reference in the study of world environmental movement. Rachel Carson’s (1965) Silent Spring seems to be the most popular text on ecology ever published in human history. It presented the negative impact of pesticides and insecticides on environment. Gorz, Andre (1980) presents the view that ecology constitutes an integral part of politics. Shiva Vandana (1988) has tried to look at the issues related to development and ecology from a feminist perspective. Her work (1991) on conflicts over natural resources
Not all conflicts are unfavorable, majority of them are undeniably negative, however, as (Tjosvold, 1986) suggests conflict is a mean of conveying differences or priority due to opposing needs or demands. The effect of conflict on team performance is complex, however, studies such as (Jehn, 1995) or (De Dreu, 2003) have shown that it could sometimes actually be helpful. In order to avoid groupthink
relations among groups that are in conflict? Introduction: University of Cape Town wants to enforce Integration of students from different “ races” through the use of the “contact hypothesis” which has an underlying idea that interpersonal contact can effectively reduce prejudice between groups like these(Allport, 1954). This paper argues that while it has been proven that interpersonal contact can improve relations among groups in conflicts through the reduction of
they use less verbal communication. On the other hand, America is heterogeneous and thus their people express themselves in more words than needed (Jandt, 2012). Therefore, as Japanese people tend to be less verbal in their interactions, this might conflict with the behavior of American managers who are verbose. Furthermore, Japanese people employ kinesic behavior in the form of bowing as a traditional greeting whereas
current job and reference of current research evidence. It will go further to describe in details the concept relationship between personal, social and professional life. 1. CONCEPT 1:CONFLICT RESOLUTION This concept is derived from block 2 module 6 titled “conflict resolution and collective bargaining”conflict resolution has to do with resolving a dispute. It is a normal part of every healthy relationship and it is imperative to learn how to resolve
The narrative of violence in South African communities with regard to social action as it applies to the case study of the violent strike and killing of mine workers at Marikana in August 2012. On the 16th August 2012, there was a massacre of 34 workers by the South African state police at Lonmim Marikana. This essay aims to explain how the Social Identity Theory accounts for the violence in South African communities, with particular reference to the Marikana massacre. I am going to explain the
Overview Evaluation of WEF Resources Case Study No. 1 - Taniguchi et. al (2015) analyzed security measures based on the amount of resource, self-production, and diversity of sources of each resource. Diversity for all the three resources is also analyzed using surface water and groundwater for water sources; hydro power, geothermal power, solar, and biomass for energy; and cereals, vegetable, fruit, meat, and fish for food. They find a high diversity of sources of water in the US and the Philippines
A great number of studies have explored electoral violence and linked it to other related concepts such as democracy and voting behavior. Moreover, most published works are case studies of various countries specifically in Africa andn Asia. These case studies that contributed most to the literature identifies the causes as well as the effects of electoral violence. Also some scholars provided strategies to mitigate the problem. A great chunk of literature that examines electoral violence have been
construction projects is that they include multiple stakeholders: Organizations, Clients, Governments sometimes, Consultants and the Recipients. Therefore, variable conflicts might occur between these stakeholders as a result of variations in interests, requirements, perspectives, expectations or methods of communication. Many studies have addressed this partials with the aim to improve and develop the briefing process, where lots of conceptual frameworks were initiated to manage and control multiple
they have been modified to function in the 21st century. Using the case study “Intergenerational Stresses in the McKinley Family” these theories are further explained and put into context. The first theory is system perspective, this theory is mostly about how systems function, the roles each person in the family/system plays and the effects between and within systems the produce stability and change. The next theory is conflict perspective, this theory is mostly related to dominant groups how they