The Right to the City and the Participative Director Plan of Florianópolis: thoughts on training for the exercise in participative democracy

Iliane Kohler, Priscila Larratea Goyeneche and Vera Herweg Westphal, Florianópolis (Brazil)

The NESSOP (Center of Studies and Research in Social Service Popular Organization/UFSC) in partnership with the UFECO (Community Entities Union of Florianópolis), developed five training seminars on the “Right to the city and the Participative Director Plan of Florianópolis” for leaderships of the socio-community movement in 2007. (more…)

Between paternalism and indifference

Niels Rosendahl Jensen, Copenhagen (Denmark)

The approach of this article may be resumed in a statement: I have learned to be afraid of people who want to be good to other humans, and especially of people who know how other humans get happy. (more…)

Social Problems As Reflected by Social Science in the Common Border Region Slovenia – Austria: The Impact of the EU Accession

Barbara Hoenig, Feldkirchen (Austria)

Background & Research Question (1)

Located at the Southern periphery of the European Union, the neighbouring countries Slovenia and Austria have recently underwent deep transformation processes which can be characterized with the concept of “Europeanization” of national societies as well as of its social sciences, specifically sociology. (more…)

Thoughts about Social Work with Communities in Romania

Szabó Béla, Cluj-Napoca (Romania)

In search of the community

It is very hard to talk about “a first time” when studying the issue of community. (more…)