The Social Problems of Africa

Africa ◽  
1929 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Thurnwald
Keyword(s):  
Technical Progress ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Cultural Influence ◽  
Technical Development ◽  
European American ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Opening Paragraph ◽  
Short Time

Opening ParagraphOf the 1.75 milliard people in the world to-day, about 550 million, that is roughly a third, belong to the white races. About 450 million of these live in Europe. Thus two-thirds of the whole of mankind are made up of members of the various other races, which are under the economic and cultural influence of different white nations, to a great extent even under their political influence as well. As a result of technical inventions and improvements distances are daily growing smaller, and the different sections of mankind are perceptibly being brought closer together. Moreover, through the wide-spread network of commerce our relationships with all the peoples outside the European-American zone of culture have become more numerous and intimate, leading to grave social and intellectual upheavals among the foreign nations. These occurrences and phenomena are the result of the enormous expansion caused by technical invention in Europe. It would be mistaken to regard them as having been deliberately and maliciously planned by the European nations, for technical progress manifested in inventions is a phenomenon less within the range of man's control than is generally imagined. These consequences of technical development have to be reckoned with, whether we will or no. As Mussolini said a short time ago in the course of a statement on the population question: ‘A statesman has to think at least fifty years ahead of his age.’

Paradigm Shift for the Future

2021 ◽  
pp. 173-201
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Political Events ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Way

Through case studies of incidents around the world where the social media platforms have been used and abused for ulterior purposes, Chapter 6 highlights the lessons that can be learned. For good or for ill, the author elaborates on the way social media has been used as an arbiter to inflict various forms of political influence and how we may have become desensitized due to the popularity of the social media platforms themselves. A searching view is provided that there is now a propensity by foreign states to use social media to influence the user base of sovereign countries during key political events. This type of activity now justifies a paradigm shift in relation to our perception and utilization of computerized devices for the future.

scholarly journals The impacts of COVID-19 on the world of work in Turkey

SEER ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
Arzu Çerkezoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Credit Lines ◽  
The Social ◽  
Poor Families ◽  
The World ◽  
Working People ◽  
The Government ◽  
Short Time

This article explores the reaction to the pandemic in Turkey, specifically as regards its impact on workers’ health, livelihoods and employment. It is clear that the pandemic, which has hit Turkey very hard, has had a disproportionate impact on working people and members of the union. The government has shortened the service record required to qualify for short-time working allowance, and also imposed a ban on lay-offs, but these are far from complete solutions. Meanwhile, its relief package - the ‘Economic Stability Shield’ - predominantly consists of credit lines and debt relief and is also the second lowest in the G20. Times are uncertain for all workers, particularly unregistered ones, as well as for poor families in terms of meeting basic needs now and during the next period of the pandemic, on top of the employment and unemployment crisis which has already been going on since August 2018. The government has decided not to take the advice of trade unions and professional organisations, but DİSK continues to raise its voice as regards maintaining the social order both now and in the crucial post-pandemic period.

Theories of Urbanization and the Colonial City in West Africa

Africa ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Rayfield
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
African Cities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
New Models ◽  
Process Of Urbanization ◽  
Opening Paragraph ◽  
New Research ◽  
The Relationship

Opening ParagraphThe main purpose of this paper is to show how recent research into the process of urbanization in Africa and into the structure of African cities and nations compels us to rethink our theories of urbanization in general.The relationship between theory and research is a reciprocal one. New research compels the creation of new models, and new models suggest new subjects and methods of research. But both theory and research are affected by politics in the broadest sense of the term. Many African scholars consider the study of modern Africa by Westerners an extension of economic and political colonialism, especially when African cities are studied in terms of Western models. And many African governments, aware of the social problems involved in urbanization, seriously study the work of both African and non-African social scientists. The period since 1960 has been one of rapid development in the study of urbanization in Africa and the rest of the world, and the African material should throw new light on general theories of urbanization.

scholarly journals The Implementation of Good Governance in the Era of Caliphate Omar Ibn Abd al-Aziz (61H-101 H/717-720 M)

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Luqman Hakim Handoko ◽  
Saim Kayadibi
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
National Defense ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Modern Term

The discussions of good governance are being widely debatable all over the world. The world has arrived at an agreement that good governance has major influence for human resource development in the society. The debate is currently, going on all sectors of activities such the social, economic, and political imperatives, cultural sources and traditions. These have contribution to supervise and govern societies, how to manage business enterprises. The purposeof this paper is to investigate and to understand the theory of good governance from both a modern and Islamic perspective. Firstly, this paper is aimed to find out what is the good governance in modern term. Secondly, this paper will try to explore and explain the siyasah shar?iyyah means concerning to good governance on modern societies. Thirdly, explaining and exploring the concept of good governance in the reign of caliph Omar ibn Abd al-Aziz. Italready known that within short time he was able to bring the khilafah to glorious administration. This paper find that it is believed that the concept of good governance already practised by Caliph Omar ibn Aziz throughout his reign. In addition, there are many successes have been achieved by Omar either in the field of economy, politics and national defense and religious fields where the field may be difficult to achieve today's leaders.

Education and the Social Adjustment of the Primitive Peoples of Africa to European Culture

Africa ◽  
1929 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Bryant Mumford
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
General Problem ◽  
Tropical Countries ◽  
European Culture ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphThe problem of the social adjustment of primitive races to European culture is one which is being and has been faced by a considerable number of officials and settlers in the various tropical countries of the world. Many of those who may read these words will have a far wider experience than the writer. To these men of experience the writer appeals for criticisms and suggestions. The article is written in the spirit of one who is anxious to learn. It is an attempt to think out the part schools should or could play in the general problem of social adjustment. It suggests how, by preserving and developing African tradition and culture in the schools, Africa may be helped to make a happy and satisfactory adjustment to her changed social environment following increasing contacts with Europe and the world. It outlines an experiment to be tried at Iringa, Tanganyika Territory.

scholarly journals TRANSFORMATION POTENTIAL OF SMALL PROSE IN THE HISTORIC AND LITERARY PROCESS (BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF ARTISTIC WORK BY VASYL STEFANYK)

2019 ◽  
pp. 425-437
Author(s):  
N. S. Golod
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Technical Progress ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Literary Analysis ◽  
Literary Forms ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Literary Process ◽  
Transformation Potential

The article is dedicated to the historic and theoretic literary analysis of the works of Ukrainian and foreign researchers, that studied the problem of transformation potential of the small prose genres in the synchronic and diachronic aspects. A review is made of the main approaches towards studying the problem of the kinship of a short story with epic and dramatic kin of literature. It has been found out: the majority of the researchers think that the typology of genres according to their kin has been sustained only in classicism with its demand for purity and canonicity of the literary forms, and in such literary streams like romanticism, realism, modernism, the genres emerge on the crossing of lyrics, epos and drama. Practically all of the researchers of the short story point out the concentration and laconicity of the genre of short story. This feature is usually connected to the manifestation of the dramatization in the epic genre as a whole. The substance of life in the end of XIX - at the beginning of the XX centuries is characterized by the acceleration of the civilized progress as well as by the intensifying of the time and space bonds, both in Ukraine and the World. These processes are determined by the change in the social and economic formations, accomplishments of the scientific and technical progress, development and achievements in the natural and technical branches of scientific knowledge, postulates of the philosophy of positivism, etc. Therefore, a concentration has been reflected in the peculiarities of the then spiritual, cultural and literary life. Under such circumstances the small prose, and short stories in particular, turned out to be the most operative and productive "content form". The success of Ukrainian small prose of the mentioned period to a great extend has been triggered both by the dialectic unity of the traditions and novelty of the national literary process, and the subjective conditions connected with the talent of the representatives of letters as well as the flexibility, experimental nature and an inclination to transformation by the leading genres of small prose. So in the article, a conclusion is made about the resonance between the novelty attempt of an individual artistic method of Vasyl Stefanyk and the transformation potential of short story as a genre. 

The problem of periodization of the history of religion

1997 ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Borys Lobovyk
Keyword(s):  
Religious Studies ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Religious Development ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Role Of Religion

An important problem of religious studies, the history of religion as a branch of knowledge is the periodization process of the development of religious phenomenon. It is precisely here, as in focus, that the question of the essence and meaning of the religious development of the human being of the world, the origin of beliefs and cult, the reasons for the changes in them, the place and role of religion in the social and spiritual process, etc., are converging.

Social Design for Services Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie SARANTOU ◽  
Satu MIETTINEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

This paper addresses the fields of social and service design in development contexts, practice-based and constructive design research. A framework for social design for services will be explored through the survey of existing literature, specifically by drawing on eight doctoral theses that were produced by the World Design research group. The work of World Design researcher-designers was guided by a strong ethos of social and service design for development in marginalised communities. The paper also draws on a case study in Namibia and South Africa titled ‘My Dream World’. This case study presents a good example of how the social design for services framework functions in practice during experimentation and research in the field. The social design for services framework transfers the World Design group’s research results into practical action, providing a tool for the facilitation of design and research processes for sustainable development in marginal contexts.

The New Terrain of International Law

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen J. Alter
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
The Political ◽  
International Courts ◽  
Constitutional Review ◽  
Delegation Of Authority ◽  
The World ◽  
The Law

In 1989, when the Cold War ended, there were six permanent international courts. Today there are more than two dozen that have collectively issued over thirty-seven thousand binding legal rulings. This book charts the developments and trends in the creation and role of international courts, and explains how the delegation of authority to international judicial institutions influences global and domestic politics. The book presents an in-depth look at the scope and powers of international courts operating around the world. Focusing on dispute resolution, enforcement, administrative review, and constitutional review, the book argues that international courts alter politics by providing legal, symbolic, and leverage resources that shift the political balance in favor of domestic and international actors who prefer policies more consistent with international law objectives. International courts name violations of the law and perhaps specify remedies. The book explains how this limited power—the power to speak the law—translates into political influence, and it considers eighteen case studies, showing how international courts change state behavior. The case studies, spanning issue areas and regions of the world, collectively elucidate the political factors that often intervene to limit whether or not international courts are invoked and whether international judges dare to demand significant changes in state practices.

Emotive Trending And Tracking of Tweets

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Sanjay Chhataru Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Complex Events

Popularity of the social media and the amount of importance given by an individual to social media has significantly increased in last few years. As more and more people become part of the social networks like Twitter, Facebook, information which flows through the social network, can potentially give us good understanding about what is happening around in our locality, state, nation or even in the world. The conceptual motive behind the project is to develop a system which analyses about a topic searched on Twitter. It is designed to assist Information Analysts in understanding and exploring complex events as they unfold in the world. The system tracks changes in emotions over events, signalling possible flashpoints or abatement. For each trending topic, the system also shows a sentiment graph showing how positive and negative sentiments are trending as the topic is getting trended.

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