scholarly journals Public conceptions and constructions of ‘British values’: A qualitative analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-101
Author(s):  
Lee Jarvis ◽  
Lee Marsden ◽  
Eylem Atakav
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Change ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Focus Group Research ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Group Research ◽  
Explicit Recognition ◽  
Over Time

This article draws on original focus group research to explore constructions of ‘British values’, in ‘everyday’ discourse. Two prominent, yet competing conceptions of this term are identified: political/institutional and social/cultural. Although each of these conceptions risks essentialising ‘British values’, this risk is mitigated by publics in at least three ways: (1) explicit recognition of the term’s ambiguities; (2) discussion of its political motivations and exclusionary outcomes; and, (3) identification of qualitative change in the meaning of ‘British values’ over time. As the first exploration of public understandings of this term, their differences, and these complications, the paper offers three contributions: (1) adding breadth to existing studies of everyday nationalism through focus on ‘British values’ specifically; (2) shedding light on this trope’s work in broader conversations around social and political life in the United Kingdom; and (3) facilitating reflection on the reception of, resistance to, and re-making of elite political discourse.

Cultures of Cosmopolitanism

2002 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bronislaw Szerszynski ◽  
John Urry
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Focus Group Research ◽  
Group Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Media Research ◽  
The Uk

This paper is concerned with whether a culture of cosmopolitanism is currently emerging out of massively wide-ranging global processes. The authors develop certain theoretical components of such a culture they consider ongoing research concerned with belongingness to different geographical entities including the world as a whole, and they present their own empirical research findings. From their media research they show that there is something that could be called a banal globalism. From focus group research they show that there is a wide awareness of the global but they this is combined in complex ways with notions of the local and grounded and from media interviews they demonstrate that there is a reflexive awareness of a cultures of the cosmopolitan. On the basis of their data from the UK, they conclude that a publicly screened cosmopolitan culture is emergent and likely to orehestrate much of social and political life in future decades.

The Handbook for Focus Group Research.

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Research ◽  
Group Research

The Migration-Crime Nexus and the Press in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-181
Author(s):  
Alexander A Caviedes
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Press Coverage ◽  
Individual Country ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Press ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Over Time

This article explores the link between migrants and crime as portrayed in the European press. Examining conservative newspapers from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2016, the study situates the press coverage in each individual country within a comparative perspective that contrasts the frequency of the crime narrative to that of other prominent narratives, as well as to that in the other countries. The article also charts the prevalence of this narrative over time, followed by a discussion of which particular aspects of crime are most commonly referenced in each country. The findings suggest that while there has been no steady increase in the coverage of crime and migration, the press securitizes migration by focusing on crime through a shared emphasis on human trafficking and the non-European background of the perpetrators. However, other frames advanced in these newspapers, such as fraud or organized crime, comprise nationally distinctive characteristics.

scholarly journals Resource and waste quantification scenarios for wind turbine decommissioning in the United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiran Tota-Maharaj ◽  
Alexander McMahon
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Wind Turbine ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Rapid Rise ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Over Time

AbstractWind power produces more electricity than any other form of renewable energy in the United Kingdom (UK) and plays a key role in decarbonisation of the grid. Although wind energy is seen as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, there are still several environmental impacts associated with all stages of the lifecycle of a wind farm. This study determined the material composition for wind turbines for various sizes and designs and the prevalence of such turbines over time, to accurately quantify waste generation following wind turbine decommissioning in the UK. The end of life stage is becoming increasingly important as a rapid rise in installation rates suggests an equally rapid rise in decommissioning rates can be expected as wind turbines reach the end of their 20–25-year operational lifetime. Waste data analytics were applied in this study for the UK in 5-year intervals, stemming from 2000 to 2039. Current practices for end of life waste management procedures have been analysed to create baseline scenarios. These scenarios have been used to explore potential waste management mitigation options for various materials and components such as reuse, remanufacture, recycling, and heat recovery from incineration. Six scenarios were then developed based on these waste management options, which have demonstrated the significant environmental benefits of such practices through quantification of waste reduction and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions savings. For the 2015–2019 time period, over 35 kilotonnes of waste are expected to be generated annually. Overall waste is expected to increase over time to more than 1200 kilotonnes annually by 2039. Concrete is expected to account for the majority of waste associated with wind turbine decommissioning initially due to foundations for onshore turbines accounting for approximately 80% of their total weight. By 2035–2039, steel waste is expected to account for almost 50% of overall waste due to the emergence of offshore turbines, the foundations of which are predominantly made of steel.

Focus Group Research

NASPA Journal ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryann Jacobi
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Research ◽  
Group Research

Couples' Experiences With Prostate Cancer: Focus Group Research

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 701-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Harden ◽  
Ann Schafenacker ◽  
Laurel Northouse ◽  
Darlene Mood ◽  
David Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Research ◽  
Group Research

Focus-Group Research on Minnesota's Implementation of Graduation Standards Testing

1999 ◽  
Vol 92 (5) ◽  
pp. 312-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Kline Liu ◽  
Richard Spicuzza ◽  
Ronald Erickson
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Research ◽  
Group Research ◽  
Graduation Standards
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