scholarly journals International Security and New Threats: Securitisation and Desecuritisation of Drug Trafficking at the Brazilian Borders

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-234
Author(s):  
Caroline Cordeiro Viana e Silva ◽  
Alexsandro Eugenio Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
International Security ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Brazilian Government ◽  
Brazilian Legislation ◽  
Copenhagen School ◽  
The One

Abstract The expansion of the security agenda was at the basis of the emergence of new theoretical concepts in the field of studies on international security. One example is the concept of securitisation, developed by the Copenhagen School, which makes it possible to examine, on the one hand, new threats to the security of countries and, on the other hand, the policies through which they seek to address them. Based on this concept, the article argues that drug trafficking was securitised by the Brazilian government in the period of 2011-2016. From 2016, with the issue of Decree nº 8903, the matter returned to the stage of ‘politicisation’ as understood by the Copenhagen School. The decree marked, therefore, a process of desecuritisation of the issue in Brazil, since it revoked the Strategic Border Plan, resulting in the loss of the temporary and emergency nature of the ‘Ágata’ operations. This article analyses the development of Brazilian legislation since 1976 on this matter and carries out, for the period 2011 to 2016, content analysis of the narrative on securitisation. In addition, this work examines the guidelines and nature of the Brazilian government’s public policies aimed at combating drug trafficking.

THE ROLE OF THE OBITUARY PAGES IN FACSBOOK, IS IT FOR IMMORTALIZATION OR FOR CRYING OVER THE RUINS

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 119-126
Author(s):  
Hadeel EJMAIL
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The Other ◽  
Dead Person ◽  
Screen Capture ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The One ◽  
Facebook Pages

Death is one of the most difficult topics a person can talk about. The human being is busy with how to continue his life and improve its conditions. This study aims is to explore the writing of Facebook pages of the dead. The research used the qualitative approach through a content analysis, where (50) publications were found on fifteen pages of a dead person with an intentional sample, and the results of the research showed that writing people in the pages of the dead included two directions, the first direction is a desire to immortalize the dead and a kind of preserving their roots Alive. As for the other direction, it was weeping over their ruins and showing the end of a person's death and his end life. Sometimes in the same post include both directions together, meaning "the use of the deceased’s account by his family by changing the profile picture of the dead, and at the same time inviting the deceased’s friends through his page to the memorial event. People write on the pages of the dead in order to weep over their ruins on the one hand, and to immortalize their memories on the other side. Facebook as a social platform and the interaction of people with the pages of the dead shows the great social interaction that takes place in this space, and research in this field is not consistent with one and only claim, as some posts are either temporary or permanent; Therefore, I have used screen capture technology to collect and retain information. The pages of the dead included referring to them, writing memorials and longing, etc. Facebook has become a social platform that allows those who lose a dear person to share their grief through it, and enables them to deal with death and relieve their pain

scholarly journals Valores y experiencias del cuerpo y la imagen en las comunicaciones de jóvenes estudiantes: una perspectiva de género = Values, body experiences and images in youth communications: a gender perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Micaela Bunes Portillo ◽  
Belén Blesa Aledo ◽  
María Tornel Abellán
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Gender Communication ◽  
Body Experiences ◽  
The One

Resumen. ¿Nos comunicamos de la misma manera cuando estamos físicamente presen­tes o cuando lo hacemos mediados por la tecnología? ¿Cómo nos relacionamos con las imágenes sobre nosotros y cómo nos afecta su publicación?El cuerpo como escenario y como contenido de la comunicación es el eje alrededor del cual gira este nuevo análisis comparado de los valores identificados en una investigación ex­ploratoria, en la que se ha buscado realizar una aproximación a los cambios que están teniendo lugar en las comunicaciones de los jóvenes a partir de sus propios testimonios. El análisis de contenido realizado utiliza las categorías axiológicas del modelo Hall-Tonna. Se ha procedido agrupando las respuestas de chicos/chicas, dadas a dos preguntas formuladas a estudiantes de edades comprendidas entre los 17 y los 24 años. En esta ocasión, la atención se ha centrado en analizar las experiencias relatadas desde la perspectiva de género.Las diferencias reseñables se encuentran en las respuestas a la segunda pregunta. En ellas destaca el valor de la imagen. En las chicas hay una percepción de la imagen del cuer­po como capital en lo relativo tanto a la competencia personal (presente) como profesional (futura), percepción que en ellos está ausente. En ambos casos, la segunda pregunta presenta perfiles de valores más discontinuos que en la primera, lo que indica la mayor fragilidad ex­perimentada ante la imagen del cuerpo en el medio tecnológico.Palabras clave: valores, género, comunicaciones, juventud, cuerpo, análisis de contenido.Abstract. Do we communicate in the same way when we are physically present and when we do it through technology? How do we relate to the images about us and how do their publication affect us?The body as a setting and as the content of communication is the thematic focus of this new comparative analysis, which tackles the values identified in an exploratory research. In this study, it has been attempted to make an approximation to the changes that are taking place in the communications among young people, based on their own testimonies.The content analysis carried out uses the axiological categories of the Hall-Tonna model. It has been proceeded by grouping the responses, given by young students aged between 17 and 24 years, of boys, on the one hand, and girls, on the other. The attention has focused on analysing the experiences from a gender perspective.The remarkable differences are found in the second question’s answers. In the answers provided by girls stand out the value of the image, however they have a perception of the body as of paramount importance regarding both personal (present) and professional (future) competence, meanwhile this is not present in boy’s answers. In both cases, the second ques­tion presents profiles of more discontinuous values than in the first one, which indicates the greater fragility experienced to the image of the body in the technological medium.Keywords: values, gender, communication, young people, body, content of analysis.

scholarly journals Why do voters vote? Theoretical concepts and experimental results

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 204-226
Author(s):  
A.P. Zaostrovtsev ◽  
◽  
V.V. Matveev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Individualism ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
The Other ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Relational Goods ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Private Goods ◽  
Consistent Solution ◽  
Theoretical Finding ◽  
The One

The article examines the evolution of the analysis of voters’ behavior when searching for an answer to the question: Why does the a voter vote? It is shown how the approach to the voter as a rational egoistic investor gave rise to what is commonly called the “voter’s paradox” in political and economic theory. Further search was aimed at explaining this paradox. On the one hand, the concept of an expressive voter appears, who expresses himself through participation in elections, on the other hand, we are talking about an altruistic voter who overcomes egoism. The latest theoretical finding was the explanation of participation in voting by attracting “relational goods” that differ in their qualities from both public and private goods. With this approach, the “voter’s paradox” finds the most consistent solution. And it is in this approach the shift from methodological individualism to institutional individualism is most clearly manifested. The authors of the article highlight this shift as a new trend in explaining the reasons for voting. At the same time, it is argued that the considered conceptual diversity is a reflection of the multidimensional features of human nature, and it is this fact that gives rise to the ambiguity and contradiction of experimental results.

Ready for the unexpected: theoretical framework and empirical findings on communication consulting

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olaf Hoffjann ◽  
Karina Hoffstedde ◽  
Franziska Jaworek
Keyword(s):  
Active Role ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Other ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Process Consulting ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The One ◽  
First Time

PurposeAlthough the market for communication consultancies has been booming worldwide for many years now, there are still only a handful of theoretical concepts and empirical findings pertaining to communication consulting. This is the fundamental starting point for this paper, which sets out to answer the following research questions: What is the function of communication consulting? What are the differences between consultants' expectations of consulting and those of clients? How do consultants and clients deal with the contradiction between proximity and distance? What are the potential threats to the autonomy of consulting?Design/methodology/approachThe paper combines a theoretical framework of communication consulting with a survey of German communication consultants and clients.FindingsFirst, a theoretical framework is developed in which communication consulting is defined as follows: First, it opens up decision-related contingency and thus produces additional options for managing communicative relationships with internal and external target groups, before helping to close decision-related contingency. The results of the survey show that the expectations of clients and consultants for communication consulting are largely similar. In the closing dimension especially, most clients share the active role of self-conception of most consultants. On the other hand, in some opening activities, clients wish for more critical, independent and courageous consulting.Research limitations/implicationsThe scope of the empirical material is limited to communication consultants and clients in Germany and may therefore not be valid in other cultural contexts.Originality/valueThe paper closes a gap in both theory building and empirical research in communication consulting. The theory presented conceives of communication consulting as a hybrid of management consulting and process consulting and, in addition to the opening dimension, also takes the closing dimension of consulting into consideration for the first time. The study reveals a certain schizophrenia in clients: on the one hand, clients demand more critical consultants and thus call for more distance; on the other hand, clients prefer to be close to their consultants, particularly if they wish to work with them for the long-term.

Hydrological Risk Phenomena and Flood Analysis

2015 ◽  
pp. 284-311
Author(s):  
Constantin Buta ◽  
Ichinur Omer ◽  
Andreea Andronic
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
River Catchment ◽  
Catchment Size ◽  
Major River ◽  
Flood Analysis ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

This paper is one detailed research of the major river basins of the Romanian North Dobrogea, Taita River Catchment. The Taita River has a catchment size of about 591 km 2 and is flowing into the Black Sea through Topraichioi Lake after 57 km. Upstream it has an elevation about 240 m height and 0 m at downstream (the reference is the Black Sea). The complexity of this research study is given, on the one hand, by the descriptive side of the natural aspects (geological, morphological, climatic aspects, hydrology and the soil) and, on the other hand, by the practical side, boosted by the information system processing of data. This study presents the theoretical concepts concerning the hazards and the risk, which, for a better interpretation of the impact of these phenomena, are supplemented by the maps, graphs and photographs.

The Global South and International Security

2018 ◽  
pp. 381-396
Author(s):  
Rita Abrahamsen ◽  
Adam Sandor
Keyword(s):  
International Security ◽  
Global South ◽  
Central Place ◽  
The Other ◽  
Weak State ◽  
Major Threat ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
The One ◽  
Peacekeeping Missions

This chapter shows how areas of the global South have moved from the periphery to the center of academic and policy debates about international security. It argues that speaking about the global South as a singular, uniform unit is fraught with difficulties, analytically and politically, and that areas of the global South are occupying an increasingly central, yet ambivalent and contradictory position, within contemporary international security. On the one hand, the global South appears in the figure of the “weak state” as a major threat. On the other, the global South performs as the “intervener state” by contributing the majority of personnel to peacekeeping missions in the world’s trouble spots. The chapter seeks to capture this contradictory position of being part problem, part solution. It concludes that the global South is likely to continue to occupy a central place within international security and that the contradictions are likely to multiply.

scholarly journals The Concept of Ali Abdul Halim Mahmud’s Quranic Education: A Critical Analysis of ‘Fundamentalist’ Exegesis Paradigm

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmud Arif
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Education System ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
The Other ◽  
Literary Study ◽  
Holistic Method ◽  
Critical Interpretation ◽  
The One

The principle of the Quran’s universal relevance is understood in various ways among scholars. Such principle has led to the emergence of various perspectives. On the one hand, some consider the Quran as an open text that can continuously be reinterpreted, while on the other hand, some consider it as the ultimate book that provides guidance concerning all matters of human life. Given this context, it is of great interest to critically discuss Ali Abdul Halim Mahmud’s views that considered the Quran as a comprehensive source of guidance for addressing the various problems of life as well as a text filled with a myriad of educational prescriptions. This literary study focuses on Mahmud’s exegetic works by applying the holistic method based on a content analysis and a textual investigation. In his works, Mahmud affirmed that the sole solution for Muslims was returning to the guidance of the Quran and the Sunnah. According to him, the Quran serves as the primary source in understanding Islam as a Divine system that is compatible throughout the ages. He had applied two models in elaborating the Qur’anic tenets: (1) selecting a certain surah, and (2) appointing a certain educational topic. Mahmud’s conviction that the perfect Quranic education system exists had prompted him to interpret Quranic verses, in clarifying and conclusive manners. His Quranic interpretation fully contains messages pertaining to morality, da’wah, and social movement in order to revive the glory of the Muslim, but frequently it lacks appreciation for critical-interpretation.

scholarly journals Tunisians in motion: Performing and narrating the (non-)political in Leyla Bouzid's As I Open My Eyes

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-154
Author(s):  
Alena Strohmaier
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Public Controversy ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Private Realm ◽  
Ruling Elites ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The One

Abstract The film À peine j'ouvre les yeux (As I Open My Eyes, 2015) by Leyla Bouzid condenses performance and narration to create a space alternating between normative discourses prescribed by ruling elites on the one hand and the subjectivity of human agency on the other. Recent developments in the Maghreb have noted that issues previously attributed to the private realm, the cultural or social sphere are being politicized and thus become the focus of public controversy. Following postcolonial, cultural studies and space-theoretical concepts, the epistemological interest of this article is linked to a flexible, media-theoretical notion of the political, so as to discuss specific forms of social/private spheres and discourses of knowledge production in a critical analysis with questions about individual/collective agencies based on examples in the film itself.

scholarly journals 150 years after the birth of Rosa Luxemburg: Actuality of her social reform or revolution

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 833-865
Author(s):  
Vera Vratuša-Žunjić
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Reform ◽  
The Other ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Capitalist Mode ◽  
Time Space ◽  
The One ◽  
Mode Of Production ◽  
Rosa Luxemburg

The paper examines the actuality of Rosa Luxemburg's Reform or revolution 150 years after her birth. The main method used is the content analysis of this important polemical pamphlet placed in the context of the time/space, i.e. when and where it was written, on the one hand, and today, on the other. The main finding is that Rosa's work has remained relevant to our days since the capitalist mode of production is still characterized by internal contradictions producing barbaric consequences of exploitation and imperialist wars. These capitalist system's consequences ensure the permanent actuality of the dilemma between socialism and barbarism confronted by Rosa Luxemburg throughout her life.

scholarly journals Role of clusters in the Polish innovation system

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (53) ◽  
pp. 304-310
Author(s):  
Marta Mackiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cluster Policy ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Polish Economy ◽  
The One

AbstractThis article presents the role of clusters in the Polish innovation system. This role has evolved in recent years due to maturing of cluster organisations and the expansion of their ability not just to provide services for cluster members but also to perform selected public tasks. This study aims to provide a better understanding of the nature and extent to which clusters can contribute to the objectives of development policies and thus to the economic development of the Polish economy and answer the question what role clusters can play in the innovation system. Based on a survey of 44 cluster organisations in Poland and interviews with cluster managers, the study explores the possibility of engaging Polish cluster organisations in the implementation of public policies. The results confirm that many of the Polish clusters achieved such a level of development that they themselves see the possibility of engaging in public tasks, for example education and specialised training, helping enterprises in digital transformation, monitoring technological trends, and so on. Therefore, it is justified pursuing a dual cluster policy. This duality means focus on two objectives: supporting cluster organisations on the one hand and implementing cluster-based development policies on the other hand.

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