Social Sciences and Humanities

Globalisation can be summarised as opening-up of markets, leading to transfer of capital, technology and people. If globalisation is a progression in the international economic relations, it implies that capital flows are substituting trade flows. These capital transfers work as two way relationship, which implies that the process of globalisation should have gains for both the home country and the host country. With globalisation (WTO) and liberalisation international long-term capital flows in the form of FDI are promoted.

The concept of rural development is quite comprehensive and extensive. G. Shah defines rural development as “the development of rural areas, often rural development has meant the extension of irrigation facilities, expansion of electricity, improvement in the techniques of cultivation, construction of school building and provision of educational facilities, health care etc.,” This is considered to be a lop-sided view of understanding rural development.

Purpose of Study: The purpose of this paper is tom offer a critical review of literature by revisiting John S. Mbiti’s African religions and philosophy on the concepts of time and the future and their impact on the long-term strategic development of African nations in the 21st century. Design and Methodology: This is a critical literature review. Research limitations/ Implications: The subject of revisiting John S. Mbiti’s African religions and philosophy has not been fully researched in relation to strategic management. Consequently, there is limited literature on the subject.

For centuries, childbirth was considered a private care of the female gender and was performed by midwives, women who transmitted their practical knowledge from each generation. With the advent of traditional medicine, childbirth became institutionalized as medical, male, safe and scientific knowledge, resulting in the marginalization of social practices. In this scenario, the woman is no longer considered an active and conscious subject, capable of gestating and giving birth according to her wishes, but subject to medical scrutiny and formal institutions of care.

There has been a growing body of research studies between CG compliance and organizational performance. (Research on the relationship between CG compliance and organizational performance has seen robust growth in recent times.) However (Despite this), the existing research does not explore the problem of compliance in the context of a highly networked developing countries characterized by the dominant presence of influential family stakeholder groups.

The aim of the present study is analysing the use of e-resources among college students. The sample was 888 college students selected from Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India. Stratified random sampling method was adapted to select the sample for the present study. E-resource knowledge test questionnaire were used constructed and standardized by Dr.P.C. Nagasubramani (2015).

In The study identified the variables in the financial decentralization policy that have been neglected so as to render local government service delivery a nightmare in Uganda using the upcountry district of Mbale. The population comprised the district Municipality administration staff covering employees under the municipal council including those in the executive, welfare, office of the town clerk, finance, health, agriculture, education, works and transport, and internal audit department.

This paper reviews the flash flood disaster of June, 2013 in Joshimath block, Chamoli district (Uarakhand), after disaster processes i.e. relief & rehabilitation and their linkage to development patterns for future. For data collection author did observational study (visual screening) in study area and used secondary data. This paper captures relief provided during & after disaster and ongoing reconstruction/ rehabilitation work in Joshimath block.

The Baris Jangkang is a Hindu Balinese religious ritual dance which still exists today and is sacred, because it has a very unitary cultural value and contains sacred and magical values. The objective of the research is to implement the Baris Jangkang Dance at a Hindu religious ceremony in the village of Pelilit Nusa Penida Bali. The research method used is descriptive qualitative based on social theory and symbolic interactionism covering observation, identification and interviewing several respondents.