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Football fans developing shared goals and understandings; a comparative study of Manchester United and Valencia CF
No full textPopulist Discourse in Latinamerica: A discourse theoretical review of Jair Bolsonaro and Javier Milei's electoral campaigns
No full textThis study investigates the electoral success of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil (2018) and Javier Milei in Argentina (2023), analyzing their campaign discourses through the lens of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe's discourse theory. The research explores how Bolsonaro and Milei's discourses resonate with and appeal to specific demographic groups. Utilizing a multi-case study approach, the study delves into the factors contributing to their electoral victories.The methodology includes a document analysis of Brazil and Argentina's political histories. Additionally, secondary quantitative data from polls and election results are examined to identify key demographic groups supporting each candidate. The discourse analysis follows a modified framework based on S.T.G. Narwaya's methodology, focusing on 'nodal points,' 'subject positions and antagonisms,' and 'hegemony and appeal.'The study finds that both Bolsonaro and Milei effectively utilized populist discourse to address perceived incompetence, corruption, and economic crises. Bolsonaro’s discourse capitalized on themes of nationalism, anti-corruption, and security, resonating strongly with conservative and religious voters. Milei’s discourse, characterized by its aggressive anti-establishment tone and focus on economic liberalization, found significant support among younger and economically disaffected voters.The analysis reveals how Bolsonaro and Milei's political discourses effectively established hegemony by framing their opponents as part of a corrupt elite and themselves as the true voice of the people. This process involved constructing a political frontier between 'the people' and 'the elite'.By employing a discourse theoretical approach, this study provides insights into the complex interplay between language, political context, and electoral outcomes in the countries. The findings highlight the significance of historical and social contexts in shaping political discourse and its reception by the public.In conclusion, this analysis of Bolsonaro and Milei’s campaigns contributes to a broader understanding of populist politics in Latin America. It demonstrates how discourse can mobilize support and influence electoral outcomes, emphasizing the critical role of language in the political sphere. The study offers a framework for analyzing similar political phenomena in other contexts.<br/
EU-U.S. Trade Relations: The Transatlantic Drift
No full textIn this project we have investigated how and why the trade relations between the EuropeanUnion (EU) and the United States (U.S.) have changed from Obama’s last term (2013-2017)to Trump’s first (2017-2021). To investigate these hypothesized changes, we have conducteda comparative analysis centered around two major events from each period: the T-TIPnegotiations under the Obama Administration and the tariffs dispute under the TrumpAdministration. As such, we have chosen to do a comparative single case-study thatjuxtaposes two different time periods within the same case. In this project we have adoptedan explanatory framework, which is predicated on Kenneth Waltz’s IR theory of neorealism.Using this theory we have developed a set of thematic a priori codes which are constituted bykey neorealist concepts such as balance of power, zero-sum game and polarity. Based onthese theoretically derived themes, we have been able to explain which trade strategies werepursued during each time period and why. We argue that in the first analytic period the EUand the U.S. have adopted fairly similar trade strategies and perceptions of the benefits ofglobal trade. This, we find, has led them to pursue sincere cooperation in bilateral tradeagreements; a fact which disconfirms our neo-realist expectations. Conversely we argue thatwhilst the EU has remained firm in its positioning, the U.S. under Trump have drasticallyaltered their trade strategy and perceptions of the benefits of trade. Thus, we argue that thislater period is characterized by themes of competition, which is encapsulated in our a prioricode “zero-sum game”. On these grounds, we conclude that there has been a deterioration ofthe EU-U.S. trade relationship. Moreover, we conclude that these developments reflectbroader shifts in power dynamics within the multipolar international system
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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