Impasses of Disability Alliance Building in Bulgaria: Successful Phantom Activism and Toxic Grassroots Mobilization

2020 ◽  
pp. 67-85
Author(s):  
Ina Dimitrova
Keyword(s):  
Alliance Building

Appropriation redux: Re-reading George Ryga through Jeannette Armstrong

2020 ◽  
pp. 002198942097099
Author(s):  
Kit Dobson
Keyword(s):  
The People ◽  
Critical Attention ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Jeannette Armstrong ◽  
George Ryga ◽  
Alliance Building ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Indigenous Voices ◽  
Literary Circles

This article considers ways in which solidarity across social locations might play a role in fostering resistance to vulnerability. My case study consists of the interplay between writer George Ryga’s 1967 play The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, and Okanagan Syilx writer and scholar Jeannette Armstrong’s 1985 novel Slash. While these important and compelling texts have received considerable critical attention, the relationship between them is less known. I am interested in the ways in which these works both hail and offer critique to one another. In the contemporary moment, in which questions of appropriation of voice have gained renewed urgency within Indigenous literary circles in Canada and beyond, the relationship between these texts speaks to a historical instance of appropriation, but also of complicated processes of alliance-building. These texts demonstrate how agency resides across multiple locations. I read Ryga’s Ecstasy in the context of Jeannette Armstrong’s engagement with the play within her novel Slash in order to witness the ways in which Ryga’s text, in the first instance, appropriates Indigenous voices into an anti-capitalist critique. In the second instance, I read these works in order to witness how they might simultaneously provide a compelling analysis of the vulnerability of the people who are the subject of both works. I compare the interplay between Armstrong and Ryga’s texts to contemporary debates around appropriation in order to argue for the historical and ongoing importance of these two works as precursors to the crucial interventions made by contemporary Indigenous critics and writers.

Dealing with surprise attacks: decomposing ERM as a dynamic capability to handle crises

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishnu Chandar Venkatesh ◽  
Meeta Dasgupta ◽  
Anupama Prashar ◽  
Torben Juul Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Expert Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Intelligence Gathering ◽  
Enterprise Risk ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Alliance Building

PurposeTurbulent hypercompetitive market conditions make small and medium enterprises (SMEs) vulnerable to abrupt crises caused by unexpected competitor moves. In these situations, enterprise risk management (ERM) can serve as a dynamic capability (DC) to overcome the impending crisis and improve SMEs' survival rates. To explore this capacity, which has only been vaguely addressed in prior research, we conduct an exploratory, abductive study to update the extant (ERM and DC) literature with empirical evidence from expert interviews.Design/methodology/approachWe conduct an exploratory, abductive study using empirical evidence from expert interviews.FindingsOur findings reveal ERM as a second-order DC in the micro-foundational components of competitive intelligence gathering, alliance building and integrative capabilities. We find that competitive intensity and government policy moderate the effects of these foundational capabilities. Finally, our study proposes a survivability model that provides new valuable knowledge of ERM as a DC for SMEs to deal with competition-driven crises.Originality/valueThis research survivability model shows how ERM as DC can facilitate the survivability of SMEs against competitive surprises. Although restricted to crises arising out of competitive surprises, this study provides valuable knowledge to the literature on what type of DCs are useful for specific situations. The study findings not only extended Teece's (2007) DCs framework to competitive crises but also placed it within a hierarchy of capabilities. The research findings indicate that an ERM culture in SMEs promote the growth and development of sensing, seizing and reconfiguring capabilities, vital for tiding competitive crises.

The World of Uncertainty: Is America Losing Its Leverage Towards a Looming New China–Russia Alliance?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 92-106
Author(s):  
Vitaly KOZYREV
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
21St Century ◽  
World Order ◽  
The United States ◽  
Great Power ◽  
Window Of Opportunity ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Alliance Building

The recent deterioration of US–China and US–Russia relations has stumbled the formation of a better world order in the 21st century. Washington’s concerns of the “great power realignment”, as well as its Manichean battle against China’s and Russia’s “illiberal regimes” have resulted in the activated alliance-building efforts between Beijing and Moscow, prompting the Biden administration to consider some wedging strategies. Despite their coordinated preparation to deter the US power, the Chinese and Russian leaderships seek to avert a conflict with Washington by diplomatic means, and the characteristic of their partnership is still leaving a “window of opportunity” for the United States to lever against the establishment of a formal Sino–Russian alliance.

scholarly journals A realistic evaluation of evidence-based therapeutic processes in mental health services– Context-Mechanisms-Outcomes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Badu ◽  
Anthony Paul O’Brien ◽  
Rebecca Mitchell ◽  
Akwasi Osei
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Professional ◽  
Therapeutic Alliance ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Mental Health Professional ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Realistic Evaluation ◽  
Alliance Building

Abstract Background Evidence-based clinical practice is an inherent component of developed countries mental health professional practice, however, little is known about Ghana mental health professional perspectives on evidence-based practice. This paper outlines the processes involved in the delivery of best practice in Ghana. The paper describes a realistic evaluation of mental health nurses and allied health opinions regarding the evidenced-based therapeutic process in Ghana mental health facilities. Methods A purposive sample of 30 Mental Health Professionals (MHPs) was recruited to participate in semi-structured in-depth interviews. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data. A programme theory of Context + Mechanism = Outcome (CMO) configuration was developed from the analysis. Results The thematic analysis identified two CMO configurations: 1) technical competency stimulates evidence-based mental health services; and, 2) therapeutic alliance-building ensures effective interaction. The study demonstrated that contextual factors (technical competencies and therapeutic alliance building) together with mechanisms (intentional and unintentional) help to promote the quality of mental health services. However, contextual factor such as the lack of sign language interpreters yielded an unintended outcome such as consumer-provider communication barrier for consumers with hearing impaired and those from linguistically minority background. Conclusion We conclude that government stakeholders and policymakers should prioritize policy documents, periodic monitoring and adequate financial incentives to support the on-going mechanisms that promote mental health professional technical competence and therapeutic alliance building.

Politics of alliance in the farmers’ march to Parliament in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 026858092110512
Author(s):  
Simin Fadaee
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Political Opportunities ◽  
Charles Tilly ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
Meaning Attribution ◽  
Agrarian Crisis ◽  
Activist Groups ◽  
Alliance Building

On 30 November 2018 tens of thousands of Indian farmers marched to Parliament and demanded a special session to discuss the deepening agrarian crisis. The protest march to Parliament was only the latest in a series of protest marches which had been organized by an umbrella group of over 200 farmers’ organizations from all over India. Moreover, for the first time, an alliance of different activist groups, political parties, trade unions and students had cohered to support the farmers and their cause. Despite its political, empirical and theoretical significance, research on the formation of alliances has gained scant attention in sociological research. Based on original research, this article suggests alliance building should be understood with reference to political opportunities, processes of meaning attribution and framing, and as a strategy, which facilitates worthiness, unity, numbers and commitment (WUNC displays, as outlined by Charles Tilly).

Interconnected Rights

2020 ◽  
pp. 127-146
Author(s):  
Chaitanya Lakkimsetti
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Sexual Minorities ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Minority Politics ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Constitutional Morality ◽  
Alliance Building

This final chapter focuses on the relationship between rights-based struggles and social transformation goals of sexual minorities. In September 2018, the Supreme Court of India reversed the Koushal judgment and declared Section 377 unconstitutional. This was a huge success for sexual minorities who rallied against the law for almost two decades and saw it as a symbol of state-sponsored homophobia. The two decades of sexual minority politics in India have not only foregrounded sexual orientation and gender identity as important constitutional rights but also strengthened the idea of constitutional morality. Constitutional morality, defined as respecting diversity and difference and protecting the most marginalized sections of the society, has helped sexual minorities to fight a growing populist morality that quintessentially defines India as Hindu and heteronormative. These successes also indicate that biopolitical mandates can be strategically used to fight popular morality and norms. In addition, by articulating sexual rights as interconnected with other social justice goals, sexual minorities in India also showcase the importance of intersectional struggles. The conclusion also touches upon challenges and opportunities for alliance building across sexual minority groups.

Gambian election presages authoritarian turn

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Term Limit ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Coup Risk ◽  
Alliance Building

Significance His main rival, Ousainou Darboe, placed a distant second with just under 28%. The result relates more to popular rejection of Darboe and savvy alliance-building than a popular endorsement of Barrow’s five years in office, which have been marred by scandals and broken electoral promises. Impacts Without a term limit for the presidency, Barrow is now poised to prolong his stay in office. The continued presence of regional forces will mitigate a coup risk. Barrow will apply the recommendations of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) selectively to protect close allies.

The Frontier as a Measure of Modern Power: Local Limits to Empire in Yemen, 1872–1914

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
ISA BLUMI
Keyword(s):  
Formal Control ◽  
Physical Presence ◽  
Formed Part ◽  
Alliance Building

The negotiations with the Ottomans over how exactly to define the boundary separating each party's domain were largely confused by a completely different set of criteria. The Ottomans constantly argued that the areas they claimed (large areas of which the British contended existed within Dali territory) had historically and thus always formed part of the Ottoman territory. They installed troops in the areas in dispute and actually started to collect taxes, in part thanks to Muqbil's aggressive alliance-building. The longer this physical presence was maintained, the more difficult it was for the British to argue that these areas were actually Dali. It was largely the growing insurgency in Ottoman Yemen, in some respects a product of British machinations, that ultimately led to the 1903 capitulation by the Ottoman authorities to British demands for formal control of the Dali plateau.

Strategies for Business Process Outsourcing

2010 ◽  
pp. 188-210
Author(s):  
Subrata Chakrabarty
Keyword(s):  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Business Process Outsourcing ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Application Service Providers ◽  
Application Service ◽  
Client Firm ◽  
Alliance Building

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of business process outsourcing (BPO) strategies and analyzes related issues. The discussions in this chapter can serve as an aid to decision makers who face the great dilemma of whether to insource or outsource a process, and additionally how to handle outsourcing to offshore locations. While business processes themselves are activities that need to be performed efficiently, outsourcing them is essentially a strategic decision that can ultimately impact the competitiveness of the client firm. This chapter explores the risks and opportunities associated with the numerous strategies related to outsourcing and offshoring alternatives, business process migration, contracting and alliance building, the role of the vendor, the nature of the relationship, multiclient or multivendor relationships, infusing maturity and ushering transformations in business processes, locating required expertise and quantity of workers, and also utilizing on-demand software services from application service providers.

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