Dynamics of Islam, identity, and institutional rule in Uzbekistan: Constructing a paradigm for conflict resolution

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reuel R. Hanks
Keyword(s):  
Mass Movement ◽  
Social Stability ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Institutional Rule ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
Government Power ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
The Social

The “re-Islamization” of society in independent Uzbekistan has proven to be a complex process, generating conflict in the social, cultural and political spheres. Since the early 1990s, the regime of Islam Karimov has sought to undermine any manifestation of “unofficial” Islam via imprisonment of the leadership, implementation of repressive statutes governing religious activity, and other coercive means. Yet, since 1999 Uzbekistan has experienced more religious violence directed against government power structures by “extremists” than any other former Soviet republic in Central Asia. Important issues that should direct U.S. policy remain unresolved: How significant is the threat from radical Islam in Uzbekistan, that is, what are the chances of politicized, “fundamentalist” Islam emerging as a mass movement there? Has recent U.S. policy reduced or exacerbated the dynamics of conflict between the regime and the “radicals?” In order to effect resolution of this conflict, a new paradigm must be implemented in U.S.–Uzbek relations which moves the Uzbek regime toward democratization, while maintaining social stability. In addition, politicized Islam, in a non-radicalized form, should also figure into any policy strategy directed at long-term stability in Uzbekistan.

Risking Debt for Honor

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-71
Author(s):  
Jennifer R. Cash
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Urban Migration ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Upheaval ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rural Urban Migration ◽  
The Republic

Research on godparenthood has traditionally emphasized its stabilizing effect on social structure. This article, however, focuses attention on how the practices and discourses associated with marital sponsorship in the Republic of Moldova ascribe value to the risks and uncertainties of social life. Moldova has experienced substantial economic, social, and political upheaval during the past two decades of postsocialism, following a longer period of Soviet-era modernization, secularization, and rural–urban migration. In this context, godparenthood has not contributed to the long-term stability of class structure or social relations, but people continue to seek honor and social respect by taking the social and economic risks involved in sponsoring new marriages.

scholarly journals Specialisation and plasticity in a primitively social insect

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Patalano ◽  
A. Alsina ◽  
C. Gregorio-Rodriguez ◽  
M. Bachman ◽  
S. Dreier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Methylation ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Insect ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Biological Systems ◽  
List Type ◽  
Term Stability ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
The Social

AbstractBiological systems not only have the remarkable capacity to build and maintain complex spatio-temporal structures in noisy environments, they can also rapidly break up and rebuild such structures. How such systems can simultaneously achieve both robust specialisation and plasticity is poorly understood. Here we use primitive societies of Polistes wasps as a model system where we experimentally perturb the social structure by removing the queen and follow the re-establishment of the social steady state over time. We combine a unique experimental strategy correlating time-resolved measurements across vastly different scales with a theoretical approach. We show that Polistes integrates antagonistic processes on multiple scales to distinguish between extrinsic and intrinsic perturbations and thereby achieve both robust specialisation and rapid plasticity. The long-term stability of the social structure relies on dynamic DNA methylation which controls transcriptional noise. Such dynamics provide a general principle of how both specialization and plasticity can be achieved in biological systems.One Sentence SummaryA primitive social insect simultaneously achieves specialisation and plasticity by integrating antagonistic dynamics on different scales.HighlightsWe employ a unique experimental approach correlating dynamics of societies, individuals, and epigenetic gene regulationA social insect simultaneously achieves specialisation and plasticity by integrating antagonistic processes on different spatial scalesRegulation of population-level noise by DNA methylation ensures long-term stability of phenotypic specialisation

Epilogue

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Balkelis
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Mass Movement ◽  
Civic Identity ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
World War ◽  
Coup D'etat ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Constant Feature

The epilogue is devoted to the long-term legacy of the post-World War I conflict in Lithuania. The war greatly contributed to the emergence and dissemination of a national and civic identity among Lithuanians. The national movement of patriotic intelligentsia that emerged in the late nineteenth century managed to transform itself into a mass movement during the turbulent period of 1914–23. Yet, in Lithuania, coming to peace after the long-term violence was a complex process that continued through the whole interwar period. The country remained militarized, as its key institutions and major societal groups stayed prepared for the production of violence. The threat of war or a coup d’état remained a constant feature of interwar Lithuanian politics and the raison d’être of a large group of people who believed that their identity was defined by their military service for the nation.

Systems social marketing: a critical appraisal

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Dao Truong ◽  
Stephen Graham Saunders ◽  
X. Dam Dong
Keyword(s):  
Social Marketing ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Online Databases ◽  
The Social ◽  
Practical Development ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Systems Thinking Approach

Purpose Social marketing has gained widespread recognition as a means of motivating behaviour change in individuals for societal good. Many opinions have been shared regarding its potential to affect society or systems-wide change, leading to the macro-or systems social marketing (SSM) concepts and ideas. This paper aims to critically appraise the SSM literature, identify key features and highlight gaps for future research. Design/methodology/approach A search was conducted of peer-reviewed SSM articles published from 2000 to March 2018 inclusive. A number of online databases were mined, including but not limited to Google, Google Scholar, Scopus, PubMed, Cochrane and Medline. Key social marketing outlets (Social Marketing Quarterly and Journal of Social Marketing) were browsed manually. In total, 28 SSM articles were identified. Findings SSM adopts a dynamic systems thinking approach; it is an orientation, not a theory or model; it is multi-method; and it recognises that intervention can occur on multiple levels. Yet, greater attention should be given to the complexities of the systems context and the power structures and relations that exist between stakeholders. Significant issues also include stakeholder voice and participation, the use and reporting of theories and models, the measurement of long-term intervention outcomes and the undesirable impacts of SSM. Originality/value This paper identifies issues that need to be addressed if social marketing is to become a more system-oriented means to positively influence societal change. Implications for theoretical and practical development of the social marketing field are provided.

scholarly journals A WORLD OF SHAPES AND COLORS: EARLY HOLOCENE CULTURAL AND INDIVIDUAL IDENTITIES EXPLORED THROUGH PERSONAL ORNAMENT ANALYSIS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Rigaud
Keyword(s):  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
Economic Information ◽  
Use Wear ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sedentary Life ◽  
The Way

It is likely that the adoption of domestication and sedentary life was promoted by new system of beliefs and occurred in the context of a profound reconfiguration of symbolic and social codes. I will present how personal ornaments can inform on the social reorganization of the communities at the dawn of agriculture by tracking the multiple forms of interactions between individuals, the way people materialized their self-identify and the way they recognized each other. The technological and use wear analyzes of personal adornments, combined to the analysis of a georeferenced database of the bead types used by the last foragers and the first farmers in Europe, explores how interactions networks established between populations led to the social and cultural reconfiguration of the groups and reshaped the cultural geography of Europe 8000 years ago (Rigaud, 2014 Rigaud et al., 2015). Personal ornament analysis reveals the long-term stability in contacts networks that enhanced the circulation of social, technical and economic information essential for the diffusion of the farming lifestyle. The persistence of foragers personal attires within farming communities indicates that personal ornaments likely reflected the most entrenched and lasting facets of farmers ethnicity compared to other cultural proxies (Rigaud et al., 2018). Rigaud, S. (2014). Pratiques ornementales des premieres communauts agropastorales de Bavire (Allemagne): Intgration Acculturation Convergence Nouveaux apports de la ncropole de Essenbach-Ammerbreite Personal ornaments of the first agro-pastoral societies in Bavaria (Germany): Integration Acculturation Convergence New insights from Essenbach-Ammerbreite cemetery. Anthropologie (Brno), 52 (2), 207227. Rigaud, S., Manen, C., Garca-Martnez de Lagrn, I. (2018). Symbols in motion: Flexible cultural boundaries and the fast spread of the Neolithic in the western Mediterranean. PLOS ONE, 13 (5), e0196488. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0196488 Rigaud, S., Marian, V., DErrico, F. (2015). Ornaments Reveal Resistance of North European Cultures to the Spread of Farming. PLoS ONE. Retrieved from https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01260969

scholarly journals On the Construction of the Contemporary Power Supervision System in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fujun Feng
Keyword(s):  
Social Stability ◽  
System Reform ◽  
System Construction ◽  
Supervision System ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
Future System ◽  
The Chinese Dream ◽  
Reform And Opening Up ◽  
Opening Up

Abstract:On the 70th anniversary of the founding of China and the 41st anniversary of the reform and opening up, it is of great significance to study the power supervision system of contemporary China and plan for the future system construction and development in order to realize the "two centenary" goal and the "Chinese dream" of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.Power supervision has an important influence on the governance of the party, the strengthening of self construction, the maintenance of long-term stability and social stability, and the promotion of political system reform.

scholarly journals Behavioral and physiological evidence that increasing group size ameliorates the impacts of social disturbance

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah M. Anderson ◽  
Alexander G. Little ◽  
David N. Fisher ◽  
Brendan L. McEwen ◽  
Brett M. Culbert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Size ◽  
Social Stability ◽  
Dominant Group ◽  
Social Instability ◽  
Group Stability ◽  
Physiological Evidence ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
Large Groups

ABSTRACTIntra-group social stability is important for the long-term productivity and health of social organisms. We evaluated the effect of group size on group stability in the face of repeated social perturbations using a cooperatively breeding fish, Neolamprologus pulcher. In a laboratory study, we compared both the social and physiological responses of individuals from small versus large groups to the repeated removal and replacement of the most dominant group member (the breeder male). Individuals living in large groups were overall more resistant to instability but were seemingly slower to recover from perturbation. Members of small group were more vulnerable to instability but recovered faster. Breeder females in smaller groups also showed greater physiological preparedness for instability following social perturbations. In sum, we recover both behavioral and physiological evidence that living in larger groups helps to dampen the impacts of social instability in this system.Summary StatementSocial stability is vital for group productivity and long-term persistence. Here, both behavioral and physiological evidence conveys that larger groups are less susceptible to social disturbance.

The reliability of the social readjustment rating scale: Moderate and long-term stability

1978 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 519-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin S. Gerst ◽  
Igor Grant ◽  
Joel Yager ◽  
Hervey Sweetwood
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Term Stability ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Readjustment Rating Scale

Eternal Dawn

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Gingeras
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The Social ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Late Ottoman Empire ◽  
Republic Of Turkey

In the first years after its founding, the Republic of Turkey was widely praised as a model state governed by an enlightened elite. In contrast to the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany, Turkey was viewed as politically moderate, stable, and friendly to the West. It instead appeared to be a state that had radically transformed itself into a strong, united, and progressive nation unburdened by its past. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was held to be the chief architect and engineer of this feat and was placed by many among the greatest reforming statesmen in world history. These perceptions of Atatürk and his revolutionary rule have endured to this day. As a study grounded in untapped archival and scholarly sources, Eternal Dawn presents a definitive look inside the development and evolution of Atatürk’s Turkey. Ryan Gingeras presents Turkey’s early years as the culmination of a variety of social and political forces dating back to the late Ottoman Empire. Eternal Dawn presses beyond the reigning mythology that still envelops this period and challenges many of the standing assumptions about the limits, successes, and consequences of the reforms of Mustafa Kemal. Through a detailed survey of the social and political conditions that defined life in Turkey’s diverse provinces, Ryan Gingeras lays bare many of the harsh realities and bitter legacies of the republic’s founding. Atatürk’s revolution destroyed as much as it built and established precedents that strengthened and undermined the country’s long-term stability.

Marking and Making Differences: Representational Diversity in the U.S. Southwest

2016 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Hegmon ◽  
Jacob Freeman ◽  
Keith W. Kintigh ◽  
Margaret C. Nelson ◽  
Sarah Oas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Science Literature ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Term Stability ◽  
Long Term Stability ◽  
The Social ◽  
Distinct Category ◽  
Social Science Literature ◽  
Social Causes ◽  
The U.S

AbstractDiversity is generally valued, although it sometimes contributes to difficult social situations, as is recognized in recent social science literature. Archaeology can provide insights into how diverse social situations play out over the long term. There are many kinds of diversities, and we propose representational diversity as a distinct category. Representational diversity specifically concerns how and whether differences are marked or masked materially. We investigate several archaeological sequences in the U.S. Southwest. Each began with the coming together of populations that created situations of unprecedented social diversity; some resulted in conflict, others in long-term stability. We trace how representational diversity changed through these sequences. Specifically, we review the transregional Kayenta migration to the southern Southwest and focus empirical analyses on regional processes in the Cibola region and on painted ceramics. Results show that, initially, representational diversity increased above and beyond that caused by the combination of previously separate traditions as people marked their differences. Subsequently, in some instances, the diversity was replaced by widespread homogeneity as the differences were masked and mitigated. Although the social causes and effects of diversity are many and varied, long-term stability and persistence is associated with tolerance of a range of diversities.

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