Banber Erevani hamalsarani. Sots'iologia.
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The journal publishes papers on sociological and interdisciplinary analysis of actual problems of the modern society, without limiting its scope of interests with any particular direction. We are interested in both theoretical and applied research studies focused on contemporary issues in the field of social work and social administration.
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Vol. 17 No. 1 (43) (2026)
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Social Work and Social Technologies
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Social Work and Social Technologies
SOCIAL CASE WORK OR CASE MANAGEMENT? UNDERSTANDING TWO COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES IN ARMENIAN SOCIAL WORK
AbstractThis article examines the relationship between social case work and social case management within the development of social work practice in Armenia. Although these concepts are frequently used interchangeably in Armenian professional discourse, they represent distinct yet complementary methods of intervention. Drawing upon international social work literature and the historical evolution of social services in Armenia, the article analyzes the origins, theoretical foundations, and practical applications of both approaches. The discussion demonstrates that social case work primarily focuses on direct professional engagement with beneficiaries through assessment, intervention, and psychosocial support, whereas social case management emphasizes coordination of services, resource mobilization, and oversight of interventions delivered by multiple providers. The article traces how confusion between these approaches emerged during the early institutionalization of social work in Armenia and explains how the integration of social services has increased the relevance of case management. It is argued that the future development of Armenia’s social protection system requires a clear conceptual distinction between these methods while simultaneously promoting their integration. Such an approach would strengthen professional practice, improve service delivery, and enhance outcomes for beneficiaries facing complex social problems.
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Teater, B. (2024). An introduction to applying social work theories and methods (4th ed.). Open University Press.
Woodside, M., & McClam, T. (2021). Generalist case management: A method of human service delivery (6th ed.). Cengage Learning.
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Social Work and Social Technologies
THE ROLE OF PLANNING IN ENSURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GROUP SOCIAL WORK
AbstractPlanning is one of the key components of successful group social work, which ensures its targeted, systematic and effective implementation. This article presents a comprehensive review of the theoretical and professional literature on group social work planning, focusing on the main stages of planning։ needs assessment, formulation of SMART goals, selection of participants, group formation, development of meeting structure, risk management, as well as monitoring and evaluation processes. In order to present the domestic experience of group social work planning, the experience of the “Shogh” community-based day care centers for children operating under the Armenian Evangelical Association of America (AMAA) was studied. The presented experience shows how systematic and conscious planning can contribute to the social development, well-being and social inclusion of children and families. The article pays special attention to the interdependence of planning and evaluation as a continuous professional process, which allows not only to organize the work of the group, but also to assess its effectiveness and make necessary improvements. Thus, the analysis of both theoretical sources and practical experience proves that effective planning contributes to increasing the quality of group activities, strengthening professional accountability, and ensuring more sustainable and significant results for beneficiaries.
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Social Work and Social Technologies
DEATH ROLL INMATE SURGE: THE OBLIVIOUS THREAT TO CORRECTIONAL CENTRES LIVING CONDITIONS
AbstractThe increasing number of the death row prisoners is posing an increasing burden on custodial management and welfare of inmates in Nigeria. This paper examines the effects of the surge in the number of death row inmates on the quality of life of the condemned prisoners in Kwara State, Nigeria, based on a qualitative research design.
Data were collected using in-depth interviewing of fifteen death row inmates and were analysed using a thematic approach to capture both the lived and institutional realities. Respondents were selected from the host of death roll inmates with inclusion criteria of inmates who has spend a minimum of five (5) years on death roll. This criteria becomes necessary to harvest wide responses on the subject matter
The results show that years of overcrowding have seriously compromised individual space, sanitation, food and water, medical care and the right to move. In addition to material deprivation the surge has increased psychological suffering and heightened tension in inmates and strengthened feelings of neglect and institutional abandonment. The paper also illustrates that current correctional facilities and provisions in Kwara State are not adequately prepared to take care of the growing population of the death row.
The article then suggests population management and sentencing review mechanism, scaling up of resources, and enhanced budgetary funds to ameliorate the living conditions and provide humane treatment according to the international correctional standards. This research acts as a valuable addition to the criminological and policy discourse on the problem of overcrowding in correctional facilities and capital punishment in Nigeria by placing death row inmate voices at the centre of the discussion.
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Social Work and Social Technologies
THE MARGINALIZED VOICE: HOW DOES NEOLIBERAL GOVERNANCE RESHAPE THE PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN ARMENIA?
AbstractThis article examines the marginalization of social workers’ voices within the context of Armenia’s recent social protection reforms. Utilizing the theoretical lens of political social work, the study explores how the introduction of integrated case management and new family vulnerability assessment systems impacts professional practice. Drawing on critical, structural, and radical traditions, the analysis suggests that while reforms aim for administrative efficiency and activation through employment, they often rely on neoliberal logic that prioritizes algorithmic indicators over nuanced professional judgment. The article identifies significant systemic risks, including the individualization of poverty, the reduction of professional autonomy, and the rise of a "silent compliance" culture. Ultimately, the paper argues that for social work to remain an instrument of social justice, it must reclaim its political dimension, ensuring that the lived realities of vulnerable populations are not lost to bureaucratic digitalization.
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Social Work and Social Technologies
INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF SOCIAL CASE MANAGEMENT IN ARMENIA
AbstractSocial case management is widely applied in organizations providing social services in Armenia. However, the extent to which it has been institutionalized within the national social service system remains unclear. This article addresses this gap by combining theoretical perspectives on institutionalization with findings from qualitative research conducted among social service providers in Armenia.
The results indicate that, although social case management has undergone significant institutional development, it has not yet been fully institutionalized. In particular, regulative and normative components—such as legal frameworks, policies, and professional standards—are largely established, while the cultural-cognitive dimension, including mutual recognition, legitimization, and consistent application of standardized approaches, remains underdeveloped across governmental, community-based, and non-governmental organizations.
The article contributes to the field by conceptualizing social case management as a methodology, clarifying its relationship with social work, and providing a structured analysis of its institutionalization process in the Armenian context.
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Modernization, Social and Environment Change
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Modernization, Social and Environment Change
OPEC AND CLIMATE ACTION: ADAPTATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
AbstractThe Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has committed to combating climate change. However, this commitment has confronted its members with two contradictory imperatives. They are sustaining hydrocarbon dependent development and adapting to the global agenda for decarbonisation. As international climate discourse intensifies, OPEC’s traditional rentier models of statecraft face unprecedented strain. This study examines how climate change discourse is reshaping the material and economic environment of OPEC states in the Global South dependent on oil and natural gas rents. Using qualitative data and a political economy approach, the study analyses how OPEC states collectively and individually negotiates the pressures of climate change commitments and national development imperatives. Employing the case studies of Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and the United Arab Emirate, the article highlights the adaptive strategies of these states. The study finds that these strategies range from economic diversification and renewable energy investments to symbolic green branding and resistance within international climate negotiations. The study concludes that while OPEC members rhetorically embrace aspects of the energy transition agenda, their developmental dependence on hydrocarbons creates a double-bind of climate vulnerability and economic inertia.
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THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA: WHAT CHANGED BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW?
AbstractAfrica, historically celebrated as the “Golden Continent,” has long been endowed with immense natural wealth (gold, diamonds, oil, cobalt, lithium, and more); however, it remains plagued by poverty, inequality, and political instability. This study draws on historical and contemporary evidence to argue that what Europeans coveted in the 19th century remains the focal point of foreign interest. From ancient civilizations like Ghana, Mali, and Great Zimbabwe to the 19th-century Scramble for Africa, external powers have sought to control and exploit Africa’s resources. The colonial conquest restructured African economies into extractive systems to serve European industrialization while dismantling indigenous governance and social cohesion. Despite political independence, these structures endure through modern neo-colonial mechanisms, including resource-backed debt, multinational corporate dominance, and aid dependency. This paper found that today’s competition for Africa’s critical minerals, driven by the global green energy transition, mirrors colonial exploitation with China, the U.S., and the EU securing long-term access under the guise of investment and development., which represent the new scramble for the continent, thus being marginally different from the old order or scramble highlighted by the Berlin Treaty of 1885. Therefore, the persistence of extractive systems underscores the need for African nations to reclaim economic sovereignty, pursue value-added industries, and strengthen intra-continental cooperation to transform resource wealth into sustainable development.
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JUST TRANSITION FROM BELOW: HOW MINEWORKERS IN ZIMBABWE LINK LABOUR RIGHTS TO CLIMATE JUSTICE
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Migration Studies
FROM ACCESS TO OUTCOMES: HOUSING POLICY AND THE CONSTRAINTS OF INTEGRATION AMONG FORCIBLY DISPLACED PERSONS FROM NAGORNO-KARABAKH
AbstractHousing policy is widely framed as a key mechanism of socio-economic integration in contexts of forced displacement; however, theoretical debates increasingly distinguish between processes and outcomes, challenging the assumption that formal access necessarily leads to sustainable integration.
This article examines the constraints of integration within housing policy by analyzing the mechanisms through which access to housing support is translated—or fails to translate—into integration outcomes. Drawing on original empirical research conducted in Armenia following the mass displacement from Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023, the study employs an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design, combining administrative data, a survey of 717 households, and qualitative interviews.
The findings demonstrate that integration outcomes are shaped by a structural gap between formal and effective access. Financial intermediation, housing market dynamics, and institutional features of programme design interact to constrain beneficiaries’ ability to convert legal eligibility into actual housing outcomes. This results in selective participation, uneven integration pathways, and dynamics of partial inclusion that may be understood as forms of “double marginalisation”.
The article advances process-oriented and socio-ecological approaches to integration by conceptualising access as a mediated and conditional process. It argues that the constraints of integration are not inherent to displacement itself, but emerge from the interaction between policy design, market dynamics, and institutional environments.
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“SOCIETIES IN MOTION”: A CURRICULUM MODEL FOR TEACHING THE SOCIOLOGY OF MIGRATION
AbstractThis methodological article presents the significance, structure, and pedagogical peculiarities of the course Sociology of Migration designed for Bachelor-level students of social and humanitarian specialties. Today, migration has emerged as one of the most influential social processes shaping demographic transformations, labor markets, urban development, cultural interactions, political conflicts, and identity formation. In the context of world’s societies complex and even chaotic developments, forced displacement, and increasing transnational mobility, sociology students require systematic theoretical and methodological training to comprehend migration as a multidimensional social phenomenon.
Particular attention is devoted to migration-related integration processes. Contemporary societies increasingly encounter challenges associated with social inclusion, intercultural communication, ethnic relations, discrimination, segregation, and the adaptation of migrants within receiving communities.
Consequently, the course introduces students to major sociological approaches to integration, assimilation, multiculturalism, transnationalism, and acculturation, enabling them to critically analyze the complex relationships between migrants and societies.
The article argues that the incorporation of migration sociology into BA-level sociological education is essential for the development of analytical, critical, and research-oriented competencies. The course combines theoretical lectures with seminar discussions, case-study analysis, comparative perspectives, visual materials, and elements of empirical interpretation. Particular emphasis is placed on establishing connections between sociological theory and contemporary migration realities in both global and local; sending and receiving contexts.
The anticipated educational outcomes include the development of sociological imagination, reasoning, the capacity to analyze migration and integration processes, enhanced analytical and communicative competencies, and the preparation of students for further academic research and professional engagement in migration-related fields.
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