Socioeconomic Development

Edited by : Salustiano del Campo,

Universidad Complutense, Spain

Tomoko Hamada,

College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, USA

Giancarlo Barbiroli,

University of Bologna, Italy

Saskia Sassen,

The University of Chicago, USA

Eleonora Barbieri-Masini,

Faculty of Social Sciences, Gregorian University, Italy

Paul Nchoji Nkwi,

Cameroon

Abubakar Momoh,

Lagos

Owen Sichone

Socioeconomic Development Social Work

Jan Marie Fritz, Professor of Planning and Health Policy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Individual and Group Empowerment: Self-Help and Mutual Assistance

Conflict Resolution

Institution Building

Community Building

Nation Building

Region and World Building

Perspectives on Contemporary Socioeconomic Development

Nikolai Genov, Department of Global and Regional Development, Institute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Philosophical Perspectives

Nikolai Genov, Department of Global and Regional Development, Institute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Economic Perspectives

Nikolai Genov, Department of Global and Regional Development, Institute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Political Perspectives

Nikolai Genov, Department of Global and Regional Development, Institute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Socioeconomic Development, Models and Paradigms

Nikolai Genov, Department of Global and Regional Development, Institute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Social Work, Social Welfare, and Socioeconomic Development

Nikolai Genov, Department of Global and Regional Development, Institute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Policy in Selected Socioeconomic Development Sectors

The Socioeconomics of Agriculture

Angel Paniagua, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain
Kathleen Baker, Geography Depatment,. King’s College London. Great Britain

Capital and Finance

Communications and Information

Marilena Lunca, The World Organization of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC), ISA - Sociocybernetics, The Netherlands

Consumer Security

Maria Angeles Mora Temprano, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication,Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain

Criminal and Juvenile Justice

Maria Angeles Mora Temprano, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication,Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain

Disaster and Crisis Management

Walter Green

Education

Energy

Environment

Riley E. Dunlap, Department of Sociology and Department of Rural Sociology, Washington State University, USA

Food and agriculture

Health

Housing: Object and Subject of Sustainable Development

Marilena Lunca, The World Organization of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC), ISA - Sociocybernetics, The Netherlands

Human Rights

Gisela Kaplan, University of New England, Australia

International Security

Amandeep Sandhu, Canada

Population

Jose M. Infante, Mexico

Religion

Jose M. Infante, Mexico

Rural Development

Artemis Baigorri, Spain

Social Services

Maria Angeles Mora Temprano, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication,
Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain

The Socio-Economic Aspects of Technology

Antonio Lopez Pelaez, Departamento de Sociologia III (Tendencias Sociales), Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain

Transportation, Mobility, and Women in Cities of Developed Countries

Mercedes Pardo and Jose M. Echavarren, Public University of Navarre, Spain

Urban Development and its Forms: Origins and New Challenges for the Twenty-First Century

Mercedes Pardo and José M. Echavarren, University Carlos III in Madrid, and Public University of Navarre, Spain

Socioeconomic Development Policy and Historically Disadvantaged Population

Older People and Sustainable Development

John A. Vincent, Department of Sociology, University of Exeter, UK

Children

The Disabled

Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Minorities

Ulrike Schuerkens, Institut foer Sozialwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universitat, Germany

Refugees and Inmigrants

The Poor

Stephen Schecter, Professor, Department of Sociology, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada

Women

The Consumer Society

Luisa Leonini, Department of Social and Political Studies, University of Milano, Italy

Historical Development of Consumer Societies

Roberta Sassatelli, School of Economic and Social Studies, University of East Anglia, UK

Consumption in Affluent Societies of Industrialized Nations

L. Sartori, Department of Sociology and Social Research, The University of Trento, Italy

Consumption in Developing Nations

L. Sartori, Department of Sociology and Social Research, The University of Trento, Italy

Family, Gender, and Socialization Issues in Consumption

Luisa Leonini, Department of Social and Political Studies, University of Milano, Italy
M. Santoro, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Economic Theories of Consumption

Roberta Sassatelli, School of Economic and Social Studies, University of East Anglia, UK

Information and Communication in the Consumer Society

Luisa Leonini, Department of Social and Political Studies, University of Milano, Italy

Consumer Culture: Media, Advertising, and Wants Creation

Consumption and the Natural Environment

Globalization and Consumer Cultures

Julio Bordas, Department of Sociology, Universidad Nacional de Education a Distancia, Spain

Sustainable Consumption

Environment, Development, and Consumption

Alternatives to Consumer Consumption Cultures

Sustainable Development and the Consumer Society

Integrating Competitiveness, Sustainability, and Social Policy

Internal Sustainability and Economic Growth in the Arab States

Ali Abdel Gadir Ali, Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait

Human Rights, Development And Capabilities

William F. Birdsall, Library Consultant, Canada

The Economics of Conflict and Peace

Syed Mansoob Murshed, The Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, University House, UK