... social control and social process. Their ideological and socialization functions are continually being defined and perfected in developing countries as one of the indispensable factors in the mobilization of general population for programs of national development'(Chimutengwende, quoted in Ziegler and Asante, 1992, p41). Chimutengwende recognizes the importance developing countries place on the media. He sees the ... necessity for planned and guided development and believes that this is mot consonant to the present conditions of those nations. In the early ... of local government called...

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... many state owned companies and services privatized, downsized civil services, and cut and restructured health and education expenditures in an area where more than half of the population lives in poverty. What structural adjustment had done, instead, was to establish recession and stagnation in Africa. The money the IMF and the World Bank lend to debtor countries comes with strings attached. These ... protections for the manufacturing sector, trade liberalization, and reduced government spending combined with the effects of a severe drought on agricultural production to send the Zimbabwea...

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... from doctors with little or no equipment conducting surgeries out in the open with the sun as their only source of light. Take the case of HIV/AIDS, for example, about $ 212,765,960 has been spent on AIDS prevention and control since 1992, but all the efforts have met with resounding failure ... (SAATHII). Over 4 million Indians are HIV positive, with the figure doubling since 1994(Census). There are some 1800 non-governmental organizations in India acting as AIDS activists but most of them are bogus ... dying from AIDS. The severity of the AIDS epidemic was not publicly visible till abo...

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... year 2050.(WWF) There are many reasons that deforestation occurs. Commercial Logging, Ranching, and farming are the main causes of deforestation. The UNFPA (United Nations Fund for Population Activities) said in it's 1990 report that population growth may have been responsible for as much as eighty percent of the forest land cleared between 1971 and 1986 to make room for agriculture, cattle ranching ... , houses, roads and industries (Ramphal, 1992, p.55) Commercial Logging is accounting for the elimination of about 20,000 square feet of tropical forests per year. The increasing demand f...

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... more or less steadily declined bottoming out in 1973; from there it began in increase once again. "In 1960 22% of all persons were below the poverty level in 1973 only 11% were; however by 1992, this figure had risen to 15% in terms of absolute numbers, there were nearly 37 million people in poverty in the U.S. in 1992, slight more than in 1960" (Leone pg. 34). Although the number ... " stimulating factor that contains the seed of anger, rebellion, and destruction" (Leone pg 41). The well-being of the human population and even the survival of the planet are at stake. The first confirmat...

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... and does not limit itself to government. Conspiracy theories (rumors, myths, urban legends) have a long history throughout the world. They exist in just about every society but heatedly arise during political upheaval or unrest (Astier, 1992). Moreover, they are present in every aspect of life from sports to government and seem to have a never-ending life. The freedom domain website documents the history ... participants were not told they had been diagnosed or injected with the disease, or that they could infect their wives and children but just simply they had "bad blood- (Turner, 1992...

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... African government. Racially-biased laws touched every aspect of social life, including a prohibition of marriage between non-whites and whites, and the sanctioning of ``white-only'' jobs. In 1950, the Population Registration Act required that all South Africans be racially grouped into one of three categories: white, black (African), or colored (of mixed decent). The colored category included major ... ) shifted his identification beyond being merely one of his country's most popular musicians. In early 1962, Abdullah and his wife-to-be, vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin, left South Africa...

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... . Between 1985 and 1987, biologists captured the last nine California Condors in the wilderness and mated them. In 1992 the biologists tried to return the birds to the wilderness because the population of the birds had grown. By 1997 the population of the birds had increased to 133, which 33 of them live in the wilderness. The American Bald Eagle was once plentiful near lakes and ... coasts in North America, but because hunters prized the bird's white head and ... rhinoceros is also threatened by habitat fragmentation, which is when the contiguous habitats can be fragmented resulting in...

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... story of a different species, from as early as 1952 to as late as 1992. In 1939, Charles Broley, an avid eagle watcher, was asked by the National Audubon Society to study Florida's eagles. Broley reported a healthy eagle population until 1947, when he began to notice changes in the eagles" behavior and a decline in the number of eaglets. Most of the adult birds appeared un-interested ... in mating. After research and many different theories, Broley became convinced that 80% of Florida's bald eagles were sterile ... the late 1950's, hunters began having trouble finding otters. After two d...

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... Kenyans make their living from farming, producing both for local consumption and for export. Though its population is high in proportion to its area, Kenya is counted among Africa countries whose food production has kept pace with its population growth. Only in 1984, a year of drought, was a deficit in food production registered. Agriculture, when defined so as to include fishing, forestry and ranching, ... control over the production and marketing of coffee taken away from the Coffee Board of Kenya (CBK) in October 1992, Kenya greatly increased coffee sales. The coffee industry is now l...

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... Europeans are also found there. The British treatment of Jamaica as a "plantation colony", beginning with cultivation of sugar in the later half of the 17th century, quickly led to dominant numbers of blacks. In 1800, slaves made up 88% of Jamaica's population. Of course, the Africans are absolutely responsible for any transmission of African music to the island. People were forced ... expression and causing ethnic groups to combine for survival, could not entirely control the succession of music which is woven inseparably with the thought and action of Jamaica's African population. A h...

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... system of racial segregation peculiar to the Republic of South Africa, the legal basis of which they largely repealed in 1991 to 1992. The apartheid began when Daniel F. Malan was elected into the government in 1948, and he put the apartheid into play. This changed many lives, not only for blacks, but for ... black people with the same education from working with white people. It was also known that the white people got better jobs then blacks. In 1950, the Population Registration Act required all South Africans to be classified into one of three categories. They were racially classified ...

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... affected African nations. North African countries experienced widespread total unrest, especially in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia all previously colonized by France. A population explosion and increased industrialization led to the urban growth of cites. Also the growth in cities was additionally advanced as people from the countryside crowded into urban areas in hope of finding some escape from the poverty ridden fields. When ... with neighboring countries. However because of suspected terrorist links and connections with the terrorist bombings of civilian airlines, Libya is still an o...

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... Trade Organization (WTO) are supposed to help regulate the commercial status of all countries, including the less developed poor economies. The WTO is emerging as a very powerful actor in the globalization process, but without much beneficial influence being exercised on its direction towards lesser developed countries.. The WTO is primarily an instrument of more developed governments and countries and ... eventually create an even wider gap between the two. Yet another problem LDC's face with a globalized society is the loss of traditional culture of one's home country. For example, in ...

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... of the society. If Superman were the ruler of the world, the world would be a single state. The primary issue that the entire population of the earth face today is that the human race is split-up based on several minute factors. People have made clear margins and boundaries ... , Superman is superhuman. If Superman ruled this world, there would not be any boundaries between nations and even the concept of sovereign nations will dissolve in the vast sea of human compassion, love and brotherhood. The Planet earth as a single nation would be a real paradise. If superman ruled our ... will...

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... "for example, not only was marriage prohibited between whites and non-whites, but the Immorality Act forbade any sexual contact between blacks and whites. In addition, certain jobs were classified as for whites only. In 1950, the Population Registration Act required that all South Africans be racially classified into one of four categories: white, black (African), Asian, or Coloured (of mixed descent ... -wing Afrikaner groups and internecine fighting among blacks. By the end of 1991 the legal framework of apartheid had been revoked. In a March 1992 referendum a majority of whites endors...

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... shortage and famine, was responsible for half the global disaster-affected population between 1964 and 1993- (Bouma, et al, 1997) Drought affects many countries however some are more able to deal with the natural impacts. In the U.S. drought is unlikely to result in loss of life, deaths that do occur in developed countries are likely to be due to heatwaves associated with drought ... have occurred. However political implications often interfere with management strategies. In the 1984 famine in Africa management strategies were highly successful in peaceful countries, but countries at war...

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