... 1990 due to education and economic factors. During the same period, a shift is observed from joint family system to nuclear one. Social implications – Policy makers might consider various social trends to manage changes in a traditional society. Originality/value – This paper focusses...

...,the paper gives new insight into the contested geographies of mutual aid at the household and community level. To successfully overcome these barriers and further promote mutualism and community self-help is seen to be both desirable and necessary particularly following the formal economic crisis that has...

... articles are included in this special issue, which seeks to contribute to the existing body of literature on surviving post‐socialism in general and in particular, across all the papers included, paying particular attention to the role of informal economic relations and practices, as fundamental parts...

... into the contested geographies of mutual aid at the household and community level. To successfully overcome these barriers and further promote mutualism and community self‐help is seen to be both desirable and necessary particularly following the formal economic crisis that has raised serious questions...

... among perceived gender‐specific descriptive and injunctive drinking norms and perceived gender‐specific descriptive norms for protective behavioral strategies.” Social policy Public policy Public health Economics Sociology Community health services This article is about substance abuse...

... Economics Sociology Community health services This and the discussion of acceptance is about as a two‐pronged description of human thinking. The first description is about the structure of thought and how memory is formed with the role of working memory as being incidental to current thought...

..., and because of a shortage of doctors and nurses which is driving wages up. Old age is contributing to the problem but, the article shows, is not the only cause. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Economics Healthcare Insurance South‐East Asia Development Age Volume 25 Number 9 2005 1...

... of this study point out that the Chinese and US respondents exhibited many similarities in their attitudes. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 58 US Core Values: A Chinese Perspective by Spero C. Peppas, Professor of International Business, Stetson School of Business and Economics, Mercer...

... the implications of international volunteerism for nation‐building in Singapore. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Singapore Economics Social change Volume 24 Number 1/2 2004 21 Nation-Building Through International Volunteerism: A Case Study of Singapore by Kisha Chantelle Krishna...

... locally shared benefits. Concludes that specific definitions of social capital are superior to others especially in examining the full array of social ties which migrants use in creating ethnic economies and communities. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Social economics Economics Immigrants Volume 22...

...Paul Iganski; Geoff Payne; Judy Roberts Considers the position of ethnic minority groups in Britain in relation to economic exclusion. Suggest that earlier research overemphasised the extent to which these groups were economically excluded. Discusses recent evidence which implies that during...

...Clem Tisdell Examines the socio‐economic situation of the least developed Pacific Island nations (Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Tuvalu and Kiribati) and the type of economics development advice which they have been given in recent years. Suggests that this advice was based on neo‐classical...

... greater social equity, reducing the incidence of industrial conflict and providing the basis for a more stable growth trajectory. Considers the area where evidence is lacking and uses previous research for its evidence. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Economic theory Economics Social economics...

... but are getting worse. The UN s 1996 Human Development Report emphasises that the poorest 1.6 billion people, one-third of the world s population, are getting poorer in conventional economic terms. Their average dollar incomes are now down to what they were in 1980. The figures are appalling. 89 out of 174...

...Allin Cottrell; Robin Roslender The class concepts of economic classes, social classes and political forces all have an important role to play in advancing the theoretical understanding necessary for achieving progress in the socialist project. The “new class analysis” is a series of attempts made...