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Interface between civil society, community, and role of social work for enhancing democracy.
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Civil Society envisages the growth of civilization in a way that the society is in “civilized form.” It has been prominent in Social science since time immemorial. Till 18th century, it was synonymous with the state or political society. It was more or less direct translation of Cicero’s Societas’ Civilis and Aristotle’s Koinonia politike. Accordin...
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... A radical faction calls for immediate federation whilst a gradualist opposition composed of countries such as South Africa and Nigeria call for improved regional integration and the need to strengthen and consolidate internal governance and growth structures at the onset. However, states alone may not guarantee enough democratic space for women's significant participation in decision-making processes (Jaysawal, 2013). There is a need to increase participation of non-state actors, and particularly women's movements on strategic issues concerning the AU integration. ...
Efforts have been made by African women and other gender-based movements to keep alive the spirit of African Unity and to make the women’s agenda truly Pan-African. This thinking motivated the early Pan-Africanists in diaspora, such as George Padmore, Aime Cesaire, CLR James and the post-colonial Africa leaders at the fifth Pan-African Conference held in Manchester, United Kingdom, 15–21 October 1945. The ingenuity of this thinking was to promote the formation of a cadre of transformative leaders, particularly women, who would then contribute to Africa’s socio-economic and political development. However, Marcus Garvey’s vision of a platform for black empowerment lost impetus as post-colonial manipulation and personal gain compromised the dream of independence, the very basis for dignity and empowerment of the African people. In the post-independence Africa, although the core of the Beijing Declaration was to empower women and create space for their participation, the need to pitch this aspiration on solid principles of ‘thought leadership’, ‘thought liberation’ and ‘critical consciousness’, as espoused by Vusi Gumede, is unavoidable.
... Berdasarkan hal tersebut, dapat dikemukakan bahwa dalam persepsi itu sekalipun stimulusnya sama tetapi karena adanya ketidaksamaan pengalaman, kemampuan berpikir, kerangka acuan, dan kemungkinan hasil persepsi antara individu dengan individu yang lain (Hallmann et al., 2020). Jiwa masyarakat merupakan potensi yang berasal dari unsur-unsur masyarakat meliputi pranata, status dan peranan social (Jaysawal, 2013). Masyarakat adalah kumpulan individu-individu yang saling bergaul berinteraksi karena mempunyai nilai-nilai, norma-norma, cara-cara dan prosedur yang merupakan kebutuhan bersama berupa suatu sistem adat istiadat tertentu yang bersifat kontinue dan terikat oleh suatu identitas bersama (Idang, 2018). ...
Pada masa sekarang ini banyak pergeresan budaya dan kultur dari masyarakat akibat perkembangan sains dan teknologi. Vatu Mera merupakan sebuah prastasi budaya antara Desa Adodo Fordata dengan Tanimbar Kei. Prastasi budaya ini sebagai simbol ikatan ade dan kaka yang tidak terpisahkan dan dalam kesatuan yang utuh. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana interaksi sebelum dan sesudah didirikannya prasasti Vatu Merah. Hasil penelitian membuktikan bahwa dengan adanya partisipasi Vatu Mera sangat baik di tengah masyarakat dalam menjaga dan melestarikan hubungan persaudaran yang rukun dengan hidup teratur dan menghagai atar dua etnis yang berbeda. Prasasti Vatu Mera dianggap sangat penting bagi hubungan mereka yang sudah ada sejak lama. Pandangan masyarakat terhadap prasasti Vatu Merah merupakan sebuah bukti sejarah bagi generasi muda yang akan datang, agar mereka tahu bahwa mereka memiliki ikatan ade-kaka antara Tanimbar Kei dengan Desa Adodo Fordata.
... No geral, as OSCs promovem e aprofundam a democracia (Jaysawal, 2013;Lee & Glasure, 2007;Uhlin, 2009) não somente por meio de apoio às normas e atitudes democráticas, mas também através do desenvolvimento de competências e valores democráticos nos seus membros (Lee & Glasure, 2007). Embora acreditamos que a adesão nas OSCs seja uma maneira de ampliar a democracia, a literatura não especifica os aspetos concretos da democracia que as OSCs impactam nos seus membros. ...
A filiação às organizações da sociedade civil (OSCs) oportuniza o desenvolvimento de habilidades cívicas, de capital social e de competências e valores democráticos que propiciam a participação dos membros em práticas políticas. A implementação de práticas de retenção de membros nas OSCs pode aumentar a probabilidade dos membros de participar em atividades políticas. O problema de fraca participação política em Moçambique pode ser solucionado por meio das OSCs. Incentivando os cidadãos a se filiar às OSCs pode ser possível melhorar a participação política dos cidadãos no geral, a médio e longo prazo, por meio da interação de membros e não membros em diversos contextos.Palavras-chave: organizações da sociedade civil; capital social; retenção; participação política; Moçambique.
... Civil society is an arena of uncoerced collective action around shared interests, purposes and values. 27 The increasingly accepted understanding of the term civil society organisations (CSOs) is that of non-state, notfor-profit, voluntary organisations formed by people in that social sphere. Civil society might include but is not limited to activist groups, charities, civic groups, community/local associations, consumer organisations, foundations, policy institutions, private voluntary organisations and professional associations. ...
The public health context is becoming increasingly more complex requiring highly trained professionals equipped with knowledge, competencies and tools to address or transform current and future challenges. Doctoral degree training offers an opportunity to build the capacity to detect and respond to such dynamic health challenges. In this paper, we discuss how Africa’s public health doctoral students can be better positioned for the different career pathways to provide leadership on complex health and development challenges. Public health PhD graduates can take up careers in academia, civil service, private sector and civil society, among others. To thrive in these pathways, PhD training should equip them with knowledge, skills and competencies in leadership, creativity and social competence among others. To produce career-ready PhD graduates, there is need to rethink training curricula to build critical skills for diverse career pathways, introduce students to entrepreneurship, and enhance linkages between universities and industry. Experiential learning, exposure to networks and partnerships, postdoctoral programmes and mentorship and exchange programmes can further equip PhD students with key knowledge, skills and competencies. For students to position themselves for the different careers, they ought to plan their careers early, albeit with flexibility. Students should build their soft skills and embrace technology among other transferable competencies. By identifying potential career pathways and being positioned for these early, Africa can produce transformative PhD students on a path for success not just for themselves but for society at large, including in new environments such as that created by COVID-19.
... The assumption here is that the democratic system necessitates the existence of energetic and independent civil societies and a potent state that can balance the needs of diverse interest blocs (Mercer 2002). Sturdy CSOs can discipline the state and impel it to hold the interests of the citizens in high esteem (Jaysawal 2013). Civil societies inherently represent a counter-vialing arena that is considered very vital to liberty and democracy as against the domain of the state and public organizations. ...
... A fenntartók és szolgáltatók gazdasági és szakmai érdekei sokszor nehezen összeegyeztethetők a szakma értékrendszerével és a felhasználók valós érdekeivel. Ezért a kritikai szociális munka koncepciója szerint a szakembereknek legalább részben függetlenedniük kell az állami vagy önkormányzati működtetésű intézményektől (Jaysawal 2013). ...
A tanulmány a kritikai szociális munka svájci történetének és kortárs folyamatainak bemutatására vállalkozik a kritikai munka svájci és nemzetközi irodalmának felhasználásával. Az írás ábrázolja a szociális segítés kritikai szemléletének beágyazódását és trendjeit a konzervatív alapokon nyugvó, ugyanakkor markáns neoliberális hatásokkal rendelkező svájci szociálpolitikába. A tanulmány rávilágít
a civil társadalom intézményeinek és a kritikai szociális munka gyakorlatának összefonódására és arra, hogy a kisebb és rugalmas civil szervezetek kritikus szociális munkásai miként képesek egy párhuzamos, másodlagos rendszert kiépíteni mindazoknak, akik az államhoz és kantonokhoz köthető ellátásokból kiszorulnak. A kritikai szociális munka elsősorban nagyvárosi környezetben valósul meg Svájcban és mindenekelőtt a hajléktalan emberek és papírok nélküli bevándorlók segítésében ér el kiemelkedő eredményeket.
... Chapter 10 discusses how the love ethic model can enable the responsibilities which underpin these key commitments of civil societies. The term civil society is not to be read as implying there are uncivil societies; rather, it is used in the manner suggested by Jaysawal (2013 ) to refer to the capacity of citizens who collectivise in the public sphere to promote the public interest independently of the government and business sectors. Social work as a profession does not explicitly include love alongside social justice as one of its key values. ...
Eco-activism, akin to social work albeit less directly, seeks to safeguard the public interest. It does so by way of advocating for the protection of environmental goods and services on behalf of nature but also on behalf of society whose health and wellbeing are critically dependent on functioning ecosystems and through whom the environment is given a voice politically. Just as social work is an effort to enhance social functioning and overall societal wellbeing, eco-activism can be understood as an assertion of standards that need to be upheld and maintained to ensure the protection of social and environmental systems. In this sense, both social work and eco-activism seek a transformation towards sustainability with justice and wellbeing at their core.
The attempt is made in this chapter to capture analytically eco-activism and social work using the social licence to operate (SLO) concept. Whilst commonly understood in terms community approval or acceptance of industry and/or its activities, SLO can also be seen as the meeting of expectations of local communities or those of wider society and in this sense be regarded as an expression of the public interest. As such, SLO can be seen as measure of what is deemed socially and environmentally just and acceptable, representing a shared goal of eco-activism and social work, which we call eco-social work.
... Schmid (2012) summarizes these ideas in signifying that it is because psychotherapy is built on democratic ideals that it has lasting power; otherwise, helping is merely advice-giving or consolatory affirmations that do little to effect change. In reciprocity, the mental health fields strengthen civil society through mobilizing communities, advocating for reform, uniting macro-and microobstacles to wellbeing, identifying causes of conflict, and enacting solutions (Jaysawal, 2013;Truell, 2018). As further evidence, health researchers demonstrate that individuals living in democratic societies may benefit from overall quality of life (Krueger, Dovel, & Denney, 2015;Radcliff & Shufeldt, 2016). ...
... A radical faction calls for immediate federation whilst a gradualist opposition composed of countries such as South Africa and Nigeria call for improved regional integration and the need to strengthen and consolidate internal governance and growth structures at the onset. However, states alone may not guarantee enough democratic space for women's significant participation in decision-making processes (Jaysawal 2013). There is a need to increase participation of non-state actors, and particularly women's movements on strategic issues concerning the AU integration. ...
There are numerous critiques of Western liberal democracy and its unfair application to African contexts. Non-Western and Western scholars in social sciences and communication are challenging the Euro-American ethnocentric concepts in attempts to de-Westernise the established Western-centric theorisations that have characterised research around social phenomena, journalism and development communication in Africa. This study attempts to explore the ways in which development communication practices in a named state government in Nigeria are fanning the flames of a clarion call for the de-westernisation of Western ideals of democracy and good governance. The specific goal is to highlight the particular and dynamic ways that development is being communicated in a local context, as a way of leading assumptions that the idea of evolving African-centric, context-specific development communication strategies is key in enriching the lives of ordinary citizens. The study is qualitative as the authors examined government policy documents, speeches, government events, programs, artefacts such as emblems and logos, and official signifiers such as anthems.The authors applied a qualitative analytical methodology to the texts and material and thus could provide a scholarly evaluation of the significant practices embedded in these, whilst incorporating their own implications for governance and development communication in Africa.
... Fifth, creating violence control through civil society empowerment to get involved in deliberative democracy andhuman rights violence prevention as an effort to improve democracy inclusiveness degree in Papua. Civil society is society that can independently act from the state and market to promote various interests in the society that enables citizens to perform collectively in public sphere(Jaysawal, 2013). The condition is the base for deliberative democracy construction as inclusive democracy system that emphasizes the importance of social democracy and more participative democracy conception. ...
This study explores theoretically the problems of Papua in the perspective of nationalism, identity politics, and national integration of Indonesia. In the context of Papua, the problems of nationalism and integration is a sensitive issue both historically and realistically. This creates a dilemmatic situation to understanding the Papuan nationalism. This article used descriptive qualitative approach with library research. The sources of data are paper that consist books, scientific journals, and mass media which gathered through documentation techniques and discourse identification. While the data analysis techniques used content analysis techniques. This study shows that: first, the emergence of aspirations about Papuan justice and independence is an attempt to maintain the autonomy, identity, and unity of Papuans, so that nationalism is a sentiment and a movement. The construction of Papuan nationalism tends to be oriented towards the ethnocultural nationalism that constructed as identity politics, so that the development of Papuan identity leads to the construction of a resistant identity. Therefore, nationalism needs to be constructed through nation-building efforts. Second, political reasoning to affirm the integration of Papua and NKRI includes: (1) building a catalyst for conflict and intensive communication; (2) implementing the politics of recognition; (3) accelerated development based on local understanding and identity of indigenous Papuans; (4) changing the way the state views the Indonesian nationalism in Papua; (5) establishing the control of violence through strengthening the role of civil society.
