Social Peace Research Articles

Representation of Peace Value in Indonesian ELT Textbook: Critical Discourse Analysis

Textbook can be as a medium to convey values, while teachers and learners enact as the values- carrying agents. This present study aims to investigate peace value in national ELT textbook which approved by Indonesian Ministry of Educational and Culture entitled Bahasa Inggris untuk SMA/MA/SMK/MAK Kelas XII [English for Senior High School Grade XII]. Findings show that there are three basic sources of peace value such as inner peace (building learner’s self-concept), social peace (tolerance with differences) and peace with nature (take care of the environment). This critical discourse analysis study indicates that social practice can be identified through language. Thus, it will contribute for both students and teachers in order to be aware as value agent in ELT textbook.

Expention and Practical Excuation of Islamic Egalitrainism: Research based Analytical Study

Islam has Endosrsed Egalitrainism elevated to zenith as no religion does have the example of it. Allah has inculcated the lesson of human equality in the holy Quran and Prophet Muhammad (SAW) has practically presented the equality in his society. That’s the reason man has been created from Adam (AS) to found the equality.The major elemant of Islamic Egalitarainism is that all the humans despite their standards,faculities and superiority are equal. No man can never deny the stages of his creation. Similarly, the phases from birth to death are equal for human. Islam is the preacher of oneness of human being. It does not favour the segregation of the humans. It does not accept their ascendancy or disgrace on the basis of their particular colour,creed, homeland and language. Islam constitutes such a society on the basis of human equality, that the people of different religions, separate colour and creed, language and classes live with one another happily. The practical execution of Islamic Egalitarionism is a trouch bearer for the establishment of social peace of the world. whether they are social laws or political and economics reforms; the law of religious courtesy or the ethical principles;decisive decisions or implementation of justice for all;eradication of ethnic discrimination;even deminishing the inequality among the human rights or the solution of gender equality conclusively, Islam gives guidance to every class of the world without any discrimination. The practical exhibition of Islamic Egalitrainism is very obvious from the holy Quran, Hadith and the practical lives of Sahaba(RA) (companion of Muhammad (SAW) ).

Preparing for War or Peace: Exploring the Peace Values in 9th Grade English Textbook in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Out of many other global issues, one of the most threatening to human beings is war and conflict. Making this world a peaceful abode is the objective of many institutions and Education is one of them. Language teaching can serve as a very effective tool to inculcate peace among the students who build a peaceful nation in return. The study aims to explore the elements of peace values in English textbooks of grade 9th taught in schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Textbooks are not only used for transferring knowledge of the respective subject but also to bring social reformation to society. The study is qualitative in nature and falls under the constructivist paradigm. The study can be significant for curriculum developers, textbooks writers, teachers, and students to make them aware of the importance of peace development through textbooks. The study followed the theoretical framework of Balasooria (2011) to identify peace values. The findings have shown that social peace value is the most dominant in use in the textbook besides other categories, inner peace, and peace for nature. Moreover, the analysis has revealed that addressing issues like human rights awareness, gender equality, and mental health is lacking in the text which can become a reason for conflict and restlessness in the society eventually leading to a threat to the peace of the society. Keywords: Textbook, Peace, Peace Values, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL ADVERTISING ON MENTAL HEALTH

The article discusses the importance of social advertising impact on physical health and mental health. Global and domestic social advertising campaigns on mental health are studied, their orientation, goals and implementation are analyzed. The article considers some aspects of social advertising in Ukraine and abroad. It is described that social advertising performs functions in the system of social work and what tasks it can perform as a mass medium in the context of social work. Statistical data on the incidence of mental disorders in Ukraine are analyzed. International projects to improve mental health have been identified, such as the approval by the World Health Organization of the Comprehensive Plan of Action in the Field of Mental Health. The level of quality of life depends on the state of mental health, due to which a person can feel himself / herself as a full and significant part of public life and be a worthy citizen of his country. The population, which has a good level of mental health, shows labour productivity, active social position, unity, social peace and stability. It has a positive impact on the economic and social development of the country. An analysis of theoretical works of domestic experts and foreign publications shows that social advertising could prevent, promote socialization, play the role of social worker and improve the social climate in the country, warn society about certain problems and prevent their spread. It was also concluded that social advertising provides an opportunity to implement social projects that can not only raise awareness of the importance of mental health of the population of Ukraine but also directly involve people in their implementation and the formation of a healthy Ukrainian society.

Public Policy Responses to Address the Mental Health Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence From Chile.

Objectives: This paper reviews the mental health policies that have been implemented in Chile in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the international context of countries' responses. Even before the start of the pandemic, there were significant barriers to access mental health services in Chile, coupled with a scenario of nationwide social unrest and protests that questioned the legitimacy of public institutions; now the rapidly worsening outbreaks of COVID-19 are exacerbating the pre-existing mental health crisis.Methods: We conducted a bibliometric and content analysis of the Chilean mental health public policies implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic and then compared these policies with international experiences and emerging scientific evidence on the mental health impact of pandemics.Results: Our analysis of the policies identifies five crucial points of action developed in Chile: (i) an established framework to address mental health in emergency and disaster situations; (ii) a timely COVID-19 Mental Health Action Plan; (iii) inclusion of mental health in the public health agenda; (iv) development of a presidential strategy during the pandemic for comprehensive mental health and well-being; and (v) emerging research assessing the mental health implications of COVID-19.Conclusions: In Chile, the public policy responses to address the mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic has been characterized by the coordinated implementation of mental health plans, ranging from a health sectoral initiative to inter-agency and intersectoral efforts. However, it is imperative that increased funding is allocated to mental health, and efforts should be made to promote the participation of people with lived experiences and communities in the design and implementation of the proposed actions. This aspect could be of key importance to social peace and community recovery after the pandemic.

Arts and Culture in Building and Sustaining Peace

Peace, harmony and development are essential conditions for any society, developed or developing, to progress. The 2011 World Development Report revealed that growing recognition of the link between social services, conflict and peace has helped in inclusion of social services’ provision in peace agreements. A report from ‘Policy Link’ gives equitable development as the key to peace. Music plays a great role in building peace in conflict situations, so does religion, media, performance, theatre. For achieving peaceful conditions there is a need to strike a balance between two extremes including inner and outer peace. Salzburg Global Seminar (2014) focused on using soft power, especially arts and culture, since cultural engagement helps transform perceptions. Case studies referred to in this write up provide sufficient evidence of the high usefulness of arts and culture in every phase of conflict. A detailed portfolio of case studies covering seven countries including Nepal of Asia describes the importance of ‘narratives’ and ‘story telling’, preservation of historical artifacts, photographs etc. for building peace mostly in post conflict stage. The researchers were of the view that the affected persons or beneficiaries needed to be involved right from the beginning of a peace project. British Council’s publication named ‘The Art of Peace’ emphasizes on the importance of local actors’ engagement as well as arts and cultural programs in linking culture, security and development. A project launched by the World Bank and the United Nations, entitled pathways to peace, offered guiding principles, namely, target institutional failure responsible for conflict, to be of inclusive nature, and form sustainable overtime character. Arts and Culture have a distinct place in resolving conflict thus it deserves adequate government support and a networking with other actors such as local municipalities, societies and groups.

THE PLACE OF THE LAW IN PROVIDING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT PEACE

The aim of this study is to examine the place of law in ensuring global environment peace. Nowadays, the environment in which we live is deteriorating and the destruction caused by wars damages both societies and the environment. The human being is not in harmony with himself and his environment. Peaceless environments affect all world societies. Peace against war is a common idea where everyone is united. From social peace to international peace, from there to world peace and environmental peace. In recent years, more and more global environmental peace has been mentioned. Since the environment is seen as a common commodity, it is consumed and badly used and polluted. Although the path of peace passes through justice; this thought is more and more stained by wars and injustices. It is not enough to miss peace; it is a human and moral responsibility to make efforts to create peace and justice. Environmental protection requires sanctions. In this context, the development of global environmental peace is supported by law.

Under the auspices of the state: Examining the endurance of Tashkent’s informal taxis

At a time when most large cities across the post-Soviet space have effectively formalised or eradicated their once ubiquitous fleets of informal taxis, in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, thousands of private car owners continue to offer paid trips to their fellow residents on a daily basis. Drawing on eleven months of ethnographic fieldwork, this article examines the remarkable endurance of this practice, locally known as taksovanie. It eschews popular conceptions of informal mobility as a token of institutional failure and attributes the non-formalisation of Tashkent’s informal taxis to the local authorities’ politically-driven active permissiveness on account of the taxis’ social embeddedness and the authorities’ striving for appeasement and social peace. This so-called “appeasement policy” relies on the delegation of the exertion of regulatory pressure to traffic police officers, whose habitual elasticity towards informal taxi drivers allows the authorities to meet their double goal of exhibiting regulatory power, on the one hand, and retaining an important survival strategy and a popular and affordable means of urban transport, on the other. The article thus uncovers the role of various levels of state authority in the production and endurance of Tashkent’s informal taxis, introducing the notion of the informality “under the auspices of the state” and illustrating how the state simultaneously produces informality by determining what is formal and consents to it whenever that serves its political goals.

Sentiment and pragmatics in Teheran

Sentiment and pragmatics in Teheran

MEDIATION IN CRIMINAL CASES

The importance of this research is that it deals with the issue of criminal mediation, which is a method by which some disputes are resolved and an end to criminal follow-up. This method is considered one of the means of dealing with the phenomenon of simple crime in a smooth manner that distances the grudge and hatred between the offender and the victim. mediation between the offender and the victim takes in many ways agreed upon by both parties. Reconciliation in general and mediation in particular result in the consolidation of social peace and the removal of resentment and hatred between members of the same community. The Algerian legislator was interested in measures of a conciliatory nature, as he devoted an entire chapter to mediation. Mediation does not detract from the value of the judicial authority, as it is conducted under its supervision and control. It also saves time, effort and price for the offender and the victim, and for justice to take care of the most complex cases.

Multicultural Society as a Challenge for Coexistence in Europe

The aim of this article is to show that the intercultural way of education, which includes the interreligious dimension, is a fundamental way to create and maintain conditions for coexistence in a multicultural society. The background of this claim is represented in the belief that the starting point of every encounter with the other and the different should be the human being and its experience of humanity, not an intellectual polemic about doctrines and ideologies. Schools are particularly suitable for such a more personal manner of dialogue. The topic is discussed primarily in a philosophical way from a Christian (Catholic) perspective. The context of reflection is the European society marked by Christianity, secularization and, increasingly, Islam. Croatia is also mentioned, as the issue of multiculturality is becoming increasingly topical there. The context of cultural pluralism is presented first. Then, the necessity of dialogue based on the experience of everyday life is highlighted. The next section is focused on the analysis of the multicultural society’s need for values that are acceptable for all members of society in order to maintain social peace and mutual respect and cooperation. The following chapter deals with the difficulties and challenges of dialogue. Then, the section after that presents an analysis of the fundamental European documents that provide crucial guidelines for understanding religious and cultural pluralism and the role of religions in a multicultural and multireligious society as values on which society should be built. Finally, the place and role of religious education is discussed as a vital and unavoidable factor in co-creating the preconditions for appropriate coexistence in a multicultural society.

Genesis and evolution of security issues in the history of political and legal thought of Ancient China and Ancient India

The article examines the origins of the political and legal tradition of understanding the phenomenon of public safety in the intellectual tradition of the Ancient East. It is shown that the basis for the emergence of a discourse on the security of the individual, society and state were the conditions of practical existence of early state formations, especially the civilizations of ancient India and China. Political and legal thought of the Ancient East stimulated the development of security issues in the context of general ideas about the relationship of terrestrial and extraterrestrial forces in the arrangement of the social organism, in polytogenesis and orthogenesis, as well as in the context of ideas about the relationship between individual, society and state. In ancient Eastern political and legal thought, the question of the role and place of law, legal regulators in ensuring the security of society and the state was far from a final solution. The ancient Eastern tradition did not yet know the final separation of law from the system of socio-normative regulation of social relations. Thus, the right to work closely with customs, rituals, taboos, religious and political norms in ensuring the security of social life. Gradually, in particular on the example of ancient India and China, we can see the increasing attention of ancient Eastern thinkers to the development of state and law issues in security. Legal norms aimed at establishing legal responsibility for the commission of certain offenses by people are beginning to play an important role in this area of security discourse. The security significance of these norms and their role in guaranteeing social peace is understood.

Inculcating Peace through Literature: Towards an Evolved Pedagogy

The constitution of UNESCO expressly states that ‘since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.’ As educators, we are only too cognizant of the role that holistic education plays in the formation of a mindset of peace; peace being not just the absence of war but the presence and active functioning of a culture of tolerance and inclusivity.
 In a world fraught with tensions and conflict, the study of literature through a more involved and evolved pedagogy can work as an invaluable method of comprehending, inculcating, and applying the concept of peace at both school and higher education levels. In this context, the definition of peace must be construed not just as the absence of war (political peace) but on a larger and deeper scale, as social and individual peace.(Harris, 2002) For this purpose, the literature teacher will be required to reorient her pedagogy, progressing from a mere paraphrased critical investigation of a literary work towards a more thought-provoking inquiry into the ways in which a particular literary text can build/enhance the soft skills of students. (Polat et al, 2016)
 This paper attempts to envisage a blueprint for teaching strategies aimed at inculcating and fostering peace using literature as a means, among students as a collective body, and in the individual student as a human being as well as citizen of a globalised world.

Political risk and financial development in Nigeria: Can credit buy social peace?: Evidence from NARDL approach

This study provides a first attempt to analyze the role of credit in the political stability of developing countries. By examining the case of Nigeria using annual data over the period 1984–2017 and the non-linear ARDL (NARDL) approach, we find that credit supply shocks have a significant and non-linear impact on short- and long-term political risk. In terms of asymmetry, we show that positive shocks have a positive and more pronounced impact than negative shocks in the short run, proving that credit expansion can be effective in terms of short-term political stability. In the long run, positive credit shocks increase political risk while negative shocks decrease it. These results suggest that an improvement in Nigeria’s prudential requirements for credit supply could be more effective for political stability than an easing of credit in the long run. In addition, better management of oil revenues, particularly through effective sterilization policies, is essential to prevent oil price fluctuations from leading to a highly pro-cyclical supply of credit, which threatens long-term political stability.

GAMBARAN TINGKAT LITERASI KESEHATAN MENTAL PADA PESERTA DIDIK SEKOLAH MENENGAH PERTAMA

Mental health is an important component that is closely related to social life, productivity, peace and stability in the environment, contributing to sosial life and economic development in Indonesian society. Mental health literacy is knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders that help to recognize, manage and prevent a person’s mental disorder. Mental helath literacy is also knowledge related to actions to provide mental helath benefits to individuals and others. Mental helath literacy is the ability to gain knowledge or information about mental health for adolescents, understand and can maintain good mental health. Mental health literacy includes the ability to recognize specific mental health disorders, knowing how to seek mental health information, knowledge of risks and causes of health disorders. The aim of this study is to improve mental health literacy in students and meet the criteria for eligibility aspects. This study used Reeves Design Based Research model. The subjects in this study were students of class IX SMP Negeri 2 Kramatwatu. Collecting data using a questionnaire, in the form of an adaption instrument from a mental helath literacy question (MHLq). The results of this study indicate the level of mental health literacy in students obtained a value of 49% which is included in the moderate category.

Beyond market and language commodification: Contemplating social-market value and social-welfare concerns in language education policy and practice in Pakistan

This study demonstrates how stakeholders’ treatment of English language as the sole marketable/saleable commodity in educational setting can have implications for multilingualism and existing linguistic diversity in Pakistan. Language commodification refers to the valuation of languages as marketable/saleable commodities and their relative exchange value. The findings are based on semi-structured interviews with students, teachers, and administrators/principals conducted in schools and a university during three different PhD studies. This article specifically focusses on how stakeholders view English-medium education and indigenous languages. Given stakeholders’ diversity-as-a-problem orientations and rationalization of English-medium education, we propose an epistemic reorientation in which the social-market value of languages and social-welfare considerations may become the basis of language-in-education policy and planning. Social-market value refers to the role languages play as social, educational, cultural, and pedagogical resources for the larger social development, peace, and integration of society. The social-market perspective upholds multilingualism as a resource rather than as a problem. The article concludes that academic researchers could use intellectual activism as change agents to foster critical multilingual awareness and expose stakeholders to alternative competing epistemologies. This awareness is expected to help redress the conceptual myths and fallacies most stakeholders hold about the social potential of languages and multilingualism.

1001 Nights with Animus

This paper provides a Jungian interpretation of the frame story of 1001 Nights. Using a psychodynamic approach, the key characters in the frame story are considered as different pieces of the female psyche during the journey of individuation. This reveals the story's hidden content about inner enemies of the female psyche, such as a tyrannical animus that feeds from an oppressive environment. With a happy ending that represents the union of the ego and the animus, 1001 Nights highlights a path to women's empowerment and social harmony that involves facing inner and outer demons. The essay also argues that with its emphasis on freedoms as a source of individual and social peace, 1001 Nights captures the Zeitgeist of the period from which it emerged, namely 9th-century Abbasid rule, particularly under the reign of Caliph al-Mamun.

The Role of Higher Education as a Catalyst of Peacebuilding in Conflict Affected Regions: The Case Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after FATA Amalgamation

Purpose: The study critically reviews the educational structure, policies, emphasis, application of educational goals, achievements from rural to Higher education and protecting measures enabling the youth to get easy access to education. Since the creation of Pakistan emphasis laid down on the free and compulsory education for all but failed to address the nascent challenges surfaced in the form of violent extremism, sectarianism, intolerance, and lingual discrepancies. Although the literacy rate has been increased with the passage of time but the quality of education and practical application remains under darkness.
 Methodology: To evaluate the educational targets and achievements of the elementary and secondary education in former FATA. Historical method of research was adopted and Education policies from the dawn of freedom 1947 to 2010 were studied. Moreover, The provincial initiative of Educational sector plan (ESP) and its practical outcomes were critically analyzed.
 Findings: This research in its findings proposed that structure and curriculum of higher education be revisited and expanded promptly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) particularly within the newly merged areas for the restoration of social justice, cultural diversity, educational growth, state-building and peace building community.
 Implications: The research addresses that after the amalgamation of Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa how these conflicts affected areas can be reconstructed or rebuild through higher education. The research has focused on the universal mechanism of peacebuilding education in post conflict areas keeping in view the three approaches namely, Stability, Restructuring and peacebuilding through higher education.

آداب استیذان اور عصر حاضر میں اس کے اطلاق کاتفسیری نکات کی روشنی میں تجزیاتی مطالعہ

The dependence of human life resolves around morality, politics, beliefs and prayerfulness. All these facets are intensely significant but socialism and morality are directly connected with the individual as well as the collective aspect of a society. It is because if disintegration is generated in social system or peace and calmness vanished from sphere of human life than disintegration, hypocracy and enemity start taking place in human life. This is the solid reason on behalf of which our Din-e-Islam has made detailed discussion on every fact of social system. The system of social life given by the Islam is consise and entirely the nature of human being.The evils that are being prevailed in Pakistani society are sole cause of rejecting the teachings of Quran and Sunnah. Out of all these cammandsments one was victimized by social rights, the arrival and departure of the people into the other’s homewithout takinf permission is also the main reson on the basis of which not only the commandments of veil have been demolished butasa liberalism shamefulness, obscenic trends and unveiled custom activities are openly generalized. In this article, the Islamic orders relevant to the entry of taking permission of homes are entirely discussed in which many other pertinent matters have also been under discussion.

The Prospect of Forming a Unified Kazakh Nation in the Context of the Modernization of Public Consciousness

The article examines the prospect of the formation of the Kazakhstani civil nation as a consequence of the process of implementing state programs in the field of interethnic relations, strategic planning of these processes in the context of the modernization of the public consciousness of Kazakhstani society. As the historical experience of the formation of nations shows, spiritual modernization actively influences the processes of changing the national consciousness of peoples. In this regard, the authors consider such aspects of the formation of national identity as national history, the idea of social harmony and peace as interrelated necessary foundations of modernization processes. Accordingly, on this basis it is necessary to form a national identity based on the principle of citizenship, which should be a consolidating moment for representatives of all ethnic groups and confessions. Therefore, the main thing from the point of view of the tasks set in the article is the study of the main directions of state policy in the field of the formation of a single nation, which is assumed to be one of the consequences of the spiritual revival of Kazakhstani society.