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Vanya Ganeva
Domestic Violence Against Women as an Object of Social Work
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The article deals with domestic violence against women, which in the last decades has been defined as one of the most serious social problems worldwide. The first part of the paper explains the essence of violence and the gender aspects of domestic violence. On a gender approach basis an explanation is sought as to how social relations between men and women in society, fixed via patriarchal order, contribute to the manifestations of tolerance towards domestic violence against women.
The second part of the article explains the specifics of social work against domestic violence against women. Theoretically this type of social work is based on the feminist and anti-oppressive trends developed considerably after the 80s of the 20th century. The practical realization of social work against domestic violence calls for the use of crisis intervention, a good knowledge on the social worker’s part of the experiences and reactions of women – victims of domestic violence, as well as the services which they can use. Besides working with victims, another main point in social work in cases of domestic violence against women must be working with domestic violence offenders, using methods borrowed from psychotherapeutic and consultation practice.
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Krasimira Slaveva, Vanya Ganeva
Sharing Economy – Characteristics, Consumer Practices and Measurement
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This study examines the changes in the economy reflected in the sharing economy concept. Since the beginning of the 21st century, it has become an important part of the world economy posing a number of challenges to the operating companies and regulatory bodies. The development of the sharing economy has led to the transformation of many sectors and to some changes in the way a number of businesses operate. In consumer models, attention is being paid to sustainable (green, moral) consumption.
The aim of the study is to characterize and clarify the importance of the sharing economy. The study focuses on: presenting the main characteristics of the sharing economy, clarifying the factors that underlie its emergence; examining the consumer practices that distinguish it, as well as the ways of measuring and assessing it.
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Rumyana Chonova Stoykova, Vanya Ganeva
The Leisure of Pupils from Schools of Svishtov
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Vanya Ganeva
Social and Solidarity Economy – Democratic Association, Mutual Aid and Cooperation
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The author of this article attempts to clarify the nature, specificity and role of social and solidarity economy in the modern world. She also discusses to what extent it should be the focus of attention of economic sociology as a science in the context of the relation with its subject matter, and which approaches and theories in sociology and economic sociology can be used as explanatory models of social and solidarity economy.
The conclusion is that social and solidarity economy successfully combines the achievement of economic and social objectives. It contributes to social cohesion and inclusion, and plays an important role in integrating risk groups such as people with mental and physical disabilities.
Social and solidarity economy as part of the economy of a society is the subject of research by economic sociology as a science studying the social aspects of economic life. The theoretical approaches (for social networks, social capital, social nature of economic activities, etc.), developed in modern economic sociology, can be used as explanatory models of the processes occurring in social and solidarity economy.