scholarly journals POLITICAL PROPAGANDA AS A MEANS OF OBTAINING, RETENTION AND USE OF POWER

2018 ◽  
pp. 30-37
Author(s):  
Dmytro Pavlov
Keyword(s):  
Social Actors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Propaganda ◽  
Reality Construction ◽  
Political Reality ◽  
The Face ◽  
Political Technology ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Rating Information

The main objective of the study is to investigate the peculiarities of political propaganda as an instrument of struggle for power and its effective use. Methodological basis of research is the constructivist approach, which allowed to consider propaganda as tools of political reality construction that is imposed on and assimilated social actors as institutsionalnaya objectified and public. The main result of the study is justification of the validity of the scientific thesis that political propaganda is a way to expansion of power. Obedience is a consequence of the propaganda that has gripped first groups, then masses and whole nations. Political propaganda makes people (in the face of its separate groups and representatives) to transfer its sovereign rights to exercise control of the nation-state. The actions of the authorities have meaning if they fall into the propaganda space. The propaganda space is instance of meanings, that promote certain interests and regulate behavioral responses of social subjects to various situations. Propaganda is a specific type of power. Propaganda power is the effectiveness and efficiency of the imposition of meanings to the public and groups which structure their political behavior. The mechanism of realization of political propaganda is to offer, strengthening and maintaining the meanings which allow any regime of power to operate effectively and successfully dominate. The important role of presupposition techniques of propaganda, which discreetly form the installation and determine the rating information that applies. The meanings, which propaganda disseminated, structured relationships that determine the dispositions, the capabilities, strategic vision, competencies and functions of political entities. Propaganda is an eternal engine of social and political change and the instance of the colonization of the future. No social and political technology does not work if does not refer to propaganda, distribution and attribution of meanings.

The Interrelation between Public Participation and Access to Justice in the eia Context in the Face of the Increasing Use of Digital Technologies: Comment on the cjeu Judgment in the A.Flausch et al Case (C-280/18)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 39-55
Author(s):  
Vasiliki (Vicky) Karageorgou
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Specific Aspect ◽  
Time Limit ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Face ◽  
Procedural Autonomy

Abstract The article analyzes the cjeu Judgment in the A. Flausch et al case, which concerns the compatibility of the Greek procedural rules relating to specific aspects of the public participation in the eia context and to a specific aspect of access to justice (time limit) with the respective EU Law provisions in the face of the increasing use of digital technologies in the public participation procedures. This ruling is important, because it sets limits to the procedural autonomy of ms when it comes to the rules that are applied to the eia-related disputes and those that concern the public participation arrangements. It demonstrates, though, the lack of a steady line in the Court’s jurisprudence concerning the standards for assessing the national procedural rules and the role of Article 47 cfr. Moreover, the Court did not lay the ground for an interpretation of the ΕU public participation provisions in a way that an obligation for taking measures could be established, with the aim to ensure equal participation opportunities.

scholarly journals Half-Remembering and Half-Forgetting? On Turning the Past of Old Norse Studies into a Future of Old Norse Studies

Humanities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Jan Alexander van Nahl
Keyword(s):  
Old Norse ◽  
Social Relevance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Special Obligation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The Face

Many Humanities scholars seem to have become increasingly pessimistic due to a lack of success in their efforts to be recognized as a serious player next to their science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) colleagues. This appears to be the result of a profound uncertainty in the self-perception of individual disciplines within the Humanities regarding their role both in academia and society. This ambiguity, not least, has its roots in their own history, which often appears as an interwoven texture of conflicting opinions. Taking a stance on the current and future role of the Humanities in general, and individual disciplines in particular thus asks for increased engagement with their own past, i.e., histories of scholarship, which are contingent on societal and political contexts. This article’s focus is on a case study from the field of Old Norse Studies. In the face of the rise of populism and nationalism in our days, Old Norse Studies, with their focus on a ‘Germanic’ past, have a special obligation to address societal challenges. The article argues for the public engagement with the histories of individual disciplines to strengthen scholarly credibility in the face of public opinion and to overcome trenches which hamper attempts at uniting Humanities experts and regaining distinct social relevance.

scholarly journals Liking the sound of their own voices: A case of TV anchors and their shows

2019 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Shehzad ◽  
Dr Muhammad Zaman ◽  
Shane Zahra
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Talk Shows ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Systematic Random Sampling ◽  
The Public ◽  
Percent Time ◽  
Political Reality ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this research paper was to tap the role of anchorpersons of talk shows in promotion of media agenda and shaping political reality through measuring correspondence between time consumed by the anchorpersons and panel of experts. For the purpose, systematic random sampling technique has been used to select prime time talk shows of Geo News for one year. On the basis of wide coverage, three issues memo gate, law and order and corruption were selected to gauge the relationship between the variables. The results show a significant correlation between slant for the issues and time consumed by the anchors has been observed on all the three issues. The results showed that more the time grabbed by anchorpersons, more the programs remained in unfavorable state towards government. The results also revealed that 71% of total talk shows’ time was grabbed by the anchorpersons while panel of experts allotted 29% percent time in the issues. Anchorpersons remained unfavorable and biased in its deliberations towards government to a great extent by snatching the maximum time of the programs for molding the public opinion in a certain direction.

scholarly journals Procurement in the time of COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-87
Author(s):  
Albert Sanchez-Graells
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
The Public ◽  
Joint Procurement ◽  
The Face

This piece reflects on the role of public procurement regulation in the face of a situation, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, generating an extremely urgent need for the public sector to buy additional supplies and equipment. Counterintuitively, at a time of heightened public expenditure, public procurement rules are ‘deactivated’. That does not mean that unusual procurement mechanisms are not ‘activated’, though, as the example of the EU’s Joint Procurement Agreement shows. It also does not mean that ‘reactivating’ public procurement regulation will not present challenges, some of which deserve careful consideration.

scholarly journals La economía de la conservación de la agrobiodiversidad para la seguridad alimentaria ante el cambio climático

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Unai Pascual ◽  
Ulf Narloch ◽  
Stella Nordhagen ◽  
Adam G. Drucker
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Economic Perspective ◽  
Public Values ◽  
The Public ◽  
Human Wellbeing ◽  
Agrobiodiversity Conservation ◽  
The Face

<span>Subsistence-based and natural resource-dependent societies are especially vulnerable to climate change. In such contexts, food security needs to be strengthened by investing in the adaptability of food systems. This paper looks into the role of agrobiodiversity conservation for food security in the face of climate change. It identifies agrobiodiversity as a key public good that delivers necessary services for human wellbeing. We argue that the public values provided by agrobiodiversity conservation need to be demonstrated and captured. We offer an economic perspective of this challenge and highlight ways of capturing at least a subset of the public values of agrobiodiversity to help adapt to and reduce the vulnerability of subsistence based economies to climate change.</span>

scholarly journals Global fire, natural disasters: disaster consequences for humanity are possible

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 161-169
Author(s):  
B. Andrushkiv ◽  
N. Kyrych ◽  
L. Melnyk ◽  
O. Pohajdak ◽  
R. Sherstiuk
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
The State ◽  
The Public ◽  
Planetary Scale ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Social Management

The article summarizes and reveals the results of the round table meeting of the public association «Academy of Social Management», which discussed the problems of fires on a global scale. There are considered the means of counteraction to global fires, carried out the forecasting of catastrophic consequences from possible consequent development of oxygen problems. The causes of this phenomenon have been identified, including the irresponsible attitude of the competent institutions. The paper discloses the place and role of state and international governing bodies in these processes. There is offered the organization of preventive measures in this area on the basis of effective use of humanitarian tools. There were revealed the imperfections in actions of the state controlling instances. Also are highlighted the views on these problems of well-known scientists and people who impartially assess the situation. It is established that regardless of the source, natural disasters are characterized by significant scale and duration. Some of them pose a threat to humanity on a planetary scale.

scholarly journals Public behaviour in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: understanding the role of group processes

BJPsych Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Drury ◽  
Holly Carter ◽  
Evangelos Ntontis ◽  
Selin Tekin Guven
Keyword(s):  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
The Public ◽  
Identity Processes ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Many

Background In the absence of a vaccine, behaviour by the public is key to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, as with other types of crises and emergencies, there have been doubts about the extent to which the public are able to engage effectively with the required behaviour. These doubts are based on outdated models of group psychology. Aims and argument We analyse the role of group processes in the COVID-19 pandemic in three domains: recognition of threat, adherence by the public to the required public health behaviours (and the factors that increase such adherence) and actions of the many community mutual aid groups that arose during lockdown. In each case, we draw upon the accumulated research on behaviour in emergencies and disasters, as well as the latest findings in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, to show that explanations in terms of social identity processes make better sense of the patterns of evidence than alternative explanations. Conclusions If behaviour in the pandemic is a function of mutable group processes rather than fixed tendencies, then behavioural change is possible. There was evidence of significant change in behaviour from the public, particularly in the early days of the pandemic. Understanding the role of group processes means we can help design more effective interventions to support collective resilience in the public in the face of the pandemic and other threats. We draw out from the evidence a set of recommendations on facilitating the public response to COVID-19 by harnessing group processes.

Review Article: God and Globalization

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 258-264
Author(s):  
J. Jayakiran Sebastian
Keyword(s):  
Christian Mission ◽  
The Public ◽  
China And India ◽  
Final Volume ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The Face ◽  
Truth Claims ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Role Of Religion

AbstractThe fourth and final volume in Max Stackhouse series on 'God and Globalization' invites to consider more deeply the realities of globalization. In particular, questions of imperialism and post-colonialism are related to questions concerning the place given to religion and faith by nation-states. China and India, while both experiencing rapidly changing economies, have diverse approaches to the role of religion in the public sphere. Globalization forces 'the west' to engage with the differing economic and religious circumstances of 'the east', and to reconsider the appropriateness of Christian mission in the face of the plurality of faiths and their competing truth claims.

scholarly journals Recuperar la ciudadanía post-deportación en la frontera México-Estados Unidos

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Gabriela Irina Pinillos Quintero ◽  
Laura Velasco Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequalities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Border City ◽  
Mexican State ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
The Face ◽  
National Affiliation ◽  
Relationship Of

This article aims to analyze the importance of formal citizenship in the reintegration process of people deported from the United States to Mexico. The analysis parts from the case study of deportations to the border city of Tijuana, Baja California, which includes 68 in-depth interviews focused on redocumentation to demonstrate their national affiliation. The main findings show that the condition of documentation plays a strategic role in the processes of re-citizenship in the countries of origin. Upon return by a process of deportation, there is a revitalization of the importance of formal citizenship that seemed outweighed in the face of the multiple forms of affiliation, belonging, and local participation. The role of private and social actors is strategic in the processes of redocumentation and recovery of the relationship of individuals with the State, which also reflects the reproduction of multiple social inequalities between subjects of the Mexican State.

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