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Richard Cœur de Lion: Fighting Queens, Gothic Politics and Heterosexual Pleasure on the English Stage
No full textDo climate change regulatory pressures increase corporate environmental sustainability performance? The moderating roles of foreign market exposure and industry carbon intensity
Get PDFThis study focuses on climate change regulatory pressures at the national/regional level, which can be considered emergent institutions – newly established and subject to change – in contrast to established institutions. We explore their impact on the environmental sustainability performance of multinational enterprises, advancing beyond the extant literature's focus on their binary compliance reactions. Utilizing a sample of Standard & Poor's 1200 firms, our findings indicate that variations in climate change regulatory pressures at the national/regional level can account for differences in environmental sustainability performance at the corporate level. Moreover, this relationship is moderated by two critical firm characteristics: foreign market exposure and industry carbon intensity. Foreign market exposure, particularly in the context of developing countries, can diminish the positive effects of a home country's climate change regulatory pressures, while industry carbon intensity can amplify these effects
International zones in global urban history
Get PDFThis survey introduces the reader to the history of international zones. It argues that they offer striking insights into peacekeeping during the transition from a world of formal empires to one dominated by sovereign states. While the study of international zones is not new, there has been little examination of internationalization in practice. The survey suggests some of the benefits of adopting this approach and findings it might unearth
Coding categories relevant to interaction
No full textLanguage in use shapes, and is shaped by, interaction. Interaction self-evidently occurs in real time – it is dynamic, and this poses problems for linguists, because our categories are typically ones that describe a finished product, rather than looking at the process by which the product is accomplished. This chapter incorporates the findings of recent work which combines coding of form/linguistic design alongside sequential analysis using the methods of Conversation Analysis (CA; Sacks et al., 1974; Schegloff, 2007a) and Interactional Linguistics (Couper-Kuhlen & Selting, 2001). This combination has been somewhat controversial in CA circles (Macbeth, 2020; Schegloff, 1993, 2009; Steensig & Heinemann, 2015; Stivers, 2015), but has obvious merits for the study of the details of everyday talk: aside from making quantification possible, it allows for the coding scheme to reflect the structures of interaction, and grounds the coding in categories that reflect the dynamics of turn-taking and sequence organisation from an “internalist emic” (Schegloff, 2009) perspective, one that shows how the participants themselves make sense of their language in use through their own interactional behaviour. This chapter will demonstrate the coding procedures of a conversational practice: clicks as found in a corpus in American English phone calls. Even though they are not part of the linguistic system of English, clicks are rather common sound objects (Reber, 2012) whose functions are specific to spoken interaction: they are implicated in turn-taking, sequence organisation, word searches, and displays of affect (Ogden, 2013, 2020; Wright, 2011a, 2011b, 2007). A scheme is presented that codes for aspects of phonetic production, sequential location, and the social action of the turn in which the click is embedded. Clicks are commonly used in displays of affect; but such displays are socially regulated (cf. Wilkinson & Kitzinger, 2006) by the structural and relational concerns of the local situation of interaction. Using a case study, we will show how such displays are made relevant and implemented in conversation, and how these details of interaction can be coded. This will allow the reader to see the advantages and disadvantages of freezing interactionally generated moments into a coding scheme. The chapter concludes with a consideration of what interactionally grounded coding practices can offer more widely
The role of uncertainty in planning for self-funded social care for older people with a diagnosis of dementia
Get PDFThis paper considers how a diagnosis of dementia affects people’s planning for future social care needs and associated costs. It addresses the gap in knowledge about how people recently diagnosed with dementia, and their family carers, engage with planning for social care needs that are uncertain in timing and scale. The paper also considers people’s attitudes to planning for care that they may need to pay for privately, and what facilitates or hinders acting on such plans. We conducted and undertook thematic qualitative analysis of 39 in-depth interviews with 27 people newly diagnosed with dementia and/or their carers over a two year period. Topics included current care and support, planning and co-ordinating care, paying for care, and expectations and planning for the future. The research took place in England. Our findings indicate that whilst people recognised they would have future care needs, with associated financial implications, this knowledge did not necessarily translate into actively planning for care or its cost. A key reason that recognition did not translate into action was uncertainty, manifested in three areas: the timescales and trajectory of their dementia and thus need for care; the potential for care needs to change and so negate care planning efforts; and uncertainty over their own capabilities to plan for and access paid for care, given the perceived complexity of social care and associated financial arrangements. The paper discusses how anticipated regret may affect decision-making and contributes to debates about appropriate professional support for older self-funders with dementia. It suggests the task for those involved in the care of people with dementia is to identify the points and places in the care system where worries about future self-funded care can be addressed, and carers and the people they care for can be prompted and supported to act
The social aesthetics of classical music:how musical practices reproduce classed cultures and inequalities
No full textThis chapter builds on Bourdieu’s theorisation of “practice” to explore the articulation between classical music production and the middle classes. Drawing on an ethnography of youth classical music groups in England, it describes the practices of classical music education that are required to create its distinctive aesthetic, building on scholarship on “social aesthetics”. I argue that many of the practices that are required to produce classical music’s aesthetic are normative for the middle classes. This approach shows a way to empirically study the association between class and genr
Sustainable Pathways in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry through Historical Institutionalism
Get PDFThis study investigates the evolution of sustainable palm oil policies in Indonesia through a historical institutionalism framework, tracing the influence of both domestic institutional developments and global dynamics on the sustainability trajectory of the palm oil sector, focusing on the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) initiative. Employing longitudinal content analysis, this research examines institutional frameworks from 1957 to 2022, identifying patterns of institutional continuity and change, as well as how path dependency and critical junctures have shaped policy development. Utilizing a combination of primary and secondary data—including thirteen interviews, seven archived interview videos, four focus group discussions, and 143 document archives—this analysis thematically codes qualitative data to uncover key themes related to institutional change and sustainability pathways. Findings reveal that the institutionalization of sustainable palm oil in Indonesia is shaped by both exogenous and endogenous dynamics; international pressures and the emergence of global sustainability networks have prompted shifts in national institutional arrangements, while domestic political forces and commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have facilitated gradual institutional transformations. The ISPO certification embodies these changes, reflecting a synthesis of existing regulations and illustrating the path-dependent nature of sustainability policies. This research contributes to the literature on institutional change and offers insights for policymakers aiming to design effective strategies that stimulate sustainable practices in the palm oil industry
Changing public perceptions of alcohol, alcohol harms and alcohol policies: a multi‐methods study to develop novel framing approaches
Get PDFBackground and aims
Public perceptions of alcohol and its related harms and policies are shaped by multiple discourses and can influence behaviour and policy support. As part of a FrameWorks-informed project to test framing approaches to improve public understanding and support for evidence-based alcohol policies in the UK, this research aimed to (i) summarise relevant evidence; (ii) compare how public understanding of alcohol harms differs from those of academic and charity experts; and (iii) develop novel framing approaches.
Methods
(1) a literature review including systematic, scoping and targeted components to understand previous evidence on effective framing from behaviour change, UK alcohol policy and FrameWorks literatures; (2) comparison of public views of alcohol harms and policies from four focus groups (n = 20) with those of public health experts; (3) an iterative process involving workshops and stakeholder consultation to develop 12 novel framing approaches.
Results
We found no previous study that directly tested framing approaches for alcohol policy advocacy. Our narrative summary of 35 studies found that explaining diverse harms may be important, whereas framing that engenders empathy, emphasises dependence or invokes a sense of crisis may be less effective. In focus groups, the public linked alcohol to pleasure/socialising, whilst understandings of harm focused on severe alcohol problems and individual deficits of biology or personality, with policy proposals focused mainly on treatment/support services. Public health experts highlighted more diverse harms and solutions, emphasising environmental and commercial causes. Comparison of public and expert views yielded six tasks for novel framing approaches to deepen public understanding. The team co-developed initial framing ideas (n = 31), before finalising 12 narrative framing approaches based on values (n = 5), metaphors (n = 3) and explanation (n = 4).
Conclusions
In the United Kingdom, public and expert understandings of alcoholrelated harms, causes and solutions differ. Along with prior evidence, these differences can inform novel framing approaches designed to deepen public understanding
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