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Author-Name: Anisur Rahman Khan
Author-Name: Helal Uddin
Author-Name: Anowarul Kayes Shimul
Author-Name: Masum Billah
Title: Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and suicide in Bangladesh: Some explanations through Durkheim’s Sociology of Suicide
Abstract: Whilst the world is experiencing an unprecedented and devastating public health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, scholars have apprehended that economic, social and mental health consequences brought by the pandemic might intensify suicidality amongst people. At this backdrop, this content analysis traces the relationship between suicidality and the COVID-19 pandemic employing Emile Durkheim’s classical theoretical postulation of the sociology of suicide in the context of Bangladesh. The analysis is based on case reports identified through online newspaper search spanning from January 01 to May 15, 2020. During this period, 10 Covid-19 induced suicide cases were identified. The analysis of the findings captures the linkages between COVID-19 crisis and suicidal behavior according to Durkheim’s four-fold typology of the social causation of suicide. The identified cases were fit into egoistic (2), anomic (5) and fatalistic (3) categories. No case was relevant to the altruistic category. As there is no national suicide prevention strategy in Bangladesh, this analysis highlights several immediate and short prevention strategies. Furthermore, this analysis contributes to our sociological understanding that Durkheim’s macro-level theory has the potentials to analyze micro-level/case-based suicide incidents.
Publication-Status: Published in "Journal of Community Positive Practices", 3 2022
File-URL: https://jppc.ro/index.php/jppc/article/view/561/398
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Keywords: Durkheim; suicide; sociology of suicide; COVID-19; social impact; Bangladesh;
Pages: 3-17
Issue: 3
Year: 2022
Number: 3221
Handle: RePEc:cta:jcppxx:3221

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Author-Name: Vlad I. Rosca
Title: Occupational strategies of third country migrants on the Romanian labor market
Abstract: The article analyzes how third country migrants in Romania make use of occupational strategies to access the domestic labor market. The analysis develops around formal and informal occupational strategies, the latter ones further divided according to Granovetter’s (2018) ‘strong ties’ and ‘weak ties’. Empirical evidence has been collected from the narratives of twenty oral history interviews with migrants in Romania. Results indicate a reliance of third country migrants on formal and informal occupational strategies for securing employment, especially there where the public sector or private businesses fail to create the adequate employment opportunities. Both kinds of strategies are used alike, with the formal strategy strongly depending on education, hard work and free will, while the informal strategy mainly depending on the ‘ties’. Moreover, findings indicate that ‘weak ties’ tend to push migrants towards the secondary labor market of part-time and poorly paid jobs. In addition, research results also spot a tendency of male migrants to easier engage into creating and using either ‘strong’ or ‘weak ties’, while female migrants struggle to secure personal connections with the domestic population that might help them find a (better) job.
Publication-Status: Published in "Journal of Community Positive Practices", 3 2022
File-URL: https://jppc.ro/index.php/jppc/article/view/562/399
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Keywords: occupational strategies; social inclusion; labor market; third country migrants; immigration;
Pages: 18-33
Issue: 3
Year: 2022
Number: 3222
Handle: RePEc:cta:jcppxx:3222

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Author-Name: Marlene Pestana
Author-Name: Henrique Pereira
Title: The Importance of Positive Factors in Protecting Adverse Mental Health Outcomes and Suicidal Behavior among Citizens of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries
Abstract: Research on positive factors underlies strategies for promoting mental health and preventing suicidal behaviors. Objectives: To assess the importance of social support, self-esteem, and resilience in protecting against adverse mental health outcomes and suicidal behavior in different Portuguese Language Countries. Method and Results: We collected an online sample of 1006 citizens from the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLC), mean age of 41.76 years. Instruments assessed psychological symptoms, suicidal behaviors, social support, self-esteem, and resilience. We found statistically significant differences between CPLC countries, and positive factors were found to be inversely correlated with adverse mental health and suicidal behavior. Conclusions: Positive factors protect mental health and prevent suicidal behaviors. Self-esteem was particularly important, likely due to its intrinsic nature which has an overall influence on other psychological assets. Cultural differences should be taken in account when planning preventive and protective programs that should be specific to cultural needs.
Publication-Status: Published in "Journal of Community Positive Practices", 3 2022
File-URL: https://jppc.ro/index.php/jppc/article/view/563/400
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Keywords: mental health; suicidal behavior; social support; self-esteem; resilience;
Pages: 34-52
Issue: 3
Year: 2022
Number: 3223
Handle: RePEc:cta:jcppxx:3223

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Author-Name: Adrian Catu
Title: Childhood among Crocodiles: Using Playing and Drawing As Research Tools of A Human-Animal Relationship in Bazoule, Burkina Faso
Abstract: Stemming from a multi-species ethnographic research on the cohabitation between humans and crocodiles in village of Bazoulé, Burkina Faso, the article describes the use of play and drawing as research instruments for understanding how children see crocodiles, the precepts informally transmitted to them by adults about this animal and, ultimately, the unverbalized perception of this human community about crocodiles.
Publication-Status: Published in "Journal of Community Positive Practices", 3 2022
File-URL: https://jppc.ro/index.php/jppc/article/view/564/401
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File-Function: First version, 2022
Keywords: 
Pages: 53-67
Issue: 3
Year: 2022
Number: 3224
Handle: RePEc:cta:jcppxx:3224

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Author-Name: Abdurahman Ahmed Endris
Title: Investigating the pleasure reading habits of EFL learners in lower secondary schools
Abstract: Reading literacy is significant for learners’ academic success, and high levels of reading literacy can be established through strong engagement in pleasure reading. It seems that the advancement of competing media, such as television and computer games and the fluctuating socio-cultural contexts have made a significant influence on learners’ pleasure reading habits. The purpose of this study was therefore to investigate lower secondary school learners’ pleasure reading habits using descriptive survey design. The data were collected from 377 randomly selected learners in North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia, using a survey questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential (independent samples t-test) statistics were used to analyze the data. The findings of the study indicated that majority of the learners’ habits toward pleasure reading was poor. The findings of the study also showed that the students’ mostly read for academic purposes. It was also found that there was no significant difference (p > .05) between gender and age of learners regarding their pleasure reading habits. Lack of reading materials, low English ability, and lack interest in reading are the major factors that affect learners’ pleasure reading habits. Based on the results, it can be suggested that integrating pleasure reading programme in the curricula, being accessible to a wide range of books (based on the learners’ level and interest) in the school libraries, and establishing school reading clubs in input-poor English as a Foreign Language contexts like Ethiopia is essential to promote learners’ pleasure reading habits.
Publication-Status: Published in "Journal of Community Positive Practices", 3 2022
File-URL: https://jppc.ro/index.php/jppc/article/view/565/402
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File-Function: First version, 2022
Keywords: lower secondary school; pleasure reading; pleasure reading habit; reading;
Pages: 68-82
Issue: 3
Year: 2022
Number: 3225
Handle: RePEc:cta:jcppxx:3225

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Author-Name: Rodica Ciobanu
Author-Name: Elena Arama
Title: The anatomy of a doctrinal enthusiasm turned into national despair
Abstract: The concept of the rule of law was a rather new one for the former socialist states, including the Republic of Moldova, but it was a necessity since the fall of the totalitarian regimes in the early 1990s. Until then, there was a broad range of scientific studies on the rule of law in Western literature. The domestic doctrine took up the rich Western scientific sources with enthusiasm and without stepping down the democratic character of the rule of law, emphasized the individual’s freedom as a key element, even though the rule of law implies many other defining features. This undue optimism on the possibilities of the institutions to guarantee the rights and freedoms of individuals has not been accompanied by an analysis and a review of the staff of those institutions that should have promoted a new approach of the relationship between the citizen and the state and, as a result should have put themselves in the service of society, to protect citizens. The researchers left out the question of the quality of the human factor, the human resources that originated in a society where everything was controlled by the Communist Party bodies and proceeded to work within a society where nothing (or almost nothing) was subject to society’s control. The independent media was established later, mostly as a response to the communist’s arrival to power (in 2001). Article developed within the Project `Modernisation of Governing Mechanisms Focused on the Protection of Human Rights”, cipher 20.80009.1606.15 in the Scientific Research Laboratory `Compared Public Law and e-Government”, Law Faculty, Moldova State University
Publication-Status: Published in "Journal of Community Positive Practices", 3 2022
File-URL: https://jppc.ro/index.php/jppc/article/view/566/403
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Keywords: Rule of Law; Human rights; citizen; state; civil society; democracy;
Pages: 83-92
Issue: 3
Year: 2022
Number: 3226
Handle: RePEc:cta:jcppxx:3226

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Author-Name: Nivedita Sarkar
Title: How Much Indian Households Spend in Higher Education? Tobit Analysis using National Sample Survey Data
Abstract: Higher education in India is undergoing massive expansion, with enrolment figures touching 38.5 million and Gross Enrolment Ratio attaining 27.1%. However, this expansion is brought about by extensive privatisation, catering around 70% of students enrolled in the sector. This shift also marks a departure in perceiving higher education as a public good – impacting its sources of funding – disproportionately straining the pockets of households. Drawing on National Sample Survey data (2017-18), the present study examines the pattern and quantum of household expenditure and estimates key determinants of household expenditure in higher education. Employing Tobit model the study brings out the interplay of gender, caste and class in shaping households’ decision to allocate resources in higher education.
Publication-Status: Published in "Journal of Community Positive Practices", 3 2022
File-URL: https://jppc.ro/index.php/jppc/article/view/567/404
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File-Function: First version, 2022
Keywords: Household Expenditure; Higher Education; Tobit; India;
Pages: 93-108
Issue: 3
Year: 2022
Number: 3227
Handle: RePEc:cta:jcppxx:3227

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Author-Name: Muhammed Kürşad Özlen
Title: Ethics Codes Use in Turkish Supply Chains: Drivers, Company Performance and Sustainability
Abstract: Higher education in India is undergoing massive expansion, with enrolment figures touching 38.5 million and Gross Enrolment Ratio attaining 27.1%. However, this expansion is brought about by extensive privatisation, catering around 70% of students enrolled in the sector. This shift also marks a departure in perceiving higher education as a public good – impacting its sources of funding – disproportionately straining the pockets of households. Drawing on National Sample Survey data (2017-18), the present study examines the pattern and quantum of household expenditure and estimates key determinants of household expenditure in higher education. Employing Tobit model the study brings out the interplay of gender, caste and class in shaping households’ decision to allocate resources in higher education.
Publication-Status: Published in "Journal of Community Positive Practices", 3 2022
File-URL: https://jppc.ro/index.php/jppc/article/view/567/404
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File-Function: First version, 2022
Keywords: Household Expenditure; Higher Education; Tobit; India;
Pages: 93-108
Issue: 3
Year: 2022
Number: 3228
Handle: RePEc:cta:jcppxx:3228


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Author-Name: Preeti Nair
Author-Name: Amit Hajela
Author-Name: Navneet Munoth
Title: The role of built heritage in sustainable rural development – A key factors in spatial planning of rural areas
Abstract: This research paper’s main objective is to present the current status of the residential Built settlement in the rural areas of Chettinard region in Tamil Nadu, a state rich in heritage, religious, and cultural aspects in India. The research paper also correlates to the traces of the human life (socio-cultural and economic) and communities’ perception towards built heritage in Rural areas. For this purpose, the studies have been conducted on two of its villages which have been recommended as a heritage-village by the state government in UNESCO’s tentative list. In this study, a mixed study approach is followed using both visual survey and questionnaire survey as the study tools. The main objectives of this study were to determine the public reaction towards the conceptual framework to be designed for an ideal sustainable heritage-based village. Secondly, through the empirical and quantitative data analysis to capture the hurdles and identify the gaps that affect the resident’s understanding and their perception in developing their villages. The paper also uses GIS as a software tool for a better understanding and cataloguing of the built heritage in a holistic manner.
Publication-Status: Published in "Journal of Community Positive Practices", 3 2022
File-URL: https://jppc.ro/index.php/jppc/article/view/567/404
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File-Function: First version, 2022
Keywords: Rural Heritage; Vernacular architecture; Community Participation; Human Perception; Settlement pattern;
Pages: 126-136
Issue: 3
Year: 2022
Number: 3229
Handle: RePEc:cta:jcppxx:3229