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Participation is an issue widely discussed in social work. In particular, this aspect has a relevant importance in child protection where the involvement of actors in the decision-making process, that affect their life, is fundamental to build effective and sustainable help intervention...

Over the past few decades, reflections about the ageing process has led to the emergence of a number of concepts, all positive in nature compared to previous theories, and which have been used to characterise a new paradigm. Contemporary approaches have basically been dominated by two narratives, one based more on mental and physical well-being (successful ageing), while the other concerns the aspect of socio-economic integration (active ageing)...

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The article shows the effect of the cultural dimension on participation. At first it describes democratic impasse caused by the disaffection of citizens, from political force. Two shortcuts are born: populism and plebiscitarism...

The article briefly presents the changing landscape produced by a society that is marched by a complexity in which all permanent structures such as family are heavily questioned. The pastoral practice of the Catholic Church in relation to what is regarded as «fundamental cell» is strongly conditioned by the search for answers suitable to the changes being made...

Over the years traditional ties have weakened to a melting point: society itself has become liquid, ethically neutral. The individual is not always considered in his or her uniqueness and placed at the center of the many public policies, which are increasingly less rich in functional resources to achieve individual and collective well-being...

This paper examines the development of theory and practice at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS), popularly known as the Birmingham School, through the conceptual lens of the term culture. During the Centre’s management by Richard Hoggart, Stuart Hall, and Richard Johnson there is a move from literary analysis as social analysis towards a practical theorising that enables practitioners to work with popular forms of cultural production, before exposing the hidden narratives of individuals before a cultural product in its creation and usage...

This paper seeks to analyse the space of reading by specifically targeting an adequate environment: the public library. Here, reading can be grasped in its social dimension and its multiform nature. Given that reading can be understood within the context of the public library, the very act of reading can be considered a decoding exercise within the library itself. This article explains some interpretative approaches that regard the public library as a dense space by connecting heuristic possibilities offered through sociological knowledge and through the lens of the social imaginary...