Caste as a social phenomenon has undergone many changes. The most important operative unit that has exemplified caste in its discourse is subcaste ( jati) identity. Both within India and certainly in the diaspora, there is now increasing evidence of the dissolution of subcaste ( jati) identities giving rise to various other formations of groups replacing the endogamous relationships with other arbitrary group formations. In this article, I examine some evidence from South Africa, the West Ind...
In this paper, I wish to explore the life in the mid-19th to 20th century in the Durban-based Indian Casbah and its enduring legacy. In exploring the Casbah life in Durban, I wish to pay special attention to the narratives of the people who either were associated with it and had living memories of it, or remember the many stories passed on to them by their families.1 The central question that I explore in analysing these narratives is: does Casbah in the diaspora enable the diasporic communit...
The social relations of castes and their tribal counterparts in various regions of Andhra are structured on the basis of various economic exchanges, and the status of being lower and higher is not necessarily expressed in purity and pollution terms vis-a-vis ritual, but rather on the basis of services and products that they can exchange. Privileging the ritual sphere to explain social relations of castes and tribes, as done by Dumont (1980) and many other later anthropologists (Pfaffenberger ...
Geopolitically intertwined and strategically significant refugee policy in the MENA region is frequently analyzed in light of well-documented ethnic, religious, class, and border conflicts. However, the policy is also inexorably linked to the broader geopolitics of the global refugee protection regime and discourse. This article analyzes the complex relationship between geopolitics, domestic political dynamics, and their attendant crises in the MENA region. The complex set of political shockw...
THE INFLUENCE OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON YOUTH MIGRATION FROM BOKKOS LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Pagei Declarationii Certificationiii Dedicationiv Acknowledgementv Table of contentsvii List of tablesx Abstractxi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1-6 1.1Background to the study1 1.2Statement of the problem5 1.3Research questions6 1.4Research objectives7 1.5Significance of the study7 1.6Scope of the study 7 1.7Clarification of concept8 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW9-18 2.1Literature review9 2.2Effect of mobile phone on students’ academics activities 9 2.3Effec...
The purpose of the present study was to identify factors that contribute to unemployment among young women aged 20-35 in Mahalapye village, investigate the effects of being unemployed, determine sources of support available to unemployed young women, and identify the gaps in state assistance in this regard. The study utilized a survey research method and adopted a descriptive research design. Cluster sampling was used with the sample size being one hundred (100) unemployed young women in Maha...
This study focuses on the impact of outsourcing on labour-management relations in the banking sector, with reference to Diamond bank plc, Onitsha. The study was designed to explore the human relations aspect of outsourcing, as a result of which the Social Exchange theory was applied as the theoretical framework for this study. The research seeks to ascertain if outsourcing has any impact on labour and management relations, investigate whether outsourcing leads to conflict in the bank as well ...
ABSTRACT This study focused on patterns and consequences of domestic violence as perceived by residents of Ife East Local Government Area, Ile-Ife. Specifically, this study was designed to establish the perception of residents of Ife East Local government on what constitutes domestic violence, the beliefs of the residents about domestic violence and the perceived consequences of domestic violence. This study adopted the quantitative research methodology and it focused on the residents of If...
Introduction The Relationship between Law and Morality The Notion of Law The Notion of Morality Similarities of law and Morality Differences between law and morality Issues in Morality Legal enforcement of morals in Nigeria Theories- Naturalist and culturalist
ABSTRACT The proliferation of poverty and global inequality between and within the countries has resulted in an emerging consensus among the actors in the field of international development on the importance of social policies in the process of development. Different policies and structural programmes has, over the years, been instituted as mechanisms for tackling poverty and empowering individuals and one of such recent social policy measures employed by the MDGs is the Conditional Cash ...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to investigate Immunization Attitude of Mothers in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. The cross sectional design survey was used for the study. One hundred and thirty mothers were drawn using multi-sampling procedure involving three stages. The instrument for data collection was self-structured questionnaire to investigate the attitude of mothers. The findings revealed The overall attitude of mothers towards immunization of their children is po...
ABSTRACT This study was concerned with the role of youth in nation development in Katagum local government area of Bauchi state. The condition of Nigerian youth still leaves a lot to be desired, more needs to be put in place by the government to empower and get them fully involved with the task of nation building and socio-economic development. TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE 1.0Introduction 1.2Statement Of The Problem 1.3Significance Of The Study 1.4Research Question 1.5Delimitat...
ABSTRACT This study focuses on the Nigeria Police Force and crime control in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area, Edo state, Nigeria. The general objective of the study is to investigate the impact of the police force on crime control in Okpella. Four hypotheses relating to the interrogatives in the statement of the problem and the objectives of the study are derived from this work as framework for answers. The study covers four villages of about thirteen villages that make up Okpella...
Background of study Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">1.1. mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">BACKGROUND TO THE STUDYIt is a known fact that major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">about 70,000 adolescents in developing countries such as Nigeria die annually of causes related to childbirth and pregnancy. Childbirth and pregnancy ar...