Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Modupe AYOADE Author-Name-First: Modupe Author-Name-Last: AYOADE Author-Email: ayoadema@yahoo.co.uk Author-Workplace-Name: University of Ibadan Title: The location of public maternal health care facilities and maternal mortality in Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria. Abstract: This paper examines the location, distributional pattern, and level of supply of public maternal health care facilities and skilled maternal health care workers in relation to the population of women of reproductive age in Ibadan Metropolis. The pattern of maternal mortality and its relationship with the level of availability of maternal health care services is also examined. GIS mapping techniques, rank correlation and the location quotient technique were employed in analyzing data. Results show that all the Local Government Areas especially Ona-Ara and Ibadan Southeast are deprived in terms of the provision of public maternal health care facilities and skilled maternal health care workers. Findings also suggest that there are other factors contributing to the high rate of maternal mortality in Ibadan. Classification-JEL: I14, I15, I19 Keywords: Location, Public Maternal Health Care Services, Maternal Mortality, GIS, Ibadan, Nigeria Journal: International Journal of Social Sciences Pages: 1-18 Volume: 5 Issue: 4 Year: 2016 Month: November File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-social-sciences/publication-detail-922 File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-social-sciences/publication-detail-922?download=1 Handle: RePEc:sek:jijoss:v:5:y:2016:i:4:p:1-18 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nuri Cal?k Author-Name-First: Nuri Author-Name-Last: Cal?k Author-Email: drnuricalik@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Turgut Özal University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Department of Business Administration Author-Name: N. Figen Ersoy Author-Name-First: N. Figen Author-Name-Last: Ersoy Author-Email: nfersoy@anadolu.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Anadolu University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Department of Business Administration Title: CONSUMER RISK PERCEPTIONS ON THE PURCHASES OF SHOPPING GOODS? A FIELD STUDY IN ANKARA, TURKEY Abstract: This study intends to find out the consumer risk perception in the purchases of shopping goods.. A survey on 880 respondents who are selected via stratified sampling of which 863 are found eligible to be analyzed. The respondents are required to answer 50 questions of which five are related to demographic characteristics of these respondents. The rest 45 are statements which are designed to reflect the innovativeness and risk perception of the consumers which are two controversial issues... The study consists of five parts. The first part is an introduction where the scope and the purpose of the study are concisely stated. The second part relates to the theoretical background of the subject matter and the prior researches carried out so far. The third part deals with research methodology, basic premises and hypotheses attached to these premises. Research model and analyses take place in this section. Theoretical framework is built and a variable name is assigned to each of the question asked or proposition forwarded to the respondents of this survey. 45 statements or propositions given to the respondents are placed on a five-point Likert scale. The remaining five questions about demographic traits as age, gender, occupation, educational level and monthly income are placed either on a nominal or ratio scale with respect to the nature of the trait. Five research hypotheses are formulated in this section. The fourth part mainly deals with the results of the hypothesis tests and a factor analysis is applied to the data on hand. Here exploratory factor analysis reduces 45 variables to eight basic components as "Online shopping risks, technology readiness, risk avoidance, physical risk perception, consumer innovativeness, functional risk perception, information seeking behavior, and social risk perception. Cronbach's Alpha for scale reliability is (alfa = 0.731) and the sample adequacy ratio (KMO ) is 0.835. In addition non-parametric bivariate analysis in terms of Chi-Square is applied to test the hypotheses formulated in this respect. The fifth part is the conclusion where findings of this survey are listed. Classification-JEL: M31 Keywords: Consumer innovativeness, information seeking behavior, risk perception and risk avoidance, technology-proneness, functional and physical risks. Journal: International Journal of Social Sciences Pages: 19-43 Volume: 5 Issue: 4 Year: 2016 Month: November File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-social-sciences/publication-detail-715 File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-social-sciences/publication-detail-715?download=2 Handle: RePEc:sek:jijoss:v:5:y:2016:i:4:p:19-43 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nikolai Genov Author-Name-First: Nikolai Author-Name-Last: Genov Author-Email: genov@zedat.fu-berlin.de Author-Workplace-Name: Prof. em. Free University Berlin Title: Towards a Synergetic and Probabilistic Approach to Cross-border Migration Abstract: The cross-border migration has multiple causes, variety of manifestations and potentials for diverging effects. Paradoxically, the mainstream theories on the phenomenon are one-dimensional and deterministic. The effort to resolve the contradiction proceeds in four steps. First, mainstream theories of international migration are scrutinized for potential contributions to a synergetic and probabilistic conceptual framework. Second, the strategy for building the framework is outlined by elaborating on the components of the migration chain. Third, the components are integrated in a conceptual whole reflecting the multidimensionality and the variability of the migration?s structures and processes. Fourth, the capacities of the integrated framework to guide synergetic and probabilistic descriptions, explanations and forecasting of cross-border migration are put under scrutiny. The conceptual developments are tested with a view to the needs for efficient management of the cross-border migration flows. Classification-JEL: F22, A14, E24 Keywords: Cross-border migration; Migration theories; Synergy of concepts; Probabilistic approach; Migration management. Journal: International Journal of Social Sciences Pages: 44-66 Volume: 5 Issue: 4 Year: 2016 Month: November File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-social-sciences/publication-detail-813 File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-social-sciences/publication-detail-813?download=3 Handle: RePEc:sek:jijoss:v:5:y:2016:i:4:p:44-66 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jost Halfmann Author-Name-First: Jost Author-Name-Last: Halfmann Author-Email: jost.halfmann@tu-dresden.de Author-Workplace-Name: TU Dresden, Institute of Sociology Title: The political meaning and thrust of populist movements Abstract: Populist movements are abound in Europe: since the 1990s such movements and parties as Podemos in Spain, the Lega Nord in Italy, the UKIP in England or the Front National in France sprang up and attracted substantial numbers of voters and followers over time. This articles restricts itself to populist movemements which claim to speak for the people, oppose elites in politics and economy and large associations and demand direct democracy. The thesis of this primarily theoretical paper is that these movements and parties protest against the perceived erosion of the political status of the people as the legitimate constituent of democratic rule. According to populist views, political and social elites violate the obligation of the implicit contract between elites and the people to pursue the common good of the people in exchange for the people's loyalty to political rule. This loyalty appears to be challengd by perceived corruption, fatal governmental decisions and actions risking the wealth and the security of the nation, among which immigration politics rank highly. Immigration violates this contract because, as populists see it, only the people (that is: the legal and legitimate members of a constituency) should profit from the provisions of the state (welfare, safety, public order). The paper will illustrate this thesis by elaborating on the meaning of Pegida populism and reflect on the possible consequences of populism for representative democracy. Classification-JEL: D72, F52 Keywords: populism, people, common good, membership, immigration Journal: International Journal of Social Sciences Pages: 67-78 Volume: 5 Issue: 4 Year: 2016 Month: November File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-social-sciences/publication-detail-897 File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-social-sciences/publication-detail-897?download=4 Handle: RePEc:sek:jijoss:v:5:y:2016:i:4:p:67-78 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Dorothy S. McClellan Author-Name-First: Dorothy S. Author-Name-Last: McClellan Author-Email: dorothy.mcclellan@tamucc.edu Author-Workplace-Name: Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Author-Name: Nikola Knez Author-Name-First: Nikola Author-Name-Last: Knez Author-Email: nikolaknez@ifilms-fx.com Author-Workplace-Name: 21st Century Society for Human Rights & Education Title: Prosecuting Rape, Sexual Enslavement, and Genocide in Time of War: Southeastern Europe 1991-1995 Abstract: This paper addresses the experiences and concerns of the 20,000-50,000 women who were raped and sexually enslaved in the war in Southeastern Europe and are still awaiting prosecution of their victimizers. Through interviews with survivors and experts, we document the challenges faced by those seeking official status as victims of war crimes entitled to moral, spiritual, and financial assistance. The paper examines the record of the U.N.'s International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the courts of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia in combating impunity for conflict-related sexual violence by successfully prosecuting the crimes. Our findings suggest that the ICTY's application of the concepts of 'joint criminal enterprise' and 'moral equivalency' resulted in a limited record of successful prosecution and an uncertain political future for the region. Classification-JEL: D74, K33, K42 Keywords: war crimes, sexual violence, conflict-related sexual violence, women and rape, ethnic cleansing, prosecution of genocide, Balkans, rape victims Journal: International Journal of Social Sciences Pages: 79-102 Volume: 5 Issue: 4 Year: 2016 Month: November File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-social-sciences/publication-detail-768 File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-social-sciences/publication-detail-768?download=5 Handle: RePEc:sek:jijoss:v:5:y:2016:i:4:p:79-102