Background: For developing nations the development of sustainable communities has to go hand in hand with the achievement of wider goals, where emphasis has to be given to the importance of lifestyle and social change. This interdisciplinary research draws understanding from the social, cultural and economic studies to define the values and aspirations of the middle class and the associated imp...

There are potentially significant absences in Professor Fonagy’s otherwise illuminating editorial on the developmental aspects of violence, and he neglects to consider other related theories (Fonagy, 2003). The word ‘father’ does not appear in his review and this would seem a major absence in the context of research showing consistent absences of stable paternal figures in those exhibiting anti...

There are potentially significant absences in Professor Fonagy’s otherwise illuminating editorial on the developmental aspects of violence, and he neglects to consider other related theories (Fonagy, 2003). The word ‘father’ does not appear in his review and this would seem a major absence in the context of research showing consistent absences of stable paternal figures in those exhibiting anti...

The paper shows using empirical evidence frommore than 100 countries’ household surveys, that income gains that the rich can realize through amore unequal distribution are oftenmuch larger than the realistic gains from a distribution-neutral growth. The rich are thus more likely to support policies that increase inequality than be concerned about income growth of their countries. © 2016 Publish...

There are potentially significant absences in Professor Fonagy’s otherwise illuminating editorial on the developmental aspects of violence, and he neglects to consider other related theories (Fonagy, 2003). The word ‘father’ does not appear in his review and this would seem a major absence in the context of research showing consistent absences of stable paternal figures in those exhibiting anti...

This article uses a 1972 television advertising campaign for Femfresh vaginal deodorants and the backlash against it to explore how women grappled with permissive society in their bathrooms living rooms. It women's magazines business archives of trace popularity early 1970s show product played on fears undesirability shame about bodies during period changing sexual mores. details feminist campa...

The purpose of the article is a comparative analysis unification processes, functioning national consciousness, realities culture emerging in ethno-culture new Kazakhstan. In modernization and civilizational practice modern state, consciousness plays special role as an expert relation to universals culture: we are talking about echoes universal values worldview ethnic group. Testing these also ...

Sociological and anthropological studies in India reveal that caste, class and gender in everyday life are both rigid and dynamic, but little is known about how they influence the survival mechanisms of women during ‘multiple disasters’, nor about how women negotiate with these structural mores to meet their cultural and biological needs. This is explored through the experiences of 12 women-hea...

Kaplan’s latest book picks up some of the ideas from his earlier writings on leisure and examines these in the setting of old age. In so doing, he provides a welcome addition to the sparse literature examining the relationships between leisure and the needs of the elderly. This paucity can probably be attributed to two main factors. The first is that leisure is not normally associated with ‘pro...

There are potentially significant absences in Professor Fonagy’s otherwise illuminating editorial on the developmental aspects of violence, and he neglects to consider other related theories (Fonagy, 2003). The word ‘father’ does not appear in his review and this would seem a major absence in the context of research showing consistent absences of stable paternal figures in those exhibiting anti...