Being ‘excluded from the world of sound’: Deafness, Invalidism and Resilience in Harriet Martineau’s Writings (1834–1855) by Manuela D’Amore

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La construction de la cause végétarienne au prisme du genre : engagements, circulations et réseaux transnationaux entre France, Suisse, Angleterre et Belgique (années 1870-1914)... by Alexandra Hondermarck

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The Boston Women’s Educational and Industrial Union: When Business Undergirded Claims to Political Participation (1877-1920) by Jeanne Boiteux

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Révolution sociale et utopie chez les premiers Fabiens (1884-1890) : un positionnement complexe by Marie Terrier

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Raconter l’Amérique pendant l’ère progressiste : photographies documentaires et films muets by Clémentine Tholas-Disset

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THE ROLE OF PUBLIC OPINION OF GREAT BRITAIN OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL LEGISLATION IN YEARS 1870-1890 OF QUEEN VICTORIA’S REIGN by J. D. Tsvetkova

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Ryuzo Mikimoto and the Ruskin ‘Relics’ Exhibitions of 1926, 1931 and 1933 by Haruka Miki

“…Attracting about 2,000 visitors, it was the first exhibition in Japan of the nineteenth-century British art critic and social reformer John Ruskin. The exhibits included the first editions of The Seven Lamps of Architecture and The Stones of Venice, the Pre-Raphaelite journal The Germ, and Ruskin’s autograph manuscripts, drawings, photographs and letters Ryuzo collected in Britain in the 1920s, amounting to nearly 150 pieces in all. …”
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ECO-INNOVATIONS IN JAPAN: THE MAIN DIRECTIONS by A. I. Bancheva

“…Ecological innovations include technological improvements as well as social reforms. So far the paper draws an attention on two types of innovations: engineering technologies and social reforms (programms, education etc.). …”
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A New Manifestation of American Socially Engaged Fiction by Magdalena Bazylewicz

“…Through creative application of Foucault’s discourse analysis intertwined with AnisShivani’s theory of plastic realism, the paper analyses the cultural forces at play in a self-proclaimed novel of social reform.…”
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The Resurgence of Ideology in Bernard Shaw’s Mrs Warren’s Profession (1893) by Stéphane Guy

“…Echoing the standpoint of Victorian social reformers, Mrs Warren’s Profession explodes the well-made play pattern to shatter commonplaces and pave the way to a drama of ideas. …”
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The (possible) function of the beatitude of the poor in the context of the struggle against poverty by Joachim Kügler

“…The original version of this makarism has to be seen as a religious statement which is not meant as a program of social reform. Yet it has political and socio-ethical implications as it connects the poor with God and his kingdom. …”
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L’après-guerre du peuple ? La Grande-Bretagne sous les Travaillistes vue par Britain To-day (1945-1950) by Alice Byrne

“…This entailed a departure from the war-time editions’ concern with reconstruction and social reform. Difficult post-war conditions, which made US support of primary concern, led Britain To-day to downplay the Labour government’s programme of reforms. …”
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Social Determinants of Health in India: Reimagining of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Vision in the Light of Marginalized Communities by Kanhaiya Tripathi, Diksha Kanwat, Shankar Lal Bika, Jaspal Kaur, Neelu Rawat, Ashwani Kumar, Bhupinder Singh, Doggala Raju Kumar, Bawa Singh

“…Ambedkar, an iconic figure in Indian social reform and the driving force behind the Indian Constitution, acknowledged the significance of the social determinants of health influencing health outcomes. …”
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Profession, Emotion, and Hope: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Origins of the Sociology of Gender by María Luisa Jiménez-Rodrigo

“…Gilman also implements an alternative model of sociological practice that is linked to social reform, outreach and social pedagogy to promote women’s emancipation and gender equality.…”
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« La souris ne peut pas jouer avec le chat ». Marc Christin, un écrivain à l’asile (Cery, vers 1900) by Marco Cicchini

“…At a time when Vaud psychiatry is striving for penal and social reform, the publication of Les Évincés exemplifies the dialectic between forced confinement and the work of the writer who is supposed to demonstrate his autonomy in spite of his confinement.…”
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The methodological meaning of the concept of the culture of National Liberation by Paulius Subačius

“…The distinction between the culture of accumulation of the national and the culture of national liberation is presupposed by the opposition of static and dynamics - coming from different interpretations of the model - social reforms and authorities, and person and community. …”
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L’association comme réponse à la question sociale du XIXe au XXe siècle : by Anne Fretel

“…Since the XIXth century, in France, the “social question” is crucial to the debate over economic and social reforms. The debate is mainly structured around the following alternative: to reinforce economic liberalism or to recognise a widened role for State intervention. …”
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American Transcendentalist’s Conceptions of Self: Comparison Among Emerson, Thoreau And Whitman by Dian Natalia Sutanto

“…Different from Thoreau who emphasizes the primacy of one’s duty to oneself to attain highest virtue through solitary life in nature, Emerson concept’s of self realization is balanced by the duty to others through voluntary participation in social reform. Unlike Whitman who celebrates carnality as the source of human virtue, Emerson’s view is more austere.  …”
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