scholarly journals Living Contexts of Non-Take-Up in Germany

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-282
Author(s):  
Jennifer Eckhardt
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Mode Of Action ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Research Areas

Abstract This article focuses on the refusal of social benefits in Germany from the perspectives of people who practice it. Through the presentation of three case studies, forms of subjectivation are reconstructed which offer insights into societal origins of refusal as an everyday mode of action and point towards further thematic and empirical research areas.

scholarly journals Partial state capture by a single oligarchic group: The Gorilla Case in Slovakia

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrej Školkay
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Political Sciences ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
State Capture ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Partial State ◽  
Academic Discourses

The article discusses the Gorilla case, an officially still-contested partial state capture by a single local oligarchic group, in line with the (partial) Elite Cartels corruption pattern in Slovakia. Due to the manner in which evidence, although considered unofficial, was made available, this case illustrates secret political and business processes during partial state capture. The initial absence of the case in public, political, and academic discourses, suggests that state capture can be present and operate undetected for a long time. This study also shows that in-depth analysis of the Gorilla case was avoided by both domestic and international political scientists, despite its paramount practical and theoretical importance. This, in turn, reflects a methodological capture of political science. Consequently, this article disentangles the complexities of the Gorilla case and lays down the foundation for further studies. Specifically, it highlights the need for more careful research, terminological precision in both theory-building and empirical findings on state and media capture based on case studies, as well as re-assessment of the methodology of political sciences used in these research areas.

Prologue: The Method and its Pitfalls

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Bobek
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Data Distortion

The chapter sets out the research design and questions for the case studies in the second part of the book. It discusses what is being examined with respect to all the systems studied and how it is achieved. Furthermore, problems encountered in doing empirical research into case law and judicial behaviour are acknowledged and the degree of potential data distortion caused by them discussed.

scholarly journals The state of heritage and cultural property policing in England & Wales, France and Italy

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
The State ◽  
Cultural Property ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Economies

Presenting a large threat to irreplaceable heritage, property, cultural knowledge and cultural economies across the world, heritage and cultural property crimes offer case studies through which to consider the challenges, choices and practices that shape 21st-century policing. This article uses empirical research conducted in England & Wales, France and Italy to examine heritage and cultural property policing. It considers the threat before investigating three crucial questions. First, who is involved in this policing? Second, how are they involved in this policing? Third, why are they involved? This last question is the most important and is central to the article as it examines why, in an era of severe economic challenges for the governments in the case studies, the public sector would choose to lead policing.

Empirical Research into Students’ Mobile Phones and their Use for Learning

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Bradley ◽  
Debbie Holley
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
First Year ◽  
Education Students ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Video Footage ◽  
Depth Study

This paper reports on empirical research conducted to find out about higher education students’ mobile phone ownership, and the ways in which they are using their mobiles for learning. A survey with a group of first-year students has been followed up by an in-depth study, in which three students were lent Flip Video Camcorders to capture their mobile learning activities and were interviewed to discover more about their practice. The video footage and interview data have been compiled into three rich case studies which help us to better understand students’ practice and attitudes towards mobile learning. The paper focuses on the survey data and the three case studies, which were analysed using grounded theory. The outcomes of this research can inform the work of educators seeking to design effective mobile learning activities that build on existing student practice and extend mobile learning within the blend of learning activities that we offer students.

Aan het Nederlands lijkt best wat te knutselen

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-395
Author(s):  
Marten van der Meulen ◽  
Nicoline van der Sijs
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Large Body ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Time Period ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Linguistic Level

Abstract The influence of prescriptivism on DutchWeerman (2003) unequivocally rejected the possibility for language to be malleable. At the time, there was little empirical research to challenge or support this claim. Over the last two decades, however, a fairly large body of research has delved into this issue. In light of this, we review some of Weerman’s views, and discuss new findings of the recent literature, both for Dutch and other languages. We show how new methods and insights have led to a re-evaluation of the effects of prescriptivism. We furthermore argue that, rather than categorically dismissing effects of prescriptivism, researchers should focus on case studies with different parameters, including linguistic level, prohibition strength and time period.

Reframing Serial Murder Within Empirical Research

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 544-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Gurian
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Serial Killers ◽  
Serial Murder ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Serial Homicide ◽  
Continued Use ◽  
Offending Patterns

Empirical research on serial murder is limited due to the lack of consensus on a definition, the continued use of primarily descriptive statistics, and linkage to popular culture depictions. These limitations also inhibit our understanding of these offenders and affect credibility in the field of research. Therefore, this comprehensive overview of a sample of 508 cases (738 total offenders, including partnered groups of two or more offenders) provides analyses of solo male, solo female, and partnered serial killers to elucidate statistical differences and similarities in offending and adjudication patterns among the three groups. This analysis of serial homicide offenders not only supports previous research on offending patterns present in the serial homicide literature but also reveals that empirically based analyses can enhance our understanding beyond traditional case studies and descriptive statistics. Further research based on these empirical analyses can aid in the development of more accurate classifications and definitions of serial murderers.

scholarly journals British Quaker Women's Fashionable Adaptation of their Plain Dress, 1860–1914

Costume ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Rumball
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
First World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Fully Adaptive ◽  
The First World War ◽  
Female Case ◽  
First World ◽  
Quaker Women

Throughout the period 1860–1914, British Quaker women sought to negotiate the incorporation of fashionable attire into their wardrobes to varying degrees, after the religion's hierarchy made prescriptive religious ‘Plain’ dress optional in 1860. After centuries of restrictive Advices, which used Scripture alongside peer pressure to encourage female Friends to dress ascetically, Quaker women began to interpret their new sartorial freedoms in diverse ways. Through the presentation of three female case studies from across the period, this article will suggest three newly identified distinct stances that Quaker women enacted in responding to the new Advice and adapting to fashionable ensembles, up until the devastating events of the First World War. These three stances were non-adaptive, semi-adaptive and fully adaptive. Based on empirical research conducted in dress collections across Britain, this article will describe and present the garments worn by these women, to illustrate and introduce these distinct sartorial stances.

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