scholarly journals Neoliberal Deviants and Surveillance: Welfare Recipients under the watchful eye of Ontario Works

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 47-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krystle Maki
Keyword(s):  
Drug Testing ◽  
Welfare Recipients ◽  
Service Delivery Model ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Good Market ◽  
Poor Families ◽  
Welfare Fraud ◽  
And Control

This article examines the current practices of welfare surveillance in Ontario Works (OW). Although neoliberal policy changes to social assistance have been well documented by a variety of scholars, the surveillance technologies behind them have received less scrutiny. The article questions how new surveillance technologies have transformed the administration and everyday practices of OW. Based on primary research of policy documents, legislation, regulations and directives, the paper explores the eight surveillance tools used to police OW recipients including the Consolidated Verification Procedure (CVP); Maintenance Enforcement with Computer Assistance (MECA); Service Delivery Model Technology (SDMT); Ontario Works Eligibility Criteria; Eligibility Review Officers (EROs); Audit of Recipients; Drug Testing and Welfare Fraud Hotlines. I argue the Ontario Works Act (OWA) 1997 justified increased surveillance, regulation and control of poor families creating new forms of surveillance. Additionally, the rationales behind the implementation of OW surveillance (anti–fraud and workfare) were unjustified and have made OW recipients, particularly racialized single mothers more vulnerable. Using a feminist political economy critique, the article endeavours to explore the gendered, classed and racialized implications of welfare surveillance and the expanding ways the state has created ‘deviants’ out of those who fail to be ‘good market citizens’.

Welfare Fraud Is Scarce

2021 ◽  
pp. 106-113
Author(s):  
Mark Robert Rank ◽  
Lawrence M. Eppard ◽  
Heather E. Bullock
Keyword(s):  
Drug Testing ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Error Rates ◽  
Welfare Recipients ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Welfare Fraud ◽  
Welfare Use ◽  
Low Incidence

Chapter 14 debunks the myth that welfare fraud is rampant. Although this myth is routinely perpetrated by political actors, the reality is that fraud is quite uncommon. Error rates are examined for the SNAP program, showing overall low incidence. There are currently multiple initiatives underway to curb SNAP enrollment that appear to be fueled by unfounded concerns about fraud, abuse, and waste. In addition, the trend toward criminalization of welfare use is discussed. This includes finger-imaging welfare recipients along with drug testing. Finally, research has demonstrated that a number of poverty-stricken individuals and families who would be eligible for various safety net programs choose not to apply in order to avoid the humiliation, frustration, and stigma associated with welfare.

scholarly journals Modelling the Human Placental Interface In Vitro—A Review

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 884
Author(s):  
Marta Cherubini ◽  
Scott Erickson ◽  
Kristina Haase
Keyword(s):  
Drug Testing ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
In Vitro Models ◽  
Placental Development ◽  
Scientific Challenge ◽  
Induced Pluripotent ◽  
And Function ◽  
And Control

Acting as the primary link between mother and fetus, the placenta is involved in regulating nutrient, oxygen, and waste exchange; thus, healthy placental development is crucial for a successful pregnancy. In line with the increasing demands of the fetus, the placenta evolves throughout pregnancy, making it a particularly difficult organ to study. Research into placental development and dysfunction poses a unique scientific challenge due to ethical constraints and the differences in morphology and function that exist between species. Recently, there have been increased efforts towards generating in vitro models of the human placenta. Advancements in the differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), microfluidics, and bioprinting have each contributed to the development of new models, which can be designed to closely match physiological in vivo conditions. By including relevant placental cell types and control over the microenvironment, these new in vitro models promise to reveal clues to the pathogenesis of placental dysfunction and facilitate drug testing across the maternal–fetal interface. In this minireview, we aim to highlight current in vitro placental models and their applications in the study of disease and discuss future avenues for these in vitro models.

scholarly journals Borders and resilience: Asylum seeker reception at the securitized Finnish-Swedish border

2021 ◽  
pp. 239965442110000
Author(s):  
Eeva-Kaisa Prokkola
Keyword(s):  
Asylum Seeker ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Border Crossings ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Border Controls ◽  
And Control ◽  
Cross Border Cooperation

The past decade has witnessed a shift from “open borders” policies and cross-border cooperation towards heightened border securitization and the building of border walls. In the EU context, since the migration influx of 2015–2016, many Member States have retained the re-instituted Schengen border controls intended to be temporary. Such heightened border securitization has produced high levels of anxiety among various populations and increased societal polarization. This paper focuses on the processes underpinning asylum seeker reception at the re-bordered Finnish-Swedish border and in the Finnish border town of Tornio. The asylum process is studied from the perspective of local authorities and NGO actors active in the everyday reception, care and control practices in the border securitization environment enacted in Tornio in 2015. The analysis highlights how the ‘success’ of everyday reception work at the Tornio border crossing was bound to the historical openness of the border and pre-existing relations of trust and cooperation between different actors at various scales. The paper thus provides a new understanding of the significance of borders and border crossings from the perspective of resilience and highlights some of the paradoxes of border securitization. It notes that although border closures are commonly envisioned as a direct response to forced migration, the everyday practices and capacities of the asylum reception at the Finnish-Swedish border are themselves highly dependent on pre-existing border crossings and cross-border cooperation.

Urban Redevelopment as Contingent Process: Implicating Everyday Practices in Berlin’s Renewal

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy T. Cooper ◽  
Christopher Mele
Keyword(s):  
Urban Redevelopment ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
State Actors ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
And Control

In this article, we generate a “middle–ground” perspective to interrogate the range of interactions between political economic processes and everyday practices in the study of urban redevelopment. Focusing on the contested redevelopment of residential, commercial, and public spaces in the Spandauer Vorstadt neighborhood of Berlin, we examine how institutions and individuals incorporated certain local everyday practices and behaviors into renewal agendas. Such processes of incorporation were neither uniform nor homogeneous but disputed; state actors, planners, and developers, as well as residents, focused on certain existing neighborhood practices (and ignored others) in an effort to manage and control the course of neighborhood redevelopment. Conversely, everyday practices influenced redevelopment processes in ways often not intended by residents or other stakeholders. Finally, while our findings pertain to the case study of Berlin, we suggest that similar processes are at work in other cases of urban redevelopment in Western cities.

scholarly journals Turkey’s governance of irregular migration at European Union borders: Emerging geographies of care and control

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 849-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beste İşleyen
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Unsuccessful Attempt ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Critical Studies ◽  
Mobile Populations ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
And Control

Combining insights from critical studies on humanitarianism and scholarly work emphasising everyday practices, this study examines Turkish policing of human mobility at European Union borders in two border cities: Edirne and İzmir. Through a focus on the central understandings, justifications and operational responses by Turkish border officials, the article highlights the intertwinement of care and control as inherent to humanitarianism in the daily governance of mobile populations at Turkey’s western borders. In so doing, the findings draw attention to discursive articulations and practices, while pointing to their moral, emotional and cultural elements. The article advances the literature by underlining the centrality of geography in impacting on the logics and practices of governing mobility within the territory of the nation state. The findings also underscore variations in border practices and the embodiment of humanitarianism between the two border cities under investigation as well as across the country. In addition, the article adds to debates on the emerging spaces of humanitarianism by bringing into focus the operation of humanitarian border policing in Turkey before departure and/or after the unsuccessful attempt of border crossing.

An Argument Against Drug Testing Welfare Recipients

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-340
Author(s):  
Mary Jean Walker ◽  
James Franklin
Keyword(s):  
Drug Testing ◽  
Welfare Recipients

scholarly journals Efficacy of Laser Doppler Flowmetry, as a Diagnostic Tool in Assessing Pulp Vitality of Traumatised Teeth. A Split Mouth Clinical Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 801
Author(s):  
Ani Belcheva ◽  
Maria Shindova ◽  
Reem Hanna
Keyword(s):  
Laser Doppler Flowmetry ◽  
Test Group ◽  
Laser Doppler ◽  
Permanent Teeth ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Doppler Flowmetry ◽  
Registration Number ◽  
Pulp Vitality ◽  
And Control

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) in determining the changes in the pulpal blood flow (PBF) during post-traumatic period of the traumatised permanent teeth. Methods: 88 teeth of 44 patients (mean age 10.30 ± 2.38) were recruited according to the eligibility criteria and divided into two groups: test group (44 traumatised teeth) and control group (44 sound and healthy teeth). The measurement of PBF was performed, using a LDF monitor. Results: The analysis of the LDF outcomes in function of diagnosis indicated that the measurements of the traumatised teeth were significantly higher than those of non-traumatised teeth (p ˂ 0.05). Conclusions: LDF application provides dentists with fundamental benefits in terms of an early and precise investigation of PBF. In addition, LDF is a useful monitoring tool for revascularization of traumatised teeth and reliable objective diagnostic indicator of pulp vitality. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov (Registration number: NCT04967456).

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN BAHAN AJAR PKN KELAS V YANG BERORENTASI PADA PENDEKATAN CTL (CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING) UNTUK MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR DI SDN LERPAK 3 BANGKALAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1003
Author(s):  
Dewi Septiani Mandasari
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
T Test ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Contextual Teaching ◽  
And Control

ABSTRACTThis research is development with the aim of (1) developing social studies textbook VSD CTL-ariented appoarch in order to improve student learning outcomes,(2) determine the fasibility of fifth grade social studies textbook oriented appoarch to CTL, (3) determine student’s mastery of learning outcomes by using social studies textbook oriented approach CTL. Based on the descriptive analysis shows that the process of textbook development has been carried out according to the stages proposed thiagarajan and has been modified so that the researcher ends at the development stage. Textbooks have also developed good quality feasibility for use. The effectiveness of textbook tested with inferential statistics using SPSS 17.0 is throught the F test and t test. F numbers which assume the same for both varians with   probability 0,224   (sig)   0,623 > 5% means that there is no difference between the experimental and control variants. Figures t-test assuming equal variance both populations is -5,782 with probability (sig) of 0.000. therefore, the number probability <0.05, means there is a difference between  the value of the posttest experimental class and control class posttest values, so it can be concluded that the learning outcomes of students by using teaching buju better developed than on the learning outcomes of students who only use regular textbooks. The conclusions derived from the research that has been done stating that the textbook has been developed, meets the eligibility criteria to be used in learning and more active student activity using textbooks, because the more euthusiastic students to understand the materials so that there are differences in the value of students learningoutcomes significantly between Va classes that do not use textbooks and the value of student learning outcomes using Vb class textbook. values class Vb student learning outcomes using textbooks development obtaining learning outcomes Keywords:Textbook, Social Studies,CTL Resulf of Learning. ABSTRAK                                                                                          Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan dengan tujuan (1) mengembangkan Bahan Ajar PKN kelas V yang berorentasi pada pendekatan CTL untuk meningkatkan hasil belajar siswa; (2) mengetahui tingkat kelayakan Bahan Ajar PKN kelas V yang berorentasi pada pendekatan CTL;(3) mengetahui ketuntasan hasil belajar siswa dengan menggunakan bahan ajar PKN yang berorentasi pada pendekatan CTL. Berdasarkan analisis deskriptif diperoleh bahwa proses pengembangan Bahan Ajar telah dilakukan sesuai tahapan yang dikemukakan Thiagarajan dan telah dimodifikasi peneliti sehingga berakhir pada tahap pengembangan. Bahan Ajar yang dikembangkan juga memiliki kualitas kelayakan baik untuk digunakan. Keefektifan Bahan Ajar diuji dengan statistic inferensial menggunakan SPSS 17.0 yaitu melalui uji F dan uji t. angka F yang mengansumsikan kedua varian sama sebesar 0,224 dengan probabilitas (sig) sebesar 0,623 > 5% berarti tidak ada perbedaan varian antara eksperimen dan control. ANgka t-test yang mengansumsikan varian kedua populasi sama adalah -5,782 dengan probabilitas (sig) sebesar 0,000. Oleh karena angka probabilitas <0,05, dapat diartikan ada perbedaan nilai posttest antara kelas eksperimen dan nilai nilai posttest kelas control, sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa hasil belajar siswa dengan menggunakan Bahan Ajar yang dikembangkan lebih baik dari hasil belajar siswa yang hanya menggunakan bahan ajar biasa. Simpulan yang diperoleh dari penelitian yang telah dilakukan menyatakan bahwa bahan ajar yang telah dikembangkan, memenuhi kriteria kelayakan untuk digunakan dalam pembelajaran, karena siswa lebih antusias untuk memahami materi sehingga ada perbedaan nilai hasil belajar siswa yang signifikan antara kelas Va yang tidak menggunakan bahan ajar dan nilai belajar siswa kelas Vb dengan menggunakan bahan ajar. Nilai hasil belajar siswa kelas Vb dengan menggunakan bahan ajar yang dikembangkan memperoleh hasil belajar. Kata kunci: Bahan Ajar, PKN, Contextual Teaching and Learning, Hasil Belajar.

An Evaluation of Strategies Developed to Prevent Substance Abuse among Student-Athletes

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Marcello ◽  
Steven J. Danish ◽  
Arnold L. Stolberg
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Program Development ◽  
Drug Testing ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Drug Prevention ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Usage Patterns ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
And Control ◽  
Future Program

Substance abuse by the collegiate athlete has become a major concern. Drug testing programs are viewed as one method of combatting this problem; however, more emphasis should be placed upon developing effective drug prevention programs. The current study addresses this need by (a) designing a multifocused prevention program specifically for student-athletes based on the previous literature, (b) evaluating its overall effectiveness as well as that of its individual components, and (c) identifying factors associated with preintervention usage patterns of student-athletes for the purpose of guiding future program development efforts. Although 110 student-athletes indicated a willingness to participate in the study, only 58 completed the assessment packet. These 58 were randomly assigned to intervention and control conditions. Few differences were found between the treatment and control groups. Perhaps the most important finding was that social-environmental factors and pro-usage attitudes were related to previous patterns of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use prior to the student-athlete’s arrival at college. Results are discussed in terms of their impact upon future program development and evaluation.

“They Medicated Me Out”

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison V. Schlosser
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Testing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Mutual Aid ◽  
Rapid Weight Gain ◽  
Heavy Sedation ◽  
Medication Effects ◽  
And Control ◽  
Biomedical Interventions

Addiction, a cultural construct long framed in moral, psychological, and social terms, is increasingly understood as biological and treated with medications. In the United States, methadone, buprenorphine, and a variety of psychopharmaceuticals are now commonly used to treat addiction alongside long-standing approaches such as 12-Step mutual aid. These biomedical interventions reshape the very condition they intervene on, influencing the ways treatment clients understand and experience addiction. Clients often experience medication treatment in tension with embodied and social practices of addiction: bodily routines, sensory experiences, temporalities, and social contexts of use. This article examines these tensions through theories of the social flesh and embodied citizenship. This analysis is based on a 20-month ethnography in and around “Sunrise” residential center in Northeast Ohio. Sunrise merges biomedical interventions with 12-Step, psychological and juridical approaches. These data show how biomedical practices alter client bodies and subjectivities, promoting body alienation at stark odds with the intense bodily connection clients established through drug use. This alienation results from rapid weight gain and heavy sedation clients attribute to medication effects, as well as mandated medication and adherence practices that strip clients of a sense of control of medication use. Many clients describe feeling “medicated out” of life: estranged from treatment peers and kin who oppose medications, counselors and other powerful authorities who demand their undivided attention, and friends with whom they are unable to relate when heavily medicated. Clients, however, do not passively accept this estrangement. They alter their bodily experiences by leveraging embodied practices developed during drug use. Through practices such as selectively taking medications based on historical bodily experience and illegal drug “testing” in the underground economy, clients reassert bodily connection and control, deriving a modicum of power—albeit constrained and risky—in a treatment system that strictly limits it.

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