Achievement Of Social Development Research Articles

Planning Mechanism for a Social Development Strategy in Post-Forced Displacement Anbar Governorate

Anbar society suffers many serious problems after the stage of forced displacement that was caused by ISIL terrorism. Major among these problems are the social problems, like social and family disintegration and locality and tribal tendencies, which have far serious consequences and themselves became the focal point of other negative consequences. Seen from this perspective the current paper seeks to be a step towards the achievement of social peace in the governorate and promote social development through real local reconciliation. The paper proposes an instant mechanism for a social development strategy that comprises programs and procedures that can be followed and be part of development plans of other sectors in the future. The paper adopts the analytical-descriptive method which is suitable in such studies. The paper includes a study of the social status of the governorate, a description of the situation of the displaced and returnees, serial procedures for the study of the proposed strategy like quadruple analysis and regional diagnosis of Anbar society, identifying priorities according to the primary and secondary aims that lead to the strategic programs and their future projects which focus on the integration of all denominations of society and giving priority to youth and females in the achievement of social development in the already weakened Anbar society. The paper draws on data from the international organizations, civil society organizations, the ministry of planning, and Anbar governorate. The paper comes up with conclusions, recommendations, and procedural suggestions to serve anbar society and participate in the achievement and promotion of a sustainable social development in Anbar governorate.

Конкурентоспособность Европейского Союза: вызовы и угрозы

Assessment of the competitiveness of the European Union countries is justified compared to other world economy - the United States of America, Japan and BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China). By mapping indicators of the global report of The World Economic Forum a comparative analysis of capabilities and limitations of the EU in core areas of economic and social development is made. A comparison of indicators of gross domestic product per capita is made at purchasing power parity in different countries and the human development index which is a composite indicator assessing social development achievements in health and education. The examples show that there is no direct mapping between the GDP of many countries and quality of life, because wealth can be concentrated in the hands of a small part of the population. Special attention is paid to the issue of the ageing european society and migration crisis. It is indicated that the problems of population ageing in the European Union cannot be solved only through migration policy. In conclusion, the authors consider the prospects of development of the EU and raise the question of a possible limit in the integration process of the EU currently.

Social-Relational Wisdom: Developmental Diversity in Children’s Written Narratives About Social Conflict

Research has focused on perspective-coordination as a central mechanism and achievement of social development. Theorists have raised questions about whether and how cultural, social, and personal experiences affect such a process. Children from historically discriminated backgrounds, for example, have reasons to be especially knowledgeable about the perspectives of others, but whether and how such knowledge complicates normative developmental patterns requires further inquiry. This paper describes “narrative social wisdom,” extending cognitive-developmental notions of perspective-coordination with a discourse analysis of 224 autobiographical and fictional narratives about social conflict by 56 children identifying as African American (15), Latino (16), and White (25) in 3rd and 5th grades in urban schools. Analyses illustrate social wisdom in children’s context-sensitive representations of conflicts, in particular, via dramatic within- and across-group differences in representations of conflict resolution processes. Notable contrasts include the greater complexity of conflict strategies in autobiographical narratives by African American children compared to relatively elaborated conflict strategies in fictional narratives by White children. These and other results illustrate how children juggle resources from sociocultural histories with requirements of mainstream institutions. Conflict representations in fictional narratives were, moreover, consistent with cognitive developmental theory, but, as predicted, autobiographical narratives captured diversities that alter developmental patterns. We discuss the relevance of these results for theory and practice around social relational development and skills.