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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Refusal to participate

Refusal to participate

  • Contracting out

Nature

The refusal of individuals or governments to participate in common social and economic activities, whether for reasons of prejudice, lack of information, or discontent with the 'established' system, may cause failure of government policy and development programmes, social conflict and alienation.

Broader

Psychological inertia
Yet to rate
Decline in civic participation
Yet to rate

Narrower

Vaccine hesitancy
Yet to rate
Internationally non-cooperative governments
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Ignorance
Excellent
Social fragmentation
Presentable
Non-participation of youth in decision-making bodies
Presentable
Lack of participation in development
Presentable
Lack of participation by local communities in democratic processes
Presentable

Aggravated by

Structural failure of citizen participation
Presentable
Prejudice
Presentable

Strategy

Refusing to participate
Yet to rate
Participating
Yet to rate

Value

Refusal
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #1: No Poverty

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • Social activity » Participation
  • Societal problems » Deprivation
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024