Information on "Social Systems"
January 2013
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Jan 2013
Worlds Apart? Health-Seeking Behavior and Strategic Healthcare Planning in Sierra Leone
Author: Thea Tomison
Publisher: LSE Department of International Development (ID)
This dissertation investigates health-seeking behavior in Sierra Leone since it introduced free health care for pregnant women and children under-five. More on «Worlds Apart? Health-Seeking Behavior and Strategic Healthcare Planning in Sierra Leone» -
Jan 2013
Beyond 'Fear of Death': Strategies of Coping with Violence and Insecurity
Author: Angela Jorns
Publisher: LSE Department of International Development (ID)
This paper takes a bottom-up perspective to examine how ordinary people achieve security and explores their strategies of coping with violence and insecurity. More on «Beyond 'Fear of Death': Strategies of Coping with Violence and Insecurity»
September 2012
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Sep 2012
Danish Demining Group Community Safety Program: Uganda
Publisher: Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
This case study examines the rationale, approach and lessons learned from DDG's (Danish Demining Group) Community Safety Programme in Uganda. More on «Danish Demining Group Community Safety Program: Uganda»
April 2012
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Apr 2012
The Impact on Inequality of Raising the Social Security Retirement Age
Author: David Rosnick, Dean Baker
Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
This paper examines the impact of an increase in the retirement age on various demographic groups. More on «The Impact on Inequality of Raising the Social Security Retirement Age»
January 2012
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2012
Integrating Traditional and Modern Conflict Resolution
Author: Martha Mutisi, Ashad Sentongo, Andrea Bartoli, Kwesi Sansculotte-Greenidge, Demessie Fantaye, Abdullahi Osman El-Tom, Salomé Bronkhorst
Publisher: African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
This issue highlights the role of traditional institutions in conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction in Africa. More on «Integrating Traditional and Modern Conflict Resolution» -
2012
Somalia Roadmap to Peace
Author: Mona Ali
Publisher: SAGE International
With the Somali government troops backed by African Union troops making progress in fighting the Al-Shabab militia, there is a good opportunity to pursue the United Nations ‘Roadmap’ to end the transitional Federal Government of Somalia and to adopt ... More on «Somalia Roadmap to Peace»
December 2011
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Dec 2011
Perceptions of (Micro)Insurance in Southern Ghana
Author: Lena Giesbert, Susan Steiner
Publisher: German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
This article investigates how low income people in southern Ghana understand and perceive (micro)insurance. More on «Perceptions of (Micro)Insurance in Southern Ghana»
November 2011
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Nov 2011
The Organisation of Formal Long-Term Care for the Elderly
Author: Monika Riedel, Markus Kraus
Publisher: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
This report investigates the organization and provision of long-term care for the elderly population in 21 member states of the European Union. More on «The Organisation of Formal Long-Term Care for the Elderly»
January 2011
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6 Jan 2011
What Happened to the Smiling Face of Indonesian Islam?
Author: Martin Van Bruinessen
Publisher: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
The transition form authoritarian to democratic rule in Indonesia has been accompanied by the apparent decline of the liberal Muslim discourse that was dominant during the 1970s and 1980s and the increasing prominence of Islamist and fundamentalist i... More on «What Happened to the Smiling Face of Indonesian Islam?» -
2011
Predicting Social Tipping Points
Author: Sonja Grimm, Gerald Schneider
Publisher: German Development Institute
The prediction of the breakdown of social order is both a considerable academic challenge and a major development concern. More on «Predicting Social Tipping Points»
