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Social Sciences, Volume 8, Issue 3

March 2019 - 32 articles

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Articles (32)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,611 Views
18 Pages

An Approach to Understand Rural Advisory Services in a Decentralised Setting

  • Julien Lamontagne-Godwin,
  • Peter Dorward,
  • Irshad Ali,
  • Naeem Aslam and
  • Sarah Cardey

26 March 2019

As populations increase, so do the challenges in feeding the world. Rural Advisory Services (RAS) contribute positively to food security by ensuring rural populations have access to vital knowledge increasing yields and rural incomes. For historical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
8,105 Views
10 Pages

Victimization, Social Structure and Psychosocial Variables: The Case of Spain in 1999 and 2016

  • Gonzalo Herranz de Rafael and
  • Juan Sebastián Fernández-Prados

22 March 2019

This article reviews the research on the factors influencing victimization and explores the case of Spain. The first section presents a comparative analysis of the data for 1999 and 2016 in terms of perceptions, profiles and the most significant soci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,617 Views
20 Pages

What Works in Democratic Dialogue?

  • Satu Kalliola,
  • Tuula Heiskanen and
  • Riikka Kivimäki

20 March 2019

As the global world produces new social problems and the continuously changing environment of work organizations calls for new modes of operation, there emerges a need for discussion forums to analyze and find practical solutions, involving the peopl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
9,752 Views
21 Pages

19 March 2019

Since the turn of the millennium researchers have access to an ever-increasing pool of novel types of video recordings. People use camcorders, mobile phone cameras, and even drones to film and photograph social life, and many public spaces are under...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
11,092 Views
14 Pages

16 March 2019

Extant results on the binge-watching outcomes have been mixed. This study sought to examine the crucial factor of attentiveness that might help to enhance viewer experience and mitigate post-binge regret, as well as differentiate the motivation of na...

  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
21,330 Views
25 Pages

15 March 2019

In recent years, the number of studies conducted on the influence of family variables on cyberbullying perpetration and victimization has increased, especially in terms of relational family processes. The present review investigates the role played b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
12,062 Views
25 Pages

Community Science as a Pathway for Resilience in Response to a Public Health Crisis in Flint, Michigan

  • Jennifer S. Carrera,
  • Kent Key,
  • Sarah Bailey,
  • Joseph A. Hamm,
  • Courtney A. Cuthbertson,
  • E. Yvonne Lewis,
  • Susan J. Woolford,
  • E. Hill DeLoney,
  • Ella Greene-Moton and
  • Kaneesha Wallace
  • + 8 authors

13 March 2019

While the story of the Flint water crisis has frequently been told, even sympathetic analyses have largely worked to make invisible the significant actions of Flint residents to protect and advocate for their community. Leaving the voices of these st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,542 Views
16 Pages

13 March 2019

Although child abuse is a social problem in the United States, many cases go unreported because there is not a consensus as to what disciplinary actions are deemed abusive. Thus, it is paramount to understand the demarcation between physical punishme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
13,991 Views
16 Pages

13 March 2019

This paper examines public transport use through the lens of practice to understand the perspectives of two categories of public transport users: Younger and older people. In taking this approach, we assume that the forms of mobility in a society are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,180 Views
20 Pages

13 March 2019

In a democratic state following the principle of rule of law, every person (including state authorities) must bear a legal liability for an unlawful act committed. However, recent socio-political events in Slovakia have brought to the forefront a num...

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