scholarly journals The killing fields of KZN: Local government elections, violence and democracy in 2016

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Elizabeth De Haas
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Killing Fields ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

Various government initiatives focus on the promotion of social cohesion for nation building. The impact of social cohesion on levels of violence is also the subject of research. This article argues that despite official rhetoric organs of state - are used  in KwaZulu-Natal to  serve party political interests by targeting cohesive groupings struggling for their constitutional rights. Violence is promoted and nation building retarded.  The main case study cited is that of violence-wracked Glebelands hostel in Durban. Since it is also argued that what is happening in Glebelands is not an isolated case reference is also made to the similar targeting of the shack dwellers’ movement Abahali baseMjondolo.

scholarly journals Interactive Multi-Sensory Environments for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vytautas Zalys
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Hand Coordination ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Audio Video ◽  
The Impact

The emerging of digital technology not only encourages the development of new tools but also changes traditional approaches to solving emerging problems. The sound, music, art, colors, etc. that prevailed in the 20th-century forms of therapy are being replaced by integrated systems that overcome many of these forms, thanks to digital technology. With the increasing number of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the world, such systems provide new opportunities for the treatment of these disorders. In this research, the creation of such a system has been chosen as the object of work. The article presents an interactive tool for the education of children with ASD created by audio, video, and computer technologies and assesses its potential impact. The experimental research and its results are presented. This study aims to evaluate an interactive instrument developed for the education of such children. Following the objectives of ensuring the interactivity of the process, provoking all the perceptions of the subject, and developing the subject's ability to respond to the environment, a personalized audiovisual environment was created. For interactivity, the virtual program EyeCon, Webcam and camcorders, video projector, and speaker system were used. The study was conducted with one subject and a case study method was used. The impact of the instrument was established based on a survey of the parents of the child and the findings of childcare experts. The results of the study demonstrated the positive benefits for this child such as increased eye-to-hand coordination, concentration duration, improved communication, and emotional expression. The results obtained show that such interactive multi-sensory environments in special and general education schools can be a supplemental tool for traditional methods.

Impact of the War in Croatia (1991-1995) on the Differentiation of Age Structure between Serbs and Croats: A Case Study of the Banija Region

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Kovjanić ◽  
Mila Pavlović ◽  
Vedran Živanović ◽  
Filip Krstić
Keyword(s):  
Age Structure ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Population Decline ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Aging is the subject of various studies by the scientific community and monitoring by responsible institutions. The intensity of aging and the proportion of age groups among various communities differ due to different socio-economic conditions and characteristics. This article researches the impact of the war in Croatia 1991–1995 and postwar living conditions on the divergence of population aging in the ethnically heterogeneous Banija region. The first postwar census in 2001 recorded a population decline of 44.9% compared to the 1991 census. We analyze the effects of the war on changes in ethnic and age structure, as well as their interrelations. The quantitative and qualitative magnitude of these demographic changes in the inter-census period had a decisive influence on the correlation of age and ethnic structure. The article examines whether the relative share of Serbs or Croats in the total population of a settlement affects the average age of the settlement. The results confirmed that the Serbs are older than the Croats, and are in the phase of the most advanced demographic age. These changes raise the question of the demographic future and the biological viability of the Serbs, who were the majority in the region before the war.

scholarly journals Commercial property tax in the UK: business rates and rating appeals

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 602-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Michael Greenhalgh ◽  
Kevin Muldoon-Smith ◽  
Sophie Angus
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of the introduction of the business rates retention scheme (BRRS) in England which transferred financial liability for backdated appeals to LAs. Under the original scheme, business rates revenue, mandatory relief and liability for successful appeals is spilt 50/50 between central government and local government which both share the rewards of growth and bear the risk of losses. Design/methodology/approach The research adopts a microanalysis approach into researching local government finance, conducting a case study of Leeds, to investigate the impact of appeals liability and reveal disparities in impact, through detailed examination of multiple perspectives in one of the largest cities in the UK. Findings The case study reveals that Leeds, despite having a buoyant commercial economy driven by retail and service sector growth, has been detrimentally impacted by BRRS as backdated appeals have outweighed uplift in business rates income. Fundamentally BRRS is not a “one size fits all” model – it results in winners and losers – which will be exacerbated if local authorities get to keep 100 per cent of their business rates from 2020. Research limitations/implications LAs’ income is more volatile as a consequence of both the rates retention and appeals liability aspects of BRRS and will become more so with the move to 100 per cent retention and liability. Practical implications Such volatility impairs the ability of local authorities to invest in growth at the same time as providing front line services over the medium term – precisely the opposite of what BRRS was intended to do. It also incentivises the construction of new floorspace, which generates risks overbuilding and exacerbating over-supply. Originality/value The research reveals the significant impact of appeals liability on LAs’ business rates revenues which will be compounded with the move to a fiscally neutral business rates system and 100 per cent business rates retention by 2020.

scholarly journals The Impact of Modern Ultramarathons on Shaping the Social Identity of Runners. The Case Study of Karkonosze Winter Ultramarathon

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Kazimierczak ◽  
Agata Dąbrowska ◽  
Katarzyna Adamczewska ◽  
Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Extreme Sports ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Perfect Space

Despite the growing interest in extreme sports around the world, researchers have rarely investigated the complex factors that have led to a developed commitment to extreme sports in recent years. Precisely, the social identity of ultramarathoners remains a research niche. The aim of the article is to analyze the impact of a sports event on shaping social identity of ultramarathon runners on the example of Karkonosze Winter Ultramarathon (held in Poland). The qualitative method used in the article—interviews with runners—made it possible to examine the factors that create social identity, among which the motives for participation, sports subculture, and the authenticity of the experience play a key role. The first part of the article describes the theoretical aspects of social identity in sport. The second, empirical part presents the research results supplemented by the statements of the contestants. In this case, the subject of analysis is the motives for participation in a winter ultramarathon and their characteristics. Lastly, the article analyzes the subculture of ultramarathoners and the experience of contestants’ authenticity. The investigated winter ultramarathon created the perfect space for creation, deepening and celebrating the social identity of ultramarathoners assessed as a value in itself. The article enriches the present knowledge about the motivation of ultramarathoners because, unlike the results of quantitative research, it presents in-depth responses of runners who were not always concerned by existing research questionnaires.

scholarly journals PEMBERDAYAAN WARGA NEGARA DAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN SOSIAL: PEMUTUSAN MATA RANTAI ANAK JALANAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Meidi Saputra
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Research Finding ◽  
Street Children ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Citizen Empowerment ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Impact

This study aims at describing the citizen empowerment through social entrepreneurship as an effort to break the chain of street children. The design of this research is a case study, with the street children in Semarang as the subject of research. The research finding shows that citizen empowerment through social entrepreneurship plays an important role in breaking the chain of street children. The creation of Dynamic Learning methodis an important instrument in breaking the chain of street children. Dynamic Learning as a practice of social entrepreneurship has played an important role in giving the impact of citizen empowerment so as to improve the economy and social classes of marginalized citizens. 

scholarly journals Don’t write, just mark: the validity of assessing student ability via their computerized peer-marking of an essay rather than their creation of an essay

2004 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Davies
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Student Ability ◽  
Method Of Assessment ◽  
The Impact

This paper reports on a case study that evaluates the validity of assessing students via a computerized peer-marking process, rather than on their production of an essay in a particular subject area. The study assesses the higher-order skills shown by a student in marking and providing consistent feedback on an essay. In order to evaluate the suitability of this method of assessment in judging a student’s ability, their results in performing this peer-marking process are correlated against their results in a number of computerized multiple-choice exercises and also the production of an essay in a cognate area of the subject being undertaken. The results overall show a correlation of the expected results in all three areas of assessment being undertaken, rated by the final grades of the students undertaking the assessment. The results produced by quantifying the quality of the marking and commenting of the students is found to map well to the overall expectations of the results produced for the cohort of students. It is also shown that the higher performing students achieve a greater improvement in their overall marks by performing the marking process than those students of a lower quality. This appears to support previous claims that awarding a ‘mark for marking’ rewards the demonstration of higher order skills of assessment. Finally, note is made of the impact that such an assessment method can have upon eradicating the possibility of plagiarism.DOI: 10.1080/0968776042000259573

scholarly journals DAMPAK E-MEDIA TERHADAP KENAKALAN PERILAKU SEKSUAL PADA REMAJA DI BATULICIN

Jurnal Ecopsy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robby Adrianie ◽  
Hemy Heryati Anward ◽  
Neka Erlyani
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Genital Organ ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Media Data

ABSTRAK Remaja dengan berbagai masalahnya dapat memunculkan berbagai perilaku berupa kenakalan remaja. Kenakalan remaja mengacu kepada suatu rentang perilaku yang sangat luas, salah satu bentuk kenakalan remaja adalah kenakalan perilaku seksual. Perkembangan e-media seperti terbukanya informasi memungkinkan mengakses berbagai macam informasi pornografi, yang tidak layak dikonsumsi oleh remaja. Bentuk informasi ini sulit dikontrol dan mudah didapat bahkan dikota kecil seperti Batulicin. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui dampak e-media terhadap kenakalan perilaku seksual pada remaja di Batulicin dan mengetahui bentuk-bentuk kenakalan perilaku seksual akibat e-media pada remaja di Batulicin. Metode yang digunakan adalah pendekatan kualitatif, dengan teknik studi kasus deskriptif yang bertujuan mengetahui dampak dan bentuk-bentuk e-media terhadap kenakalan perilaku seksual pada remaja di Batulicin. Subjek penelitian adalah 2 orang remaja SMA di Batulicin dan 1 orang remaja MA di Batulicin, berusia 15 sampai 21 tahun dan memiliki akses untuk menggunakan e-media. Teknik pengumpulan data penelitian ini menggunakan teknik observasi, wawancara, dokumentasi dan tes grafis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ketiga subjek telah melakukan hubungan seksual diluar nikah. Penyebabnya karena beberapa faktor internal dan eksternal. Tidak adanya norma yang dimiliki untuk menyaring informasi menjadikan subjek terjerumus dan melakukan kenakalan perilaku seksual. Informasi yang didapat melalui teman dan e-media seperti HP, laptop dan TV untuk memutar video porno. Bentuk kenakalan perilaku seksual ketiga subjek adalah berpegangan tangan, necking (berciuman sampai daerah dada), meraba payudara dan alat kelamin, petting (saling menempelkan alat kelamin), membaca atau menonton berbau pornografi, melakukan hubungan seksual. Kata kunci: E-Media, Kenakalan Perilaku Seksual, Remaja ABSTRACT  Adolescents with a variety of problems can bring a variety of behaviors such as delinquency. Juvenile delinquency refers to a very wide range of behaviors, one of which is sexual behavior delinquency. The development of e-media information such as the open information enable the access to various kinds of pornography, which is not suitable for adolescents. This kind of information is difficult to control and easy to obtain even in a small town like Batulicin. The purpose of this study was to find out the impact of e-media on sexual behavior delinquency, and the forms of sexual behavior delinquency as a result of e-media in adolescents in Batulicin. The method used in this study was a qualitative approach, with a descriptive case study technique aimed at knowing the impact and forms of e-media on sexual behavior delinquency in adolescents in Batulicin. The subjects were 2 adolescents in SMA at Batulicin and 1 adolescent in MA at Batulicin, aged 15 to 21 years and having an access to e-media. Data were collected using techniques of observation, interview, documentation and graphical test. The results showed that all three subjects had sexual relations outside marriage. It was caused by several internal and external factors. The absence of norms to filter information made the subject fall in sexual behavior delinquency. The information were obtained through friends and e-media such as HP, laptop and TV playing porn videos. The forms of sexual behavior delinquency in three subjects were holding hands, necking (kissing up to the chest), touching breast and genital organ, petting, reading or watching pornography, and sexual intercourse. Keywords: E-Media, Sexual Behavior Delinquency, Adolescent

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION ON THE PROVISION OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES IN OPERATIONAL-LEVEL RETAIL BUSINESSES: CASE STUDY

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 521-525
Author(s):  
Xolani Protus Simamane ◽  
Robert Walter Dumisani Zondo
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Business Transformation ◽  
Operational Level ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
National Economies ◽  
The Impact

The retail industry is arguably one of the most prosperous sectors in the global economy. It serves as an intermediary between producers and consumers. Given its significance in the everyday lives of people in communities, and its role in national economies, the industry operates under extensive competition driven by growth in Information Technology which has dramatically changed the consumption patterns and buying behavior of consumers today. This study investigates the impact of transformation on the provision of products and services in operational-level retail businesses of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). This is a case study and the South African Post Office (SAPO) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) participated in the study. Of the 101 branch managers of SAPO, 72 participated in the study, representing a 71 percent response rate. The sample frame was obtained from both the Human Capital and the Infrastructure Management departments of SAPO in KZN. Descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were used to analyze the two objectives. That is, to establish if the change brought about by business transformation activities improves the provision of products and services in retail businesses and thereby improves the financial performance. It also determines if retail businesses undergoing transformation inspire confidence amongst employees, and thereby achieving their financial goals. The findings revealed that business transformation has the ability to improve the provision of products and services of retail businesses. Continuous communication with regards to transformation inspires confidence among employees, thereby leading to productivity improvements and the achievement of the organizational goals. Productive employees contribute positively to the financial performance of the business. The original value of this study is its approach in uncovering strengths and weaknesses of business transformation in the operational-level retail businesses.

scholarly journals Impact Multicultural Education: Case study in Social Studies Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amin Miftakhul ◽  
Harmanto Harmanto ◽  
Sunarto Sunarto
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Positive Energy ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Difference ◽  
God's Grace ◽  
The Impact

This study intends to describe the impact of multicultural education in Social Studies Learning of junior high school. This type of research is qualitative with the method descriptive. The subject of this research is the component (Teacher and students) Middle-School 6 Sidoarjo. Based on the results of data analysis and discussion shows that Multicultural education in practice for social studies education learning in the classroom runs smoothly and students can be carefully conditioned to have an effect and have an impact, among others: Be tolerant in accepting all differences, because the difference is God's grace, does not discriminate (discriminate) friends who different beliefs, do not force others in terms of beliefs (religion), give freedom to others to choose beliefs (religion), do not interfere with other people with different beliefs when they worship, keep on interacting and behaving well with people who have different beliefs in worldly matters, respect others who are worshiping, do not hate and hurt the feelings of someone who has different beliefs or opinions from us. It is hoped that these forms of tolerance will bring positive energy which will not trigger disputes or quarrels between students.

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