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Drawing on the experience of the author as an activist working within the Mandela Park Anti-Eviction Campaign (MPAEC), this article considers the way that the representation of a 'social movement' serves as a contested space of power. Six aspects of the operation of the MPAEC - gender roles, structure, the question of insiders and outsiders, the question of spies within the movement, the use of money and 'individual agendas' - are examined to highlight how power operates through the representation of these terrains. Finally, some of the implications of the representation of 'social movements' for the struggle against domination are teased out.

Introduction: an overview of media research -- State control of Iranian cinema: the shifting "red lines" -- "Social films" -- "Women's films" -- Transnational circulation and national perceptions: art films in the Iranian context -- Conclusion

Free movement differs from migration in an important yet often disregarded way. While migration forces a relation between a state and a non-citizen, free movement problematizes the relation between the state and its own citizens. This article explores the transformation of the latter relation, advancing two related arguments on the nature of the social contract between the state and the citizen in the EU. The first is that in a group of states committed to mutual concern and recognition towards one another and their respective citizens, the citizen-state relation becomes non-exclusive. The second is that this non-exclusive relation calls for a form of reflexive recognition between the citizen interacting with a home Member State from the perspective of a migrant (the citizen-as-migrant) and the migrant interacting with a host Member State from the perspective of a citizen (the migrant-as-citizen). Reflexive recognition links the duties states owe to migrants to those they owe to their citizens, and the rights of migrants to the duties that, as citizens, they owe to both home and host Member States. By exploring this reflexive recognition the paper furthers the understanding of the interaction between state sovereignty, citizenship, and international movement in two important respects. First, by linking free movement and a transformation of the social contract, it traces a form of 'cosmopolitanism-from-within the state' advancing philosophical and political attempts to mediate between the cosmopolitan and the statist ideal. Second, in reframing free movement as an aspect of the relation between the state and the citizen rather than as a genus of migration, it grounds a non-dominating conception of international movement.

This book explores the challenges and risks that researchers might face while conducting social science fieldwork. It offers best practice guidance for how to do research in hostile environments and provides pragmatic advice to help you make good decisions and minimize fieldwork risk. Covering each stage of the social research process - from research preparations to post-research debriefing - it outlines in a clear way to how to undertake fieldwork as safely as possible. Drawing on the authors' experiences of doing fieldwork in regions of conflict, the book is grounded in real-world examples and offers practical suggestions for how to assure the physical safety and digital security of both researchers and respondents. The book: Provides guidance about key aspects of the research process like choosing a research question in potentially sensitive contexts. Offers up to date advice on data and digital security to combat new risks and challenges in a contemporary research environment. Forms a practical toolkit you can apply to your project, with templates for conducting risk assessments and checklists that help you develop a tailored security framework Accessible and easy to read, this book helps you build your understanding of the challenges of on-the-ground social science research and offers practical support to empower you to meet the challenges of your research landscape head on.

We develop a data mining and visualisation toolkit to study how the information is shared on online social network services. This software allows to observe relationships between conversational, semantical, temporal and geographical dimensions of online communication acts. Internet memes are short messages that spread quickly through the Web. Following models that remain largely unknown, they articulate personal discussions, societal debates and large communication campaign. We analyse a set of Internet memes by using methods from social network analysis and Chinese natural language processing on a large corpus of 200 million tweets which represents/reflects the overall activity on the Chinese social network Sina Weibo in 2012. An interactive visualisation interface showing networks of words, user exchanges and their projections on geographical maps provides a detailed understanding of actual and textual aspects of each meme spread. An analysis of hashtags in the corpus shows that the main content from Sina Weibo is largely similar to the ones in traditional media (advertisement, entertainment, etc.). Therefore, we decided to not consider hashtags as memes representatives, being mostly byproducts of wellplanned strategic or marketingcampaigns. Our final approach studies a dozen of memes selected for the diversity of their topic: humor, political scandal, breaking news and marketing. ; Nous proposons de concevoir et développer un outil permettant d'analyser la diffusion d'information sur les services de réseaux sociaux en ligne grâce au traitement et à la visualisation de données. Fruit d'une réflexion méthodologique, ce dispositif permet d'observer les relations entre les dimensions conversationnelles, sémantiques, temporelles et géographiques des actes de communication en ligne. Courts messages se propageant rapidement sur la Toile selon des modèles encore mal connus, les mèmes Internet comptent parmi les contenus les plus prisés sur les plate-formes web. Les mèmes Internet circulant sur le service de microblog ...

Despite the high popularity of personal use of online social media, a low percentage of students and instructors use them for educational purposes. This qualitative study explores the use of social media among faculty in the discipline of public administration in the United States. Eight instructors participated in telephone interviews about their experiences and perceptions of using social media for teaching and learning. Instructors perceive that informal learning using social media could be facilitated by instructors and integrated into formal learning environments for enriched discussions, increased engagement, and broad connections. This study provides qualitative empirical support for social learning theories while offering strategies for and examples of how social media can be used to connect formal and informal learning.

The article is devoted to formulation of a new hypothesis about the essence of corruption as a mechanism and result of compensation of pathology of public life. It is noted that modern scientific research does not consider corruption comprehensively and systematically, but in its individual aspects. As a rule, the managerial and legal. Does not take into account its psychological origins and features of corrupt behavior. The article is aimed at formulating promising directions for the study of corruption, necessary for effective counteraction of this phenomenon. The relevance of the article is due to the possibility of identification of new directions of corruption prevention on the basis of revision of the causes of corrupt conduct. Reforms to prevent corruption have been found to reduce corruption but have not had a decisive impact on corruption. In this regard, the author examines the characteristics of corrupt behaviour and concludes that it is in the mechanisms that give rise to it and it is necessary to look for the causes of corruption. However, in considering the psychological factors of corrupt behaviour, the author concludes that they are not independent and cannot be considered as a direct cause. Psychological characteristics, such as the need for moral revisions of individual values and the search for excitement in the work performed, clearly indicate the presence of contradictions or even pathologies at a deeper level. Given the high incidence of corruption, the author concludes that these pathologies are not individual, but rather indicative of systemic problems of social life. And since problems are not solved, corruption is a kind of compensation, a solution to these problems. It formulates the conclusion, according to which corruption has a compensatory nature and is a unique indicator of the state of social relations and existing problems in them. It points to areas of society and individual members that require study, revision and correction. This approach makes it possible to understand that ...

La justicia sanitaria ha sido entendida, tradicionalmente, apenas como la aplicación del modelo distributivo de la justicia social al campo de la salud. El objetivo del presente artículo consiste en analizar, a partir del enfoque de Iris Young sobre las "políticas de la diferencia", otras nociones de justicia sanitaria, contenidas en las demandas de diferentes movimientos sociales de Argentina. En función del análisis mencionado, ha sido posible identificar cuatro nociones que, si bien presuponen aspectos vinculados con la distribución de recursos, están, sin embargo, lejos de reducirse al modelo distributivo de la justicia. ; Health and health care justice have commonly been understood just as the application of the distributive model of social justice to the fields of health and health care. The purpose of this article is to analyze, based on Iris Young's approach to the "politics of difference", other notions of justice in health and health care involved in the demands of several social movements in Argentina. Based on the aforementioned analysis, it has been possible to identify four different notions. Although they presuppose aspects related to the distribution of resources, they are far from being reduced to the distributive model of social justice.

This study examined the social-semantic meaning of selected Zambian Senga nicknames within the Senga social and cultural milieu. It unveiled the social- semantic significance of selected Senga nicknames in relation to their social and cultural setting. It also established the etymology of the names as well as the social cultural significance of meanings expressed in the nicknames. This study adopted a qualitative approach. A purposive sampling technique was employed through which fourteen persons, who were considered sufficiently knowledgeable in the Senga language, provided an accurate explanation of the data. The participants were drawn from Chama District of the Eastern Province of Zambia. Data was collected through an interview guide, which was administered to the selected research participants. Data was analysed using Social Semiotic Theory. In line with social semiotics, nicknames express both connotative and denotative meanings. In addition, Senga nicknames have social and cultural significance in that they warn witches, discourage selfishness, provide wisdom, encourage, demonstrate endurance, reprimand, teach self-reliance, show ownership, discourage laziness, expose promiscuous behaviour, hard work and traditional beliefs. Lastly, it is recommended that other aspects of Senga anthroponyms may be researched on. These might include personal names, their etymology and semantic value.

Formation of a coherent picture of Ukrainian life in the XVII-XVIII centuries needs to avoid abstract logic schemes or the characteristics of abstract types of society. An important role in the analysis of various phenomena of spiritual activity, including the political thought of early modern Ukraine, is played by the methodology of historical knowledge. Historical methodology refers to the knowledge of the real history of the object in its entirety and variety. As a result, history appears as integrity, as the unity of general and specific moments in the process of human activity.Realizing the value of historical science in general and using the historical approach to the study of various phenomena of the Ukrainian past, we have the opportunity to learn Ukrainian reality in all its completeness and uniqueness.It was established that a specific cognitive procedure, which enables to reproduce the cultural-historical process in general and achieve the most complete knowledge of reality, is a historical reconstruction. Mechanisms of reconstruction are reduced to a special work describing various forms of human experience, based on which, social, historical, or historical and political science build their theories and concepts. Therefore, reconstruction is the basis for constructing various theoretical constructs and generalizations.It is proved that, emphasizing the possibilities of historical reconstruction and historical methodology in historical and political research, one should be aware of the heuristic value of the principle of the unity of the theoretical and historical knowledge. Using it opens the way to comprehending one or another phenomenon of Ukrainian life not through the knowledge of the general or some regularities of socio-political development in the «pure» form, but through the study of concrete manifestations common in various historical conditions. The process of social, political and cultural development and a generalized presentation of it, presented by the political thought of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, is reproduced in such a way, taking into account specific historical circumstances, events, facts, specifics of the historical situation, etc.Consequently, modern research is not limited to theoretical-cognitive, logical-discursive moments. It implies the use of not only scientific, logical, rational ways of knowing a certain socio-cultural and political reality of Ukraine in the XVII-XVIII centuries, but also taking into account the numerous factors of socio-cultural nature. In the context of studying the political thought of early modern Ukraine, the limits and content of scientific, logical thinking must be radically revised.Thus, it was found that the knowledge of Ukrainian reality, its projection in the political thought of early modern Ukraine is a unity of various aspects – logical and theoretical, discursive, intuitive and figurative. In their integrity, they give an opportunity to comprehend the Ukrainian being in fullness and system. ; Выяснено, что познание некоторой исторической реальности не ограничивается фактографической реконструкцией событий. Оно должно сосредоточиться на осмыслении сути тех процессов (социальных, политических, духовных), которые происходят в истории. Описание исторических фактов должен дополняться их объяснением путем проникновения в духовный мир человека. Интерес исследователя сконцентрирован на познании единичного, конкретного, на объяснении уникальных, неповторимых явлений истории и культуры. Но за этим единичным всегда просматривается общее - сущность процессов и действий в истории. Поэтому социально-философское обобщение и теоретическое осмысление является необходимой процедурой историко-политического анализа.Выявлено, что историческое познание, описание и объяснение уникальных явлений исторического процесса не может противопоставляться чисто теоретическому осмыслению.Установлено, что познание украинской политической истории не сводится к построению какой-то ее единой схемы, модели или варианта. Сложная интегральная проблема предполагает многовариантность путей ее исследования, использование достижений различных наук, ухода от устоявшихся познавательных принципов и методов. Доказано, что существенную роль в исследовании политической мысли раннего Украина занимает историческая реконструкция, благодаря которой воспроизводятся общая картина украинского бытия и политическая реальность XVII-XVIII вв. ; З'ясовано, що пізнання деякої історичної реальності не обмежується фактографічною реконструкцією подій. Воно мусить зосередитися на осмисленні суті тих процесів (соціальних, політичних, духовних), які відбуваються в історії. Опис історичних фактів повинен доповнюватися їх поясненням шляхом проникнення в духовний світ людини. Інтерес дослідника сконцентрований на пізнанні одиничного, конкретного, на поясненні унікальних, неповторних явищ історії та культури. Але за цим одиничним завжди проглядається загальне – сутність процесів і дій в історії. Тому соціально-філософське узагальнення й теоретичне осмислення є необхідною процедурою історико-політичного аналізу.Виявлено, що історичне пізнання, опис і пояснення унікальних явищ історичного процесу не може протиставлятися суто теоретичному осмисленню.Встановлено, що пізнання української політичної історії не зводиться до побудови якоїсь її єдиної схеми, моделі чи варіанту. Складна інтегральна проблема припускає багатоваріантність шляхів її дослідження, використання досягнень різних наук, відходу від усталених пізнавальних принципів і методів. Доведено, що суттєву роль у дослідженні політичної думки ранньомодерної України займає історична реконструкція, завдяки якій відтворюються загальна картина українського буття і політична реальність XVII-XVIII ст.

In many aspects, sociological thought in present Russia is a mirror of the condition and key social processes occurring in that large country. They are basically the same as the processes which have already been under way in the majority of other societies in the region of former real-socialism. Therefore the results acquired by the sociological thought in Russia specially those from empirical researches, are significant for the scientific and broader social public in other countries, too. In that sense, the findings obtained by Zinaida Golenkova in the research about the changes of the social structure in present Russia are representative and very indicative. Her researches concentrate on the social stratification. She concludes that the government, income and ownership are the main factors in social stratification, thus revealing the main factors in the creation and reproduction of social inequalities - which are very deep in present Russia - then the basis of the formation of a new social structure in that country and the division into losers and winners in the ownership-structural changes. The key relation is the relation between these changes and "deetatization". The middle class in Russia is underdeveloped, more than a half of the specialists with the high and secondary education is poor. In spite of the widespread poverty, there are no larger social protests, disturbances and strikes in Russia. This could be explained by the tradition of forbearance political aparthy, struggle for survival, as well as by the additional income of one part of the unemployed population. Material-status inequalities and life perspectives intersect with ethnic inequalities and with the destiny of numerous migrants of Russian and non-Russian origin.

This article analyses continuities and discontinuities across time in Italy in the use of direct social actions, defined as forms of action that focus upon directly transforming some specific aspects of society by means of the very action itself, instead of claiming something from the state or other power holders. In doing this, this article offers two main illustrative hypotheses. First, that direct social actions represent a significant part of the repertoire of contention - at least in Italy - and that while they tend to be less visible than protest actions, they should still not be overlooked and treated like something "new" every time they resurface. Second, this article claims that the socio-economic context plays an important role in influencing the extended use of DSAs: if the supply of these forms of action by political actors is constant across time, what changes is the demand, that in times of economic hardship tends to characterise a broader constituency. We conclude by suggesting empirical methods to verify the hypothe-ses proposed, paving the way for future research on this topic.

Capítulos en libros ; La recién estrenada Ley 9/2017, de 8 de noviembre, de Contratos del Sector Público comporta un cambio de paradigma en la medida en que convierte la contratación pública en un instrumento de intervención económico-social tendente a la consecución de fines que trascienden el objeto concreto de cada contrato y la mera política de aprovisionamiento. Un número apreciable de preceptos de este extenso texto normativo se focaliza en las personas con discapacidad, aunque no siempre desde el mismo prisma. La contratación socialmente responsable encierra un potencial reconocido en la consecución de determinados objetivos (señaladamente el empleo de colectivos en riesgo de exclusión en general, y de los discapacitados en particular) que, sin embargo, encuentra también zonas de penumbra. Las limitaciones provocadas por el juego de algunos principios de la contratación, la posible contradicción entre objetivos sociales, la tendencia al empleo segregado son sólo algunos ejemplos de aquellos aspectos que pueden convertirse en rémora de la nueva legislación. ; The recently released Law 9/2017, of November 8, on Contracts of the Public Sector entails a paradigm shift insofar as it converts public procurement into an instrument of economic and social intervention aimed at achieving goals that transcend the object of each contract and the mere provisioning policy. An appreciable number of precepts of this extensive normative text focuses on people with disabilities, although not always from the same prism. Socially responsible contracting has a recognized potential in the achievement of certain objectives (notably the employment of groups at risk of exclusion in general, and of the disabled in particular), which, however, also finds areas of penumbra. The limitations caused by the play of some principles of hiring, the possible contradiction between social objectives, the segregated employment trend . are just some examples of those aspects that may become a hindrance to the new legislation. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion