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PEOPLE : International Journal of Social Sciences
ISSN 2454-5899
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
10th International Conference on Advances in Social Sciences (ICASS),
Singapore
Nov 14-15, 2015
Conference Venue
Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Executive Centre 60 Nanyang
View, Singapore 639673
Email: [email protected]
http://www.icasssingapore.com/
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Keynote Speaker
Dr Branislav Radeljic
Branislav Radeljic is Senior Lecturer in International Politics within the School of Social Sciences,
University of East London. His main research interests focus on the study of European Union and
Western Balkan politics. He has held visiting fellowships at the London School of Economics and
Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
University of Michigan and University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of Europe and the Collapse of
Yugoslavia: The Role of Non-State Actors and European Diplomacy (2012), editor of Europe and
the post-Yugoslav Space (2013) and Debating European Identity: Bright Ideas, Dim Prospects
(2014), and co-editor of Religion in the post-Yugoslav Context (2015). Outside academia, on an
occasional basis, Branislav conducts research and provides consultancy services within his area of
expertise.
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Sibin Wu
Sibin Wu is the Department Chair of Management at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley.
He earned his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Business
Administration. His current research interests include strategic decision making, international
entrepreneurship, and behaviors of nascent entrepreneurs. He has presented his research at many
national and international prestigious conferences. His works have appeared in journals such as the
Academy of Management Journal, Information and Management, Journal of Business Research,
and Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences among others.
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Mark Brooke
GIC1573051
Going for gold through the Foreign Sporting Talent scheme
Mark Brooke
CELC, National University of Singapore, Thailand
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
As the country that currently provides the highest cash pay-out for an Olympic
gold medal (Soh, 2013), it is clear that Singapore’s government is committed to
pushing for greater excellence in sports. However, in a small island state where
participation rather than excellence has tended to be the function of sport, this
objective appears problematic. A controversial scheme used to overcome this is
the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme (FSTS), a sports labour migration innovation.
This article discusses the scheme and contextualizes it in light of Singaporean
government sports policy over the past two decades. It is argued that despite
some public dissatisfaction, the Singapore government’s objective to augment its
Olympic medal capacity will lead to continuance, if not augmentation, of the
programme. It is thus clear that tension between the PAP and Singaporean citizens
will continue to grow unless a more efficient system for identifying and
developing the local sporting talent pool is developed.
Keywords: Foreign Sporting Talent Scheme; Singapore; Olympic Games
Problem-Based Teaching Using the Blended E-Learning System for
Learning Php Programming
Krittawaya Thongkoo
Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Krittawaya Thongkoo
GIC1573052
Currently teaching on subjects related to programming has faced enormous
problems. Instruction in a traditional classroom that lecturer teaches and then
students do the exercises cannot make learning effective enough. Most students
still do not understand the process of programming a correct program for a
limited time. Therefore, we have adopted the problem-based technique to
improve teaching and learning with the efficient online learning system. This
research composes of the architecture of the system and the user interface that
customize by using PHP language, including the effective evaluation methods:
Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). This research uses a second-year
student curriculum Modern Management and Information Technology (MMIT)
as a case study. The expected results are the students can improve their
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programming learning skills more quickly and efficiently. Including the ability
to study and learn more all the time, not just in the classroom.
Keywords: Problem-based teaching, e-learning, PHP programming
Hierarchy of ratified international human rights norms in the domestic
legal system – An analysis of Cambodia Case
Thol Theany
Teacher of International Law
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Thol Theany
GIC1573053
States are generally free to decide up to what level they should respect
international human rights norms, those that they did not ratified and even those
they ratified. The relationship between domestic legal system and international
human rights law is one of key factors to identify whether a legal framework of
a nation is classified more into monism or dualism. To examine what
approaches States take toward these two different kinds of classification, States
generally demonstrate their domestic commitment toward international norms
through the provisions of their Constitutions.
In Cambodia, nevertheless, the Constitution 1993 does not say clearly
what rank international human rights norms exists within the domestic legal
system, despite having vaguely mentioned the duties to respect international
human rights laws by domestic institutions. In the landmark decision in 2007
also, Constitutional Council, who are empowered to interpret the Constitution,
maintained that Cambodia recognized existing international human rights laws.
However, this did not provide a definitive answer whether it is the domestic
laws (including the Constitution) or international human rights laws that will
take supremacy when both are in conflict with each other.
The main purpose of this research is to explore the possibility of
answering the above question. This research will go on to analysis how much
important Cambodia think about ratified international human rights norms,
comparing to its domestic laws. Furthermore, it will ask some more specific
questions such as whether ratified international human rights law can be directly
applied before the domestic court. Lastly, it will also examine what
interpretational approaches the domestic court will go for when it comes to
decide a matter of conflict between national laws and ratified international
human rights norms.
To answer all these questions, relevant provisions of the Constitution
1993, concerning laws, judicial practices and relevant literature reviews shall be
examined. At the end, interviews with academic and institutional experts will
also be conducted.
Keywords: Hierarchy, conflicts, Cambodia legal system and ratified
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human rights norms.
Reina Takamatsu
GIC1573054
Developing self-report assessment methods to explore affective and
cognitive processes of cuteness: 15-item Cuteness Responsiveness Scale
(CR-15)
Reina Takamatsu
Nagoya University
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Having been of interest to researchers in psychology, ethology, marketing, and
consumer behavior, research on baby schema effect is multidisciplinary. The
current research seeks to introduce a new self-report instrument for measuring
individual differences in responsiveness to cuteness: the 15-item Cuteness
Responsiveness Scale (CR-15). The CR-15 taps responsiveness to cuteness in
three domains: 1) baby animals, 2) baby humans, and 3) non-human entities.
The underlying assumption is that people who are more concerned about the
protection and care of cute entities will be more responsive to cuteness cues.
Findings suggest that the CP-15 is a psychometrically sound tool for future
studies that aims to better understand the nature of affective and cognitive
responses to infantile entities. Limitations and implications for future research
and utility of the CR-15 are discussed.
Keywords: Cuteness, Baby schema effect, Scale development
Nazariah Osman
GIC1573055
A Case Study of Mahathir’s South-South Cooperation Initiatives:
Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management (CPTM)
Nazariah Osman
International Affairs Department, School of International Studies
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Mahathir’s awakened interest in the Commonwealth encouraged him to seek
more out of the organization for its developing members. The reports
commissioned by Wisma Putra (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia) and the
Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia (ISIS) had provided a
justification for supporting the Commonwealth and he had made good use of the
organization. The 1989 Kuala Lumpur CHOGM, the 1998 Kuala Lumpur
Commonwealth Games, the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme
(MTCP), and the establishment of the Malaysia Commonwealth Studies Centre
Cambridge all demonstrate Mahathir’s interest in the organization. However, the
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Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management (hereinafter, CPTM)
epitomised Mahathir’s engagement with the Commonwealth. In addition,
Malaysia remains a major financial contributor to the CPTM Endowment Fund.
The former Prime Minister believed that Malaysia’s voice would be heard well
in a smaller grouping within the Commonwealth, in particular with the
developing members. Mahathir believed that having organized events that
burnished his reputation amongst the developing members had deepened
friendships. His active participation further improved his capacity to influence
the fellow developing states within and without the Commonwealth.
This paper provides a case study of Malaysia’s prominent involvement in the
CPTM, which exemplified Mahathir’s support for South-South Cooperation and
which became a framework for Malaysia to promote its philosophy of Smart
Partnership and ‘prosper thy neighbour’. It will begin by outlining the
background of the CPTM and show how, under Mahathir’s leadership, Malaysia
got connected with the body. Secondly, the chapter will analyse the strength of
the CPTM and explore how far its establishment succeeded in meeting its
objectives to the extent that, even after his retirement, Mahathir maintained his
active involvement in the CPTM initiative, particularly in the Smart Partnership
International Dialogue which are held alternately between Malaysia (the
Langkawi International Dialogue – LID) and African-Caribbean Commonwealth
countries (SAID). Thirdly, the paper will look at the ‘outcome’ of Malaysia’s
active involvement in the CPTM, in particular with reference to her relations
with states on the African continent and the two-way benefits in the so-called
South-South investment, which transcend traditional North-South relations.
Manotar Tampubolon
GIC1573056
Deprivation of Constitutional Rights of religious minorities in Indonesia:
Overview of Human Rights Law Perspectives
Manotar Tampubolon
Senior Human Rights Lawyer
ABSTRACT
Indonesia is a country based on law (rule of law) and guarantees religious
freedom for every citizen. This freedom is explicitly stated in Article 28E of the
Indonesian Constitution Year 1945. But constitutional rights and the liberties
guaranteed by the state in a positive legal order does not guarantee that freedom
in practice. Indonesian government should protect, guard and guarantee
freedom of religion but transformed into citizens' constitutional rights violators
of minority groups through the establishment of laws that discriminatory and
contrary to the constitution. The government must protect the constitutional
rights of religious minorities in accordance with the constitutional mandate and
not to act contrary to the constitution.
Keywords: Deprivation of constitutional rights, minority groups, discriminatory
laws, constitution.
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Right to own land and Land Dispute in Cambodia, A case study in Phnom
Penh
Va Vanny
Mekong School of Law, Faculty of Law, Cambodian Mekong University,
Cambodia
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Va Vanny
GIC1573057
This paper aimed to identify the factors that cause the land conflicts in Phnom
Penh, Cambodia and its effect, and to explore the strategies and
recommendations for the government and involved parties and as NGOs and
civil in order to improve the human rights and legal standards related to land
issues and prevent the land conflict. It then examines the failures of the overall
land management regime, focusing on the legal system, policy implementation,
and dispute settlement bodies.
This study was conducted in Phnom Penh area with land disputes happened. The
data collection was gained by conducting interview with informants who work
in the field of land issues such as Ministry of Land Management, Urbanization,
and Construction, LICADO, and Cambodian Human Rights Committees. For
the secondary data, this paper was based on document analysis from government
institutions, civil societies, NGOs, and UN report on the land issues as well as
publication of expert and recommendation.
The results show that the conflict over land has increased in Cambodia because
of the ambiguity of land right. There are many types of land disputes in
Cambodia such as dispute between people in villages, government authorities,
and private company investors. Land disputes are the result of a complex web of
failures within land management policies in the post-conflict era following
1979. It is necessary to analyze the causes of these failures from the perspective
of the legal system itself, its implementation, and dispute settlement bodies.
Dr. Toli Achumi
GIC1573058
Harassment of Women and Abuse at Workplace and at Home with Special
Reference to Nagaland (India)
Dr. Toli Achumi
Assistant Professor
Political Science Department
Yingli Government College, Longleng
Nagaland, India
ABSTRACT
Women’s rights and issues as a notion have become a talk of burning issue and a
subject of academic discourse. At the global, national and regional levels
discussions are made as to what actually are the components of women rights
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also on how the existing rights, civil and political, social and cultural, economic
and developmental rights are abused. Such discussions also probe into what
instruments and sources are available for safeguarding these rights and who
enjoys these rights.
Conferences and conventions have been held to effect awareness on the rights
and dignity of women. As such one of the landmarks in history which brought
global recognition on the rights of women is the grand “celebration on
International Women Year in 1975 organised by UN and the first International
Women Conference in Mexico city”, The Montreal Principles on Women’s
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights held from 7th - 10th December, 2002,
helped women to participate freely in the economic, social and cultural rights.
The principles offered on the Montreal Guidelines were to facilitate
interpretation and implementation of non-discrimination policy.
Campaigning for women’s human rights can be known from the reports of
Amnesty International which propagate about the strict adherence of the rights
principles as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
The UDHR principles encompass all the international agenda, which deal with
human rights treaties, obligations for correction of human rights principles, etc.
Moreover, Amnesty International fights against any violation and discrimination
against humankind. Amnesty International also stresses that government’s role
is not only giving of rights to citizens but to play active role in promoting and
protecting rights. And Amnesty International also holds campaigns against the
discriminatory attitude towards women in situations where women silently
suffer “domestic violence, genital mutilation, forced prostitution and other
violent acts committed by private individuals and organisations.” Propagating
about women’s rights as human rights in conformity with “the Declaration of
the UN World Conference on Human Rights held in Vienna in June 1993
states: “The human rights of women and of the girl child are an inalienable,
integral and indivisible part of universal human rights.”
In spite of the global awareness and campaigning for women rights as human
rights, majority of Indian women are still in darkness, unaware of them. This
may be due to the slow pace of imparting education to women and also because
of the strong foundation of patriarchal system in Indian society where women
are at the mercy of men. This paper presents the women’s issues, rights and
challenges with the special reference to the sexual harassment and abuse of
women at workplace and at home in the context of Nagaland (India).
Morung or the Bachelor’s Dormitory of the Nagas as an Institution
Vivolhuno Punyu
Department of History, Nagaland University, India
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Vivolhuno Punyu
GIC1573059
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Principles of the Right to Fair Trial in the Code of Criminal Procedure of
Cambodia
Lina Tay
Khmer Rouge Tribunal Monitor program, the Asian International Justice
Initiative,Cambodia
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Lina Tay
GIC1573060
This paper examines whether the principles of the right to a fair trial (the Principle)
declared by the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
which Cambodia is a party, have been well underpinned by the Code of Criminal
Procedure of Cambodia (the Code). The Code was finally modernized and came into
force in 2007, which later has been implemented procedurally by a well-known
hybrid court, the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia; however,
allegedly widespread criticisms of criminal justice system in Cambodian domestic
court arose dramatically. The paper scrutinizes lacunas of the Principle in the Code,
and then considers issues of fair trial rights occurred in the criminal cases in reality.
Based on the conclusion of domestic trial monitoring reports, it is argued that the
right to a fair trial is at risk in Cambodia. The paper concluded by strongly suggesting
that to guarantee a fair and equal trial system for all, the Code should be considered to
be reviewed to make it crystal clear that all the Principles will maintain in the trial
proceedings implemented by the court stakeholders.
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Implication of Judicial Reform in Cambodia from Perspective of
Constitutional Principles and International Standard of Human Right
Chin Malin
Law and Politics at Faculty of Social Sciences and International Relations
(SSIR), Pannasastra University of Cambodia (PUC)
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
CHIN Malin
GIC1573061
The paper will analyze the implication of current judicial reform in Cambodia
through the enactment and enforcement of the three main organic laws
pertaining to judiciary in response to the constitutional principles of democracy
such as separation of power and independence of judiciary and also see how
they fulfill the international standard of human right such as right to fair trial.
The government has recently established three fundamental laws pertaining to
judiciary and there are lots of critics as well from civil society that these laws
can not guarantee the independence of judiciary and violate the constitution and
international standard of human right, particularly right to fair trial.
Therefore, this paper will do analysis by looking from internal and external
view, the critics from civil society and the perception from government as the
drafter of the laws and compare it with international practice and international
legal instruments concerning with human right as the guideline for a
comprehensive analysis.
Following the analysis on this current judicial reform, the paper will provide
some recommendations to the government on some possibilities for amendment
of the three fundamental laws to make it better, more effective and more
responsive to the constitutional principles of democracy and international
standard of human right in the future as no law is perfect and some critics from
civil society may not be acceptable as well due to their political interest and
affiliation.
Aditi Kumar Gupta
GIC1573062
Memory and its Re Enactments: Politics, Community and Public Sphere
Aditi Kumar Gupta
Visual Studies,School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi, India
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
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Memory as a discourse has fascinated philosophers, sociologists and researchers
from various fields. A public act of remembering or memorializing often binds
people together. An image/sculpture/monument is created to form a narrative
within a specific region/space and its inhabitants. There are varied forms of
memory making both in terms of conception and its performance in physical
space. Though one often tends to succumb to the lure of memory, the present
paper primarily looks at the performance of remembrance or memory, its acts of
erasure as well as enhancement within the specific context of Jammu region –
focusing mainly on the actors within the region- state agencies, military agency,
individual organizations, and specific caste communities.
In this research paper there is an attempt made to map and understand
various cultural markers in the form of sculptures and statues within the public
domain. These cultural markers not only provide a zone of contact but also
proffer an insight into the various socio-political processes, regional
transformations and selective retention of past memories by various agencies
involved particularly - if one refers to the case studies of national, regional and
sub-regional heroes.
It is interesting to note that the material aspect of Jammu region/city,
both in terms of physical manifestations of these cultural markers and their
symbolic representation are by and large carefully devised by the actors of the
state. There are several questions which one encounters while undertaking such
a study, for instance why do people erect statues? Is it only to reinstate lost
memories of the past in the present cultural landscape so that the present and
future generations don’t fall in the abyss of disruptive historical accounts? Or do
they cater to the embedded multi-layered political discourses within the state.
Through this research paper I have made an attempt to question,
understand and intercept the role of memory and the intrinsic meaning of these
statues/sculptures, where they not only act as cultural signifiers but are a register
of structures of power which operate through the aesthetics of monument
building.
Skin Bleaching in Nigeria: Appraisal of the influence of Western Television
Programmes on the Cultural Values of Nigeria Youths
Adebisi David, Alade
Department of History and International Studies, Adekunle Ajasin
University, Nigeria
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Adebisi David, Alade
GIC1573063
The ideal skin complexion represented in the media in Nigeria, whether through
television commercials, billboards, prints or digital advertisements, is often of
fair skin tones. Observation reveals that Nigeria youths who are naturally
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complexioned- dark-skinned, chocolate, and even fair-skinned tend to have
greater complexion dissatisfaction; an assumption held by many African
scholars over the years that foreign media contents have direct and debilitating
effects on African youth both jointly shared by optimistic modernization theory.
The paper seeks to explore using historical analytical methodology, the
contributory role of Western television programmes to skin bleaching among
Nigeria youths. It also probes the role of the media in influencing the cultural
values of Nigeria youths. The paper applies the theory of acculturation and
diffusionism as the theoretical framework for analysis. The study argues that
more exposure to Western television programmes reinforces complexion
dissatisfaction among Nigerian youths as western television stars and celebrities
are often quickly imitated. Employing an Africanist lens, the paper therefore
posits that skin bleaching is part of an emerging cultural behaviour among the
Nigeria youths which results from uncontrolled obsession and exposure to
Western television programmes and contents. The paper concludes and
recommends the improvement of local television stars and movie industry as
panacea to ameliorate Nigerian youth complexion preference and as well check
the cultural genocide among the youths
Keywords: Skin, Western, bleaching, television programmes, Nigeria, cultural
values, youths.
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The Effects of the Announcements of “Fraudulent Process” on Stock Prices
Mehmet Eryiğit
Department of Business Administration
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Mehmet Eryiğit
GIC1573064
Accounting manipulations has been defined as accounting practices aimed to
influence accounting records in a way that leads to misinterpretation of financial
position and/or activities.
Managers generally want to create positive
expectations about the company so that willingness to invest in the company’s
stocks and debt securities increases. Managers can instigate manipulations in
financial statements and/or accounting frauds not only to positively influence
investors’ investment decisions but also for financial gain such as reducing tax.
When the governance detects these types of fraudulent issues, the governance
institutions (the institution in Turkey Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMBT)
must search and control these types of fraudulent issues. If they find any
evidence for the fraud, the CMBT can give the administrative monetary
penalties to the firms who made financial or any other type of frauds. This study
examined whether the announcements of administrative monetary penalties
given by Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMBT) that effect the stock returns
or not.
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Keywords: Fraudulent financial reporting, abnormal return, event study
Does the Perceıved Organısatıonal Support Reduce Burnout? A Survey
on Turkısh Health Sector
Kubilay Özyer, Ayşe Berk, Sema Polatcı
Department of Business Administration, Tokat, Turkey
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Kubilay Özyer
GIC1573065
OST (Eisenberger et al., 1986; Rhoades & Eisenberger, 2002; Shore & Shore,
1995) holds that the formation of POS is encouraged by employees’ tendency to
assign the organization humanlike characteristics (Eisenberger et al., 1986;
Rhoades & Eisenberger, 2002; Shore & Shore, 1995). Burnout is a reaction to
stress and job-related demands in the workplace (Raiger, 2005: 72; Halbesleben
and Demerouti, 2005: 208; Lee et al., 201: 405; Salmela-Aro et al., 2009: 163;
Oliviera et al., 2011: 177). Burnout is analysed in one composite general
burnout measure consisting of three dimensions namely, emotional exhaustion,
depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment. Emotional exhaustion
refers to the deplation of emotional resources of person. Depersonalisation refers
maintaining a remote and negative attitude towards one’s collegues and
disregardind them. And lastly reduced personal accomplishment means
considering oneself negative and inadequate in regard to job performance
(Evers, et al., 2004: 132; Raiger, 2005: 72). The aim of this study was to
examine the effect of perceived organisational support on burnout. Besides it
was investigated the effect of perceived organisational support on the
dimensions of burnout. Data were collected from 103 health workers who are
working in a private older people health caring home. Maslach Burnout
Inventory was used to assess the burnout level. To assess the perceived
organisational support was used measure developed by Eisenberg et al., (1986).
To analysed data SPSS programme was held. It was thought the result of the
study will be useful for researchers and also managers.
Keywords: Perceived organisational support, burnout, emotional exhaustion,
depersonalization, reduced personal accomplisment, health sector
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Alexander of Macedonia Representations of an Adventure by
Orientalists in Colonial India
Ifqut shaheen
Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University,
Islamabad
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Ifqut shaheen
GIC1573066
It is now beyond any doubt an established fact that Alexander reached as a
world conqueror into the northwestern part of India – which constitute modern
Pakistan – while still a young general and ruler. Various stories in this regard
have left behind by classical Greco-Roman writers such Curtius Rufus, Arrian,
Plutarch etc. These mines of ancient Indo-Pakistani history have been given
considerable attention by orientalists and Indologists of 19 th and early 20th
centuries. Being successors, as the claimed to be, of the Macedonian conqueror
British rulers in India also showed immense interest in this phase of Indian
history. Thus, the legend of Alexander got prominence to the extent that
westerners of the time got obsessed with him as being ‘the Great’. It implies the
locals, both rulers and common people, as being mediocre. I use the term
mediocre in multifarious meanings and contexts e.g. from moral degradation to
political depreciation, cultural denigration and social stagnancy. This paper
explores this particular kind of understanding and portrayal of Alexander and, in
turn, subjects it to postcolonial critique to the effect that an indigenous
viewpoint and discourse come to the fore.
Alexander and folk memory in Pakistan
How history takes mythical character with concern for moral implication
Rafiullah Khan
Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Rafiullah Khan
GIC1573067
As speedily Alexander came into the east, he made return at the same pace
towards his hometown. But cultural and political changes which his arrival
ushered in here have left behind not only material traces and blowing classical
accounts but a folk memory as well. It have been western, and perhaps some
indigenous, scholars and writers who have brought the multifaceted legacy, as
preserved in written records and archaeological remains, to the fore. Historical
reconstructions in South Asian context can safely be traced back to early 19th
century which continued all through the 20th century till the present. As a result,
all that we find is an almost complete picture of what a role the Greeks did play
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in northern India. However, beside all this encompassing activity and the great
scholarly achievements, still there are prospects to explore more about this
historical interaction between east and west.
One such field is that of folks and their memories, tales and lore. This aspect of
Alexandrian story has not yet attracted scholars’ attention. The present study is
an attempt in this direction. It focuses on folk memory, axiomatic statements
and folk representations vis-à-vis Alexander. All the data give us the result that
Alexander’s legend has found appropriation in local contexts such as stories of
vernacular heroic-cum-national character and, more importantly, representations
showing instability and ephemerality of the world and human existence. It
shows that all forms of folk representations in relation to Alexander in Pakistan
signify moral implications, experiential lessons and existential considerations.
The study also shows how history gets turned into mythology and historical
protagonists into mythical characters when human memory fails, as it no doubt
fails, to recall the real events and great agents in historical developments.
India: A Global Commercial Industry of Surrogacy
Phalguni Singh
University School of Law and Legal Studies, GGSIPU, New Delhi
[email protected]
Phalguni Singh
GIC1573069
ABSTRACT
The word surrogacy by and large means substitute, where a person is appointed
to act in the place of another. Surrogate mother is someone who bears the child
for another person with the intention of handling the child along with all the
legal rights, shortly after the birth of the child.
Surrogacy traces its genesis from various mythological scripts like the
Mahabharata, the Ramayana, and from various other Hindu religious texts.
Apart from these Hindu literatures one can find few incidents of surrogacy in the
Bible and the holy Quran.
This paper adopts a critical view towards the commercialisation of surrogacy
and explains how it is being treated as an emerging industry in India, especially
after the legalisation of commercial surrogacy since 2002. And several other
facets that makes India a global hub for fecundity commerce.
And an endeavour has been made to encipher the various laws, mainly the
proposed Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) Regulation Bill 2010,
which basically intends to provide safeguards to poor, helpless and marginalised
women, who are being capitalized in the name of surrogacy in India.
Keywords: Surrogacy, commercialization, fecundity, commerce, proposed bill
and capitalized.
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Of Perversion
Dibakar Pal
Executive Magistrate in India & PhD Student
Department of Business Management
University of Calcutta, India
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Dibakar Pal
GIC1573071
Perversion is the action, intention, behavior or desires that are considered
abnormal or unacceptable. It is a derogatory and degraded kind of action.
Common people generally relate and limit perversion with sexual activities only.
It deviates from right or good manners. It is wrong, improper, corrupt, wicked,
etc. It is against moral values. For example, pornography perverts the youths due
to immaturity. Here, maturity acts as a brake. Because a matured person knows
where and when to stop which the innocent youth lacks. Live together is the
contribution of leading fast life. In fast life everything is fast due to absence of
any bondage between partners. Fast life always dreams for jet age. Jet age
knows not to stop since it has no base and brake at all causing ultimate and
untimely breakage of relation. Thus live together is perversion. They say live
together is not illegal if two adults be partner. But it is harmful to society and its
culture. Because deserted children, the product of live together, be victimized
causing social problem. Thus, live together is not illegal but it is immoral.
Perversion is bad. But the world suffers from perversion. It is the easy means of
enjoyment to the common mass. Here common mass and uncommon minds are
equal and at par. Perhaps, this is the cause of being the society infested with
perversion.
Key Words: Perversion, Diversion, Enjoyment, Illegal, Immoral
The Effect of Teaching Modern American Drama on EFL Learner’s
English Speaking Fluency under Varying Time Conditioning
Kian Pishkar Ahmad Moienzadeh
Islamic Azad University Jieroft Branch
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Kian Pishkar
GIC1573072
The time conditions in testing of speaking fluency is one of the most influential
elements for determining speakers’ ability in conveying their intended concepts
and meanings, and here validity of its implication has been studied based on
diagnostic test. It is based on pausing (means of length of pauses, number of
pausing, and filled pauses percentage), speed rate (syllabus presented) and
lexical diversity that in different levels of speaking in different students are
completely different. Some testing researchers claiming that the time restrictions
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imposed in the test environment, when compared to the speaking conditions
typical at JieroftPayamNour University, I.R. Iran may prevent English language
and literature students from displaying the kinds of speaking fluency required in
academic contexts. This paper studies the effect of an efficiency driven decision
to reduce the time allowed for performance on a diagnostic test of speaking
fluency based on Modern American Drama from 35 to 10 min. This research
narrows the investigation by examining how a drama-based EFL program
impacts three dimensions of oral communication: fluency, comprehensibility,
and accentedness, and one anxiety factor - foreign language speaking anxiety
(FLSA) -, over time. Speech samples were collected from EFL learners in a
treatment and a control .Pre- and post-test analysis indicate that learners in the
treatment group made significant gains in oral fluency while oral fluency among
learners in the control group remained unchanged. This paper is based on a
study on speaking fluency performed by JieroftPayamNour University students
of English language and literature using retelling technique. The aim of the
study is to find out the effect of retelling of Modern American Drama on the
students’ speaking fluency and to know the strategies used by those students
while retelling a text of Modern American Drama.This study was a true
experimental and quantitative and carried out with 25 homogenous Jieroft
PayamNour University students of English language and literature by using
retelling technique in an EFL situation. 40 EFL participants were chosen from
70 students based on their proficiency scores, and their ages ranged from 19 to
29 and they were studying at intermediate level. The data were the speaking
transcripts which were analyzed to see the progress after six-time treatment was
given. The result reveals that the speaking fluency of the students increased in
some areas as shown by the improvement on their vocabulary.
Key words
Modern American Drama,EFL,Speaking Fluency,Time Conditioning
Mahesh Elkunchwar’s Old Stone Mansion: Conflict between Old and
Modern Values
Nisha Bhagwat Gosavi
Savitribai Phule Pune University Department of English
ABSTRACT
Nisha Bhagwat Gosavi
GIC1573073
Mahesh Elkunchwar first came into limelight through his one-act-plays. His
first one-act-plays Sultan and Holi, published in the reputed journal
Satyakatha (1967, 1969) were produced by Vijaya Mehata for Rangayan in
Bombay (1970). Most of his plays talks about death, loneliness, and
purposelessness of life. He has written more than fifteen plays in Marathi
most of which have been translated into Indian and Western languages like
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English, French and German. Mahesh Elkunchwar’s Old Stone Mansion
throws light upon
the conflict between old generation and the new
generation values. Both these generation values carry their own positive and
negative impacts on the lives of people living in that Wada, Old Stone
Mansion. The present paper looks at Mahesh Elkunchwar’s Old Stone
Mansion from the angle of this conflict between Old and Modern values.
Key Words: Old Stone Mansion, Conflict, Old and Modern values.
Samuel Marfo
GIC1573074
Thinking ‘Beyond the Box’: A Theoretical Approach to Glocalized
Peace and Security
Samuel Marfo, HaliduMusah, Domenic DeGraft Arthur
Department of Social, Political and Historical Studies
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Throughout ages, one of the greatest needs of humans has been a peaceful
and secured society devoid of violence. In pursuit of this agenda, different
approaches have been employed at different times in the world history
which largely tend to be inward looking or state centric, where peace and
security are construed mainly in terms of military might and states
monopoly of violence. Arguably, the dynamics of contemporary world has
proved that nation states are all vulnerable to natural and physical
calamities and that; global threats to peace and security of states demand a
paradigm shift of approach to peace and security. Natural catastrophes such
as earthquakes, typhoons and infectious diseases (example AIDS and
Ebola) afflicting nations; and the upsurge of criminal net-works operating
across the globe manifested in a well-coordinated and execution of violent
demonstrations as experienced in Egypt, terrorist attack in America,
arbitrary kidnapping and bombardment in Nigeria and Kenya, and narcotic
drugs trafficking among others, suggest that nation states have to ‘think
beyond the box’ of national boundaries.
Upon the insight from secondary data gathered through critical review, this
paper make a case for glocolized peace and security which is domestically
relevant and internationally compliant.
Key words: Classical Peace and Security; Globalisation; ‘Glocalized Peace
and Security’.
Samuel Marfo
Re-Thinking Human Security, Exclusive Breastfeeding and Child
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GIC1573074
Health Security: Yonso Area Council in Perspective
Samuel Marfo, Bismark Osei
Department of Social, Political and Historical Studies
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Health is one of human most precious possessions. Without health, life is
deprived of its usefulness. In the light of this, Ghana has over the years
adopted various pragmatic health measures including exclusive
breastfeeding with the view of salvaging its citizens, especially children
from the scourge of diseases and its attendance morbidity, which is a major
component of human security. Interestingly, the exclusive breastfeeding
concept has been received with a mixed reaction. While some nursing
mothers practice exclusive breastfeeding, others do not.
It is against this development that an exploratory study was conducted in
the Yonso Area Council, a rural community in the Ashanti Region, to
establish among others, the contributory and inhibiting factors to the
practice of exclusive breastfeeding. Data gathered through interview of 91
nursing mothers reviewed that, the awareness of nursing mothers about
exclusive breastfeeding and its effects on the health security of the child has
been very high due to health education from the Ghana Health Service.
However, such high awareness rate has not translated into full adoption of
the concept by all nursing mothers due to poverty, unemployment,
erroneous understanding and inadequate family support. The paper
advocates for a more health education and counselling as well as aggressive
economic reforms especially, among the rural poor as a means of promoting
and sustaining exclusive breastfeeding practice and its concomitant child
health security in the country.
Key words: Yonso Area Council; Child Health Security; Exclusive
Breastfeeding
Integration of the Special Economic Zones in the Local Economy: The
Case of Special Economic Zones in Cavite Province
Dr. Michele M. Rocela
International Studies Department, San Beda College Alabang
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Dr. Michele M. Rocela
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GIC1573075
Creating Urban Space beyond Conventional Limits in Singapore
Burhanuddin bin Jalal
Fakulti Pengajian dan Pengurusan Pertahanan Universiti Pertahanan
Nasional Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
ABSTRACT
Burhanuddin bin Jalal
GIC1573077
Organisasi dakwah merupakan salah satu organisasi yang mengumpulkan
pelbagai lapis sumber manusia yang mempunyai pelbagai latar belakang.
Kepelbagaian individu manusia ini bukan untuk dikumpulkan untuk
meramaikan bilangan ahli dalam organisasi dakwah semata-mata tetapi
kepelbagaian manusia ini perlu diuruskan dengan baik agar kepakaran
serta potensi mereka dalam bidang masing-masing dapat dimanfaatkan dan
disusun atur untuk maslahat dan kepentingan dakwah. Dalam konteks ini
institusi Angkatan Tentera Malaysia telah menubuhkan Kor Agama
Angkatan Tentera pada tahun 1985, sebagai usaha untuk membina
penghayatan Islam dalam kalangan anggotanya membentuk kekuatan
anggota dari aspek spritual dan mental agar mempunyai daya tempur yang
kuat bagi mempertahankan agama, bangsa dan negara. Oleh yang
demikian, kertas ini ingin melihat sejauh manakah penghayatan Islam
dalam kalangan anggota Angkatan Tentera Malaysia berdasarkan usahausaha dakwah dan pendidikan Islam yang telah dilaksanakan oleh Kor
Agama Angkatan Tentera Malaysia melalui program Dasar Pembinaan
Mental dan Kerohanian Islam Angkatan Tentera Malaysia. Kajian
perpustakaan, kaedah soal selidik, temu bual dan pemerhatian telah
digunakan bagi memperoleh data berkaitan dengan penghayatan Islam
anggota Angkatan Tentera Malaysia. Kajian soal selidik telah dijadikan
instrumen kajian lapangan untuk melihat sejauh mana penghayatan Islam
dari aspek akidah, ibadah dan juga akhlak. Kajian telah dilakukan
terhadap 383 orang responden anggota ATM yang telah dijadikan sampel
kajian. Teknik pengambilan sampel secara rambang telah digunakan dan
keseluruhan hasil kajian telah dianalisis dengan menggunakan perisian
SPSS versi 16 secara deskriptif dan inferensi. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan
penghayatan Islam dalam kalangan anggota Angkatan Tentera Malaysia
adalah tinggi dan ini membuktikan bahawa usaha-usaha Kor Agama
Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (KAGAT) untuk membina penghayatan Islam
dalam kalangan anggota Angkatan Tentera Malaysia adalah tercapai.
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Factors militating against the sustainability of World Bank Assisted
Projects in South Western Nigeria
Adeyemo, P. A., Oladosu, I. O.
Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development,
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Oladosu, I. O
GIC1573078
Lin Zhang
GIC1573079
Effective participation in any rural development program is an indication of
possible sustainability of such developmental efforts. This study therefore
examined the militating factors against sustainability of selected World
Bank assisted projects in South-western Nigeria. Multistage sampling
technique was adopted in the selection of two hundred and forty six
participants each of Fadama and CSDP projects respectively making a
pooled total of four hundred and ninety two (492) respondents for the study.
Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson
Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). The average age of both Fadama
and CSDP participants were 47 and 45 years respectively. Thus, they were
in their productive years. Result of Correlation analysis (p<0.05) shows
that lack of post project funding, irregular community group meetings and
poor leadership were severe constraints that threatens the sustainability of
the World Bank assisted projects. It is recommended that youths should
be empowered to be financially independent, in order to enable them
contribute substantially to sustainability of projects within their community.
Furthermore , leadership should be capable enough to engender cohesive
group meetings and proper planning for funding cessation to achieve
sustainability of community projects..
Keywords: Lack of post project funding, irregular meetings , poor
leadership.
Refining the Art of Reforming the Corporate Governance of Chinese
State-Controlled Listed Companies: Venture Capital and Adaptive
Efficiency
Lin Zhang
School of Law, Korea University, South Korea
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
The corporate governance of Chinese state-controlled listed companies
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(SCLCs) has attracted much scholarly attention. Through reviewing the
extant literature in this field, it is clear that the overwhelming majority is
theoretically underpinned by the lens of agency costs. Another important
perspective, adaptive efficiency, has yet to be equally emphasized by
scholars. Reflecting on the experience of American venture capital (VC),
this article puts forth that the corporate governance of SCLCs has weakened
the fundraising ability of Chinese domestic VC. Taking account of the
positive link of a vibrant VC sector and the enhancement of adaptive
efficiency, an obvious conclusion is that the corporate governance of
SCLCs has already jeopardized the adaptive efficiency of the Chinese
economy. Further, the normative implication of this finding is that the
refined art of reforming the corporate governance of SCLCs ought to
combine and harmonize agency costs with adaptive efficiency.
The Nutritional Status of the Philippine Normal University Students:
Basis for Nutrition Program Development
Glenda O. de Lara
Philippine Normal University
[email protected]
Maria Carmela T. Mancao, Rachel C. Rodriguez, Lorena A. Castro
Glenda O. de Lara
GIC1573080
Myla Zenaida Cabrillas-Torio
ABSTRACT
Recognizing the nutrition problems among Filipino school children, this
study was undertaken to assess the nutritional status of Philippine Normal
University (PNU) pre-service teachers and basic education students with the
aim of creating a university nutrition program. Respondents were grades 1
to 10 pupils of the Institute of Teaching and Learning (ITL), and 15% of the
college population. The method includes administration of survey
instruments, conduct of interviews with respondents and the involvement of
medical practitioners as regards the determination of health status through
Body Mass Index (BMI). Data were collected including their BMI, eating
patterns, eating habits, and nutrition knowledge. Results revealed the
following information; the BMI shows that 43% of the grade school
respondents and 60% of the college respondents are of normal weight.
There is preponderance of overweight to obesity among pupils, while 30%
among college respondents weigh below normal to severe thinness. The
results further revealed that lunch is the most regularly taken meal. Food
consumption is below the required serving set by the National Nutrition
Council of the Philippines and the World Health Organization (WHO). The
respondents scored moderate to high in the nutrition knowledge survey.
Recommendations include the launching of a breakfast program, ”no junk
food” policy, and the distribution of nutrition tips to parents.
Keywords: education, nutrition, school management, pre-service teachers,
program development
Facilitating secondary level students’ involvement on school-based risk
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GIC1573081
identification, assessment, and reduction
[email protected]
Von Anthony G. Torio
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Risk is the potential of losing something of value or possibility of causing
harm to individuals. In an educational setting, it may be related but is not
limited to psychological, health, and physical risks. This study aimed to
involve secondary level students in the identification, assessment and
reduction of risks to students in the secondary level of a higher education
institution. The descriptive method of research was used in this study. In
gathering data, student-initiated separate studies were facilitated. Students
on their third year were given a chance to choose risk assessment as one of
the research themes and to write a proposal about their chosen topic. On
their fourth year, they were tasked to carry out their proposal. Thirteen
students out of 69 considered risk assessment as a theme. Majority of the
students were female (10), and 3 males. A group of students determined
psychological risks in school; another group studied physical and health
risks. At the end of the two-year study, the group of students found the
following significant school-based risks: Psychological risks – bullying and
parents working abroad; health risks – comfort room and dark school areas
prone to mosquitoes; physical risks – facilities such as non-functional
emergency exits and unsecured electrical wirings. These findings were
inputs to school-based improvements and developments in the reduction of
risks.
Keywords: Risk Assessment, Education, Secondary level, Risk Reduction,
Research
Whole Brain Teaching in the Philippines: Teaching Strategy for
motivating students and increasing learning gains
[email protected]
[email protected]
: GIC1573082
ABSTRACT
Whole Brain Teaching is a brain-based teaching strategy rooted on the
concepts developed by Biffle and Hermann. This strategy treats every child
to have four brain areas that require close attention during teaching and
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learning sessions. The four brain areas correspond to four learning activities
to address the holistic learning needs of an individual. The four learning
activities are: (1) lecture; (2) individual work; (3) group work; and (4)
practical display. The study aims to determine the effect of the use of whole
brain teaching on students’ science learning gains and motivation. A set of
5 lessons were delivered by five groups of pre-service teachers to grade 10
science in an identified set of Physics lessons. Learning gain in science was
measured using a developed 40-item test taken from standardized released
items from international examinations. The test was administered as pre-and
posttest to the subjects of the study. Motivation results were gauged using a
Physics Motivation Questionnaire developed by Glynn & Koballa (2006).
The results revealed that students in Grade 10 science had an average
learning gain of 20%. The Physics motivation results of the students
revealed average to high motivation with intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
being the highest two components of motivation out of the six components.
It was further found that male subjects had relatively higher motivation as
compared to female subjects.
Dr. Majid Masoomi
GIC1573084
Keywords: Motivation, Education, Whole Brain Teaching, Science,
Learning gains, Philippines
The formation reasons of political violence in the Middle East countries
M. Masoomi
Department of Politics Science, Baft Branch, Islamic Azad University,
Baft, Iran
ABSTRACT
Nura-aa Sama-ae
GIC1573085
Since the phenomenon of terrorism in the today’s world, especially in the
Middle East is one of the important and effective issues on various issues,
including national security. In current essay, we try to be studied and
explored one of the dimensions and important areas of interaction between
terrorism, national security and political development in the Third World
countries in general and in particular in Iran. The result of this study shows
that Terrorism in the today’s world has become a strategic phenomenon and
it is used by political groups and governments to achieve their goals as well
as affecting national security of countries. Political violence inherent in the
phenomenon follow strategies based on three operational phase (Creating a
mental breakdown due to the fear of the people, encourage the regime of
responding and Transfer legitimacy) and manage and implemented the
mutual and interaction spatial with people and with political system in order
to achieve their political objectives. The research methodology used in this
study was cause method that is done by using the dominant positivist
thinking and methodology of library.
Keywords: Political violence; security; national security; terror; terrorism;
political development
Cooking Terms in Patani Malay: An Ethnosemantic Study
Nura-aa Sama-ae
Faculty of Humanities Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
[email protected]
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Nuntana Wongthai
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to analyze the meanings of Patani Malay
cooking terms in three provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat in the
southern part of Thailand. The researchers applied the theoretical
framework of the componential analysis proposed by Katz and Fodor
(1963); Leech (1974); and Nida (1979) to analyze dimensions of contrast
and semantic components of the cooking terms used in those three
provinces in order to reveal the food culture of Patani Malay people. The
data were collected from the Patani Malay dictionaries, cook books of
southern Thai food and the informant interview. Twenty cooking terms
were found in Patani Malay. There are five dimensions of contrast which
are PURPOSES, HEAT, TIME, EQUIPMENTS and MAIN
INGREDIENTS. Each of these dimensions entails the significant semantic
features which distinguish one cooking term from others. The study reveals
ways of cooking and food culture of Patani Malay people; namely, most
Patani Malay food are cooked by heat, Patani Malay people prefer dried
food and soup to greasy and oily food. In addition, the cooking terms
showed that they strictly obey and follow the Islamic laws. Most
ingredients, especially spices, reflected that their food culture gains the
influences from other countries such as India, China, and Indonesia.
Keywords: Componential analysis, Cooking terms, Food culture, Patani
Malay
Chothika Singprasert
GIC1573086
Travel Blogs as a reflection of Thai Perspectives on Myanmar
Chothika Singprasert,
[email protected]
Nuntana Wongthai
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
This paper aims to analyzing perspectives on Myanmar found in Discourse
of travel blogs. The researchers consider linguistic strategies used by the
bloggers under the framework proposed by van Dijk (2006, 2009). The data
were drawn from travel blogs in the blue planet section of Pantip.com
posted between January-December 2014. Six linguistic strategies were
found: lexicon, local syntax, expressions, rhetorical figures, indirect speech,
and modality. The linguistic strategies used in travel blogs on Myanmar
reveal both positive and negative points of view of the bloggers. Those
points of view are way of life, occupation, geography, religion, food,
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accommodations & buildings, transportation, fashion, security, technology,
and sanitation. Since the ancient time, Myanmar used to be portrayed as an
enemy of Thailand by the media (textbooks, films, and TV plays).
However, this study reveals that travelers to Myanmar have opened their
mind and change their points of view towards their neighbor. Myanmar is
no longer our enemy but a beautiful country with a deep root of Buddhism
and many beautiful tourist attractions.
Keywords: Myanmar, Travel blogs, Points of view, Discourse analysis
Luxury Value Perception: A Cross-Cultural Study
Raras Cynanthia
The University of Manchester
[email protected]
Yi Wang
[email protected]
Raras Cynanthia
GIC1573087
Richard Kennon
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Luxury value perception is being popularly researched for the pas few years
(Blocker,2010; Bian and Forysthe, 2012; Shukla and Purani, 2012; Godey
et al., 2013; De Barnier and Valette Florence, 2013). Wiedmann (2007) has
introduced four categories of luxury value perception, which is divided into
functional value, financial value, personal value and social value. The
concept is widely agreed and applied in other luxury value perception
studies (Wiedmann, 2007; Bian and Forysthe, 2012; Wieddman and
Hennigs, 2013).Furthermore, luxury value perception, are not varying
between industries, some contrasts found differences between luxury value
perceptions across countries (Bian Forsythe; 2012, Li et al, 2012; Shukla
and Purani, 2012, Godey et al., 2013; De Barnier and Valette Florence,
2013). The research has two main aims, developing a conceptual model of
luxury value perception, specifically in Fashion industry and comparing the
luxury value perception between individualistic country and collectivistic
country. Two hundred subjects from Indonesia and United Kingdom were
contributing in filling the questionnaire. The proposed conceptual model of
luxury value perception has proven to be applicable through Structural
Equation Modeling analysis. Also, result found that there is no significant
difference on luxury value perception between Indonesia and United
Kingdom.
Dr. Amaragani Hari Shankar
GIC1573088
Social History of Trade and Marketing for the Notified Commodities in
Hyderabad State: 1920 – 1956
Dr. Amaragani Hari Shankar
Department of History
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Osmania University, Hyderabad
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
This paper attempts to map the social history of commercial crops, with a
special reference to notified commodities, in the erstwhile Hyderabad state
during 1920-1956 to argue that domains of communication/transport
systems and the development of trade/market centers are closely
intertwined and historically inseparable. This paper considers the notified
commodities,which were most sought after commodities not only in the
Indian sub-continent but in the neighboring countries as well,as a standpoint
to understand the corresponding relationship and changing patterns in it
with the gradual development of communication systems. The paper argues
that these trade centers proved to have played a significant role in the steady
growth and constant expansion of economy in the Hyderabad state. It also
narrates the historical role as well as politics of colonial agencies in the
development of communication systems in this part of Telangana region;
these dynamics have eventually paved the way for notified commodities to
be the hallmark of Hyderabad state economy both historically and today.
Human rights as a prerequisite for african development
Samaila l. Gamba
School of general studies
Abubakar tatari ali polytechnic
Bauchi, nigeria
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Samaila l. Gamba
GIC1573089
Shak Hanish
GIC1573090
This paper discusses human rights as a prerequisite for African
development. The paper began with the definition of the human rights
concept. It also discussed the historical development in the modern epoch as
well as the constitutional provisions on the right to development. A
discussion on the prerequisite for African Development was also attempted;
finally it concluded and made recommendation
Keywords: United Nations, Charter, Human Right, Development, freedom,
provision, information, universal, press, constitution.
Federalism in Iraq: Assessment
Shak Hanish
Department of Social Sciences, National UniversityDepartment of
Social Sciences, National University
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Since 2003, there is a debate about dividing Iraq into three states or regions
in accordance with its ethnicity and religious sects. There are groups
supporting unity of Iraq to keep it as a united country and to continue the
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process of building a new Iraq, a process that started after the First World
War. There are diverse ideas about such solution. Still, there are those who
think Iraq is a failure state and the solution is to divide it to three entities to
calm down ethnic and sectarian division.
In this paper, I will examine the two main points of view and assess them to
see which solution will suit better or which solution is the least harmful in
order in order to keep peace and stability in this war-torn country. At issue
will be centralism in Iraq and its evolution to federalism and to see if
confederal system is another solution to the problem. The paper will look at
the struggle of the Kurdish people for their nationalist rights and to see if
splitting Iraq to two states will be a better solution. Finally, I will conclude
my paper by evaluating the issue and providing possible solutions.
Practice and program of trans-disciplinary education in Taiwan
Ming-Der Yang
Department of Civil Engineering, National Chung Hsing University,
Taichung 402, Taiwan
Yi-Ping Chen
Department of Business Administration, Da-Yeh University, Changhwa
515, Taiwan.
MIng-Der Yang
GIC1573091
ABSTRACT
Nurture of future talent is the same consensus in all countries worldwide. In
addition to professional expertise in a specific field: the future world needs
talents with the focus on communication and collaboration capabilities,
interdisciplinary training, and both innovation and practice experience.
Because of the demand, many countries are committed to the pursuit of
education reform, especially higher education which is able to hatch talents
to lead social and economic society move forward in the near future.
In Taiwan, a multi-year program of trans-disciplinary education, so-called
SHS (society-humanity-science), has been executed to cultivate to transdisciplinary talents based on a major professional learning. The transdisciplinary education is processed through Problem-Based-Learning to
solve cross-boundary and hot issues in communication and society. SHS
tries to engage to the real world problem with the future world vision from
either global or local aspect. Since the real problems or issues are often
complicated, critical, urgent, and often with risk, college students have a
great opportunity to learn and apply trans-disciplinary knowledge before
graduation instead of just memorizing the theories and taking tests in
lecture. This paper briefly introduces the process and progress of the transdisciplinary education program, including course design and arrangement,
teaching aid workshop, outcome display and competition of student
projects, and even education system reform.
Keywords: trans-disciplinary, higher education, problem-based-learning,
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Use Of Interdisciplinary Creative Drama İn Primary Education
Ali Öztürk
Department of Fine Arts Education, Faculty of Education, University
of Anadolu, Turkey
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Ali Öztürk
GIC1573092
The aim of this study was to investigate the use of interdisciplinary creative
drama in primary education.In particular, the child's creative drama that
develop creativity in mind, should take part in the program should be
considered.
In this study, descriptive and applied methods based on oral interviews as
contributions to the development of the creative aspects of elementary
students creative drama are discussed.Creative drama, dance, drawing and
music contribute to the relations between the child evaluated.
As a result, increasing primary school children's educational level is
assumed to be the contemporary equivalent level of creativity.
Creative drama in the country has reached an advanced level of education,
especially finding is from a lot of places in the interdisciplinary arts
education.
Creative drama, we anticipate the absolute need to be dealt with in the
elementary school art education programs and applications as well as in
interdisciplinary practice.
Keywords: Creative Drama, Crative Drama at Elementary School, Arts
Education at Elementary School.
The Use Of Pop Musc In Primary School Music Courses In Turkey
Mehmet Alan
Department of Primary Teaching, Faculty of Education,Anadolu
University, TURKEY
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Mehmet Alan
GIC1573093
The aim of this study is to investigate how popular music culture is used in
music education in primary schools. Another aim is to draw the attention to
outcomes that popular music, which will affect the child’s life and music
education directly, will bring.
The method followed in this study is descriptive; it was evaluated and
discussed in terms of literature review. In the study, course books,
workbooks and songbooks used in primary school music courses were
investigated. In this investigation popular music pieces were searched in
children songs. Popular songs that are out of children songs structure were
chosen randomly and then examined. The popular music concept in this
study was limited to popular songs in the school songbooks. Not all the
products and items were included in the study. As it was mentioned in the
aim of the study, while investigating the use of popular music in children
music courses, it was determined that the effects of popular music should
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also be taken into consideration. When the results of the investigation of the
songbooks are considered, it is seen that the samples of popular songs,
which we might call “popular music”, are the works that goes back to a
couple of generations. No terms, facts, and expressions, which are harmful
in the education of children, were encountered. It is obvious from the books
of children’s music book writers that they involved songs, which were easy
on the ear and liked in their childhood or youth years. This does not
constitute a problem in terms of education programs followed by Turkish
Ministry of National Education. On the contrary, the results revealed that
they do not contain enough samples from today’s popular music. As a
result, it is obvious that in order for our children to keep up with the era,
they need to learn the present culture. In terms of educating our children
truly, we predict that contemporary issues should be followed and turned
into outcomes, and “popular music pieces” should be thought without
losing their popularity
Key Words: Popular Culture, Popular Children Songs, Primary School
Music Course
Human rights as a prerequisite for african development
Samaila l. Gamba
School of general studies, Abubakar tatari ali polytechnic
Bauchi, nigeria
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Mehmet Alan
GIC1573094
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948 has taken its
place of honour as the basic international code of conduct by which
performance in promoting and protecting human rights is to be measured.
The international convention on human rights, for example have added
supervisory procedures to control the implementation of the international
precepts of human rights. By the above, an impressive arsenal of standards
has been laid which has significantly contributed to extending and
diversifying the range of rights to be protected, and identifying the persons
and groups entitled to make claims to them. Lien (1973).
The above development is predicated not only on the realization that
discrimination on any ground such as race, sex, religion or social status is
an abomination which the world can no longer tolerate but a recognition
that colonialism, exploitation, foreign domination and occupation are an
anachronistic relics of the past and that full equality of men and women is
both possible and eminently desirable.
Regrettably, the elaboration of these international instruments (i.e.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights) and even the subsequent efforts by
various nations at transformation or domestication notwithstanding, mass
poverty, wide spread illiteracy, summary executions and torture, hunger and
starvation, unemployment, corruption, lack of adequate medical services
etc, still persists in various parts of the globe.
This paper discusses human rights as a prerequisite for African
development. The methodology adopted in this research is doctrinal with a
view to accessing the role of human rights in African Development. The
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paper began with the definition of the human rights concept. It also
discussed the historical development in the modern epoch as well as the
constitutional provisions on the right to development. A discussion on the
prerequisite for African Development was also attempted; finally it
concluded and made recommendation
Keywords: United Nations, Charter, Human Right, Development, Freedom,
Provision, Information, Universal, Press, Constitution, Civil and Political
Rights, Social and Economic Rights, Democracy.
How Ideology Affects Chinese Foreign Economic Policy in Mao Tsetung's Period
Lin. Tang
Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
Dissertation Synopsis
ABSTRACT
Lin. Tang
GIC1573095
This dissertation aims to explore how ideology affects Chinese foreign
economic policy in Mao Tse-tung's period. This research focuses on Mao's
period because it was more ideologically-oriented than any other period of
People's Republic of China. Until today, China has been adhering to the
Four Cardinal Principles “to keep to the socialist road and to uphold the
people’s democratic dictatorship, leadership by the Communist Party of
China, and Marxism-Leninism and Mao Tse-tung Thought”. The impact of
these ideological factors on foreign policy has been emphasized by previous
studies, but the mechanism by which ideology affects Chinese foreign
economic policy has not been well clarified.
Since ideology is an abstract concept, this research reified it with numbers
of familiar doctrines of Mao's period such as anti-imperialism, regeneration
by one's own efforts, class struggle, internationalism etc. These ideologies
originated from the experiences of revolution, war, semi-colonial rule by
imperialist nations and betokened the blast of ethnic consciousness.
The analytical framework bases on “ideology and the structure of leaders’
perceptions toward foreign situation”, “ideology and the internal power
struggle”, and “ideology and the institutionalization”. It argues that
ideology affected leaders’ perceptions of foreign situation and then shaped
the framework of foreign economic policy. Also, ideology was utilized as a
weapon of internal power struggle which indirectly affected foreign
economic policy-making processes. Meanwhile, the institutionalization of
ideology directly affected the actors and organizations which were involved
in the decision-making of foreign economic policy. In order to understand
the structure of leaders’ perceptions toward foreign situation, this research
begins with analyzing official Chinese government documents and
memories of decision-makers/leaders. It also conducts some case studies to
verify its theoretic framework. Furthermore, this research compares Mao’s
era with Post-Mao China to explore the shifts of ideologies, and compares
Chinese socialism with other socialism, capitalism countries to better
understand the relationship between ideologies and foreign policy decisionmaking.
This research provides the following potential academic contributions. 1. It
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will present a new perspective to the arena of Chinese foreign policy
decision-making studies. Focusing on “ideology and the internal power
struggle” can explain the linkage of domestic politics and foreign policy. 2.
Previous foreign policy decision-making models were almost western
countries oriented. This research would possible offer a new analysis model
in understanding economic policy decision-making in emergent markets.
Also, from a comparative perspective, her research about China should
provide hints about research on other countries.3. China is the second
largest economic power, and becomes more influential globally. This
research will help to understand the structure of Chinese leaders’
perceptions toward foreign situation, and offers insights to the trends of
Chinese foreign economic policy.
Investigating the Violin in Terms of Intercultural Context
Zafer Güzey
Anadolu University, State Konservatory, String Making Department,
Eskiehir, Turkey
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Zafer Güzey
GIC1573096
Shu-Chin Su Ed.D.
: GIC1573097
The aim of this study is to address the field of art of different or similar
cultural values, how these values are transferred from one generation to
other, and the historical development of violin by examining the
development of violin in terms of intercultural concept.
As the methodology, the relevant literature was reviewed, and the place of
violin in intercultural concepts was attempted to be examined universally.
As a result, the stylistic improvement, how it differed from society to
society, how it ended up in its current from by factors like paintings,
sculptures, relief, etc. of violin in the process from past to present can be
observed. The effect that appears among different societies by the
interaction of factors like language, religion, art, etc. reveal what kind of an
stylistic change on violin, and the contribution of these changes on the use
of violin is the topic of discussion.
Key Words: Violin, Culture, Interculturality.
An Exchange Student’s Perspective: a Case Study of
Teachers’ Different Teaching Methods, Activities and Styles between
Universities in Taiwan and Mainland China
Shu-Chin Su
Assistant Professor, Department of English, the Danshui Campus of
Aletheia University, Taiwan
Ting Lei
Faculty of English Language and Culture, Guangdong University of
Foreign Studies, China
ABSTRACT
The purpose of the study was to offer references for exchange students
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Uwem Essia
GIC1573098
majoring in English from both Taiwan and Mainland China by sharing the
teachers’ teaching methods, activities and styles in Aletheia University
(AU) and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GU). Seven teachers
from AU and nine teachers from GU and five students from both
universities participated in this study. The researchers used the method of
qualitative research to make the conclusions by observations, intensive
interviews and documentary analysis, the results found that teachers from
GU are more likely to use multimedia teaching as a common way of
teaching than teachers from AU. Before class, teachers from GU tend to
require students to finish tough tasks before and after class, while teachers
from AU do not normally ask students to do difficult exercise whether
before or after class. Teachers from GU pay more attention on students’
professional experience than teachers from AU. There are eleven
differences and two similarities in different aspects from two Universities.
The researchers hoped that the finding may provide useful information to
the teachers and students who are and will be involved in short-term
exchange programs and also make educators from both sides of the Taiwan
Strait complement one another smoothly in the future.
Keywords: Teaching methods, Teaching activities, Teaching styles,
Language learners, International education exchange
Financing model for sustainable
Development of infrastructures in nigeria
Uwem Essia
Pan Africa Institute for Development – West Africa (PAID-WA)
Buea, South West Region of Cameroon
[email protected], [email protected]
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Peter N. Mba
Department of Economics
University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Weak capacity for developing infrastructures in Nigeria is attributable to
inadequate long-term funding, poor capital budget implementation, and
disconnect of planning and budgeting, among other factors. The paper
proposes a simple financing model that aims at mopping up idle funds
within the economy for creating secure, accessible, and affordable longterm credit that can be channeled to fund infrastructure development, within
an operational environment governed by sound planning, private
participation promotion, and commitment to value-for-money assessments.
Based on a critical review of the current institutional setting for planning,
public finance management, and funds’ custodianship in the country, the
paper proposes how the National Planning Commission, the Federal
Ministry of Finance, and the Central Bank of Nigeria can be restructured to
create a sustainable institutional architecture for financing infrastructural
development in Nigeria.
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Keywords: credit creation, planning, implementation, upgrading,
synchronization, prioritization, fund mobilization
JEL Codes: E02, E58, E61, H54, H60
Gender Sensitive Labour Policy for Gilgit Baltistan
Ayesha Obaid
Szabist University, Islamabad, Pakistan & Punjab Saaf Pani Company,
Pu
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
Ayesha Obaid
GIC1573099
Nattawat Thanaphansin, Permporn Na
nakorn, Pornpen Chawalitthada
GIC1573100
This study is about understanding the role of gender division of work that
has been assigned to men and women in different societies and cultures and
its impact on labour force participation through economic development.
Development in Gilgit Baltistan has been challenging due to its
geographical conditions and the human development indicators are lower
than the rest of the Pakistan. Various socioeconomic factors are identified
that play an important role in determining the choices and roles men and
women undertake for contributing towards the labour force. Our research
highlights the areas lagging behind in gender equality in labour market. The
availability and access of gender over these socioeconomic resources
determine gender mainstreaming in labour market. It is a need of time that
gender gaps should be addressed at the grass root level by the policy makers
to enhance the growth and improve human development indicators.
Key Words: gender division of work, socioeconomic factors, labour force,
human development indicators.
A Study to Evaluate the Social Media Trends among University
Students
in Bangkok Thailand
Nattawat Thanaphansin
Faculty of Business Administration, Pitchayabundit College,
Nhongbualumphu, Thailand,
[email protected]
Permporn Na Nakorn
Faculty of Management Science, Chandrakesem Rajabhat University,
Bangkok Thailand
Pornpen Chawalittada
Faculty of Management Science, Chandrakesem Rajabhat University,
Bangkok Thailand
Siriporn Thitalampoon
Faculty of Science and Technology, Stamford International University,
HuaHin, Thailand
ABSTRACT
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This exploratory study report findings on the profile of Thai young adults
age 17 to 20, also known as the Generation Ywith special regard to their use
of internet and social media technologies in Bangkok. Data were collected
from 379 youth from public and private in Bangkok Thailand universities.
Findings indicate that the most preferred activities are online
communication and socialization, followed on researching on specific
information for the purpose of completing assignments, “how-to” and “doit-yourself” information. The least preferred activity is buying things such
as books and clothing online. Data from this study will allow social
researchers to utilize Internet and social media technologies.
Keywords : social media, youth, technology
Perception of middle age group IT employees? towards the
organizational commitment
Radha Yadav, Priyanshu Garg, Ashu Khanna
Department of Process engineering, Indian Institute of Technology,
roorkee
[email protected],
Radha Yadav
GIC1573101
ABSTRACT
Today’s competitive scenario,
it is very difficult to reach the high
profitability with the efficiency and keep retaining the employees in the
organization. Organizational commitment is the psychological state which
establishes the relationship between the employees and organization. It is
the bridge through which employees connected to the organization. The
study focuses the organizational commitment of the employees’ of it sector
located in NCR region and analyse the employees demographic variables
such as age, marital status, gender etc with their commitment towards
organization. the study also tries to examine that whether higher
remuneration improves commitment towards organization. The result
revealed positive relationship between renumeration in terms of salary and
organizational commitment and demographic variables affects on the
organizational commitment
Keywords: Demographic variables, salary, normative commitment,
continuance commitment and normative commitment
Guo Zhaowen
GIC1573102
Multi-Dimensional Threat Perception: Understanding State Responses
to Communal Violence in Post-Suharto Indonesia
Guo Zhaowen
Department of Political Science
ABSTRACT
The resignation of Suharto in 1998 was accompanied with locally
concentrated communal violence. This study seeks to understand the
variation of state responses to communal violence in post-Suharto
Indonesia. I argue that threat perception, divided to threat formation and
threat evolution, is explanatory in bridging communal violence and state
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responses. By vertical comparison, I argue that (1) state responses to the
outbreak of communal violence depend on threat formation on collective
action at societal level; and (2) state responses to the escalation of
communal violence depend on threat evolution on collective action at state
level. By horizontal comparison, I argue that threat perception of religious
violence is stronger than that of ethnic violence.
Key words communal violence, threat perception, state responses,
collective action, Indonesia
Sibin Wu
GIC1573102
Social Responsibility: Aligning Stakeholders’ Interests and Making
Sensible Tradeoffs
Sibin Wu
Chair of Department of Management, College of Business and
Entrepreneurship, University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W
University Dr
[email protected]
ABSTRACT
One hot button on how to sustain a company’s long term success has been
to determine which of the following approaches should be taken, doing
good by doing well or doing well by doing good. This paper argues that
companies can actually balance the two. We propose a model with four
strategies that a company can implement that eventually will help a
company to succeed over long term while managing the short-term and at
the same time, benefit all stakeholders.
Tourists’ Perception Of Osun Osogbo Festival In Osogbo, Osun State
Nigeria
Yina Donald ORGA.
The Federal Polytechnic, Idah. Kogi State, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
Yina Donald ORGA.
GIC1573103
Osun Osogbo festival is one of the biggest art festivals in Nigeria with over
235, 518 tourist visits in 2014. The purpose of this study is to generate data
on the tourists’ perception of Osun Osogbo Festival in Osogbo, Osun State
Nigeria. Based on the population of 199, 860 tourist visits at Osun Osogbo
festival in 2013, Krejcie and Morgan sample size table was used to select
768 tourists/respondents. Likert questionnaire were used to elicit data from
the respondents. Descriptive statistic was used to describe the
characteristics of respondents and analyse the tourists’ perception of the
festival. The findings from data analysed suggest that the trend of domestic
and international tourist visits in the past ten years for the festival had
shown a consistent increase since 2004 except in 2007 and 2008 and
continue to increase up to 2013. This is an indication that the tourists are
satisfied with traditional, historical and authenticity features of the festival.
Also, findings from the study revealed that the tourists are not satisfied with
the number of toilets at Osun Sacred Grove, crowd control of visitors
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during the festival, medical personnel to cater for visitors during the
festival, etc. In view of the findings of the study, the following
recommendations are suggested; provision of more toilets at Osun Sacred
grove, Osogbo Heritage Council to recruit festival guides to help control the
huge crowd at the festival, the Government of State of Osun in conjunction
with Red Cross Society should engage adequate medical personnel to cater
for medical needs of visitors at the festival, etc.
Key words: Festival, Perception, Positive, Tourists
Do Security Conditions Block the Progress of Infrastructure Projects in
Afghanistan?
Fardeen Gauhary.
Master of Arts in International Development International University
of Japan, 2015
ABSTRACT
Fardeen Gauhary
GIC1573105
Sumie Yoshikawa
GIC1573106
This paper seeks to explain why the progress of the infrastructure
development in Afghanistan has been slow. It focuses on the country’s
security conditions and examines whether and to what extent they have
slowed down the building of infrastructures. Using a survey of government
officials and obtained data on projects in the National Solidarity Program
(NSP) implemented under the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and
Development (MRRD) it demonstrates that poor security conditions lead to
failures or suspensions of the government projects.
Keywords: Security Condition, Infrastructure Development, and Causes of
Slow progress of Infrastructure Development.
China’s foreign policy toward the international governmental
organizations
Sumie Yoshikawa
Research Associate, Waseda Institude of Contemporary Chinese
Studies,
Waseda University (Japan)
ABSTRCT
This presentation aims to discuss the change of the Chinese foreign policy
toward the international organizations during 2000s. This time, I selected
China’s attitude towards World Trade Organization (WTO) as a case study.
I have examined China’s involvement in the WTO dispute settlement
system, the approach to the Doha Round, and the attempt to raise China’s
influence in WTO.
From 2001 to 2006, China exerted great efforts to maintain conformity with
WTO rules. However, China has changed the attitude toward WTO since
2007. China has intensified its participation in the WTO dispute settlement
system. China has come to push its own opinions strongly in the Doha
Round.
This China’s attitudinal shift is mainly because the Chinese leaders have
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changed their perspectives toward WTO. They regard that they cannot
obtain the expected profits from WTO. In addition, they have strong
confidence in making their own policies after experiencing the big
structural variation of the world economy, especially symbolized by the
global financial crisis.
Political Development in Southeast Asia: the Reflection of Freedom in
the World Index by Freedom House Organization
Muneeroh Yeedum
Public Administration Program, Faculty of Humanities and Social
Sciences, Phranakhon Si Ayuthaya Rajabhat University, Thailand
ABSTRACT
Muneeroh Yeedum
GIC1573107
This research aims to understand and compare the significance of political
development in Southeast Asia countries through democratic index,
“Freedom in the World”, by Freedom House Organization. The study
started with a consideration of “Freedom in the World” survey data from
years cover 1972-2014 in 11 Southeast Asia countries. Then, explicated the
substantial political phenomenon from the trends of data.
The findings suggested that there are three clusters of political development
in Southeast Asia. The First cluster is the countries which are designated to
the one and only status every year of the Freedom House surveys: Burma,
Vietnam, East Timor and Singapore. The Second cluster is the countries
which are designated to two statuses in the periods of the Freedom House
surveys: Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and the Philippines. The Third
cluster is the countries which are designated to three statuses in the periods
of the Freedom House surveys: Indonesia and Thailand.
Keyword: Political development, Southeast Asia, Democracy, Freedom
House Organization, Freedom in the world
The Arabian Nights And Its Impact On English Literature
Md Idris
The English ans Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India
ABSTRACT
Md Idris
GIC1573108
The title of this dissertation is “Alf Lailah Wa Lailah; Its Translation in
English And its impact On English Literature”. This study is explorative in
nature as it tries to trace and discuss how the stories ‘Arabian Nights’ have
influenced English Literature. Since its first translation came into existence
in French by Antoine Galland in 1704 and these immortal collection of folk
tales got into Europe, a number of authors, scholars have made their attempt
for translating it into many Indo-European languages. Thus the Arabian
Nights started to expand the volume of its readership and popularity across
the world. The Thousand and One Nights, also called The Arabian Nights,
Arabic Alf laylah wa laylah, collection of largely Middle Eastern and
Indian stories of uncertain date and authorship whose tales of Aladdin, Ali
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Baba, and Sindbad, the Sailor have almost become part of Western folklore.
As in much medieval European literature, the stories—fairy tales,
romances, legends, fables, parables, anecdotes, and exotic or realistic
adventures—are set within a frame story. Its scene is Central Asia or “the
islands or peninsula of India and China,” where King Shahryar, after
discovering that during his absences his wife has been regularly unfaithful,
kills her and those with whom she has betrayed him. Then, loathing all
womankinds, he marries and kills a new wife each day, His vazier,
however, has two daughters, Shahrazad and Dunyazad; and the elder,
Shahrazad, having devised a scheme to save herself and others, insists that
her father give her in marriage to the king. Each evening she tells a story,
leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. The
stories are so entertaining, and the king so eager to hear the end, that he
puts off her execution from day to day and finally abandons his cruel plan.
Since the main focus of this explorative study is to focus on the influence of
Arabian Nights, the researcher has brought in references of various English
translations from scholars and authors like Sir Richard Edward Burton,
Edward William Lane, John Payne etc. To begin with, the first and
foremost aspect that attracts the English writers, scholars and critics was its
charming fables, fairy tales, romances, historical anecdotes of varying
ethnic sources including Indian, Persian and Arabian Oral and folk
traditions.
The influence of the Arabian Nights is very much explicit and frequent in
its impact on English writers in the making their literary works. Arabian
stories had popularity in the Medieval English folklore literature. Medieval
English poets were exposed to the literary influence of the translations from
Arabic in the use of scientific imagery. Special mention may be made of the
poem The Owl and the Nightingale, composed between 1186 and 1216.
Early references to the anthology are found in the writings of Masudi, who
reveals it as a translated book full of fictional stories. Ibn al-Nadim (98788) disapprovingly views a “coarse book” of Arabian tales with repetition
of some stories such as Shahryar and Scheherazade. Europe also had
Arabian legends in Greek and Roman literatures. In-depth, the conventional
Arabic style which has a narrator who says the story of other narrators
telling stories, is seen in such works as Dante Alighieri’s (1265-1321)
Divine Comedy, Boccaccio’s (1313-1375) Gesta Romaurum and
Decameron and Geoffrey Chaucer’s (1343-1400) The Canterbury Tales.
The story of the Caliph Harun-al-Rashid appears in some form in William
Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, where a character named
Awakened Sleeper has been characterized with similarities from Harun al
Rashid.
However, Arabian Nights has not only influenced in the realm of English
and European drama but it has also influenced in the realm of English
fiction in the 18th century. The framework of the story of Daniel Defoe’s
(1660-1731) Robinson Crusoe imitates the style of Arabian tales where the
life and adventures of Crusoe and his discovery have been portrayed
exacting the life of Bagdadian Sindbad in Arabian Nights. Sinbad’s
experience with the ‘Rock’, a giant bird could lift elephants in its claws, is
best shown in Jonathan Swift’s(1726) Gulliver’ Travels. S. T Coleridge’s
(1772-1834) immortal fiction Kubla Khan has perfectly sketches the
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oriental dreams of kings and prophets which has only been possible due to
the Arabian Nights in the background.
By the second half of the 18th century, the Arabian Nights had started
influencing on the English Romantic poems. John Keats’s (1795-1821)
literary works have plenty of evidence of his direct acquaintance with the
Arabian Nights. In one of his letters to Fanny Brawne in July 1819, he made
an outstanding reference to the story of “The Man who Laughed Not” in the
Arabian Nights. In his Endymion (1818), some myths are in fact taken from
the Arabian Nights.
The Arabian Nights has popularized Oriental tales in the framework of
English Literature. They have gained general currency and found their
approach into the leading literary journals of the day, as for instance Steele
and Addison’s magazines, Spectator, Tatler and Rambler. The magicians,
genies, fairies, charms, enchanted rings, lamp and talismans of all sorts
caught public fascination. The play, Aladdin or The Wonderful Lamp ,
staged first in 1789, selected stories from the Arabian Nights. These stories
were performed for years at the Royal Theatre in London.
The 19th century witnessed a dramatic rise in the popularity of The Arabian
Nights in English literature. During this time, Romanticism was in its peak
form and those poets who were engaged in the writing under the banner of
Romanticism exclusively borrowed and intellectually used various features
from the Arabian, Asian and Turkish tales. William Wordsworth (17701850) in The Prelude describes the wonders of the Arabian fiction which he
says: “I had a precious treasure at that time, a little, yellow canvas-covered
book. It is a slender abstract of the Arabian Tales”. Another reference
comes from Lord Byron who was extremely influenced by the oriental
features of The Arabian Nights which had been reflected in most of his
famous poems such as The Giaour (1813), Don Juan (1818) and The Bride
(1813) that explicitly supplies a reflection of either Arabian characters or
Arabian images, allusions or attitudes stands for religio-cultural image of
The Arabian Nights.
The same trend continued with William Makepeace Thackeray’s (1811-63)
Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, The Newcomers etc. Another
English Translation by Sir Richard F. Burton (1985) accelerated its volume
of readership, popularity and borrowing of various ideas from the Arabian
Nights. Burton translation primarily exposed the Arab world exactly as it
was and its perverted sexuality and of irrational violence. Lord Alfred
Tennyson’s Recollections of the Arabian Nights (1830) as a happy
imagination of English childhood clearly reminds us of Harun Al Rashid’s
Garden of Gladness in the fantastic story of Nur-al-din Ali and the Damsel
Anis-al Talis in the Thirty Sixth Night. The Arabian Nights played an
enormous role in the development of Charles Dickens’s (1812-70)
imagination. He mostly uses the allusions of The Arabian Nights in his
novels and other writings and speeches to evoke a sense of wonder, beauty,
glamour, mystery and terror. In David Copperfield, he referred to the
Arabian Nights magician and the tales of Genu which models on the fairy
tales of the Arabian Nights. The amazing feature of this immortal tales is
that of its continuing influences on the 20th century English literature. One
can easily find the oriental elements in English literature, cinema, fiction
and in electronic media of the twentieth century. Among the 20th century
literary figures, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad, E. M Foster, W.B Yeats,
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H. G. Wells, James Joyce, T.S Eliot etc. are worth mentioning who were all
admirers of the Arabian Nights. To sum up, The Arabian Nights enriched
the scope of imagination, inspiration with wild inner sense of free thinking.
It was the exoticism of the Arabian Nights which evoked such an
overwhelming reaction from readers in Europe. It was quite natural that the
Arabian Nights by virtue of its enthralling themes, resplendent images and
innovative narrative technique continues to enjoy the status of arguably the
most widely read piece of oriental literary masterpiece.
Chapterization of Dissertation: This dissertation has been presented and
organized in four chapters followed by a conclusion and references.
Chapter-01 entitled “Early Development of Arabian Stories and Various
Forms of Art” has been presented in two sections. The section-A of first
chapter addresses the issues on “Development of stories throughout PreIslamic, Islamic and Abbasid periods” and section-B addresses the issues on
“Art of the stories in Modern period and various art forms of literature”.
Similarly chapter two entitled “Sources and Origins of Alf Lailah Wa
Lailah and its Literary Art” has been presented in two phases where the
section-A deals with “Alf Lailah Wa Lailah and its Background” and
section-B deals with “Art of Characterization, Literary Style and Diction”.
Chapter three entitled “A Glance on the various English translations of the
Arabian Nights” has been presented in three phases in which case section-A
deal with “Analytical Study of the Translations of the Preface to the
Arabian Nights”, section-B deals with “Analytical Study of the Poetic
Narratives in Arabian Nights ” and section-C deals with “Analytical Study
of the various Footnotes and Illustrations”.
Chapter four entitled
“Influence of the Arabian Nights on English Literature” has been presented
in five sections in the case of which, the section-A deals with “Influence of
Arabic Literature in European Literature”, section-B deals with “Impacts of
the Arabian Nights in English Literature” , section-C deals with “Influence
of The Arabian Nights on Male English Writers with Special reference to;
Robert Lewis Stevenson, Oscar Wild and Joseph Conrad”, section-D deals
with “Influence of The Arabian Nights on Female English Writers with
Special reference to Charlotte Bronte, Emma Hays and Jane Austen” and
section-E deals with “Influence of The Arabian Nights on Children’s
Literature in England”. Finally a conclusion has been drawn throwing lights
on the overall review and a list of references has been presented at the end
of the dissertation.
#KTPUNTUKAHOK: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
AS A TOOL OF SOCIAL MOVEMENT
Margaretha Sinaga
Department of Communication Management, Faculty of
Communication Science
Universitas Padjadjaran, Jatinangor, Indonesia
[email protected]
Margaretha Sinaga
YRA1573051
ABSTRACT
In 2017, there is going to be a governor election in province
with the highest population density in Indonesia, Jakarta Capital Region.
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This upcoming general election highlights a number of subject matters, the
most evident of which is the aggregation of 1 million Indonesian identity
card for a future governor candidate, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama also known
as Ahok. Ahok is now no longer carried by a political party. On behalf of
being a future governor candidate, referring to Peraturan KPU No. 9 Tahun
2015, he needs propulsion from at least 750.000 Jakarta inhabitans. To
make it exactly safe, Ahok needs 1 million copies of ID card of his
supporters, and ought to be collected on July 2016 as the governor election
will be held on February 2017. Volunteers who support Ahok are named
“Teman Ahok” (Ahok’s Friends). They are making bombard in social media
with hashtag #ktpuntukahok (ID Card for Ahok) and producing a 2-minute47-second video published in Youtube, entitled “Satu Juta KTP untuk
Ahok”. This way of social media bombarding aims to inform people as well
as forming mass mobilization about Ahok and the plan, well be said to
make social movement. This study describes the role of social media as a
tool of social movement.
Keywords: Ahok, social media, social movements
LISTENERS
Uwem Essia
Pan African Institute for Development - West Africa (PAID-WA)
GIC1573104
Conference Calendar
Summary of Locations:
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June 2015: SINGAPORE - Successfully Concluded
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July 2015: KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA) - Successfully Concluded
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Aug 2015: ISTANBUL (TURKEY) - Successfully Concluded
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Sep 2015: LONDON (UK) - Successfully Concluded
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Oct 2015: MAURITIUS - Successfully Concluded
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1.
Nov 2015: SINGAPORE
2.
Dec 2015: BANGKOK (THAILAND)
3.
Dec 2015: KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA)
4.
Feb 2016: DUBAI (UAE)
5.
Apr 2016: ISTANBUL (TURKEY)
6.
May 2016: KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA)
7.
Jun 2016: SINGAPORE
8.
Jul 2016: KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA)
9.
Aug 2016: ISTANBUL (TURKEY)
10. Oct 2016: HONG KONG
SINGAPORE, NOVEMBER 2015
VENUE: MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE (Tentative)
NAME OF CONFERENCE
DATES
13th to
7th International Conference on Healthcare and Life
14th Nov
Science Research (ICHLSR)
2015
WEBSITE
http://www.ichlsrsingapore.com/
14th to
10th International Conference on Advances in Social
15th Nov
Sciences (ICASS)
2015
http://www.icasssingapore.com/
15th to
6th International Conference on Teaching, Education
16th Nov
and Learning (ICTEL)
2015
http://www.ictelsingapore.com/
7th International Conference on Business
Management and Legal Studies (ICBMLS)
http://www.icbmlssingapore.com/
16th to
17th Nov
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2015
International Congress on Science and Engineering
Research (ICSER)
17th to
18th Nov
2015
http://www.icsersingapore.com/
BANGKOK (THAILAND), DECEMBER 2015
VENUE: ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NAME OF CONFERENCE
DATES
WEBSITE
13th International Conference on Science and
Engineering Research (ICSER)
16th to 17th
Dec 2015
http://www.icserthailand.com/
10th International Conference on Healthcare and
Biological Research (ICHBR)
17th to 18th
Dec 2015
http://www.ichbrthailand.com/
13th International Conference on Social Science
Research (ICSSR)
18th to 19th
Dec 2015
http://www.icssrthailand.com/
9th International Conference on Teaching, Education 19th to 20th
Dec 2015
http://www.ictelthailand.com/
10th International Conference Business and
Commerce (ICBC)
20th
Dec 2015
http://www.icbcthailand.com/
10th International Law Conferences (ILCO)
21th Dec 2015 http://www.ilcothailand.com/
KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA), DECEMBER 2015
VENUE: LINTON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (Tentative)
NAME OF CONFERENCE
12th International Conference on Researches in
Engineering, Technology and Sciences (ICRETS)
DATES
WEBSITE
26th to http://www.malaysiaicrets.com/
27th Dec
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2015
27th to
28th Dec http://www.malaysiaichlsr.com/
2015
12th International Conference on Advances in Social
Sciences (ICASS)
28th to
29th Dec http://www.malaysiaicass.com/
2015
29th to
30th Dec http://www.ictelmalaysia.com/
2015
30th to
9th International Conference on Business Management
31st Dec http://www.icbmlsmalaysia.com/
and Legal Studies (ICBMLS)
2015
DUBAI (UAE), FEBRUARY 2016
VENUE: Flora Grand Hotel, Near Al Rigga Metro Station, Deira, Dubai
NAME OF CONFERENCE
DATES
WEBSITE
14th International Conference on Green and Sustainable
Technology (GSUS)
20th to 21st
Feb 2016
www.gsusdubai.com
11th International Conference on Healthcare and Biological
Research (ICHBR)
21st to 22nd
Feb 2016
www.ichbrdubai.com
14th International Conference on Humanities and Social
Science (HUSOC)
22nd to 23rd
www.husocdubai.com
Feb 2016
10th International Conference on Teaching, Education and
Learning (ICTEL)
23rd to 24th
Feb 2016
www.icteldubai.com
11th International Conference on Advances in ICT for
emerging issues in Society (ICT-eis)
24th to 25th
Feb 2016
www.ictelsdubai.com
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ISTANBUL (TURKEY), APRIL 2016
VENUE: YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, BESIKTAS, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
NAME OF CONFERENCE
DATES
Technology (GSUS)
Science (HUSOC)
Learning (ICTEL)
2nd International Conference on Education, Language and
Psychology (ELAP)
11th to
12th April
2016
12th
to 13th April
2016
13th
to 14th April
2016
14th
to 15th April
2016
15th
to 16th April
2016
WEBSITE
www.gsusturkey.com
www.turkeyichlsr.com
www.husocturkey.com
www.turkeyictel.com
www.elapturkey.com
KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA), MAY 2016
VENUE: HOTEL DYNASTY, JALAN IPOH, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
NAME OF CONFERENCE
DATES
WEBSITE
Technology (GSUS)
16th to 17th
May 2016
www.malaysiagsus.com
17th to 18th
May 2016
www.malaysiahlsr.com
Science (HUSOC)
18th to 19th
May 2016
www.malaysiahusoc.com
Learning (ICTEL)
19th to 20th
May 2016
www.ictel-malaysia.com
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3rd International Conference on Education, Language and
Psychology (ELAP)
20th to
21st May 2016
www.klelap.com
SINGAPORE, JUNE 2016
VENUE: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, NANYANG EXECUTIVE CENTRE,
SINGAPORE
NAME OF CONFERENCE
DATES
WEBSITE
17th International Conference on Green and
Sustainable Technology (GSUS)
15th to 16th
June 2016
www.singaporegsus.com
16th to
17th June 2016
www.hlsrsingapore.com
17th International Conference on Humanities and
Social Science (HUSOC)
17th to
18th June 2016
www.singaporehusoc.com
13th International Conference on Teaching, Education 18th to
19th June 2016
www.telsingapore.com
4th International Conference on Education, Language
and Psychology (ELAP)
www.elapsingapore.com
19th to
20th June 2016
KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA), JULY 2016
VENUE: HOTEL DYNASTY, JALAN IPOH, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
NAME OF CONFERENCE
DATES
WEBSITE
18th International Conference on Green and Sustainable 9th to 10th July 2016 www.gsusmalaysia.com
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Technology (GSUS)
10th to 11th July
2016
www.hlsrmalaysia.com
18th International Conference on Humanities and Social 11th to 12th July
Science (HUSOC)
2016
www.husocmalaysia.com
12th to 13th July
2016
www.telmalaysia.com
13th to 14th July
2016
www.elapkl.com
ISTANBUL (TURKEY), AUGUST 2016
VENUE: YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, BESIKTAS, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
NAME OF CONFERENCE
DATES
WEBSITE
15th to 16th
Aug 2016
www.turkeygsus.com
16th to
17th Aug 2016
www.turkeyhlsr.com
17th to
18th Aug 2016
www.turkeyhusoc.com
15th International Conference on Teaching, Education 18th to
19th Aug 2016
www.turkeytel.com
www.turkeyelap.com
19th to
20th Aug 2016
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HONG KONG , OCTOBER 2016
VENUE: REGAL ORIENTAL HOTEL, 30-38 SA PO ROAD, KOWLOON CITY, HONG KONG
NAME OF CONFERENCE
DATES
WEBSITE
3rd to 4th October
2016
Under Construction
17th International Conference on Healthcare and Life 4th to 5th October
2016
Under Construction
5th to 6th October
2016
Under Construction
16th International Conference on Teaching, Education 6th to 7th October
2016
Under Construction
7th International Conference on Education, Language 7th to 8th October
2016
Under Construction
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