Sense and Non-Sense of Local–Global Food Chain Comparison, Empirical Evidence from Dutch and Italian Pork Case Studies

The release of genetically modified organisms into the environment and food chain in the UK has produced one of the most visible and enduring controversies of recent times. Amid ongoing claim and counter-claim by actors on either side of the GM ‘debate’ over the salient ‘facts’ or balance of risks and benefits associated with the technology, this controversy can be fruitfully seen as a struggle between contested networks of knowledge. Drawing on ethnographic data collected during recent PhD fieldwork, I focus on those, loosely defined as members of ‘local food networks’ in SW England, who perceive their values and cultural projects to be at risk from the deployment of this technology. In scrutinizing how distinctly ‘oppositional’ knowledge is created, exchanged and transformed particularly in relation to the construction and maintenance of cultural and historical boundaries, I suggest that in this arena a key vehicle of knowledge transfer is the narrative or story. A successfully deployed narrative can resolve uncertainties, or equally, dissolve undesirable certainties. Knowledge transfer thus becomes a matter of rhetoric, of persuasion, whereby skilfully deployed narratives can be viewed as analogical networks of associations - enrolling culturally appropriate characters, values and concepts - to move the targeted audience in the desired manner. I argue that such transfers must be seen not only as exchanges of networks of knowledge but also of networks of ignorance, for as the ethnographic data reveals, when the stakes are perceived to be so high, ideological coherence often outweighs empirical evidence and logical consistency. This raises a critical dilemma for the ethnographer. What should he/she do when confronted in the field by exaggerated claims or misinformation?

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A Note on Distributions of True versus Fabricated Data

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1996.83.3.776 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 83 (3) ◽

pp. 776-778 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Theodore P. Hill

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Case Studies ◽

Goodness Of Fit ◽

Recent Case ◽

Benford’S Law ◽

Accounting Data ◽

Goodness Of Fit Tests ◽

Benford's Law

New empirical evidence and statistical derivations of Benford's Law have led to successful goodness-of-fit tests to detect fraud in accounting data. Several recent case studies support the hypothesis that fabricated data do not conform to expected true digital frequencies.

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Naturalized Aesthetics and Emotion Theory

Projections ◽

10.3167/proj.2018.120210 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 76-85 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rainer Reisenzein

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Case Studies ◽

Integrated System ◽

Third Culture ◽

Extended Version ◽

Basic Emotions ◽

The Third ◽

Psychological Theories ◽

Concrete Application ◽

Emotion Theory

Murray Smith’s proposal in Film, Art, and the Third Culture for a naturalized aesthetics is of interest to both film theorists and psychologists: for the former, it helps to elucidate how films work; for the latter, it provides concrete application cases of psychological theories. However, there are reasons for believing that the theory of emotions that Smith has adopted from psychology to ground his case studies—an extended version of basic emotions theory—is less well supported than he suggests. The available empirical evidence seems more compatible with the assumption that the different emotions are outputs of a single, integrated system.

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Which Diagnostic Approach Is More Valid? The DSM or the Rational-Choice Theory of Neurosis

International Journal of Psychological Studies ◽

10.5539/ijps.v8n3p98 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 98 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yacov Rofé

Keyword(s):

Rational Choice ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Case Studies ◽

Diagnostic Criteria ◽

Rational Choice Theory ◽

Choice Theory ◽

Research Literature ◽

Diagnostic Approach ◽

Diagnostic Categories ◽

Integrate Research

<p>This article challenges the validity of the DSM-III to exclude neurosis, a decision that has led the DSM to become “an expanding list of disease, from a few dozen disorders in the first edition to well over 200” (Grinker, 2010, p. 169; see also Warelow & Holmes, 2011). It points out the unanimous consensus that the best diagnostic approach would be a theory that can account for the development and treatment of certain diagnostic categories and, at the same time, provide measurable criteria that can distinguish them from other behaviors. Accordingly, it shows that a new theory, the Rational-Choice Theory of Neurosis (RCTN) (Rofé, 2000, 2010, 2016; Rofé & Rofé, 2013, 2015), which despite profound differences is similar to psychoanalysis in several fundamental respects, can offer practical diagnostic criteria that differentiate neurosis from other disorders. Three types of evidence, including a review of research literature, case studies and a new study that directly examined the validity of RCTN’s diagnostic criteria, support the validity of neurosis. The greatest advantage of RCTN’s diagnostic approach is not only is based on empirical evidence instead of the consensus of biased researchers. Rather, their main contribution is that it emerged out of a theory that succeeded to integrate research and clinical data pertaining to the development and treatment of neurosis.</p>

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Studentification in the postsocialist context: The case of Cracow and the Tri-City (Gdansk, Gdynia and Sopot)

Geografie ◽

10.37040/geografie2015120020188 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 120 (2) ◽

pp. 188-209 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Monika Murzyn-Kupisz ◽

Magdalena Szmytkowska

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Case Studies ◽

Western Europe ◽

Metropolitan Areas ◽

Anglo Saxon ◽

Research Results ◽

Geographic Scope ◽

Western European

For over a decade, the term studentification has been used to denote the process of urban changes linked with the presence of student populations in urban centres. This text broadens the geographic scope of research into studentification using two Polish metropolitan areas as case studies, analysing and comparing research results to existing findings referring to Western European and Anglo-Saxon settings. Using the example of Cracow and the Tri-City (Trójmiasto), two significant centres of higher education in Poland, the paper presents empirical evidence indicating that while some aspects of students’ impact on Polish cities are similar to trends observed in Western Europe and non-European Anglo-Saxon countries, the colonisation of Polish cities by students nonetheless displays some unique features strongly influenced by the post-socialist context in which such cities and their student populations function.

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Managing visitor experiences in nature-based tourism

10.1079/9781789245714.0000 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Case Studies ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Visitor Experiences ◽

Tourism Experience ◽

Tourism Destinations

Abstract This book on visitor experiences in nature-based tourism destinations demonstrates current knowledge using empirical evidence covering six continents. It provides insights into conceptual issues as well as case studies. Content is presented in three main parts: 'Nature-based Experiences in Tourism', 'Managing the Nature-based Tourism Experience' and 'Visitor Experiences and Destination Management'. The book has 16 chapters and a subject index.

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Boosting E-Participation

Optimizing E-Participation Initiatives Through Social Media - Advances in Wireless Technologies and Telecommunication ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5326-7.ch005 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 103-125

Author(s):

David Valle-Cruz ◽

Rodrigo Sandoval-Almazan

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Case Studies ◽

The State ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Public Servants ◽

Municipal Governments ◽

Government Services ◽

Significant Growth ◽

Use Of Social Media

In this chapter, the authors show two case studies of the use of social media in municipal governments: Lerma, a small municipality with a significant growth, and Metepec, an important municipality of the State of México. The purpose of this chapter is to provide empirical evidence of how social media improves government to citizen relationship and promotes e-participation in municipal governments. The results are based on semi-structured interviews applied to public servants and a survey to evaluate e-government services by citizens. So, the citizen perception is contrasted with public servants' interviews. Citizens consider that electronic procedures and services implemented by their municipalities do not generate value. The efforts of governments should focus on avoiding corruption, making governments transparent, opening data, and properly managing the privacy of information.

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Information Technology and the Internationalization of the Firm

Advanced Topics in Global Information Management, Volume 3 - Advances in Global Information Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-251-0.ch001 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Michael J. Mol ◽

Otto R. Koppius

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Case Studies ◽

Global Sourcing ◽

Global Integration ◽

The Future ◽

The Right ◽

Suitable Location ◽

Future Information

A key concern for all multinationals is where to find a suitable location for their business activities, bearing in mind that they must find the right balance between global integration and local responsiveness. This article contributes to the internationalization debate by asking: in what sense will information technology enable globalization? We focus on the sourcing process, an area where globalization is often claimed to be the case. Re-examination of empirical evidence shows that global sourcing is not as generally predominant as is claimed. Consequently inhibitors to global integration exist and we classify these inhibitors into three categories: geographical, relational and environmental inhibitors. We then analyze the role information technology plays in reducing these inhibitors and formulate propositions that are then illustrated in two case studies. Information technology is proposed to reduce the geographical and relational inhibitors, but it will have no effect on environmental inhibitors. However, the latter category of inhibitors will become more prominent in the future. Information technology thus shifts the balance towards global integration, but simultaneously creates new problems in managing internationalization.

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Best Practices for Virtual Team Effectiveness

Virtual Teams ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-166-7.ch007 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 160-185 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

D. Sandy Staples ◽

Ian K. Wong ◽

Ann Frances Cameron

Keyword(s):

Best Practices ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Case Studies ◽

Virtual Teams ◽

Team Effectiveness ◽

Virtual Team ◽

Research Directions ◽

Team Members

The purpose of this chapter is to improve the understanding of what makes virtual teams effective. This is done by identifying the best practices for individual team members, the best practices for leaders and sponsors of virtual teams, and the best practices for the organizations that the virtual teams are a part of. Best practices in these categories were identified from: (1) empirical evidence from case studies of six existing virtual teams; (2) the existing literature related to virtual teams; and, (3) traditional team (i.e., collocated) and telework literature. The chapter concludes with implications for organizations and potential research directions.

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ODA and Provincial Economic Growth in Vietnam

International Finance and Banking ◽

10.5296/ifb.v6i1.14311 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Dang Ngoc Duc ◽

Do Thi Ngoc Lan

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Panel Data ◽

Empirical Evidence ◽

Case Studies ◽

Causal Relationship ◽

Granger Causality ◽

Focal Point ◽

Causal Effect ◽

Granger Causality Test ◽

Causality Test

The focal point of this paper is focused on assessing the causal relationship between ODA and economic growth in the localities of Vietnam. This research uses panel data of ODA and GDP from 63 provinces of Vietnam by using Granger Causality test. The results showed that ODA has a causal effect on economic growth (GDP) and vice versa, economic growth decides to attract ODA in provinces in Vietnam. This result complements studies on the causal relationship between ODA and economic growth using new empirical evidence through case studies in the provinces of Vietnam.

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