The path to human rights in Romania: Emergent voice(s) of legal mobilization in prisons

2020 ◽  
pp. 147737082096657
Author(s):  
Cristina Dâmboeanu ◽  
Valentina Pricopie ◽  
Alina Thiemann
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Legal Mobilization ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
Institutional Determinants ◽  
Institutional Status ◽  
The Individual

Starting from the premise that a better understanding of the legal efforts to implement European norms regarding human rights in prisons cannot overlook prisoners’ subjective experiences of rights, this article addresses the issue of prisoners’ complaints in Romania. Using survey data on a sample of 557 prisoners, it first seeks to examine how often prisoners lodge formal complaints and on what grounds, and how their complaints are framed. Second, employing models drawn from the legal mobilization literature, it tries to identify which are the individual and institutional determinants of prisoners’ complaints. Third, based on a unique qualitative (content) analysis of the comments prisoners made at the end of the survey, the article examines how prisoners articulate their discourse on rights’ claims. The article concludes by pointing to the relevance of institutional status variables as determinants of prisoners’ complaints and to the development of prisoners’ discourse embracing legal and procedural languages.

scholarly journals Les joueurs sans problème de jeu de 55 ans et plus : événements, conséquences et caractéristiques structurelles et environnementales influençant les habitudes de jeu

2016 ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Isabelle Giroux ◽  
Francine Ferland ◽  
Cathy Savard ◽  
Christian Jacques ◽  
Priscilla Brochu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Gambling Problems ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
The Individual

Gambling habits of people aged 55 years and over without gambling problems are rarely being investigated. In order to document life events and to identify the impacts of gambling on quality of life, 19 participants aged 55 to 74 years without gambling problems, male and female, were assembled in three focus groups. Qualitative content analysis of the groups reveals changes in gambling habits associated with transition to retirement and occurrence of health problems. The content analysis further reveals a variety of positive and negative consequences of gambling habits on finances, hobbies, social relationships, and psychological health. Although the focus groups did not target the structural or environmental characteristics of gambling that influence participants' gambling habits, those themes were brought up spontaneously. Results highlight the necessity to study life events from a larger perspective including, for example, protective and risk factors, in order to better understand the life contexts and the individual characteristics that may lead to an alteration or not of gambling habits.

scholarly journals Small Houses, Big Community: Tiny Housers’ Desire for More Cohesive and Collaborative Communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Chelsey Willoughby ◽  
Severin Mangold ◽  
Toralf Zschau
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Community Characteristics ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Quantification Analysis ◽  
The Individual

Past research on the tiny house movement has primarily focused on understanding the individual motivations behind adopting the tiny house lifestyle. While some studies have suggested that tiny housers do entertain an interest in community, no systematic research exists that examines the actual complexities of this phenomenon. To make first inroads into this body of literature, twenty-four community-oriented tiny housers were interviewed about their ideal community. Interview questions ranged from definitions of community to specific ideas of the nature of community characteristics. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and then coded in NVivo 12.0. Four main themes and eleven subthemes emerged from the qualitative content analysis. Select themes were then subjected to a subsequent quantification analysis in order to refine and deepen the theoretical understanding. The findings of this exploratory study suggest that a majority of tiny housers desire to be part of more cohesive and collaborative communities. While stressing the importance of community, tiny housers also expressed concerns over privacy. To explain the findings, the paper offers a set of arguments situated in the broader socio-cultural texture of our time.

Understanding Sense-Making on Social Media During Crises

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Stieglitz ◽  
Milad Mirbabaie ◽  
Jennifer Fromm
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Information Value ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Biased Reporting ◽  
Crisis Situations

Individuals are increasingly using social media during crisis situations to seek information. However, little is known about how they utilize social media to gain an understanding of crisis situations. The aim of this study was to close this gap by conducting sense-making interviews with 18 German social media users. A qualitative content analysis revealed the following sense-making barriers: low information value, negative emotions, biased reporting, taking advantage, volume of information, limited knowledge, speed of information dissemination, and technical barriers. Furthermore, users applied the individual sense-making strategies of searching, selecting, verifying, enriching, interpreting, and sorting, as well as the collective strategies of distributing, communicating, and reporting. This article contributes to research by providing categorizations of sense-making barriers and strategies in the context of crisis situations. Furthermore, suggestions are made for how emergency agencies could utilize social media for crisis and continuity management.

Challenges of patient-focused care: Nurses’ descriptions and observations before and after intervention

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
Helena Rosén ◽  
Rebecca Gagnemo Persson ◽  
Eva Persson
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Healthcare Team ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Individual

The concept of patient-focused care aims to provide an environment in which the healthcare team focuses on the individual patient’s needs. In order to increase our understanding of how nurses perceive and conduct patient-focused care, the issue needs to be studied in various contexts. The aims of the study were to explore nurses’ descriptions of their patient-focused care, what took place during observed situations including the time spent, before and after the change of design from a more traditional to a single-bed hospital in Sweden. Non-participant observations with follow-up interviews were carried out. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. Three categories emerged from the analysis: Barriers to being close to the patient, Desire to be close to the patient and The influence of environment on caring. The theme Presence or absence was interpreted as the latent meaning. The conclusion was that being present is crucial in nursing when providing compassionate and effective nursing care.

Holiday Instead of Holy Day? A Qualitative Inquiry on the Spiritual Quality of People’s Activities on Sunday

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-228
Author(s):  
Ulrich Riegel
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
The Family ◽  
Transcendent Reality ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Age Range

AbstractDaily routine on Sunday is changing. Formerly a day of religious contemplation, Sunday seems to be a day of rest within the family. Does this change in activities done on a typical Sunday imply an end of spiritual quality? To answer this question this paper conceptualizes spirituality as experience of connectedness to some greater reality which is regarded as important and meaningful. Four options are possible concerning this greater reality: a transcendent reality, nature or cosmos, mankind, or the individual’s self. The data has been collected by semi-structured interview and analyzed by qualitative content analysis. 148 individuals did take part in these interviews (57% females, age range: 7 to 59; 64% Catholics and 22% Protestants). The findings point at Sunday spent with family. Further on we could identify activities representing all four types of spirituality. Together these examples point at the conclusion that Sunday still is a special day within the week. Its activities offer spiritual quality, but it is the individual to reassure it.

Experiences from having breast cancer and being part of a support group. Notes written in diaries by women during radiotherapy

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Emilsson ◽  
Ann-Christine Svensk ◽  
Karolina Olsson ◽  
Jack Lindh ◽  
Inger Öster
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Group Development ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Positive Group ◽  
The Individual

AbstractObjective:The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of breast cancer patients participating in a support group.Method:This study explores 28 stories of women with breast cancer as expressed through written diaries. Diaries were written during a 5-week period in parallel with radiotherapy and participation in a support group in a hospital. Answers to six open-ended evaluative questions concerning the support group were included in the majority of the written diaries. A qualitative content analysis was used to identify themes.Results:Three themes were constructed during the analysis: “positive group development.” “Inhibited group development.” and “the individual living with the disease.” Hopes and fears for the future in regards to illness and getting better, the value of family and friends, and feelings related to daily life with breast cancer such as fatigue and changes in body image were also expressed in the diaries.Significance of results:The findings suggest that the women with breast cancer found it valuable to be able to share experiences with other women in a similar situation in the context of a support group. Being part of such a group provided a space and an opportunity for reflection.

Violentization Theory and Genocide

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Winton
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Extreme Violence ◽  
Compare And Contrast

The purpose of this article is to use Lonnie Athens’ violentization theory to explain the Bosnian and Rwandan genocides. These two case studies are used to compare and contrast how the brutalization, defiance, violent dominance engagements, and virulency stages emerged prior to and during the genocides. Using published texts such as interviews with perpetrators, human rights reports, and court transcripts, qualitative content analysis is employed to test the fit between violentization theory and the two case studies. The results demonstrate that violentization theory is consistent with the data and provides an explanation of how the genocides developed and were enacted. Similarities and differences between Rwanda and Bosnia are described to explain how the perpetrators went through the violentization process, and an additional stage is added to illustrate extreme violence. Suggestions for further research using this model are provided.

Humanitized violence: Targeted killings and civilian deaths in the US war against the Islamic State

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 438-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Bonds
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Total War ◽  
Us Military ◽  
The Us ◽  
More Care ◽  
Administrative Procedures

Based on a qualitative content analysis of human rights reports, US military statements, and newspaper accounts, this article describes the ascendency of ‘humanitized violence,’ which characterizes airstrikes in the US war against the Islamic State (2014–2017). This hyper-rationalized violence utilizes precision weaponry, technical and administrative procedures to limit civilian deaths, and calculations to achieve goals in ‘proportionality.’ This method of violence is further accompanied by a discourse of precision, care, legality, and regret. The article further shows that leading nongovernmental critics of this violence largely accept its logic. Consequently, rather than offering opposition, humanitarian NGOs instead reinforce the humanitization of violence by calling on governments to be more precise and to exercise more care when striking enemy targets. Noting the high numbers of civilian deaths that can accompany humanitized violence, along with the US government’s continued capacity for total war, the author cautions that its rise does not necessarily portend a more peaceful future.

scholarly journals Human rights in selected daily newspaper in Serbia: A content analysis

2011 ◽  
pp. 547-558
Author(s):  
Dubravka Valic-Nedeljkovic
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Daily Newspaper ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Government

The paper presents the results of quantitative and qualitative content analysis of the six most influential daily newspapers in Serbia with a focus on writing about topics that are directly and indirectly related to human rights. It was noted that the selected media content was presented as internal - political thing especially when the question of State responsibility and the measures that have been undertaken by the State were raised, or when the subject of activity of state institutions was questioned. Most often quoted were representatives of the government as centers of political power, though members of marginalized groups were also not absent. The journalists showed sensitivity to marginalized actors of social practice.

scholarly journals Romantic drama of Sandhyakala ning Majapahit by Sanusi Pane and its implications for literary learning in senior high school

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-51
Author(s):  
Ni Wayan Ayu Permata Sari*)
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
The Third ◽  
Alternative Material ◽  
Romantic Drama ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Literary Learning

This study aims to reveal the romanticism contained in Sandhyakala ning plays Majapahit works Sanoesi Pane. The method used adallah descriptive qualitative content analysis techniques. The results of this study stated that plays Sandhyakala ning Majapahit works Sanoesi Pane contains romanticism. The third characteristic of romanticism analyzed, namely awareness of wild nature, the uniqueness and distinctiveness of the individual and the longing for the presence of a social order that is warm, everything depicted in the play. In the play, parts 1 and 2 illustrate the awareness of the wild. Then, sections 2 and 3 illustrate the uniqueness and distinctiveness of the individual. Sections 3, 4, and 5 describe a longing for the presence of a social order that is warm. The attitude shown through dialaog and characters in the text of the characteristics of romanticism. So, script Sandhyakala ning Majapahit is told through the flow of romanticism. The implications of this research for the study of literature in high school is as an alternative material of literary learning materials.

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