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Resignation to problems

Name(s):

Sense of defeat

Defeatist civic attitude

Defeatist self-images of citizens' law enforcement groups

Defeatism in the face of problems

Defeatism

Reconstruction seen as impossible

Nature

Community groups concerned with law enforcement which are unable to see their defeats in a wider context may fall prey to images of defeat and powerlessness. They become increasingly victimized by these self-images and retreat from dealing with vital problems into a milieu of apathy and personal isolation.

Broader

Defeat

Resignation

Demoralization

Lack of self-confidence

Felt community powerlessness

Reluctance to join in community action

Narrower

Drained social urgency

Resignation towards corruption

Resignation to permanent joblessness

Reduces

Grievances of citizens

Aggravates

Alarmism

Inaction on problems ^{[in 10 loops]}

Lack of urgency in village operations ^{[in 24 loops]}

Recurrence of misapprehended world problems ^{[in 2 loops]}

Inadequate mobilization of public opinion for development ^{[in 1 loop]}

Aggravated by

Consensus trap

Issue avoidance

Electoral defeat

Psychological inertia

Community demoralization

Low general expectations

Undermined citizen confidence

Conceptual repression of problems

Unwillingness to resolve problems

Patterns of Deficient Wood Yang in the body

Failure to conceptualize large scale problems

Dependence on sophisticated technology for development

Strategy(ies)

Problem-solving

Addressing resignation to problems

Accepting problems

Overcoming defeat

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

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