The Interview Method in Comparative Politics: The Process of Interviewing Far-Right Actors

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Antonis A. Ellinas
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Bibliometric Data ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Inquiry

Abstract Interviews have been the basis for some of the greatest insights in many disciplines but have largely been on the backstage of comparative political inquiry. I first rely on bibliometric data to show the limited use of interviews in research published by major journals in the past 30 years. I then focus on how interviews are used to study a hard-to-reach population: far-right actors. Using the extant literature and reflecting on my field experience with far-right leaders and functionaries, I examine in detail how interviews help investigate this phenomenon; I analyse challenges related to interview access, rapport, analysis and ethics and offer remedies. I argue that comparativists using interviews need to address these challenges by explicating and reflecting on the process through which they collect interview data rather than solely focusing on the data itself.

The Specter of the Past: Reconstructing Conservative Historical Memory in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-362
Author(s):  
Myungji Yang
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
Political Legitimacy ◽  
New Right ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Far Right ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right

Through the case of the New Right movement in South Korea in the early 2000s, this article explores how history has become a battleground on which the Right tried to regain its political legitimacy in the postauthoritarian context. Analyzing disputes over historiography in recent decades, this article argues that conservative intellectuals—academics, journalists, and writers—play a pivotal role in constructing conservative historical narratives and building an identity for right-wing movements. By contesting what they viewed as “distorted” leftist views and promoting national pride, New Right intellectuals positioned themselves as the guardians of “liberal democracy” in the Republic of Korea. Existing studies of the Far Right pay little attention to intellectual circles and their engagement in civil society. By examining how right-wing intellectuals appropriated the past and shaped triumphalist national imagery, this study aims to better understand the dynamics of ideational contestation and knowledge production in Far Right activism.

Personal Health Records Systems Go Mobile

2011 ◽  
pp. 750-772
Author(s):  
Phillip Olla ◽  
Joseph Tan
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Personal Health Record ◽  
Personal Health Records ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Secure Environment

This chapter provides an overview of mobile personal health record (MPHR) systems. A Mobile personal health record is an eclectic application through which patients can access, manage, and share their health information from a mobile device in a private, confidential, and secure environment. Personal health records have evolved over the past three decades from a small card or booklet with immunizations recorded into fully functional mobile accessible portals, and it is the PHR evolution outside of the secure healthcare environment that is causing some concerns regarding privacy. Specifically, the chapter reviews the extant literature on critical evaluative components to be considered when assessing MPHR systems.

The Nature of Applications to the Commission

2019 ◽  
pp. 68-84
Author(s):  
Carolyn Hoyle ◽  
Mai Sato
Keyword(s):  
Expert Testimony ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Due Process ◽  
Wrongful Conviction ◽  
Expert Evidence ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Wrongful Convictions ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Process Failures

This chapter examines the nature of applications for wrongful convictions that the Criminal Cases Review Commission receives and the kinds of issues raised by applicants. It highlights the potential flaws of applications presented to the Commission, such as those relating to investigations conducted by police and prosecutors. It also reviews the extant literature on the sources of wrongful conviction to explain the range of possible misconduct and legal, scientific, or human error that might lead to an applicant being wrongfully convicted, or to believing themselves to be so. A number of sex cases and ‘expert evidence’ cases are discussed to illustrate the fallibility of witnesses, vulnerable suspects, the fallibility of science and expert testimony, due process failures, and the pervasive influence of prejudice and fear. The chapter concludes with some reflections on the changing nature of wrongful convictions over the past decade or two.

Rationalizing Politics: The Emerging Synthesis of International, American, and Comparative Politics

1998 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 759-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen V. Milner
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
International System ◽  
Ir Theory ◽  
Strategic Interactions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cross Fertilization ◽  
Separate Discipline

International relations has often been treated as a separate discipline distinct from the other major fields in political science, namely American and comparative politics. A main reason for this distinction has been the claim that politics in the international system is radically different from politics domestically. The degree of divergence between international relations (IR) and the rest of political science has waxed and waned over the years; however, in the past decade it seems to have lessened. This process has occurred mainly in the “rationalist research paradigm,” and there it has both substantive and methodological components. Scholars in this paradigm have increasingly appreciated that politics in the international realm is not so different from that internal to states, and vice versa. This rationalist institutionalist research agenda thus challenges two of the main assumptions in IR theory. Moreover, scholars across the three fields now tend to employ the same methods. The last decade has seen increasing cross-fertilization of the fields around the importance of institutional analysis. Such analysis implies a particular concern with the mechanisms of collective choice in situations of strategic interaction. Some of the new tools in American and comparative politics allow the complex, strategic interactions among domestic and international agents to be understood in a more systematic and cumulative way.

scholarly journals Diabetes and people with learning disabilities: issues for policy, practice, and education

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-34
Author(s):  
Andrew Maine ◽  
Michael Brown ◽  
Maria Truesdale
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Literature Reviews

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the extant literature on diabetes in people with learning disabilities (LD) and discuss implications for policy, practice and research. Design/methodology/approach The key findings are extracted from qualitative and quantitative studies and recent systematic literature reviews. These findings are discussed in the areas of prevalence, treatments and implications. Findings The complex health needs of people with LDs who are diagnosed or at risk of developing diabetes are gaining wider recognition, and recent studies have begun to implement and evaluate potential solutions. Further analysis and alignment between services is required. Originality/value Following a dearth of studies on diabetes in people with LD, the past decade has seen a sudden upsurge in large and diverse set of studies. This paper provides an overview on the extent of this study.

Motor Development in Children with Down Syndrome: A Review of the Literature

1991 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin E. Block
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Medical Conditions ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Sensory Deficits ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Relationship

The effects of Down syndrome (DS) on motor development have been widely reported over the years, particularly with the profusion of research in the past 10 years. Although more research is needed to fully understand the relationship between DS and motor development, there is a need to synthesize the current findings. Henderson (1985, 1986) and Reid (1985) reviewed the literature regarding the motor development of children with DS. While Henderson’s review was extremely well done, certain recent studies can add to our understanding of the motor characteristics of these children. Furthermore, Henderson did not examine factors such as cardiac, anatomical, and sensory deficits that can affect motor development. Therefore this paper reviews the extant literature regarding the motor development of children with DS in terms of health and medical conditions that can affect this development as well as the motor development of infants and all others with DS. Finally, implications for future research and programming are discussed.

Positivism, Historicism, and Political Inquiry

1972 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 796-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene F. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Theory Of Knowledge ◽  
General Nature ◽  
Past Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Inquiry ◽  
Epistemological Position ◽  
Epistemological Relativism

The present controversy between “behavioral” and “postbehavioral” views of political inquiry reflects a larger dispute between two opposing theories of knowledge. Whereas the behavioral movement has its epistemological roots in positivism and, ultimately, in classical British empiricism, the most recent protest against behavioralism draws upon the theory of knowledge that has been the principal foe of empiricism over the past century. This theory of knowledge, which received the name “historicism” shortly after its emergence, had become the dominant epistemological position by the mid-twentieth century. This essay considers the general nature of historicism and its influence on the recent revolt against positivism in the philosophy of science. Finally, it examines the use that political scientists have made of historicist principles in opposing positivistic models of political inquiry. It argues that an epistemological relativism becomes unavoidable once certain premises of historicism are embraced.

Developing an Understanding of Organisational Knowledge Creation: A Review Framework

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 1750020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Chidiogo Izunwanne
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Extensive Review ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
The Past ◽  
Organisational Knowledge ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Made In

The purpose of this paper is to develop an understanding of the dimensions of organisational knowledge creation. To this end, the literature from numerous bodies of research is reviewed. Over the past 20 years, the literature on organisational knowledge creation has significantly grown and advanced. Many new and conflicting terminologies have evolved to shed more light on the subject. As a result, there are overlaps and conflicts in the literature. The framework suggested in this paper is therefore considered to be a useful means to structure further research on the subject. This paper presents an extensive review of the organisational knowledge creation literature as well as an overview of existing empirical studies. The framework that is presented in this paper emerged from the review and maps out two dimensions of organisational knowledge creation. Although there are many other possible dimensions that could potentially be included in the framework, this study focuses on the dimensions that are believed to reflect more obvious distinctions made in the extant literature on organisational knowledge creation. Furthermore, limiting the review to only two dimensions is believed to provide more coherence.

scholarly journals A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON MAGUINDANAON TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE AND ISLAMIC MARRIAGE SYSTEM

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 218-239
Author(s):  
Omar Butuan ◽  
Elisa Abellar ◽  
Samsiya Mayasa ◽  
Sadat G. Blah ◽  
Margie Fiesta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Sufficient Information ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Traditional Marriage ◽  
Sampling Procedures ◽  
Islamic Marriage

This study aimed to find out the Comparison of the Maguindanaon Traditional Marriage and the Islamic form of Marriage. Specifically, the study seeks to find out the Socio-demographic profile of the respondents in terms of age, sex, Marital Status and educational attainment.  The Requisites of the Maguindanaon Traditional form of Marriage and the Requisites of Islamic forms of Marriage are identified in this study. Also, the factors to a successful marriage in terms of Cultural / familial, Economic, Spiritual factor and the difference between the Maguindanaon Marriage and that of the Islamic Marriage system are the focused of this study. This study made use of expost facto research design particularly descriptive ethnographic in approach. This study was conducted in the thirty four barangays of municipality of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao. The respondents of this study were individuals who have sufficient information on Traditional Marriage of the Maguindanaon and Islamic form of Marriage. There were 200 respondents for the entire municipality. 100 respondents are those members of the Al-Hiqma organization, and one hundred (100) respondents were from Maguindanaon local folk who had sufficient information about Maguindanaon traditional marriage, and used the simple random sampling procedures. A survey questionnaire was used for the respondents who can read and write and for the respondents who have no knowledge on reading and writing used interview method.   Based on the findings of the study, the beliefs and practices of the Maguindanaon in terms of marriage were handed to them by their forefathers through series of generations down to present. These beliefs and practices were counted as legacies of the past that remained a living heritage of the present generations. The Maguindanaon tradition on marriage is still primitive in many aspects like the negotiation of third parties, imposition of dowry, man’s servitude to his in-laws and many of the rituals of the past are still seen in the present time. Education, both Islamic and Western have influenced the marriage practices of some Maguindanaons in the urban society as some of their marriage ceremony are held in hotels and restaurants. The augmentation of the materialistic nature of maguindanaon traditional marriage has been maintained and increased due to the devaluation of the Philippine currencies.   Key words: Comparative Study, Maguindanaon, Traditional Marriage, Islamic Marriage System

scholarly journals Papa Francisco e o fim do mundo; aspectos socioeclesiais de uma conjuntura histórica

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (314) ◽  
pp. 520
Author(s):  
João Décio Passos
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Critical Position ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Elective Affinity ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Face ◽  
Political Right

O presente ensaio apresenta elementos de análise sobre as relações entre Papa Francisco e a direita política mundializada. Constata as oposições que vem sofrendo o Papa reformador da parte de membros internos da Igreja e da parte de sujeitos externos. A categoria weberiana “afinidade eletiva” é utilizada para desvendar as relações entre esses distintos sujeitos na mesma posição de crítica ao Papa. O tradicionalismo católico e a ultradireita política em ascensão se afinam na mesma postura de preservação dos valores do passado, forma de garantir a unidade ocidental perante os inimigos externos. A noção de ideologia mostra o conteúdo político velado sob os discursos teológicos que desqualificam o Papa como heterodoxo e herético. Abstract: This text presents some elements of analysis about the relations between Pope Francis and the globalized political right-wing. It notes the opposite actions suffered by the reformer Pope from people both inside and outside of Catholic Church. Weber’s category ‘elective affinity’ is used to expose the relations between these distinct subjects in the same critical position of the Pope. The Catholic traditionalism and the rising far-right politics merge in the same position of preserving the past values as a way of ensuring the Western unity in the face of external enemies. The notion of ideology shows the hidden political content under the theological discourses disqualifying Francis as unorthodox and heretical.Keywords: Elective affinity; Ideology; Pope Francis; Politics and Reformation.

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