Conclusion

Inland Shift ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan D. De Lara
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Premature Death ◽  
Collateral Damage ◽  
Medical Problems ◽  
Safety Nets ◽  
Inland Empire ◽  
Goods Movement ◽  
The Many

THERE HAS BEEN A PROFOUND lack of political leadership in inland Southern California. The region’s low-skilled and undereducated workers have had to fend for themselves against the devastating flows of speculative capital while the evangelists of neoliberalism have cut back the safety nets of the Keynesian state. Members of the logistics regime were complicit in this. They convinced themselves and tried to convince everyone else that goods movement represented economic salvation for a region suffering through the job losses of deindustrialization. A sense of economic crisis justified spending on roads, bridges, and rail. At the same time, low wages and cancer-causing diesel pollution were written off as collateral damage. Yet the 2,339 estimated people who get cancer from diesel exposure every year in the Inland Empire and the many more who suffer medical problems that lead to premature death cannot be written off as unfortunate consequences of development; premature deathis an “intolerable failure,” not an unfortunate happenstance....

A Clearer Picture of this Country

Heading Out ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence Young
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
State Department ◽  
The Real ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many ◽  
The U.S

This chapter analyzes the development and use of camping trailers, particularly the history of Airstream trailers and the company's colourful founder, Wally Byam. Byam initially came to Southern California in the 1920s to make his fortune in Hollywood, but he found success only after he began to sell trailer plans and trailers themselves during the early 1930s. After Byam passed away in 1962, the Wally Byam Foundation worked with the Airstream Company and the U.S. State Department to create several programs that used trailer camping as a means to familiarize foreign diplomats and others with the “real America.” Moreover, the experiences of Carolyn Bennett Patterson and the many participants in the trailer camping adventures organized by the Wally Byam Foundation suggest that trailer camping fits within the arc of camping's development.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Agnes Cornell ◽  
Jørgen Møller ◽  
Svend-Erik Skaaning
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Party Institutionalization ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Many ◽  
Western Democracies ◽  
Civil Societies

Against the backdrop of the economic crisis that began in 2008 and the rise of populist parties, a new body of research has used interwar political developments to warn that even long-established Western democracies are fragile. We challenge this interwar analogy based on the fact that a relatively large number of interwar democracies were able to survive the recurrent crises of the 1920s and 1930s. The main aim of this book is to understand the striking resilience of these democracies, and how they differed from the many democracies that broke down in the same period. Previous theoretical accounts, which can be divided into structuralist, elitist, associational, and performance-based perspectives, do not adequately explain this variation. We advance an explanation that nests an associational perspective in a structuralist perspective. The model centres on democratic legacies and strong associational landscapes (i.e. vibrant civil societies and party institutionalization). These factors are rooted in a set of structural conditions associated with socio-economic development and state- and nation-building processes. Our empirical strategy consists of a combination of systematic comparisons of all interwar democratic spells and in-depth case-studies.

scholarly journals Psychology Cannot Afford to Ignore the Many Harms Caused by Microaggressions

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monnica T. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Studies ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Important Work ◽  
Medical Problems ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Many ◽  
Everyday Discrimination

In an ongoing debate, Scott Lilienfeld (2019) continues to question the merits and meaning of microaggressions research. Key issues include how to define microaggressions, whether microaggressions cause measurable harm, whether microaggression education is helpful, and defining the most important next steps in the microaggressions research agenda. I discuss the importance of understanding microaggressions in context and as they relate to pathological stereotypes about groups, given that this is critical to identifying them. I summarize some of the many longitudinal studies linking psychological and medical problems to experiences of everyday discrimination. In addition, the literature indicates that victims of microaggressions experience further harms when trying to respond to offenders, but there is little research to support any specific interventions, including those advanced by Lilienfeld. I discuss the importance of believing and supporting those reporting experiences of microaggressions. I conclude that there is a need for more research examining (a) how to reduce the commission of microaggressions, (b) how to best respond to offenders in the moment in a way that mitigates harm for all persons involved, and (c) how clinicians can best help those who are suffering as a result of microaggressions as the next frontier in this important work.

scholarly journals Marx is Back, But Which One? On Knowledge Labour and Media Practice

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 570-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Mosco
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
The Political ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Structure And Dynamics ◽  
General Answer ◽  
The Many ◽  
Do So

The global economic crisis has led to a resurgence of interest in the work of Karl Marx. This paper acknowledges this interest, but asks on which of the many shades of Marx, communication scholars should be focusing their research attention. The most general answer is all of Marx, from the early work on consciousness, ideology and culture, which has informed critical cultural studies through to the later work on the structure and dynamics of capitalism that provides bedrock for the political economy of communication. But there is particular need for communication scholars to pay more attention to work that does not fit so neatly in either of these foci, namely, Marx of the Grundrisse and Marx, the professional journalist. Communication scholars need to do so because we have paid insufficient attention to labour in the communication, cultural and knowledge industries. The Marx of these two streams of work provides important guidance for what I have called the labouring of communication as well as for addressing general problems in communication theory.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and Vulnerable, Hardworking Kenyans: Why it's time for a strong social protection plan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Levi Gikandi
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Safety Nets ◽  
Informal Workers ◽  
Poor Access ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Vulnerable Households ◽  
The Many

Seven NGOs, the Kenyan government, the European Union and the Danish and German governments are working together to implement a ’Safety Nets’ programme targeting Kenya’s millions of informal workers. With rising food insecurity and sexual and gender-based-violence, mounting job losses, poor access to water and sanitation, and a lack of formal safety nets, the Kenyan informal sector has suffered the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Safety Nets programme has revealed that cash transfers which support the most vulnerable people, and are implemented safely, transparently and accountably, have the potential to help vulnerable households stave off starvation, infection and eviction. They can also help reduce the vulnerability of survivors and those at risk of sexual and gender-based violence. The results of this programme demonstrate that nascent Kenyan ‘social protection’ programmes should be 1) immediately extended and expanded to the many vulnerable Kenyans currently not enrolled in any social protection programme; and 2) strengthened long-term to make them more effective, sustainable and accountable.

scholarly journals Repatriation of Polish refugees of World War I: the case of the Altai Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-516
Author(s):  
Yurii M. Goncharov ◽  
Ksenia A. Tishkina
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
World War I ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
World War ◽  
Southern Siberia ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Past ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Many

During World War I a large number of refugees evacuated to the Russian Empires periphery, such as the many Poles who were temporarily transported eastward to Siberia. This article studies their repatriation after the conflicts end, which bears some relevance to forced migration, refugees and repatriation in todays world. Based on archival and secondary sources, the authors endeavor to reconstruct the repatriation of Polish refugees from Altai province in southern Siberia. Beginning in earnest after the Soviet Unions war with Poland of 1918-21, their return was hampered by the difficult conditions of the past Civil War and the countrys economic crisis. Although an extensive network of organizations was set up to carry the repatriation out, poor communication with the center, insufficient staff and the absence of registration forms made its work extremely difficult. At the same time, many refugees returned on their own, which further complicated matters. Nevertheless, most Poles eventually made it back home. The Russian-Ukrainian-Polish Mixed Commission on Repatriation announced that its work was done in 1924, although in fact it lasted for another year.

scholarly journals Redefining Goods Movement: Building an Ecosystem for the Introduction of Heavy-Duty Battery-Electric Vehicles

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Dawn Fenton ◽  
Aravind Kailas
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Lead Times ◽  
Heavy Duty ◽  
Charging Infrastructure ◽  
Goods Movement ◽  
Movement Building ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Many ◽  
Development Incentives

This article reviews the Volvo Low-Impact Heavy Green Transport Solution (LIGHTS) project, a multifaceted public–private partnership in Southern California, and provides some early insights and a model for successful fleet adoption of Class 8 battery-electric trucks. This paradigm shift in commercial trucking is emerging, forcing greater interdependence among many stakeholders—fleets, %, truck manufacturers, and policymakers—not currently engaged in the traditional heavy-duty commercial truck market. The many perspectives from this article such as lead times and costs associated with the deployment of charging infrastructure, developing the workforce to support largescale deployments, and the need for market development incentives from the government can be used to inform the programs and policies of California and other states seeking to follow their lead.

scholarly journals A Non-Classical Marketing Approach For Classical Music Performing Organizations: An Empirical Perspective

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elias G. Rizkallah
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
Classical Music ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Aggressive Approach ◽  
Inland Empire ◽  
Riverside County ◽  
Attendance Patterns ◽  
Empirical Perspective ◽  
Performing Art ◽  
Marketing Approach

In the last two decades, classical music performing art organizations have been eagerly searching for ways to attract younger audiences and enhance attendance at their live concerts. It seems that their classical marketing approaches are not achieving their goals, and a new and more aggressive approach is in order. The study surveyed a sample of 664 adult individuals in the Inland Empire region of Southern California regarding their attendance patterns to, attitudes towards, and preferences for classical music concerts in general and Riverside County Philharmonic performances in particular. Findings were analyzed and recommendations were made for classical music performing organizations to enhance their marketing strategies and tactics.

scholarly journals Rationality and Irrationality in Military Organizations

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Joseph Soeters
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Collateral Damage ◽  
Military Action ◽  
Military Organizations ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Way ◽  
Military Decision Making

AbstractThis chapter delves into a variety of issues dealing with rationality, irrationality, and everything in between, as they occur in military organizations. Respectively, this contribution examines the rationality behind the structure of military organizations, including its room for improvement based on contemporary experiences and insights, such as modular organizing. Next, the chapter deals with the possible McSoldiering of the military and the risk that rationality may turn irrational. Subsequently, the limits of rationality in military decision-making will be examined, after which elements of organizational hypocrisy in military action will be assessed. At the end, the phenomenon of collateral damage as a consequence of military action and the way the military often deals with this phenomenon, are considered. The aim of this chapter is to spawn insights and understanding of the many dilemmas that military organizations face continuously, on and off the area of operations, consciously and subconsciously.

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