scholarly journals Inter-caste Marriage in Conflict Settings: War, Displacement, and Social Conditions in Cross-caste Kinship Formations in Jaffna, Northern SriLanka

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Thanges Paramsothy
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Geographic Proximity ◽  
Spatial Practices ◽  
Steady Growth ◽  
Conflict Settings ◽  
The Social ◽  
Determining Factors

The war and subsequent displacements changed the social and spatial practices around caste, which resulted in an increase in inter-caste marriages, which had been taboo before. This unintentional rebellion was mounted to the very core of caste through these inter-caste marriages. However, the new caste practices and performances that now revolved around these new inter-caste kin networks continued to reproduce old hierarchies, even as it created space for change. This study highlights how various determining factors such as repeated displacement of families, the close geographic proximity resulting from inevitable cross-caste interactions, love and intimate relationship, the safeguard different caste individuals extended to each other during the periods of crisis and emergency and socioeconomic advancements have together contributed to the steady growth of inter-caste interaction and marriages and have over-ridden caste taboos. This study mainly focuses on two areas namely Puṅgudutīvu and Mallākam in Jaffna, Northern Sri Lanka, where 116 inter-caste marriages were recorded and three were taken for a detailed case study.

scholarly journals TEORI PERTUKARAN SOSIAL TENTANG FENOMENA DAKWAH DI EKS LOKALISASI DADAPAN

2022 ◽  
Vol 21 (02) ◽  
pp. 292-314
Author(s):  
Muhammad Syahrul Ulum ◽  
Alfa Warda ◽  
Zuris Dwi Elina ◽  
Ilmi Sephia Ardiana
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to find out how the role of the preacher in bringing changes to the social conditions of the people who used to work in the Dadapan prostitution localization, Kediri City. Da'i plays an important role as a propagator of religion to protect the community. Thus, the relationship between the preacher and his community must be close regardless of the background or social conditions of the community. This research uses a qualitative approach with a case study method and is equipped with George Homans' social exchange theory, namely as an analytical tool to understand and seek clarity of cases so that researchers know more clearly about the phenomenon of da'wah in the ex-Dadapan localization community. The results of this study conclude that the da'wah process that occurs in Dadapan Village in social exchange theory explains that they are willing to interact when the interaction produces benefits for themselves. Therefore, in the dynamics of increasing religious understanding in the ex-Dadapan localization, it is necessary to have a reward given so that people want to interact in discussing religious studies.

Who Chooses School?

2021 ◽  
pp. 85-107
Author(s):  
Md Jahangir Alam
Keyword(s):  
Developed Countries ◽  
Information Gathering ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Child Schooling ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Government

Universally, research shows that early childhood education (ECE) contributes to children's development in the very early years. Governments among developed countries subsidize an ample amount of money for children's early education development to generate and enhance human capital. Consequently, in developing countries like Bangladesh, ECE is driven by the family, where family socio-economic conditions make a significant contribution to children's transition from home to school, and to ensure their children begin school at a very early age. This qualitative case study explores parental socio-economic aspirations and the phenomena of ECE initiatives by the government for child transitions from home to schools in Bangladesh. This empirical research contributes by placing parental aspirations for child schooling and focusing on the information-gathering actions by parents in line with the social conditions that inspire parents to choose schools for their children.

scholarly journals Understanding the Relationship between Water Infrastructure and Socio-Political Configurations: A Case Study from Sri Lanka

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kavindra Paranage
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Irrigation System ◽  
Water Infrastructure ◽  
Infrastructure Management ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Academic Scholarship ◽  
The Social ◽  
Downstream Communities

Academic scholarship in the social sciences has, in recent years, documented how water management infrastructure connects and disconnects people and flows, portraying and defining inequalities. The present work contributes to advancing this perspective by undertaking a case study to comparatively examine two irrigation-based water infrastructure systems in Sri Lanka: the tank cascade system and the surface irrigation system. The analysis demonstrates that differences in the layout of the water infrastructure directly contribute to the ways in which downstream communities are socially, economically and politically configured. Specifically, the arrangement of water infrastructure influences the degree of water users’ dependence on each other, the degree of social stratification between head-end and tail-end farmers, and the degree to which water is regarded as an ‘economic’ object. It can be concluded that the technical system of water infrastructure is inextricably bound to society and should, therefore, be considered a socio-material assemblage. Thus, it is important that policy decisions on water infrastructure management treat the structuring of infrastructure as experimental and potentially reversible.

scholarly journals Unregulated Desires: Anomie, the “Rainbow Underclass” and Second-generation Alevi Kurdish Gangs in London

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-208
Author(s):  
Umit Cetin
Keyword(s):  
Second Generation ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Young Male ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Material Wealth ◽  
The Social ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Generation Migrant

This article offers a case study of the adaptation strategies of a section of second-generation young male Alevi Kurds in London and the social conditions which make some of them more prone to join gangs and to reject mainstream institutions in their search for instant material rewards. It is instructive to use Durkheim’s analysis of society’s integrative and regulative functions and particularly his concept of anomie to understand a situation where the legitimate means in the pursuit of material wealth and comfort are out of balance with the demand, calling into question the legitimacy of the institutions which provide these functions. Those who cannot compete through existing institutions are more likely to seek alternative means to achieve these ends. Durkheim identified youth as more vulnerable to such unregulated desires and I argue that his approach offers valuable insights into the anomic pressures confronting second-generation migrant young men in particular.  Abstract in Kurmanji Arezûyên tenzîmnekirî: anomie, "jêrçîna keskesorê" û bandên kurdên elewî yên ji nifşê duyem li Londrayê Ev gotar xebateke waqi'eyê ye li ser rê û rêbazên parçeyeke nifşê duyem ê xortên kurdên elewî li Londrayê û li ser şertên civakî yên ku hindek ji wan pal didin ku bikevine nav bandan (çeteyan) û dezgehên damezrandî red bikin di lêgerîna xwe ya destkeftên maddî de. Bicî ye li vir ew tehlîla Durkheim bê bikaranîn ya li ser fonksiyonên civakê yên aîdkirin û tenzîmkirinê û bi taybetî têgeha wî ya anomie (bêhêvîtî) ji bo famkirina wan rewşên ku rê û amrazên rewa yên bidestxistina dewlemendiya maddî û rihetiyê ne hevkêş in ligel xwastê (telebê), ku bi vî rengî rewayiya wan dezgehên van fonsiyonan bi cî tînin dikeve jêr pirsyarê. Ewên ku nikarin bi rêya dezgehên heyî bigihine destkeftan dê bi ihtimaleke mezintir ji kesên asayî li rê û rêbazên alternatîv binihêrin ji bo gihiştina bi wan armancan. Durkheimî destnîşan kiribû ku xort hesastir in beramber arezûyên wisa tenzîmnekirî û ez îdia dikim ku ev boçûn rê dide têgihiştineke kûrtir li ser zextên bêhêvîtiyê yên li ber ciwanên koçber ên ji nifşê duyem. Abstract in Sorani Arezûy narêkixraw: rîzperî, "çînî xwarewey pelkezêrrîne" we bandî newey-‏duwemî ‏Kurdî 'Elewî le Lenden Em wtare dîrasey keysî sitratîjîyekanî xoguncandinî beşêk le newey duwemî lawe 'elewye ‏kurdekanî lenden dexate rû legell ew barudoxe komellayetyaneşda ke wa dekat hendêkîyan le ‏gerranyan bedway deskewtî maddî henûkeyîda zyatir meylyan bo peyustibûn be bandekan û ‏retkirdnewey damezrawe giştîyekan hebêt. Ravey Durkheim‎ bo çalakî yeksixistin û rêkxistne ‏cvakîyekan sudbexşe bo bekarhênan, betaybetî çemkî rîzperî yarmetîdere bo têgeyiştin le ‏barudoxêk ke têyda rêga yasayîkan bo gerran bedway saman û asûdeyîda legell xwastekeda na ‏hawsengin, emeş şer'îyetî ew dezgayaney ke em erkane desteber deken dexate jêr ‏pirsyarewe. Ewaney ke natwanin le çwarçêwey damezrawekanda pêşbirrkê bken zyatir egerî ‏eweyan heye bedway rêgay bedîlda bgerrên bo geyîştin bew amancane. Durkheim‎ genc wa pênase ‏dekat ke zyatir amadeye bo ew core arezuwe na rêkixrawane û mnîş miştumrrî ewe dekem ke ‏têzekey ew têgeyîştinêkî benrix bo ew fşare rîzperyaney ke cîlî-duwemî pyawe gence ‏koçberekan rûberûy debnewe, pêşkeş dekat. Abstract in Zazaki Waştişê bêkontrolî: Anomî, “binsinifa keskûsûre” û Londra de çeteyê kurdanê elewîyan ê neslê dîyinî Na meqale derheqê bikardardişê stratejîyanê qisimêkê xortanê kurdanê elewîyan ê neslê dîyinî yê Londra de xebata nimûneyî pêşkêş kena. Na xebate kî qayîtê şert û şurtanê xortan ê komelkîyan kena ke nê şertî tayîne rê benê sebeb ke semedê çîp dîyayîşê xelatanê madîyan ra nê xortî bibê beşdarê çeteyan û dezgehanê pêroyîyan red bikerê. Seba ke fehm bibo ke çira îmkanê lejîtîmî yê dozkerdişê rehet û maldarîya madîye hemsencîya waştişê xo de nîyê û çira naye de meşrûîyetê dezgehanê resmîyanê têkildaran pers beno, fayde beno ke merdim analîzê Durkheîmî yê fonksîyonanê komelî yê tekûzdar û tenzîmkeran û bitaybetî konseptê ey ê anomî bixebitno. Êyê ke nêeşkenê pê dezgehanê estbîyayeyan xo têver bierzê, bi îhtîmalêk ro îmkananê alternatîfan gêrenê ke wina biresê hedefê xo. Durkheîmî dî ke xortî waştişanê bêkontrolan ê winasîyan rê hîna zaf hîsgêr ê û ez musnena ke hewayê ey ê ewnîyayîşî derheqê tengijîyayîşanê anomîkan de, bitaybetî seba xortanê maciran ê neslanê dîyinan, fehmkerdişê erjayeyî pêşkêş keno.

The Care Drain and its Effects on the Families Left Behind: A Case Study of Sri Lanka

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devoushi Cooray
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Psychosocial Wellbeing ◽  
Female Migration ◽  
The Social ◽  
Care Deficit

As growing numbers of women from the global South leave behind their own families to take up domestic work in wealthier countries, this shift in care and emotional resources has created a “care drain” in many migrant-exporting nations. Drawing on in-depth interviews with the families of migrant domestic workers in Sri Lanka, this paper examines how the care deficit caused by low-skilled female migration affects family structures, household relations, and the psychosocial wellbeing of migrants’ families. Highlighting the tension between the economic benefits and social costs of migration, the overall findings of this study suggest that despite economic benefits, low-skilled female migration often works to the social and emotional detriment of the families left behind.

scholarly journals Effects of merapi eruption on environmental and social conditions: case study in Pabelan River, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jazaul Ikhsan ◽  
Indrasweri NK
Keyword(s):  
Debris Flows ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Mining Activity ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
River Morphology ◽  
Surface Material ◽  
Sand Mining ◽  
The Social

Debris flows triggered by Merapi eruption in 2010 have impacts on the environment and social condition along the rivers on the volcano, especially in Pabelan River. Material resulted from debris flows could change on morphology and porosity of riverbed surface material, as well as the capacity of sediment. Therefore, it is important to study the influence of Merapi eruption in 2010 on environmental and social conditions in Pabelan River. To determine the river morphology was used Ronsgen method. To calculate porosity of riverbed surface material was used the equation was proposed by Sulaiman. Einstein equation was used to calculate sediment transport. To investigate the social conditions, damage land and sand mining activity were used as parameters. The result has shown that morphology types at confluence Progo-Pabelan Rivers, Srowol Bridge, and Pabelan Bridge 1 were D5b, D5b and E5, respectively. Sedimentation has occurred in the segment between the confluence of Progo-Pabelan Rivers and Srowol Bridge. Erosion has taken place in the segment between Srowol Bridge and Pabelan Bridge 1. The riverbank collapses took place along the river and it gave a negative impact on social conditions. The sand mining activity was intensive, and the activity has a positive impact on the economical inhabitants.

scholarly journals The Writing of the History of Science from the Notion of Scientific Field

2020 ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Ivã Gurgel ◽  
Graciella Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Pierre Bourdieu ◽  
Scientific Field ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of

Does science depend on its historical context? Does understanding science as a social construction demand us to abandon rationalist perspectives of knowledge? Based on these issues, this article aims to discuss epistemological questions concerning the problem of the historicity of sciences. In first part, we analyze how different philosophical systems conceptualize this problem and point out to tensions that emerge when one tries to reconcile a rationalist with a historicist perspective of knowledge. Then, we discuss the sociological epistemology of Pierre Bourdieu arguing that the field autonomy is a key concept to understand what the author denominates the “social conditions of the progress of reason”. Finally, we present criteria to delimit the most relevant contexts in a case study on the history of science.

scholarly journals Social Life Cycle Assessment: Specific Approach and Case Study for Switzerland

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn Lobsiger-Kägi ◽  
Luis López ◽  
Tobias Kuehn ◽  
Raoul Roth ◽  
Vicente Carabias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Social Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
The Social ◽  
Relevance Analysis

This article proposes a specific social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) approach, to be applied in a case study on energy production in Switzerland. The aim of the present study is to describe the social conditions along the global supply chains and to compare them with the social situation in Switzerland. Therefore, a specific S-LCA methodology was developed that combines a relevance analysis with a performance reference point (PRP) assessment. The relevance analysis is carried out to identify the most relevant unit processes and S-LCA indicators and the Swiss PRPs (SPRPs) are designed to compare the social issues along the value chain to the situation in Switzerland. The methodology was applied to two life cycle stages of the copper supply chain (resource extraction and wire production), relevant for the production of renewable energy technologies, where it was found that the most critical step is mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) due to the artisanal way of mining. The proposed methodology offers a comprehensive overview for the analysis of supply chains and the comparison of different life cycle phases. Nevertheless, the methodology can result in a very coarse resolution with low validity. However, if the data and the results are treated transparently, they provide meaningful information about the social conditions along the supply chain.

Understanding match-fixing from the perspective of social capital: A case study of Taiwan’s professional baseball system

2020 ◽  
pp. 101269022091706
Author(s):  
Chien-Chun Tzeng ◽  
Ping-Chao Lee
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Professional Baseball ◽  
Intangible Resources ◽  
The Social

The present study aims to explore the social conditions and underlying mechanism of match-fixing, especially when it is not facilitated in a quid pro quo relationship. Analyzing scandals in Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League, our research investigates how both individual agendas and organizational interests are served in match-fixing. Practically, the prerequisites and actors’ rationales for their involvement in match-fixing are explained. Theoretically, actors’ motivations and the exchange of intangible resources (not in the form of money) are examined. Our findings speak to theories of structural, cognitive and relational social capital by elaborating on the dark side of social capital. The relational attributes possessed by actors embedded in their social networks are involved in the cognitive process of actors’ decision making. Alternative policy implications are proposed to reduce the potential for match-fixing.

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