Defense security and sustainable development in Africa: Emerging challenges and response by Abdulrasheed Abdulyakeen, Mu’ammar Bello

“…Methodologically, Crosssectional descriptive survey design was adopted in the study, while primary and secondary sources of data were relied upon, interview and focus group discussion (FGD) were used as primary instruments of data collections. The social contract theory is adopted as the framework of analysis. …”
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Progressive view on social justice: Netizen opinions about social justice warrior by Hartanto Hartanto, Subandi Subandi, Olga Pavlova

“…Positive opinions can be explained by criticism of social contract theory, namely the demand to be more supportive of minority groups, sensitivity, and empathy (the ability to feel other groups' social conditions and environmental conditions).…”
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Transformations of Global Cooperation Processes as a Strategy of Sustainable Social Development in the Context of Research and Education by Zinchenko Viktor Viktorovich, Boichenko Mykhailo Ivanovych, Polishchuk Oleksandr Serhiyovych, Drach Iryna Ivanivna

“…There is a need for a new type of social contract between society and citizens, which must necessarily be included in modern institutional systems. …”
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Al-Sadir MacIntyre's Communitarianistic Confrontation with the Liberal Government of the Modern Age by Tahmasb Alipuriani, Mokhtar Nouri

“…The institution of the modern state, based on the liberal doctrine of social contract, has been questioned in the age of globalization by the formation of paradigmatic transformations of political thought from different think tanks. …”
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UNESCO'S CONTRIBUTION TO TEACHER EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE by Наталія Авшенюк

“…This article is based on an analysis of the leading UNESCO documents on quality assurance in teacher education (Teacher Policy Development Guide (2019), Reimagining our futures together – A new social contract for education (2021), The Futures of Teaching: Background paper prepared for the Futures of Education Initiative (2021)) focuses on the determinants for increasing the effectiveness of teachers' work. …”
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Al-Sadir McIntyre’s Communitarianistic Confrontation with the Liberal State of the Modern Age by Tahmaseb Alipouriani, Mokhtar Nouri

“…The institution of the modern state, based on the liberal doctrine of social contract, has been questioned in the age of globalization by the formation of paradigmatic transformations of political thought from different think tanks. …”
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FUNGSI SOSIOLOGIS UNDANG-UNDANG DASAR NEGARA REPUBLIK INDONESIA TAHUN 1945 DALAM MEMENUHI HAK-HAK MASYARAKAT by Encik Muhammad Fauzan

“…Abstract Constitution is a binding social contract between government and citizen. Their relationships figure the rights of the society. …”
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EL DERECHO DE GENTES EN RAWLS by Ricardo Sandoval Barros

“…The paper focuses on the central theses developed by Rawls throughout his writings, especially his theory of justice, the idea of public reason and the proposal for a second original position as the basis of international law, which incorporates the theory the social contract and exposes the influence of Rawls’s theory of justice in the political arena, the paper reflects on aspects that show Rawls as a liberal reformer of the thesis.…”
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Articulating the social responsibilities of translational science by Elise M. R. Smith, Stephen Molldrem, Jeffrey S. Farroni, Emma Tumilty

“…Articulating social responsibilities specific to translational science is justified based on three of the field’s foundational elements: (1) the social contract regarding public funding of research, (2) the goals of translational science, and (3) the increased risk of direct, indirect, and systemic harms from translational science, which involve system-level changes. …”
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A Brief Political Economy of Energy Subsidies in the Middle East and North Africa by Laura El-Katiri, Bassam Fattouh

“…In the MENA region’s oil and gas producing countries, low energy prices have also historically formed an important element of an unwritten social contract, where governments have extracted their countries’ hydrocarbon riches in return for citizens’ participation in sharing resource rents. …”
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Treasury Single Account – Transparency and Accountability in Public Finance Management in Nigeria: The Journey So Far by C. J. Igbokwe-Ibeto, Barisua Barry Nkomah, Kehinde O. Osakede, Ruth Fanny Kinge

“…Within the framework of New Public Management approach, the paper explores the gamut of issues surrounding the implementation of TSA and concludes that, for an administration that has social contract with Nigerians in terms of service delivery; it has the obligation to aggregating states’ resources to provide social services, amenities and infrastructural development to the people. …”
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Second world war, communism and post-communism in Albania, an equilateral triangle of a tragic trans-Adriatic story. The Eftimiadi’s Saga by Paolo Muner

“…This as a re-establishment of rule and understanding, a strategy to cope with pressures to renegotiate the social contract, as a universal need, by considering the past’s experiences as a firm base for successful social interaction. …”
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Higher Learning: Lessons from an Online Advocate by Stephen C. Ludwig

“…From these lessons, the paper argues that United States higher education culture is holding back the rapid expansion of online programs, preventing many universities from fulfilling their social contract with the public and serving more students in the mission of access. …”
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Centre That Holds: An Inquiry into the Model of Peace and Protection in T.S. Eliot’s Selected Ariel Poems by Kongkona Dutta

“…Also, Eliot’s allegiance to the ecclesiastical centres as a means to consolidate the European society is akin to Thomas Hobbes’s (1588-1679) social contract theory of society and state formation. …”
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Transforming Lives through Empathy, Compassion, Societal Well Being and Management Best Practices Case of Akhuwat, Pakistan by Aamir A. Chaudhry, Khadijah Saeed Khan, Atif Hassan, Irfan Amir

“…Are businesses and management practices truly consistent with social contract of organizations with society? The prevalence of business with societal well-being concept is rare despite the fact that world at large is the advocate of societal well-being. …”
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The Right to Access The Vaccine as a Human Right by Maryam Gholami, Mahdi Firoozabadian

“…The results illustrate that public access to the COVID-19 vaccine is justified under the heading of social contract and it persuades human rights to support the idea of corporate social responsibility more broadly. …”
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Liberal Rule of Law; A Case Study of Hayek and Nozick by Mohammad Reza Vijeh, Javad Yahyazadeh

“…Findings of the present article, based on descriptive-analytical method and collection of information through libraries, show the link between nomos and thesis in the legal system, critique of distributive justice and advocacy of modified democracy, emphasis on the meta-legal doctrine of the rule of law and finally setting the normative and institutional framework in Hayek's ideas, on the one hand, and the application of the natural state, the dominant protectionist association, and the social contract to justify the minimal state, acceptance of the minarchy versus anarchy, advocate of entitlement justice instead of distributive justice, and limitation of government functions, the components of the liberal rule of law in the intellectual system of these two thinkers organize that Contemplation in this area has made its differences and similarities with the contemporary rule of law in Iran and efforts to solve the shortcomings of the domestic legal system inevitable.…”
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CODE-CROSSING: HIERARCHICAL POLITENESS IN JAVANESE by Majid Wajdi, I Ketut Darma Laksana, I Made Suastra, I Made Budiarsa

“…It is concluded that hierarchical politeness in Javanese is ‘social contract’ i.e. the acknowledgment of the existence of high class (superior) and low class (inferior)  implemented in ‘communications contract’  using speech levels of the Javanese language  in line with status scale. …”
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Implementation of corporate social responsibility based on the triple bottom line concept in the era of Covid 19 pandemic by Gugus Wijonarko, Sri Juni Woro Astuti

“…The results of this study show that Pelindo III applies the principles of balancing and normative truth: sustainability, accountability and transparency, marked by a commitment to upholding the social contract. through this community development program. …”
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Key success factors for scaling social enterprises in South Africa by Henry Oswald Esau, Robertson K. Tengeh

“…Community partnerships are an overarching factor when considering scaling GSEs. By forming a social contract with communities, SEs allow them to take ownership of the interventions, increasing social impact. …”
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