Full text beschikbaar met een HU-account. This volume poses a series of key questions about the practice of probation as an integral part of the European criminal justice system. The contributors are established experts in their respective fields of study and together their questions address the legitimacy, …

The proportion of elderly people in the society is constantly growing. The elderly who live alone form one of the most vulnerable groups in the society that is also at considerable risk for poverty and social isolation. According to the last population census in Estonia (2011), 39.3% of the elderly (65+) …

The research studies informal learning in cooperative art practices. It describes the way artists and artistically skilled amateurs get together to produce culture and in that way give shape and meaning to their own public lives. In many ways the "cooperative art practices" of these "communities of creative …

As the state retracts further in the Netherlands, the role of civil society increases. Only now the impact becomes visible due to changing arrangements in the social domain. Since enormous cuts in the welfare budgets have been implemented; creative innovations by civil initiatives are much needed to …

e term ‘nieuwe businessmodellen’ is vooral te vinden in het discours over duurzaam, maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen en de deeleconomie. Dit discours zit vol verwijzingen naar sociale en collectieve termen als bottom-up, grassroots, crowds en communities. Het suggereert anders denken en doen, meer …

Fulltext via link. This article describes the perspective of newly started female Turkish and Moroccan Dutch professionals in social work and explores how they connect to the social work profession. Social work in the Netherlands attracts many of these young ‘new’ professionals. These second-generation …

Achtergrond en aanleiding De gemeente Den Haag streeft naar een sportief en vitaal Den Haag, naar een stad waarin sport voor iedereen toegankelijk is en alle Hagenaars een actieve en gezonde leefstijl hebben. Goede sportvoorzieningen met voor iedereen wat wils maken onderdeel uit van deze ambitie. Een …

Abstract for the European Association of Sociology for Sport conference in Dublin on the development over time of social impact evaluations in the Netherlands. In total 33 sport events were included that were held between 1980-2015 in the Netherlands. The events were selected to vary in fixed vs. mobile, …

The abstract concerns research work being conducted now about how a European university's (Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands) engagement activities with local communities in Mombasa area, Kenya. The paper will concentrate on the challenges and opportunities for such an …

In toenemende mate wordt er onderzoek gedaan naar de economische en maatschappelijke effecten van sportevenementen (Cashman et al., 2004). Veel onderzoek wordt uitgevoerd in opdracht van beleidsmakers en de politiek om de publieke financiering van sportevenementen te legitimeren. De focus van dit type …