Part I The state of the art of social responsibility Studies and policies: Two critic reviews Chapter 1. Research on social responsibility and governance: perspectives from the social responsibility research network - Shahla Seifi and David Crowther Chapter 2. Corporate social responsibility: from business leadership to multi-actors’ policy coherence - Patricia Almeida Ashley PART II. Identities, communities and civic activism: a challenging multi-actor agenda for aligning social responsibility, development and equity Chapter 3. The territorial transformation of chinese identity: a sociological analysis from the perspective of time and space - Feiyu Sun Chapter 4. Oil spills in the Niger delta: ‘glocal’ action on social responsibility and development - Elisabeth Antonia Mario Rijnierse Chapter 5. Civic activism on social responsibility in Cameroon: the initiatives and knowledge networking of AFREDECC - Ndenge Godden Zama Chapter 6. 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 Chapter 7. An epistemology of territory: a perspective on contexts for social relations - Jose Reis Chapter 8. Psychopolitics and mind management: the way for responsible decision-making in a multi-actor, multilevel and territorial approach - Evandro Vieira Ouriques Chapter 9. Stakeholder identification and influence in public policies: a contribution to social responsibility studies - Ricardo Corrêa Gomes, Luciana de Oliveira Miranda Gomes and Joyce Liddle Chapter 10. 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 Chapter 11. integrated social and urban policies in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro: the experience of the UPP social program - Ricardo Henriques Chapter 12. The Master Model© on multi-actor, multilevel and territorial social responsibility: a mapping tool for social responsibility, development and equity policies and studies - Patricia Almeida Ashley Conclusion: Opening research and policy agendas from a multi-actor, multilevel and territorial social responsibility approach - Patricia Almeida Ashley and David Crowther