Social Strife Research Articles

Social strife at work: unravelling the link between workplace relationship conflict and employee ostracism behavior

Purpose The importance of workplace inclusion continues to gain scholarly acclaim. However, in reality, many employees choose to ostracize their colleagues post workplace relationship strife. With this notion the present study aims to delve into the intricate linkages between workplace relationship conflict (WRC) and employee ostracism behavior (EOB), exploring the serial mediating roles of relational identification (RI) and emotional energy (EE). Additionally, the study examines the potential moderating effect of perceived forgiveness climate (PFC) to understand how forgiveness climate may serve as a boundary condition in shaping these crucial relationships. Design/methodology/approach The analysis utilized five-wave time-tagged data collected from 228 employees through scenario and survey methods. The Hayes PROCESS Macro was employed to examine the proposed hypotheses. Findings The results indicate a positive influence of WRC on EOB. Additionally, RI and EE sequentially mediate the relationship between WRC and EOB. Furthermore, PFC moderates the serial mediation process (RI and EE) between WRC and EOB as well as the adverse effects of WRC on RI. Originality/value Grounded in the theoretical framework of conservation of resource (COR) theory and cognitive-affective personality system (CAPS) theory, the present study offers new insights. By establishing the complicated interplay of RI and EE between WRC and EOB along with the moderating role of PFC, the study extends the understanding of the mechanisms involved, providing a more comprehensive perspective. By shedding light on these complicated interconnected links, the study paved the way for positive social dynamics at work.

Sarasehan “Menyongsong Pemilu Damai 2024” Di Desa Duwet Kecamatan Wonosari Kabupaten Klaten

General elections have become a global phenomenon. Elections are the best way to ensure a peaceful transition of power. Election practices throughout the world vary in how they are carried out but remain based on honest, free, fair and peaceful elections. The political year gave rise to conflict between communities and even social strife caused by differences in decisions and opinions between communities, so the aim of this activity is to educate the public about peaceful elections packaged in a national insight workshop. This activity was carried out in Duwet village, Wonosari District, Klaten Regency. This activity used the lecture and workshop method or question and answer. In the lecture method, material on national insight will be presented and at the workshop time will be provided for question and answer discussions about national insight. The results of the implementation of community service show that the community increasingly understands the meaning of nationality as an encouragement to welcome the 2024 elections that are honest, free, fair and peaceful, understand the meaning of togetherness, respect each other and respect each other's differences in choices.

Analisis Dampak Modernisasi Terhadap Perilaku Siswa Sekolah Dasar Pada Aspek Sosial Budaya

Modernization isa process of changing societies and cultures with all its aspects from traditional to modern. Modernization, while having a positive effect, can also have a negative impact that one of them is having on the behavior of elementary school students. These effects can happen if we cannot strain that modernization. Therefore as teachers we should be able to minimize the emergence of harmful negative effects on the creation of student character. The results of this study suggest that modernization has hada significant impact on the behavior of elementary school students. This is demonstrated by such oft viewed negative behaviors as brawling, social strife, social promiscuity, misuse of the Internet and cell phones that cause students to become irritable and socially impaired. The research method used was the literacy study of several accredited journals according to the research discussion. This study is intended to enable readers to know the impact that modernization of students' behavior in elementary schools and teachers can minimize the negative effects that will happen in students.

User behaviour and hoax information on social media case of Indonesia

The present study examines the influence of user behaviour on the propagation of deceptive information on social media platforms within the Indonesian setting. It specifically focuses on the ramifications of such behaviour on political, health, business competition, and environmental matters. The beginning of the study highlights the gravity of the dissemination of hoaxes on social media platforms, attributing it to the algorithms that prioritise information that is engaging, frequently characterised by provocative or sensationalised headlines. The methodology section discusses how we adopted a mixed-methods approach to examine both quantitative data from social media metrics and qualitative data from user interviews. Additionally, network analysis was used to identify disinformation dissemination across platforms. The findings suggest that hoaxes spread quickly because they grab users' attention better than real information. Our research also shows that these fraudulent schemes can increase social strife, anger, and prejudice against certain groups or people, tarnishing their social standing. Our research shows that in democratic nations like Indonesia, where freedom of expression is important, incorrect information is often used for electoral gain. Our analysis shows that users need better digital literacy to handle this issue. Training people to spot fake news is one way to combat the growing problem of disinformation.

MOBILIZATION OF THE “OTHER” IN SLOVENE NATIONAL IDENTITY DURING THE 2015 REFUGEE CRISIS

In the aftermath of the 2015 European refugee crisis, a wave of scholarship has considered Eastern European populist leaderships to explain these states’ policies toward refugee influx. This article challenges these accounts by contending that relationship between influx of foreign nationals in the name of migrants into a national homeland and deteriorating national perceptions deserves greater attention to understand social strife within Slovene society against the flow. To this end, it examines Slovene intelligentsia’s policy of construction of Slovene national identity and its stereotyping Balkan ‘Other’ during the breaking up of Yugoslavia. Concretely, it applies postmodern approach that identities are fluid and benefiting from modernist theories on nationalism to explain deteriorated perceptions of post-communist Slovene society toward distinct Slovene national homeland in the time of refugee influx. The article finds that Slovene national identity that was constructed during the secession from Yugoslavia under the influences of europeanization and globalization has been re-constructed during and aftermath of the 2015 refugee crisis and the Other of Slovene identity mobilized or changed from the Balkan to the Middle East and Islam and that can be investigated through developments, a) changing perceptions of the Slovene nationals, b) Slovenia’s new asylum law, c) collaboration of Slovenia and the Balkan states d) discourses of prominent Slovenes and social media groups.

On Coming Home

On Coming Home

MacDermott Lecture 2003: Can human rights put an end to social strife?

This Lecture was given by The Right Honourable Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, PC, Chief Justice of Canada at Queen's University in 2003 and was first published in NILQ 54(4) (2003) 429–448.

Recognizing Complexity in Our Changing Contexts: Centering What Matters in Comparative and International Education

Recognizing Complexity in Our Changing Contexts: Centering What Matters in Comparative and International Education

The View from Here: Phantasmatic Turbines and the Controversy of Industrial Wind Development

ABSTRACT Industrial wind development—resulting in what we call wind farms—generates civic controversy and social strife in rural host communities across the United States. This essay examines one such controversy in northern New York State, utilizing Aristotle’s concept of phantasia to explore how the wind industry and pro-wind individuals construct arguments in support of development in complementary and divergent ways. An analysis of wind industry promotional media alongside interviews with three pro-wind residents follows. Ultimately, this essay argues that while the industry circulates visions of wind energy as green, clean, and future-oriented, individuals’ feelings are more complex, as they associate wind development in their hometowns with deeply personal hopes, desires, and hardships. Although their idiosyncratic visions of wind development rarely find expression in the public record, phantasmatic wind turbines continue to incite strong emotions long after the conclusion of public debate about development, leaving a lasting impact on rural civic life.

The Cheap Seats: A Note from the Editor

The Cheap SeatsA Note from the Editor Willie Steele I originally started writing this introduction to the journal on my flight back to Nashville from Phoenix, where we’d just wrapped up the twenty-ninth annual NINE Spring Training Conference in early March 2022. After a year of Zoom presentations, we were back in person for the conference, comprised of three days of presentations on all things baseball. It began with an opening night session showcasing two amazing artists who shared their insights on baseball and visual arts: illustrator and author Anika Orrock and photographer Jean Fruth. Three nights later we closed out the conference, as we usually do, with SABR presenting the Seymour Medal to the best book of baseball history or biography from the previous year. This year the prize went to Steve Treder for his terrific biography on former Giants owner Horace Stoneham. Thanks to a commissioner who seems to care very little for the game he oversees, there were no spring training games to attend in Phoenix. Quite frankly the lockout seemed as though it might last well into the season, as the first week’s games had already been postponed. And with the minor leaguers not yet playing, there were none of those games to attend either. Even the local college teams, Arizona State and Grand Canyon University, were out of town. Some of us began to wonder if the baseball gods were against us after all. But determined to see some type of live game, a small group of us grabbed a box of grilled hot dogs and attended a game between Paradise Valley Community College and Mesa Community College. As it turns out, Rob Manfred wasn’t going to ruin the week after all. Shortly after I returned home, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced an agreement with the players had been struck, and they would be reporting to spring training in a matter of days. Almost immediately people on social media and the talking heads on sports talk shows began saying, “Baseball’s back,” as though MLB was the only option available for fans. The funny thing is, in the preceding weeks, there had already been an increase in people who [End Page ix] began posting about attending their first college games. Some in our group at the conference watched their first, and hopefully not last, juco game. Others were excited about the upcoming high school season, which was now just two weeks away. After the past two years, a time in which much of the world was dealing with COVID-19, this year’s conference was a welcome reminder that baseball can serve as a pretty good distraction from things like a pandemic, political unrest, social strife, and economic uncertainty. No, baseball doesn’t fix any of these things, nor is it as important, but it gives us something to watch, enjoy, discuss, and even argue over while everything else in the world can seem to be upside down. Putting together this collection, the first single issue after a long run of double issues, has been interesting. The pieces you hold in this collection represent much of what we love about the game. The game has inspired writers and artists almost since the first pitch was thrown at the first game. You will see this in the poems from Earl J. Wilcox, Rick Burton, and Aaron Belz. More than anything, the game is interesting because of the people who play it. The pieces in the “Triple Play” section are filled with stories about and tributes to the players who have made this game have such a rich history, including a team you’ve probably never heard of from a small town in New York and well-known names like Ted Williams and Bill Lee. And the scholarly, research-based pieces never cease to amaze me with both their variety and their substance. David Krell’s piece on Danny Kaye sent me into the black hole of YouTube, for far longer than I will admit, as I looked for interviews with the former Mariners owner. Joseph Eaton’s work on the Ladies’ Day promotions at Wrigley Field gives a glimpse into the...

Menggugat Eksklusivisme Umat Pilihan Allah: Tafsir Ideologi terhadap Ulangan 7: 1-11 dan Yohanes 14: 6 dalam Konteks Kemajemukan Masyarakat

Violence and conflict in the name of religion have increased in Indonesia, including Maluku. Social strife in Maluku provides evidence of the reality of an objectionable and properly managed society. Conflict in the name of religion has contributed to legitimization with bible texts, including Deuteronomy 7: 1-11 and John 14: 6. Therefore, this article is the result of re-interpretation utilizing ideological criticism of these biblical texts. Through the interpretation, the authors found that the exclusive narrative of Deuteronomy 7: 1-11 and John 14: 6 was influenced by the social, political, and economic situation. Thus, both texts need to be reinterpreted contextually regarding the plurality of Indonesian society. In the end, this article emphasizes that the concept of God's people cannot be interpreted exclusively but refers to all humankind universally.

The nexus between social unrest and economic growth in Middle East and Central Asia countries

Purpose Conflict and civil strife adversely affect the economy since it severely disrupts the normal, daily routine of economic activity. Similarly, economic downturns can trigger discontent that has the potential to escalate into social unrest and strife. Using the recently compiled index on social unrest (RSUI) of Barrett et al. (2020), the paper sets out to examine the nexus between economic growth and social unrest in the case of 29 Middle East and Central Asia countries over the period 2000–2018.Design/methodology/approach To probe into the issue at hand, the paper adopts a panel causality approach. To this effect, two panel causality tests are used. The first is the heterogeneous panel causality model proposed by Dumitrescu and Hurlin (2012) is employed. The second panel Granger causality test is the frequency domain causality test constructed by Breitung and Candelon (2006) and extended for panel testing by Croux and Reusens (2013).Findings The results of the causality tests indicate a strong bidirectional nexus between civil unrest and economic growth. The findings support the contention that civil strife adversely affects economic performance and economic downturns can trigger discontent and unrest.Research limitations/implications Albeit consistent and robust, the results reported herein concern the specific sample of countries under scrutiny. Extending the analysis to other groups of countries will offer better insights into the nexus between civil unrest and economic performance.Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the present paper is the first to address the nexus between social unrest and economic growth for this group of countries using the recently compiled index on social unrest (RSUI).

Integrated Communications but Disintegrating Society. Quo Vadis?

The goal of this article is to show the interconnection of the new quality of social communications defined by the term “digital integrated communications” and the social structure crisis. To do that, the author carries out the analysis and conceptual differentiation of the “communication”, “information” and “knowledge” notion; and brings forth the problem of harmful information – the information noise. Communications integration is analyzed in historical and modern contexts as a controversial factor of social and cultural dynamics that intensifies information exchange and social strife. The author reveals the social context of digital integrated communications: global urbanization and the strengthening of hedonistic individualism as mass worldview. The author arrives at the conclusion that integrated communications deepen anthropological crises at a time of weak values and institutes of social integration.

Contested Commoning: Urban Fishing Spaces and Community Wellbeing

This paper analyzes how the more-than-human elements and relationships of urban fishing—piers, bridges, fish, social interactions—constitute spaces that offer the possibility of affecting community wellbeing. In particular, it applies theories of commoning to questions of how urban fishing spaces might affect the social and material dimensions of wellbeing. The paper argues that approaching ideas of community wellbeing from a commoning perspective enables deeper analysis of the ‘messiness’ and contradictions that can arise in accounting for the complex socio-natural interactions that affect wellbeing. The paper examines these questions via a case study of urban fishing in the Tampa Bay region of Florida. Employing survey, interview, and field research, the paper asks how urban fishing spaces support processes of commoning that could lead to increases in wellbeing, while also highlighting where disruptions in the ecological, physical, or social spaces involved in commoning might decrease wellbeing. The paper finds evidence that commoning can increase community wellbeing in concrete ways (e.g., by contributing to collective food security, knowledge-sharing, exposure to economic and racial diversity, and shared experiences), but that these processes and infrastructures are simultaneously precarious and subject to social strife, changes in legality, and ecological contamination which can decrease wellbeing. The paper suggests that particularly for geographies of urban wellbeing, adopting a commoning lens is useful for better parsing how the elements of and challenges to wellbeing are intertwined, and where possibilities might exist for addressing these challenges. The paper contributes to theoretical discussions about the characteristics of commoning, links between commoning and socionatural wellbeing, and shifting understandings of urban space and infrastructures of care.

Nursing student experiences in turmoil: A year of the pandemic and social strife during final clinical rotations.

BackgroundThe duration and magnitude of the coronavirus (COVID-19) posed unique challenges for nursing students, whose education was altered because of the pandemic.PurposeTo explore the perceptions and experiences of nursing students whose clinical rotations were abruptly interrupted by COVID-19's initial surge in the United States.MethodsThis qualitative study was conducted at a midwestern, academic medical center to elicit senior nursing students' experiences. An online survey was administered with eight open-ended questions asking about: initial impressions of the pandemic; experiences of being a senior nursing student; sources of stress and coping mechanisms; preparing to work as a registered nurse; and views on the nursing profession.ResultsAmong the 26 students who completed the survey, the majority were female (92%), aged 28 ∓ 4.1 years. A total of 18 subcategories emerged with four main themes identified as: a) breakdown of normal systems, b) feeling alone and the inability to escape, c) protective factors/adaptability, and d) role identify and formation.ConclusionsFindings indicate students implemented a variety of strategies while adapting to the abrupt interruption of in-person clinical rotations, mandated restrictions, and social unrest. The cascading themes illustrate the enormity of sudden changes and their significant impact on daily life.

Peace and Improvement in Iraqi Childhood Nutrition

Background: Malnutrition is faulty and bad nutrition. It is a silent invisible emergency that can be easilyprevented and managed. High prevalence rates of malnutrition were reported in Iraq since 1996 but startedto decline after the change in regimen in 2003.Objective: To demonstrate the negative effects of conflicts (wars, widespread violence …etc.) on childrengrowth.Materials and Method: A review of data was done from MICS reports from 1996 till 2018. Under 5 yearsmalnutrition trends were graphically presented.Results: All malnutrition indicators rates (stunting, wasting, and underweight) in both their moderate andsevere forms for under five years children were presented in graphs including north middle, and southregions of Iraq.Conclusions: Peace is an essential element in preventing malnutrition. Wars and social strife are the mainfactors that precipitate it. Low prevalence rates of malnutrition reflect good health.

EFFECTS OF POLITICAL RISK FACTORS ON TAX REVENUE IN KENYA

A broad range of tax reforms have been implemented in Kenya in the post-independence period with the objective of increasing tax revenue for promoting economic growth with reduced reliance on external funding. Most of the reforms have targeted broadening of the tax base. However, tax collections remain inadequate, and deficits have persisted. Past studies on tax revenue growth have looked at effects of foreign sector, stage of development, demographic factors and sectoral mix on tax revenue. The models used in those studies did not factor in political risk factors including democratic accountability, bureaucracy quality and internal conflict. Such factors can have significant direct or indirect influence on tax revenue. This study estimated tax revenue models with these factors captured using data for the period 1984 to 2016. The findings show that increase in bureaucracy quality and democratic accountability lead to increase in tax revenue. Efficiency of institutions is shown to enhance tax collections during periods of social strife suggesting the presence of displacement and inspection effect. Internal conflicts are shown to cause declines in tax revenues. The government of Kenya and its revenue authority should therefore strengthen the quality and efficiency of institutions and effective control measures on acts of civil war, terrorism and civil disorder alongside the tax reforms to increase tax revenues.
 
 JEL: H20; H21; H25
 
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Confronting the “Brutal Facts” and Identifying Opportunities as Pharmacy Education Weathers the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost every facet of modern life, causing almost a million deaths worldwide as well as widespread economic and social strife. While contemplating how we might emerge from this pandemic, we were reminded of the Stockdale paradox. We suggest that the Academy must not only confront the brutal facts of the current situation, but we must also maintain faith in the endgame and a commitment to prevail despite the enormous challenges we face. The Academy can play a key role in helping the world recover from this pandemic if we build on the diversity and strengths of our programs nationally and globally. We suggest that there are three key actions that pharmacists and pharmacy educators must take to show leadership in this time of need. First, we must be the voice that reassures the public about the value of science and the scientific method. Second, we must work locally and nationally to ensure an optimal public health response. Finally, members of the Academy must serve as role models with respect to the essential public health tools to prevent the spread of COVID-19. By remaining positive, keeping the endgame in mind, and confronting the most brutal facts of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are confident that pharmacy education and pharmacy will weather this storm and arise even stronger for it.

Science and Religion Shift in the First Three Months of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract The goal of this pilot study is to investigate expressions of the collective disquiet of people in the first months of Covid-19 pandemic, and to try to understand how they manage covert risk, especially with religion and magic. Four co-authors living in early hot spots of the pandemic speculate on the roles of science, religion, and magic, in the latest global catastrophe. They delve into the consolidation that should be occurring worldwide because of a common, viral enemy, but find little evidence for it. They draw parallels to biblical works, finding evidence of a connection between plague and “social strife.” They explore changes in the purviews of science, religion, and magic, and how and why they have changed, as three systems of covert risk management. They speculate on the coming wave of grief when the world populations finally decide that too many people have died, and they envision cultural changes on the other side of the pandemic, to lifestyles, travel, reverse urbanization, and living and working in smaller communities. Using an unusual approach named “crowd-sourced ethnography”, they conduct un-traditional ethnography and speculate on management of covert risk in their native countries.

"To trees all Men are Orcs": The Environmental Ethic of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The New Shadow"

"To trees all Men are Orcs":The Environmental Ethic of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The New Shadow" Stentor Danielson (bio) In the last few decades, a number of works have aimed to examine the environmental ethics implicit in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien. The bulk of this scholarly attention has focused on the text of the published Lord of the Rings, with some secondary consideration for The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. In doing so, most scholars1 have passed over what may be Tolkien's most explicit statement about environmental ethics in his writings about his legendarium: a debate in "The New Shadow"—his abortive attempt to write a sequel to The Lord of the Rings (Peoples 409–21)—between the characters Saelon and Borlas that directly considers the proper relationship of humans to nature, and the limits of our exploitation of it. This paper's purpose is twofold. After introducing recent scholarship on Tolkien as an environmental writer and the text of the Saelon-Borlas debate, I first bring these two bodies of writing together, showing how the debate in "The New Shadow" reflects and extends the environmental perspective contained in Tolkien's better-known works. Second, I bring the debate into conversation with another significant body of literature, that of normative environmental ethics. I show how the claims made by Saelon and Borlas reflect sophisticated thinking about questions of biocentrism and anthropocentrism, and of the possibility of respectful use of nature, which environmental ethicists have weighed. Tolkien as an Environmental Writer J.R.R. Tolkien never self-identified as an environmentalist, nor did he make extensive comments on the issues being addressed by the environmental movement. Nevertheless, many readers have felt a strong environmental sympathy emerging from his works. There is now a substantial body of scholarship examining the environmental perspective implicit in Tolkien's writings, especially The Lord of the Rings.2 Though no two scholars take precisely the same view of the topic, there is a broad consensus around several points that we can see as a sort of Tolkienian environmentalism: [End Page 179] 1. Tolkien had a deep love of growing things, particularly trees. In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, he famously declared "I take the part of trees as against all their enemies" (Letters 419), and affection for trees is evident throughout his fiction in places too numerous to attempt to catalog here. 2. Tolkien was critical of industrial modernity. He lamented the changes that had come to the English countryside (particularly his boyhood haunts in the West Midlands) during the course of his life. The landscape of the Shire is the most obvious expression of this concern, and it is not difficult to find real-world analogues for the depredations of Saruman. 3. Tolkien prized an engaged, cooperative relationship with the land and environment. This engagement could take many forms, but he did not endorse a hands-off attitude toward nature, or call for protecting nature by separating it from people. His Hobbits are praised for their working of the soil, and even the wildest wilderness ought to have caretakers, such as the Ents of Fangorn or Bombadil in the Old Forest. 4. Tolkien linked the health of the land to the health of the community. Social strife and environmental degradation go together, and vice-versa, as symbolized by the death and rebirth of the White Tree of Gondor, and the cutting down of the Party Tree and its subsequent replanting as bookends to Saruman's dominion over the Shire. 5. Tolkien saw evil as characterized by an instrumental, greedy, power-seeking approach to the world around one—human and non-human alike. Mordor and Isengard are places of both human slavery and ecological ruin. Treebeard condemns Saruman for having "a mind of metal and wheels" (TT, III, iv, 76), and when Frodo and Sam enter Mordor, the narrator informs us that the blasted and desolate landscape of Gorgoroth is complemented by vast slavetilled fields around Nurn (RK, VI, ii, 201). Tolkien's environmental perspective is specific enough to be both compared to and contrasted with the positions of other environmental thinkers. Matthew Dickerson, for example...