The Making of Accessible Android Applications: An Empirical Study on the State of the Practice

A key theme in urban governance research is how neoliberalism reshapes the state–society relationship. Our study on Guangzhou, where urban regeneration through massive redevelopment of “villages-in-the-city” uncovered interactions between the state, market, and community in local governance, contributes to this debate. Based on intensive field research to analyze three projects, we find that what really controls neoliberal growth in China is not simply the authoritarian tradition of the socialist state but also the power of the indigenous village communities. Our findings suggest that state intervention for community building is vital for rebalancing power relations between the state, market, and community.

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How Much Should Judges Be Paid? An Empirical Study of the Impact of Judicial Pay on the Composition of the State Judiciary and Exit

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1884456 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

James M. Anderson ◽

Eric A. Helland

Keyword(s):

Empirical Study ◽

The State ◽

The Impact

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IT for Peace? Fighting Against Terrorism in Social Media – An Explorative Twitter Study

i-com ◽

10.1515/icom-2017-0013 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 181-193 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Christian Reuter ◽

Katja Pätsch ◽

Elena Runft

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Information Systems ◽

Empirical Study ◽

State Of The Art ◽

The State ◽

The Internet ◽

New Members ◽

Starting Point ◽

The Media

AbstractThe Internet and especially social media are not only used for supposedly good purposes. For example, the recruitment of new members and the dissemination of ideologies of terrorism also takes place in the media. However, the fight against terrorism also makes use of the same tools. The type of these countermeasures, as well as the methods, are covered in this work. In the first part, the state of the art is summarized. The second part presents an explorative empirical study of the fight against terrorism in social media, especially on Twitter. Different, preferably characteristic forms are structured within the scope with the example of Twitter. The aim of this work is to approach this highly relevant subject with the goal of peace, safety and safety from the perspective of information systems. Moreover, it should serve following researches in this field as basis and starting point.

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In Search of a Better Future: Nepali Rural Out-migration from Assam

Sociological Bulletin ◽

10.1177/0038022919876407 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 68 (3) ◽

pp. 307-324

Author(s):

Pinku Muktiar ◽

Chandan Kumar Sharma

Keyword(s):

Empirical Study ◽

Informal Sector ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

The State ◽

Immigrant Community ◽

Indian States ◽

The Past ◽

Unskilled Labour ◽

Social Landscape

The last two decades have witnessed an unprecedented rural out-migration from northeast Indian states, especially Assam, to other parts of India. Thousands of poor rural youths from the region have migrated to the more prosperous parts of India in search of livelihood, mostly as unskilled labour in the informal sector. While rural out-migration has not been a new phenomenon in Assam, such out-migration in the past was mostly confined to the state. Although the immigrant groups in Assam pioneered this new trend of out-migration, subsequently, the indigenous communities also followed suit. This paper explicates the interplay of historical forces that have contributed to this phenomenon and its impact on Assam’s rural social landscape through an empirical study conducted among the Nepali community, an erstwhile immigrant community in Assam.

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Female Attitudes Towards Self-employment and Breaking Occupational Stereotypes in Jharkhand

Antyajaa Indian Journal of Women and Social Change ◽

10.1177/2455632719880868 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 158-173

Author(s):

Madhuri Mahato ◽

Julie Vardhan

Keyword(s):

Empirical Study ◽

Occupational Choice ◽

The State ◽

Driving Factors ◽

Extrinsic Factors ◽

Occupational Stereotypes ◽

Self Employment ◽

Female Attitudes

Although in recent times a growing number of women are entering into occupations that were traditionally dominated by men, these gains have not been equally realized. In the state of Jharkhand, a group of women have broken the occupational stereotypes and have become auto drivers, of vehicles that have suitably been named Pink Autos. An empirical study was undertaken to explore the intrinsic as well as extrinsic factors that have affected their occupational choice to break the stereotype. The results provide insights into the driving factors for the success for women micro-entrepreneurs.

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