Conclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 190-206
Author(s):  
Christian Leuprecht
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Public Trust ◽  
Democratic Society ◽  
The Other ◽  
Intelligence Agency ◽  
Triangular Relationship ◽  
The One ◽  
The Comparative Study ◽  
Coordination And Collaboration

This chapter historicizes, contextualizes, and theorizes the triangular relationship among governments, intelligence agencies, and democratic citizens in light of the observations and comparisons in this book. It posits accountability as a means to reconcile the apparent contradictions between the openness and transparency of democratic first principles on the one hand, and the power and secrecy of state intelligence on the other. Democracies constantly have to demonstrate their steadfast commitment to playing by the same rules they claim to value and defend as this practice ultimately sets them apart from authoritarianism. Intelligence accountability thus emerges as a quintessentially social process that is both integral and existential to democracy. Accountability tethers intelligence and security communities to the democratic society they serve and the rules, authorizations, and limitations it has imposed. In response to global threats and technological change, however, intelligence now coalesces as an epistemic community that cooperates across agencies, departments, and jurisdictions. Domestic, international, and supranational coordination and collaboration within intelligence communities and across the Five Eyes, other allies, partners, and beyond, vastly complicate the seemingly straightforward task of holding any one intelligence agency or community accountable. Accountability lags changing and expanded intelligence powers and capabilities, which can have deleterious consequences for public trust and support under which intelligence operates in a democratic society. Ergo, the lessons in the comparative study of intelligence are as much about reconciling intelligence and democracy as they are about innovation and adaptation in defending democracy as hostile state and non-state threat actors and vectors proliferate.

scholarly journals The material turn in Religious Studies and the possibility of critique: Assessing Chidester’s analysis of ‘the fetish’

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan M. Strijdom
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Sensory Experiences ◽  
Sacred Objects ◽  
Material Turn ◽  
The One ◽  
The Comparative Study

In recent debates the neglect of the material dimension of religion and the foregrounding of beliefs in the modern academic study of religion has been attributed to a Protestant bias. As corrective a number of researchers have shifted their attention to the study of bodily performances, sensory experiences and sacred objects in religious traditions. In this article I will enquire how David Chidester’s analysis of the cultural, political and economic uses of ‘fetishes’ under 19th century colonial conditions in southern Africa and in European centres of theory formation on the one hand, and under 20th and 21st century American imperial conditions on the other, may inform the comparative study of religions. Central to my argument will be that the realisation that religions are necessarily concretely mediated should not preclude the possibility of a systemic critique of power relations that are at work in the uses of objects in religions, the comparison of religions and the comparative study of religions.

The Comparative Study of Foreign Policy

1968 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 521-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles F. Hermann
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
The Other ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Academic Chairs ◽  
The One ◽  
The Comparative Study

The study of the processes by which foreign policy is formed has been in the embarrassing position of falling between two academic chairs. On the one hand, students of international affairs have displayed considerable reluctance to delve into the domestic factors that distinguish one nation's policies from another's. On the other hand, scholars of comparative politics, with their knowledge of political institutions and processes, have rarely considered the effect of various political arrangements on foreign policy.

scholarly journals Universals of verbal culture: in search of a common concept

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-28
Author(s):  
L. S. Dampilova ◽  
◽  
I. V. Silantiev ◽  
I. E. Kim ◽  
E. N. Kuzmina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Original Model ◽  
The Other ◽  
Linguistic Practice ◽  
Cultural Codes ◽  
Common Concept ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
The One ◽  
The Comparative Study

The paper deals with developing a theory of verbal culture, represented at the levels of folklore, literature, and language. On the one hand, we understand verbal culture as a part of general ethnic culture, including language and forms of literature based on it, and, on the other hand, as a reproducible component of social and linguistic practice. Thus, verbal culture has a depth and includes at least three layers: language, folklore, and literature. Also, verbal culture includes the ethno-territorial (anthropological and geographical), “plane” aspect, namely, the distribution of ethnic verbal cultures geographically, as well as their genetic and typological relations. On the basis of anthropological theories of cultural universals, reinter-preted within the framework of the ideas of linguistics (in particular, ethnolinguistic represen-tations), folklore and literary studies, a system of criteria has been developed for the for-mation of a set of cultural universals relevant for the comparative study of different verbal traditions (language, folklore, literature) of different ethnic groups. The Appendix presents a list of cultural universals, including two aspects: the conceptual series that form the “plane of content” of cultural universals and cultural codes that represent the typed “plane of expres-sion,” universals in their natural, artifact and actional components. Not only will the research results in various subject areas allow clarifying the “flat” (ethnogeographic) and “deep” (on the language, folklore, and literary layers) distribution and configuration of universals, but also to define the original model itself.

Liturgical Poetry in the Late Antique Near East

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ophir Münz-Manor
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Near East ◽  
The Other ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Biblical Poetry ◽  
Contemporary View ◽  
Cultural Dialogue ◽  
The One

The article presents a contemporary view of the study of piyyut, demonstrating that Jewish poetry of late antiquity (in Hebrew and Aramaic) was closely related to Christian liturgical poetry (both Syriac and Greek) and Samaritan liturgy. These relations were expressed primarily by common poetic and prosodic characteristics, derived on the one hand from ancient Semitic poetry (mainly biblical poetry), and on the other from innovations of the period. The significant connections of content between the different genres of poetry reveal the importance of comparative study. Thus the poetry composed in late antiquity provides additional evidence for the lively cultural dialogue that took place at that time.

Formation of contracts for the international sale of goods under Korean law and the CISG

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 208-223
Author(s):  
Byung Mun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The Other ◽  
Basic Question ◽  
Content Type ◽  
International Sale Of Goods ◽  
The Comparative Study ◽  
International Sales ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the rules on the formation of contracts under Korean law and the Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) in a comparative way and introduce the relevant proposed rules under the Amendment Draft of the Korean Civil Code (KCC). In addition, it attempts to compare and evaluate them in light of the discipline of comparative law. Design/methodology/approach In order to achieve the purposes of the study, it executes a comparative study of the rules as to the formation of contracts of the CISG, Korean law and the Amendment Draft of the KCC. The basic question for this comparative study is placed on whether a solution from one jurisdiction is more logical than the others and to what extent each jurisdiction has responded to protect the reasonable expectations of the parties in the rules as to the formation of contracts. Findings The comparative study finds that most of the rules under the CISG are quite plausible and logical and they are more or less well reflected in the proposals advanced by the KCC amendment committee. On the other hand, the other rules under the CISG which have brought criticisms in terms of their complexity and inconsistent case law invite us their revision or consistent interpretation. The drawbacks of the CISG have also been well responded in the Amendment Draft of the KCC. Nevertheless, it is quite unfortunate that the Amendment Draft of the KCC still has a rule that regards any purported performance with non-material alteration of the terms of an offer as an acceptance. Originality/value This study may provide legal and practical advice to both the seller and the buyer when they enter into a contract for international sales of goods. In addition, it may render us an insight into newly developed or developing rules in this area and show us how they interact with each other. Furthermore, it may be particularly useful in Korea where there is an ongoing discussion for revision of the KCC.

Comparative Study of Graphic Representation Methods on Architectural Heritage

2015 ◽  
pp. 182-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Teodoro Garfella ◽  
María Jesús Máñez ◽  
Joaquín Ángel Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
General Public ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The Other ◽  
Graphic Representation ◽  
Digital Photogrammetry ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Documentation Systems ◽  
The One ◽  
Architectural Survey

Today there are many publications or papers related with several graphic surveys of architectural heritage carried out using a variety of both traditional and cutting edge methods. Yet, the implementation of new graphical documentation systems, such as Automated Digital Photogrammetry, has introduced a fresh approach to dealing with architectural surveys by making them more accessible to the general public and, to a certain extent, increasing their usability (Garfella, Máñez, Cabeza, & Soler, 2014). The present study aims, on the one hand, to offer an overview of architectural survey systems and, on the other hand, to evaluate the differences in the degree of precision or accuracy between the latest state-of-the-art methods and the already well-established ones. This will enable us to examine the results obtained in this experiment to look for concordances and discrepancies between them that can be helpful when using such systems to deal with tasks in the future.

Der Wiederaufbau von Florenz 1945

Architectura ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-103
Author(s):  
Elmar Kossel
Keyword(s):  
Basic Characteristic ◽  
Democratic Society ◽  
The Other ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
The Core ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Post War ◽  
The One ◽  
German Wehrmacht

AbstractFlorence suffered heavy destruction due to blasting by the german Wehrmacht in the area around the Ponte Vecchio in 1944. On the question of how the historic, in the core medieval buildings should be rebuilt, a vigorous debate was ignited, which also was intensively conducted in public. The debates core was about the question of wether the old center should be reconstructed exactly as it was or should a modern and contemporary solution be given priority. The art historian Bernhard Berenson and the archeologist Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli exemplified the position in the debate for the Florentine context. Linked to this discussion was also the question, how Italy would present itself after war and fascism as a new and democratic society. The built result can be seen as a compromise of these positions, as the new architecture is added in the center emphasized inconspicuousDespite the consistently negative reception, it was possible to dissociate oneself in two respects from this locally located variety of post-war modernity: On the one hand, the international architectural scene and, on the other hand, its own architectural heritage which is contaminated by fascism. The reference to its own architectural heritage and the very independent appropriation of international influences should remain the basic characteristic of the »Scuola Fiorentina« until the mid-1970s

Preferential Marriage: Correlation of the Various Modes among the Bantu Tribes of the Union of South Africa

Africa ◽  
1928 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Eiselen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Strong Evidence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cousin Marriage ◽  
Independent Origin ◽  
The World ◽  
The Comparative Study

The several forms of preferential mating, such as cross-cousin marriage, sororate and levirate, are well known and have been reported from all the ethnographic provinces of the world. Lately Lowie and Rivers have devoted special chapters in their books on social organization to the comparative study of these important institutions. Lowie has pointed out that there is strong evidence for the correlation of sororate and levirate. The later publication of Rivers hardly serves to make these matters any clearer than Lowie's work. Although the latter scholar, with Tylor and others, recognized the close connexion existing between sororate and levirate, the evidence at his disposal did not allow him to arrive at a similar conclusion with regard to the other forms of preferential marriage. Accordingly he had to treat them, for the time being, as institutions of independent origin.

scholarly journals Favouritism: Exploring the ‘uncontrolled’ spaces of the leadership experience

Leadership ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ofelia A Palermo ◽  
Ana Catarina Carnaz ◽  
Henrique Duarte
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Social Process ◽  
The Other ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Organisational Justice ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social ◽  
Leadership Experience ◽  
The One ◽  
The Way

In this paper, we argue that a focus on favouritism magnifies a central ethical ambiguity in leadership, both conceptually and in practice. The social process of favouritism can even go unnoticed, or misrecognised if it does not manifest in a form in which it can be either included or excluded from what is (collectively interpreted as) leadership. The leadership literature presents a tension between what is an embodied and relational account of the ethical, on the one hand, and a more dispassionate organisational ‘justice’ emphasis, on the other hand. We conducted 23 semi-structured interviews in eight consultancy companies, four multinationals and four internationals. There were ethical issues at play in the way interviewees thought about favouritism in leadership episodes. This emerged in the fact that they were concerned with visibility and conduct before engaging in favouritism. Our findings illustrate a bricolage of ethical justifications for favouritism, namely utilitarian, justice, and relational. Such findings suggest the ethical ambiguity that lies at the heart of leadership as a concept and a practice.

“The Same Fate Is in Store for the Righteous and the Wicked:” Form and Content in Midreshei Aggadah

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-77
Author(s):  
Arnon Atzmon
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Oral Discourse ◽  
Subsequent Evolution ◽  
Approaches To Studying ◽  
Leviticus Rabbah ◽  
Sitz Im Leben ◽  
The One ◽  
Flexible Model

Abstract Over the years, scholars have adopted two parallel approaches to studying midrash aggadah. One approach, investigates questions relating to the compilations themselves, and the other approach focuses on the composition of the smaller, nuclear, midrashic units. The petiḥta or proem has been studied extensively by adherents of both approaches. In this paper, I argue that a flexible model is the one most appropriate for describing the petiḥta: a model which simultaneously utilizes both approaches. In the course of this paper, I studied one derasha, a petiḥta, and its subsequent evolution in several different compositions (Leviticus Rabbah; Tanḥuma Aharei Mot; Tanḥuma Va-Etchanan). By conducting that comparative study of the derasha, I achieved a fuller understanding of it both in terms of the proem as a product of oral discourse and in terms of the proem’s literary redaction within the context of the midrashic compositions. Ultimately, a better understanding of the petiḥta’s formulation and its Sitz im Leben contributes to our understanding of its contents and allows us to reveal the message that either the darshan or the redactor was attempting to convey.

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