scholarly journals NGOization of Islamic Education: The Post-Coup Turkish State and Sufi Orders in Africa South of the Sahara

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Ezgi Guner
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
State Repression ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
Turkish State ◽  
Education In Turkey ◽  
Neoliberal Restructuring

This article analyzes the recently formed transnational networks of Islamic education between Turkey and Africa south of the Sahara through the study of the neglected case of Erenköy Cemaati. The expansion of the schools affiliated with Erenköy Cemaati cannot be divorced from Turkey’s Africa strategy and the growing importance of education within it since the late 2000s. Although Sufi orders and state institutions historically represent two divergent and conflicting streams of Islamic education in Turkey, the analysis of Erenköy Cemaati’s schools in Africa south of the Sahara reveal their rapprochement in novel ways. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Turkey, Tanzania, and Senegal, this article shows that the complex relations between the Turkish state and Sufi orders in the field of education in Africa are facilitated by a constellation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Situating ethnographic data in historical context, it argues that the Islamic schools of Erenköy Cemaati are produced by the overlapping processes of the NGOization of Sufi orders in response to earlier state repression in Turkey and the NGOization of education in the wake of the neoliberal restructuring in Africa. While contributing to our understanding of post-coup Turkey and its evolving relations with Africa south of the Sahara, this article provides at the same time a new window into the NGOization of Islamic education on the continent.

scholarly journals Cultural Exchanges between Russia and Turkmenistan: Structure, Dynamics, and Defining Features

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 508
Author(s):  
Ksenia G. Muratshina
Keyword(s):  
Recent Decade ◽  
Soviet Republic ◽  
Asian Studies ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Cultural Exchanges ◽  
Independent States ◽  
The Russian Federation

Cultural exchanges are an essential component of humanitarian interaction between countries and societies, in particular, between political partners and neighboring states whose citizens regularly communicate with each other. This paper discusses cooperation in the area of cultural exchanges between the Russian Federation and one of its Central Asian neighbors the former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan. To date, cultural exchanges and humanitarian cooperation have received very little attention in Central Asian studies, despite the attention paid to Russian-Turkmen economic cooperation and policy aspects. This paper is aimed at illuminating the modes, factors, dynamics, and defining features of the Russia-Turkmenistan cooperation in the area of cultural exchanges over the recent decade. The notions “cultural exchanges”, “humanitarian cooperation”, and “cooperation in the area of cultural exchanges” are explored in Russian-Turkmen diplomatic documents and the legislation of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The author has studied such sources as diplomatic documents, interviews, newsletters of state institutions and non-governmental organizations, and news archives of Russian and Turkmen media.

Engaging the Challenges of Alleviating Wife Abuse in Northern Vietnam

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
Lynn Kwiatkowski
Keyword(s):  
Wife Abuse ◽  
Abused Women ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Community Members ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Gender Based

In recent years, gender-based violence has become highly visible and recognized by the Vietnamese state and the public more broadly. This article addresses the space that has recently widened, with the Vietnamese state's 1986 đôi mó'i or renovation policies, for local innovation and global influence on approaches to curtailing wife abuse and assisting women abused by their husbands. Anthropology can help us to understand some of the constraints and contradictions that can arise in such a space of innovation. For instance, ethnographic research reveals how local Vietnamese non-governmental organizations (VNGOs), state institutions, and international organizations in Vietnam can cooperate to develop and implement new and potentially beneficial programs for abused women. Yet, at the same time, frontline practitioners struggle to implement these new approaches, with cultural lenses that limit acceptance of new ideologies, few resources that provide long-term support to abused women, or, in some cases, little exposure to the new ideas. Anthropological research can assist in identifying the cultural and structural constraints experienced by individuals working with abused women and community members, and the contradictions that can arise between the shaping and the implementing of policy addressing wife abuse, particularly globally influenced ideologies and practices introduced into a society.

scholarly journals Reclaiming Public Spaces in the Informal Economy: Migrant Mothers who Defy Gender Traditions in Cochabamba, Bolivia

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-68
Author(s):  
Margaret Giacalone
Keyword(s):  
Informal Sector ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Safe Work ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
The Government ◽  
Role Responsibilities ◽  
And Control ◽  
The City

In the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia, mothers from the campo have become the engine of the Bolivian economy and leaders in their communities. The issue: they work in the informal sector, which is disapproved by the government and general population. Families from the countryside have lost their homes and traditional means of living as a product of policies in favor of foreign competition. Mothers have become the leaders of their homes and found jobs in the city that have further burdened their role responsibilities. Since there are few safe work opportunities that support indigenous migrant mothers’ maternal identities, they create their own jobs in spaces traditionally dominated by machista values. Despite intersecting obstacles of gender, class and race, mothers are resilient and capable of redefining spaces and reframing narratives of their motherhood. Drawing on ethnographic data, this article depicts how migrant mothers achieve empowerment, survival and control of their identities thanks to the agency they have found in traditional employment, entrepreneurship and cooperative entrepreneurship within the informal sector, as well as support from non-governmental organizations.

scholarly journals Reemigration of the Volhynian Czechs

Geografie ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-121
Author(s):  
Eva Janská ◽  
Dušan Drbohlav
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Mother Country ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
Czech Society

The article focuses on integration of resettlers - Volhynian Czechs - into the Czech society. This community of reemigrants began to return to their mother country in 1991 when also humanitarian aid programme was launched. The analysis is based on a questionnaire survey within the resettlers, experience and databases of state institutions and non-governmental organizations. How the resettlers adjust their lives to conditions in the Czech Republic and which factors influence most the migration/integration policies in the Czech Republic is formulated in the conclusion.

scholarly journals In the Eye of the Storm: Humanitarian NGOs, Complex Emergencies, and Conflict Resolution

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice Stein
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
International Context ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Humanitarian Emergencies ◽  
Major Powers ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Emergency Assistance ◽  
Complex Humanitarian Emergencies ◽  
New Strategies

The challenges faced by non-governmental organizations seeking to mitigate violence within the context of “complex humanitarian emergencies” create new dilemmas and require new strategies. These emergencies arise from violence inflicted by one group against another within the confines of a state, from the capture of state institutions by one group, or by the collapse of these institutions and the failure of governance. They develop within a context of disengagement by the major powers and the privatization of emergency assistance. I first analyze the dimensions of complex humanitarian emergencies, define the dilemmas humanitarian NGOs face and their implications for conflict resolution, and examine the changing international context to establish the scope of disengagement and privatization. I then assess the troubling evidence that humanitarian NGOs have contributed inadvertently to the escalation of violence rather than to conflict resolution. I explore three possible strategies, some of them counterintuitive, which could contribute to the mitigation of the violence and to conflict resolution.

scholarly journals Victim support services in Serbia: Survey results

Temida ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanja Copic
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Project Development ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Victim Support ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Victims Of Crime

From September 1, 2006 to June 1, 2007, within the project "Development of victim support services in Serbia", Victimology Society of Serbia has conducted a survey on organizations in Serbia that are offering support to victims of crime. Aims of the survey were: to identify organizations that are supporting victims of crime either within state institutions and non-governmental organizations; to collect and analyze the data that might be useful for victims, and also to make directory of victim support services in Serbia. The sample encompassed 188 organizations from 55 towns in Serbia. The aim of this paper is point out, through the analysis of the data obtained through the survey, to which extent victims of crime in general, and of some forms of crime in particular can get support in Serbia, which organizations are offering support, what form of support and in which way. .

scholarly journals Przegląd współczesnych form współpracy polsko‑rosyjskiej w sferze nauki, kultury i edukacji

Politeja ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 12 (7 (34/2)) ◽  
pp. 261-270
Author(s):  
Swietłana Kędziora
Keyword(s):  
Third Sector ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Cultural Community ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Science Culture ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations

Review of forms of Polish‑Russian cooperation in the field of science, culture and education This article is devoted to the work of organizations of Polish‑Russian cooperation in science, culture and education. The author describes the main state institutions (Academies of Sciences of Russia and Poland, the Polish‑Russian Group for Difficult Issues, Foundation „Centre for Russian‑Polish Dialogue and Understanding” in Moscow and the Centre for Polish‑Russian Dialogue and Understanding in Warsaw) and, more broadly discusses the activities of so‑called „third sector”, non‑governmental organizations, bringing out the methods and scope of their work based on the examples of NGO’s (including the Foundation and Association Cultural Community „Borussia” and the Association of Cooperation „Poland‑East”). Form of activity of these organizations in the sphere of Russian‑Polish relations often differs from those conducted by state institutions. Projects organized by NGO’s are more on the regional level and are also characterized by flexibility and mobility. In recent years this sector is rapidly evolving both in Poland and Russia. It plays an increasingly important role in the development of Russian‑Polish cooperation, including scientific, cultural and educational.

(Archival) Records Acquisition Procedure of the Croatian Memorial and Documentation Center of the Homeland War and cooperation with public and state Institutions and NGO's

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-284
Author(s):  
Julija Barunčić Pletikosić ◽  
◽  
Željka Križe
Keyword(s):  
State Institutions ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Annual Activity ◽  
Efficient Execution

The paper deals with the Croatian Memorial and Documentation Centre’s procedure and praxis of the acquisition of the archival records from the archives, public and state institutions, non-governmental organizations and with various forms of cooperation with these institutions. Through several examples from praxis, the authors describe the importance, models and the results of the cooperation using literature and sources - primarily the Center’s annual activity reports. The Center has established cooperation with various related institutions so far for a more efficient execution of its planned tasks. Experiences and the methodology of that cooperation will be analyzed in the paper.

scholarly journals The client side of everyday corruption in Central and Eastern Europe: The case of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in Romania

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 877-895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Hiah
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Wholesale Market ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Migrant Entrepreneurs ◽  
Client Side

This article provides an in-depth understanding of the corruption experiences of migrant entrepreneurs in transition economies. Drawing from ethnographic research, including 50 qualitative interviews with Chinese migrant entrepreneurs active in wholesale markets, non-governmental organizations, and supervisory agencies in Romania, this article demonstrates that normalization of corruption by migrant entrepreneurs should be understood in the historical context of the wholesale market as a product of post-1989 transition in Central and Eastern Europe. At a social-interactional level, normalization of corruption is revealed through how migrants use decriminalizing language to refer to corruption and perceive corruption as a survival strategy by public officials. Moreover, the legal and outsider status of migrants and their knowledge of the language, rules and laws further determine migrants’ position as clients of ‘on the spot’ corruption.

scholarly journals Collective Action NGO dalam Pencegahan Korupsi Pengadaan Barang/Jasa Pemerintah di Sulawesi Selatan

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Rifaid Rifaid ◽  
Zaldi Rusnaedy
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Aggregation Method ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Center Point ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Solid Movement

This article discusses the collective action of NGOs in guarding and advocating corruption cases in South Sulawesi, specifically the procurement of Center Point of Indonesia (CPI) goods/services. The NGOs in the coalition are engaged in collective action in guarding the corruption of CPI, in which the group is focused on behalf of the Anti Corruption Community Coalition (KMAK) of Sulawei, incorporated from various NGOs namely ACC Sulawesi, PeRAK Institute, KOPEL Indonesia, FIK Non-Governmental Organizations and YASMIB Sulawesi. Media engagement is key to KMAK's success in guarding the CPI corruption, as an aggregation method to achieve its goals. The mass media coverage of reports, monitoring and discussions conducted by KMAK has made a number of formal state institutions take a look at the CPI case. The solid movement established by KMAK has transformed into a civil society movement that maintains a common goal of guarding the procurement of goods and services.  Artikel ini menjelaskan tentang collective action NGO dalam mengawal dan mengadvokasi kasus korupsi di Sulawesi Selatan, khususnya kasus pengaadaan barang/jasa Center Point of Indonesia (CPI). Dengan menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif, penelitian ini menunjukan tindakan kolektif yang dilakukan NGO dalam mengawal dugaan korupsi CPI yaitu dengan cara berkoalisi, dan kelompok NGO tersebut mengatasnamakan Koalisi Masyarakat Anti Korupsi (KMAK) Sulawesi, yang tergabung dari berbagai NGO seperti (ACC Sulawesi, PeRAK Institute, KOPEL Indonesia, FIK Ornop Sulsel dan YASMIB Sulawesi) sebagai bentuk collective action. Keterlibatan media menjadi kunci keberhasilan KMAK Dalam mengawal kasus korupsi CPI, dan juga sebagai metode agregasi untuk mencapai tujuannya.

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