Social Sciences

Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014

  • The Rise of Islamic Jihad in Northern Nigeria and Its Implications on the Jos-Plateau Religious Conflicts

    Jock Matthew Agai

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014
    Pages: 67-73
    Received: Apr. 23, 2014
    Accepted: May 15, 2014
    Published: May 30, 2014
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    Abstract: For over two decades, the regions of northern Nigeria have been experiencing various religious conflicts and government approach in curbing the menaces have often been of no positive effect. From the year 2001, the conflicts have taken a new dimension because Hausa/Fulani jihadists sporadically attack rural communities within the Jos Plateau provin... Show More
  • Living Labs, Spaces for Open Innovation and Technology Transfer. An Alternative to the Solution of Social Problems in Paraguay

    Antonieta Rojas De Arias, Sergio Duarte Masi, Diego Dorigo, Francisco Arias Rojas, María Celeste Vega, Miriam Rolon

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014
    Pages: 74-79
    Received: Apr. 07, 2014
    Accepted: May 10, 2014
    Published: May 30, 2014
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    Abstract: Living Labs model concentrate its effort to support actors, providing a neutral space in which stakeholders could know and co-develop innovations in real-world contexts and proposes five basic principles for the operations of the aforementioned living labs: courage, openness, realism, influence and sustainability. The objective of this paper is to ... Show More
  • The Political Basis of the European Identity

    Liljana Siljanovska

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014
    Pages: 80-85
    Received: May 12, 2014
    Accepted: May 27, 2014
    Published: May 30, 2014
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    Abstract: The concept of European identity is understood as an attempt to consolidate the process of European integration that would provide the European Union with a more stable future. This is why, generally speaking, the concept has gained its full relevance with the entry into force of the Mastricht Treaty in 1993, establishing the European Union, thus e... Show More
  • Media Ethics - Principles and Practices in Macedonian Journalism

    Liljana Siljanovska

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014
    Pages: 86-91
    Received: May 08, 2014
    Accepted: May 21, 2014
    Published: Jun. 20, 2014
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    Abstract: In the era of democratization of institutions in all spheres of social living and globalization on a large scale imposed by the rapid technical-technological development and modern communication, the issue of media ethics has become all the problematic and has been connected with the moral responsibility of journalists and the application of profes... Show More
  • Rural Household Livelihood Strategies: Options and Determinants in the Case of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia

    Yishak Gecho, Gezahegn Ayele, Tesfaye Lemma, Dawit Alemu

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3, June 2014
    Pages: 92-104
    Received: May 10, 2014
    Accepted: Jun. 03, 2014
    Published: Jun. 30, 2014
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    Abstract: Due to sever land scarcity, high population pressure and recurrent drought, farm households in the study area widely engage in and pursue diverse activities as livelihood strategies. The carrying capacity of agriculture to attain food and livelihood security is extremely declining from time to time. Diversifying livelihood strategies at current tim... Show More