Julia Lloyd and the Kindergarten: A Local Case Study in a Transnational Setting

2020 ◽  
pp. 123-147
Author(s):  
Ruth Watts
Keyword(s):  
Local Case

Visiting the state’s secret places

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kendall
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Legal Representation ◽  
Police Custody ◽  
Local Case ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Subject

Suspects arrested by the police spend their time in police custody out of public view: custody visitors check on the welfare of detainees being held in police custody and report on their findings. The key issues are policy, independence and effectiveness, and the key concepts are power and the ideology of criminal justice. The research was carried out by a former visitor, and was specially designed to suit the subject matter, centring on an in-depth local case study. The setting, custody, remains very much the police’s territory, where legal representation is inadequate. Custody visiting is a type of regulation as part of the United Kingdom’s National Preventive Mechanism: police behaviour in custody blocks should be subject to more, and more effective regulation.

scholarly journals Repression, Rivalry and Racketeering in the Creation of Franco’s Spain: The Curious Case of Emilio Griffiths

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gareth Stockey
Keyword(s):  
Spanish Civil War ◽  
Personal History ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
Personal Gain ◽  
Unexplained Death ◽  
Local Case ◽  
History Of

This article charts the personal history of Emilio Griffiths Navarro, a key individual in the Francoist administration in the Campo de Gibraltar (Cádiz province) during the early months of the Spanish Civil War. Griffiths is used as a case study to analyse the dynamics of Francoist repression in Southern Spain, and in particular the construction of what Rúben Serém has referred to as the ‘kleptocratic state’ that Franco’s fellow conspirator, General Queipo de Llano, constructed in the South. The article reaffirms the degree to which personal networks, personal rivalries and personal gain played a role in the Francoist repression. As a local case study, it also notes the unique conditions provided by rebel Spain’s border with British Gibraltar, and how this shaped the nature and extent of that repression. The article charts Griffiths’ own demise, from senior rebel official to arrest and unexplained death at the hands of Francoist security forces just 10 months later, and uses the mystery to further speculate as to rivalries and repression in early-Francoist Spain.

scholarly journals Framing, overflowing, and fuzzy logic in educational selection: Zurich as a case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itta Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Entrance Examination ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Educational Discourse ◽  
Examination Procedure ◽  
Local Case

Abstract. This paper uses the concepts of framing and overflowing (Callon, 1998) and fuzzy logic (Zadeh, 2015) to show the application and relevance of critically examining educational selection beyond the particular local context. It examines the empirical example of the central entrance examination procedure to grammar schools in the canton of Zurich. The main argument illuminates the widely neglected grey zones and the fuzzy logic lying at the heart of the selection machinery for higher education. This article elaborates fruitful links between the local case study and international discourses on the geography of education and educational research. It thus shows how a socio-material approach may build bridges not only between international and national educational discourse and local practice but also between academic research and a socio-political engagement that cares about young people's educational realities and futures.

scholarly journals Soziale Unruhen als nicht-normierte Konflikte Das Beispiel der englischen Riots von 2011

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (175) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Liebig
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Conflicts ◽  
Male Behavior ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Current State ◽  
Local Case ◽  
History Of ◽  
Structural Roots ◽  
State Of Research

In August 2011, England experienced the most serious rioting since 30 years. The unrest started two days after the fatal police shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham and quickly spread to other cities. This article opens with a brief sketch of the recent history of rioting in England from 1980-2010 and a comparison of previous riots with the ones in 2011. Subsequently, a more extensive overview of the current state of research focusing on triggers and structural roots of the 2011 riots and a local case study of Greater Manchester are presented. It is argued that broader social reasons (e .g . deprivation), consumerism, policing, male behavior and racialised conflicts constitute the overall causes for the latest riots. Moreover, the article looks at the riots in the context of class. Unlike the well-known ‘underclass’ discourse, the article applies a non-pejorative understanding of class: From this perspective, the 2011 riots are interpreted as a symptom of an ongoing fragmentation of social conflicts. Wide ranges of people are no longer represented by organizations like unions nor do they trust in welfare or state institutions or organise in conventional ways. This results in non-normative collective action beyond established institutions as well as new forms of how class struggles and social conflicts articulate themselves.

E-Portfolio

2018 ◽  
pp. 165-174
Author(s):  
Jasmine Jain ◽  
Johan Eddy Luaran
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Reflective Thinking ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Academic Setting ◽  
Preparatory Program ◽  
Local Case ◽  
School Placement

This chapter focuses on the potential of using eportfolio in an academic setting, specifically in a teacher preparatory program. The advantages of using eportfolio as compared to its paper portfolio counterparts is also discussed in making the case of using eportfolio stronger. This chapter also discusses the benefits and challenges of using eportfolio as a tool to encourage reflections among the student teachers when they are on school placement, by quoting examples from a local case study. The study revealed that there are three ways student teachers look at the usefulness as well as three challenges they faced while constructing and developing eportfolio. The findings of the study gave insights about how eportfolio can be better used to improve students' reflective thinking, in line with the goals of the university's teacher education program.

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