diversity within the United States has led most local, state, and government agencies to develop guidelines for education in cultural competency in an attempt to promote effective care to all populations (Stanley, 2006). The ongoing effort to eradicate treatment inconsistencies across varying sectors of the population is a necessity within the counseling field. Mental health counselors must be knowledgeable about the important customs, beliefs, language, superstitions, etc., of diverse cultures considering
most analysis mainly focused on the impact of regional integration on trade flows (Alemayehu and Haile (2002)). Such a focus has had a number of problems. Harmonization problems in COMESA, for instance, include: (a) lack of harmonization of tariffs, customs procedures and tax policies as well as incentive package for investment; (b) problems related to donor support. Some donors support SADC while other support COMESA. This usually depends on short-term interest of the donor. Such donor influence creates
2.0 Agency Theory and Corporate Governance Corporate Governance is a term used to refer to the processes, policies, regulations and customs by which a corporation is directed, administered and controlled. Corporate governance has been an integral part of the business practice since the creation of corporate structure and separation of ownership from control (Aguilera & Jackson, 2010). Corporate governance specifies the responsibilities and rights of various stakeholders in the organization, e.g
This theory classifies the countries into three groups: core countries, which focus on skilled labor and capital-intensive production, semi-periphery countries, and periphery countries, which focus on low-skill labor-intensive production. The model is dynamic
Teen pregnancies have recently become too common among in United Kingdom (UK). It has been noted by the authorities (mainly the hospital workers and healthcare agencies) that teen pregnancy has become one of the major issues for the healthcare workers as well as for social welfare workers. The UK is extensively cited as devising the maximum live birth percentage amongst 15-19 year-olds in Western Europe. Even the utmost affluent regions in the UK have greater percentages of teenage pregnancy than
Madison et al. 1788). As is frequently the case with most theories, the literature on fiscal Introduction 3 federalism has been strongly influenced by the geo-political context in which it originated; namely, the federal systems of North America. This has led to problems relating to its extension to other cases, especially to the nation states of Europe and Asia. A simple example refers to the assignment problem. Fiscal federalism theory (see, for example, Musgrave 1961; Olson 1969) dictates that
people”. Which is defined in Oxford dictionary as “The scientific description of peoples and cultures with their customs, habits, and mutual differences”. Culture can be defined as the ideas, customs and social behaviour of a particular people or society. It can include language, ritual, life stages, eating habits, clothing etc. The ethnographic studies tries to explore these customs, features, and social behaviours of a particular society. The researcher spends time in the field, observing these
social problems in terms of structural transformation. In the Indian context, three patterns of transformation are visible. Sanskritization is a process through which lower castes achieved upward social mobility either by adventure or by emulating the customs and rituals of the upper castes. It is a cultural process but changes in social status and occupations as a consequence of the upward mobility brought about by sanskritization makes it also a structural process. The contact with the West, particularly
corporations, international development nations culture is expression of beliefs, language, food, music, dress and visible in tangible , invisible in communicative forms respond to verbal and non-verbal cues which should be understood by international agencies world over .Cross-Culture Coordinator help was sought to effectively implement cultural exchange programme within 2 years to create good relations with host communities & better understanding of Jamaican culture by P C v by learning to speak &
patriarchy more conducive for development process to manifest. This theory propagates the same that matriliny as a social structure is tied back in the framework of savagery, traditional and primitive whereas patriarchy is a site where concepts of modernity, civilization and development operate. With labels of ‘advancement’ and ‘hindrence to advancement’, a clear-cut divide is set between matrliny and patriarchy. Engels advocates Morgan’s theory that patriarchy and monogamy are produced as an outcome of accumalation