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Facilitating Active citizenship is one of the European Commission's strategies for increasing social cohesion and reducing the democratic deficit across Europe within the context of the wider Lisbon process. In this context, this paper provides an evidence base for policy development, identifying the socio-demographic characteristics and determinan...
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... human rights sub-dimension is comprised of 3 indicators on human rights in relationship to law and rights of migrants. The operational model adopted to measure Active Citizenship is described in figure 1 below. For the complete list of indicators we address the reader to and Hoskins and Mascherini 2009. ...
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Higher education institutions (HEIs) fulfil threefold functions: instruction, research, and extension. The third function which is community extension used to play a supporting role and performed within the context of accreditation. Ideally, it must be integrated into the academic fabric of the institution. The objective of this study was to examine the impact on the human security of its beneficiaries, especially on their economic, food, health, environmental, personal, community and political security, of the Children’s Education Welfare Assistance (CEWA), a 15-year community-based program of a higher education institution in the Philippines. CEWA simultaneously carried out three sub-programs: Child Development, Family Development, and Institution Building. A multilevel mixed method was used to gather data on three levels: Sponsored Children, Sponsored Family, and Program Implementer. Documents, Survey Questionnaire, FGD, and KII were used for data collection. A researcher-made questionnaire was deployed after it had been submitted to content expert validation, pilot and reliability testing. Respondents were selected using a purposive sampling technique. Data were analysed using document analysis, paired-samples t-test, and direct content analysis. Overall, the programs of CEWA have had an immense impact on the economic, food, health, environmental, community, personal, and political security of the beneficiaries. Community extension initiatives that are long-term and holistic in approach can be an effective agent of societal transformation.
In a society where access and presence in social networks is common to most of the population, it is essential to follow this form of access and sharing information, especially when it comes to publicizing the rights and duties of citizens. In this sense, the chapter focused on the analysis of the profile of Portuguese citizens that uses social networks to support the different themes that make up the concept of citizenship. Likewise, the results obtained allow to state that although most respondents do not use social networks to follow and/or support institutions, movements, or organizations associated with the exercise of citizenship, there is room for such. That is, the results suggest that it is possible to promote the exercise of citizenship through social networks in Portugal.
Bu araştırmada sosyal hizmet bölümü öğrencilerinin aktif vatandaşlık öz yeterlilik düzeylerinin tespit edilmesi ve aktif vatandaşlık öz yeterliliklerinin çeşitli bağımsız değişkenlere göre incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Araştırmada nicel yöntem ve tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sosyal Hizmet Bölümü lisans programında öğrenim gören 202 lisans öğrencisi oluşturmuştur. Araştırmanın verileri kişisel bilgi formu ile Aktif Yurttaşlık Öz-Yeterlik Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmış ve elde edilen veriler SPSS aracılığıyla analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre öğrencilerin aktif vatandaşlık öz yeterliliklerinin orta düzeyde olduğu ve cinsiyet, siyasi gündemi takip etme, gönüllü faaliyette bulunma değişkenlerine göre aktif vatandaşlık öz yeterliliklerinin farklılık gösterdiği tespit edilmiştir.
In a society where access and presence in social networks is common to most of the population, it is essential to follow this form of access and sharing information, especially when it comes to publicizing the rights and duties of citizens. In this sense, the chapter focused on the analysis of the profile of Portuguese citizens that uses social networks to support the different themes that make up the concept of citizenship. Likewise, the results obtained allow to state that although most respondents do not use social networks to follow and/or support institutions, movements, or organizations associated with the exercise of citizenship, there is room for such. That is, the results suggest that it is possible to promote the exercise of citizenship through social networks in Portugal.
