scholarly journals Content Analysis of Ethics of Governance, Maladministration and Political Corruption

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-32
Author(s):  
Paul Agu Igwe ◽  
Obiamaka P. Egbo ◽  
Ekwutosi Sanita Nwakpu ◽  
Progress Hove-Sibanda ◽  
Abu Naser Mohammad Saif ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
South America ◽  
Political Corruption ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Office ◽  
Multiple Media

Although different forms of corruption exist in every region, Africa, South America, Latin America, Russia, and Asia countries, perhaps to a greater extent engage in higher levels of corruption more than other regions of the world. Applying ethics of governance and theory of “patrimonialism,” this article examines governance of ethics and corruption. This article argues that corruption lays the foundation for the abridgement of citizens' rights and perpetuation of underdevelopment. Methodologically, the authors explored contents through multiple media sources, ensuring rigor and trustworthiness. The findings reveal how corruption is being perpetuated in Nigeria, prosecuted, and the challenges. This article finds a strong relationship between corruption, the absence of ethics of governance, and maladministration. Many public and political office holders engage or support corruption; there is lack of moral and ethical considerations. More so, it appears that politics is based on wealth acquisition and self-interest rather than on ideologies.

Foreword: Books about edible insects in different languages

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.L. Yen
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
South America ◽  
English Language ◽  
First Language ◽  
World Conference ◽  
Edible Insects ◽  
Human Food ◽  
Dominant Language ◽  
European Languages ◽  
The World

The estimated two billion people in the world who eat insects live in Africa, Asia, Central and South America where English is not the first language. The languages spoken in these regions can be the pre-literate traditional languages of the original peoples or an adopted language from former colonial times (predominantly English or French in Africa and Asia, or Portuguese or Spanish in Latin America). In contrast, the use of insects as human food is lowest in western countries (DeFoliart, 1999; Van Huis et al., 2013) where English may be the first language (but acknowledging that different European languages are also used in westernised societies). English has become the dominant language in discussing edible insects as evidenced by its use as the language of presentation at the 2014 Insects to feed the world conference, and that most of the journals relevant to this topic are published in the English language.

scholarly journals Is Self-Expression Chic? Globalisation, Value Change and Convergence in Latin America

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-48
Author(s):  
Henrique Carlos De Oliveira De Castro ◽  
Daniel Capistrano ◽  
Sonia Ranincheski ◽  
Elvis Bisong Tambe
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin America ◽  
National Level ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
World Values Survey ◽  
Value Change ◽  
The World ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Material Conditions ◽  
Main Factor

The literature concerning human values change, argues the main factor driving increasing levels of secularization and self-expression is the improvement of material conditions. In fact, studies succeeded to present evidence of the strong relationship between GDP and post-materialist attitudes at the national level. Still, in this study, we demonstrate this relationship is not as strong in Latin America. Based on the theory of mass-elite convergence of values, we argue that the main factor driving value change in Latin America is globalisation and not economic development. With globalisation, attitudes and values hitherto exclusive to the elites became socially desirable and praised (chic) resulting in their massive dissemination. Using data from the World Values Survey, we confirm that variables related to material conditions are the best predictor for secularization and self-expression among Western European countries. However, in Latin America, the effects of economic development are weaker, and the evidence indicates that variables related to social globalisation are more important to explain value change patterns.

scholarly journals Narrativas do tempo presente no jornalismo de revista: um olhar sobre a cobertura da América Latina em 45 anos da Revista Veja

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 192
Author(s):  
Valquiria Michela John ◽  
Felipe Da Costa ◽  
Guilherme Felipe Busnardo ◽  
Pricilla Tiane Vargas ◽  
Robson Souza Dos Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Memory Representation ◽  
The World ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Latin American Countries

Veja é a revista de maior circulação no Brasil e uma das quatro de maior circulação no mundo, portanto, desempenha um importante papel na construção de representações quanto aos assuntos e temáticas que aborda. Em setembro de 2013, a revista completou 45 anos, marco histórico para o jornalismo brasileiro. Ao longo dessas mais de quatro décadas, Veja ajudou a construir não só Brasil, mas também a construir e difundir memórias sobre outros povos, outras nações, outras culturas. Entre esses vários “outros” estão os países da América Latina que, não raro, foram destaque de capa na revista ao longo desse período. Ao abordar temáticas ligadas aos países da América Latina, a revista contribui para o reforço a certas memórias, a representações referentes a esses países. A pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar a construção das representações sobre a América Latina realizadas por Veja ao longo de seus 45 anos de história. Como procedimento metodológico, foi utilizada a Análise de Conteúdo.  Palavras-chave: América Latina; Memória; Representação; Revista Veja.AbstractVeja is the largest circulated magazine in Brazil and one of the four largest in the World, therefore it plays an important role in the construction of the representation of the topics and thematic it approaches. In September 2013, the magazine turned 45, a landmark for Brazilian journalism. Along these more than four decades, Veja helped build not only Brazil, but also to build and spread memories about other people, nations and cultures. Among these various "others", many countries in Latin America frequently got prominent cover space over that period. In addressing thematic connected to Latin American countries, the magazine contributes to the enhancement of certain memories and representations regarding such countries. The research aimed to analyze the construction of representations about Latin America performed by Veja throughout its 45 years of history. Content analysis was used as methodological procedure.  Key words: América Latina; Memory; Representation; Revista Veja.Resumem:Veja es la mayor revista de circulación en Brasil y una de las cuatro de mayor circulación en el mundo, por lo tanto, desempeña un papel importante en la construcción de representaciones sobre los temas que aborda. En septiembre de 2013, la revista ha completado 45 años, un gran acontecimiento para el periodismo brasileño. Durante estos más de cuatro décadas, Veja ayudó a construir no sólo el Brasil, sino también los recuerdos de otras naciones, otras culturas.  Entre estos diversos "otros" son los países latinoamericanos que en varias ocasiones han aparecido en la revista durante ese período. Al abordar las cuestiones relacionadas con los países del América Latina, la revista ayuda a fortalecer ciertos recuerdos, representaciones de estos países. La investigación tuvo como objetivo analizar la construcción de representaciones de América Latina llevada a cabo por la revista durante sus 45 años de historia. Como procedimiento metodológico, se utilizó el análisis de contenido.

China und Lateinamerika

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (142) ◽  
pp. 113-126
Author(s):  
Enrique Dussel Peters
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
World Market ◽  
Global Integration ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
The World ◽  
New Challenges

China's socioeconomic accumulation in the last 30 years has been probably one of the most outstanding global developments and has resulted in massive new challenges for core and periphery countries. The article examines how China's rapid and massive integration to the world market has posed new challenges for countries such as Mexico - and most of Latin America - as a result of China's successful exportoriented industrialization. China's accumulation and global integration process does, however, not only question and challenges the export-possibilities in the periphery, but also the global inability to provide energy in the medium term.

Palestinian Diaspora Communities in Latin America and Palestinian Statehood

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-120
Author(s):  
Yousef M. Aljamal ◽  
Philipp O. Amour
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
South America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
The Political ◽  
Middle Classes ◽  
Latin Americans ◽  
Political Views ◽  
The Right

There are some 700,000 Latin Americans of Palestinian origin, living in fourteen countries of South America. In particular, Palestinian diaspora communities have a considerable presence in Chile, Honduras, and El Salvador. Many members of these communities belong to the professional middle classes, a situation which enables them to play a prominent role in the political and economic life of their countries. The article explores the evolving attitudes of Latin American Palestinians towards the issue of Palestinian statehood. It shows the growing involvement of these communities in Palestinian affairs and their contribution in recent years towards the wide recognition of Palestinian rights — including the right to self-determination and statehood — in Latin America. But the political views of members of these communities also differ considerably about the form and substance of a Palestinian statehood and on the issue of a two-states versus one-state solution.

Chosen Nation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin W. Goossen
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Weimar Republic ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Third Reich ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
The World ◽  
German Identity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the global Mennonite church developed an uneasy relationship with Germany. Despite the religion's origins in the Swiss and Dutch Reformation, as well as its longstanding pacifism, tens of thousands of members embraced militarist German nationalism. This book is a sweeping history of this encounter and the debates it sparked among parliaments, dictatorships, and congregations across Eurasia and the Americas. Offering a multifaceted perspective on nationalism's emergence in Europe and around the world, the book demonstrates how Mennonites' nationalization reflected and reshaped their faith convictions. While some church leaders modified German identity along Mennonite lines, others appropriated nationalism wholesale, advocating a specifically Mennonite version of nationhood. Examining sources from Poland to Paraguay, the book shows how patriotic loyalties rose and fell with religious affiliation. Individuals might claim to be German at one moment but Mennonite the next. Some external parties encouraged separatism, as when the Weimar Republic helped establish an autonomous “Mennonite State” in Latin America. Still others treated Mennonites as quintessentially German; under Hitler's Third Reich, entire colonies benefited from racial warfare and genocide in Nazi-occupied Ukraine. Whether choosing Germany as a national homeland or identifying as a chosen people, called and elected by God, Mennonites committed to collective action in ways that were intricate, fluid, and always surprising.

Christianity in the Twentieth Century

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Stanley
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Central Importance ◽  
Regional Survey ◽  
History Of Christianity ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Different Parts

This book charts the transformation of one of the world's great religions during an age marked by world wars, genocide, nationalism, decolonization, and powerful ideological currents, many of them hostile to Christianity. The book traces how Christianity evolved from a religion defined by the culture and politics of Europe to the expanding polycentric and multicultural faith it is today—one whose growing popular support is strongest in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, China, and other parts of Asia. The book sheds critical light on themes of central importance for understanding the global contours of modern Christianity, illustrating each one with contrasting case studies, usually taken from different parts of the world. Unlike other books on world Christianity, this one is not a regional survey or chronological narrative, nor does it focus on theology or ecclesiastical institutions. The book provides a history of Christianity as a popular faith experienced and lived by its adherents, telling a compelling and multifaceted story of Christendom's fortunes in Europe, North America, and across the rest of the globe. It demonstrates how Christianity has had less to fear from the onslaughts of secularism than from the readiness of Christians themselves to accommodate their faith to ideologies that privilege racial identity or radical individualism.

New and not so new strategies in promoting integrity with particular reference to Africa

2018 ◽  
pp. 38-74
Author(s):  
Barry Rider
Keyword(s):  
World Economy ◽  
Intelligence Community ◽  
Generational Change ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
The World ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Law ◽  
Financial Intelligence ◽  
New Strategies

This article is focused on exploration not merely proposed developments in and refinements of the law and its administration, but the very significant role that financial intelligence can and should play in protecting our societies. It is the contention of the author that the intelligence community at large and in particular financial intelligence units have an important role to play in protecting our economies and ensuring confidence is maintained in our financial institutions and markets. In this article the author considers a number of issues pertinent to the advancement of integrity and in particular the interdiction of corruption to some degree from the perspective of Africa. The potential for Africa as a player in the world economy is enormous. So far, the ambiguous inheritance of rapacious empires and the turmoil of self-dealing elites in post-colonial times has successfully obscured and undermined this potential. Indeed, such has been the mismanagement, selfishness and importuning that many have grave doubts as to the ability of many states to achieve an ordered transition to what they could and should be. South Africa is perhaps the best example of a society that while avoiding the catastrophe that its recent past predicted, remains racked by corruption and mismanagement. That there is the will in many parts of the continent to further stability and security by addressing the cancer of corruption, the reality is that few have remained or been allowed to remain steadfast in their mission and all have been frustrated by political self-interest and lack of resources. The key might be education and inter-generational change as it has been in other parts of the world, but only an optimist would see this coming any time soon – there is too much vested interest inside and outside Africa in keeping things much as they are! The author focuses not so much on attempting to perfect the letter of the law, but rather on improving the ways in which we administer it.

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