scholarly journals Accountability and the Juxtaposition of Civil Society and Policing in a Period of Changing Norms

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Candyce Kelshall
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Social Contract ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Police Accountability ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the existing approaches to police accountability and how they may or may not address changing norms and expectations of civil society. It examines the role of independent police advisors and how they may contribute to bridging this divide. Design/Methodology/Approach The paper is a constructivist reflexive critique of the shortcomings of the mechanisms for policing accountability. It addresses human security considerations and the social contract in the existing populist charged social context and addresses other ways by which accountability may be achieved by challenging ideas and facilitating reconceptualization of accountability. Findings The advent of the independent advisor as employed by British Police forces is reviewed as a viable means of engaging communities to enable a constructive relationship built on accountability in advance of action rather than punitive recourse post crisis via complaint. Originality/Value An exploration of the relationship between the ‘critical friend’ Community engagement model of the UK independent police advisor and the role played by this approach in reconceptualizing police accountability. The author spent 10 years as an advisor.

The role of social context in the interpretation of sexist humor

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jared Alan Gray ◽  
Thomas E. Ford
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Local Norm ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sexist Humor ◽  
Critical Humor ◽  
Professional Workplace ◽  
Workplace Setting ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

AbstractAn experiment supported our hypotheses about the relationship between the social context in which sexist humor is delivered and the adoption of a non-critical humor mindset to interpret it. First, a professional workplace setting implied a local norm that is more prohibitive of sexist jokes than the general societal norm, whereas a comedy club implied a local norm of greater approval of sexist jokes. Second, offensiveness ratings revealed that participants were less likely to adopt a non-critical humor mindset to interpret sexist jokes delivered in a professional workplace setting and more likely to do so in a comedy club setting, compared to a setting governed by only the general societal norm. Finally, meditational analyses revealed that participants used the local norm of acceptability of sexist jokes to determine whether they could interpret the jokes in a non-critical humor mindset.

Contested Britain

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
The Social ◽  
Fundamental Cause ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Cultural Constraints ◽  
The Relationship

This book offers a powerful and distinctive analysis of how the politics of the UK and the lived experience of its citizens have been reframed in the first decades of the 21st century. It does so by bringing together carefully articulated case studies with theoretically informed discussion of the relationship between austerity, Brexit and the rise of populist politics, as well as highlighting the emergence of a range of practices, institutions and politics that challenge the hegemony of austerity discourses. The book mobilises notions of agency to help understand the role of austerity (as politics and lived experience) as a fundamental cause of Brexit. Investigating the social, economic, political, and cultural constraints and opportunities arising from a person’s position in society allows us to explain the link between austerity politics and the vote for Brexit. In doing so, the book goes beyond traditional disciplinary approaches to develop more interdisciplinary engagements, based on broad understandings of cultural studies as well as drawing on insights from political science, sociology, economics, geography and law. It uses comparative material from the regions of England and from the devolved territories of the UK, and explores the profound differences of geography, generation, gender, ‘race’ and class.

Perceptions of Water Quality in First Nations Communities: Exploring the Role of Context

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Baird ◽  
Ryan Plummer ◽  
Diane Dupont ◽  
Blair Carter
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Social Context ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Adaptive Governance ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Drinking water quality problems are persistent and challenging for many of Canada's First Nations communities despite past and ongoing initiatives to improve the situation. These initiatives have often been employed without consideration for understanding the social context that is so critical for the development of appropriate water governance approaches. This article offers insights about the relationship between institutions for water governance and perceptions in three Ontario First Nations communities. Similarities among communities were particularly noticeable for gender where women valued water more highly and were less content with water quality. The findings presented here highlight potential impacts of displacement, gender, and water sources on perceptions of water quality and offer initial insights that indicate the need for further research to consider the potential for adaptive governance approaches that enhance fit between problem and social contexts.

scholarly journals Supreme emergencies and public accountability: the case of procurement in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sian ◽  
Stewart Smyth
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Public Accountability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supreme Emergency ◽  
The Uk

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to examine the changed nature of public accountability during a supreme emergency and explore how legal and auditing mechanisms have come to the fore, concluding that misappropriation of public monies is not an inevitable outcome.Design/methodology/approachThe paper explores an illustrative example, the UK government's procurement of personal protective equipment during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic.FindingsIn circumstances of a supreme emergency where parliamentary scrutiny and competitive contract tendering are suspended, other forms of public accountability come to the fore, with civil society actors becoming more evident.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper relies on illustrative examples based on the Westminster model of government. The study advanced the notion of deferred accountability and identifies areas for further study, potentially in different jurisdictions.Social implicationsThe paper highlights the need for a variety of active and engaged civil society actors.Originality/valueThe paper contributes an empirical case to how an account of government behaviour is established. The paper also contributes to a deeper understanding of the nature and role of legal and government audit accountability mechanisms.

Innovation, happiness, and growth

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas J. Ali
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Factor ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Global Marketplace ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of innovation in society. It explores the relationship between societal happiness and economic growth and how innovation is linked to both issues. Design/methodology/approach – The paper briefly discusses the concept of innovation and the instrumental role that innovative people play in generating wealth and sustaining confidence and dedication among the widest possible segment of society. Findings – Based on economic logic and social perspectives, it is argued that innovation is not merely an economic issue but also a social factor that is characteristically linked to societal wellbeing and the position of a nation in the global marketplace. Originality/value – The paper offers a unique perspective on innovation and argues that it is a fatal mistake to view innovation as independent of the social and political aspects of any society. The paper sets the stage for an effective dialogue by which the essence of innovation, optimism, and economic growth can be recognized and reflected on as interrelated issues.

A Lord-Retainer Theme

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Maring
Keyword(s):  
Social Contract ◽  
The Social ◽  
Traditional Sense ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Genesis A

Chapter 3 discusses an oral-connected idiom whose constitutive motifs employ clusters of concepts rather than specific morphemes or phraseological patterns. By calling the lord-retainer convention a “theme” in the oral-traditional sense, this chapter highlights meaningful features of the theme and the expressive role of metonymic referentiality. The poems discussed use the motifs of the lord-retainer theme to frame the relationship between lords and retainers in different ways. In Battle of Maldon and Beowulf the lord-retainer theme represents the social contract between mortal lords and their retainers, while in Andreas and Genesis A it describes a spiritual contract between Christ and his followers.

Hegel, Deleuze/Guattari and Political Immanence: The Sons of Rousseau

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 326-347
Author(s):  
George Hristov
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Contract ◽  
Mutual Recognition ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn the article I argue that Hegel and Deleuze/Guattari construct two distinct political paths toward immanence. Both of these paths have as their starting point Rousseau’s bourgeois. I show that both thinkers follow Rousseau in his attempt to construct political immanence and abandon the position of private man. However, in doing so they move in opposite directions. Hegel seeks to convert the bourgeois into the citizen, with the intention of reformulating the immanence of state-life presented in the The Social Contract by extending mutual recognition a distinct space in the form of civil society. In contrast Deleuze/Guattari move in the direction of becoming-animal along the lines of the Discourse on Inequality, by reformulating the relationship between life and society. At the same time, I argue that the overcoming of the problems that Hegel and Deleuze/Guattari identified in Rousseau introduces new ones and that the dangers inherent in the project of immanence cannot disappear.

scholarly journals Social Embeddedness and Economic Behaviour in Pesantren Mlangi

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustaghfiroh Rahayu
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Rational Choice ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Negative Trend ◽  
Social Embeddedness ◽  
Economic Behaviour ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behaviour ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

In contrast to global research on the relationship between Islam and entrepreneurship, analyses which shows a negative trend, researches on this topic in Indonesia show different findings. Various researches show the positive impact of the teachings of Islam on Muslim entrepreneurial behaviour, including multiple studies conducted in Mlangi. Continuing the existing research, this research looks at the role of pesantren networks in entrepreneurial practices carried out by entrepreneurs as well as caregivers for pesantren in Mlangi. By using the social embeddedness theory, this research found out that there is a dialogue between rational choice, social context and pesantren networks in the business run by entrepreneurs cum caregivers of pesantren in Mlangi. Keywords: social embededdness), Mlangi, pesantren entrepreneur

scholarly journals Лингвистика: гордость и предубеждение

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Krongauz
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Language And Thought ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Linguistic Methods ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
High Place ◽  
The Prestige

В статье рассматривается место лингвистики в иерархии гуманитарных наук в разные периоды времени в течение XXXXI вв. Речь идет о роли лингвистики в мире, а ее усиление связывается сразвитием междисциплинарных отношений разного рода. Междисциплинарность может возникать вследствие увеличения интереса к языку, лингвистическим методам, взаимосвязи языка имышления, общества и т.п. Отдельно рассматривается ситуация в СССР, где престижу лингвистики способствовали и другие факторы, прежде всего социальный контекст. Отмечается, что сегодня лингвистика отчасти утратила свое высокое место в иерархии гуманитарных наук.The article considers the place of linguistics in the hierarchy of the humanities in different periods of time during the XXXXI centuries. It is about the role of linguistics in the world, and its strengthening is associated with the development of interdisciplinary relations of various kinds. Interdisciplinarity may arise as a result of increasing interest in language, in linguistic methods, in the relationship between language and thought, society, and so on. The situation in the USSR is considered separately, where other factors, primarily the social context, contributed to the prestige of linguistics. It is noted that today linguistics has partially lost its high place in the hierarchy of the humanities.

scholarly journals Role of Shared Identity (Kapwa) in Forgiving Others: A Collectivistic Approach in Understanding Forgiveness

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-636
Author(s):  
Darwin C. Rungduin ◽  
Teresita T. Rungduin ◽  
John Ray B. Acopio
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Shared Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Qualitative Analyses

In an attempt to indigenize psychology in the Philippines, shared identity has been used to explain concepts related to Filipino social behaviors. Since shared identity is an overarching concept that exudes Filipino behaviors in the social context, it is assumed that shared identity can further describe how and why Filipinos forgive. Thus, this study is attempted to understand forgiveness in the context of shared identity. Study I involved 30 Filipino undergraduate students to categorize people whom they interact with not one of us and one of us as well as to identify offenses that require forgiveness. Results from qualitative analyses were integrated in vignette stories which were used as priming for the experiment. In Study II, 62 Filipino undergraduate students were randomly assigned to several experimental conditions for evaluation of interaction effects of forgiveness-seeking behavior and shared identity. Results revealed that a forgiveness-seeking behavior was not being used in forgiving others; instead, it was the degree of relationship that determines one’s tendency to forgive. People who have developed a more profound relationship with others may be forgiven more easily because of the nature of the relationship one has with the transgressor. Thus, the decision to forgive may be considered multilayered and it had to be examined in both micro and macro levels.

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