Influence Attempts Associated With Work and Educational Authority Figures

This essay explores how the image of the Chief of Police dressed as a giant phallus is the often overlooked and misconstrued key to the interpretation of Jean Genet's canonical play The Balcony (1956). Drawing on, but also moving beyond, the invaluable readings of Alain Badiou and Jacques Lacan in their respective seminars, it argues that the motif of the Chief's costume condenses the play's insightful, and more relevant than ever, examination of the functioning of ideology in the visible world. Genet's play is a theatrical allegory for ideology's workings at a historical juncture when spontaneous identification with, and therefore allegiance to, traditional authority figures is no longer possible as it presumably once was. A proper appreciation of the comedic moment of the play sheds ironic light on its final vision of conservative restoration, generating precious insights about the workings of contemporary power and the renaissance of authoritarianism at the twilight of the liberal era.

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Geoeconomic Leverage of Natural Gas Resources in the Mediterranean

Contemporary Arab Affairs ◽

10.1525/caa.2019.12.4.141 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 141-155 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ahmed Mahdi

Keyword(s):

Natural Gas ◽

Economic Resources ◽

Tel Aviv ◽

Economic Influence ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Influence Attempts ◽

Gas Fields

This article examines the claim that Israel’s natural gas exports from its Mediterranean gas fields will give geopolitical leverage to Tel Aviv over the importing countries. Using the geoeconomic tradition of Klaus Knorr and others who wrote about applying leverage using economic resources to gain geopolitical advantage, it is argued that certain criteria have to be satisfied for economic influence attempts, and that Israel’s gas exports do not satisfy these criteria. They include the importer’s supply vulnerability, the supplier’s demand vulnerability, and the salience of energy as an issue between both countries. Israeli gas exports to Egypt are used as a case study.

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Does Perceived Insincerity Influence Managerial Ratings of Performance and Promotability?

Journal of Organization and Human Behaviour ◽

10.21863/johb/2015.4.2and3.007 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 (2and3) ◽

Author(s):

Matthew Valle ◽

K. Michele Kacmar ◽

Martha C. Andrews

Keyword(s):

Moderating Effect ◽

State Agency ◽

Future Research ◽

Influence Attempts ◽

The Relationship

The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the moderating effect of the supervisors perceived insincerity of their subordinates influence attempts on the relationship between supervisor perceptions of supervisor-subordinate similarity, liking, and influence, and the outcomes of performance and promotability. Data on 203 subordinates from 59 managers of a state agency were used to test the study hypotheses. The results indicate that the relationships between promotability and similarity and liking, and between performance and liking were attenuated by supervisor perceptions that the subordinates were insincere in their influence attempts. Implications for the importance of sincerity in interactions with others and directions for future research are offered.

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Fear of a School-to-Deportation Pipeline: How Teachers, Administrators, and Immigrant Students Respond to the Threat of Standardized Tests and Deportation

Urban Education ◽

10.1177/00420859211026403 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 004208592110264

Author(s):

Patricia Maloney ◽

Duke W. Austin ◽

SaunJuhi Verma

Keyword(s):

Criminal Justice ◽

Standardized Tests ◽

Justice System ◽

Immigrant Students ◽

Zero Tolerance ◽

School Authority ◽

Funding Sources ◽

Criminal Justice Systems ◽

Authority Figures

Existing studies evaluate zero tolerance policies and the school-to-prison pipeline. Additional research identifies the role of criminal justice systems in deporting immigrants. Our work bridges these two literatures by discussing how immigrant students navigate the criminal justice system within schools. Using interviews with immigrant students, teachers, and administrators, we address the question: How is the school-to-deportation pipeline maneuvered by stakeholders? Our study identifies how school authority figures react to and even use the fear of the pipeline to (1) either protect students from becoming criminalized or (2) exclude students from standardized exam participation so as to maintain funding sources.

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The Experience of Violence Against Women Who Use Injection Drugs: An Exploratory Qualitative Study

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research ◽

10.1177/0844562120979577 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 084456212097957

Author(s):

Cynthia Kitson ◽

Patrick O’Byrne

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Violence Against Women ◽

Disease Transmission ◽

Homeless Women ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Infectious Disease Transmission ◽

Injection Drugs ◽

Authority Figures ◽

Canadian Context ◽

Societal Violence

Background While literature exists about persons who use injection drugs, few studies explore the experience of women who use these substances. Furthermore, even less research specifically focuses on the lives and experiences of homeless women who use injection drugs. What literature does exist, moreover, is often dated and primarily addresses concerns about infectious disease transmission among these women; and some highlight that these women have lives fraught with violence. Purpose To update this knowledge and better understand the lives of women who use injection drugs in the Canadian context. Methods We undertook an exploratory qualitative study and we engaged in semi-structured interviews with 31 homeless women who use injection drugs in downtown Ottawa, Canada. We analyzed the data using the principles of applied thematic analysis. Results Our data identified that violence pervaded the lives of our participants and that these experiences of violence could be categorized into three main areas: early and lifelong experiences of violence; violence with authority figures (e.g., police, healthcare); and societal violence toward women who use injection drugs. Conclusions We take these findings to mean that, violence toward women is rampant in Canada (not just internationally) and that healthcare workers play a role in propagating and addressing this violence.

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