Humanities and Social Sciences

Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014

  • Measures to Improve the Effectiveness of the Training for New Police Officers –With a Focus on Central Police Academy

    Sungmin Bang, Changho Kim

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 139-142
    Received: 7 October 2014
    Accepted: 13 October 2014
    Published: 20 October 2014
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    Abstract: Training programs for police officers provide necessary knowledge and skills for fulfilling daily tasks. Moreover, the moral aspect of the training instills discipline in the recipients to function as volunteers for the citizens. Therefore, it is the starting point for the new officers to not only achieve their individual goals, but to contribute t... Show More
  • Content Analysis of Daily Newspapers in the Eighth and Ninth Governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Terms of Books and Reading

    Batool Rahmani, Fatemeh Noushin Fard

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 143-147
    Received: 4 August 2014
    Accepted: 14 August 2014
    Published: 20 October 2014
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    Abstract: The research purpose is to investigate the publication of articles, reports, and reviews related to the introduction of books, libraries and reading culture in the daily newspapers (i.e. Information, Iran, Islamic Republic and the Citizen) in the eighth and ninth Governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran in terms of books and reading between 2001... Show More
  • A Semiotic Analysis of The Video Music: “Indonesia Bangkit”: Comparing Audience Interpretation

    Muhamad Gibraltar S. Sos., M. Si

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 148-156
    Received: 1 October 2014
    Accepted: 15 October 2014
    Published: 30 October 2014
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    Abstract: When the political video clip " Indonesia Bangkit" appeared in the society, it created pros and cons particularly because one of personnel wore a dress like a Nazi uniform. In fact, this polemic makes it very valuable to become the unit of analysis. Furthermore, research objectives of this research proposal are to explore the myth buried in the mus... Show More
  • Research Article: Coexistence Relationship between Non-Governmental Organizations and Public Order in China

    Qiong Li

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 157-172
    Received: 13 October 2014
    Accepted: 21 October 2014
    Published: 30 October 2014
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    Abstract: In the progress of modernization, it is still a project to be further explored how we can establish an effective and rational public order. Non-governmental organizations are the interactive vehicles that form the part and whole system. Through an analysis of the co-existing relationship between non-governmental and governmental organizations, this... Show More
  • Factors Impeding Political Participation and Representation of Women in Kenya

    Douglas Lucas Kivoi

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 173-181
    Received: 16 October 2014
    Accepted: 25 October 2014
    Published: 30 October 2014
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    Abstract: The quest for gender equity in Kenya is relevant for effective gender mainstreaming. Women have been marginalized and underrepresented in organs of decision-making and in governance structures of the country since independence. Kenya’s Constitution offers a framework to address this historical marginalization. Even though a number of women have mad... Show More
  • Land and Economic Policies of Japan in the Colonial Taiwan Frontier: A Case Study on the Da-Nanao Plain

    Huang wenchuan

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 182-186
    Received: 13 October 2014
    Accepted: 28 October 2014
    Published: 10 November 2014
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    Abstract: After the first Sino- Japanese war in 1895, Japan finally realized possession of Taiwan. As Taiwan was Japan's first overseas colony, Japanese intentions were to turn the island into a "model colony.” In order to more reasonably manage the land, the Japanese authority started to census the plain, forest and wilderness land. According to Japanese su... Show More
  • Private Property and Gender Relationship in Select African Novels

    Emmanuel Ima Usen

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 187-194
    Received: 16 October 2014
    Accepted: 1 November 2014
    Published: 5 December 2014
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    Abstract: The economic system and society conspire to oppress the female, since it is the socialization process that defines the worth of the individual in society. The exclusive control of private property and ownership of tools of labour by patriarchy perpetuates the continuous gender war as seen in select African novels. Private property gives rise to eco... Show More
  • Integration in the Process of National Identity Formation for Growing Citizenship Culture of Chinese Ethnic in Medan City- Indonesia

    Deny Setiawan

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 195-205
    Received: 16 November 2014
    Accepted: 21 November 2014
    Published: 5 December 2014
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    Abstract: Indonesian state policies affect the integration and the position of ethnic Chinese identity, one of the ethnic groups in Indonesia. This paper illustrates the factual basis of the perspective of the leaders of ethnic Chinese in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, towards integration in the process of forming national identity in fostering civic cultu... Show More
  • “Citizen Criminology”: An Example from a (Very) Strange Italy-Vatican Case

    Carlo Artemi

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 206-210
    Received: 17 October 2014
    Accepted: 11 December 2014
    Published: 22 December 2014
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    Abstract: In this article some actions performed in Italy by myself and by another people are described. These actions have been made to investigate a very famous Italian-Vatican case. In these investigations techniques and tools as DNA analysis or geosonar typical of scientific researches have been used or could be used. This behavior can be set inside so c... Show More
  • Illicit Crops in Brazil. The Rural Workers between Income and the Exploitation of Drug Trafficking

    Paulo Cesar Pontes Fraga

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 211-222
    Received: 1 December 2014
    Accepted: 22 December 2014
    Published: 19 January 2015
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    Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyze the cultivation of cannabis in the Vale do Sao Francisco, in north-eastern Brazil, the largest producer in the country. It also seeks to identify the main actors involved in cultivation, their interrelations, and to discuss how cannabis cultivation was established as an alternative to a much needed agricultural... Show More