The Social Adaptation of Khmer Rouge Perpetrators in the Aftermath of the Cambodian Genocide

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 535-566
Author(s):  
Angeliki Andrea Kanavou ◽  
Kosal Path
Keyword(s):  
Khmer Rouge ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Thought Reform ◽  
The Social ◽  
Obedience To Authority

Abstract This paper explores the social adaptation of 157 former Khmer Rouge (KR) cadres. The cadres lived in relative isolation in the former KR stronghold, the semi-autonomous Anlong Veng, under the leadership of their commander, Chhit Chhoeun (alias Ta Mok). With the help of survey analysis, the paper presents findings regarding the cadres’ traumatisation, their views on assigning responsibility for actions during the genocide (1975–1979), as well as the cadres’ feelings of shame and lack of trust. The cadres demonstrated avoidance and a lack of self-confrontation and, similarly, manifested limited reflection about their individual and collective participation in the genocidal regime of the KR. The paper concludes with the long-lasting impact of thought reform and obedience to authority. Community re-building in post-genocide societies requires efforts at collective rehabilitation of collaborators of genocidal regimes and survivors alike.

scholarly journals Transition to Circular Economy in the Fertilizer Sector—Analysis of Recommended Directions and End-Users’ Perception of Waste-Based Products in Poland

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 4312
Author(s):  
Marzena Smol
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
End Users ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sector Analysis ◽  
Art Analysis

Circular economy (CE) is an economic model, in which raw materials remain in circulation as long as possible and the generation of waste is minimized. In the fertilizer sector, waste rich in nutrients should be directed to agriculture purposes. This paper presents an analysis of recommended directions for the use of nutrient-rich waste in fertilizer sector and an evaluation of possible interest in this kind of fertilizer by a selected group of end-users (nurseries). The scope of research includes the state-of-the-art analysis on circular aspects and recommended directions in the CE implementation in the fertilizer sector (with focus on sewage-based waste), and survey analysis on the potential interest of nurseries in the use of waste-based fertilizers in Poland. There are more and more recommendations for the use of waste for agriculture purposes at European and national levels. The waste-based products have to meet certain requirements in order to put such products on the marker. Nurserymen are interested in contributing to the process of transformation towards the CE model in Poland; however, they are not fully convinced due to a lack of experience in the use of waste-based products and a lack of social acceptance and health risk in this regard. Further actions to build the social acceptance of waste-based fertilizers, and the education of end-users themselves in their application is required.

Being a golf trainer in China: The life of an artist?

2021 ◽  
pp. 174795412199801
Author(s):  
Boucher Aurélien ◽  
Li Yuqing ◽  
Shao Xueyun
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Survey Analysis ◽  
Professional Certification ◽  
Quantitative Survey ◽  
The Social ◽  
Winner Takes All

This article investigates the earnings of Chinese golf trainers. Through a combination of ethnographic observations, interviews and a quantitative survey analysis, it depicts the social structure of the economy of golf training in China, showing that golf trainers’ playing abilities and fame, rather than any certificate of competence (e.g. diploma or professional certification), determine their earnings. At the same time, we underline many common characteristics between the artists’ labour market and the golf trainers’ labour market, such as the importance of fame and a winner-takes-all logic.

main principles and directions of socio-cultural re-socialization of foreign students

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (Extra-E) ◽  
pp. 327-335
Author(s):  
Hoshang Farhad Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Students ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Internal State ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Small Cities ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject

The purpose of the article is to investigate the basic principles and directions of socio-cultural re-socialization of foreign students. The subject of the research is the institutional practices of re-socialization of foreign students in the conditions of a megalopolis (on the example of Moscow). The results of the work are that the author has studied the basic principles and directions of socio-cultural re-socialization of foreign students, they include 2 components, one of which provides the necessary conditioning of the internal state of a person for entering the host society, and the second-actually entering society through following certain trajectories in the social space. Thus, Russian megacities as places of subsequent social adaptation of foreign students are full of more opportunities for successful re-socialization of a criminal than small cities, but they are not without risks.

scholarly journals Review of methodological approaches to the analysis of the transformation of the agricultural labor market in modern Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-214
Author(s):  
Maria N. Mukhanova
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Behavioral Models ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
New Production ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Labor Practices ◽  
The Social

The article provides an overview and generalization of Russian studies of the transformation of the agricultural labor market in the post-Soviet period. Researchers of the Russian countryside reflect the obtained results in publications mainly describing the problems associated with the Russian countryside and the agricultural labor market. This is, first of all, the destruction of the rural infrastructure, poverty, unemployment, the interaction of old and new production entities (agricultural enterprises, peasant farms, private household plots and agricultural holdings), the loss of communication between villagers and agricultural enterprises, the villagers models of social adaptation and labor behavior. These processes served as a methodological support for the analysis and empirical evidence of how consciously villagers have been changing social and labor practices under the pressure of institutional transformations and agricultural modernization. Based on the choice of rational behavioral models in the labor market, they transformed the social structure of the village under the pressure of the market economy values, new rules, norms and institutional requirements. Modern processes in the agro-industrial field in the context of the property transformation contributed to the formation of a new agrarian structure, constructed by new subjects. The new and old production subjects interact in a multi-structured economy. They are important “players” in the institutional field of the agricultural sector, thus influencing the social and structural processes in the labor market. This determined a new configuration of the social rural groups employed in the formal and informal sectors.

scholarly journals Regional programs as instrument of reducing of poverty for sustainable development of Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 296 ◽  
pp. 03005
Author(s):  
Vladimir Smirnov ◽  
Marina Danilina ◽  
Olga Selivanova ◽  
Ludmila Botasheva ◽  
Natalia Kabanova
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
System Organization ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Subsistence Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Four Blocks ◽  
Regional Programs ◽  
Regions Of Russia

The article is dedicated to the analysis of the regional programs as an instrument of diminishment of poverty level in the regions of Russia. On the basis of the examination of 14 regional programs, in accordance with the methodology, developed by VNII of Labour, it was found that the goals of all regional programs are aimed at a steady increase in the income of citizens and a decrease in the proportion of the population with incomes below the subsistence level. Despite the existing variability of formulations, according to the semantic load, the tasks of all regional programs can be combined into four blocks: increase in the level of income of citizens and an excess of the growth rate of income of citizens, including average wages, over the rate of growth of inflation; development of a system of social assistance to citizens in need; development of the social contract system; organization of social adaptation of low-income citizens.

scholarly journals Dialektika Masyarakat Baduy dalam Memaknai Realitas Pemilihan Umum 2014

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-102
Author(s):  
Karman Karman
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
General Election ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
Adaptation Process ◽  
Social Construction Of Reality ◽  
The Social ◽  
General Elections ◽  
Research Show

Baduy Community is very obedient to local rules/custom, e.g. lunang (sundanesse to express obedience to whoever the winner), and ngasuh rati, ngayak menak. Surprisingly, the voter number in Baduy have increased from 2013 to 2014. They have their own mechanism in determining leader, that is by deliberation among customary figures. The social-political changes make-up the result of their construction change toward reality. The issue in this study is how Baduy community (re-)construct general election. This one aims to understand Baduy’s  construction to electoral activities, their understanding to the obligation to participate in election, and the adaptation process of different realities (reality in Baduy and Reality in external). By harnessing the Social Construction of Reality introduced by Berger, and Social Adaptation System introduced by Giddens, this research show Baduy objectifies and participates in general elections as an obedience to the customary rules. Understanding about obligations to participate in election is legitimized by customary institution, regarding dualism of different structure, they must adapt theirselves to different realities.

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