scholarly journals Daniel Patrick Moynihan and the Politics of Tragedy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Yoav Fromer
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Postwar Liberalism ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Literary Experience ◽  
Do So

Abstract How does tragedy, primarily a dramatic-literary experience, shape politics? While scholars have mostly looked to classical tragedy and expressions of public mourning to answer this, I employ a policy-oriented case study to do so: the politics of Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Widely known for his data-driven social science, I want to suggest the counterintuitive claim that the popular senator from New York was ironically also influenced deeply by literary tragedy. This article demonstrates how Moynihan cultivated a set of tragic sensibilities that informed his realist political calculations and implanted in his policies a tragic awareness that limited the goals of what government could achieve, while helping define what it should and how. Rather than evaluate the validity of his controversial proposals from the 1960s, I offer a critical reexamination that highlights the tragic impulses coloring them. In the process, I conceptualize a politics of tragedy as a “tamed” form of postwar liberalism.

Teaching a “Critical Accessibility Case Study”

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ella R. Browning ◽  
Lauren E. Cagle
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Disability Studies ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Disability Theory ◽  
Pedagogical Goals ◽  
Do So

As technical communication (TC) instructors, it is vital that we continue reimagining our curricula as the field itself is continually reimagined in light of new technologies, genres, workplace practices, and theories—theories such as those from disability studies scholarship. Here, the authors offer an approach to including disability studies in TC curricula through the inclusion of a “critical accessibility case study” (CACS). In explicating the theoretical and practical foundations that support teaching a CACS in TC courses, the authors provide an overview of how TC scholars have productively engaged with disability studies and case studies to question both our curricular content and classroom practices. They offer as an example their “New York City Evacuation CACS,” developed for and taught in TC for Health Sciences courses, which demonstrates that critical disability theory can help us better teach distribution and design of technical information and user-based approaches to TC. The conceptual framework of the CACS functions as a strategy for TC instructors to integrate disability studies and attention to disability and accessibility into TC curricula, meeting both ethical calls to do so as well as practical pedagogical goals.

Teaching as a Profession: The Rochester Case in Historical Perspective

1992 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 494-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Murray
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
School District ◽  
Urban School ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
Reform Movements ◽  
Teacher Professionalization ◽  
City School District ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
National Trends

In this article, Christine Murray provides an analysis of teacher professionalization using a case study of the Rochester (New York) City School District. She examines the conceptual and practical changes that have occurred for teaching as a profession during three distinct time periods: the turn of the century and its growing urban school settings, the 1960s and the rise of teacher unions, and the reform movements of the 1980s. Her analysis provides a general overview of national trends, while using the Rochester case to detail changes in teacher professionalization in the context of a large urban school district.

The technological performance of populism

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 376-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Baldwin-Philippi
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Campaign Strategies ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Technological Performance ◽  
The People ◽  
Contemporary Media ◽  
Do So

This article investigates the Trump campaign’s strategic use of digital platforms and their affordances and norms that contribute to a technological performance of populism. To do so, I build on theories of populism as a performance, rather than a set of identifiable qualities, and make a theoretical intervention calling for the need to add a material and technological focus to how scholars approach the concept in our contemporary media environment. This article presents a model for understanding populist affordances as those that center “the people” to various degrees, and applies that model in a case study of how campaigns in the 2016 US presidential race engaged in a technological performance of populism across a variety of platforms, including email, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and campaign-created mobile apps. Central to this analysis are campaign strategies of controlled interactivity, amateurism, participatory/user-generated content, and data-driven campaigning.

scholarly journals A validated model for the scoping process of quality requirements: a multi-case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Olsson ◽  
Krzysztof Wnuk ◽  
Slinger Jansen
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Quality Requirements ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Improvement Potential ◽  
Do So

AbstractQuality requirements are vital to developing successful software products. However, there exist evidence that quality requirements are managed mostly in an “ad hoc” manner and down-prioritized. This may result in insecure, unstable, slow products, and unhappy customers. We have developed a conceptual model for the scoping process of quality requirements – QREME – and an assessment model – Q-REPM – for companies to benchmark when evaluating and improving their quality requirements practices. Our model balances an upfront forward-loop with a data-driven feedback-loop. Furthermore, it addresses both strategic and operational decisions. We have evaluated the model in a multi-case study at two companies in Sweden and three companies in The Netherlands. We assessed the scoping process practices for quality requirements and provided improvement recommendations for which practices to improve. The study confirms the existence of the constructs underlying QREME. The companies perform, in the median, 24% of the suggested actions in Q-REPM. None of the companies work data-driven with their quality requirements, even though four out of five companies could technically do so. Furthermore, on the strategic level, quality requirements practices are not systematically performed by any of the companies. The conceptual model and assessment model capture a relevant view of the quality requirements practices and offer relevant improvement proposals. However, we believe there is a need for coupling quality requirements practices to internal and external success factors to motive companies to change their ways of working. We also see improvement potential in the area of business intelligence for QREME in selecting data sources and relevant stakeholders.

Case study on renewable energy in New York: bridging the gap between promise and reality

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alin Simion Tomoiaga ◽  
Salwa Ammar ◽  
Christopher Freund
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
New York State ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
The Political ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Electric Cars

Purpose The assessment of the achievement of the goal is data driven and uses analytical modeling of the forecasted demand and the projected electrical power generated capacities. The analysis is based on compiled granular observations and is compared to reported aggregated information. The model takes into account changes in demand patterns such as the increase in the use of electric cars, and decreased demand because of improving efficiencies and behind-the-meter generation. Design/methodology/approach This case study is designed to examine one of the major goals of New York State (NYS) Governor Andrew Cuomo’s energy plan, namely, that 50% of all electric generation will come from renewable energy resources by the year 2030. The aim is to compare the aspiration of the political policy with the reality of its implementation. Findings The analyses describe a measurable gap between the achievement of the stated goal and the projected reality. The paper includes discussions on the nature of this gap and factors that could potentially further increase this deficit. Practical implications In addition, the paper highlights the need to recognize the complexities of projecting the future and difficulty of developing aggressive contingencies given practical and political constraints. Originality/value This paper provides a data-driven independent assessment of the NYS’ current energy plan and highlights important issues for consideration if the political promise is ever to become a reality.

The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 102-129
Author(s):  
ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽  
EUDALD CORTINA ORERO
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Internal Coherence ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

Social science and the press: A case study and its implications.

1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 480-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell H. Weigel ◽  
Jeffrey J. Pappas
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
The Press
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