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Ideally, liberalisation – and the subsequent increase in competition – should have been accompanied by a parallel process of social harmonisation in the employment and

The agitation against caste-based quotas in education and employment that are pre-dominantly urban-based, display a very high level of caste consciousness and use overt

Today Nepal is undergoing a deep structural shift: away from predetermined and largely unchanging caste/ethnic identity as the primary basis for social status and economic

Irrespective of the caste/ethnicity, the state policy has to focus on poor households which do not have access to economic opportunities, education and health services to

Local NGOs such as the Social Development Research and Consultancy in Ho Chi Minh City, the Child Welfare Foundation, Ho Chi Minh City Youth Association, the Social Worker

According to our discussion based on the ethical principles it is hard to exclude private or formal sector companies from the legitimate social work job arenas though we do not claim

The Nordic countries, with their unique historical development and social conditions and their distinctive traditions of social welfare, offer a rich basis for social

Understanding the Consensus on Swedish Welfare state Reforms. Social investment and the euro crisis: the necessity of a unifying social policy concept. Swedish welfare state and