. For a quantitative assessment, a regression model of the dependence of these indicators was created. Analysis of the data in the table shows that, on average, over the past 3 years, the number of recipients of social services in the stationary form of social services has de-creased by 2% per year, while in the form of social services at home it has grown by 0.25% per year. The authors determined, that in the future, the demand for inpatient social services will be within the range of recent years, which should not increase the load on the system.
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Fernando, Rukshan. "Social Work and Social Entrepreneurship: Opportunities for Synergy and Social Change." Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work 20, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 189–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.18084/1084-7219.20.1.189.

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Today's world faces unprecedented complexities. Governments, businesses, and nonprofits have far to go in solving these problems. The economic recession of 2007 exposed a significant decline in public and private support for social services (Pitt- Catsouphes & Berzin, 2015) and the need for social workers to facilitate new ways of addressing the complex, interwoven problems of poverty, racism, social inequity, and discrimination. Now more than ever, social workers need to understand how social services can utilize new strategies with new solutions to address these issues (Berzin, 2012). ). Shuman & Fuller (2005) coined the phrase “revolution will not be funded,” indicating that nonprofits all over the country must devise new incomegenerating strategies to empower disadvantaged groups. Although the media reports that the U.S. economy has rebounded, foundations and governments still expect social service nonprofits to leverage new forms of revenue to fulfill their missions. There is also some uncertainty about how nonprofits will be funded long term as local, state, and federal government dollars dry up. In addition, some claim that social service organizations develop complex programs that do not match the interests of funders (Foster, Kim, & Christensen, 2009).
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박수지. "A Study of Social Service Extension and Reorganization in Welfare State -Focusing on Social Service in Germany-." Korean Journal of Social Welfare 61, no. 3 (August 2009): 155–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.20970/kasw.2009.61.3.007.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Social Service State"

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Vicary, Adrian Robert. "Social work and social policy in Australia from welfare state to contract state /." [Bedford Park] : Flinders University of South Australia, 1998. http://books.google.com/books?id=RkVHAAAAMAAJ.

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Hakim, Budi Rahman. "Modernization of social work and the state : a critical survey of its historical development in Indonesia." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=81462.

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This thesis critically surveys the dynamics of social work modernization in the state of Indonesia. The study examines the polarization, characteristics and trends of social work throughout the history of Indonesia. The survey begins by reviewing the two contexts of the historical developments of social work in both the developed and developing countries of the Third World. This historical overview is pivotal to place the context of social work development in Indonesia. Tracing the origins and the nature of 'social work' in Indonesia under the pre- and colonial rule will further highlight the course of its development. The adoption of modern social work in the post-colonial is examined afterward. The historical examination of social work in Indonesia is particularly relevant in underscoring the roots of the present criticism leveled at Indonesian social policy and work.
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Jing, Yijia. "State prison privatization in the US a study of the causes and mangnitude /." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1122571301.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005.
Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xii, 165 p.; also includes graphics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-144). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
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Greene, Joseph Harrison. "Development of a social service program for college health services." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1869.

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The initial development of a social services program in a college health setting is presented, with discussion regarding causes, methods, and outcomes. Both empirical and anecdotal data which were influential in the initial formation of the program are reviewed, in the context of an examination of the research literature relating to this area. The actual development and implementation of the program is followed through its first year of existence. Outcomes are presented in the form of qualitative data analysis and case studies. Discussion of the results and recommendations for both future research and improvements to the program are presented.
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Gibson, Stephen. "The limits of social identity : military service, national identity and institutions of state." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.435887.

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Napoli, Amanda Diane Marsh Christopher. "An analysis of church social service and partnership following Hurricane Katrina." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5286.

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Dias, Maria madalena Pessoa. "Implantação, Expansão E Regionalização dos CREAS na Paraíba: avanços e desafios." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2015. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/7801.

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The study has the aim to unveil the implantation process, expansion and regionalization of Social Assistance Reference Centers (CREAS) units responsible for providing care to families and / or individuals victims of several types of violence and rights violations in Paraiba. Therefore, it was done documentary research, semi-structured interviews with professionals working in SEDH and the application of a questionnaire to the Social Service professionals that work in regional state CREAS, the following guiding basis of the investigation the dialectical method that allows us to move away from the appearance and understand the essence of the elements studied. The construction of the study has a starting point on the analysis of the state and capitalist society nowadays, beyond the comprehension of the state function that to maintain the existing order makes use of public policies to promote consensus and avoid consequently the class struggle . It also stands out the Federal Constitution of 1988, which provides the construction of the Brazilian Social Security System, with emphasis on Social Assistance which becomes a citizen's right and duty of the State. In this sense, the role of federal agencies in the operation and implementation of such policy is put on agenda. Continuing the debate about Social Assistance, the territory is the core because it allows us to understand the vulnerability, social risk, and economic aspects, cultures that pervade the particularities of each city in the implantation and implementation process of CREAS. The agenda adds up the debate on the co-financing of Social Welfare and the network as main elements for the implementation of a joint work. Finally, it appears the scenery and the profile of the research’s subjects, as well as the implantation process, expansion and regionalization of CREAS in Paraiba has occurred and has been taking place among the advances and challenges, aspects so well emphasized in the statements of the research’s subjects. The terms of the "social question" attended from 2010 to 2013 are also analyzed. And finally, the relationship established between the State, "social question" and public policies in capitalist society, especially the Social Assistance Policy.
O estudo tem como centralidade desvendar o processo de implantação, expansão e regionalização dos Centros de Referência de Assistência Social (CREAS) unidades responsáveis pelo atendimento de famílias e/ou indivíduos vitimas de diversas violências e violações de direitos na Paraíba. Para tanto, foi realizada pesquisa documental, entrevistas semiestruturadas com profissionais que atuam na SEDH e a aplicação de um questionário junto aos profissionais de Serviço Social que atuam nos CREAS regionais do estado, tendo como base norteadora da investigação o método dialético que permite sair da aparência e compreender a essência dos elementos estudados. A construção do estudo tem como ponto de partida a analise do Estado e da Sociedade Capitalista na contemporaneidade, além da compreensão do papel do Estado que para manter a ordem vigente lança mão de políticas públicas a fim promover o consenso e evitar consequentemente a luta de classes. Destaca-se também a Constituição Federal de 1988 que prevê a construção do Sistema de Seguridade Social brasileiro, com ênfase na Assistência Social que passa a ser direito do cidadão e dever do Estado. Neste sentido, o papel dos entes federados na operacionalização e execução da referida política é posto em pauta. Continuando o debate sobre a Assistência Social, o território ganha centralidade, pois permite entender a vulnerabilidade, o risco social, além de aspectos econômicos, culturas dentre outros que perpassam as particularidades de cada município no processo de implantação e implementação dos CREAS. Acrescente-se a pauta o debate sobre o cofinanciamento da Assistência Social e a rede como elementos fundamentais para a execução de um trabalho articulado. Por fim, aparece o cenário e o perfil dos sujeitos da pesquisa, bem como, o processo de implantação, expansão e regionalização dos CREAS na Paraíba que ocorreu e transcorre em meio a avanços e desafios, aspectos bastante enfatizados nas falas dos sujeitos da pesquisa. As expressões da “questão social” atendidas nos CREAS de 2010 a 2013 também são analisadas. E finalmente, a relação que se estabelece entre Estado, “questão social” e as políticas públicas na sociedade capitalista, sobretudo, a Política de Assistência Social.
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Erickson, Jennifer Lynn 1974. "Citizenship, refugees, and the state: Bosnians, Southern Sudanese, and social service organizations in Fargo, North Dakota." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11225.

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This dissertation is a comparative, ethnographic study of Southern Sudanese and Bosnian refugees and social service organizations in Fargo, North Dakota. I examine how refugee resettlement staff, welfare workers, and volunteers attempted to transform refugee clients into "worthy" citizens through neoliberal policies aimed at making them economically self-sufficient and independent from the state. Refugees' engagement with resettlement and welfare agencies and volunteers depended on their positioning in social hierarchies in their home countries and in the United States. Refugees had widely variable political, educational, cultural, and employment histories, but many had survived war and/or forced migration and had contact with many of the same institutions and employers. Bosnians in Fargo were either white, ethnic Muslims (Bosniaks), or Roma (Gypsies), who had a darker skin color and were stigmatized by Bosniaks. By interrogating intersections of race, class, gender, and culture, I explain why social service providers and the wider public deemed Bosnian Roma as some of the least "worthy" citizens in Fargo and black, Christian Southern Sudanese as some of the worthiest citizens. In so doing, I highlight the important roles of religion, hard work, education, and civic duty as characteristics of "good" citizens in Fargo. The dissertation is based on a year of ethnographic research in Fargo (2007-08). It also builds on previous research with Roma in Bosnia (1998-2000) and employment with a resettlement agency in South Dakota (2001-2002). I relate this analysis to anthropological theories of the state with a particular focus on refugee resettlement in the context of the neoliberal welfare state. Following Harrell- Bond's argument that refugees are often portrayed as mere "recipients of aid," I argue for a more nuanced understanding of refugees as active citizens in Fargo. I view refugee resettlement organizations, welfare agencies, and volunteers as powerful actors in shaping refugees' lives, but I also take into account the ways in which refugees in turn shaped these actors. I show how refugee resettlement called into question hegemonic forms of citizenship in the relatively culturally and racially homogenous city of Fargo.
Committee in charge: Carol Silverman, Chairperson, Anthropology; Sandra Morgen, Member, Anthropology; Lynn Stephen, Member, Anthropology; Susan Hardwick, Outside Member, Geography
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Lorenz, Walter. "Perspectives on European social work from the birth of the nation state to the impact of globalisation." Opladen Farmington Hills Budrich, 2006. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2748725&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

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Mungwashu, Sthembiso Handinawangu. "A learning state?: a case study of the post-1994 South African welfare regime." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003113.

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This thesis examines the processes of policymaking in South Africa, as expressed through the shifts in income maintenance policy. The thesis focuses on the processes leading to the establishment of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA), as its case study. SASSA is the institutional framework for the delivery of social grants. Our intention is to test the efficacy of what we have called ‘state learning’ in the South African context. Therefore, the overall aim of the study is to assess the capacity of the ‘state to learn’ in the process of policymaking as expressed through the shifts in social grant administration and the institutional framework of social welfare in South Africa. The subsidiary goals of the research includes mapping changes in the system of social grants administration since 1994 in order to assess the sources of the shifts in its institutional framework; to assess processes and responses within the state that result in policy shifts and the extent to which these can be considered dimensions of state learning; to assess the power of ideas in the policymaking process and to assess the influence of non-state agencies/actors in policy contestation and learning processes. This is essential, because social policy, especially welfare policy research in post-apartheid South Africa, has focused on the economic value of policies and not the political processes in policymaking. For the framework of analysis the study draws on theories of learning, especially at the organizational or institutional level. We start from the perspective that policymaking and implementation cannot be reduced to a neatly ordered schema (Lamb: 1987:6). Further, that policy change and policymaking are “iterative, haphazard, and highly political processes, in which the apparently logical sequences of decision-making, may turn out to be the reverse” (Lamb, 1987:6). This is mainly because state building is a complex affair and a contested terrain; policy learning and making are neither benign nor do they involve the state working in isolation (Sabatier, 1998). To understand processes of policymaking in South Africa, we rely on content analysis of primary and secondary materials or documents and in-depth interviews with key informants involved in the policy process. The documentary sources include records of parliamentary debates, green and white papers on social welfare, ANC party documents, presidential task force reports, newspapers, magazines and court judgments. The study reveals that the establishment of SASSA lends itself to the idea of ‘state learning’. Learning is indicated in South Africa by the capacity and ability of the state to stimulate ideas, debate ideas to establish ideational matrixes as well as paradigms that have informed the development of policy, take ideas and implement them to try and solve mismatches between the intention of the state and the outcomes and the ability of the state to produce policy.
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Books on the topic "Social Service State"

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New York (State). Dept. of Audit and Control. Division of Management Audit, ed. Department of Social Services, Medicaid medical service limitation program. [Albany, N.Y: The Division, 1994.

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Welfare state to welfare society: Restructuring New Zealand's social services. New York: Garland Pub., 1994.

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Öyvind, Tutvedt, and Young Lawrence J, eds. Social work and the Norwegian welfare state. Oslo: Norwegian State College of Local Government Administration and Social Work, 1991.

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Managing insecurity: State social policy and family networks in the rural Philippines. Saarbrücken: Verlag für Entwicklungspolitik Breitenbach, 1995.

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Cannan, Crescy. Changing families, changing welfare: Family centres and welfare state. New York: Harvester-Wheatsheaf, 1992.

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Moroney, Robert M. Social Policy and Social Work: Critical Essays on the Welfare State. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1991.

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Changing families, changing welfare: Family centres and the welfare state. New York: Harvester-Wheatsheaf, 1992.

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Services, Maryland General Assembly Dept of Fiscal. General Assembly study of state mandates on local governments in social services. Annapolis, Md. (90 State Circle, Annapolis 21401): Dept. of Fiscal Services, 1997.

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Frenette, Marc. The human touch: Critical human and public safety needs in the state of Maine. Augusta, ME (38 State House Station, Augusta 04333): Maine Commission for Community Service, Maine State Planning Office, 1996.

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F, Gillespie David, and Glisson Charles, eds. Quantitative methods in social work: State of the art. New York: Haworth Press, 1992.

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Book chapters on the topic "Social Service State"

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Schutter, Olivier De, and Tom Dedeurwaerdere. "The State as enabler of social innovations." In Social Innovation in the Service of Social and Ecological Transformation, 115–40. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003223542-7.

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Pachidis, T., E. Vrochidou, V. G. Kaburlasos, S. Kostova, M. Bonković, and V. Papić. "Social Robotics in Education: State-of-the-Art and Directions." In Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics, 689–700. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00232-9_72.

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Levine, Eric M. "Church, State, and Social Welfare: Purchase of Service and the Sectarian Agency." In The Privatization of Human Services, 117–53. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-30309-2_5.

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Dahbi, Mohammed, and Hassane Darhmaoui. "University as State Agent or Social Actor: Al Akhawayn University and Social Responsibility." In Knowledge Studies in Higher Education, 181–93. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82159-3_12.

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AbstractUniversity Social Responsibility (USR) has been addressed in the academic literature and in professional educational meetings only in the last 10–15 years, but it is far from being unanimously accepted as part of a university’s mission. A university is all about serving society anyway; its mission has always been to educate people, to train professionals, and to prepare young men and women for their roles as good citizens of their countries and of the world. So, what other social role is a university to serve that it does not? This issue becomes more acute and compelling when society’s expectations of service from higher education institutions has to do with K-12 school education, as is the situation for the Covid-19 pandemic. The chapter considers the case of Al Akhawayn University (AUI) in Ifrane, Morocco (AUI), a university that has been established by the State as the first public, autonomous, non-governmental institution of higher education in the country. We describe several social roles that the university has taken on in its host region as well as nationally, most notably during the Covid-19 pandemic, and we argue that AUI has been able to do so because of its autonomy and its special legal status. We claim that non-autonomous state universities are not able to use the full potential of their sophisticated faculty and staff to contribute to the development of the country, and we call for the transformation of state universities into autonomous institutions that are able to serve their full Social Actor role and comply with their University Social Responsibility duties.
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Dahbi, Mohammed, and Hassane Darhmaoui. "University as State Agent or Social Actor: Al Akhawayn University and Social Responsibility." In Knowledge Studies in Higher Education, 181–93. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82159-3_12.

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AbstractUniversity Social Responsibility (USR) has been addressed in the academic literature and in professional educational meetings only in the last 10–15 years, but it is far from being unanimously accepted as part of a university’s mission. A university is all about serving society anyway; its mission has always been to educate people, to train professionals, and to prepare young men and women for their roles as good citizens of their countries and of the world. So, what other social role is a university to serve that it does not? This issue becomes more acute and compelling when society’s expectations of service from higher education institutions has to do with K-12 school education, as is the situation for the Covid-19 pandemic. The chapter considers the case of Al Akhawayn University (AUI) in Ifrane, Morocco (AUI), a university that has been established by the State as the first public, autonomous, non-governmental institution of higher education in the country. We describe several social roles that the university has taken on in its host region as well as nationally, most notably during the Covid-19 pandemic, and we argue that AUI has been able to do so because of its autonomy and its special legal status. We claim that non-autonomous state universities are not able to use the full potential of their sophisticated faculty and staff to contribute to the development of the country, and we call for the transformation of state universities into autonomous institutions that are able to serve their full Social Actor role and comply with their University Social Responsibility duties.
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Thyen, Kressen, and Klaus Schlichte. "Appropriating the Colonial State: The Emergence of Social Insurance in Tunisia and Uganda." In Global Dynamics of Social Policy, 169–201. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91088-4_6.

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AbstractIn most African countries, social insurance has played a limited role in ensuring social protection for the wider populace. Based on a most-dissimilar case comparison of Tunisia and Uganda, we argue that the segmented and exclusive social insurance systems go back to colonial social policies. Original colonial pension schemes emerged via imperial staffing, the employment of “indigenous” public service and military personnel. With decolonisation, the appropriation of colonial structures and policies perpetuated the segmented feature of social insurance. Its expansion into the private sector after independence was mediated by two context-specific mechanisms: labour incorporation in more industrialised economies led to broader social insurance coverage, which could not be realised via insurance funds in the logic of top-down public resource accumulation.
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Schmid, Hansjörg, and Amir Sheikhzadegan. "Increasing Spiritual Sensitivity and Faith-Based Service Provision: Pathways to Islamic Social Work." In Exploring Islamic Social Work, 1–23. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95880-0_1.

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AbstractSocial work has been characterised in recent years by a growing sensitivity to religious and spiritual issues, both leading back to its historical roots and responding to the challenges of contemporary post-secular society. This sensitivity also requires more knowledge about and attention to the specific needs of Muslims as service users, without neglecting their great diversity. The topic of ‘Islamic social work’, situated within this context, does not only concern Muslim beneficiaries in the field of mainstream social work, but also the central, active role that Muslim communities play: it therefore calls into question a merely individual focus. For Muslim faith-based organisations, Islamically-motivated social ideas and thought are also important. In Western contexts, which are often characterised by mistrust shown to Islam and Muslims, reflection on what contribution can be made to the common good within the framework of pluralistic societies is required. Finally, Islamic social work can be considered in relation to the broader development of social work, which is characterised by a critical approach to power-relations and domination, a sensitivity to diversity and an openness to alternative forms of social work. This chapter introduces the book “Exploring Islamic Social Work. Between Community and the Common Good” by analysing the state of research, identifying guiding questions and then developing and presenting the structure of the volume. Its focus is on contexts of Islamic social work and its target groups, its theological and ethical foundations, as well as its inclusion into general social work discourse.
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Faulenbach, Bernd. "Social Democracy, Labour Unions and Civil Service in West Germany since the Second World War." In European Socialists and the State in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries, 149–69. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41540-2_9.

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Seitzer, Helen, and Michael Windzio. "Does Globalization Affect the Performance of Secondary Education Systems? A Coevolution Model of Multiplex Transnational Networks and Educational Performance." In Global Dynamics of Social Policy, 97–125. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78885-8_4.

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AbstractIn Chap. 10.1007/978-3-030-78885-8_4, Helen Seitzer and Michael Windzio address PISA scores, student exchange, service sector trade flows, and migration. PISA, a study on education system effectiveness, is used to compare, name, and shame the ‘best’ and ‘worst’ of state education. Better education in connection to job prospects is one reason for migration but might also influence students’ choice of the destination for an exchange. But, both these networks might also follow existing paths of interconnectedness, similar to service trade relations. Applying a network coevolution model, the authors ask if a country’s change in PISA scores coincides with student exchange flows and migration patterns, or if other factors such as cultural, geographical, or economic aspects influence the choice of destination.
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Witte, Nils, Reinhard Pollak, and Andreas Ette. "Social Origins of German Emigrants: Maintaining Social Status Through International Mobility?" In IMISCOE Research Series, 139–53. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67498-4_8.

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AbstractThe prospect of upward social mobility is a central motive for international migration. Curiously, the nexus of spatial and social mobility attracted attention only relatively late and existing research on intergenerational social mobility usually concentrates on the constellation within the nation state. This chapter expands on this literature by investigating the intergenerational social mobility of international German migrants from the perspective of the country of origin. First, we focus on the social origin of internationally mobile and non-mobile persons using data from the German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS) and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). How do the two groups differ in their social background? What kinds of capitals do international migrants inherit from their parents? In a second step, this chapter explores the differences in social fluidity between migrants and non-migrants. Does international mobility increase social fluidity? Our findings suggest that German emigrants are positively selected in terms of their social origin. Their parents are more likely to have academic degrees and to belong to the upper service classes compared with non-migrants. Although social fluidity is not significantly higher among emigrants compared with non-migrants, their risk of downward social mobility is significantly reduced.
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Conference papers on the topic "Social Service State"

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Lukac, Peter. "SYSTEM OF STATE SERVICE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION." In 5th SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES and ARTS SGEM2018. STEF92 Technology, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2018h/11/s01.015.

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Zhou, Yong, Gang Xiong, Timo Nyberg, Babak Mohajeri, and Sen Bao. "Social manufacturing realizing personalization production: A state-of-the-art review." In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/soli.2016.7551653.

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Liu, Shu-hua, and Cheng Li. "Analysis of the Social Responsibility of State-Owned Enterprises and Their Approaches to Success." In 2011 International Conference on Management and Service Science (MASS 2011). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icmss.2011.5997986.

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Huda, Muhammad Qomarul, Nur Aeni Hidayah, and Syopiansyah Jaya Putra. "A study of social technology use in State Islamic University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta." In 2016 4th International Conference on Cyber and IT Service Management. IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/citsm.2016.7577581.

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Martynova, Elena Igorevna. "The fearures of forming and developing a social (state) sector of service industries." In IX International students' applied research conference. TSNS Interaktiv Plus, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.21661/r-81145.

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Jiang, Pingyu, Jiewu Leng, and Kai Ding. "Social manufacturing: A survey of the state-of-the-art and future challenges." In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/soli.2016.7551654.

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Kravchenko, Oksana, Inna Zherebko, Hennadii Rzhevsky, Viktoriya Stanishevskaya, and Olha Kozak. "Іnclusive Tourism as an Innovative Social Service for People with Disabilities: Recommendations for Implementation." In Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET-AI 2022) Artificial Intelligence and Future Applications. AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe100906.

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The actualization of the development of inclusive tourism is enhanced by the fact that for people with disabilities tourism is not only a means of recreation and rehabilitation, promotes the activation of motor functions and support of physical fitness, but also a source, creating an environment for full interaction and elimination of feelings of inferiority, that in turn mobilizes mental health resources and restores the psycho-emotional mood of a person, and therefore, increases the level of his/her self-esteem and self-significance. The article examines possible ways of developing inclusive tourism as a social service for people with disabilities. The state of the provision of rehabilitation services for people with disabilities to improve the level of full-quality life has been determined, and the feasibility of providing rehabilitation services through inclusive tourism among social field professionals. Recommendations for the development and implementation of inclusive tourism as a social service for people with disabilities are offered.
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Tymochko, Ivan. "STATE POLICY OF SOCIAL PROTECTION OF VETERANS OF MILITARY SERVICE AND COMBATANTS IN UKRAINE." In 2nd International Conference on Relationship between public administration and business entities management. Scientific Center of Innovative Researches OÜ, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36690/rpabm-2022-13.

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"STRENGTHENING REFERRALS IN ORPHAN AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN PROGRAM: DEVELOPMENT OF LAGOS STATE 2021 REFERRAL DIRECTORY TO AID HEALTH ACCESS." In International Conference on Public Health and Humanitarian Action. International Federation of Medical Students' Associations - Jordan, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.56950/kqwb4398.

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Background: The needs of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) are multi-dimensional and dynamic across sectors and wide range of stakeholders with no single service provider entity providing all the required services to OVC and their caregivers. The existing 2018 OVC Referral Directory for Lagos State upon its review has the following identified gaps due to the current realities and trend in OVC programming which include; 1) Inconsistent service provision to the beneficiaries due to inactive status of many of the organizations in the directory and emergence of new ones not included. 2) The paradigm shift in OVC program to the case management model and lack of Standard Operating Procedures to guide its usage. 3) No stakeholders input in the development of the old directory. This necessitated the development of the of the new one with current OVC program realities to aid close relationship between service providers at all levels with beneficiaries receiving the best possible care closest to home. Objective: The new OVC case management model guided the development of the new directory to ensure coordination/standardization in the provision of referral services, continuity of care/support across the different levels of care required by OVC and their households towards access to comprehensive health services. Method: Mapping of service providers, stakeholders services/resource analyzed, referral services aligned through a meeting, documented in a service referral template and published. Results: All actors recognize that to reduce child vulnerability, improve access to coordinated Health & social services for OVC, a service referral directory is necessary to promote sustainability of health services. Old and inactive actors 622(58%), new active actors 450(42%). Conclusion: The document ensured that all stakeholders providing services that are relevant/active to the OVC intervention were captured in the new 2021 OVC service referral directory. Keywords: OVC, Service Referral Directory, Project HOPE, ICHSSA
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Bruckner, Tomáš, and Filip Vencovský. "Extracting usual service prices from public contracts." In CARMA 2020 - 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/carma2020.2020.11645.

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The paper describes a project of automatic selection, scraping, and full-text analysis of contracts in the area of IT and Information Systems. The purpose of the project was to extract manday prices and build the list of usual manday prices for particular roles that are stated in the contracts. The list aims to provide a foundation for sizing of new IT solutions before the public tender for an association of major state institutions of the Czech Republic. The result of the research is the list of usual prices for the specified roles, including blended rate, based on median and interval between quartiles, all with demonstrable links to origin contracts. The discussion states additional social factors to be considered when interpreting and using the resulting list, like the subjective influence of validators, tendency for generalization, or defensive attitude of affected vendors.
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Reports on the topic "Social Service State"

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Benton, Phillis. A Survey of non-white social service personnel in the State of Oregon. Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.1686.

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Mansfield, Janet. Report on faculty and student evaluation of instructors in direct service teaching at Portland State University Graduate School of Social Work. Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.1705.

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Hamilton, Carolyn. Review and Recommendations for Strengthening Transitioning-from-State-Care Services for Youth in the Protection System. Inter-American Development Bank, July 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004354.

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Research studies from a range of countries indicate that, despite differences in policies, youth who age out of state care have significant similarities in outcomes globally. These young people have difficulty finding stable and affordable housing; accessing a social network, healthcare, and supportive and safe social relationships; and engaging in education, training, and employment. The present report, focused on youth aging out of residential care and detention in Belize, aims to contribute to the growing literature on frameworks, models, programs, and best practices to address service gaps and barriers and improve outcomes for youth transitioning to post care. The report presents a diagnostic of available services to support youth in Belize to successfully transition to post-care and provides recommendations to strengthen services that improve their post-care outcomes.
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Somers, Stephen A. Somers, Tricia McGinnis McGinnis, and Maia Crawford Crawford. A State Policy Framework for Integrating Health and Social Services. New York, NY United States: Commonwealth Fund, July 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.15868/socialsector.25002.

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Beach, Rachel, and Vanessa van den Boogaard. Tax and Governance in the Context of Scarce Revenues: Inefficient Tax Collection and its Implications in Rural West Africa. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), February 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2022.005.

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In recent years, domestic and international policy attention has often focused on broadening the tax base in order to include a greater share of the population in the ‘tax net’. This is based, in part, on the hope that the expansion of taxation will result in positive ‘governance dividends’ for taxpayers. However, the implications of extending the tax base in rural areas in low-income countries has been insufficiently considered. Through the case studies of Togo, Benin, and Sierra Leone, we demonstrate that extending taxation to rural areas is often highly inefficient, leading to few, if any, revenue gains when factoring in the costs of collection. Where revenues exceed the costs of collection, they often only cover local government salaries with little remaining for the provision of public goods and services. The implications of rural tax collection inefficiency are thus significant for revenue mobilisation, governance and public service delivery, accountability relationships with citizens, and taxpayer expectations of the state. Accordingly, we question the rationale for extending taxation to rural citizens in low-income countries. Instead, we argue for a reconceptualisation of the nature of the fiscal social contract, disentangling the concept of the social contract from the individual. Rather, a collective social contract places greater emphasis on the taxation of wealth and redistribution and recognises that basic rights of citizenship are not, or should not, be contingent on paying direct taxes to the government. Rather than expanding taxation, we argue for the expansion of political voice and rights to rural citizens, through a ‘services-first’ approach.
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Wyndham, Amber, Emile Elias, Joel Brown, Michael Wilson, and Albert Rango. Drought Vulnerability Assessment to Inform Grazing Practices on Rangelands of Southeastern Colorado’s Major Land Resource Area 69. USDA Southwest Climate Hub, July 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2018.6947062.ch.

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Increased climate variability, including more frequent and intense drought, is projected for the southwestern region of the United States. Increased temperatures and reduced precipitation lower soil water availability, resulting in decreased plant productivity and altering species composition, which may affect forage quality and quantity. Reduced forage quality and increased heat stress attributable to warmer temperatures could lead to decreased livestock performance in this system, which is extensively used for livestock grazing. Mitigating the effects of increasing drought is critical to social and ecological stability in the region. Reduced stocking rates, change in livestock breeds and/or grazing practices are general recommendations that could be implemented to cope with increased climatic stress. Ecological Sites and their associated state–and-transition models (STMs) are tools to help land managers implement and evaluate responses to disturbances. The projected change in climate will vary depending upon geographic location. Vulnerability assessments and adaptation strategies are needed at the local level to inform local management decisions and help ameliorate the effects of climate change on rangelands. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Southwest Climate Hub and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) worked together to produce this drought vulnerability assessment at the Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) level, based on ecological sites and state-and-transition models that will help landowners and government agencies to identify and develop adaptation options for drought on rangelands. The assessment illustrates how site-specific information can be used to help minimize the effects of drought on rangelands and support informed decision-making for the selection of management adaptations within MLRA 69.
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Bassi, Andrea. From “Social Impact” to “Social Value”. Liège: CIRIEC, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.25518/ciriec.wp202206.

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After the financial-economic crisis of 2008 there has been an increasing diffusion of discourses by international institutions stressing the necessity towards the adoption of impact evaluation methods both by for profit and SSE organizations. This craze for impact measurement is generally led by the need of the stock exchange to find new financial markets (demand) for an increasing offer of socially or environmentally oriented financial products (such as the Social Impact Bond). This pressure had the effect to spread terms and concept typically of the financial world to other domains, such as the welfare policy (Social Investment State) and the traditional philanthropic sector (Social Return on Investment). Even the SSE has not been immune from this “epidemic” of measurement, standardization, quantification of its activities’ effects (Salathé-Beaulieu, G. in collaboration with M. J. Bouchard and M. Mendell, 2019). The paper’s main aim is to argue in favour of the adoption of a broader conceptualization of the SSE contribution to the local community (and to the society as a whole) that the one implied by the term “impact”. It proposes a conceptual framework based on the “social value” notion, which requires to consider the worth (Bouchard, M. J. ed., 2009) linked to the presence of the organization itself and not only of its activities/ programs/services. The paper will illustrate and comment the main results from an empirical research on the Social Added Value Evaluation of an umbrella recreation association in the Emilia-Romagna Region. The inquire adopts an experimental design based on qualitative methods such as: focus groups, face to face interviews and on site observations, in order to build a consensual system of social value/impact evaluation to be adopted by the local branches of the regional association.
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Bhagawati, Rishiraj, Dolf J. H. te Lintelo, John Msuya, and Tumaini Mikindo. Nutrition Accountability through Sub-National Scorecards in Tanzania – Policy Innovations and Field Realities. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), December 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2021.067.

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Over the past decade, the Government of Tanzania has paid increasing attention to accountability in its nutrition policies. This has coincided with the introduction of truly innovative efforts to advance and monitor government action towards and accountability for nutrition at subnational level. A multisectoral nutrition scorecard (MNS) has been rolled out across all districts in the country, with quarterly updates on district performance. Moreover, a Nutrition Compact instrument was introduced to incentivise senior civil servants within regional and district administrations to advance efforts to promote nutrition. This paper explores how the government has used these initiatives to give accountability a particular form and meaning, pertinent to context. The paper analyses a series of policy documents and complements analysis this with field-based interviews with local officials across five regions. We find that the MNS and Compact are designed predominantly for internal purposes of government. This renders ‘accountability tools’ largely in the service of a centralised state, advancing vertical accountability. Such a narrow framing and design inhibits the potential of these instruments for galvanising social accountability, whereby citizens can hold public service providers and subnational government actors to account directly.
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Cedergren, Elin, Diana Huynh, Michael Kull, John Moodie, Hjördís Rut Sigurjónsdóttir, and Mari Wøien Meijer. Public service delivery in the Nordic Region: An exercise in collaborative governance. Nordregio, February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.6027/r2021:4.1403-2503.

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Nordic welfare states are world renowned for providing high quality public services. Nordic municipal and regional authorities, in particular, play a central role in the delivery of key public services in areas, such as, health, education, and social care. However, in recent years, public authorities have faced several challenges which have reduced capacity and resources, including long periods of austerity following the 2008 financial crash, rapid demographic changes caused by an ageing population, and the COVID-19 health crisis. In response to these challenges many public authorities have looked to inter-regional, inter-municipal and cross-border collaborations to improve the quality and effectiveness of public service delivery (OECD 2017; ESPON 2019). Indeed, collaborative public service delivery is becoming increasingly prominent in the Nordic Region due to a highly decentralized systems of governance (Nordregio 20015; Eythorsson 2018).
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Omondi Okwany, Clifford Collins. Territoriality as a Method for Understanding Armed Groups in Kenya and Strengthening Policy Responses. RESOLVE Network, January 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.37805/pn2023.1.lpbi.

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This policy note explores the characteristics of community-based armed groups (CBAGs) unique to the Kenyan context through a comparison of local CBAGs with other nonstate armed groups, particularly violent extremist organizations (VEOs). In doing so, it introduces the concept of territoriality—the degree to which government and security agents are able to monopolize political, social, and security control of spaces—and suggests that both CBAGs and VEOs are most likely to thrive in Kenya under conditions of semi-territoriality, where state authority sometimes shifts fluidly from strong to weak depending on capacity or interest. To combat the rise of VEOs it recommends community-oriented policing as a devolved security strategy, strengthening relations between civil society and the police through the Police Reforms Working Group Kenya (PRWGK), helping to monitor and evaluate the police service. Additionally, mapping CBAGs and VEOs through clan structures is a community-oriented strategy that helps strengthen territoriality and counter semi-territoriality.
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