Contents: Foreword; Preface; Introduction: traversing the terrain, David Crowther and Patricia Almeida Ashley; Part I The State of the Art of Social Responsibility Studies and Policies: Two Critic Reviews: Research on social responsibility and governance: perspectives from social responsibility research network, Shahla Seifi and David Crowther; Corporate social responsibility: from business leadership to multi-actors’ policy coherence, Patricia Almeida Ashley. Part II Identities, Communities and Civic Activism: a Challenging Multiactor Agenda for Aligning Social Responsibility, Development and Equity: The territorial transformation of Chinese identity: a sociological analysis from the perspective of time and space, Feiyu Sun; Oil spills in the Niger Delta: 'glocal’ action on social responsibility and development, Elisabeth Antonia Mario Rijnierse; Civic activism on social responsibility in Cameroon: the initiatives and knowledge networking of AFREDECC, Ndenge Godden Zama; Corporate social responsibility within and beyond the 'walls’ of enterprises: a personal testimony in linking research with civic activism, Patricia Almeida Ashley. Part III Epistemological Contributions to a Territorial and Multilevel Approach to Social Responsibility Policies and Studies: An epistemology of territory: a perspective on contexts for social relations, Jose Reis; Psychopolitics and mind management: the way for responsible decision-making in a multi-actor, multilevel and territorial approach, Evandro Vieira Ouriques; Stakeholder identification and influence in public policies: a contribution to social responsibility studies, Ricardo CorrAªa Gomes, Luciana de Oliveira Miranda Gomes and Joyce Liddle; The Brazilian federal government policy of rural territories: two cases in the Amazonas state, Antonio Carlos Witkoski, Samia Feitosa Miguez, Davyd Spencer Ribeiro de Souza, Henrique dos Santos Pereira and Therezinha de Jesus Pinto Fraxe; Integrated social and urban policies in the f