Critical research and policy debates in disability and sexuality studies

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Shuttleworth
Keyword(s):  
Critical Research ◽  
Sexuality Studies ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Research And Policy ◽  
Disability And Sexuality

The New Solitary Confinement? A Conceptual Framework for Guiding and Assessing Research and Policy on “Restrictive Housing”

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. 1427-1444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel P. Mears ◽  
Vivian Hughes ◽  
George B. Pesta ◽  
William D. Bales ◽  
Jennifer M. Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Solitary Confinement ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Considerable Debate ◽  
Prison Systems ◽  
Research And Policy

As part of the rise of “get tough” punishment in recent decades, prison systems increasingly have relied on solitary confinement and what many contemporary accounts have termed “restrictive housing.” The latter includes an emphasis on some form of isolation and restrictions on privileges. Use of solitary-like confinement has engendered considerable debate because of differing views about whether it is moral or effective and whether it harms inmates. Despite this debate and the ubiquity of solitary-like confinement, there is much that remains unknown about its uses or effects. A central reason stems from inconsistent operationalizations of such housing in research and policy. This situation creates problems in generalizing the results of studies to diverse settings and populations. The goals of this article are to highlight these points and to advance scholarship and policy debates by presenting a conceptual framework for guiding and assessing research on restrictive housing.

THE CAPITAL FLIGHT FROM INDIA: A CASE OF MISSING WOODS FOR TREES?

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (02) ◽  
pp. 365-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
ASHIS KUMAR PRADHAN ◽  
GOURISHANKAR S. HIREMATH
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Capital Inflow ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Capital Flight ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Investment Opportunities ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
Research And Policy

The surge of capital inflow into emerging markets since the 1990s has attracted much research, but capital flight from these economies has received scant attention in research and policy debates, despite its severe implications. The present study attempts to address the issue of capital flight and gap in the literature. Our estimates show a steep increase in the magnitude of capital flight from India since 2003, and empirical results suggest that the significant determinants of capital flight are GDP and exchange rate. We find that higher interest rates discourage capital flight; while keeping interest rates high may partially restrict capital flight, it is infeasible, and may impede future economic growth. Our findings suggest the need for interventions and changes in the current policy framework to improve investment opportunities for residents and arrest capital flight.

scholarly journals Promoting Policy Coherence within the 2030 Agenda Framework: Externalities, Trade-Offs and Politics

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-118
Author(s):  
Alexander Brand ◽  
Mark Furness ◽  
Niels Keijzer
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy Coherence ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Research And Policy

The promotion of Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development is one of the 169 targets of the 2030 Agenda, and considered a key means of implementation. The 2030 Agenda, while noble and necessary to put humanity on a sustainable path, has vastly exacerbated the complexity and ambiguity of development policymaking. This article challenges two assumptions that are common in both policy discussions and associated scholarly debates: First, the technocratic belief that policy coherence is an authentically attainable objective; and second, whether efforts to improve the coherence within and across policies makes achieving the Sustainable Development Goals more likely. We unpack the conventional ‘win-win’ understanding of the policy coherence concept to illustrate that fundamentally incompatible political interests continue to shape global development, and that these cannot be managed away. We argue that heuristic, problem-driven frameworks are needed to promote coherence in settings where these fundamental inconsistencies are likely to persist. Instead of mapping synergies ex-ante, future research and policy debates should focus on navigating political trade-offs and hierarchies while confronting the longer-term goal conflicts that reproduce unsustainable policy choices.

scholarly journals TCKF-Connect: A Cross-Disciplinary Conceptual Framework to Investigate Internationalization within the Context of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura van Schijndel
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Knowledge Flows ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Research And Policy

This conceptual paper examines the still under-researched phenomena associated with internationalization within the context of entrepreneurial ecosystems. Drawing on multiple literature streams, I develop TCKF-Connect, a cross-disciplinary conceptual framework to investigate how entrepreneurial ecosystems become globally connected, and how, in turn, an ecosystem’s global connectedness can drive and sustain the internationalization processes of innovative start-ups. I propose a distinction between entrepreneurial ecosystems’ connectivity and ecosystems’ connectedness, where the former is purported as a necessary but not sufficient condition to achieve the latter. The framework developed revolves around the role played by a specific “vehicle” of connectivity across entrepreneurial ecosystems, i.e., temporary clusters, as conceptualized by Maskell, Bathelt and Malmberg and focuses on the role of knowledge flows within temporary clusters and across the entrepreneurial ecosystems where the temporary clusters are nested. The cross-disciplinary conceptual framework developed contributes to both research and policy debates by underpinning the investigation of research questions to further our understanding of the interplay between internationalization of entrepreneurial ecosystems and internationalization of the start-ups nested within them. The article proposes a research agenda emanating from the application of the cross-disciplinary conceptual framework developed and suggests a methodology for the empirical investigation.

Families, Work and Care: Qualitative Longitudinal Research and Policy Engagement

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Jane Millar
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Lone Parent ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Qualitative Evidence ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Policy Engagement ◽  
Research And Policy ◽  
Selection Of

Qualitative longitudinal research can make a distinctive contribution to policy discussions and to the assessment of outcomes. This article draws on research with lone-parent families over fifteen years to illustrate how change and continuity can look different over shorter and longer time periods, to discuss presenting longitudinal qualitative evidence through the selection of case studies, and to explore some of the challenges of engaging in policy debates with qualitative data.

scholarly journals “More and Better” Research? Critical Communication Studies and the Problem of Policy Relevance

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bram Dov Abramson ◽  
Jeremy Shtern ◽  
Gregory Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Policy Research ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Communication Policy ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Policy Relevance ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
Research And Policy

Abstract: This article is a programmatic and reflexive report on a conferenceworkshop entitled Converging in Parallel: Linking Communications Research and Policy in Emerging Canadian Scholarship, held at McGill University November 9-10, 2006, and what we believe it suggests about improving the policy relevance of critical research in the field of communication studies in Canada. After canvassing three broad areas of communication policy research activity—methodology, linkages, and research topics—the report suggests several steps to address challenges identified in these areas.Résumé : Cet article est un rapport programmatique et réflexif sur un colloque intitulé Converging in Parallel: Linking Communications Research and Policy in Emerging Canadian Scholarship, tenu à l’Université McGill les 9 et 10 novembre 2006. L’article évalue ce que, à notre avis, ce colloque a à proposer pour rendre les recherches critiques en communication au Canada plus pertinentes pour la formulation de politiques. L’article, après avoir passé en revue trois champs de recherche sur les politiques communicationnelles (la méthodologie, les connections possibles et les sujets de recherche), présente plusieurs manières de surmonter les défis identifiés dans ces domaines.

Command and Control

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Stuart D. H. Beveridge ◽  
Simon T. Henderson ◽  
Wayne L. Martin ◽  
Joleah B. Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Air Transport ◽  
Flight Safety ◽  
Flight Crew ◽  
Systematic Review Methodology ◽  
Role Assignment ◽  
Performance Factors ◽  
Policy Review ◽  
Reported Effect ◽  
And Control ◽  
Research And Policy

Abstract. Compared with other team settings, flight crew in air transport present a unique situation where the leader or supervisor regularly engages in active control. When the captain is assigned cognitively demanding pilot flying duties, the subordinate and often less experienced first officer must perform equally crucial monitoring and support duties. Using a systematic review methodology, this study reviews the reported effect of crew role assignment on flight safety outcomes. Our review identified 18 relevant studies and suggests crew performance factors linked to flight safety are affected by crew role assignment. Findings suggest a greater number of inherent obstacles may exist for optimal crew performance with the captain as pilot flying, raising the need for further specific research and policy review in this area.

Review of Aging and society: Current research and policy perspectives.

1980 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 747-747
Author(s):  
KEREN WILSON ◽  
RICHARD SCHULZ
Keyword(s):  
Research And Policy
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