scholarly journals Great expectations. An analysis of child protection cases concerning immigrant children in Italy as a discursive practice

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-451
Author(s):  
Fabio Dovigo
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Immigrant Children ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Great Expectations ◽  
Common Definition ◽  
Cultural Inclusion ◽  
The Common ◽  
Definition Of

The paper aims to highlight the role and impact of written documents in managing child protection cases concerning immigrant children and their families in Italy. Analyzing documentation through the lens offered by Foucault’s notion of writing as a discursive rite oriented toward the reproduction of social norms, we examined, in depth, eight immigrant children’s cases that were handled by welfare services. Reports from practitioners such as social workers, youth workers, psychologists, counsellors, and legal advisors were examined to understand how the piling up of documentation, which is supposed to be neutral and unbiased, concurs to continuously redefine the boundaries between cultural inclusion and exclusion and reassert the common definition of normality. Moreover, we offer suggestions for how developing a reflexive attitude toward the use of documents could help practitioners to promote a more culturally sensitive approach to managing child protection.

SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENT FEATURES OF HAND GESTURES IN AMERICAN AND KYRGYZ CULTURES

2019 ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Avtandil kyzy Ya
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Main Part ◽  
Body Language ◽  
Hand Gestures ◽  
Common Definition ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Different Cultures

Abstract: This paper highlights similarities and different features of the category of kinesics “hand gestures”, its frequency usage and acceptance by different individuals in two different cultures. This study shows its similarities, differences and importance of the gestures, for people in both cultures. Consequently, kinesics study was mentioned as a main part of body language. As indicated in the article, the study kinesics was not presented in the Kyrgyz culture well enough, though Kyrgyz people use hand gestures a lot in their everyday life. The research paper begins with the common definition of hand gestures as a part of body language, several handshake categories like: the finger squeeze, the limp fish, the two-handed handshake were explained by several statements in the English and Kyrgyz languages. Furthermore, this article includes definitions and some idioms containing hand, shake, squeeze according to the Oxford and Academic Dictionary to show readers the figurative meanings of these common words. The current study was based on the books of writers Allan and Barbara Pease “The definite book of body language” 2004, Romana Lefevre “Rude hand gestures of the world”2011 etc. Key words: kinesics, body language, gestures, acoustics, applause, paralanguage, non-verbal communication, finger squeeze, perceptions, facial expressions. Аннотация. Бул макалада вербалдык эмес сүйлѳшүүнүн бѳлүгү болуп эсептелген “колдордун жандоо кыймылы”, алардын эки башка маданиятта колдонулушу, айырмачылыгы жана окшош жактары каралган. Макаланын максаты болуп “колдордун жандоо кыймылынын” мааниси, айырмасы жана эки маданиятта колдонулушу эсептелет. Ошону менен бирге, вербалдык эмес сүйлѳшүүнүн бѳлүгү болуп эсептелген “кинесика” илими каралган. Берилген макалада кѳрсѳтүлгѳндѳй, “кинесика” илими кыргыз маданиятында толугу менен изилденген эмес, ошого карабастан “кинесика” илиминин бѳлүгү болуп эсептелген “колдордун жандоо кыймылы” кыргыз элинин маданиятында кѳп колдонулат. Андан тышкары, “колдордун жандоо кыймылынын” бир нече түрү, англис жана кыргыз тилдеринде ма- селен аркылуу берилген.Тѳмѳнкү изилдѳѳ ишин жазууда чет элдик жазуучулардын эмгектери колдонулду. Түйүндүү сѳздѳр: кинесика, жандоо кыймылы, акустика,кол чабуулар, паралингвистика, вербалдык эмес баарлашуу,кол кысуу,кабыл алуу сезими. Аннотация. В данной статье рассматриваются сходства и различия “жестикуляции” и частота ее использования, в американской и кыргызской культурах. Следовательно, здесь было упомянуто понятие “кинесика” как основная часть языка тела. Как указано в статье, “кинесика” не была представлена в кыргызской культуре достаточно хорошо, хотя кыргызский народ часто использует жестикуляцию в повседневной жизни. Исследовательская работа начинается с общего определения “жестикуляции” как части языка тела и несколько категорий жестикуляции, таких как: сжатие пальца, слабое рукопожатие, рукопожатие двумя руками, были объяснены несколькими примерами на английском и кыргызском языках. Кроме того, эта статья включает определения слов “рука”, “рукопожатие”, “сжатие” и некоторые идиомы, содержащие данных слов согласно Оксфордскому и Академическому словарю, чтобы показать читателям их образное значение. Данное исследование было основано на книгах писателей Аллана и Барбары Пиз «Определенная книга языка тела» 2004 года, Романа Лефевра «Грубые жестикуляции мира» 2011 года и т.д. Ключевые слова: кинесика, язык жестов, жесты, акустика, аплодисменты, паралингвистика, невербальная коммуникация, сжатие пальца, чувство восприятия, выражение лиц.

scholarly journals The involvement of family in child protection cases in Iceland

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-49
Author(s):  
Anni Haugen ◽  
Sigrún Yrja Klörudóttir
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Violent Behaviour ◽  
Child Protection Workers ◽  
The Family ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Shed Light

The aim of this study is to examine the involvement of families in child protection cases in Iceland, as well as to shed light on the attitudes of child protection workers on the importance of including families while working on child protection cases. The study is part of an international comparative analysis called: Social Work with Families: Social Workers’ Constructions of Family in Professional Practice. This article only addresses the Icelandic segment of the research. In the study, qualitative methods were used and three focus groups were conducted, in which the same three-step vignette about a child protection case was presented. The findings highlighted how difficult child protection workers found it to define the family. The main element is that family are those individuals closest to the child and connected to them through emotional ties, as Icelandic child protection workers seem to strive to involve family in child protection cases. However, there are signs which show that when working with more complicated cases the definition of a family becomes narrower, and involvement is restricted mostly to parents and grandparents. The findings also show that attitudes toward fathers differ from those toward mothers. The mother is expected to support and create security for the child, while the father is judged mostly on his violent behaviour and is not automatically regarded as providing support or actively taking responsibility for his child.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN (MODERATE) EGALITARIANISM AND PRIORITARIANISM?

2003 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
KARSTEN KLINT JENSEN
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Definition ◽  
Common View ◽  
Standard Definition ◽  
Common Definition ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Inequality Ordering ◽  
Priority View ◽  
Levelling Down Objection

It is common to define egalitarianism in terms of an inequality ordering, which is supposed to have some weight in overall evaluations of outcomes. Egalitarianism, thus defined, implies that levelling down makes the outcome better in respect of reducing inequality; however, the levelling down objection claims there can be nothing good about levelling down. The priority view, on the other hand, does not have this implication. This paper challenges the common view. The standard definition of egalitarianism implicitly assumes a context. Once this context is made clear, it is easily seen that egalitarianism could be defined alternatively in terms of valuing a benefit to a person inversely to how well off he is relative to others. The levelling down objection does not follow from this definition. Moreover, the common definition does not separate egalitarian orderings from prioritarian ones. It is useful to do this by requiring that on egalitarianism, additively separable orderings should be excluded. But this requirement is stated as a condition on the alternative definition of egalitarianism, from which the levelling down objection does not follow.

Assessment of the Well-being of Children in their Social Environment

1988 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 8-16
Author(s):  
Yvonne Darlington
Keyword(s):  
Family Therapy ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Assessment ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Family Practitioners ◽  
The Common

The assessment of the well-being of children in their family and wider social environments is the common brief of social workers and other family practitioners across a variety of agency settings. Whether the focus is child protection, family therapy, family assessment in family law matters or a combination of the above, the practitioner finds the necessity to derive an accurate and sensitive assessment of how a particular child is faring in his or her social environment.

scholarly journals Distinguishing in Statutory Law: The statute as Written Custom under Maurice Haurious's Legal Institutionalism

Eudaimonia ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 75-90
Author(s):  
Cezary Węgliński
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Common Definition ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Statutory Law ◽  
The Common ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University

The common definition of the statutory law, especially in continental law culture, understands a set of regulations supposed to be applicable in all possible cases in the future. Nevertheless, already at the beginning of the twentieth century, this concept was criticized as too idealistic by absolutizing the statute as a unique and exhaustive source of law. Maurice Hauriou (1856-1929), a French academic of public and constitutional law at the University of Toulouse, presented at that time the concept of the statutory law as written custom, therefore a source of law that is supposed to be actualized in particular cases with judge’s possibility to distinguish. The modern concept of the statutory law, inherited from the Enlightenment, is proven to be even more mythical. The paper focuses on the Hauriou’s concept of the statute as a written custom which can be used as a useful tool to describe the reality of contemporary legal practice.

Common Threat and Common Response? The European Union's Counter-Terrorism Strategy and its Problems

2007 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Monar
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Judicial Control ◽  
Threat Perceptions ◽  
Common Definition ◽  
Common Response ◽  
The Common ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Specific Definition ◽  
The Eu

AbstractOn the basis of an analysis of the European Union's common definition of the post-9/11 terrorist threat, this article provides a critical assessment of the EU's response. The EU has arrived at a reasonably specific definition of the common threat that avoids simplistic reductions and is a response that is sufficiently multidimensional to address the different aspects – internal and external, legislative and operational, repressive and preventive – of this threat. Yet the definition is undermined by differences between national threat perceptions. The preference for instruments of cooperation and coordination rather than integration, and poor implementation are having a negative impact on the effectiveness of the common response, the legitimacy of which is also weakened by limited parliamentary and judicial control.

ANALYTICITY AND ASYMPTOTIC PROPERTIES OF THE MAXWELL OPERATOR'S DISPERSION CURVES

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 387-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. SOCCORSI
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Properties ◽  
Dispersion Curves ◽  
Cylindrical Wave ◽  
Stationary Points ◽  
Type B ◽  
Common Definition ◽  
Real Analytic Functions ◽  
The Common ◽  
Real Analytic ◽  
Definition Of

The fibers of the elliptic Maxwell operator M in an infinite cylindrical wave guide are not of type (B) in Kato's sense. In spite of this phenomenon, which apparently does not appear with the other operators of mathematical physics, we prove that the dispersion curves (λn)n≥1 of M are real analytic functions. Nevertheless, it is not yet known if they are monotone. Therefore, we define the thresholds of M as the stationary points of p↦λn(p), for any n≥1. This approach generalizes the common definition of the thresholds used in acoustics. Next, the asymptotic behavior of the dispersion curves with respect to parameters p and n allow us to deduce a limiting absorption principle for M, which remains valid at the thresholds.

Research on Vibration Influence Chart of Planetary Gear Systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 747-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Hao Chang ◽  
Geng Liu ◽  
Li Yan Wu ◽  
Zhong Hong Bu
Keyword(s):  
Planetary Gear ◽  
Dynamic Responses ◽  
Lumped Mass ◽  
Mesh Stiffness ◽  
Common Definition ◽  
Lumped Mass Method ◽  
The Common ◽  
Gear Systems ◽  
Planetary Gear System ◽  
Definition Of

The common definition of vibration influence chart is proposed in this study. A 46 degree-of-freedom time-varying dynamic model with coupled translation-rotation effect is developed to simulate the vibration of an encased differential planetary gear system using lumped mass method. With the dynamic load and the acceleration on gears and bearings as references, the dynamic responses in different load cases are investigated to search the change law of concerned parameters. The parameters considered include mesh stiffness, structure stiffness, gear mass and moment of inertia. The good and poor regions for vibration are evidently presented in figures, which is convenient to conduct the parameters design of planetary gear systems.

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