Sentences with phrase «which social cohesion»
Far down in history such insistence on uniform custom has commonly emerged when any group, especially if it has conceived itself to be a theocracy, has faced a severe struggle for existence in which social cohesion was indispensable.
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The killing of the scapegoat provides a means for the formation of a new social unanimity and cohesion, as acquisitive mimesis is transformed into conflictual mimesis, which is resolved by the destruction of someone arbitrarily designated as the cause of the conflict.
In recent years Oftsed has looked to ensure schools are promoting «British Values» - a set of ideals which have been set up to bring about better social cohesion.
This makes no sense from the viewpoint of symbolic language, but fits with the social function of presymbolic language which is social cohesion, (84).
Social welfare policies which encourage marriage and family cohesion such as increasing the «marriageability» of men, through wage supports and the EITC, will be of more long term benefit than creating new programs and new services.
They created a ruling institution for purposes of war and government which was based on the division of the empire into military fiefs; a chancery for the preparation of state documents and communication throughout the empire; and a religious institution which, in addition to maintaining the legal and cult services, was expected through the control of education to be an instrument of social cohesion.
It is the Archbishop's recently published essay «Community Cohesion and Catholic Education» in The Nation that Forgot God (Social Affairs Unit, 2009) which lays out the main points of his argument.
It is difficult to bring to mind a more divisive policy, or one more deleterious to social cohesion and respect, than one which allows schools to label children at the start of their lives with certain beliefs and then divide them up on that basis.
Anger can motivate us to punish a transgressor, for instance, which might help us to maintain social order and group cohesion.
The everyday rituals will focus on rhythmic dancing and chanting to stimulate the release of endorphins, which Robin Dunbar, also at Oxford, says are key to social cohesion.
Pilot whales have a strong social cohesion system which helps them stick together in the open sea, but this means if one gets into trouble, they all do.
«But this emergent stability also reflects an implicit social contract among the various scientists and policy specialists involved, which allows «the same» concept to accommodate tacitly different local meanings» or «The varying importance of particular dimensions of knowledge for different social groups may allow cohesion to be sustained amidst pluralism, and universality to coexist with cultural distinctiveness».
Cards which focus on all aspects of society: relationships, cultures and social groups, cohesion.
In this world in which every day it becomes more difficult to maintain social cohesion, we believe it is suitable to guide the training of future teachers to humanist education, that comes close to the needs and the reality of life of the inhabitants of the planet and educate the citizens aware of the context in which we live.
«We need a more coordinated cross-government approach which recognises the value of languages to key issues of our time including security and defence, diplomacy and international relations, and social cohesion and peace - building.»
It is one thing to share the authors» concerns about equity and current threats to social cohesion (which I do) and quite another to think they have made the case either that charter schools are threats to those values or that schools controlled by elected school boards effectively promote them.
What kind of social cohesion and national identity is forged from a system in which children sit in front of computers isolated from one another?
The letter, which argues that the «divisive policy» is a threat to «social cohesion and respect», is backed by 71 signatories, including former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, Professor Richard Dawkins, and joint heads of the National Education Union, Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney.
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Between 1947 and 1949 Hepworth had made a series of paintings of surgical operations (see Tate Gallery T02098) in which, she explained, harmonious spatial compositions were indicative of co-operative endeavour and social cohesion.
«But this emergent stability also reflects an implicit social contract among the various scientists and policy specialists involved, which allows «the same» concept to accommodate tacitly different local meanings» or «The varying importance of particular dimensions of knowledge for different social groups may allow cohesion to be sustained amidst pluralism, and universality to coexist with cultural distinctiveness».
These negative impacts touch upon people's welfare and health, social cohesion, culture and identity — values that contribute to the functioning of society but which elude monetary valuation.
It may be questionable which effect austerity measures imposed on crisis - hit states can have on social cohesion and sustainable growth.
(26) After a period of 10 years spent on the territory of that State, the links between the Union citizen who has exercised his freedom of movement and that State are presumed to be close, to the point that they give that citizen the feeling that he is an integral part of the society of that State, and that, let us remember, is in order to promote social cohesion, which is one of the fundamental objectives of the Union.
It helps to create sociocultural stability facilitating the integration of third country nationals in the Member State, which also serves to promote economic and social cohesion, a fundamental [European] Community objective stated in the [EC] Treaty.
As a firm we recognise the power of sport to inspire young lives, to improve social cohesion and health and the role which it has, both nationally and internationally, to enhance co-operation between communities.
Assisted in marketing and social events for over 200 members which improve the cohesion of the organization
The Scanlon Foundation on social cohesion, which has been looking annually since 2007, usually found that around 10 - 12 per cent of Australians experienced levels of racial or religious discrimination.
Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study is an assessment of the effectiveness of the Families and Schools Together (FAST) program [now called FAST ® - Elementary School Level] program, which is focused on youth behavior in the classroom and at home, family cohesion, parent behavior, empowerment, social support and involvement in school.
Patients, spouses and adolescents filled in the Dutch version of the Family Environment Scale (FES)[30, 31], which consists of seven 11 - item subscales: cohesion, expressiveness, conflict, organization, control, family values and social orientation.
The intra-Indigenous conflict that arises as a result of these circumstances often leads to mistrust and suspicion between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples which can fracture the social cohesion of the group involved and impede self - determination.