scholarly journals أثر النفط في تطور التعليم والوضع الاجتماعي للمرأة في الكويت 1946 – 1973

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zainab Rasheed Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Oil Revenues ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Status Of Women

Abstract:In general, the oil topic is one of the topics that requires more attention and research because of being influential in all aspects of economic, social and political life. Therefore, we chose the topic of the effect of the effect of oil on the development of education and the social status of women in Kuwait 1946-1973.The country witnessed many changes during the discovery of oil and its export, then the revenues that contributed to reviving the Kuwaiti economy, which in turn contributed to the emergence of influences on the social reality. After it was exported in 1946 and ended in 1973, the year in which Arab countries used oil as a weapon against Western countries that sympathized with Israel in its war with Arab countries.In addition to the above, oil is an important natural resource for the social structure, including Kuwait. It is also one of the basic foundations of the state. The social development taking place in Kuwait was a result of the increase in oil revenues and its impact on the creation of new organizations, institutions and departments in Kuwait as educational institutions from schools and Kuwait University to sending many students through scholarships to abroad to study. Those components that changed many social perceptions towards Kuwaiti women who were living under the weight of customs and traditions that obscured their roles in society._____________________(⁎) Research extracted from Master's thesisThe importance of studying the topic of oil and social transformations in Kuwait came because oil is one of the most valuable natural resources in the world. That is why some called it “black gold.” It might be better to describe it as the lifeline of most countries, as it is based on a large and diverse activity characterized by its complexity, and the breadth of its political, economic and social effects. The economic factor in most stages and cases is one of the most important factors and even the most dangerous impact on the economic and social conditions of any country in the world. From this standpoint, the study aims to explain the role of oil revenues in improving the economic conditions of Kuwait, which in turn contributed to the establishment of schools in its various stages and for both sexes, boys and girls, that have contributed to changing the thinking of social groups and their perception of the status of women and their roles in building the state and society.In light of the foregoing, a structure was developed for the study consisting of an introduction and three sections in addition to conclusions. We have devoted the introduction to the study of “discovering oil in Kuwait and increasing its revenues from 1946 to 1973,” while the first section is “aspects of social life in Kuwait 1946-1973.” As for the second section that deals with the study of "the role of oil in the emergence of educational institutions in Kuwait," and the third and final section deals with "the impact of oil in changing the reality of Kuwaiti women."

A Film-progressive Nation: The Social Denmark Series and the British Documentary Movement

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Claire Thomson
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Foreign Market ◽  
The State ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Democratic Nation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Further Development

In the immediate post-WWII period, Danish documentary filmmaking was recognised overseas as productive and of high quality. This chapter tells the story of a collaboration between Ministeriernes Filmudvalg and the British Documentary Movement, which resulted in a package or series of five films made for the foreign market and entitled Social Denmark. The British documentarist Arthur Elton was invited to Copenhagen to oversee the production of one or more films which would promote newly-liberated Denmark to the world as a modern, progressive, democratic nation. Elton’s report on the state of Danish documentary and recommendations for its further development is discussed in detail as a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in international informational film production and distribution. Informational filmmaking was regarded in and of itself as a progressive act. The film People’s Holiday (Søren Melson, 1947) is analysed as an example of the Social Denmark films. The impact of conflicting political and aesthetic interests on its production is discussed, as well as the routes by which ‘facts’ emerge as such in the film, and its reception. The role of the auteur Carl Th. Dreyer in the production and promotion of Social Denmark is also considered.

THE ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE FORMATION OF CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN CULTURE IN CIVIL SOCIETY FOR RAISING THE SOCIAL ROLE OF SPECIAL SERVICES

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 2115-2118
Author(s):  
Stanislava Dimitrova Milachkova
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Democratic Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Special Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Republic

Educational institutions play a key role in shaping a modern civil culture in society around the world, because without adequate civil education it is inconceivable to implement quality civilian control over special services. Civil education is a necessary process of learning practical knowledge and skills and shaping competencies for personal development and improvement, for structuring a democratic society, for laws, rights and responsibilities that provide opportunities for real participation in public life. Training for human rights and civil liability and duty, the position of a pupil-citizen, by adopting the principles and values that serve as the foundation and organization of democracy and the republic, the knowledge of the institutions and the laws by developing the rules in the social and political life, exercise and ability to properly justify. So they would find meaning in the individual and the collective responsibilities in their active citizenship. Civil education contributes to the development of a critical spirit, but through the exercise of arguments for reasoning and more accurate decision-making, reasoning and judgment. Through educational institutions, young citizens are prepared to conduct dialogue, debate, resolve conflicts, and embrace forms of civil communication and interaction with special services. This is a basic approach to the basic concepts - man and citizen. Within even the small city, through the education of democratic citizenship, new moral values are being built and active participation in the civil processes of the small community is taking place. The duty of adolescents to become aware of citizens' rights and obligations, norms of conduct and values in a democratic society, as well as the promotion of the role of special services in the Republic of Bulgaria, will prepare them for training and stability as active citizens of the world. Civil education forms a citizen. Civil society, as a public way of life, can function properly only on the basis of an adequate knowledge of the laws of the Republic of Bulgaria and the moral-legal will applying this knowledge in real life. Civil society is the sphere of social activity that focuses on the degree of socio-economic development of society and directly determines the state. The typing of the state has its objective basis in the typography of civil society. Each civil society is a system of human needs and means to meet them, labor, socio-economic, legal and other subject-practical and conscious-volitional relations, as well as a system of human rights organizations and various social institutions. The duty of the national education system to civil society is to build the citizen - the bearer of national self-awareness, civil culture, moral and moral-legal will. Only such a citizen will, in the course of his life, reproduce civil society in accordance with the national idea.

The role of public libraries in the development of social capital in local communities – a theoretical study

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-196
Author(s):  
Maja Dorota Wojciechowska
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

PurposeSocial capital, understood as intangible community values available through a network of connections, is a factor in the development of societies and improving quality of life. It helps to remove economic inequalities and prevent poverty and social exclusion, stimulate social and regional development, civic attitudes and social engagement and build a civic society as well as local and regional identity. Many of these tasks may be implemented by libraries, which, apart from providing access to information, may also offer a number of services associated with social needs. The purpose of this paper is to present the roles and functions that libraries may serve in local communities in terms of assistance, integration and development based on classical social capital theories.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reviews the classical concepts of social capital in the context of libraries. It analyses the findings of Pierre-Félix Bourdieu, James Coleman, Francis Fukuyama, Robert Putnam, Nan Lin, Ronald Stuart Burt, Wayne Baker and Alejandro Portes. Based on their respective concepts, the paper analyses the role of the contemporary library in the social life of local communities. In particular, it focuses on the possible new functions that public libraries may serve.FindingsA critical review of the concept of social capital revealed certain dependencies between libraries and their neighbourhoods. With new services that respond to the actual social needs, libraries may serve as a keystone, namely they may integrate, animate and engage local communities. This, however, requires a certain approach to be adopted by the personnel and governing authorities as well as infrastructure and tangible resources.Originality/valueThe social engagement of libraries is usually described from the practical perspective (reports on the services provided) or in the context of research on the impact of respective projects on specific groups of users (research reports). A broader approach, based on original social theories, is rarely encountered. The paper draws on classical concepts of social capital and is a contribution to the discussion on possible uses of those concepts based on an analysis of the role of libraries in social life and in strengthening the social capital of local communities.

scholarly journals The role of media in the construction of social reality

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanja Nišić ◽  
Divna Plavšić
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Construction ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact

Th is paper analyzes the concept of media construction of reality and its impacton society. Recognizing the growing infl uence and importance of themedia in a man’s daily life, it can be said that the media and media cultureitself are an important factor in modern society. Th e media have the abilityto place information and to provide to the citizens-consumers to accept themwithout critical and conscious interpretation and real understanding. An importantfactor in the development of the media is and technological advancesthat contributed to the rapid spread of the media and gave more power to thepresentation of reality and the state of society as it corresponds to the creatorsand the “constructors” of that reality. By understanding Baudrillard and hisunderstanding of the simulation, we will present the impact and role of themedia in constructing the social reality (simulation of reality).

scholarly journals Women in the "Kerangkeng" of Tradition: the Study on the Status of Women in Minangkabau

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-385
Author(s):  
Welhendri Azwar
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
Patriarchal Ideology ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Control ◽  
Biological Differences ◽  
Status Of Women

The system of values, norms and some stereotypes attached to women are one of the factors that giving influences on the position and relationships of women with men in the existing social structure. Each person embraces the system of values or norm which is a consensus and constructed by the community itself than from generation to generation. The emergence of social construction on the status and role of women is the result of the perspective of a community towards their biological differences between men and women. The perspective which then results in oppression, exploitation, and subordination of women in social relations are contextually strongly related to socio-cultural conditions at that time. This section will discuss how women are positioned in the social life and the perspective of the culture of its subordination. Next, it is also described how the emergence of patriarchal ideology, a system that accommodates the interests of men to dominate and control women, as a consequence of the understanding of the nature of women which biologically different to men. The hegemony of patriarchal ideology brings the social awareness for women to accept the conditions of subordination as a natural thing, which is wrapped by the products of culture and tradition. It includes how patriarchal ideology is giving the effect on the system and the tradition of marriage.

Organ Donation and Transplantation

2013 ◽  
pp. 511-528
Author(s):  
Sherifa Al-Dossary ◽  
Norah Al-Dulaijan ◽  
Shaha Al-Mansour ◽  
Shrooq Al-Zahrani ◽  
Manahil Al-Fridan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Organ Transplantation ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
The Social ◽  
Donation Process ◽  
The World ◽  
End Stage ◽  
Different Parts

Organ transplantation is the best and often times the only opportunity for patients with end-stage organ disease to survive. In 1985, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was one of the few Arab countries to have started an organ donation program. The program was later expanded and renamed the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SCOT) in 1994. This chapter reviews the literature around organ donation and transplantation and introduces the different types of consent and registries available from different parts of the world as a solution for enhancing the process of donation and increasing organ donation rates. It also explores the organ donation process, the role of the SCOT program, and the social and public factors that influence organ donation in Saudi Arabia.

The State of Nature

2021 ◽  
pp. 270-289
Author(s):  
Michael Smith
Keyword(s):  
Actual World ◽  
The State ◽  
Reasons For Action ◽  
Social Rules ◽  
State Of Nature ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
States Of Nature

The chapter assumes that the state of nature is the state of the world prior to the existence of social rules, and then goes on to argue for the following claims. (1) We have reasons for action in the state of nature. (2) In those state of nature worlds in which we all know what reasons for action we have and are motivated to act on them—for short, those worlds in which we are ideal—these reasons for action would support our exiting the state of nature, that is, our creating and maintaining certain social rules. (3) The social rules we have reasons to create would include social rules telling us what to do in both worlds in which we are ideal and nearby worlds in which we are non-ideal. (4) These need not be rules that we have any reason to abide by in the actual world in which we are non-ideal. (5) Thinking about the role of social rules in fixing what we have reason to do in those states of nature in which we are ideal and non-ideal suggests a complicated and novel story about what we have knowledge of, insofar as we have knowledge of what we have reason to do in the actual world in which social rules exist willy-nilly.

Civil Society in Kuwait: Challenges and Solutions

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Z. Al-Zuabi
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
The State ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
Civil Society Organisations ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

Abstract Civil society organisations are an integral part of today’s societies throughout the world. They are the main partners of the state, along with the private sector, in the process of developing civil society. Here, we analyse various aspects of the social development of Kuwaiti society, the development strategies of the state, the challenges faced, and the role of civil society organisations by gathering and assessing information using structured questionnaires and statistical methods. The results reveal that civil associations are indispensable in the sustainable development of the state, especially considering the current economic and social challenges experienced in human societies. The study identifies internal and external challenges associated with implementing market-controlling mechanisms and directives for multifarious development under the private sector without inhibiting its growth. The article concludes by identifying the dominant obstacles and challenges development programs of Kuwait face and defines a set of mechanisms capable of solving those challenges effectively.

scholarly journals Pedagogical Curricula and Educational Media: The Malignancy of Saffronised Otherisation in India

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 146-199
Author(s):  
Titas Biswas
Keyword(s):  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Indian History ◽  
The Social ◽  
Education In India ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Academic Resources ◽  
Political Actions

Saffronisation, a neologism that is derived from the saffron robes worn in particular by holy Hindu men, is used to denote the conflation of linguistic, semiotic and political actions taken by the far-right Hindu nationalist brotherhood in India to mechanically alter Indian history so that it resonates with the rest of the Hindu nationalist propaganda and policymaking. The process of Saffronisation, when coupled with westernised pedagogical curricula, has been inculcated within and beyond the periphery of educational institutions since the early twentieth century. While education in India has remained a concentrated resource in the hands of the communities that constitute the upper castes within the social hierarchy, the exclusivity of available academic resources and intellectual capital in the hands of a selected few has come off as the result of intersectional crises that collectively act as a bridge in connecting class and caste politics. This paper explores the impact of Saffronisation as a socio-political movement on educational institutions, the changes that have been made in textbooks in the recent times and in a holistic sense, attempts to analyse the effects of a neo-Fascist governance on schooling and how it affects students hailing from backgrounds that have been marginalised for generations. It is also an exploration of the role of the saffron propaganda in enabling otherisation of non-Hindu identities in higher education institutions.

scholarly journals JEPARA WOOD CARVING AND THE CULTURAL INFLUENCES OF THE NUSANTARA MARITIME SPICE ROUTE

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-269
Author(s):  
Freddy Chrisswantra
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Mixed Culture ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Wood Carving ◽  
Trading Activities ◽  
Trade Route ◽  
The Impact

The increasing need for spices in the world triggers various expeditions to find sources of spices in the world. The activity of searching for the origin of these spices gave birth to international trade systems and routes. The emergence of this spice route resulted in the emergence of trading ports which became the forerunner to the emergence of new kingdoms. Jepara was one of the kingdoms that emerged because it had a port in a strategic area on the spice trade route. The hustle and bustle of trading activities in Jepara also affects the social life of the Jepara people who have long been known for their carving skills. Traders who come from various parts of the country and abroad open up opportunities for cultural mixing, which has an impact on culture, expertise, and the application of patterns in the art of Jepara wood carving. In this paper, the researcher tries to mitigate the development and influence of acculturation brought by foreign traders with a historiography method to make it easier to read the impact of the maritime spice route on the development of carving in Jepara. The results of this study shows the application of various wood carving motifs to various artifacts as a result of the influence of the mixed culture in Jepara at that time.

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