4,120 research outputs found
Podcast: In Conversation with Felicity Gerry, QC
No full textPodcast: In Conversation with Felicity Gerry, Q
Daily report memo to Gov. Atiyeh, October 24, 1983
No full textA memo on a report update by Gerry Thompson reporting to Governor Atiyeh on October 24, 1983. This report was written due to Governor Atiyeh's absence on October 16 through October 19. Topics addressed in this report include: the Trimet, PUC, and Transportation Department; Guy F. Atkinson Company project in Coos Bay; the federal Fish and Wildlife; Tongue Point Crown Zellerbach project; LUBA; Rajneeshpuram; the Real Estate Commissioner and the Oregon Association of Realtors; Tongue Point; and Intel. This is one document from a binder containing selected daily reports to the Governor, which was compiled by Gerry Thompson
Down East Bookshelf piece on three Maine mystery writers--Gerry Boyle, author
No full textDown East Bookshelf piece on three Maine mystery writers--Gerry Boyle, author of Pretty Dead; William Landay, author of Mission Flats; and Lee Child, author of Persuader. With author profiles and book reviews
What is Local Government for? Refocusing local governance to meet the challenges of the 21st Century
No full textSince the North East voted ‘No’ to an elected regional assembly, devolution in England has gone back to the drawing board.New Localism has not gone away. Yet for people in England to be convinced of the value of power being devolved to their communities, they need a local governance system that delivers something other than the ‘same again’ style politics that often passes them by. They need to feel confident that the local institutions they elect really do control what truly matters locally – transport and mobility, employability, crime and safety, management of the environment, healthy lifestyles, and community cohesion.What is local government for? offers a model of local governance in England that meets the challenges of the 21st Century. The author, local government expert Professor Gerry Stoker does so by reconsidering the purposes, functions and powers of local government, complete with new structures of governance at the strategic and neighbourhood levels. In doing so, he provides a way forward to a more accountable and engaging system of local politic
Preview of a reading by Maine author Gerry Boyle, which is being presented at No
No full textPreview of a reading by Maine author Gerry Boyle, which is being presented at Nonesuch Books in South Portland April 25
Novel Dialogue 1.6: Military Sci-Fi Minus the Misogyny: Kameron Hurley with Gerry Canavan (AV)
No full textGerry Canavan talks to geek feminist author Kameron Hurley about her Hugo-nominated novel The Light Brigade. A love-hate letter to military science fiction, The Light Brigade turns the form on its head. It is built around women fighters, queerness, and defying authority while being at the bottom of the chain of command. The novel also has surprising roots in the history of anti-apartheid resistance in South Africa where Kameron lived for a time to research women's roles in armed revolt. We discuss delayed reveals of characters' race and gender in sci-fi in light of the genre's history of White supremacy and male-dominated narratives. Kameron and Gerry also revisit some of the juiciest, pulpiest fiction around the stuff we loved as kids but don't talk about or teach in the classroom (shh!)
The Language of Conflict in Northern Ireland: Gerry Adams vs. Ian Paisley
No full text[Inglese] This doctoral dissertation explores aspects of the language of conflict in Northern Ireland.
In this area, the conflict between Unionists and Republicans, Catholic and Protestants has been raging on for centuries, reaching its most recent peak with the 1970s so-called ‘Troubles’. Today, after almost four decades of physical violence, as the peace process unfolds, the fight seems to have moved from paramilitary action onto political debate – a war of words is slowly replacing real war.
For this study, a written corpus has been collected, comprising the annual party conference speeches from the past ten years by the leaders of the two main and opposed political parties of Northern Ireland: the President of the Republican Sinn Féin party, Gerry Adams, and the president of the Protestant Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley. By comparing texts by these politicians, who have been on the Northern Irish scene for over thirty years, it should be possible to observe the development of their discourse from a diachronic perspective.
A Critical Discourse Analysis approach is considered particularly suitable for dealing with political speeches, but contributions from different fields and disciplines are also considered.
The discourse analysis of the texts collected is supported by computer-aided analysis. Two aspects are being focussed on, in particular: 1) the overall influence of language on politics, i.e. how words are used to exercise power; and 2) the use of same/different argumentative structures by the same orators to discuss same/different subjects over the years.
It is hoped that the present study may help clarify aspects of the evolution of political discourse in Northern Ireland, in general, and of the argumentative skills and strategies of the above two politicians, in particular.
[Italiano] La presente tesi di dottorato esplora alcuni aspetti del linguaggio del conflitto nell’Irlanda del Nord.
In questa regione, il conflitto fra Lealisti (o Unionisti) e Repubblicani, Cattolici e Protestanti, imperversa com’è noto da secoli, e ha raggiunto il suo apice in tempi recenti nei cosiddetti “Troubles” (disordini) degli anni 1970. Dopo quasi quattro decenni di violenze, pare oggi che il processo di pace si stia sviluppando positivamente e che la lotta stia lentamente spostandosi dalle strade ai palazzi di governo: una guerra di parole sta fortunatamente soppiantando la guerra vera.
Per questa ricerca, è stato raccolto un corpus formato dai discorsi tenuti alle conferenze annuali di partito dai leaders dei due principali e contrapposti partiti politici nordirlandesi: il Presidente del repubblicano Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams, e quello del protestante Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley. Confrontando i testi di questi politici, che si muovono sulla scena politica locale da più di trent’anni, dovrebbe essere possibile osservare lo sviluppo delle caratteristiche del loro discorso dal punto di vista diacronico.
Trattandosi di testi di natura politica, si ritiene particolarmente adatto un approccio di analisi critica del discorso; sono tuttavia considerati contributi da altri campi e discipline.
L’analisi del discorso dei testi raccolti sarà supportata da tecniche di analisi computazionale. Sono due, in particolare, gli aspetti che saranno maggiormente trattati: 1) l'influenza generale della lingua sulla politica, cioè come le parole siano usate per esercitare potere; e 2) l’uso di strutture argomentative simili o differenti, da parte dei medesimi oratori, nel discutere i medesimi argomenti nel corso degli anni.
Si spera, in generale, che la presente ricerca contribuisca a chiarire aspetti dell’evoluzione del discorso politico dell’Irlanda del Nord e, in particolare, delle abilità e strategie argomentative dei due politici considerati
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[Quilt Section with Panels Dedicated to Roy Cohn and Gerry F. Parker]
No full textPhotograph of a section of the AIDS memorial quilt with panels dedicated to Roy Cohn and Gerry F. Parker
The politics of management and leadership in Irish post-primary schools A study of WSE reports, 2006-2007
No full textThis study exam ines management and leadership in Irish post-primary schools, as portrayed in W hole
School Evaluation (W SE) reports for the period 2006-07. Management and leadership are contested
and ambiguous terms, so the examination of the WSE reports was conducted through the lens of
Critical Discourse Analysis (C D A ). CDA enabled a critical study which interpreted the relevant
aspects o f the WSE reports in their historical and political contexts. These contexts shaped
understandings, practices and official expectations regarding m anagem ent and leadership. Spillane\u27s
(2006) understanding o f distributed leadership provided a conceptual m odel o f school leadership
which helped guide the critical analysis.
The research problem arose from the lack of an agreed national understanding o f school management
and leadership. The following research questions emerged. Firstly, how objective was the process that
the inspectorate used to report on management and leadership activity in Irish post-primary schools?
This is a question about the research and reporting methods used by the inspectors in the first 100
published W SE reports, 2006-07. The second question is, what do these same WSE reports reveal, or
not reveal, about management and leadership activity in post-primary schools? Thirdly, what do the
reports say about the inspectorate\u27s preferred model for management and leadership?
This study is a critique of the process which generated the W SE reports as well as a critique o f what is
reported. On the basis o f the findings for 2006-07, the author concludes by arguing that the WSE
reports do not provide adequate consistency and clarity, and that their frequent am biguity is in large
part due to the absence o f a shared national understanding o f school management and leadership.
While such an understanding may be achievable the WSE process itself was also problematic in terms
o f securing reliable and accurate data. The findings also indicate that the inspectorate tended to
favour a managerialist model f management and leadership. In light of the current erosion of the
partnership model in education this managerialism may become more pronounced
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Gerry Martin at a Seminar
No full textGerry Martin talks about the development of science and technology
over the last ten thousand years. He illustrates his arguments with charts
and glass instruments
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