scholarly journals What's Left? - an Exploration of Social Movements, the Left and Activism in New Zealand Today

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Dylan Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Political Condition ◽  
The Past ◽  
Class Composition ◽  
Third Phase

<p>Surveys of the situation and prospects of the contemporary Left over the past three decades have frequently underscored themes of fragmentation, decline, even terminal demise. This thesis explores the question of the contemporary Left through interviews conducted with participants in New Zealand social movements. The general theoretical literature around the Left and social movements has consistently highlighted a number of social changes and challenges facing the Left today: the split between old and new Lefts following the rise of the new social movements; economic transformation (for instance, post-Fordism), and changes in class composition; the rise of neo-liberalism, and the dislocating effects of globalization; intellectual challenges, such as the demise of Marxism and the rise of post-modern philosophy; challenges to the state, and the arrival of a "post-political" condition. Analysis of the New Zealand literature around the Left and social movements shows congruent arguments and themes, as well as suggesting Antipodean specificities. To examine these contentions, a series of interviews were conducted with participants in "Left" social movements. These interviews suggest both congruence with some of the arguments in the literature and complexities that do not confirm these generalizations. In particular, the suggestion that a third phase of the Left is emerging, characterized by the joining of culturalist and materialist emphases, appears somewhat confirmed. In addition, a number of the challenges signalled in the literature were singled out by interviewees as pressing - for instance, neo-liberalism and the mediatisation of politics. With respect to the modes of action of social movements connected to the Left, there was here too some confirmation of themes from the literature - for instance, the importance of networking. On the other hand, the widespread theme of the wholesale decline of collective actions was put into question by those interviewed. While no definitive conclusions can be drawn from such a study, the interviews suggest the Left may be entering a period of renewal.</p>

scholarly journals What's Left? - an Exploration of Social Movements, the Left and Activism in New Zealand Today

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Dylan Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Political Condition ◽  
The Past ◽  
Class Composition ◽  
Third Phase

<p>Surveys of the situation and prospects of the contemporary Left over the past three decades have frequently underscored themes of fragmentation, decline, even terminal demise. This thesis explores the question of the contemporary Left through interviews conducted with participants in New Zealand social movements. The general theoretical literature around the Left and social movements has consistently highlighted a number of social changes and challenges facing the Left today: the split between old and new Lefts following the rise of the new social movements; economic transformation (for instance, post-Fordism), and changes in class composition; the rise of neo-liberalism, and the dislocating effects of globalization; intellectual challenges, such as the demise of Marxism and the rise of post-modern philosophy; challenges to the state, and the arrival of a "post-political" condition. Analysis of the New Zealand literature around the Left and social movements shows congruent arguments and themes, as well as suggesting Antipodean specificities. To examine these contentions, a series of interviews were conducted with participants in "Left" social movements. These interviews suggest both congruence with some of the arguments in the literature and complexities that do not confirm these generalizations. In particular, the suggestion that a third phase of the Left is emerging, characterized by the joining of culturalist and materialist emphases, appears somewhat confirmed. In addition, a number of the challenges signalled in the literature were singled out by interviewees as pressing - for instance, neo-liberalism and the mediatisation of politics. With respect to the modes of action of social movements connected to the Left, there was here too some confirmation of themes from the literature - for instance, the importance of networking. On the other hand, the widespread theme of the wholesale decline of collective actions was put into question by those interviewed. While no definitive conclusions can be drawn from such a study, the interviews suggest the Left may be entering a period of renewal.</p>

Reclaiming the Past, Building a Future: Māori Identity in the Plays of Hone Kouka

2001 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
World War I ◽  
The Other ◽  
World War ◽  
The Past ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The Future ◽  
The 1960S

Hone Kouka's historical plays Nga Tangata Toa and Waiora, created and produced in Aotearoa/New Zealand, one set in the immediate aftermath of World War I, and the other during the great Māori urban migrations of the 1960s, provide fresh insights into the way in which individual Māori responded to the tremendous social disruptions they experienced during the twentieth century. Much like the Māori orator who prefaces his formal interactions with a statement of his whakapapa (genealogy), Kouka reassembles the bones of both his ancestors, and those of other Māori, by demonstrating how the present is constructed by the past, offering a view of contemporary Māori identity that is traditional and modern, rural and urban, respectful of the past and open to the future.

The effects of frosts on seed production in subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum)

1971 ◽  
Vol 11 (49) ◽  
pp. 202 ◽  
Author(s):  
WR Scott
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Seed Production ◽  
Subterranean Clover ◽  
Trifolium Subterraneum ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Past ◽  
Seed Yields

Six cultivars of subterranean clover, Geraldton, Yarloop, Woogenellup, Clare, Mount Barker, and Tallarook, were grown as ungrazed swards at 1,700 feet a.s.1. in the Mackenzie Country of South Canterbury, New Zealand. In this very frosty environment seed yields tended to increase with increasing lateness of flowering although Clare and perhaps Tallarook appeared to be more frost susceptible than the other cultivars. It is suggested that the deleterious effects of frosts in reducing the seed yields of subterranean clover may have been overemphasized in the past and that the trend for seed yields to increase with increasing lateness of flowering can be partially explained by differences in runner production.

scholarly journals SUJEITOS COLETIVOS NA ESTEIRA DA GLOBALIZAÇÃO: a voz da classe trabalhadora brasileira

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 703
Author(s):  
Pollyanna de Souza Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Working Class ◽  
The Other ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Public Power ◽  
Citizenship Rights ◽  
Life Paths ◽  
Financial Economy ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Productive Restructuring

Oriundo de pesquisa bibliográfica, o estudo discute os conflitos e as lutas sociais travadas pela classe trabalhadora no Brasil pós-1970, demonstrando um contexto marcado pelo autoritarismo, violência, repressão, expropriações urbanas, injustiças sociais e militarização das ações coletivas, essencialmente após a reestruturação produtiva e advento de uma economia financeirizada, seguida pelas mercantilizações, privatizações e desmonte dos direitos de cidadania. Por outro lado, salienta a potencialidade de ressignificação dos itinerários de vida pela classe trabalhadora, movimentos sociais eações coletivas, além do uso dos espaços públicos para debates, ampliação de agendas públicas e negociação com o poder público, para não reproduzir o movimento de subalternidade e expropriação dos grupos da política e participação, dos serviços e da socialização da riqueza produzida.Palavras-chave: Capitalismo contemporâneo. Brasil. Estado. Lutas sociais. Direitos.COLLECTIVE SUBJECTS ON THE LINE OF GLOBALIZATION: the voice of Brazilian working classAbstractFrom bibliographic research, the study debates about the conflicts and social struggles fought by the working class in the Brazil post-1970s, demonstrating a scenario marked by authoritarianism, violence, repression, urban expropriations, social injustices and the militarization of collective actions, especially after the productive restructuring and the advent of a financial economy, followed by mercantilizations, privatizations and dismantling of citizenship rights. On the other side, shows the potentiality of resignifying life paths by the working class, social movements and collective actions, in addition to the use ofpublic spaces for debates, expansion of public schedule and negotiation with public power, to not to reproduce the movement of subordination and expropriation of groups of politics and participation, services and the socialization of wealth produced. Keywords: Contemporary capitalism. Brazil. State. Social struggles. Rights.

Identity and Its Transformative Dynamics in Knowledge Era: Some Critical Reflections

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debal K. SinghaRoy
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Collective Identities ◽  
The One

Collective identities of people have remained largely transitional despite largely remaining rooted in certain inherited essentialities. The essential dynamics of identity often get negotiated with various forces and processes like those of the economic transformation, technological reorientation, collective mobilisation, modernisation, colonisation, globalisation, penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs), mass and social media among others. The contemporary society is marked by the fast transformation of its economic order from agriculture and industry to knowledge/information-driven post-industrial society, fast transference of information, images, ideas, services, goods and people across spaces and the borderless expansion of ICTs. These have paved the way for the emergence of a new social order which has been widely described as the knowledge society. Within this emerging economic, social and technological order, new varieties of social interaction and solidarities are constructed from within the pre-existing varieties causing a good deal of fluidity of collective identities on the one hand and their consolidation on the other. Thus, with fast social transformation and increasing interconnectivity and mobility of people across the globe on the one hand and consolidation of new forms of social collectivities on the other, the contours of contraction and configuration of identities have undergone phenomenal change. Against such a backdrop, this article is an attempt to develop an understanding of the nuances of identity: its essence, construction, transformation and configuration within the broad processes of social transition. This article is arranged in five sections. The Dynamics of Identity section deals with the dynamics of identity. In the Social Movements. Modernity, Colonisation, Globalisation and Identity: Changing Facets of Fluidity and Solidarity section, the processes of construction and reconfiguration of identity in the context of social movements, modernity, colonisation and globalisation are discussed. The key dimensions of the emergence of knowledge society are explained in the Emerging Knowledge Society and its Key Dynamics section. In the Solidarity and Fluidity in Identity: The Emerging Facets section, the emerging facets of solidarity and fluidity of identity are elucidated. Finally, the Conclusion section makes the concluding arguments.

From ‘commercial sell out’ to community-based event: The paradoxes of Polish punk rock music festivals

2021 ◽  
Vol 00 (00) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Waldemar Kuligowski
Keyword(s):  
Rock Music ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Punk Rock ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Music Festivals ◽  
The Past ◽  
Significant Events ◽  
History Of

This article is based on both ethnographic field research and the author’s many years of experience as a punk fan. The researcher-participant analyses the 40-year history of two Polish music festivals in order to trace the complex trajectory and changing meaning of the punk subculture in Poland. The analysis is centred on two significant events: the Jarocin Rock Festival and the Rock on the Swamp Festival. The author suggests that the countercultural past of punk, rooted in the 1980s, is now being sentimentalized and commercialized. It is treated by conservative local authorities as an insignificant monument of the past. On the other hand, punk has become an agent of important and surprising social changes. A small festival in a provincial town is inclusive for its inhabitants, integrating two very different communities. Thanks to this, the notion of ‘selling out’ is contrasted in the form of a punk-inspired, community-based event.

Sources of contemporary volunteering in Poland. Influence of the voluntary work experiences of the past eras on the condition of today’s volunteering

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-35
Author(s):  
Mikołaj Brenk
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Voluntary Work ◽  
International Volunteering ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Times

The article describes the main sources of contemporary volunteering, i.e. the historical and social context of changes in the perception of voluntary work in the past hundred years. The year 1918 was established as the starting point, i.e. the beginning of the creation of a system of social assistance (welfare) in Poland within the resurgence of the state, the volunteers of which (then called volunteers) were a significant and distinctive element. Moreover, at the same time (1920) the foundations of modern international volunteering were laid, the father of which is commonly referred to as the Swiss pacifist Pierre Cérésole. Subsequent turning points are marked by the times of the People’s Republic of Poland (1944–1989), when all social activities acquired an unequivocally ideological meaning and undertaking such work was associated with expressing support for the ruling system and its political authorities. On the other hand, the times of the Third Polish Republic that began with social changes in 1989, brought the necessity to create the structures of Polish volunteering almost from the very beginnings.

scholarly journals Russian Refugees and Posthumous Evaluation of Lenin in Slovenian Politics

Monitor ISH ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-31
Author(s):  
Jurij Perovšek
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Political Power ◽  
The Other ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
Bolshevik Revolution ◽  
The Past ◽  
Peter The Great ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
To Come

Throughout the Slovenian political arena, Lenin was seen as an extraordinary world-historical figure. This was emphasised most frequently on the occasion of his death (21 January 1924), which prompted the most comprehensive Slovenian statements about the leader of the Russian Bolshevik revolution. Lenin’s revolutionary work was analysed by all three Slovenian political camps: Catholic, Liberal, and Marxist. The revolutionary part of the Marxist camp welcomed it, while its non-revolutionary part perceived Lenin as an embodiment of schism and hatred, a man of great deeds and terrifying destruction, standing outside all accepted moral laws. The opinion of the Liberals was similar: for them, Lenin represented a world born from revolution, fatally threatening the existing balance of social and political power. The Catholic camp, on the other hand, harboured for him a peculiar admiration. To be sure, he was seen as a dictator, a demonic genius ethically inclining towards a social justice which was based on the denial of individualism and on a ruthless, atheist, ‘Genghis Khan-like’, bloody Marxist revolution. However, he was also perceived as a man of action and energy, unmatched by either Peter the Great or Napoleon, and counted among the greatest Slavic personages. This was taking place at a time when the Slovenian political Catholicism still credited communism with an ability to provide certain social and economic solutions for other social movements as well. The Slovenian politics of the mid-1920s emphasised both the extraordinary nature of the Lenin phenomenon and his radical revolutionary acts, which sprang from a monumental political ability and relentless pursuit of the envisioned goal. This emphasis was accompanied by an understanding of the historical forces underlying the past events. The developments in Russia were accepted as facts, and this was what the Russian refugees had to come to terms with as they looked for a new home on the western edge of the Slavic world.

scholarly journals New Zealand

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (163) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Central Bank ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Past ◽  
Standardized Report ◽  
Reserve Bank ◽  
Source Data

At the request of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ), and with the support of the IMF’s Asia & Pacific Department (APD), a monetary and financial statistics (MFS) technical assistance (TA) mission visited Wellington, New Zealand during October 1–12, 2018.1 The mission’s main objectives were to assist the RBNZ to: (i) complete the central bank Standardized Report Form (SRF 1SR); (ii) review the source data and bridge table used to produce Other Depository Corporations (ODCs) Standardized Report Form (SRF 2SR);(iii) assist the RBNZ to produce additional historical data in the SRFs 1SR and 2SR for the past five years; (iv) review the available source data for the compilation the Other Financial Corporations (OFCs) Standardized Report Form (SRF 4SR); (v) prepare metadata for the central bank, ODC, and OFC surveys; and (vi) agree on a timetable for RBNZ’s SRF-reporting of its MFS.

scholarly journals CRISIS OF IDENTITY IN THE CONTEXT OF MACRO-SOCIAL CHANGES

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 152-157
Author(s):  
Hermína Mareková
Keyword(s):  
Gender Identity ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

Identity formation involves all of us. The questions Who am I? and Where do I belong to? arise quite often in our minds. In the past, an individual was bound by its social status, gender identity and social traditions. In today's modern society, according to some even post-modern society, humans have gained enormous freedom. They can freely build their own identity, they can choose their own way of life, their partner, profession and all of that according to their own criteria. On the one hand, people have acquired enormous freedom. On the other hand, they were given responsibility for their lives. Seeking and creating one's own identity is a lifelong process and, in the context of macro-social changes in society, its complexity creates various kinds of problems and crises.

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