ijcrb.webs.com INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS THE CHALLENGES OF INSECURITY IN NIGERIA: A THEMATIC EXPOSITION EME‚ OKECHUKWU INNOCENT ANTHONY ONYISHI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA‚ NSUKKA Abstract VOL 3‚ NO 8 DECEMBER 2011 Matters of safety and security are topical issues in today’s Nigeria. Life has always been precarious in our country. It is subject to all manners of dangers. In the first place it is often
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“The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay for All” * Herbert J. Gans Poverty is a persistent social phenomenon. A functional analysis (Robert Merton) of poverty may explain positive functions as to why such phenomenon continues to persist‚ as seen by Herbert J. Gans’ study‚ “The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay for All”‚ which expresses thirteen positive functions of poverty and further expresses its consistency with the functionalist perspective. In society‚ everything goes hand in hand‚ the rich need
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Summer Kanstoroom US History Period 2 Wednesday December 3‚ 2014 Although controversial to some‚ the Americans made the right decision to annex the Philippines after successfully freeing them from Spanish tyranny and rule. Without American rule and support‚ the Philippines would have been an easy target to be taken over by Germany‚ England or Japan who all would have savaged the land and further suppressed the people. The Filipinos were weak‚ inexperienced and not ready to establish their own
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Three main points to think about issues of poverty in the future Poverty is a complex problem that is easily understood but hard to solve. We understand that on the global scale‚ poverty rate is on a decline as a result of economic development that lifts millions of people out of the poverty trap. In fact‚ the World Bank estimated that people living on less than $1.25 a day dropped by from 1.8 billion to 1.4 billion between 1995 and 2005. Although this is a remarkable gain‚ it shall not understate
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British Occupation of the Philippines‚ Gabriela Silang and her army fled to Abra from Ilocos and continued the revolt begun by her slain husband‚ Diego Silang. She was captured and hung by the Spanish in 1763. In 1818 the Ilocos region‚ including Abra‚ was divided into Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur. In 1846 Abra was created[2] as a political-military province with Lepanto as a sub-province. It remained so until the arrival of the Americans in 1899. In 1908 the Philippine Commission once again in
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POVERTY | | Submitted to:Sir ShahidHameedSubmitted By:Sadia Ali (0911244)ShafiaWasim (0911246)BBA 5-D | DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 11/17/2011 Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 Measurement of Poverty 5 Determinants of poverty 9 Regional characteristics: 9 Community Characteristics: 10 Household and Individual characteristics: 10 Demographic characteristics: 10 Economic characteristics: 10 Social characteristics: 10 Economic Characteristics of Poverty Group
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Poverty in Ethiopia What exactly is a social problem‚ one may ask. Simply stated‚ a social problem is a condition arising from operation of society which is viewed as unacceptable by an influential segment of the population and becomes the target of attempted corrective social action. One particular social problem is poverty. Ethiopia is one country that suffers tremendously from poverty. In early 1992‚ the economy of Ethiopia was in a catastrophic condition and economic performance was
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Bonifacio’s Tagalog Republic[edit] Depending on the definition chosen for these terms‚ a number of persons could alternatively be considered the inaugural holder of the office. Andrés Bonifacio is the de facto first President of a united Philippines. He was the third Supreme President (Spanish: Presidente Supremo; Tagalog: Kataás-taasang Pangulo) of the Katipunan‚ a secret revolutionary society. Its Supreme Council‚ led by the Supreme President‚ coordinated provincial and district councils. When
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Religion in the Philippines are spiritual beliefs held by Philippine citizens. Religion holds a central place in the life of the majority of Filipinos‚ including Hindus‚ Buddhists‚ animists‚ Muslims‚ Aglipayans‚Protestant and Catholic.[1] It is central not as an abstract belief system‚ but rather as a host are experiences‚ rituals‚ ceremonies‚ and adjurations that provide continuity in life‚ cohesion in the community and moral purpose for existence. Religious associations are part of the system of
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Patricia Goldsby ENC1102 June 19‚ 2009 Professor Jenson Poverty in America Authors Lars Eighner and Barbara Ehrenreich discuss in their struggles of everyday issues with poverty in America. Barbara Ehrenreich‚ author of “Nickel-and-Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America‚ raises awareness of the lives of low-wage‚ poverty stricken people being pushed into the labor market of welfare reform by highlighting the struggles they encounter daily. Whereas Lars Eighner‚ author of “On Dumpster Diving”
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