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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. The Canadian Index of Well-Being (Atkinson Foundation) - May 6
1. The
Canadian Index of Wellbeing - May 6 |
INTRODUCING...THE CANADIAN INDEX OF WELLBEING
"Imagine
that amidst the daily news report, the sports scores, the latest stock info, and
GDP figures, we hear the latest Canadian Index of Wellbeing report, a measure
about how we are really doing as a nation. That day is getting closer. Experts
from across the country are hard at work, under the leadership of the Hon. Roy
J. Romanow, Dr. Ron Colman, and others to create a new measuring tool that will
link the economic reality and longer-term economic prosperity of our country with
the social, health and environmental conditions that shape our communities.
The
latest issue of Reality Check Magazine has the scoop on the CIW, how it can help
foster a common vision for the future of Canada and be used as a basis for improving
health and wellbeing outcomes that matter to Canadians.
Reality Check May 2005
issue
PDF
version (1.3MB, 4 pages)
HTML
version
ROY ROMANOW CHAMPIONS THE
CANADIAN INDEX OF WELLBEING
Mr. Romanow was in Toronto
recently discussing an innovative new idea for achieving a healthier Canada. In
a speech to the United Way of Canada's National Conference on May 6th, he gives
his take on today's political hot waters and talks about his latest effort to
re-focus Canadians on the things that really matter in building a stronger nation.
Mr. Romanow's Speech:
The
Canadian Index of Wellbeing: Taking Measure of the Things that Count
(PDF file - 120K, 13 pages)
National
Network of Experts - complete list of government agencies, NGOs and universities
across Canada that are working together to develop the Canadian Index of Well-Being
-
the working group consists representatives from Statistics Canada and Environment
Canada, and researchers from eight universities and six non-government research
organizations across Canada; the work "is also part of a broader international
effort to measure the things that count: the CIW researchers have been working
closely with their counterparts in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Germany, the
United States, and elsewhere."
Source:
Canadian
Index of Wellbeing website
[ Atkinson
Foundation ]
The Atkinson Foundation " provides grants to Ontario
registered charities for innovative, Ontario-based projects that focus on Early
Childhood Education and Development (innovative projects
that demonstrate how to improve the futures of children and youth at risk through
more effective early years programming and policies) and Economic Justice
(innovative projects that demonstrate how to improve the employability of the
unemployed, test out new economic models, and support other research and educational
activities which are intended to reduce poverty.)
In the categories of health,
social welfare, economic justice and education the Foundation has given more than
$55 million since its inception.
The Atkinson Charitable Foundation also publishes
or sponsors the publication of a number of educational materials on contemporary
public policy issues."
- Go to the Poverty Measures Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/poverty.htm
2. ODSP (Ontario Disability Support Program) Action Coalition |
ODSP
Action Coalition
"The ODSP Action Coalition
is made up of community clinic caseworkers, agency staff, and community activists.
We undertake campaigns and activities designed to raise awareness of issues affecting
persons in receipt of Ontario Disability Support Program ("ODSP") benefits.
The ODSP Action Coalition was formed in 2002 as a coalition of lawyers, community
workers and consumers. The coalition is leading the campaign to document and publicize
problems with ODSP and has engaged in lobbying and advocacy to encourage solutions
to those problems."
ODSP
Support & Activism Website
"The Purpose of the ODSP Activism
& Support Web Site is to:
* Provide easy access to all legislation and
directives that directly affect ODSP recipients and applicants.
* Provide
an Advocacy center point for challenging ODSP legislation and policy that is unfair,
restrictive, unconstitutional, demeaning, punitive, arbitrary, etc...
* Provide
a place where ODSP recipients can go to exchange ideas, seek assistance, get support,
find current information on ODSP changes and proposals
* Promote advocacy
efforts, provide information on current campaigns and advocacy groups
ODSP Fireside Chat
Group
[NOTE: this is a message board and not a chat room. Read some
of the messages posted, then decide if you wish to become a member so you can
post messages yourself --- there are 75 members in this group as of May 8/05]
"The
Purpose of the Fireside Chat Group is to:
* Ask fellow recipients questions
about ODSP
* Share your thoughts about ODSP with others..."
- Go to the Ontario Municipal and Non-Governmental Sites (D-W) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/onbkmrk3.htm
3. Fédération nationale des femmes canadiennes-françaises |
Fédération
nationale des femmes canadiennes-françaises
(This
site is available in French only)
"La Fédération nationale
des femmes canadiennes-française veut une société juste et
égalitaire pour toutes les femmes vivant au Canada. La FNFCF représente
les femmes de la francophonie canadienne vivant en milieu minoritaire. Elle défend
leurs intérêts, revendique leurs droits et appuie leurs actions"
-
liens vers les pages suivantes : Dossiers - En vedette - Nouvelles du jour - Quoi
de neuf - Activités - Appels d'offre - Programmation - Centre de ressources
- Communiqués - Bulletin - Membres - Équipe - Publications
Des
droits sociaux pour les femmes francophones
en contexte minoritaire, une lutte
pour éradiquer la pauvreté
Ce projet de recherche-action
vise à lever le voile sur la réalité socio-économique
des femmes francophones en situation minoritaire et à outiller des porteuses
de dossier afin de poser les actions nécessaires pour améliorer
la condition de vie des femmes.
- utilise une variété d'outils
: données de statistiques Canada, ateliers de formation, rencontres provinciales,
outils d'animation qui ont servi à former les femmes francophones en contexte
minoritaire sur les enjeux de la pauvreté et des femmes, fiches d'information
(avril 2005) portant sur les mesures de pauvreté, la sécurité
alimentaire, le logement, les programmes sociaux, la santé et les outils
et pistes d'avenir --- ainsi qu'un portrait par région de la situation
des femmes francophones en contexte minoritaire au Canada.
Dossier
Pauvreté
Des droits sociaux pour les femmes francophones en
contexte minoritaire, une lutte pour éradiquer la pauvreté.
- Go to the the Canadian Non-Governmental Sites about Women's Social Issues page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/womencanngo.htm
4. Governments of Canada and Ontario sign an agreement on Early Learning and Child Care - May 6 |
Moving
Forward: Governments of Canada and Ontario sign an agreement on Early Learning
and Child Care
News Release
May 6, 2005
"HAMILTON,
ONTARIO—Prime Minister Paul Martin, along with Social Development Minister
Ken Dryden and Dr. Marie Bountrogianni, Ontario's Minister of Children and Youth
Services, announced today an historic Agreement in Principle that further supports
the development of quality early learning and child care (ELCC) for young children
and their families in Ontario."
Source:
Social
Development Canada
Related Links:
Towards
a national system of early learning and child care - other ELCC agreements
signed since April 29, 2005 (Manitoba and Saskatchewan)
- includes a broad
(and growing) collection of government and non-governmental reports, press releases,
news articles and other pertinent documents related to the new world of federal-provincial-territorial
arrangements for child care in Canada.
Source:
Childcare
Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) [University of Toronto]
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Google.ca
News Search Results : "Canada, Ontario,
child care agreement"
Google.ca Web Search Results : "Canada,
Ontario, child care agreement"
Source:
Google.ca
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-
Go to the Government Early Learning and Child Care Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd.htm
-
Go to the Ontario Government Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/onbkmrk.htm
5. Rethinking Development:
Local Pathways to Global Wellbeing (Conference - Antigonish) - June 20-24 |
Rethinking
Development: Local Pathways to Global Wellbeing
Worldwide
Leaders Will Discuss Innovative Solutions for Positive Sustainable Development
St.
Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
June 20-24, 2005
-
incl. links to : Conference Description | Program | List of Presenters | Call
for Papers | Conference Papers | Brochure | Links | Workshops | Registration
"You
won't want to miss this landmark conference examining development initiatives
around the world that have successfully integrated socially and environmentally
responsible policies and practices. "
(more than 400 government, non-government,
business, labour, academic, and youth leaders from 30 countries and 6 continents
are gathering at St FX University for this conference.0
"We've got
some of the world's leading thinkers and practitioners in this field, including:
-
Ray Anderson, founder & CEO of Interface Inc., the world's largest company
committed to complete sustainability
- Bunker Roy, founder of the Barefoot
College in India - built by and for India's rural poor,
- Ela Bhatt, founder
of the Self-Employed Women's Association in India
- Dr. Marilyn Waring, pioneer
New Zealand economist
- Mathis Wackernagel, developer of the Ecological Footprint
- one of the most widely used measures of sustainability."
Source:
GPI
Atlantic
- Go to the Conferences and Events Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/confer.htm
6. Income of Individuals,
2003 - May 5 |
What's New from The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
May
5, 2005
Income
of individuals, 2003
In 2003, the median total income of individuals
in Canada edged down 0.6% to $23,600 in comparison with 2002. Median employment
income fell 0.7% to $24,800. The median is the point where one-half of incomes
are higher and the other half are lower. Only people with employment income were
included in the calculation of median employment income. Taxfilers in the Northwest
Territories still had the highest median employment income in the country in 2003
at $33,500, even though this was down 3.0% from 2002. Those living in the Yukon
and in Ontario shared the second highest median employment income, at $27,400
each followed by those in Alberta with $26,400. Among census metropolitan areas,
taxfilers in Oshawa ($32,900) had the highest median employment income in 2003
followed by those in Ottawa–Gatineau ($32,500).
- Go to the Federal Government Department Links (Fisheries and Oceans to Veterans Affairs) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/fedbkmrk2.htm
7. First Nations, First Thoughts
Conference - May 5-6 |
First
Nations, First Thoughts Conference
Centre of Canadian Studies
The
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
May 5-6, 2005
"This
interdisciplinary conference will explore the significance of Aboriginal peoples
in the development of cultural and intellectual thought in Canada. The conference
is designed to bring Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars together to consider
the development and transmission of Indigenous thought and the impact of Aboriginal
perspectives on cultural, political, environmental, historical, legal, philosophical
and anthropological thought in Canada."
Yes, it is too late to attend this conference (darn...), but I want to draw your attention to an excellent collection of recent papers, most of which were prepared specifically for this event.
Abstracts
and papers - links to the full text of 47 papers prepared for this
conference, all in PDF format, and the possibility of more to come ("abstracts
and papers will be posted online as they are received")
Highly recommended
reading --- there's a wealth of information here, mostly by Canadian experts
and almost all of it about First Nations in Canada!
The complete collection
of studies (plus abstracts of other papers presented at the conference) is on
two pages - "Authors A-M" and "Authors N-Z" (don't miss that
second page!)
Source:
Centre
of Canadian Studies
[ The University of
Edinburgh ]
NOTE:
Kudos to the Centre of
Canadian Studies for making all of this content available online!
This conference
website is a fine example of why social researchers should include websites for
upcoming and recent conferences on their list of online resources to peruse from
time to time --- you'll often find large collections of timely and relevant papers
and presentations on conference websites - keep them in mind...
Want
to check out some recent conference websites on a variety of social policy themes?
See
the Recent Conferences
section of the Conferences and Events page of this site for links to over 50 conferences
going back to 2000. Some of the links will definitely be broken (because sites
shut down, for a variety of reasons), but you may well find some precious nuggets
of information if you scroll down through the list.
-
Go to the First Nations Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/1stbkmrk.htm
- Go to the
Conferences and Events Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/confer.htm
Speaking of conferences:
Don't forget...
12th
Biennial Canadian Social Welfare Policy Conference:
Forging
Social Futures: Canadian and International Perspectives
A joint initiative
of the University of New Brunswick and the Canadian Council on Social Development
June 16-18, 2005
Fredericton
NOTE: I mailed
in my registration this week. This is an event that's been happening every two
years since 1982, and I've missed only one conference in this series (Regina,
1997, pity.)
A special plea to the Grands Fromages at Social Development Canada,
Finance Canada, and other federal and provincial departments:
Let your people
go!
Send as many of your policy wonks and information people as possible ---
this is a biennial opportunity for government officials to mix and mingle with
other government folks, both federal and provincial, and with academics and non-governmental
people. Government folks : it's good to leave the Ivory Towers occasionally to
get some fresh perspectives about the impacts of your programs and policies on
the disadvantaged in Canada. NGO folks and academics: introduce yourself to "a
fed" or a provincial government official - you'll find that many of them,
especially those who attend this type of multidisciplinary event, are very much
in tune with your views on social justice. If they're not, of course, this is
the perfect occasion to have a friendly discussion and to tear down some walls...
Break
the ice. Meet some new people. Network.
Other
upcoming conferences (May - June - September) - themes include First Nations
(see the link immediately below), homelessness, child welfare, children and youth,
and community-university research partnerships.
8. Caregivers Online Consultation
- Until June 30/05 |
Caregivers
Online Consultation
Social Development Canada recently launched this
consultation website as part of its mission to help support the well-being of
individuals, families and communities and their full participation in Canadian
society through citizen-focused policies and programs.
"The
focal point of the consultation website today is on caregivers. Social Development
Canada is committed to developing a strategy to meet the unique needs of caregivers.
We would like your insight into the system today, as well as suggestions on approaches
for the future. Over the next several months, we will be exploring other issues
on the consultation website. We invite you to sign-up for our news and update
list, to be kept informed as new issues become available for input.
There are
two ways for you to participate in the Caregivers online consultation:
1. By
sharing your experiences and ideas on caregiving
2. By completing the Caregivers
Consultation Workbook.
The Caregivers consultation will be available until June 30th, 2005."
Resource
Area - incl. links to over a dozen documents related to government programs
for caregivers in Canada
News
and Update Sign-Up - sign up if you'd like information about the results
of this online consultation and to be advised when new consultations are available
on the SDC Consultations website.
Source:
Social
Development Canada
- Go to the Disability
Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/disbkmrk.htm
-
Go to the Seniors (Social Research) Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/seniors.htm
- Go to the Social Development Canada Links
page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/sdc.htm
9. New Brunswick Common Front
for Social Justice |
New
Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice
"The
CFSJ promotes alternative policies in order to create a society concerned mainly
about human beings.
* fairer distribution of power, thus a more dynamic democracy
with greater participation;
* fairer distribution of wealth, thus a more equitable
tax system;
* to improve the Canadian social security net, such as public
health, public welfare and unemployement insurance;
* to challenge the corporate
agenda by attempting to counter policies of privatization, deregulation and the
withdrawal of the state;
* to increase the value and the dignity of human
work."
- incl. links to : Documents | Press Releases | Action Alerts |
Links | Home | Site Map | Contact us | Français
-----
Front
commun pour la justice sociale
"Le FCJS s'est donné pour
mission de promouvoir des politiques alternatives afin de créer une société
surtout préoccupée par les humains.
Ce qui implique:
* une
distribution plus équitable du pouvoir, donc une démocratie plus
dynamique et participative;
* une sauvegarde des identités culturelles,
artistiques, linguistiques de toutes les composantes de la province;
* une
distribution plus équitable de la richesse, donc une fiscalité plus
juste;
* une amélioration du filet de sécurité sociale,
tels les système d'aide au revenu, de santé publique et l'assurance-chômage;
* de défier l'agenda corporatif en tentant de contrer les politiques de
privatisation, de déréglementation et de désengagement social
de l'État;
* d'augmenter la valeur et la dignité du travail
humain."
- liens vers les pages suivantes : Documents | Communiqués
de presse | Alertes à l'action | Liens | Accueil | Plan du site | Contactez-nous
| English
- Go to the New Brunswick Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/nbkmrk.htm
- Rendez-vous
à la page de liens de recherche sociale au Nouveau-Brunswick :
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/nbf.htm
10. New from Statistics Canada: |
What's New from The Daily [Statistics Canada]
May
3, 2005
Study:
Food insecurity in Canadian households, 2000/01
Almost
15% of Canadians, or an estimated 3.7 million people, were considered to be living
in what is known as a "food-insecure" household at some point during
2000/01, according to the article "Food insecurity" published today
in Health Reports. ($)
---------------------------------
April
29, 2005
Study:
Income inequality and working-age mortality
"In Great Britain
and the United States, working-age people living in metropolitan areas with high
income inequality had higher death rates in 1991 compared with people living in
metropolitan areas with lower income inequality, according to a new study. But
this association between mortality and income inequality at the metropolitan level
was not found for Canada and the two other countries included in the analysis."
[NOTE:
you can read a free
abstract online but if you want the entire article, it'll cost you US$23.00
"for one day" (?!), or you might prefer US$152 for a subscription (four
issues) to the Journal of Urban Health:
Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine.]
-
Go to the Food Banks and Hunger Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/foodbkmrk.htm
- Go to the Federal
Government Department Links (Fisheries and Oceans to Veterans Affairs) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/fedbkmrk2.htm
11. What's New
from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) - May 6 |
What's New - from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) - University of Toronto
06-May-05
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WHATS
NEW
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>>
Does auspice matter in early learning and child care?
ISSUE file
from the CRRU collects resources pertinent to the issue of auspice (for-profit
or not-for-profit status) in early learning and child care in Canada.
>>
Moving forward on early learning and child care: Agreement-in-principle between
the government of Canada and the government of Ontario
Agreement
between the governments of Canada and Ontario “sets out a long-term vision,
principles, and goals to guide the development of regulated ELCC” in Ontario.
>>
Province seeks public input on child care programs
Press release
from the government of Alberta announces an online consultation with Albertans
that will “be used in shaping provincial programs under the national child
care initiative”.
>>
Building an integrated workforce for a long-term vision early education and care
Report
from the Daycare Trust (GB) calls for a new type of worker to staff the growing
number of integrated services that combine education and care for children.
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CHILD
CARE IN THE NEWS
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>>
Ottawa, Ontario hail $1.9B child-care deal [CA-ON]
CBC News, 6
May 05
Ontario and Ottawa on Friday announced an agreement in principle that
will see almost $1.9 billion invested in the province's child care system over
the next five years.
>>
NDP, Liberals square off over day care [CA-BC]
CBC News, 5 May
05
NDP Leader Carole James accuses the B.C. Liberals of siphoning off more
than half the federal dollars earmarked for childcare spaces in this province
and using the money to pay for other programs.
>>
Alberta says it's reached child-care deal [CA-AB]
CBC News, 4 May
05
Alberta has reached a verbal agreement with the federal government over
child care funding, Children's Services Minister Heather Forsyth says.
>>
Tories on child care [CA]
Globe and Mail, 3 May 05
Letter to
the editor takes issue with coverage of the Conservative party's child care policies.
>>
Minister meets parents over child care [AU]
The Age, 12 Apr 05
Federal
Community Services Minister Kay Patterson has told a Melbourne mother not to be
"so emotional" about Australia's shortage of child care places.
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This message
was forwarded through the Childcare Resource and Research Unit e-mail news notifier.
For information on the CRRU e-mail notifier, including subscription instructions
, see http://www.childcarecanada.org
The
Childcare Resource and Research Unit (University of Toronto, Canada)
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More Important CRRU Links
What's
New? - Links to 100+ Canadian, U.S. and international resources from Jan
2000 to the present.
Child
Care in the News - 200+ media articles from January 2000 to the present
ISSUE
files - links to 20+ theme pages, each filled with contextual information
and links to further info
Links
to child care sites in Canada and elsewhere
CRRU
Publications - links to ~60 briefing notes, factsheets, occasional papers
and other publications
Also from CRRU:
Current
developments in Early Childhood Education and Care: Provinces and territories
Regularly
updated
"This resource is a collection of useful online readings about current
early childhood education and care policy and program delivery issues in each
province and territory. Within each jurisdiction, information is organized into
three sections: news articles, online documents and useful websites."
- Go to the Non-Governmental Early Learning and Child Care Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ecd2.htm
| 12. Poverty Dispatch Digest :
U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs --- May 5, 2005 |
POVERTY
DISPATCH Digest (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin)
This
digest offers dozens of new links each week to full-text articles in the U.S.
media (mostly daily newspapers) on poverty, poverty, welfare reform, child welfare,
education, health, hunger, Medicare and Medicaid, and much more...
The Institute
for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers a
free e-mail service that consists of an e-mail message sent to subscribers each
Monday and Thursday, containing a dozen or so links to articles dealing with the
areas mentioned above. The weekly Canadian Social Research Links Poverty Dispatch
Digest is a compilation, available online, of the two dispatch e-mails for that
week --- with the kind permission of IRP.
Here's a one-day sample of the subjects covered in the Poverty Dispatch Digest:
May 5, 2005
Compiled
by the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and
distributed Mondays and Thursdays
Today's subjects include: Health Care
Reform - Opinion // Child Poverty - Opinion // Nonmarital Childbearing // 'Cover
the Uninsured Week' - Opinion // School Vouchers // 'Virtual Doctor' Visits and
Low-Income Day Care // Welfare to Work Study // Welfare Reform - Wisconsin //
African-American Poverty - Wisconsin // Medicaid - Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Texas
// Lack of Health Insurance - Iowa, Detroit MI, Oregon, Arkansas // Health Insurance
for Low-Income Families - Minnesota // Mental Health Care for Low-Income Children
- Milwaukee, WI // Indigent Health Care Program - Hillsborough County, FL // Minimum
Wage - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut // Early Childhood Education - California
// High School Dropout Rates - California // Public Transportation for Workers
- Rockford County, IL // Public Housing and Employment Training - Milwaukee, WI
// Renters' Credit - Minnesota // Affordable Housing Program - Illinois // Panhandling
- Madison, WI // Homelessness - King County, WA
Each
of the weekly digests below offers dozens of links or more to media articles that
are time-sensitive.
The older the link, the more likely it is to either be
dead or have moved to an archive - and some archives [but not all] are pay-as-you-go.
[For
the current week's digest, click on the POVERTY DISPATCH link above]
The Poverty Dispatch weekly digest is a good tool for monitoring what's happening in the U.S.; it's a guide to best practices and lessons learned in America.
Subscribe
to the Poverty Dispatch!
Send an e-mail message to John Wolf < jwolf@ssc.wisc.edu
> to receive a plain text message twice a week with one to two dozen links
to media articles with a focus on poverty, welfare reform, child welfare, health,
Medicaid from across the U.S.
And it's free...
Source:
Institute for Research
on Poverty (IRP)
[ University of Wisconsin-Madison
]
POVERTY
DISPATCH description/archive - weekly issues back to July 2004 , avg.
100+ links per issue before December 2004!
NOTE: this
archive is part of the Canadian Social Research Links American
Non-Governmental Social Research page.
For
the current week's digest, click on the POVERTY DISPATCH link at the top of this
section.
Recently-archived POVERTY DISPATCH weekly
digests:
- April
28, 2005
- April
21
- April
14
- April
7
- March
31
- March
24
- Go to the Links to American Government
Social Research page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us.htm
- Go to the Links to American Non-Governmental Social Research (A-J) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us2.htm
- Go to the Links to American Non-Governmental Social Research (M-Z) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us3.htm
13. Measuring Social Capital
in Italy - April 2005 |
Social
Capital Gateway - Resources for the Study
of Social Capital (International resource)
"Social Capital Gateway
(formerly Capitale Sociale.it) is a personal, non profit, initiative. It is not
funded neither by academic nor by private for profit institutions. My primary
goals are:
• Providing useful resources for researchers, teachers, students,
and practitioners interested in the study of social capital and other related
topics, like poverty and development.
• Promoting discussion and ideas
exchange on these topics."
[By Fabio Sabatini, site creator and editor]
- incl. links to : Social Capital Resources (Reading List, Digital Libraries, Websites, Directory of Social Scientists) - Resources for Social Sciences (Working papers, Databases and E-Journals) - Social Sciences Departments and Universities all over the world - National and international Organizations and Institutions - much more...
-covers the following thems : Basic concepts - Social capital
and the economy - Social capital and development in advanced
economies - Social capital and institutions - Social
capital and well-being - Social capital and development
in low income countries - Social capital and transition
Measuring
Social Capital in Italy: An Exploratory Analysis (PDF file - 955K,
45 pages)
April 2005
Fabio Sabatini
Università di Roma "La
Sapienza"
Working Paper n.12
"...The aim of this paper is to
trace a map of Italian local social capital endowments. It focuses on the 'structural'dimension
of the concept, as identified with social networks. The analysis is based on a
dataset collected by the author including about two hundred indicators of five
main social capital dimensions: strong family ties, weak informal ties, voluntary
organizations, civic awareness, and political participation."
Web
Sites for the Study of Social Capital
- hundreds of links organized
under the following headings : Web sites on social capital • Web sites on
poverty and development • Web sites on civil society
• Web sites on the welfare state•
Web sites on game theory and social interactions
- Go to the Social Research Links in Other Countries (Non-Government) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/internatngo.htm
Disclaimer/Privacy
Statement
Both Canadian Social Research Links (the site) and this Canadian Social Research
Newsletter belong solely to me, Gilles Séguin.
I
am solely accountable for the choice of links presented therein and for the occasional
editorial comment - it's my time, my home computer, my experience, my biases,
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