Chipko movement where villagers from a region in Uttarakhand opposed the profitable exploitation of their forests. He shows that this phenomenon is “part of the long history of confrontation between local population and the administrators and practitioners of scientific forestry, both under the Raj and more widely.”1 This analysis allows him to locate the complex cognitive economy presiding over the running of ecosystems by village communities. The continuity between colonial logics and the exploitation
This primary source analysis will focus on an account describing the hostile confrontation of French Huguenots unwillingly trapped inside a house by a Catholic Parisian mob on the night of 4 September 1557, Saint-Jacques street in Paris. The document titled ‘Affray in the rue Saint-Jacques, September 1557’ is a 1996 English translation by historian Robert J. Knecht (in the second edition of his compilation of sources French Renaissance Monarchy: Francis I and Henry II) of the French Calvinist theologian
Knowledge and motivation are the driving factors in the success of people’s lives. However, Passion and the ability to dream are the key elements that tie everything together. I grew up in a joint family full of dreamers and achievers. My grandfather, ran away from his village to pursue his passion i.e. physics and got admitted to one of the most reputed colleges in India, St. Stephens College, New Delhi. He later got a PHD from IIT, Delhi and became a professor at the Delhi University, N. Delhi
good level of satisfaction for their current living conditions, older women, people over the age of 85, and those living in nursing homes, report less frequently those positive emotional experiences that are a key component of well-being. From the analysis, it has also emerged that subjective evaluations play a more important role in well-being than in objective conditions. These findings confirm Campbell's support in 1976. He states that the changes and losses accumulated throughout life by the elderly
To grasp an understanding of the Southern States of America is something that Edward L. Ayers argues is hard to achieve: “When they speak of 'Southern culture' they are creating a fiction...as The South's defenders claim, it is not easily understood by outsiders; as its critics claim, it is apparently not understood much better by its resident defenders.”1 This might be the case, however, it is the experiences, although they might differ from one another, that contribute to an understanding of the
Rogers (1977) believed that with a proper psychological climate this internal inclination of the individual (personal power) can be released. Rogers believed that this growth-promoting climate has three basic characteristics: authenticity or congruence, unconditional positive regard, and empathic understanding. If the aforementioned conditions were present in a relationship between facilitator and oppressed, student and teacher, counselor and client, the following would result: From a political standpoint
is the first I ever heard about it.’ But I gave it to him and then I lay down and cried to beat the band all afternoon.” (TGG, Chapter 2) In Tom, however, she finds no love, no respect and no consideration. Ironically, and tragically, Myrtles confrontation with her husband, who truly loves her, ends with her fleeing the gas station and being fatally struck by Gatsby’s car. Her distorted American Dream ends with her lifeless body by the side of the
What challenges do PWDs encounter when applying for the DACF? 1.5 Significance of Study The study involves a cross section of PWDs in the Ada East District and the key actors as far as issues about disability is concerned especially DFMC members and officers from the Department
MARKET-ORIENTED REFORMS IN PUBLIC SECTOR: A CASE STUDY OF LAHORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BACKGROUND New Public Management (NPM), a public sector reforms started from 1980’s onwards. It is formally conceptualized by Hood in 1991. United Kingdom claims to have been its birthplace; many papers and researches providing evidences from UK. These NPM reforms are widespread and the Anglo-American countries and International organizations are among its strong advocates. In many developing countries including