scholarly journals Finnish Military Officer Identities and Micro-Political Resistance

2021 ◽  
pp. 0095327X2110541
Author(s):  
Suvi Kouri
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Political Resistance ◽  
Military Officer ◽  
Organizational Identities ◽  
The Military ◽  
Personal Interests ◽  
The Ideal

Drawing on the concept of micro-political resistance, this article presents an empirical analysis of how officers of the Finnish Defence Forces challenge, resist, and reinforce the collective military identities constructed within the prevailing organizational discourses. There is a need for identity work to meet the norms and ideals of the military, but individuals can also work as change agents. Micro-political resistance derives from feelings of otherness as well as conflict between the dominant organizational identities and individuals’ personal interests. This study presents a thematic discourse analysis based on texts written by 108 officers and 12 interviews on the theme of “the ideal soldier.” Three main discourses of micro-political resistance were identified: perceiving the profession of a military officer as a job like any other rather than a sacred calling, putting family first, and being oneself instead of embodying the traditional masculine ideal soldier.

The ideal republican man: teaching Brazilian things, useful values and their colonizing aspects

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth De Souza Oliveira ◽  
Marizete Lucini
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Useful Knowledge ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
Research In Education ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Reading Book

In this article, we will analyze the narratives about the natural resources indicated as conducive to cultivation in Brazilian soil present in the reading book Cousas Brasileiras (1896) as instructors of useful knowledge for the ideal republican man between 1890 and 1896. Therefore, we will dialogue from decolonial concepts and, when selecting the speeches, we will carry out the analyzes to highlight the educational purposes of the period that were immersed in liberal ideas, intending to point out the ideal citizen. With this, when developing the study we will present the effort undertaken by the author to form modern values that are directly linked to the formation of the colonizing aspects. Situating within the scope of qualitative research in Education, of documentary type, with procedures for discourse analysis, thus, we will demonstrate how the formation of the values of modernity was inherent to the formation of the colonizing aspects as an initiative of political-ideological affirmation for the development of Brazilian nationality and its economic progress.

scholarly journals REPRESENTASI PEREMPUAN JAWA DALAM SERAT WULANG PUTRI: ANALISIS WACANA KRITIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Atin Fitriana
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Woman Writer ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
The Ideal

<p>The Javanese culture has a specific perspective on the ideal figure of women. This perspective is generally manifested in the classical texts, for example, in Serat Wulang Putri Adisara. Written by Nyi Adisara. Serat Wulang Putri contains the teachings for royal daughters in living their life as Javanese women based on Javanese teachings. In this manuscript, the readers can see the women figure portrayed from the perspective of a woman writer. This paper discusses the ideal women’s discourse in Serat Wulang Putri using the approach of critical discourse analysis from van Dijk. The analysis is conducted by considering the text’s microstructure, macrostructure, and cultural context. Through the analysis, we can see the ideal discourse of Javanese women based on Serat Wulang Putri. Furthermore, the text discusses women as figures who must pay attention to their attitudes and behavior, and can control their hearts, minds, and feelings. In this case, the author uses the male point of view to describe the characteristics of ideal Javanese women. Javanese women are also described as a weak figure and must obey what men command or expect from them.</p>

scholarly journals NO POÉTICO, O GRITO DA RESISTÊNCIA: DISCURSO E SILÊNCIO

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Gabriele Poltronieri ◽  
Dantielli Assumpção Garcia ◽  
Lucília Maria Abrahão e Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Military Dictatorship ◽  
The Military

Neste trabalho, da perspectiva teórica da Análise de Discurso, mostraremos, por meio da análise de um conjunto de textos poéticos, como a poesia coloca em funcionamento situações de censura vivenciadas no Brasil da Ditadura Militar (1964-1984) e no Brasil do “pós-impeachment” (2016) e, com seus dizeres, instaura a possibilidade de resistência frente ao silenciamento imposto.Abstract: In this work, by the theoretical perspective of Discourse Analysis we will manifest, by means of a set of poetics texts, how the poetry puts into operation situations of censorship experienced in Brazil of the Military Dictatorship (1964-1984) and in the Brazil of “post-impeachment” (2016) and, with their words, establishes the possibility of resistance against the imposed silencing.

scholarly journals Being a Small State: Discussion on the Role of Size

2019 ◽  
pp. 73-91
Author(s):  
Justinas Lingevičius
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Small States ◽  
Small State

This paper discusses theoretical debates regarding small states and their foreign policy and also argues that research should include more analysis of small states’ identities and the dominant meanings related to being a small state. Using poststructuralistic theoretical perspective and discourse analysis, two empirical cases – Lithuania and New Zealand – are analysed with attention paid to the meanings of smallness and the ways these meanings are constructed. Empirical analysis follows with suggestions for how future research of small states could be improved.

scholarly journals CREATING A STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT FOR COURT ACCREDITATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Zulfia Hanum Alfi Syahr
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Accreditation Standard ◽  
Satisfaction Index ◽  
Accreditation Standards ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Assessment Standards ◽  
The Military ◽  
Religious Courts ◽  
The Ideal

The improvement of court’s quality has been done through various efforts, one of them is an accreditation program. Before the implementation of internal accreditation policies, the courts under the Supreme Court had used ISO standards to maintain the service quality. Along with the development of judiciary innovations especially the dream toward the great judiciary, the Supreme Court has developed special accreditation standards for each judicial environment. General Court (Badilum) has implemented the Quality Assurance Accreditation (APM) programme in 7 assessment areas. Afterward, the Religious Courts (Badilag) in addition to 7 APM areas as in Badilum also applied 9 other assessment standards. Furthermore, the Military and Administration Agency (Badilmiltun) has 7 different accreditation assessment areas with Badilum and Badilag. The problem that will be examined is how to determine the ideal criteria for assessing court accreditation. Given that the ideal accreditation standard is not only improving the quality of court services but also being able to meet the needs and expectations of justice seekers, as indicated by the community satisfaction index. The court accreditation standard used today is the adoption of the International Framework of Court excellent (IFCE) and is adapted to the area of Bureaucratic Reform and the oversight function of the Supreme Court. The method of determining accreditation criteria is done by comparing court accreditation standards that have been used with the SERVQUAL model. The SERVQUAL model is an initial model that appears to measure service quality. The results of the study found that a number of court accreditation assessment standards has been represented the dimensions of service quality at SERVQUAL.

Marriages, Norms and Structures

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Mansutti Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Formal System ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Ideal Model ◽  
Personal Interests ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Formal Rules

Mansutti adopts Needham’s scheme of distinguishing three analytical levels; the jural rules; the statistical-behavioural, and the categorical. He includes a computer simulation to gain a time depth in his model of Piaroa kinship and marriage, which demonstrates that the exceptions to the marriage rules are not residual and inexplicable but are necessary to maintain the ideal model anticipated by the formal rules. Although violations of the rules are motivated by personal desires and not a desire to save the formal system, they are in fact necessary to its preservation. Moreover, he employs Bourdieu’s distinction between official and private kinship, and illustrates his approach with apposite case studies. For instance, he describes how personal interests can be transmuted into community interests, and genealogical relationships between two people in small-scale societies can be “read” along different routes with telling results.

Service-Women’s Responses to Sexual Harassment: The Importance of Identity Work and Masculinity in a Gendered Organization

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (12-13) ◽  
pp. 1656-1680
Author(s):  
Stephanie Bonnes
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Military ◽  
Responses To Sexual Harassment ◽  
Depth Interviews

Using data from in-depth interviews with 38 U.S. service-women, this article explores women’s responses to sexual harassment in the military workplace. I argue that in an extremely gendered and masculine institution, sexual harassment threatens service-women’s identities as military insiders, presenting an identity dilemma for them. To resolve this dilemma, women prioritize their masculinity and downplay and excuse harassment. In contrast, service-women who have experienced sexual assault or combat confront sexual harassment. I argue that this is possible because for these two groups of women, sexual harassment does not present an identity dilemma. I show how masculinity is used to downplay and normalize harassment as well as to resist it.

Effective strategic narratives? Italian public opinion and military operations in Iraq, Libya, and Lebanon

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Coticchia
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
Public Opinion Surveys ◽  
Strategic Narratives ◽  
The Military

Public attitudes are greatly shaped by the cohesiveness of the strategic narratives crafted by policy-makers in framing the national involvement in war. The literature has recently devoted growing attention toward the features that define successful strategic narratives, such as a consistent set of objectives, convincing cause–effect chains, as well as credible promises of success. This paper provides an original framework for ‘effective strategic narratives’ for the case of Italy. The military operations undertaken by Italian armed forces in Iraq, Lebanon, and Libya represent the cases through which the framework is assessed. Drawing on content and discourse analysis of political debates and data provided by public opinion surveys, this paper explores the nature of the strategic narratives and their effectiveness.

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