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Agyei, James, Shaorong Sun, Eugene Abrokwah, Emmanuel Kofi Penney, and Richmond Ofori-Boafo. "Influence of Trust on Customer Engagement: Empirical Evidence From the Insurance Industry in Ghana." SAGE Open 10, no. 1 (January 2020): 215824401989910. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244019899104.
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This study examined the influence of trust dimensions on customer engagement, and the resultant impact of customer engagement on customer loyalty in the context of life insurance. Furthermore, it investigated the mediating role of customer engagement in the relationships between trust dimensions and customer loyalty. A total of 452 valid responses from life insurance customers in Ghana were examined using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results revealed that trust in service provider, trust in the regulator, economy-based trust, and information-based trust significantly influence customer engagement, with trust in service provider and trust in the regulator driving a higher level of customer engagement. The results also uncovered that customer engagement significantly enriches customer loyalty and mediated the relationships between the trust dimensions and customer loyalty. The findings highlight the importance of building convincing customer trust to advance customer engagement and customer loyalty.
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Asosega, Killian Asampana, Wahab Abdul Iddrisu, Kassim Tawiah, Alex Akwasi Opoku, and Eric Okyere. "Comparing Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood Methods in Structural Equation Modelling of University Student Satisfaction: An Empirical Analysis." Education Research International 2022 (March 18, 2022): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3665669.
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Students’ satisfaction in the university environment is essential to both the student (customer) and management of the university. Satisfied students are determined to succeed in their academics, and this sustains their loyalty and trust, which results in an improved image and esteem of the university. This study examined the level of students’ satisfaction with campus facilities and infrastructure, campus social life, student support services, and the quality of academics in the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Ghana and further investigated how students’ satisfaction with the above four areas of the university environment affect each other. A questionnaire was administered to continuous students in UENR, and the collected data were analysed using structural equation modelling within the maximum likelihood and Bayesian frameworks whose results and performance were compared. Results showed that students’ satisfaction levels with available campus facilities, campus social life, and student support services were low but were fairly satisfied with the quality of academics. Both maximum likelihood and Bayesian techniques showed positive significant effects of students’ satisfaction with campus facilities and infrastructure on satisfaction with campus social life, students’ support services, and academics. Moreover, students’ satisfaction with social life was positively associated with their satisfaction with academics and student support services. Although both estimation methods obtained similar estimates and inferences, the Bayesian SEM outperformed the ML-SEM based on the recommended fit indices. Findings of the study highlight the significant effects of satisfaction with campus facilities and student support services on students’ satisfaction with academics and the university environment at large. The study further underpins the important role of the availability of adequate facilities and quality students’ services in improving and sustaining satisfaction.
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Bakel, M. A., A. Appadurai, C. Baks, Ákos Östör, W. E. A. Beek, B. Bernardi, H. W. Bodewitz, et al. "Book Reviews." Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia 143, no. 1 (1987): 159–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134379-90003345.
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- J. van Goor, Rechtzetting. - M.A. van Bakel, A. Appadurai, The social life of things. Commodities in cultural perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1986. XIV + 329 pp. - C. Baks, Ákos Östör, Culture and power; Legend, ritual, bazaar and rebellion in a Bengali society, New Dehli etc.: Sage Publications, 1984, 224 pp., including notes and glossary. - W.E.A. van Beek, B. Bernardi, Age class systems; Social institutions based on age, Cambridge University Press, 1985, 199 pp. - H.W. Bodewitz, J.-M Péterfalvi, Le Mahabharata. Livres I à V. Livres VI à XVIII. Extraits traduits du sanscrit par Jean-Michel Péterfalvi. Commentaires, résumé et glossaire par Madeleine Biardeau, Paris: Flammarion, 1985 and 1986. 381 + 382 pp., M. Biardeau (eds.) - Paul Doornbos, Raymond C. Kelly, The Nuer conquest - The structure and development of an expansionist system, Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1985, 320 pp. - Henk Driessen, Paul Spencer, Society and the dance: The social anthropology of process and performance, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985, 224 pp. - D. Gerrets, Daniel Miller, Ideology, power and prehistory, Cambridge: University Press, 1984. 157 pp. numerous figs., Christopher Tilly (eds.) - Peter Kloos, Jacques Lizot, Les Yanomami Centraux, Editions de l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris 1984, 267 pp. - Peter Kloos, Jacques Lizot, Tales of the Yanomami; Daily life in the Venezuelan forest, Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology no. 55, Cambridge University Press, 1985, 196 pp. - Peter Kloos, H. Zevenbergen, Zwakzinnigen in verschillende culturen, Lisse: Swets & Zeitlinger, 1986, 109 pp. - Piet Konings, Freek Schiphorst, Macht en Onvermogen: Een studie van de relatie tussen staat en boeren op het Vea-irrigatie project Ghana, Universiteit van Amsterdam, CANSA publikatie nr. 20, 1983, 107 pp. - S. Kooijman, E. Schlesier, Eine ethnographische Sammlung aus Südost-Neuguinea. - H.M. Leyten, Bernhard Gardi, Zaïre masken figuren, Museum für Völkerkunde und Schweizerisches Museum für Volkskunde, Basel, 1986. - J. Miedema, Bruce M. Knauft, Good company and violence: Sorcery and social action in a lowland New Guinea Society, Berkeley, Los Angeles/London: University of California Press, 1985, X + 474 pp. - David S. Moyer, David H. Turner, Life before genesis, a conclusion: An understanding of the significance of Australian aboriginal culture, Toronto Studies in religion volume 1, Peter Lang, New York, 1983, vii + 181 pp. - B. van Norren, Peter Kloos, Onderzoekers onderzocht; Ethische dilemma’s in antropologisch veldwerk, DSWO Press, Leiden, 1984. - Jérôme Rousseau, Victor T. King, The Maloh of West Kalimantan. An ethnographic study of social inequality and social change among an Indonesian Borneo people, Dordrecht-Holland/Cinnaminson-U.S.A.: Foris Publications, Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde no. 108, 1985. viii + 252 pp., maps, diagrams, plates, glossary. - Jérôme Rousseau, Alain Testart, Le communisme primitif, I. Economie et idéologie, Paris: Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, 1985, 549 pp. - Arie de Ruijter, David Pace, Claude Lévi-Strauss. The bearer of ashes, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul (Ark Paperbacks), 1986. - B.J. Terwiel, Roland Mischung, Religion und Wirklichkeitsvorstellungen in einem Karen-Dorf Nordwest-Thailands, Weisbaden: Franza Steiner Verlag, 1984. - B.J. Terwiel, Niels Mulder, Everyday life in Thailand; An interpretation, Second, Revised edition, Bangkok: Duang Kamol, 1985. 227 pages, paperback. - R.S. Wassing, Sidney M. Mead, Art and artists of Oceania, The Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1983. 308 pp., drawings, black and white illustrations., Bernie Kernot (eds.) - Harriet T. Zurndorfer, Maarten van der Wee, Aziatische Produktiewijze en Mughal India, Ph.D thesis, Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, 1985. xv + 399 pp. - M.A. van Bakel, J. Terrell, Prehistory in the Pacific Islands. A study of variation in language, customs and human biology, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1986, XVI + 299 pp.
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Akanlisikum Akanferi, Albert, Isaac Asampana, Akwetey Henry Matey, and Hannah Ayaba Tanye. "Adoption of Mobile Commerce and Mobile Payments in Ghana: An Examination of Factors Influencing Public Servants." Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management 17 (2022): 287–313. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/4981.
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Aim/Purpose: Mobile commerce adoption is low in developing countries; hence, public servants may not consider mobile commerce and mobile payments. Understanding the factors that influence mobile commerce and mobile payments in their context will aid in promoting those services. Background: The study investigates the factors that influence public servants’ mobile commerce and mobile payments in Ghana. Hence, it provides some understanding of the various aspects of mobile commerce and mobile payments adoption, such as acceptance, use, and eventual adoption into the user’s daily life, and how that affects their behaviour. Methodology: The research was conducted by surveying the factors influencing public servants’ adoption of mobile commerce and payments in Ghana. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken to put the research model to the test to measure the constructs and their relationships. Contribution: The study confirmed previous findings and created a new conceptual model for mobile commerce and mobile payment adoption and usage in the Ghanaian context. Findings: The variables of performance expectancy, trust, and facilitating conditions have a significant positive influence on behavioural intention. The factors of effort expectation and social influence have a significant negative impact. Price value and perceived reliability are latent variables that do not affect behavioural intention. Behavioural intention and facilitating conditions significantly influence the actual use behaviour of mobile commerce and mobile payment users. Recommendations for Practitioners: Mobile commerce is emerging as a new mode of transactions, with firms providing enabling platforms for users. Mobile commerce could become the most acceptable application for the next generation of mobile platform applications. This study offers insights into the fluidity of the mobile environment, with implications that spell out what will be effective mobile commerce services that will continue to be relevant. Mobile applications are attractive to people because they provide a better user experience. These mobile applications have been optimised to provide a fast, easy and delightful experience. Mobile commerce and mobile payment service providers can attract and retain more users if attention is paid to performance expectancy, trust, and facilitating conditions since they influence individuals’ decisions to adopt. Mobile technology is almost ubiquitous, influencing both online sales and in-store sales. With the right mobile commerce platform and features, businesses can expect to increase in-store and online sales, catering to a more extensive clientele. Mobile devices are the primary means that most customers use to look up information about products they see in stores, such as product reviews and pricing options. This study indicates that mobile commerce service providers can achieve a more extensive customer base by promoting performance expectancy, trust, and behavioural intentions. Recommendation for Researchers: Despite the numerous studies in the mobile commerce literature, few have used integrated models of perceived reliability, trust, and price value or methods to evaluate these factors in the emerging mobile commerce industry. Also, it combines mobile commerce and mobile payments, which very few that we know of have done. Impact on Society: Ghana is already in a cash-lite economy. Thus, the study is appropriate with the result of trust being a significant factor. It implies that people will begin using mobile commerce and mobile payments with a bit of drive to bring about this drive quickly. Future Research: Future research could further test the adapted model with moderating factors of age, gender, and education to delve deeper into the complexities of mobile commerce and mobile payments.
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Gianfortoni, Emily Wells. "Marriage Customs in Lar: The Role of Women's Networks in Tradition and Change." Iran and the Caucasus 13, no. 2 (2009): 285–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157338410x12625876281181.
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AbstractOne reason many traditional Lari customs celebrating life cycle events, such as births, marriages, and pilgrimages were preserved well into the 1970s is that women, particularly the older women, have been the keepers of this knowledge. They maintained the practice of these customs and passed on the knowledge to their daughters and younger members of their social networks. This paper examines Lari marriage practices in the 1970s and contrasts them with earlier customs as reported by older women. It discusses also the role of social networks in maintaining, changing, and passing on marriage customs.
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Maliuha, L. Yu. "PROBLEMS AND IMPROVEMENT AREAS OF LEGAL REGULATION OF CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES EMPLOYEES’ SOCIAL PROTECTION IN UKRAINE." Actual problems of native jurisprudence 4, no. 4 (June 2021): 45–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.15421/392178.
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The article focuses on identifying the needs and opportunities for improving the legal regulation of social protection of customs authorities employees in Ukraine. The paper highlights that today the legal regulation of social protection of customs employees is characterized by a number of problems, including the lack of appropriate inclusive approaches to personnel policy in the customs authorities, which causes risks for employees with disabilities, pregnant employees, etc.; formal and fragmentary delineation of certain measures of customs employees’ social protection in the Customs Code of Ukraine. Unresolved issues of the legal regulation of customs employees’ social protection create additional socio-legal risks for the level of social security of customs personnel, and demotivate the employees, which is an additional factor for the personnel crisis in the public service system. To solve these problems, the author proposes to create and approve the Conception of ensuring the standards for decent work and social security of customs officials for the period up to 2030, which will help to implement an inclusive approach to personnel policy in this government agency by means of ensuring gender equality among employees; creating a healthy psychological climate in the customs authorities; creating conditions for the integration of persons with disabilities and young able-bodied citizens without work experience into the working life by giving them the opportunity to work in the customs authorities. It is also proposed to make a number of amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine, in particular, to improve the legal regulation of housing for customs officials, medical care and health care of customs officials and their families, including the regulation of funeral assistance for customs officials. The conclusions summarize the results of the research and emphasize the need for further analysis of the legal regulation of customs employees’ social protection in Ukraine.
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Sulemana, Iddisah, Richard Osei Bofah, and Edward Nketiah-Amponsah. "Job Insecurity and Life Satisfaction in Ghana." Journal of Family and Economic Issues 41, no. 1 (November 4, 2019): 172–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10834-019-09650-2.
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Grekov, Ivan, Petr Afonin, and Valentina Dianova. "Digital transformation of customs services and customs control for goods ordered by individuals through global trading platforms and sent in international mail." Russian Journal of Management 8, no. 1 (May 22, 2020): 101–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.29039/2409-6024-2020-8-1-101-105.
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The article focuses on the process of introducing new-generation digital technologies in the field of economy and social life.
On the basis of new digital technologies already used in the world, the author created a model for improving customs services and customs control.
Using this model in practice will have an impact on preventing cases of violation of customs legislation, as well as increasing the revenue of customs payments to the state budget.
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MOHAN, DIPANKAR. "A Study On The Social Life Of The Ahom Priestly Class." Restaurant Business 118, no. 10 (October 25, 2019): 563–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/rb.v118i10.9575.
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The Ahoms were originally a group of Tai Shans. They brought a distinct culture to Assam peculiar to the Tai culture. Although the Ahoms had their own religious customs and rituals but they did not impose their religion to other tribes and distinctly amalgamated with the culture of the local people. In the time being the Ahoms accepted Hinduism and with the advent of the neo-vaisnavism they almost lost their culture. However the Mohan Deodhai and the Bailungs, the three priestly clans of the Ahoms did not accept Hinduism and maintained their own culture and habits to a great extent. The Ahoms possesses a distinct character regarding the social life. The Ahom priestly classes who were neglected for their denial of acceptance of Hinduism in later part of the Ahom rule, became secluded from the other part of the society. The Mohan, Deodhais and the Bailungs maintained their traditional beliefs and customs in the long period of the Ahom rule and they are still preserving their tradition. So, it is necessary to look at the condition of the Ahom priestly class that how and what extent they could maintain their own culture.
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R, Singaraja. "Social Vision in Tamil Folklore." International Research Journal of Tamil 4, SPL 2 (February 28, 2022): 236–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.34256/irjt22s237.
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Folklore reflects biological facts and social customs. Lullabies reveal that childbearing is essential for a husband and wife. If it rains when the rainy sprouting festival and the horse-drawing ceremony are held, not only the plowman of God's grace will be happy that the world has got a pleasant life. It can be seen that the folk cults which were humble originated with causal things. Folk literature refers to the civilization, culture, customs, beliefs and cults of a tribe. Folk songs, stories and proverbs cannot be considered to have originated to please others. It can be seen as an expression of people's feelings of happiness and suffering. Folk literary research has grown into a major field today. In lullabies, the mother's consciousness is abundant. Childbirth is very important in domestic life in society. The man who worshipped nature later created an appearance and worshipped the deity in the mountains, trees and water bodies. The people of the country can see that they worship the gods and their ancestors who protect the town. Folklore can see that birth, marriage and death have rituals and beliefs.
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Wumpini Osman, Shamrock. "SOCIAL JUSTICE AMONG ELDERLY ADULTS WITH DISABILITY: IMPLICATION FOR ACCESS TO SOCIAL BENEFITS." International Journal of Advanced Research 9, no. 02 (February 28, 2021): 193–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/ijar01/12433.
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Late-life has traditionally been regarded as a time for relaxation and reflection upon the time spent in life. However, this experience is often not the case for older adults in developing countries. Despite the growing numbers of older adults and efforts to support this population, there continue to be significant setbacks emerging from a lack of policy sensitivity and numerous implementation challenges, especially for older adults with physical disabilities who seek to access social benefits. Many older adults with disabilities continue to experience diverse social, cultural, and economic challenges spanning from financial insecurity, social isolation, mental and physical health needs, and elder abuse. These challenges, confounded with the presence of a disability, may result in older adults taking up laboured activities, such as street begging in urban environments around the country or engage in subsistence farming as a coping mechanism to challenges they face in late-life. This paper looks into the characteristics of older adults Ghana and policies that affect their access to social benefits. Recommendations in this paper include a call for the Government of Ghana to revise the retirement age from 60 to 65 years and focus on challenges associated with reports of corrupt practices among appointees in the distribution of disability funds through local government structures. Keywords: Disability, older adults, Ghana, social benefits, retirement.
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Resani, Shahjahan. "براہوئی خلقی شاعری ٹی روایت آتاراجی درشانی." Al-Burz 11, no. 1 (December 25, 2019): 51–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.54781/abz.v11i1.45.
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This research paper argued, that the four fathers spared the fundamental knowledge according to their wisdom. The experiences of their daily routine became customs. Those customs made traditions and the tradition leaded the civilization. Objectives of this paper is to disclose the social and psychological characteristics in folklore. This custom originated from the different traditions like, seasonal traveling especially nomadic life opens the customs in shape of folklore, secondly this paper shows the hidden life history and nomadism story of our ancient. Moreover, the saying and proverbs dispenses the wisdom and exercise of daily life. A quantitative approach of research conducted this study. the descriptive methods or research has been adopted to final this study
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Bag, Sanjaya Kumar. "Folktales of West Odisha: A Study." Indian Journal of Multilingual Research and Development 1, no. 1 (December 17, 2020): 16–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.34256/ijmrd2013.
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Folktales are a powerful source of oral tradition. Regional culture, environment, folk customs, customs and traditions, social customs, manners, beliefs, religious sentiments, and supernatural fantasies shape the content. The story also tells the story of the various cunning, conflicting concepts, life and physical creation, and birth mysteries of the groups involved. The article seeks to discuss the traditional and scholarly classification, the performers, and performance of folktales in West Odisha, also concerned with its socio-cultural implications.
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Ampaw, Samuel, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, and Nkechi Srodah Owoo. "Gender perspective on life insurance demand in Ghana." International Journal of Social Economics 45, no. 12 (December 3, 2018): 1631–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijse-03-2017-0120.
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Purpose Against the background that Ghanaians seldom purchase insurance policies, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of life insurance uptake among male and female household heads in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach The study employs data on 775 male and 233 female household heads from the sixth round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey. Adjusted Wald test statistics and logistic regressions are employed for the empirical estimations. Findings Results from the adjusted Wald test show that the sampled male household heads significantly differ from their female counterparts in terms of the selected socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. Though ill health status, higher wealth, being self-employed or in wage or salaried employment and residing in either of the three northern regions (upper east, upper west and northern regions) in Ghana broadly affect the demand for life insurance among both male and female heads, other factors are peculiar to either parties. Particularly, whereas female heads who are married and those with more dependants have a higher propensity of purchasing life insurance policies, their male counterparts with higher education are more likely to buy life insurance policies. Research limitations/implications The paper adds to the paucity of cross-sectional studies on life insurance demand in Africa. Practical implications Based on the explored determinants, insurers could better regulate the purchase of their products by taking into consideration the gender differences to maximize their sales and enhance economic growth and development. Originality/value This paper explores the gender dynamics in the determinants of life insurance demand in a developing country, Ghana. Besides, findings from related literature are reported to be mixed. Though the current paper is not wholly nationally representative, it utilizes data from across all the ten administrative regions of Ghana. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no prior study has been conducted in this manner.
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Klym, Andrii-Vitalii. "Customs Policy of Ukraine in the Context of Modern Social Challenges." Democratic governance 29, no. 1 (August 31, 2022): 128–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.23939/dg2022.01.128.
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Formulation of the problem. At the present stage of development of the Ukrainian state there is a difficult economic situation caused by the pandemic and Russia’s military invasion into Ukraine. Undoubtedly, this affects all spheres of life of Ukrainian society, including the implementation of the customs policy. This provides grounds for the discussion about the objective need to pay more attention to the development and improvement of customs policy, implemented in Ukraine. The key role is given to the state, called to regulate these processes. An effective customs policy must respond flexibly to external threats and counteract quickly all the possible negative consequences of such threats towards strengthening economic interests of the state and maximizing compliance with international rules and requirements in the national customs system. The customs policy is designed to regulate foreign trade and protect of domestic producers, ensure realization of national interests in the field of stimulating the development and restructuring of the national economy. Analysis of recent research and publications. A significant number of scholars study the peculiarities of customs policy implementation and consider this multifaceted phenomenon from different points of view. In particular, it is worth mentioning such scientists as M. Bilukha, O. Hodovanets, T.Yefymenko, I. Kveliashvili, O. Kolomoiets, Martyniuk, O. Mosiakina, V. Pashko, V.Khomutynnik, and others. Their works are devo- ted to the general issues of implementation of the customs policy in Ukraine, the role of cus- toms in the system of state bodies, management of customs activities and customs control. Distinguishing previously unsolved parts of the overall problem. Dynamic changes taking place in Ukrainian society today, in particular, hostilities in Ukraine, determine the need for a deep and unified understanding of the implementation of customs policy in the context of modern challenges, which necessitates further research in this field. Presentation of the main material of the study. The system of customs authorities is designed to implement customs policy in the country on the basis of the principles of territorial organization, foreign economic activity and international cooperation defined in the Constitution. The main legislative act regulating legal relations in the country and, in particular, in the field of customs policy, is the Constitution of Ukraine. A brief overview of the peculiarities of functioning of the customs authorities of developed countries shows their universality and management of tasks far beyond the scope of powers that is inherent in the Ukrainian customs authorities. In other words, customs authorities of Ukraine are characterized by narrow specialization and fulfillment of only those responsibilities that directly belong to the field of customs policy of the state. Foreign experience makes it possible to understand, which direction the Ukrainian state is moving in view of the unification of domestic customs policy. Thus, having chosen the European integration course, Ukraine has embarked on the path of expanding foreign economic ties and deepening cooperation with European countries. Accordingly, the customs policy of Ukraine, based on the legislative and regulatory framework built on European standards and which is designed to regulate legal relations arising between entities when crossing the customs border, gains particular importance. Customs legislation is very dynamic and constantly unified, as the state needs constant integration with the countries of the European Union and deepening relations with them within free economic zones. In particular, emphasis should be placed on Ukraine’s accession to the World Trade Organization. This fact, as well as the European integration aspirations of Ukraine, limit the sovereignty of Ukrainian legislation in the field of customs policy. After all, the World Trade Organization proclaims a course to reducing barriers in trade and exchange of goods and services between the member states, as well as to elimination of non– tariff methods of regulating international economic relations, and the constant reduction of import tariffs. Thus, Ukraine must adjust its legislative and regulatory framework in the field of customs policy to the standards and requirements of the World Trade Organization and the European Union. The following main areas of improvement of customs policy were identified: implementation of international standards and requirements for increasing the level of protection of national interests of the state; simplification of customs procedures to reduce the number of abuse in this area; increasing the efficiency of detection and counteraction to negative phenomena in the field of foreign trade; improving the implementation of foreign economic activities and creating optimal conditions for the participants. Conclusions. Thus, the customs policy in Ukraine has had sufficient regulatory and legislative support in recent decades. At the same time, given Ukraine’s desire to integrate into the European environment, cooperation with the World Trade Organization and other international organizations, it is necessary to increase attention to the regulatory framework of customs relations. Priority of international treaties over domestic Ukrainian legislation indicates the need to unify the legislation of Ukraine and bring it in line with international norms and standards.
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Paz, Carmen Laura. "Cambios y permanencias en la identidad de los Wayuu (Venezuela 1830-1850)." Estudios Latinoamericanos 22 (December 31, 2002): 171–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.36447/estudios2002.v22.art11.
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Since the early times Wayuu Indians incorporated into their way of life new cultural elements that allowed them to recreate the influences of other social groups. Meanwhile they preserved values and customs that reinforced their identity such as language, laws, Cosmo vision, customs, and territory.This study allows us to identify various factors that contributed to the survival and vitality of this social group such as social organization, economic diversity, legal legitimization and connection to land.
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Linke, Uli. "Folklore, Anthropology, and the Government of Social Life." Comparative Studies in Society and History 32, no. 1 (January 1990): 117–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0010417500016352.
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Despite the enormous diversity of research within the anthropological tradition, a common unifying theme has been the “reach into otherness” (Burridge 1973:6), the venture of discovering humanity through the exploration of other cultures. From the inception of anthropology as a distinct domain of knowledge, this ethnographic curiosity has been staged within a comparative frame of reference (Hymes 1974). Early inquiries into different customs and social forms were based on the writings of European travelers, whose observations about people in distant lands provided the narrative material for constructing a plausible vision of their own world. Initially, insights into the workings of society remained implicit, hidden beneath the projected images of “otherness.” By the second half of the eighteenth century, these encounters with the unfamiliar through travel and commerce had begun to generate a conscious desire for societal self-knowledge among Europeans. The haphazard collection of ethnographic information was gradually transformed into a reflective methodology.
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Siregar, Dapot, and Yurulina Gulo. "Eksistensi Parmalim Mempertahankan Adat dan Budaya Batak Toba di Era Modern." Anthropos: Jurnal Antropologi Sosial dan Budaya (Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology) 6, no. 1 (April 29, 2020): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.24114/antro.v6i1.16632.
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This paper aims to describe and critically analyze the existence of Parmalim in an effort to maintain Toba Batak customs and culture in the modern era. The problem is focused on the rites of worship and social life of Parmalim in Laguboti and Hutatinggi. The extent to which the Malim religion uses the customs and culture of the Toba Batak in every rite and social life every day as an effort to maintain the customs and culture of the Toba Batak in the modern era. To approach this problem, researchers depart from the reference to the theory of modernity, where in modernity emphasizes rational, which is irrational will be abandoned. In addition, researchers will also approach through the theory of the function of religion, in which in the theory of the function of religion that religion still functions if it is able to provide explanation, spiritual comfort and to bind existing social cohesion. The research method was conducted by the writer through in-depth interviews with several community leaders covering the regions of Laguboti and Hutatinggi and also literature studies.
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Ayernor, Kojo Paul. "SOCIAL CAPITAL AND HEALTH AT OLDER AGES IN GHANA." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S747. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2737.
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Abstract Significant increases in life expectancy and declining fertility confirms that population ageing is fast becoming a reality in several West African nations, and the demographic transition is expected to continue well into this century. This study examines the association between social capital, self-rated health, and depression among older adults aged 50 years and over in Ghana. It draws on a small scale, yet nationally representative longitudinal data from the Global Ageing Study (SAGE-WHO, 2003-2007). Social capital is conceptualized through four dimensions: personal control, generalized trust, safety in the community and free expression. Although there were not significant findings on social capital and depression, results demonstrated significant associations between social capital and self-rated health. The relationship between social capital and self-rated health suggests the need to extend and expand upon research regarding the relationship between social capital, health, and well-being in later life in aging African communities.
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Lomako, O. М. "Genealogy and Social Memory: a Methodological Analysis." Izvestiya of Saratov University. Philosophy. Psychology. Pedagogy 12, no. 3 (2012): 24–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.18500/1819-7671-2012-12-3-24-27.
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The article is devoted to the philosophical analysis of the social memory with the comparative historical method of genealogy, which allows to consider a person in its entirety with the world, that means in the unity of the cultural and social links between generations. The possibility of using a philosophical genealogy method to the phenomenon of the social memory is revealed through the categorical comparison of the source of social life and customs.
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Iskandarova, Sh M., and G. A. Isomova. "COLORFUL NATIONAL AND CULTURAL UNITS IN POETRY TEXTS." Frontline Social Sciences and History Journal 02, no. 04 (April 1, 2022): 60–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.37547/social-fsshj-02-04-05.
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Amirkhanova, Aida K., and Aminat A. Bayramkulova. "WEDDING GIFT EXCHANGE AMONG THE PEOPLES OF DAGESTAN: TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS." History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Caucasus 15, no. 4 (January 6, 2020): 783–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.32653/ch154783-799.
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The purpose of this article is to show the state of modern exchange relations in the wedding ceremonies of the peoples of Dagestan and to trace the variants of their transformation at different stages of the wedding. Ceremonies of wedding gift exchange of Dagestanis today have similar features with traditional customs and ceremonies. However, over time, under the influence of ethno-cultural and other processes, modern exchange relations within wedding customs have undergone certain transformations, adapting to the modern way of life of the people. It is known that exchange relations are the most archaic tradition of social life of any nation, originating in ancient times. It is believed that the traditions of gift exchange were created to preserve existing or create new kinship and social relations within or between communities. However, in recent years, its main functions are increasingly becoming a thirst for profit, i.e., gift exchange acquires utilitarian functions. Many of the symbolic wedding gifts of the past have now been replaced by money, and their value is increasing every year. Since the post-Soviet period, the expressed interest and return of the peoples of Dagestan to their traditional customs and rituals (including wedding) can be traced. However, the moral and ethical side of these customs remained in the past. To solve these problems and facilitate the wedding (reduce costs) and all its stages, it is necessary to introduce into modern rites of wedding gift exchange reasonable ethical standards to regulate these rituals. It is necessary to rethink the current traditional customs of gift exchange, bringing material and moral damage to the family, to choose and preserve the most important of them, corresponding to the modern way of life of Dagestanis, discarding unnecessary and irrelevant rituals.
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V, Chitra. "Folk Medicine and Practical Life." International Research Journal of Tamil 4, S-12 (September 20, 2022): 44–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.34256/irjt224s127.
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Every human society has its own medical system. It can be called a social institution. Disease and medicine are inseparable in the history of human culture. Folk medicine is the medical method practiced by the local people. These are called "hand remedies," "folk remedies," "grandmother's remedies," "herbal medicine," "home remedies," hereditary remedies, pachilai remedies (Medicament with leaves), naturopathy, etc., The Ayurvedic system of medicine is one of the oldest systems of medicine. Folk medicine was practiced in the Vedic period itself. There has been no extensive study of folk medicine in India. Western anthropologists have written some notes on folk medicine by studying the tribes. This system of medicine is intertwined with the culture, customs, and social structure of the rural population. They also adopt modern systems of medicine according to their beliefs. Folk medicine is widely used by the tribal people.
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Asunka, Anna. "Internet Service Providers and Intermediary Liabilities." Advances in Multidisciplinary and scientific Research Journal Publication 1, no. 1 (July 23, 2022): 113–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.22624/aims/crp-bk3-p19.
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Just as the provision of goods in the physical world necessitates the involvement of numerous entities that act as intermediaries, the internet supply chain involves several online intermediaries that provide the infrastructure via which customers can exchange information. These can include but are not limited to, telecom and internet service providers, web hosting, Internet search engines, social networking, instant messaging, and so on. It is now impossible to consider life without the internet. The internet, which connects billions of people globally, is a key pillar of the modern information society for creating and trading material. The way we connect and share information has changed, with many negative consequences, and it's not every day that intermediaries are neutral. The judicial process has continued to shape and solidify legislation relating to intermediaries over the years. In India section 79, of the Information technology Act, 2000 governs intermediaries (service providers), under this law no person providing any service as a network service provider shall be liable, rules or regulations made thereunder for any third-party information or data made available by him if he proves that the offense or contravention was committed without his knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offense or contravention(the information technology act, 2000, 2000). In 2017, UNESCO published the book “Fostering Freedom Online: The Role of Internet Intermediaries”. It aimed to shed light on how internet intermediaries both foster and restrict freedom of expression across a range of jurisdictions, circumstances, technologies, and business models. (MacKinnon Rebecca et al., 2015). In Ghana, the (Data Protection Act, 2012) was borne by the constitution to protect the privacy of the individual and personal data by regulating the processing of personal information, providing the process to obtain, hold, use or disclose personal information, and for related matters. Serving as a check to these internet intermediaries. In the (electronic transactions act, 2008 (ACT 772)), section 90 is dedicated to the Liability of service providers and intermediaries. “Liability” means that intermediaries must prevent the occurrence of unlawful or harmful activity by users of their services. Failure to do so may result in legal orders compelling the intermediary to act or expose the intermediary to civil or criminal legal action (APC). Keywords: intermediaries, Internet Service Providers, liable, jurisdictions, internet BOOK Chapter ǀ Research Nexus in IT, Law, Cyber Security & Forensics. Open Access. Distributed Free Citation: Anna Asunka (2022): Internet Service Providers and Intermediary Liabilities Book Chapter Series on Research Nexus in IT, Law, Cyber Security & Forensics. Pp 113-118 www.isteams.net/ITlawbookchapter2022. dx.doi.org/10.22624/AIMS/CRP-BK3-P19
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Schorer, C. E. "Two Centuries of Miami Indian Death Customs." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 20, no. 1 (February 1990): 75–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/5f74-0tf1-fabx-rv2n.
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A comparison is made of Miami Indian death customs of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as described by French explorers ca. 1702 and by C. C. Trowbridge to Michigan Territorial Governer Lewis Cass in 1825. Changes in customs reflect the influence of time, invasion, and tribal identity on a universal observance. Distinguishing features of nineteenth century customs are the ceremonial provision of a surrogate to replace the deceased and protection of the corpse from an inimical medicine man. Similarities and differences between the death customs of the Miamis and other Great Lakes tribes are also noted.
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de Witte, Marleen. "Money and Death: Funeral Business in Asante, Ghana." Africa 73, no. 4 (November 2003): 531–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2003.73.4.531.
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AbstractThis article examines the current commercialisation and expansion of Asante funeral celebrations in Ghana. Funerals have always been the main public social events in Asante, but the growing funeral business significantly alters the way death is celebrated. The article takes as a point of departure a view of death as a field of strategic interaction, providing the ritual context for the creation of remembrance and identities, the elaboration of differences, the competition for status and power, and the negotiation of culture and social bonds and values. Within the framing narrative of respect for the dead and guiding the spirit to the next world, funerals are much about life. The article describes how, in shaping death, people deal with money to negotiate values of life and relations between the living, and shows that, contrary to both popular belief and critique on global commercialisation, in Asante the money economy and the social significance of the funeral tradition do not contravene, but rather reinforce each other. The funeral celebration is not wiped away by monetisation, nor is it a kind of last defence against it. Indeed, it is exactly through money and commodification that funeral celebrations are expanding, social ties forged, and cultural performances stimulated, albeit in new ways. In Asante funerals, people appropriate practices of consumption and commercial enterprise as well as indigenous traditions and exchange patterns in a process of ‘cultural bricolage’, and develop new, local styles of celebrating death, in which money has come to play a central role as social glue and as an expression of lifestyles, cultural values and ideals. It is argued that we cannot understand ‘traditional ritual’ unless we move beyond the rather rigid opposition between tradition and modernity still prevalent in ritual studies to acknowledge the open, flexible nature of tradition that makes it so vibrant in modern African life.
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Arif, Muhammad Khairan. "ISLAM RAHMATAN LIL ALAMIN FROM SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE." Al-Risalah 12, no. 2 (June 11, 2021): 169–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.34005/alrisalah.v12i2.1376.
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Rahmatan Lil Alamin's Islamic is a general purpose of Islam (Maqashid Am Li Syariah). All the teachings of Islam boil down to Maslahat, compassion and peace of the world, beings and all human beings. The purpose of this study is to uncover the characteristics and main objectives of Islamic teachings that rahmatan lil alamin in the social and cultural life of modern humans. The method used in this study is the Method of Literature Study and analysis of scientific references related to Islam rahmatan lil alamin in social and cultural perspectives. the result of this kajia is that the implementation of Rahmatan Lil alamin values in social life can be seen in the educational life of schools, communities, places of worship and workplaces and mass media. The implementation of Rahmatan Lilalamin values in budya life, can be seen from the Development of Science, Language, Ideology and Customs.
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Abrefa-Gyan, Tina, Llewellyn J. Cornelius, and Joshua Okundaye. "Socio-Demographic Factors, Social Support, Quality of Life, and HIV/AIDS in Ghana." Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work 13, no. 2 (April 6, 2015): 206–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23761407.2015.1018033.
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Agyekum, Eric Ofori, K. P. J. (Karen) Fortuin, and Eugenie van der Harst. "Environmental and social life cycle assessment of bamboo bicycle frames made in Ghana." Journal of Cleaner Production 143 (February 2017): 1069–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.012.
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Grinko, S. D. "Implementing of customs for regulation of family and legal relations." Uzhhorod National University Herald. Series: Law, no. 65 (October 25, 2021): 102–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.24144/2307-3322.2021.65.18.
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The paper is dedicated to issues on influence of legal customs on the regulation of family law relations. There is stressed, that the customs are one of the significant tools of Family Law. Actually, a custom as a source of Family Law plays a subsidiary role in relation to Family Legislation. In Ukraine, significance of a legal custom as a source of law is due to the peculiarities of legal life and legal awareness of Ukrainian society that are determined by combination of some sides of spiritual culture. Historical essay on customs regulation of engagement demonstrates expanded implementing of customs and its potential impact on social relations. However, implementing of customs for regulation of family and legal relations is a natural attribute of national legal awareness, basis of forming of which is hidden in historical layers of culture and memory of the people. There is suggested to supplement the provisions of Art. 11 of Family Code of Ukraine with the link to the ability to use not only “local custom, and custom of national minority, members of which one of the sides or both sides are”, but “national (folk) customs”. Particular perspective orders for future research of implementing of customs as a source of family Law of Ukraine are indicated. Particularly, the issues of forming of current customs as regulators of family and legal relations, the ratio of legal customs as manifestations of “official” law and customs as “non-normative rules” (national customs, customs of national minorities, local customs) and the prevalence in court practice of customs or the use of references to their content to assess various circumstances of the case (for example, the use of customs and their observance in the context of assessing proper upbringing or misconduct in marriage) are indicated.
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Gorova, Vitalina. "Social Traditions of Entertainment and Communication of Ukrainian Peasants in the SECOND HALF OF THE 20th – early 21th centuries (ON EXPEDITIONARY MATERIALS)." Ethnic History of European Nations, no. 61 (2020): 7–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2518-1270.2020.61.01.
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Socio-normative life of Ukrainians of the 20th – the beginning of the 21th centuries, that covers aspects of management, self-organization and formation of public institutions, mutual assistance and leisure, regulation of behavior, is a poorly studied topic in ethnological science. During the establishment of the Soviet system, which completely changed the traditional way of life of Ukrainian peasants, a major transformation of the customs of public life took place. Following Ukraine’s independence, modern social normative practices were developing according to the requirements of the new legislation. As the result, nowadays there is a considerable urgency to investigate the specifics and changes that have taken place in public life in the Ukrainian villages in the second half of the 20th – early 21th centuries. In the new socio-economic and national-religious contexts, despite the changes in industrial relations and socio-professional composition of the rural population, the system of traditional social life in Ukraine was able to maintain positive and well-considered skills of social coexistence, forms of daily and festive leisure, as well as the moral and ethical standards of people’s coexistence. The article on the materials of expeditions to Chernivtsi, Ternopil, Zakarpattya, Odessa, Kharkiv regions analyzes the preservation and peculiarities of transformation of traditional social forms of leisure and communication of peasants during the second half of the 20th – early 21th centuries. The types and places of daily (customs of «calling for freshness», «going for liver», mutual assistance, evening meetings) and festive (during the temple holiday, mutual guests, youth entertainment, celebration of the village holiday) leisure of the village community are revealed. Most of the information was recorded on evening meetings. They are a socio-everyday entity that organically combines entertainment and work elements. Usually, the main guideline for their conducting was hand work (spinning, embroidery, sewing), accompanied by songs and entertainment. The made records give a certain idea of the contemporary collective customs and traditions of Ukrainians in rural areas, especially of interpersonal relations in the Ukrainian peasant environment of today. The common belief among the respondents is that some changes in people’s behavior are manifested by a decrease in interest in communication than before (reciprocal guest-houses between the villagers have become a rarity – they only gather on holidays). Today, the customs of collective mutual assistance (in case of distress or distress in one of the villagers) are still preserved among the rural population.
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Atta Senior, Isaac Ampofo, Isaac Ampofo Atta Junior, and Enock Tweneboah Darkwa. "EFFECTS OF CORONAVIRUS ON OUR SOCIAL LIFE AND INFORMATION SHARING." Social Values & Society 3, no. 2 (May 3, 2021): 44–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.26480/svs.02.2021.44.50.
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Coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic known as the fatal plague of viral disease has presently stricken the globe since the ‘Spanish flu’ a Century ago. There is one quandary; no cure or vaccine for the disease has existed at this moment despite the world having constructed stronger research and health organizations as compared to what existed at the time of the Spanish flu. This has resulted in regular hands washing with soap under running water, using of face masks wearing and hand sanitizers to cover the mouth and the nose. Many countries have bound social gathering and have ordered citizens to avoid overcrowded area, avoid handshake and touching of the face. Culture has been crucial with respect to communication, socialization and the way people live as every country across the world seems to put restriction on the social life of its citizens. As such, the study sought to analyse the impact of covid-19 on our social life and information sharing. This study used a quantitative research with a survey design. The study used questionnaire for data collection. The population of the study consists of the people of Ga-Adangbe, Ewe, Akan, Guan, Gurma, and Mole-Dagbani ethnic groups in Ghana. The sample size of the study comprised of 3,268 people from the sampled ethnic group in Ghana. The study used SPSS to analyse the results of the study. The study revealed that the emergence of Covid-19 explain almost all of the factors that influence the social life and information sharing of Ghanaians. The study found that the more Covid-19 stay with us, the more it influence or affect the social life and information sharing of Ghanaians. In conclusion, there was a statistical significant effect of coronavirus on our social life and information sharing.
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Zuure, David Naya. "Indigenous conflict resolution and peace-building among the Nabdam of Ghana." International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 13, no. 1 (June 30, 2021): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.26803/ijhss.13.1.1.
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Harmonious living is an essential ingredient for the progress of every society. This requires that conflicts which are a natural part of human life are amicably resolved when they arise. Largely, people have the options of resorting to the statuary courts system or indigenous approaches which are rooted in the customs and traditions societies for the resolution of conflicts. This study examined the indigenous conflict resolution among the Nabdam of Ghana using the descriptive design within the qualitative research paradigm. It involved thirty persons from the area consisting chiefs, elders, and individuals who have employed the approach in resolving their disputes. The instruments of interview guide, focused-group discussion guide, and observation check lists were deployed to gather data for the respondents. It emerged from the study that the Nabdam indigenous conflict resolution approach is a well-structured one with four stages which has no formal place the involvement of women. It also emerged that despite modernization and proliferation of religions in the area, the approach has potential into the future due to many factors. Even though women have no official role in the application of the Nabdam indigenous conflict resolution approach, they were found to be effective in managing disputes especially those involving women. It was therefore concluded that it is due time that women should be formally involved in the application of the approach.
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Biryukov, Sergey, and Alexander Evstratov. "Types and Influence of Customs in Modern Russian Legal System." Herald of Omsk University. Series: Law 17, no. 3 (October 19, 2020): 17–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.24147/1990-5173.2020.17(3).17-25.
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Introduction. The significance of this work is due to the widespread existence of customs as regulators
of public life, which play an important role in determining the rules of conduct in people's relationships with
each other, as well as the presence of conflicts between the provisions of legal acts and the established order
reflected in customs. Purpose. The purpose is to present and describe some customs that exist in modern
Russian realities, to illustrate them with examples, and analyze their correlation with current legislation.
Methodology. The authors used formal-legal method, formal-logical method, system approach, analysis,
synthesis, comparative method. Results. This article presents some classifications of customs recognized in
legal science. The most relevant types of customs for the Russian legal system are considered, and examples
are given that demonstrate their regulatory nature. It is studied that along with national customs, which are
traditionally given significant importance, there are also other, not less important customs, such as professional
ones. Various opinions of scientists whose works are directly related to the topic of this article are presented,
studied and compared. Conclusion. On the basis of analyzed in this article jurisprudence, legal acts and
opinions of expert the following conclusions were made: firstly, we cannot deny the significant role of customs
as regulators of human behavior, which is especially important for those regions where customs, not the laws
was the key (the only) regulator of social life, and secondly, it is noted that the habit, which is practiced may
even be contrary to the legislation, but, nevertheless, to continue to operate and apply. Finally, we described
the custom as one of the elements that "allow us to find a fair solution", which in the future may allow to
continue studying the custom and the possibilities of its application in today's constantly changing world.
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Afra Boateng, Anabella. "Reinstating the Inherent Dignity of Marginalized Communities in Ghana." Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education 9, SI (August 11, 2020): 80–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.32674/jise.v9is(1).2010.
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When a representative democracy implicitly or explicitly undermines minority rights and prevents marginalized people from actively participating in a democratic process, it facilitates social exclusion. This paper focuses on how Ghana’s democracy, coupled with traditions, aggravate social exclusion. The research discusses the democratization process of Ghana and its role in the marginalization of minorities. Particularly, this paper looks at the class-based marginalization of women on the one hand and the sex-based marginalization of the LGBTQI+ community on the other, in Ghana. Finally, this paper explores how Soka Education, as a way of life, can support these marginalized communities in Ghana.
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Aufa, Ari Abi. "MEMAKNAI KEMATIAN DALAM UPACARA KEMATIAN DI JAWA." An-Nas 1, no. 1 (March 9, 2017): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.36840/an-nas.v1i1.164.
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Javaneese culture adopts and mixes customs from some religions and local beliefs, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. Funeral customs may vary across cultures and religions, but there is something common, a ceremony. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment itself, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honor. Additionally, funerals often have religious aspects which are intended to help the soul of the deceased reach the afterlife. Thus, death is concieved as something terrifying at one side and something waited for at the other side. To respect the moment, people gather and pray for the death and for themselves. The ceremony, i.e. the feast, gave benefecial effects in their social life, creating harmony and solidarity between the members of the community. So, for Javaneese, to show that death has meanings, they create and adopts customs, and practice it whenever such event emerge
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Budniok, Jan, and Andrea Noll. "Occupy Ghana. Widerstand von unten oder ein Sit-in des 1%?" Urbaner Protest im globalen Süden 69, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 37–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.3790/soc.69.1.37.
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Zusammenfassung Ausgelöst durch Energieengpässe, entstanden in Ghana 2014 mehrere neue Protestgruppen, unter ihnen Occupy Ghana. Die Aktivist*innen von Occupy Ghana prangerten nicht eine neoliberale Wirtschaftskrise an, sondern eine Krise der Demokratie, des öffentlichen Lebens und der Ethik. Mit ihren Aktionen brachten sie ihre Frustration und ihre Wut über die Regierung zum Ausdruck. Kritiker aus der Regierungspartei hielten Occupy Ghana für Aktivist*innen der Oberklasse bzw. der oppositionellen Elite. Die Aktivist*innen selbst beanspruchten für sich, der ghanaischen Mittelklasse zu entstammen, aber legitime Forderungen aller Ghanaer*innen zu repräsentieren. Der Artikel analysiert, wer die Kerngruppe von Occupy Ghana bildet und mit welchen Aktivitäten, Formen und Praktiken des Protests und des Widerstands die Aktivist*innen arbeiten. Bei Occupy Ghana kooperieren zwei Generationen: Erstens eine Gruppe älterer Aktivist*innen aus der ghanaischen Mittel- und Oberklasse, die sowohl über finanzielle Ressourcen und juristische Kenntnisse als auch über Erfahrungen im politischen Protest verfügt. Sowie zweitens eine Gruppe jüngerer Aktivist*innen, die insbesondere Fähigkeiten im Bereich der neuen sozialen Medien hat. Schlagwörter: Mittelklasse, Ghana, soziale Bewegung, Occupy, Protest Abstract In 2014, constant power cuts in Ghana triggered the emergence of several new pressure groups, one of them was Occupy Ghana. Occupy Ghana did not denounce a neoliberal economic crisis but a crisis of democracy, a general crisis of public life and of ethics. With their actions, the activists of Occupy Ghana expressed frustration and anger about the government. While the activists of Occupy Ghana claimed to belong to the middle class and to represent legitimate claims of all Ghanaians, members of the ruling party at that time accused them to be part of the political opposition and the elite. This article analyses who the activists of Occupy Ghana are, as well as their forms and practices of protest and resistance. Two different generations work hand in hand: A group of older activists, members of the Ghanaian middle and upper class, who dispose not only of financial resources but also of juridical and economic knowledge as well as of experiences with political protest. And a group of younger activists who know in particular how to use social media to the movement’s advantage. Keywords: Middle class, Ghana, social movement, Occupy, protest
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Adjorlolo, Samuel, Adote Anum, and Ken-Yeng Huang. "Adverse life experiences and mental health of adolescents in Ghana: a gendered analysis." International Journal of Adolescence and Youth 27, no. 1 (October 12, 2022): 444–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2022.2123714.
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Markwei, Ummu, Michael Kubi, Benedicta Quao, and Esther Julia Attiogbe. "Work-family balance of female parliamentarians in Ghana." Gender in Management: An International Journal 34, no. 1 (March 4, 2019): 34–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/gm-02-2018-0016.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the challenges female parliamentarians in Ghana face in their attempt to balance their professions and families. Design/methodology/approach This is a qualitative study which explores the nature of strain female MP’s in Ghana encounter in their struggle to achieve a work-life balance. Findings It is concluded that most female parliamentarians in Ghana go through tough times in trying to juggle career with family life. The study revealed that the MPs adopt strategies such as prioritizing roles, limiting official duties at home and using social support to help them cope with the pressures of their roles. The organizational policies put in place to aid female employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance did not yield much result for the participants in this study. Originality/value The originality of this paper lies in it being the first study that qualitatively explores the complex challenges female parliamentarians face in their political careers and family lives in Ghana.
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Gold, Joshua M. "Generating a Vocabulary of Mourning: Supporting Families Through the Process of Grief." Family Journal 28, no. 3 (June 2, 2020): 236–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1066480720929693.
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While grief and loss are common and universal life transitions, the language and customs of grieving differ based on the intersection of family practice and spiritual/religious affiliation. One aspect of cultural awareness and sensitivity to differing mourning processes may be the counselor’s awareness of meaningful verbiage and practice. This literature-based article will introduce family counselors to the differing nomenclature and practices of bereavement and offer implications for culturally relevant and sensitive counseling practice to support the family members’ mourning processes ( n = 80).
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Wennemers, Sander, and Hilde Bras. "Surviving in Overijssel. An Analysis of Life Expectancy, 1812–1912." Historical Life Course Studies 10 (March 31, 2021): 156–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.51964/hlcs9586.
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The rise in life expectancy is one of the main processes of social change in the 19th century. In the Netherlands, regional differences in life expectancy, and their development, were huge. Therefore, studies on average life expectancy or studies, which examine the whole of the Netherlands do not fully capture the differential determinants of this process. This study focuses on social, economic, and geographic differences in life expectancy in 19th-century Overijssel using the Historical Sample of the Netherlands (HSN). Exploiting Cox regression, the influence of several factors on life expectancy are investigated. The article shows that birth cohort, urbanisation, and gender had an important relation with life expectancy in 19th-century Overijssel, while industrialisation, religion, and inheritance customs were not associated with age at death.
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Stoletova, Anna S. "Custom and mentality of production societas in the realities of everyday life in the 1960s-80s (An interpretation of archive materials from the Russian State Archive of Contemporary History)." Vestnik of Kostroma State University 27, no. 3 (October 28, 2021): 61–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2021-27-3-61-70.
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Based on the sources of the Russian State Archive of Modern History, the article describes the establishment and operation of customs in the socio-economic life of the second half of the 20th century, which influence the everyday life, attitude and worldview of the production (industrial) part of Russian societas. The question is raised about the consolidation of new features in consciousness, individualistic tendencies as the basis of the worldview. Attention is focused on the fact that the dissonance in the levels of social differentiation, material wealth and social status formed the basis of the mental separation of the production elite, representatives of management and the working class. The author draws attention to the fact that the phenomena of nepotism, clannishness, favours and thuggery that penetrate into everyday life and the labour sphere of life were especially negatively perceived by the workers. The negative reactions of the workers were reinforced by the realities of life – the deficit, the housing issue as a problem of social arrangement, the outdated wage system. It is noted that the public niches in which customs and traditions were firmly rooted, were to a greater extent connected with topical and acute social processes, including the institutions of power, property and trade. The researcher comes to the conclusion that by the 1980s, due to the passage of the stages of further ideological, social and economic differentiation, the separation of the individual from the working collective, the isolation of the elite and a certain isolation of its ordinary members in the production environment, bourgeois aspirations and ideals of hoarding were growing stronger.
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Mahdi, Muntazar, Muhammad Mumtaz Ali Khan, and Shabana Rasool. "Orthodoxy and Customs the Basic Sources of Sadism: A Psychoanalysis of the Caretaker." Arts and Social Sciences 1, no. 1 (December 30, 2020): 24–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.34154/2020-assj-0202-24-32/euraass.
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In contemporary world, humans in social context recurrently ascend against the deliberate and inadvertent occurrences as they fall debilitated intellectually and experience the antagonistic effects of social issues. The current research paper tries to bring up the purposes for sadism issue with exceptional reference to social part of people's life, thinking about society and specialists as main thrusts behind pretty much every dejection by means of putting on Freud’s psychoanalytic assumption about mental issues (yet through a minute unorthodoxy) on an emotional character made from Pinter’s imagination in “The Caretaker”. This descriptive study highlights the core area of human life with respect to sadism and orthodoxy from the content of the play. The content has been undertaken to investigate, decipher and evaluate with reference to Freudian viewpoint in order to open up people's enormous job of making sadism issue within society through pushing them to choke themselves in specific manners. The study brings forth the feature that the communication gap and loneness is one of the major reasons of sadism and orthodoxy.
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Hutter, Mark. "“My Filipina is from Ghana:” Transnational Migration, Nannies and Family Life." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 44, no. 6 (November 2013): 741–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jcfs.44.6.741.
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Tambunan, Mispa Sulastri, and Rama Tulus Pilakoannu. "SEDIMENTASI SOSIAL DALAM TINDAKAN KESEHARIAN PENGIKUT PARMALIM, KRISTEN, DAN ISLAM DI DESA PARDOMUAN NAULI LAGUBOTI(Social Sedimentation Parmalim, Christianity, and Islam Adherents’ Daily Action in Pardomuan Nauli Village of Laguboti)." ETNOREFLIKA: Jurnal Sosial dan Budaya 10, no. 1 (February 28, 2021): 66–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.33772/etnoreflika.v10i1.1079.
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This article studies the social sedimentation in the daily actions of Parmalim, Christian, and Islam adherents in Pardomuan Nauli Village, Laguboti. The multi-religious Batak people adhere to same customs, norms, traditions and cultures. But, in preserving same customs, norms, and culture, in fact, some conflicts still appear among the people. Through social sedimentation, however, people in Pardomuan Nauli can live in harmony and unity. This study employs Erving Goffman’s theory to see the interaction among people in their daily life. It also sees how people still can live in harmony among the religious differences by using social networks theory. The objective of study is to apply the development of qualitative research design and library research. The data were collected by conducting interviews, observation, and theoretical review. This study describes and analyzes how Parmalim, Christian, and Islam people in Batak Toba tribe live up the social sedimentation in their daily lives and also, how do they preserve the cultural values they have amidst religious differences.
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Gillani, Syed Iftikhar Ali, and Fayyaz Ahmad Farooq. "انسانی تہذیبوں میں سماجی اخلاقیات کا تصور: اسلامی تعلیمات کی روشنی میں The Concept of Social Ethics in Human Civilizations: In the light of Islamic Teachings." Al-Wifaq 5, no. 1 (June 30, 2022): 35–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.55603/alwifaq.v5i1.u3.
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Civilization depicts the manners of life, sense, and thought of any society. Hence ways of living, social relations, ethics, habits, norms, and customs are phenomena of civilization. As human civilized life is concerned, civilization is the reflection of human personality, character thus ethics occupied a dignified status in the fulfillment of human character. From the study of human social life, we come to know that good character, noble personality, implementation of duties, responsibilities, and social safety is necessary for better ways of life. Ethics is considered the fundamental base of all these items. Thus, it was necessary to highlight the concept of social ethics after studying all human civilizations. In this article, the concept of social ethics is explained after defining the meaning of ethics. Besides it, social ethical rules and relations are described; the concept of marriage is prominent among the social ethical shortcomings. Islamic civilization and social ethics are explained in the end.
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Alaazi, Dominic A., Devidas Menon, Tania Stafinski, Gian Jhangri, Joshua Evans, and Stephen Hodgins. "Ageing, urban marginality, and health in Ghana." Alberta Academic Review 2, no. 3 (October 22, 2019): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/aar102.
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The world’s population is rapidly ageing. Global estimates for the next three decades indicate a two-fold increase in the population of older adults aged ≥60 years. Nearly 80% of this growth will occur in low and middle-income countries in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, where population health is already under threat from poverty, degraded environments, and deficient healthcare systems. Although the world’s poorest region, sub-Saharan Africa, ironically, will witness the fastest growth in older populations, rising by 64% over the next 15 years. Indications are that the majority of this population will live in resource-poor settings, characterized by deficient housing and neighbourhood conditions. Yet, very little research has systematically examined the health and wellbeing of older adults in such settings. Drawing on the ecological theory of ageing, the present study explores the living conditions and quality of life of elderly slum dwellers in Ghana, a sub-Saharan African country with a growing population of older adults. Data collection was undertaken in two phases in two environmentally contrasting neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana. In Phase 1, we carried out a cross-sectional survey of older adults in a slum community (n = 302) and a non-slum neighbourhood (n = 301), using the World Health Organization quality of life assessment tool (WHOQoL-BREF). The survey data were complemented in Phase 2 with qualitative interviews involving a sample of community dwelling older adults (N = 30), health service providers (N = 5), community leaders (N = 2), and policymakers (N = 5). Preliminary analysis of the survey data revealed statistically significant differences in the social and environment domains of quality of life, while the qualitative data identified multiple health barriers and facilitators in the two neighbourhoods. Insights from the research are expected to inform health and social interventions for older slum dwellers in Ghana.
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Smith, Justen O., and Robert N. Pate. "Cultures Around the World: A Unique Approach to Youth Cultural Diversity Education." Journal of Youth Development 2, no. 2 (September 1, 2007): 174–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2007.354.
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Increasingly diverse cultural trends have significant implications for the educational needs of American youth. Learning about and valuing diverse cultures will help prepare youth to become better citizens in an ever-changing society. Cultures Around the World was developed to meet the educational needs of youth in the area of cultural diversity. The Cultures Around the World program brings to life exciting cultures and customs from countries all over the world. Countries are presented in a unique format by teaching youth (ages 10 to 18) a specific country’s history, culture, food, music, dance, language, religion, and current issues. The Cultures Around the World program can be used by any youth educator. The program comes in a ready to use CD containing presentations, handicraft instructions, language guides, and resource guides for nine different countries (Armenia, Australia, Ecuador, Egypt, England, France, Ghana, Slovakia and Mexico).
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Babuna, Pius, Xiaohua Yang, Amatus Gyilbag, Doris Abra Awudi, David Ngmenbelle, and Dehui Bian. "The Impact of COVID-19 on the Insurance Industry." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 16 (August 10, 2020): 5766. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165766.
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This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 on the insurance industry by studying the case of Ghana from March to June 2020. With a parallel comparison to previous pandemics such as SARS-CoV, H1N1 and MERS, we developed outlines for simulating the impact of the pandemic on the insurance industry. The study used qualitative and quantitative interviews to estimate the impact of the pandemic. Presently, the trend is an economic recession with decreasing profits but increasing claims. Due to the cancellation of travels, events and other economic losses, the Ghanaian insurance industry witnessed a loss currently estimated at GH Ȼ112 million. Our comparison and forecast predicts a normalization of economic indicators from January 2021. In the meantime, while the pandemic persists, insurers should adapt to working from remote locations, train and equip staff to work under social distancing regulations, enhance cybersecurity protocols and simplify claims/premium processing using e-payment channels. It will require the collaboration of the Ghana Ministry of Health, Banking Sector, Police Department, Customs Excise and Preventive Service, other relevant Ministries and the international community to bring the pandemic to a stop.
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Putu Ayu Wulan Sri Diantari, Kadek Anggi Dwi Yanti,, and I Nyoman Kiriana. "NILAI-NILAI PENDIDIKAN AGAMA HINDU DALAM TRADISI NEDEH DI DESA KEKERAN KECAMATAN MENGWI KABUPATEN BADUNG." JAPAM (Jurnal Pendidikan Agama) 2, no. 02 (October 31, 2022): 171–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.25078/japam.v2i02.659.
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Religious life in the practice of religious teachings is shaped by the cultural characteristics of each region. Religious teachings occupy a very important place in their lives and motivate the formation of a spirit of spiritual harmony in order to achieve the goals of Hinduism itself. The Nedeh ceremony is a series of religious activities where rice planting is carried out once every 50 days. Performing this ritual is a tribute to Dewi Sri for physical and mental well-being. The values of Hindu religious education discussed in this study are: divine values, social values, aesthetic values, ethical or moral values and the value of increasing morality and awareness, parallel. The existence of religious customs is supported by customs and religious customs. Pedagogical values can shape and instill noble attitudes, personalities, and personalities so that humans can carry out their work in the future.