Review Essay– David Singh Grewal's Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization (2008)

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1277-1289
Author(s):  
Tiffany Wong
Keyword(s):  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
Law School ◽  
Popular Discourse ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
Network Power

Networks have been discussed extensively in different ways within social and cultural theory as well as in economic scholarship. Author ofNetwork Power, David Singh Grewal, participates in a popular discourse by describing globalization as a series of networks of power in contemporary society. In the same year that his book was published, Grewal writes a response to these theories of a globalized “flat” society in an article for the UK newspaper,The Guardian.Entitled “The World Isn't Flat – It's Networked,” the preface reads: “Globalisation does not 'flatten opportunity in the world: rather it forces everyone to conform to an underlying standard, specifically that of the already privileged nation.” A young scholar, Grewal holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and is currently Ph.D. student at the Department of Government at Harvard University.

scholarly journals Armoedekultuur: Die leefwereld van die Nuwe Testament en die situasie in Suid-Afrika vandag

1996 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andries Van Aarde
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Culture Of Poverty ◽  
Economic Statistics ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Social Scientific

Culture of poverty: The world of the New Testament then and the situation in South Africa today. In this article poverty in the world of the New Testament is explained in the  light of the social dynamics of the first century Eastern Mediterranean. The focus is on the sub-culture of the disreputable poor. Features of a culture of poverty are reflected upon from a social-scientific perspective in order to try to understand why poverty is intensifying in South Africa today. The article aims at identifying guidelines for Christians in using the New Testament in a profound way to challenge the threat of poverty. The following aspects are discussed: the underdevelopment of third-world societies over against the technical evolution in first-world societies during the past two hundred years, economic statistics with regard to productivity and unemployment in South Africa, the social identity of the disreputable poor, poverty within the pre-print culture of the biblical period, and the church as the household of God where Christians should have compassion for others.

Conclusion

A Child's Day ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 165-178
Author(s):  
Killian Mullan
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk

This concluding chapter surveys the key findings and issues raised in the previous chapters. This study of a child's day provides the most extensive picture currently available in the UK, and elsewhere in the world, into how children's time use has changed over the past several decades. It identifies areas of expected change as well as other areas of surprising stability. It reveals how change and stability in children's time use blend together to comprise a child's day, uncovering also the multi-layered contexts of a child's day. Aspects of children's time use, and how this may have changed, will no doubt continue to surface in public debate in connection with their well-being. While welcoming this, it is necessary to always question and seek to understand how supposed changes actually fit within a child's day, the types of days where these changes are concentrated, among whom, and to seek out evidence on how such changes relate to other activities and the social contexts of daily life.

scholarly journals When patrons are patrons: A social-scientific and realistic reading of the parable of the Feast (Lk 14:16b–23)

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest Van Eck
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Realistic Interpretation ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
Social Game ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mediterranean World ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Scientific

This article presents a social-scientific and realistic interpretation of the parable of the Feast. The characteristics of a pre-industrial city are used to determine the realism of the parable. The social-scientific interpretation of the parable considers meals as ceremonies. The cultural values embedded in meals, namely honour and shame, patronage, reciprocity and purity, receive attention. The social dynamics of invitations in the 1st-century Mediterranean world is used as a lens to understand the invitations as an honour challenge, and the social game of gossip is used to obtain an understanding of the excuses in the parable. The conclusion reached is that the parable turns the world in which it is told upside down. As such, the parable has something to say about the injustices that are a part of the society we live in.

National Identity in and around Multinational Corporations

2020 ◽  
pp. 601-617
Author(s):  
Alexei Koveshnikov ◽  
Janne Tienari ◽  
Eero Vaara
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Group Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Changing Roles

This chapter focuses on national identity in and around multinational corporations (MNCs). The authors offer three conceptualizations of national identity and demonstrate how it may be studied in MNCs. First, they argue that organizational actors (re)construct their national identities via references to, and associations with, particular ideologies and worldviews. These are rigid constructions, which are deeply rooted in actors’ place in and fundamental views about the world. Second, national identity is (re)constructed through group-level relations vis-à-vis relevant ‘others’ in the specific organizational context. Such constructions are relatively stable but they are relational in the sense that they are rooted in actors’ identification with their cultural group. Finally, national identities are (re)constructed by organizational actors through mundane everyday relations and interaction. These are fluid and temporary constructions contingent on the immediate interests of those involved and the social dynamics of specific interactions. Based on their conceptualization, the authors outline avenues for future research to understand better the changing roles and implications of national identity in modern organizations.

scholarly journals The Development and Use of Sustainability Criteria in SuRF-UK’s Sustainable Remediation Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1781 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Bardos ◽  
Hayley Thomas ◽  
Jonathan Smith ◽  
Nicola Harries ◽  
Frank Evans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Contaminated Land ◽  
Sustainability Criteria ◽  
Sustainable Remediation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk

Sustainability considerations have become widely recognised in contaminated land management and are now accepted as an important component of remediation planning and implementation around the world. The Sustainable Remediation Forum for the UK (SuRF-UK) published guidance on sustainability criteria for consideration in drawing up (or framing) assessments, organised across 15 “headline” categories, five for the environment element of sustainability, five for the social, and five for the economic. This paper describes how the SuRF-UK indicator guidance was developed, and the rationale behind its structure and approach. It describes its use in remediation option appraisal in the UK, and reviews the international papers that have applied or reviewed it. It then reviews the lessons learned from its initial use and the opinions and findings of international commentators, and concludes with recommendations on how the indicator categories might be further refined in the future. The key findings of this review are that the SuRF-UK framework and indicator guidance is well adopted into practice in the UK. It is widely recognised as the most appropriate mechanism to support sustainability-based decision making in contaminated land decision making. It has influenced the development of other national and international guidance and standards on sustainable remediation. However, there is room for some fine tuning of approach based on the lessons learned during its application.

Elena Ferrante in The Guardian and Roads and Kingdoms

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alisa Miller
Keyword(s):  
Online Publication ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/elena-ferrantes-weekend-column Elena Ferrante has, in recent years, become a sensation in the UK—and internationally—as readers discover her writings, particularly her Neapolitan quartet of novels. These focus on the lives of two women: their relationships with their city, families, friends, co-workers and, most importantly, one another. For some time after the novels became available in English in late 2012, many conversations about books, or life and culture in general, would circle around the question: ‘Have you read My Brilliant Friend…?’  roadsandkingdoms.com Roads and Kingdoms is a travel website and online publication. In some ways it fits standard expectations of the genre, offering up city guides and more general recommendations about the best places to eat and stay. But the longer articles, commissioned from writers based around the world who approach their subjects from a variety of creative narrative angles, are unusually nuanced and reflective.

Designing and Implementing E-Government Projects for Democracy and Social Change in India

2020 ◽  
pp. 437-468
Author(s):  
Shefali Virkar
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Given

Attracted by the new Information and Communication Technologies, actors across the world have adopted computer-based systems for use in government as a means of reforming inefficiencies in public administration and public service provision. This book chapter, through the study of an electronic property tax collection system in Bangalore, India, seeks to unravel the social dynamics shaping similar e-government initiatives. The research upon which this chapter is based analyses prevailing actor behaviour, motivations, and interactions; examining not only the interplay of local contingencies and external influences acting upon the project's implementation and transformation, but also the disjunctions in these relationships which inhibit the effective exploitation of ICTs in the given context.

Carbon Brief

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo Hickman
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Policy Response ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
Key Stage 3

<p>Leo Hickman will outline his experience of communicating climate change as a journalist and author. Leo has edited the award-winning Carbon Brief since 2015. The UK-based website specialises in publishing clear, data-driven articles and graphics to help improve the understanding of climate change, both in terms of the science and the policy response. Before joining Carbon Brief, Leo spent 16 years at the Guardian as a features journalist and editor covering the environment, particularly climate change. Leo has also authored several books, including "Will Jellyfish Rule the World?" (Puffin, 2009), which explained climate change to Key Stage 3 children.</p>

Death and Mastery

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Y. Fong
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Form Of Life ◽  
The Social ◽  
Drive Theory ◽  
The World ◽  
Advanced Capitalism ◽  
The One

In this masterful and enlivening study of the ways in which the concepts of death and mastery have been elaborated in Freudian and post-Freudian social theory, Ben Fong has given us the means to think about human nature and human community now, under conditions of advanced capitalism, without succumbing to the scientism of the new neurobiology or to the social constructivism of recent historicist social and cultural theory. The argument turns on the ambiguity embedded in the notion of mastery: on the one hand, the capacity to engage creatively with the world, to master the tasks of living a historical form of life; on the other, the temptation to enslave, to compel others to exercise this competence in one's place. Fong is able to analyze with remarkable lucidity a complex array of individual and social phenomena by fleshing out the imbrications of these twinned responses to what Freud called the drives' demand for work. Fong makes abundantly clear that drive theory and social theory are strongest when thought together.

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