Institutionalization of Nonviolence

1977 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-73
Author(s):  
Beverly Woodward
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Structural Violence ◽  
The State ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Nonviolent Action

Nonviolent action is best known as a kind of protest tactic used where neither the vote nor the gun seems to offer effective methods of achieving the desired social change. Those using this tactic may or may not have a general commitment to nonviolence. The author argues that the objectives of nonviolent action must become broader and more ambitious and that through a variety of coordinated efforts we should seek to ‘institutionalize nonviolence’ and to generalize nonviolent behaviors throughout society. Such an effort involves the transformation of all institutions implicated in the practice of direct or structural violence. The role of the State in the existing global violence system is especially criticized. The author outlines eight important components in the process she has labelled the ‘institutionalization of nonviolence’.

Two Conceptions of State: Antonio Gramsci and Michael Mann

Politics ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Moran
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Antonio Gramsci ◽  
Economic Base ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Michael Mann

Gramsci revised classical Marxist accounts of the role of the state in society, culture and ideology, and stressed the autonomy of the political process from the economic base. Sociologists often labelled neoWeberian also focus on social change, the state and the political process. Michael Mann, whilst remaining discrete from Marxism has nevertheless moved away from classical Weberian sociology, engaging deeply with materialism in analysing the state. This article compares the work of Gramsci and Mann regarding the state, to examine whether a genuine synthesis is possible between Gramsci (perhaps the first ‘neo-Marxist’) and Mann, a neoWeberian.

Feminism and Child Daycare

1996 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicky Randall
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Class ◽  
The State ◽  
Proper Role ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Second Wave Feminism ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Second Wave

ABSTRACTThis article explores some of the main reasons why feminist mobilisation around the issue of child daycare in Britain has been so limited and its impact so modest. It describes this mobilisation, comparing it with experience in other countries and with mobilisation on other issues. It suggests that the modest achievement to date is largely attributable to factors other than the lack of feminist pressure. Indeed feminist reservations were partly a realistic response to these external constraints. But they were also a consequence of the particular character of second wave feminism in Britain and of the questions posed by the issue of childcare for feminists. These questions included the nature and proper role of the state, motherhood, the value of paid employment for women, social class and the tension between short and long-term strategies for social change.

Funding, power and community development: an introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Fergal Finnegan ◽  
Niamh McCrea
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Community Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Role Of The State

This chapter sets out some of the most important themes across the book and illustrates why funding offers a powerful lens through which to ‘rethink’ community development in the current historical conjuncture. The first section unpacks the term ‘community development’ with reference to the varied conceptualisations deployed across the book. In particular, it draws attention to the importance of the widely shared democratic ‘ethic’, and to the inherent complexity of community development as a set of processes that call for a historical and social-spatial analysis of power. The second section expands on the analytical, political, and practice significance of funding. Finally, it highlights the three major cross-cutting themes of the collection: new configurations of power and governance; the role of the state in relation to democracy; and the complex connections between community development and egalitarian social change.

Leslee Udwin’s India’s Daughter (2015), the power of storytelling and question of social change in the #MeToo era

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nidhi Shrivastava
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
The State ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Archival Research ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Rape Case

In an op-ed, Leslee Udwin, the filmmaker of the controversial but meaningful documentary, India’s Daughter speaks of the tensions she faced in India amidst her film’s release. After her movie was banned in India, she abruptly left the country to avoid arrest. Her film explores the complexities and nuances of the 2012 Delhi rape case. It drew criticism when the trailer was released because it allegedly focused on the rapist’s narrative. Drawing upon my interview with Udwin and archival research, I explore the multitude of ways in which Leslee’s position as a powerful storyteller and an outsider influenced her documentary’s success within and outside of India. A medium of social change, Udwin’s documentary underscores the patriarchal and misogynistic attitudes that continue to exist while simultaneously challenging the role of the state, politicians and law enforcement who are in charge of protecting women’s rights.

Economic and Legal Support for Commercialization of Intellectual Property in Russia

2003 ◽  
pp. 66-76
Author(s):  
I. Dezhina ◽  
I. Leonov
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
The State ◽  
Commercial Application ◽  
The West ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Legal Context

The article is devoted to the analysis of the changes in economic and legal context for commercial application of intellectual property created under federal budgetary financing. Special attention is given to the role of the state and to comparison of key elements of mechanisms for commercial application of intellectual property that are currently under implementation in Russia and in the West. A number of practical suggestions are presented aimed at improving government stimuli to commercialization of intellectual property created at budgetary expense.

General Particulars Regarding the Conflict of Interest

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-149
Author(s):  
Aurelia Teodora Drăghici
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
National Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Changing Role

SummaryTheme conflicts of interest is one of the major reasons for concern local government, regional and central administrative and criminal legal implications aiming to uphold the integrity and decisions objectively. Also, most obviously, conflicts of interest occur at the national level where political stakes are usually highest, one of the determining factors of this segment being the changing role of the state itself, which creates opportunities for individual gain through its transformations.

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