Social Change in a Peripheral Society: The Creation of a Balkan Economy

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 579
Author(s):  
Andrejs Plakans ◽  
Daniel Chirot
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
The Creation

Toward the Creation of a New Order for Nigerian Women: Recent Trends in Politics and Policies

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-8
Author(s):  
Simi Afonja
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
New Order ◽  
Access To Resources ◽  
Nigerian Women ◽  
Limited Access ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
The Creation

Women experience numerous contradictions as they undergo social change. Many have celebrated the autonomy of Nigerian women. Some “got drunk” with the notions of this autonomy. Change created a number of problems that supposed autonomy could not come to grips with. Just a few examples: First, women appeared to contribute more labor to the development process than men, burdening them with physical and time constraints. Second, modernization created new resources and along with them, new kinds of inequalities in access to resources. Specifically, women had much more limited access to resources than men. Consequently, women could not invest resources in the same ways as men.

Cultural and Identity Transmission in Mixed Couples in Quebec, Canada

2015 ◽  
Vol 662 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josiane Le Gall ◽  
Deirdre Meintel
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
Ethnic Identities ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Multiple Meanings ◽  
The Creation

Drawing on eighty interviews with mixed couples in Quebec, this article discusses how parents in such unions negotiate strategies of cultural transmission and develop “identity projects” for their children, that is, blueprints for the children’s ethnic identities. Our data show that instead of one person having to take on the other’s culture, and the children adopting that culture, both partners usually embrace cultural differences as enriching for themselves, their children, and the society in which they live. It is not so much a question of transmitting a “heritage” but rather making available a set of virtual cultural resources to the child that he or she will activate (or not) later in life. We argue that through the choices they make, mixed couples contribute to shaping a society where plural identities are normalized. In so doing, they become important agents of social change and participate in the creation of an enduring diversity, a long-term transformation of Quebec society, and even contribute to the multiple meanings of “Quebecois.”

Narratives of grief and their potential for transformation

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOAN BERZOFF
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Grief And Loss ◽  
Social Good ◽  
Clinical Interventions ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Shattered Assumptions

This article examines narratives of grief and loss and how, under the best of circumstances, they may lead to transformation and growth, even contributing to the greater social good. Using psychodynamic and narrative theories, and examples drawn from mourners who have used their grief in powerful and political ways, I make the case that even grief that has been highly appropriated and contested, as in the case of Terri Schiavo, may ultimately serve important functions. Grief may mobilize mourners by helping them to turn passivity into activity. Grief may mobilize higher-level defenses such as altruism. Grief and loss may lead to a mourner's desire to do for others what was not done for him or her. A necessary part of turning grief into social action is the creation of a coherent grief narrative—first personal and then political. This coherent narrative can be developed using clinical interventions as well. Hence I discuss the clinical implications of helping those who are grieving to create coherent narratives out of shattered assumptions in a process of personal and social change.

scholarly journals Research with a Transformative Activist Agenda: Creating the Future through Education for Social Change

2014 ◽  
Vol 116 (14) ◽  
pp. 575-602
Author(s):  
Eduardo Vianna ◽  
Anna Stetsenko
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Group Home ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Disadvantaged Populations ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Youth In Foster Care

A transformative activist stance is a theoretically grounded model for educational research based on a radically revised theory of human development and learning. Its purpose is to advance a transformative agenda that contributes to the creation of equitable futures for students, especially those from disadvantaged populations. A collaborative project conducted in a group home for youth in foster care provides a dramatic illustration for this approach.

scholarly journals Television For Educating Students With The Help of Up-to-Date University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-463
Author(s):  
Sivan Omar Esmail ◽  
Amin Khdir Ahmad ◽  
Himdad Ali Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
University Students ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Research Society ◽  
The Social ◽  
Education College ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Stage Change ◽  
Gender Change

Media uses many different tools in its efforts to believe, using radio, television, posters and some other devices, trying to gain trust and support; which means media tools can be used for control. The increase in media importance in different communities is due to the creation of media tools, and the importance of individuals in society with these tools, especially television, so we see if media or television are in a way Positive is used in a way that plays an important role in bringing about the social change of development and development in all aspects of life in society, and if it is misused, it will have a bad effect on all individual parties in society, so this study contains three goals: - knowing the role of television in creating anxiety by students in a general way Knowing the role of television in creating anxiety by students based on gender change Knowing the role of television in creating anxiety by students according to the stage change Researchers used the method of resolution, the limit of this research by Raparin University students for 2020-2021, the Research Society consists of all students of the Basic Education College whose number is 1216, the sample of research consists of 100 (1,4) stage students from all different departments, the scale of the study prepared by researchers, The most important results of the research are anxiety by the example of the study, which is no different from the gender and stage changes.

scholarly journals Dialogue and the Creation of Transformative Social Change: The Case of Social Enterprises

10.28945/4012 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 107-132
Author(s):  
Chitvan Trivedi ◽  
Shalini Misra
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Collective Wisdom ◽  
The Social ◽  
Communicative Process ◽  
Positive Social Change ◽  
The Creation

Aim/Purpose: To understand the process of social change creation in social entrepreneurial ventures (SEVs), specifically emphasizing the role and nature of the communicative process in social change creation. Background: Drawing on data from seven SEVs from India and the US and employing a grounded theory methodology, this research scrutinizes the social change process and uncovers the role and characteristics of dialogue in this process. Methodology: Qualitative data was collected from seven social entrepreneurial organizations over a period of eight months from July 2011 to February 2012. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a wide range of members within these social entrepreneurial organizations (n=27) with additional informal interviews with field workers and volunteers. Data from the semi-structured interviews and notes from observations were integrated with analyses of archival resources. Contribution: There is little scholarship about the process of social change creation and the necessary conditions to promote social change over time. Understanding the process of social change creation and the individual, interpersonal, and organizational conditions that facilitate the process is central to design of effective trans-sector TD problem solving ventures. This paper focuses on the process of social change creation in social entrepreneurial settings, specifically emphasizing the role and nature of the communicative process in social change creation. Findings: The reflections and experiences of the members of SEVs revealed that social entrepreneurship is a collective endeavor and this collective character is essential to its success. Collective organization and synergy, deep intra-organizational communication, and a conducive organizational context are critical for the creation of collective wisdom and knowledge networks for long-term collaborative community capacity building. Dialogue emerged as a central category linking the other categories to explain the process of social change creation. Organic organizational structure enables knowledge creation and integration through the process of organizational learning through deep and continuous social interaction, or dialogue. Recommendations for Practitioners: This research elucidated the key characteristics of the organizational context required to support the creation of social change. It also identified the critical role and characteristics of the communicative process required to generate structural knowledge and collective wisdom at the organizational level. Recommendation for Researchers: For individual and organizational learning, trans-sector transdisciplinary organizations require an appropriate organizational context. Key elements of such an organizational context include (1) understanding the ecology of the social problem; (2) organic organizational structure; (3) continuous and deep social interaction among all levels of the organization; (4) employee and community autonomy and empowerment; and (5) attention to subtle environmental changes in the system. These elements in combination lead to the creation of collective wisdom. Collective wisdom then feeds back into the conception, planning, and action stages of the iterative cycle of organizational knowledge creation to create positive social change. Impact on Society: Same as above Future Research: Future research model theoretically and study empirically the ecology of social entrepreneurship and trans-sector TD problem solving more broadly. For example, the ways in the personal attributes of social entrepreneurs (e.g., their leadership style, networking abilities) combine with circumstances at organizational, institutional, and international levels to influence the effectiveness of their efforts to promote positive social change within local and global communities. Second, the grounded theoretical framework developed here should be further refined and elaborated through the identification of additional key contextual factors that affect SEVs’ capacity to promote positive social change and to achieve sustainability in different socio-environmental contexts. There is also a need to translate the findings from this research to facilitate the creation of more inclusive problem solving contexts and practices.

Conclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 293-312
Author(s):  
Elizabeth C. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Global Movements

This chapter emphasizes the elements of continuity that have emerged from the consideration of multiple types of evidence. It answers the three questions posed in the introduction, and refers back to the three theoretical models adopted in the analysis. It discusses the ways that the results of this site biography differ from previously published studies while at the same time providing a synthesis of Larinum’s history from 400 bce to 100 ce. It then examines the ways in which Larinum is representative or anomalous when compared to other Italian towns. It also compares this local-level case study of Larinum to the conclusions of other local-level studies, especially ones that focus on the site of Taranto. It concludes by making the case for the creation of more local-level site biographies, using the study of Larinum as a model. It pushes the field of Roman conquest studies toward a new paradigm of social change that is contingent on highly specific, local issues, rather than global movements.

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