scholarly journals Accepting the 'Other': Immigrants in Israeli children's literature

2021 ◽  
pp. 440-446
Author(s):  
Moshe Yitzhaki
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Psychological Problem ◽  
Holy Land ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Value System ◽  
Patriarchal Family ◽  
Life Habits ◽  
Special Case

Israel is known as a typical immigration country, to which millions of people have immigrated throughout the last 130 years. The various problems encountered by immigrants in a new country, regardless of its geographical location, have been documented in detail by sociologists and anthropologists as well as by writers of novels and children's books. Inevitably, there are considerable social, economic, cultural, and sometimes religious differences between the immigrants and veteran residents. Much of the new-comer's resources are devoted to overcoming these difficulties. Admittedly, a negative attitude towards new-comers has probably been a natural human reaction, especially if the latter differ in color, culture, customs and life habits. The incoming stranger is perceived as a threat to the existing society, its cohesion, values and hierarchy. When these differences couple with fears of competition over jobs, housing etc., the negative attitude, intensifies, and may lead to alienation, derision, rejection, and sometimes even to aggression and violence (Regev, 1990). However, in the special case of Israel certain unique factors were supposed to counter these natural human emotions. Many Israelis view the last century's immigration to the Holy Land not merely as a migration of people, but as the fulfillment of an ancient biblical prophecy, a crucial step towards the ultimate redemption. Thus, the successful absorption of immigrants in the Holy Land is also considered a religious duty, besides serving to strengthen the young country. An existing population of 600,000 in 1948 had to absorb millions of immigrants, whose absorption often involved economical, sociological and psychological problems, resulting of mentality and culture gaps.The huge immigrants waves following statehood exposed a discrepancy between the official government policy which considered immigration the most important national task, and the indifference of many people. In the course of the mass immigration those responsible for their absorption developed negative stereotypes and a patronizing attitude, considering the new-comers inferior in culture, needing to discard their former tradition and customs, and adapt the surrounding culture. Ignoring immigrants different sociological and cultural background, the absorbers decided to determine their new value system and to reeducate them. The worst psychological problem for immigrants from developing countries was the disintegration of the traditional patriarchal-family framework, and the confrontation with modern competitive reality (Naor M & Giladi D, 1990).

scholarly journals The Republic of Mordovia: historical description of image background

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry G. Desyaev ◽  
Irina G. Napalkova
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
The State ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Historical Aspect ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Natural Zones ◽  
Positive Image ◽  
The Republic

Introduction. The formation of the territorial image of the region popularize and present the territory in a positive light. The conditions available in the Republic of Mordovia for creating a successful image, especially historical-cultural and natural zones, allow creating a recognizable and attractive image of the Republic not only for the residents of Russia, but also abroad. primarily in the countries of the Finno-Ugric world, with which -cultural factor for interaction and cooperation. Building the image to a large extent is based on the historical aspect of the image background, which is inseparable from the rich Finno-Ugric culture and geographical diversity of the territory, while historical and cultural objects contribute to creating the attractive image of the region. History plays a fundamental role in creating a recognizable image, without it, it is impossible to build a meaningful view of the republic. Materials and Methods. The main research approaches were the historical-evolutionary method, the hermeneutic and axiological paradigms, the systems approach, and the elements of the theory of dependence on previous development. Among the applied methods the authors used a focus-group study, a case study, and an expert survey. The materials of the survey «Republic of Mordovia: problems and prospects for the formation of the image of the region» were employed. Results and Discussion. Mordovia has a long history, when Mordovian territorial units joined vast family of peoples living in Russia. The attainment of statehood by Mordovia in the 20th century was a significant step in preserving the distinctive culture and eventful memory of the region. Rich tourist and recreational potential, geographical location, natural resources, natural and water objects protected by the state, myths and legends, important historical events, preserved cultural and historical objects, folk traditions and customs have not lost their originality and can be a significant basis for the formation and promotion of a positive image of the Republic of Mordovia and can help to level existing negative stereotypes about the region as “territories of prisons and camps”, “provinces with a low standard of living, culture and education”, etc. Conclusion. The existing image background of Mordovia can become the basis of a unique positive image of the region, turning it into a well-known and popular brand. Adequate building of a regional image by each of the subjects of Russia, in turn, will help create a positive view of the state itself in the international arena.

scholarly journals The dynamics of value system in 1998 and 2015: Longitudinal research in Latvia

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 01008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Sokola-Nazarenko ◽  
Kristine Martinsone ◽  
Sandra Mihailova ◽  
Jelena Levina ◽  
Karsa Elina
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Value System ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Active Life

Values may change during life because a person obtains new life experience and competencies. In the past decade, many Latvian psychologists studied people's values and their connections with different factors like cultural, political, social, economic changes and other factors [1, 2, 3 and other]. Since 1994 Latvia has gone through different social-economic changes like crisis, economic growth, assumption to NATO and EU, and acceptation of euro currency. These changes can influence participants’ values. The aim was to conduct a comparative longitudinal research in individuals’ values in 1998 and 2015, at the beginning of their youth and then in adulthood, in order to answer the following questions: what values were in 1998 and 2015; what differences in values had appeared comparing 1998 and 2015 in same persons. Results showed that the most important values in 1998 and 2015 were “Family”, “Love”, “Responsibility”, “Honesty” and “Cheerfulness”. Significant changes appeared in “Health” that became significantly important in 2015 and replaced the importance of “Love”. Most achievable values in 1998 and 2015 were “The beauty of nature and art” and “Cognition” but in 2015 also “Active life” which replaced “Self-confidence” that was important in 1998. Significant changes appeared in “Self-confidence”, “Wisdom”, “Active life”, “Freedom”, “Interesting job”, “Learning” and “Friends” as well, where importance of some values increased and some decreased in 2015.

scholarly journals Alternatif Penyelesaian Sengketa Pertambangan (Studi di Kabupaten Lumajang Provinsi Jawa Timur)

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Rachmad Safa'at ◽  
Indah Dwi Qurbani
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Alternative Dispute Resolution ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Poverty Rate ◽  
Value System ◽  
Problem Resolution ◽  
The Government ◽  
Sense Of Justice ◽  
Further Development

Paradigma pengelolaan sumber daya alam di sektor pertambangan yang dilakukan pemerintah selama ini menimbulkan berbagai permasalahan, antara lain: semakin meningkatnya konflik, kerusakan lingkungan dan tingkat kemiskinan masyarakat yang belum berubah serta mengabaikan sistem nilai, sosial, ekonomi, dan budaya masyarakat lokal. Sebagaimana yang terjadi di Lumajang, Konflik pertambangan di Lumajang berkaitan dengan isu sengketa kepemilikan lahan antara masyarakat dengan penambang maupun perusahaan tambang, interaksi pelaku tambang dengan masyarakat sekitar lokasi tambang, legalitas aktivitas pertambangan, degradasi lingkungan akibat adanya aktivitas lingkungan, dan regulasi pertambangan. Dalam kaitan itu diperlukan mekanisme penyelesaian sengketa alternatif atau alternative dispute resolution yang tidak membuat masyarakat tergantung pada dunia hukum yang terbatas kapasitasnya, namun tetap dapat menghadirkan rasa keadilan dan penyelesaian masalah. Mekanisme tersebut sebenarnya telah memiliki dasar hukum dan telah memiliki preseden serta pernah dipraktikkan di Indonesia walau jarang disadari. Mekanisme tersebut juga memiliki potensi untuk semakin dikembangkan di Indonesia.The paradigm of natural resource management in the mining sector by the government, has brought many problems, among others: the increasing conflict, environmental degradation and the poverty rate has not changed and the society that ignores the value system, social, economic, cultural and local communities. As in Lumajang, Lumajang mining conflicts relating to issues of land ownership disputes between communities and miners and mining companies, mining offender interaction with the community around the mine site, the legality of mining activities, environmental degradation due to environmental activities, and mining regulations. That regard the necessary mechanisms of alternative dispute resolution does not make people dependent on the legal capacity, but still can bring a sense of justice and problem resolution. The mechanism actually has a legal basis and already have a precedent and once practiced in Indonesia though rarely recognized. The mechanism also has the potential for further development in Indonesia.

scholarly journals E-Waste as Perceived by Different World Economies: Critical Review of Literature

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42
Author(s):  
Virginiah Onyara
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Electronic Equipment ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Similarities And Differences

This article outlines how different world economies define e-waste. It further looks at how the narratives coming from these definitions affect the scope of management of e-waste.  Geographical and social-economic dynamism does affect similarities and differences in approaches to the management of e-waste.   As much as each geographical location defines e-waste in its own familiar context and peculiarity, several definitions have major components left out or added, creating strengths or weaknesses for each one of them. Each definition on its own uniquely shows the regional integration in thought and how diverse it is in beliefs of what are uniquely them. This article sums up by showing how an aspect of e-waste management – disposal, has predicted how economies define e-waste and why there is need to understand different contextual definitions for different world economies so as to effectively manage electrical and electronic equipment once they reach their end of life in the context of the user. The study identifies factors that have aided disposal of e-waste, these factors include; legal and regulatory frameworks, e-waste concept, availability and affordability of the EEE. This study considers Disposal of EEE as a determinant measure of e-waste definition.

Correlation of Uterine Artery Resistive Index with Endometrial Thickness among the Patients of Primary Infertility

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
OJS Admin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Uterine Artery ◽  
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Endometrial Thickness ◽  
Resistive Index ◽  
Psychological Problem ◽  
Endometrial Receptivity ◽  
Primary Infertility ◽  
Ovarian Syndrome

Infertility is a worldwide social, economic, and psychological problem. It can be caused by various factors including age, mental health, polycystic ovarian syndrome, ovarian failure, and defective endometrial receptivity. Endometrial receptivity is the preparation and thickening of the endometrium.

Geograhpical mistakes: types and reasons, ways and processes

2021 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-73
Author(s):  
G.A. Sattarova ◽  
◽  
R.Z. Hizbullina ◽  
E.V. Bakieva ◽  
G.F. Khasanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Educational Material ◽  
School Education ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Cause And Effect ◽  
Pedagogical Literature

This article examines the features of making geographical mistakes in the contexts of school education, preparation and passing the Unified State Exam. The relevance of the research is determined by the necessity to analyze the mistakes made by school graduates at the Unified State Exam (USE) in geography, in order to provide additional educational material for geography school teachers and eliminate gaps in the knowledge, skills and abilities of schoolchildren. Besides analyzing such mistakes the research was aimed at considering the geographical mistakes made by schoolchildren, as well as reasons for them and ways of elimination. The following principal research methods were used to achieve this aim: theoretical analysis of geographical, psychological and pedagogical literature on the problem under study, statistical, and pedagogical analyses. The authors have highlighted common types of geographical mistakes. All the recurrent mistakes made by schoolchildren at the exam can be divided into four groups associated with: work on cartographic material, misunderstanding of cause-and-effect relationships, misformulated conclusion or incorrect analysis, and incorrect spelling or pronunciation of the names of geographical objects. The following conclusions on the reasons of geographical errors were made: low demand for the 6-8 grades educational material in senior grades; lack of knowledge of geographical terms; misunderstanding of the role of geographical location for the development of the territory; the laws of development of nature and social economic processes and phenomena. The results obtained have certain significance for both future graduates planning to take the Unified State Exam and considering field of geography as their future profession, and geography teachers in comprehensive schools.

Self-reported quality of life ratings of people with dementia: the role of attitudes to aging

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 1085-1093 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Trigg ◽  
Simon Watts ◽  
Roy Jones ◽  
Anne Tod ◽  
Rachel Elliman
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Subjective Quality Of Life ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Memory Functioning ◽  
Life Attitudes ◽  
People With Dementia

ABSTRACTBackground: Attitudes to aging have not previously been assessed in people with dementia. The possession of positive life attitudes into older age has the potential to induce resilience to health changes and may explain the discrepancy between self-reported and proxy ratings of quality of life (QoL). The aim of this study was to explore the attitudes of people with dementia to determine the main factors that predict these attitudes and any relationship that exists with self-reported QoL.Methods: Fifty-six participants with dementia were recruited from a memory clinic setting. The Bath Assessment of Subjective Quality of Life in Dementia, Attitudes to Aging Questionnaire (AAQ), Memory Functioning Scale, Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study Activities of Daily Living Inventory, and Mini-Mental State Examination were administered. The AAQ was also completed by 86 community-dwelling older adults without dementia.Results: Participants with dementia displayed a significantly stronger endorsement of the negative attitude that aging is a time of psychosocial loss than those without dementia. Regression analyses suggest this negative attitude acts as a partial mediator in the relationship between the person's level of insight and self-reported QoL.Conclusions: Negative attitudes to aging had a direct impact on the self-reported QoL ratings of people with dementia. The view of aging as a time of psychosocial loss was most significant for people with dementia and suggests that negative stereotypes of dementia need to be challenged. In order to promote QoL, care should focus on abilities that the person retains rather than what has been lost.

scholarly journals Field Environmental Philosophy: A Biocultural Ethic Approach to Education and Ecotourism for Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4526
Author(s):  
Alejandra Tauro ◽  
Jaime Ojeda ◽  
Terrance Caviness ◽  
Kelli P. Moses ◽  
René Moreno-Terrazas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Environmental Philosophy ◽  
Conservation Practices ◽  
Life Habits ◽  
Other World ◽  
Biocultural Conservation ◽  
Educational Methodology

To contribute to achieving local and global sustainability, we propose a novel educational methodology, called field environmental philosophy (FEP), which orients ecotourism practices to reconnect citizens and nature. FEP is based on the systemic approach of the biocultural ethic that values the vital links among the life habits of co-inhabitants (humans and other-than-humans) who share a common habitat. Based on this “3Hs” model (habitats, co-inhabitants, habits), FEP combines tourism with experiential education to reorient biocultural homogenization toward biocultural conservation. FEP’s methodological approach seeks to integrate social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability by generating new links between biological and cultural diversity at different spatial and social scales. Ecotourism has an underutilized potential to link sciences with education and conservation practices at different scales. By incorporating a philosophical foundation, FEP broadens both understanding and practices of environmental education and sustainable tourism. FEP has been developed at the Omora Ethnobotanical Park in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile, at the southern end of the Americas since 2000, where it has oriented transdisciplinary work for the creation of new protected areas and ecotourism practices. FEP enables an integration of biophysical, cultural, and institutional dimensions into the design of ecotourism activities that transform and broaden the perceptions of tourists, local guides, students, and other participants to better appreciate local biological and cultural diversity. FEP’s methodology is starting to be adapted in other world regions, such as Germany, Japan, and Mexico, to integrate education and ecotourism for sustainability.

scholarly journals FAMÍLIA, HOMOSSEXUALIDADE E CONSERVADORISMO: discursos no Congresso Nacional brasileiro

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 366
Author(s):  
Claudio Henrique Miranda Horst
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Civil Marriage ◽  
Patriarchal Family ◽  
National Congress ◽  
Pass Through

O artigo analisa os discursos que atravessam os projetos de lei no Congresso Nacional, que propõem regulamentar a união civil/casamento entre pessoas do mesmo sexo buscando identificar as características que esses discursos assumem. Pesquisa documental envolvendo sete projetos de lei que foram propostos entre 1995-2013. As defesas expressaram hegemonicamente a negação da totalidade da vida social, ocultando as determinações sociais, econômicas, políticas e culturais, advindas do modo de produção que afetam as famílias, atribuindo às famílias homoparentais a “culpa” por uma suposta “crise” ou “desestruturação” da família nuclear. Defendem uma concepção de família patriarcal, justificada pelo desejo de procriação, tido como natural e constituído apenas entre homens e mulheres.Palavras-chave: Família. Congresso Nacional Brasileiro. Família homoparental.FAMILY, HOMOSEXUALITY AND CONSERVATISM: discourses at the Brazilian National CongressAbstractThis article analyses discourses that pass through bills of law on the National Congress, proposing the regulation of civil/marriage union/partnership between people of the same sex, aiming to identify the characteristics assumed by thosediscourses. Documental research evolving seven bills of law that were issued between 1995-2013. Their pleads have expressed mostly the denial of totality of social life, hiding social, economic, political and cultural determinations originated from capitalism, that affect families, and attributing to homoparental families the “blame” for a supposed “crisis” or “restructuring” of families. They’ve defended a concept of patriarchal family, justified by the desire of procreation, conceived as natural and constituted only of men and womenKeywords: Family. Brazilian National Congress. Homoparental family.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of the Covid-19 Policy of Indonesia and Vietnam in 2020

WIMAYA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
pp. 28-38
Author(s):  
Renitha Dwi Hapsari ◽  
Erwin Cahya Nugraha ◽  
Bima Hermawan Putra
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Indonesian Government ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Policies And Measures ◽  
The World ◽  
Comparative Policy Analysis ◽  
Global Movement

A virus started to spread in China by the end of 2019. Soon after, the world faces a global pandemic known as the Covid-19. The deadly and highly contagious virus threatens not only health security but also various social-economic aspects. In the chaotic world, the advancement of transportation technology contributes to the accelerated spread of the Covid-19 virus. The global movement of people becomes the biggest challenge for the national government to tackle during the global pandemic. Countries take different policies and measures to mitigate the spread of the virus. This paper conducts comparative policy analysis on two cases: Vietnam and Indonesia. The paper argues that the Vietnamese government tackles the virus mitigation more efficiently than the Indonesian government despite Vietnam's close geographical location to China. The Indonesian government is also relatively slower than the Vietnamese government concerning the policy responses.

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