248 research outputs found
Genießen islamistische Parteien tatsächlich einen politischen Vorteil? Das Beispiel Tunesien
No full textEin kürzlich erschienener Literaturüberblick von Cammett und Luong diskutiert den politischen Vorteil islamistischer Parteien in Nordafrika und Nahost, kann die angenommene Funktionsweise des politischen Vorteils aber nicht empirisch belegen. Durch den Rückgriff auf das Konzept der individuellen Nutzung von Heuristiken umgehen wir gängige Messprobleme und argumentieren, dass durch die von islamistischen Parteien bereitgestellten „cues“ bestimmte Gruppen von BürgerInnen eine höhere Wahlwahrscheinlichkeit zugunsten eben dieser Parteien haben sollten. Der Test unseres Arguments mit Daten des Arab Barometer für das Beispiel Tunesien zeigt ein ambivalentes Bild. Während Befragte, die unverbrauchte politische Akteure bevorzugen, zu islamistischen Parteien tendieren, gilt dies für Befragte, denen die Integrität von KandidatInnenwichtig ist, entgegen unserer Erwartungen nicht.</jats:p
Nostalgia: content, triggers, functions
No full textSeven methodologically diverse studies addressed 3 fundamental questions about nostalgia. Studies 1 and 2 examined the content of nostalgic experiences. Descriptions of nostalgic experiences typically featured the self as a protagonist in interactions with close others (e.g., friends) or in momentous events (e.g., weddings). Also, the descriptions contained more expressions of positive than negative affect and often depicted the redemption of negative life scenes by subsequent triumphs. Studies 3 and 4 examined triggers of nostalgia and revealed that nostalgia occurs in response to negative mood and the discrete affective state of loneliness. Studies 5, 6, and 7 investigated the functional utility of nostalgia and established that nostalgia bolsters social bonds, increases positive self-regard, and generates positive affect. These findings demarcate key landmarks in the hitherto uncharted research domain of nostalgi
Breadwinner or caregiver? - how household role affectslabor choices in Mexico
No full textRecent volatility in the Mexican economy, has required households to alter patterns of participation in the labor force, voluntarily or not. The author uses panel data to examine patterns of labor force entry among adult men, and women with different household responsibilities, asking whether gender is a primary determinant, shaping these patterns. She finds that labor supply patterns are driven more by household role, than by gender. Heads of households, regardless of sex, behave similarly. Women who have neither spouses, nor children behave more like men, than like married women. They are also more likely than any other group to have inflexible, higher-paying jobs in the formal sector - which raises the question: Do employers discriminate, based on gender, or on household structure? She also detects a strong added-worker effect among secondary workers, a result not detected in the labor markets of developed countries that have social insurance programs. Finally she finds that wives'choice of sector during downturns, is subject to the households'earning needs, that husbands use informal wage, or contract employment as an employer of last resort, only in response to negative income shocks to the household, and that single mothers do not select the informal sector over the formal sector in response to either expected, or realized negative income shocks. The policy implications? Interventions that target women aren't necessarily appropriate, because women are heterogeneous. And programs that aid household heads - male or female - should be directed toward employment that will last beyond the economic shock.Environmental Economics&Policies,Labor Markets,Educational Policy and Planning,Labor Policies,Health Economics&Finance,Environmental Economics&Policies,Health Economics&Finance,Labor Markets,Educational Policy and Planning,Health Monitoring&Evaluation
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The electric shepherd and the marvellous boy: literary evocations of Thomas Chatterton's 'suicide' in Philip K. Dick's 'A scanner darkly' and elsewhere
No full textCompetition and Regulation Times. August 2001. Issue 5.
No full textTitle: The large company dilemma Abstract: The policy issue of how to accommodate internationally competitive scale of operations for corporate players with global aspirations within the New Zealand market place will become an increasingly pressing one for New Zealand government and domestic consumers. Author: Roderick DeaneTitle: A market is born! Abstract: On the New York Mercantile Exchange milk is traded in massive volumes. George Crosby explains why Global Dairy Company has a strong incentive to create a wholesale market for milk in New Zealand. Author: George CrosbyTitle: Can a large, single, producer Co-operative be efficient? Abstract: Acceptance of the Global Dairy proposal reaffirms dairy farmers' commitment to the co-operative form of business organisation. Professor Lewis Evans assesses whether a large single co-operative can be efficient in the public interest. Author: Lewis EvansTitle: Regulating Global Dairy Abstract: ISCR's Executive Director Lewis Evans explains the principles that should guide the design of a regulatory framework for New Zealand's dairy industry. Author: Lewis EvansTitle: Vertical restraints, free riders & cannibalisation Author: Victor P. GoldbergTitle: Should rates be levied on the value of utility company distribution networks? Abstract: Many Local Authorities in New Zealand are currently planning to introduce new rates on the value of the distribution networks that utility companies operate within their jurisdiction. In this article Neil Quigley draws on research undertaken with Lewis Evans to argue that rates based on value of utility company distribution networks reduce economic efficiency and are inconsistent with a range of government policy objectives. Author: Neil QuigleyTitle: Growing our next generation of business leaders Abstract: "New Zealand business needs informed leaders who are prepared to make the hard decisions and then deliver on them" said Roderick Deane, Professor of Economics in Victoria University's Graduate School of Business and Government Management at a recent ISCR function to celebrate the achievement of top MBA students. Author: ISCRTitle: Six o'clock swill filled brewers' trough Abstract: A law designed to limit alcohol consumption and drunkenness achieved just the opposite and served the interests of hotel owners and trade unions, finds Tim Mulcare in an ISCR study. Author: Tim Mulcar
Post-traumatic Growth Following an Acquired Brain Injury
No full textThis thesis portfolio comprises three parts:Part One: Systematic Literature ReviewThe systematic literature review explored whether social support facilitated post-traumatic growth (PTG) following an acquired brain injury (ABI). Eleven studies were selected for the review using five electronic databases: MEDLINE, APA PsycInfo, PsycArticles, CINAHL and Academic Search Ultimate. The studies were assessed for quality using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program Qualitative Studies Checklist (CASP-UK, 2018) prior to thematic synthesis. The four themes identified in the study supported social support facilitated PTG through closer relationships with friends and family, shared experiences, reconnection with the social world and support from wider networks. However, one theme did not agree with social support facilitating PTG and explored the hinderances of social support. The limitations, clinical implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.Part Two: Empirical PaperThe empirical paper investigated predictors of post-traumatic growth (PTG) in early stroke recovery. In particular, age, education, gender, psychological support, social support and health-related quality of life were assessed in terms of their relationship with PTG. 143 participants completed an online survey including measures of social support, quality of life and PTG, additional relevant demographic information was also asked. Independent sample t-tests and a one-way ANOVA were conducted to investigate the relationship of categorical variables with PTG and a multiple linear regression was conducted to investigate the relationship of continuous variables with PTG. Findings suggest that social support predicts PTG in early stroke recovery, however, the rest of the factors did not show any significant results. The results are discussed in context with the current literature base, limitations, clinical implications and considerations for future research.Part Three comprises the Appendices:The appendices comprise of additional information for the systematic literature review and the empirical statement. Included in the appendices will be; reflective and epistemological statement, ethical improve, consent forms, information sheets, measures, author guidelines for journals and any other supporting documentation
Post-traumatic Growth Following an Acquired Brain Injury
No full textThis thesis portfolio comprises three parts:Part One: Systematic Literature ReviewThe systematic literature review explored whether social support facilitated post-traumatic growth (PTG) following an acquired brain injury (ABI). Eleven studies were selected for the review using five electronic databases: MEDLINE, APA PsycInfo, PsycArticles, CINAHL and Academic Search Ultimate. The studies were assessed for quality using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program Qualitative Studies Checklist (CASP-UK, 2018) prior to thematic synthesis. The four themes identified in the study supported social support facilitated PTG through closer relationships with friends and family, shared experiences, reconnection with the social world and support from wider networks. However, one theme did not agree with social support facilitating PTG and explored the hinderances of social support. The limitations, clinical implications and suggestions for future research are discussed.Part Two: Empirical PaperThe empirical paper investigated predictors of post-traumatic growth (PTG) in early stroke recovery. In particular, age, education, gender, psychological support, social support and health-related quality of life were assessed in terms of their relationship with PTG. 143 participants completed an online survey including measures of social support, quality of life and PTG, additional relevant demographic information was also asked. Independent sample t-tests and a one-way ANOVA were conducted to investigate the relationship of categorical variables with PTG and a multiple linear regression was conducted to investigate the relationship of continuous variables with PTG. Findings suggest that social support predicts PTG in early stroke recovery, however, the rest of the factors did not show any significant results. The results are discussed in context with the current literature base, limitations, clinical implications and considerations for future research.Part Three comprises the Appendices:The appendices comprise of additional information for the systematic literature review and the empirical statement. Included in the appendices will be; reflective and epistemological statement, ethical improve, consent forms, information sheets, measures, author guidelines for journals and any other supporting documentation
The poetics and politics of place: Ottoman Istanbul and British orientalism
No full textThis unique collection takes a fresh look at Orientalism by shifting its centre from Europe to Ottoman Istanbul and thinking about art in terms of exchange, reciprocity, and comparative imperialisms. This new lens reveals the essential role of the Ottoman city and its patrons and artists in the dialogues that facilitated production, circulation, and consumption of British Orientalist cultures. In this volume, art works are conceptualized as travelling artefacts produced through localized interactions. World renowned scholars and curators analyse the diverse audiences for such art works and the range of differing contexts for their reception both in the nineteenth century and more recently. In this way, British art is put into a dynamic relationship with an historicised understanding of cultures of collecting and display during the formation of comparative modernities and also with the contemporary postcolonial creation of new national models of exhibition and education. Featuring stunning visuals, this book puts art history in the context of cultural, visual, and literary studies, challenging the orthodoxies of postcolonial theory with the materiality of multiple imperialisms and modernities to offer a new take on the collection, display and consumption of Orientalist cultures.
Zeynep Inankur is a professor of art history at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul and co-author of Constantinople and the Orientalists.
Reina Lewis is Artscom Centenary Professor of Cultural Studies at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, and author of Rethinking Orientalism: Women, Travel and the Ottoman Harem.
Mary Roberts is the John Schaeffer Associate Professor of British Art at the University of Sydney and author of Intimate Outsiders: The Harem in Ottoman and Orientalist Art and Travel Literature.
Other contributors include Tim Barringer, Edhem Eldem, Ahmet Ersoy, Semra Germaner, Aykut Gurcaglar, Teresa Heffernan, Briony Llewellyn, Nancy Micklewright, Peter Benson Miller, Donald Preziosi, Gunsel Renda, Christine Riding, Sarah Searight, Wendy Shaw, and Nicholas Tromans.
Reina Lewis wrote the chapter, 'Cultural Exchange and the Politics of Pleasure' and co-wrote the chapter 'Disruptive Geographies' as well as being a co-editor of this book
Prosperity without growth? : the transition to a sustainable economy
No full textThis report is summarised by the documents 'Prosperity without growth? : summary' and 'Ffyniant heb dwf? : crynodeb'Prosperity without Growth? analyses the complex relationships between growth, environmental crises and social recession.Publisher PD
From tandem learning to e-tandem learning: how languages are learnt in tandem exchanges
No full textTandem Language Learning draws on a long tradition of peer learning and teaching. Its key principles are autonomy and reciprocity. It can also claim to offer an authentic form of intercultural learning. In the digital age, it has continued to evolve in ways that have enabled successive generations of language learners to benefit from working in partnership. This chapter examines successive applications of Tandem Learning, considers how it has proved so versatile and explores the ways in which its core practices – including 50/50 dual language use and error correction by partners – contribute to its effectiveness as an approach to foreign language learning. In particular, the author argues that recurrence and relexicalisation are key drivers of learning in Tandem and E-Tandem. He suggests that Tandem exchanges are particularly well suited to developing everyday discourse management competence in the foreign language, including the ability to understand and make purposeful use of vagueness (a neglected feature of everyday conversation). He concludes by drawing a parallel between the learning mechanisms inherent in Tandem Learning and those associated with usage-based language acquisition theories
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