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Within the module of the MSc (E-learning, Politics, and Society) it has often been the case that the members of the course have engaged with a number of differing means of communication in order to engage with each other. As the course is run entirely online, these contacts have been mediated through the technologies that have been used, the participants have never 'met' in a face-to-face geo-spatial sense, and may never actually meet as corporeal entities. This paper will investigate what this 'detached' inter-relation says about who and how the individuals on the course 'are'. After a brief discussion around what 'identity' may mean, the rest of the paper will concentrate on how the creation (no matter how unconscious) of an online identity becomes part of the individual's total 'identity', and how this may be assisted or hindered by engaging in e-learning.

The study aims to investigate the effect of identify and status in the field of global mobility and expatriate management. It conceptualizes perceived prejudice towards low‐status expatriates (LSE) though the social identity theory (SIT) lens and examines the effect it has on two state self‐esteem domains, that is, performance self‐esteem and social self‐esteem. The study also highlights that the moderation roles education level and age of expatriates play towards their adaptability. In doing so, it seeks to expand the expatriate management domain by investigating the negative side associated with expatriation. Hierarchical regression analysis was used to analyze responses from 373 LSE working in China. The results provide evidence indicating the significance attached to status and identity, thus indicating that perceived prejudice significantly affects expatriate's self‐esteem negatively and that age and education level mitigate these effects by moderating the relationship. Age and education level attained by the expatriates are found to be significant moderators in this relationship. The study therefore proposes the use of SIT as a powerful theoretical lens for understanding LSE.

As a young lecturer in philosophy and the eldest son of a prominent Jewish family, Alan Montefiore faced two very different understandings of his identity: the more traditional view that an identity such as his carries with it, as a matter of given fact, certain duties and obligations, and an opposing view, emphasized by his studies in philosophy, in which there can be no rationally compelling move from statements of fact-whatever those facts may be-to "judgments of value." According to this second view, in the end it is up to individuals to determine their own values and obligations. In this book, Montefiore looks back on his attempts to come to a deeper understanding of this conflict and the misunderstandings it may engender, illustrating through personal experiences the practical implications of a characteristically philosophical issue. He finally settles on the following: while everyone has to accept that facts, including those of their own situation, are whatever they may be, both the 'traditional' assumption that individuals have to recognize certain values and obligations as rooted in those very facts and the contrary view that individuals are ultimately responsible for determining their own values are deeply embedded in differing conceptions of society and its relation to its members. Montefiore then examines the misunderstandings between those who view identity as a conceptual bridge connecting the facts of who and what a person may be to the value commitments incumbent upon them, and those for whom the very idea of such a bridge can be nothing but a confusion. Using key examples from the notoriously vexed case of Jewish identity and from his own encounters with its conflicting meanings and implications, Montefiore depicts the practical significance of these differing worldviews, particularly for those who must negotiate them.

AbstractContributions from the literature on social identity for negotiation theory are discussed in terms of three dimensions of identity. One dimension refers to a dynamic process of negotiating identities. Just as the process of negotiating over divergent interests is influenced by the parties' identities, the identities are shaped by the way that process is conducted. Another dimension refers to the durability of identities, which are shown to have implications for the negotiating flexibility of representatives and their constituents. A third dimension concerns the spread of identities in a population, which are shown to influence the credibility of negotiating commitments, the role played by domestic politics in international negotiation, and the willingness of national representatives to enter into regional or global agreements. These dimensions are used as a framework for comparative research on national identities. Building on Mezran's analysis (article in this issue) of four north African countries, an illustrative application of the framework demonstrates how the research might be implemented.

Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1: Introduction -- The History of Fatherhood -- The Nordic Model of Fatherhood -- Aims and Research Questions -- Case Studies and Stories -- Readers' Guide -- Part I: Contextualizing Fatherhood -- 2: Theoretical Explorations of Fatherhood -- Contextualizing Theories of Fatherhood -- Explorations of Fatherhood -- Functionalism and the Father Role -- Family Connections and Social Practices -- Modernity and Reflexive Fatherhood -- Hegemonic Masculinity and Fatherhood -- Intimacy and Fatherhood -- Inclusive Masculinity and the New Father -- Theoretical Explorations of Fatherhood -- 3: Fatherhood and Welfare State Regimes -- The Family, Patriarchy and Individualization -- Welfare States and Fatherhood -- Paternity and Parental Leave -- Paternity Leave: A Measure of Gender Equality -- Parental Leave: Taking the 'Daddy's Quota' -- Unpaid Work and Gender -- Different Families, Different Fatherhoods -- The Changing Landscape of Fatherhood -- Part II: Fatherhood in Transition -- 4: Images of Fathering -- Fatherhood as an Opportunity to Change One's Lifestyle -- Transnational Fatherhood, Sports and Time Management -- Changed Roles and New Masculinities? -- Communicating Fatherhood -- The American Breadwinner -- Variations in Fatherhood -- 5: Breadwinners and New Fathering Practices -- Breadwinners in Transition -- The New Faces of Fatherhood -- Sharing and Caring -- Career and Timing -- Changing Masculinity and Learning Processes -- What Is New About the 'New Fatherhood'? -- 6: Internet and the New Landscape of Fatherhood -- Fatherly Responsibilities, True Masculinity and a Binary Gender Divide -- The Negotiating and Reflexive Father -- Inclusive and Gender-Neutral Parenthood -- Images of Online Fatherhood -- 7: Parenthood After Divorce -- Fatherhood Reclaimed: A Short Overview of the Field

When southern Italians began emigrating to the U.S. in large numbers in the 1870s-part of the ""new immigration"" from southern and eastern rather than northern Europe-they were seen as racially inferior, what David A. J. Richards terms ""nonvisibly"" black. The first study of its kind, Italian American explores the acculturation process of Italian immigrants in terms of then-current patterns of European and American racism. Delving into the political and legal context of flawed liberal nationalism both in Italy (the Risorgimento) and the United States (Reconstruction Amendments), Richards

Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One / Theory -- Chapter 1. Psychoanalytic Organizational Theory -- Chapter 2. Self Identity and Organizational Identity -- Chapter 3. Group Dynamics -- Part Two / Key Concepts and Application -- Chapter 4. Intersubjectivity and Potential Space -- Chapter 5. Repetition, Remembering, and Change -- Chapter 6. Metaphor and Metaphoric Processes -- Chapter 7. The Unthought Known -- Part Three / Reflective Practice -- Chapter 8. Narcissistic Organizational Leadership -- Chapter 9. Executive Coaching: A Critical Psychoanalytic Perspective -- Chapter 10. Conclusions -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index

This article questions the widely held view that indigenous movements in Latin America during the last decades of the twentieth century were caused by globalization. The author reviews several bodies of literature and concludes that, although globalization may be a fit descriptor for some of the actions and narratives of indigenous movements, it cannot be understood as a causal determinant. Many indigenous movements emerged long before the neoliberal current started, others coincide with it, and yet others lag significantly. The author proposes an alternative framework that gives primary significance to state-society relations. Contrary to the idea that national states may have lost prominence in the age of globalization. I contend the opposite, suggesting also that indigenous movements have emerged where there are (1) challenges to pre-existing corporate identities, (2) transcommunity networks to provide the resources for mobilization, and (3) associational spaces to facilitate collective expression. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2007 The American Academy of Political and Social Science.]

Danny Dorling and Bethan Thomas have brought together this outstanding atlas to provide us with a unique visual picture of identity and geography combined. Identity in Britain explores our changing identities as we progress from infancy to old age and tells the story of the myriad geographies of life in Britain

Managing Chineseness as identity grafting -- Sleepy fishing village overrun by immigrants? -- Typologizing Chineseness -- The complex -- The boys wear high heels with platforms -- Sunshine, bananas, and coconuts -- Singapore society in transition, really? -- Indeed

Today the relations between Arab audiences and Arab media are characterised by pluralism and fragmentation. More than a thousand Arab satellite TV channels alongside other new media platforms are offering all kinds of programming. Religion has also found a vital place as a topic in mainstream media or in one of the approximately 135 religious satellite channels that broadcast guidance and entertainment with an Islamic frame of reference. How do Arab audiences make use of mediated religion in negotiations of identity and belonging? The empirical based case studies in this interdisciplinary volume explore audience-media relations with a focus on religious identity in different countries such as Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, and the United States.