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Post-Foucauldian governmentality: what does it offer critical social policy analysis?
No full textThis article considers the theoretical perspective of post-Foucauldian governmentality, especially the insights and challenges it poses for applied researchers within the critical social policy tradition. The article firstly examines the analytical strengths of this approach to understanding power and rule in contemporary society, before moving on to consider its limitations for social policy. It concludes by arguing that these insights can be retained, and some of the weaknesses overcome, by adopting a ‘realist governmentality’ approach (Stenson 2005, 2008). This advocates combining traditional discursive analysis with more ethnographic methods in order to render visible the concrete activity of governing, and unravel the messiness, complexity and unintended consequences involved in the struggles around subjectivity
A review of animal welfare implications of the Canadian commercial seal hunt
No full textAbstract not availablePierre-Yves Daoust, Mike Hammill, Garry Stenson, Charles Carague
Bibliographie Hilarion G. Petzold 1958 – 2009 mit Anhang als Einführung
No full textDieses Archiv enthält die Gesamtbibliographie der Werke des Autors nebst einiger Texte „Über H. G. Petzold“ im Schlussteil der Bibliographie sowie einen Anhang mit einer Einführung in die Architektur des Werkes in seinem wissenslogischen Aufbau als Ausarbeitung seines „Tree of Science Modells“ (2007).This archive contains the complete bibliography of the author and some texts about H. G. Petzold, moreover an epilogue with an introduction to the architecture of the works in its epistemological structure and composition and as an elaborations of Petzold’s „Tree of Science Modell (2007).https://www.fpi-publikation.de/polyloge/01-2009-petzold-h-g-gesamtbibliographie-h-g-petzold-1958-2009-updating-november2009/peerReviewedpublishedVersio
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
Fundamental physics and other applications using nonneutral plasma
No full textDuring the last fifty years, nonneutral plasma physics has developed into a definite subfield of basic research, whose main focus has been on the collective properties of systems comprising many charged particles, such as nonlinear dynamics, equilibrium, and stability. And yet, aided by the development of suitable electromagnetic traps and ever-evolving manipulation and detection techniques, this field has branched towards many other applications well beyond the scope of plasma physics, with a notable example being low-energy antimatter. This review presents a selection of recent developments and perspectives in nonneutral plasmas, covering both basic plasma physics phenomena, which are also relevant to the nonlinear dynamics of two-dimensional fluids, as well as the advances they have enabled in the progress of antihydrogen formation, positron and positronium physics, and the creation of exotic samples such as pair plasmas
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No full textPhotograph of author Samuel G. Freedman, at NT Daily Slash meeting in the Mayborn School of Journalism at UNT
Using bycatch data to understand habitat use of small cetaceans: lessons from an experimental driftnet fishery
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Stenson, G. B., Benjamins, S., and Reddin, D. G. 2011. Using bycatch data to understand habitat use of small cetaceans: lessons from an experimental driftnet fishery. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 937–946. Many marine mammals inhabit offshore areas where it is difficult to determine distribution and abundance. Historical bycatch data of marine mammals in the Northwest Atlantic obtained from the Canadian experimental Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) driftnet fishery were examined to obtain information on seasonal distribution and relative abundance. From 1965 to 2001, 47 cruises were undertaken totalling 12 566.5 km-h of fishing effort; four species of small cetacean and two species of pinniped were caught. Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were the most frequently caught species in all areas except the Labrador Sea, where Atlantic white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus acutus) were more common. Long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas), common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus), and harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) were also taken occasionally. Although typically considered an inshore species, harbour porpoises were regularly reported in deep water (>2000 m), in the Newfoundland Basin and Labrador Sea. Atlantic white-sided dolphins were often caught along the edge of the continental shelf and appeared to prefer relatively warm water. Finally, catch records indicate that waters of the Newfoundland Basin and Southern Grand Banks may contain important winter habitat for several small species of cetacean.</jats:p
The Right to Strike under the United States Constitution: Theory, Practice, and Possible Implications for Canada
No full textAnswering critics of the Canadian Supreme Court's judgment in B.C. Health, the author argues that the Court laid the foundation for a principled and durable doctrine protecting constitutional labour rights, one that goes directly to the heart of the matter — the inequality of workers’ power in the employment relation. In the author’s view, two paths could lead from B.C. Health to the recognition of Charter protec- tion for a right to strike: one that treats the right as an accessory to col- lective bargaining, and one that upholds the right directly on the basis of the Charter values of equality and participation. The author supports the latter approach, contending that constitutional rights should be defined in relation to fundamental values, in a way that is not contingent on time-bound or fact-sensitive assessments about the role of strikes within a particular collective bargaining regime. Although a Charter right to strike may involve the courts in difficult choices about when to defer to legislative policy decisions, and courts may lack the institutional capac- ity to deal effectively with labour law issues, the author points out that judges can look to ILO standards for expert guidance. Noting that the U.S. experience in this area might be of considerable use to Canadians, the author concludes by providing an overview of American case law concerning a constitutional right to strike.Peer reviewe
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