Print, Polemics, and Popular Response in Southern Germany

2019 ◽  
pp. 204-221
Author(s):  
Amy Nelson Burnett
Keyword(s):  
Public Debate ◽  
Lord's Supper ◽  
Southern Germany ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Moderate Position

Vernacular pamphlets published in Ulm and Augsburg shed light on the impact of the public debate over the Lord’s Supper. The Ulm reformer Conrad Sam gave a fair summary of the position of each side, although he favored the sacramentarians. Radical sacramentarian authors in Augsburg were more partisan and anticlerical. When one of their pamphlets was falsely attributed to him, Sam defended his own moderate position and sought the support of the leading sacramentarian reformers. Johannes Eck repeated arguments from Sam’s pro-Wittenberg opponents in his own attack on the Ulm reformer. The pamphlets written against Sam were more important than Sam’s own writings for establishing his reputation as a sacramentarian. Whereas Eck cited the authority of the Roman Church and clerical authors looked to the leading reformers, lay contributors appealed directly to the Bible and the ability of readers to draw their own conclusions concerning the sacrament.

scholarly journals Lockdown Lives: A longitudinal study of inter-relationships amongst feelings of loneliness, social contacts and solidarity during the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolien van Breen ◽  
Maja Kutlaca ◽  
Yasin Koc ◽  
Bertus F. Jeronimus ◽  
Anne Margit Reitsema ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
National Data ◽  
Social Contacts ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Time Points ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Cross National

In this work, we study how social contacts and feelings of solidarity shape experiences of loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020. We draw on cross-national data, collected across four time points between mid-March until early May 2020. We situate our work within the public debate on these issues and discuss to what extent the public understanding of the impact of lockdown is borne out in the data. Results show, first, that although online contacts are beneficial in combating feelings of loneliness, people who feel more lonely are less likely to make use of this strategy. Second, online contacts do not function as a substitute to face-to-face contacts - in fact, more frequent online contacts in earlier weeks predicted an increase in face-to-face contacts in later weeks. Finally, solidarity played only a small role in shaping people’s feelings of loneliness during lockdown. In sum, our findings suggest that we must look beyond the current focus on online contact and solidarity, if we want to help people address their feelings of loneliness. We hope that this work will be instrumental not only in understanding the impact of the lockdown in early 2020, but also in preparing for possible future lockdown periods.

scholarly journals Earthquakes and depleted gas reservoirs: which comes first?

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 7507-7519
Author(s):  
M. Mucciarelli ◽  
F. Donda ◽  
G. Valensise
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Reservoirs ◽  
Po Plain ◽  
The Public ◽  
Hydrocarbon Traps ◽  
Fold And Thrust Belt ◽  
Depleted Gas Reservoirs ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Shed Light

Abstract. While scientists are paying increasing attention to the seismicity potentially induced by hydrocarbon exploitation, little is known about the reverse problem, i.e. the impact of active faulting and earthquakes on hydrocarbon reservoirs. The recent 2012 earthquakes in Emilia, Italy, raised concerns among the public for being possibly human-induced, but also shed light on the possible use of gas wells as a marker of the seismogenic potential of an active fold-and-thrust belt. Based on the analysis of over 400 borehole datasets from wells drilled along the Ferrara-Romagna Arc, a large oil and gas reserve in the southeastern Po Plain, we found that the 2012 earthquakes occurred within a cluster of sterile wells surrounded by productive ones. Since the geology of the productive and sterile areas is quite similar, we suggest that past earthquakes caused the loss of all natural gas from the potential reservoirs lying above their causative faults. Our findings have two important practical implications: (1) they may allow major seismogenic zones to be identified in areas of sparse seismicity, and (2) suggest that gas should be stored in exploited reservoirs rather than in sterile hydrocarbon traps or aquifers as this is likely to reduce the hazard of triggering significant earthquakes.

scholarly journals Tax Reform: Is it Welfare-Enhancing or Welfare-Reducing?

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 1101-1112
Author(s):  
Roshaiza Taha ◽  
Norsiah Ahmad ◽  
Wan Anisah Endut ◽  
Saeed Rabea Ali Baatwah
Keyword(s):  
Tax Reform ◽  
Consumer Welfare ◽  
Price Effect ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shed Light

The ongoing tax reform in Malaysia has triggered our motivation to understand the effect of such reform on the public since the government has continuously emphasised that the changes would not burden the consumer. Whether this is a myth or reality is deemed interesting to ponder upon. Thus, this study aims to provide evidence concerning Malaysian tax reform on consumer welfare by looking at the price effect, consumer burden, and inflation. Price observations of the pre-, during and post-reformation period were conducted to provide meaningful evidence. Interestingly, the outcome of the observation rules out the public accusation that the tax reform would boost the price of goods and services and further result in a welfarereducing event. Also, a review of the recent statistics on poverty incidence does not show a negative effect of tax policy changes on society’s welfare. It is hoped that the discussion provided in this paper will shed light on the impact of tax reformation in Malaysia, albeit a further thorough examination might be required. 

Filling in the Blanks: A New Method for Estimating Campaign Effects

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN GEER ◽  
RICHARD R. LAU
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Elections ◽  
Fundamental Problem ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
National Data ◽  
Campaign Effects ◽  
The Public ◽  
Identical Manner ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shed Light

Scholars have invested a great deal of effort in trying to estimate the impact of political campaigns on the public. While progress has been made, one fundamental problem continues to plague our attempts to study campaigns: the lack of good, detailed data about the behaviour of candidates. In the United States, for instance, the presidential battle is a national struggle that unfolds locally on the stages of fifty states, yet most data collection efforts have treated presidential elections as if they were national contests, conducted (implicitly) in an identical manner across the entire country. Using available (national) data as a baseline and theory to predict plausible variations from that baseline, the authors devise a method for simulating variation in presidential campaigns across states and over election years—one of the crucial missing pieces of the puzzle. Their method generates a range of plausible effects, which is often narrow enough to shed light on important hypotheses. It can be employed whenever data are available at a more aggregate level than is desirable. This method is then applied to assess the debate over the impact of attack advertising on turnout. This approach suggests that campaign negativism stimulated (rather than demobilized) turnout in presidential elections from 1980 through 2000.

Can archaeologists intervene in public debate on urgent questions of a social, cultural or political nature? A reflection on the Israeli–Palestinian Archaeology Working Group (IPAWG)

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-58
Author(s):  
Ghattas Jeries Sayej
Keyword(s):  
Working Group ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Conflicts ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
Making A Difference ◽  
The Media ◽  
Shed Light

AbstractThe archaeologist's role in public life is not limited to only understanding, reflecting and informing on the past, but also should reveal who we are at present and help society in manoeuvring into the future. We are a major part of the public intellectuals who should intervene in public debate, not only in the media but also as a part of the decision-making process. We can contribute to making a difference in many aspects of human life, intellectually, socially, culturally and politically. This paper will aim to shed light on my involvement in the Israeli–Palestinian Archaeology Working Group (IPAWG). I will focus on how a small group of archaeologists has contributed positively to one of the most complicated political conflicts in modern history. I will also address an example from Al-Jib to indicate the role of archaeologists as scientists, citizens and public figures.

scholarly journals Business Cluster and Entrepreneurship Growth in Nigeria: A Systematic Review.

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-108
Author(s):  
Isiaka Mustapha ◽  
Zubairu Umaru Mustapha ◽  
Sakariyau Busra
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
The Public ◽  
Economy Growth ◽  
Entrepreneurial Attitudes ◽  
Assessment Techniques ◽  
Research Types ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shed Light

The research in business clusters (BC) system of entrepreneurship development has increased in the recent year.  A plethora of research has explored; entrepreneurship and urban growth, the entrepreneurial attitudes on the structure of support for entrepreneurship in an ecosystem, the effect of business clusters on firm performance and more recently, the dimension of agglomeration, institution and environment on business clusters.  With the aid of Systematic Qualitative Assessment Techniques (SQAT), we review 79 business cluster journal articles published over the last 11 years (2010 – 2020) that sought to provide BC antecedent and impact on entrepreneurship and economy growth to provide a point for future research. Also, the review provides the geographic distribution, time distribution, underlying drivers of previous research, types and method of data collection used by these BC articles. Our findings shed light on the key themes including the evolution of BC, the impact of BC on the economy, application of BCs and the public policy maker roles. Furthermore, there is a dearth of BC research in Africa, South America and Australasia with most BC research are empirical and this represents gaps for future researchers to explore.

scholarly journals Baba Jukwa’s Facebook page: A possible counter hegemonic space for political transformation in Zimbabwe

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Stanley Mutetwa
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Main Stream ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
Stream Media ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
Run Up ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shed Light

This study focuses on how the Baba Jukwa Facebook page has been appropriated as a potential counter hegemonic space for the circulation of public opinion during the run up till post 2013 harmonised elections in Zimbabwe. This current study wishes to explore the role played by social media in Zimbabwe in the run up to the 2013 election especially on Facebook through participation on the Baba Jukwa page. Focus will be on the nature of the discourses in the posts and how the participants on the page engaged in debates around these posts. I will also interrogate how the discourses in the posts on the Baba Jukwa Facebook page were taken up by the main stream media and how it also clashed with dominant political discourses as enshrined in government publications and web-sites. This will shed light on the impact of the page and how it enlarged the public sphere in the country as a counter hegemonic platform.

scholarly journals The Revival of Dutch Nationalist Narratives as a Threat to European Identity

Politeja ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (6(63)) ◽  
pp. 227-232
Author(s):  
Kevin Menagie
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
European Identity ◽  
Defensive Reaction ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Invented Traditions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Action Groups

This article analyses the impact of a recent revival of nationalist narratives in The Netherlands on the issue of European identity. In the past decade, a sensitive and very salient debate has risen around the controversial figure of Zwarte Piet, part of a popular national festival called Sinterklaas. The article explains the nature of this tradition and elaborates on the development of the public debate on the topic. By analysing the defensive reaction towards criticism from Dutch action groups, the European Parliament and the United Nations, the article intends to expose an emphasis on nationalist arguments and invented traditions. It is often argued that the debate has already led to an increase in polarization in the country itself, but the article shows that it could also potentially function as a threat to European identity.

scholarly journals Copyright issues in Archives

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Kampen
Keyword(s):  
Policy Process ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Fair Dealing ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital Watermarks ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this paper is to examine the policy process, the stakeholders, the individual policies, the public debate, and the impact that copyright, specifically fair dealing, has on access to and interaction (i.e. use) with audiovisual digital archival content in an academic archive in Canada. The paper takes a preliminary look at Canadian copyright act and the copyright modernization act as well as differences between fair use and fair dealing. It then outlines two of possible applications of the copyright act in archives by looking at digital watermarks and take-down policies.

The impact of party-constituent relationships on executive and legislative influence over policymaking

2021 ◽  
pp. 135406882110516
Author(s):  
Julie A VanDusky-Allen ◽  
Jaclyn J Kettler
Keyword(s):  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Legislative Influence ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Relevant Factors

In this analysis, we examine the effect of party-voter linkages on executive and legislative influence over policymaking in democracies throughout the world. We expect committees in legislatures with programmatic parties to have more power over the public policymaking process than committees in legislatures with clientelistic parties do. We also expect executives in countries with programmatic parties to have less power over the public policymaking process than executives in countries with clientelistic parties do. Using data from the Varieties of Democracy Dataset and controlling for relevant factors, we find support for our expectations. The results of this paper shed light on how party linkages to constituents can affect executive and legislative influence over policymaking.

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