"As an Alaska Native (Unangax) raised among my Elders, I was taught Indigenous ways of thinking, the importance of honoring and respecting our Elders and all people and as I moved through the Western education system, I came to realize the knowledge of the land, the water, and the environment taught to me by Elders in my family and community was not in the textbooks, not shared by others, not honored or respected when shared in a group setting"--
It is investigational as in a modern cultural situation a self-education gives an opportunity to social independence and independence of personality. It is marked that the mod- ern system of education is oriented to activity of personality, on independence in the choice of subjects and time of mastering of information. It is shown as a democratic type of or- ganization of self-education deprives personality of dependence and allows to go out her on the new level of spiritual freedom in realization of creative potential.
"This paper analyzes the role of social cohesion in economic and institutional development and, broadly, the creation of welfare in Latin America. The paper defines the concept of social cohesion with reference to the notions of social capital and inequality. Using data and literature on Latin America, the paper argues that low interpersonal trust and entrenched inequality interfere with cohesion. The paper develops and introduces an exploratory index of cohesion structured around the definition proposed. Relying on correlations, and with appropriate caveats, the paper uses this index to explore tentative linkages between levels of cohesion and development outcomes. The paper presents evidence of positive linkages among social cohesion and economic growth, investment and innovation capacity, governmental effectiveness, the quality of public policies, and the predictability of the policy environment. Finally, the paper discusses the significance of these findings and some of the policy implications." -- from Author's Abstract ; Non-PR ; IFPRI1; GRP32 ; DSGD
