scholarly journals Versifying Unease in Postcolonial Nigerian Society: Politics of Corruption and Oppression in Akan Essien’s Stabbed Alive. Rage Alive and Halima Amali’s I Want to Join Them

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-224
Author(s):  
Raphael Chukwuemeka Onyejizu
Keyword(s):  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Scholarly Research ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Descriptive Method

Postcolonial Nigerian society is confronted by corruption and oppression that emerged in the wake of independence. In recent times, these challenges have evolved in the creative consciousness of writers in their versified writings. Poetry, which serves as a veritable medium for the projection of philosophical thought, reflects these vagaries as the unique genre employed by poets for humanity that is dismayed by the irony of hope and survival. This paper examines corruption in politics and oppression of the masses. It showed that the drawbacks witnessed in the country attribute to the aforementioned variables. The choice of Essien’s Rage Alive. Stabbed Alive (2010) and Amali’s I Want to Join Them (2016) is informed by the fact that there is a lack of scholarly research on these collections. The paper adopts spivak’s postcolonial framework in the context of the Nigerian society, while the descriptive method of textual analysis aimed to show how political leaders in their deployment of corrupt and oppressive schemes, advance their kleptomaniac agenda. Thus, the study submits that for a functional and progressive society to exist, fundamental changes in its socio-political affairs must be undertaken.  

scholarly journals The Choice of Constitutional Amendments in a Young Democracy – from Indirect to Direct Election of the President in Taiwan

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-131
Author(s):  
Da-chi Liao ◽  
Hui-chih Chang
Keyword(s):  
Political Elite ◽  
The Political ◽  
Constitutional Change ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Loss Minimization ◽  
Constitutional Amendments ◽  
Direct Form ◽  
Power Maximization ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Masses

This paper attempts to determine the kind of constitutional rule preferred in a young democracy when an institutional opportunity for constitutional change occurs. It adopts the standpoint of collective decision-making. This approach involves two crucial theoretical elements: the calculation of the interests of the political elite and the masses' comprehension of what democracy is. The case studied here is Taiwan's constitutional choice between the direct and indirect election of the president during the period from 1990 to 1994. The paper first examines how the political leaders might have used both the logic of power maximization and of power-loss minimization to choose their position on the issue. It then demonstrates that survey results indeed showed that respondents better understood the direct form of electing the president and therefore supported it over the indirect one. This support helped the direct form to eventually win out.

Emerging Trends in Political Ownership of Media

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr Atnu Mohapatra ◽  
K G Suresh
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
New Media ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Media Pluralism ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Cover Up

Media and politics have a symbiotic relationship. Politicians need media to get the oxygen of publicity and the exposure they need to woo electorate and mould public opinion. With many a media house turning indifferent to their needs an ever increasing number of political parties and leaders are setting up their own small and big media shops to propagate their views, cover up their shortcomings, or to settle scores with their rivals. The Entertainment and Media (E&M) industry broadly consists of four segments i.e. Television, Print, Radio and other media platforms (such as Internets, Film, Out of Home Advertising (OOH), Music, Gaming and Internet Advertising).In today‘s technologically fast moving environment, media plays a significant role. Its inherent ability to reach the masses implies that it has a crucial role in building public opinion and creating awareness among the masses. It also plays a very important role in delineating the economic, political, social and cultural characteristics of a country. Thus, media pluralism is a cornerstone of democracy and this fact should be reflected in the plurality of an independent and autonomous media and in diversity of media content. Print, television, radio and new media such as Internet are the most popular media. The Indian media landscape is witnessing several changes that may have far reaching consequences. Major players are looking for expansion of their business interests in various segments of the print and broadcasting sectors. Many of the Indian media houses are either owned or controlled by political leaders or parties. This paper is an attempt to highlight and understand the political ownership of media in India, its implications for the readers. viewers, listeners and other media users as also the society and polity at large.

scholarly journals THE INEVITABILITY OF CORRUPTION FOR A STABLE PAKISTANI SOCIETY IN THE LIGHT OF QURAN & SUNNAH

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Ahmad Raza ◽  
Dr. Hidayat Khan
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Illegal Behavior ◽  
The Face ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Day By Day

Corruption is a dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people such as government officials or police officers. [i]Corruption is a distraction to the face of society, and society has become a victim of recent misery. Every other person in our society is suffering from this disease. Political leaders, religious leaders, teachers, judges, employees, businessmen and the masses are suffering from this disease. While it is true to some extent that some political leaders have set records of corruption, it is not right to put it on the politicians alone. Corruption has reached its peak in every sector and institution here. Due to corruption, the wealth of the particular classes is increasing day by day and there is no one to hold them accountable. In such a dire situation, the oppressed and the masses are being humiliated in the oppression mill. Therefore, this curse should be abolished by Pakistani society and individuals should play their full role in the society as a whole. The key question is: What are the pros and cons of corruption in Pakistan and how is it possible for stability in the light of Islamic teachings to end corruption? Recommendations have also been compiled at the conclusion of the dissertation.

scholarly journals PEMBENTUKAN PELESAPAN DALAM KALIMAT BAHASA SUNDA LISAN DI PASAR PADAYUNGAN KOTA TASIKMALAYA (Pendekatan Tata Bahasa Transformasi)

LOKABASA ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
AI PARIDAH ◽  
YAYAT SUDARYAT ◽  
USEP KUSWARI
Keyword(s):  
Oral Language ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Underlying Structure ◽  
Word Choice ◽  
Word Form ◽  
Single Sentence ◽  
Transformation Approach ◽  
Descriptive Method

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis serta mendeskripsikan unsur-unsur fungsional klausa yang mengalami pelesapan dengan menggunakan pendekatan transformasi kalimat yang terdapat dalam interaksi di pasar Padayungan Kota Tasikmalaya. Dalam penelitian ini digunakan metode deskriptif, tehnik yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu menggunakan tehnik sadap rékam. Pengolahan data menggunakan analisis teks. Sumber data adalah percakapan atau interaksi di pasar Padayungan kota Tasikmalaya. Seluruh transformasi kalimat dan pelesapan unsur-unsur fungsional klausa dijadikan populasi atau sampel total. Ragam bahasa Sunda lisan didukung oleh situasi pemakaian sehingga kemungkinan besar terjadi pelesapan kalimat. Namun, hal itu tidak mengurangi ciri kebakuannya. Walaupun demikian, ketepatan dalam pilihan kata dan bentuk kata serta kelengkapan unsur-unsur di dalam struktur kalimat tidak menjadi ciri kebakuan dalam ragam baku lisan karena situasi dan kondisi pembicaraan menjadi pendukung di dalam memahami makna gagasan yang disampaikan secara lisan.Transformasi ialah proses pembentukan unsur bahasa dari struktur dasar ke struktur turunan. Dalam transformasi, terdapat pelesapan atau yang disebut elipsis. Kalimat elipsis adalah kalimat tidak sempurna yang terjadi karena penghilangan bebrapa bagian dari klausa, dan diturunkan dari kalimat tunggal. Melalui penelitian ini, maka anggapan tentang pelesapan dalam bentuk bahasa Sunda lisan di masarakat pasar Padayungan kota Tasikmalaya, terbukti benar adanya. This research aims to describe and analyze elements of clausal functionsthat undergo elision by using a transformation approach on sentences from communal interactions at Padayungan Market, Tasikmalaya City. This research adopted a descriptive method by way of a tapping record to gather data. Data from communal interactions and conversations at Padayungan Market, Tasikmalaya were analyzed by a textual analysis. The entire sentential transformation and deletion of clausal functions were treated as population or total sampling. Oral language relies on its contexts of use; therefore, ellipsion occurs.Such, however, does not undermine grammaticality. Nevertheless, accuracy in word choice and word form is not characteristic of oral register since the contexts of utterance assist in understanding the meaning. Transformation is a process of constructinglanguage features from underlying structure to derivative structure. In transformation, there is deletion or also known as ellipsis. Elliptical sentencesare incomplete sentences because of elimination of several clausal parts, derived from a single sentence. This research proves that ellipsis occurs in Sundanese oral register at Padayungan Market, Tasikmalaya.

scholarly journals A Study of Metaphors used for Bingu wa Mutharika and Peter Mutharika as Presidents of Malawi and the Impact on their Political Legacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Wellman Kondowe ◽  
Flemmings Fishani Ngwira ◽  
Mackenzie Chibambo
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
Functional Level ◽  
Scholarly Research ◽  
Objective World ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

Metaphor analysis has been a very attractive area of scholarly research within cognitive linguistics in which different abstract ideas get mapped into tangible concepts. In Africa, it has become common that individuals like presidents are given metaphors to conceptualise their performance in office with the objective world. However, such political metaphors have not received much attention in academic discourse, and research studies that address the impact of metaphors on presidents’ political legacy are rare. Therefore, this paper analyses metaphors that Malawians have used in relation to their political leaders by drawing examples from two State Presidents: Bingu wa Mutharika and Arthur Peter Mutharika, and how the legacy of the two eventually has come to be associated with the metaphors. In politics, metaphors are essential because they are the lens through which people view and assess their leaders at both theoretical and functional level. Using the approach outlined by Schmitt (2005), the study analyses four major metaphors, namely: MOSE WA LERO (The New Moses), NGWAZI (The Conqueror/The Great Warrior), CHITSULO CHA NJANJI (The Railway Steel), and ADADI (The father/Dad). This paper argues that political metaphors, whether for praise or self-glorification, have an impact on influencing, shaping, and preserving the image of political leaders during their tenure of office which eventually become their legacy. The study acknowledges that presidents’ legacy can be traced through metaphor analysis. The analyses can become meaningful and valid in unearthing the history of conduct and performance of individual leaders.

Elite-pedagogical Ideas of the Russian Liberal Elitism Representatives in Understanding Revolutionary Events in Russia 1905–1907 years

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 110-119
Author(s):  
.Levdanskaya Yuliya Yu. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Culture ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Elite Culture ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
Creative Space ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Culture Education

The article analyzes the socio-political and philosophical thought of the domestic liberal elitism representatives in understanding the revolutionary events of 1905–1907 in the scope of elitology and elite-pedagogy. The comprehension of elite-pedagogical ideas is carried out around the discourse of the “Russian intellectuals” crisis, its role and responsibility for the events occurred through the prism of the phenomena of “elite transit” and “mass revolt”. It has been shown that the philosophical and pedagogical thought of Russian liberal elitism anticipated the culturological approach development and the meritocratic tradition of modern elitology and elite-pedagogy: formulation of the elite educating problem, which is responsible to the people and is involved in the surrounding majority, aware of the high spiritual responsibility for their creative space to the people; consideration of questions of the elite culture and education popularization, interaction of “elitist” and “mass” culture, education of the masses and the task of legitimizing the achievements of culture, science, art, politics in the masses. The knowledge of pedagogical phenomena in the context of elitology and elite-pedagogy, as well as the reflection of the history of pedagogy in line with the studied issues, will allow the author to identify negative trends in modern education that reduce its possibilities regarding the upbringing and education of the higher stratum of society.

Padayatras and the Changing Nature of Political Communication in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radhika Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Electoral Support ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Freedom Movement

Political communication sets the context for a conversation between the political leaders and masses. A productive strategy of political communication would be one that successfully mobilizes its recipients for the purpose at hand which could be for a protest or for electoral support. One such strategy of communication and mobilization typical to democratic politics in India is the ‘padayatra’, which while being traditional also has a spiritual lineage. The padayatra was effectively used by Mahatma Gandhi to rally together the masses during the freedom movement, and it continues to be a politically relevant strategy used not only for mobilization but also for partisan gains that capitalize on its imagery. Electoral padayatras provide an opportunity to the politician to interact with voters in a substantive manner, understand their weltanschauung and enable its achievement. The purpose of this article is to map the changing nature of the padayatra and its appropriation by political parties as a tool of political communication.

Cincinnatus and the Apparatchik

1963 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-78
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Brzezinski ◽  
Samuel P. Huntington
Keyword(s):  
Political Scientist ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
American Political Scientist ◽  
The Masses

KTO KOVO?” asked Lenin. “Who governs?” echoes a contemporary American political scientist. The question is of perennial interest. The “who's” have the capacity to influence the behavior of others. They include political leaders, who customarily exercise power through public or governmental bodies, and non-political leaders, who may exercise power through the command of other values, such as wealth, income, expertise. Political leaders and non-political leaders together constitute the elite; they lead the masses, who, needless to say, greatly outnumber the elite.

La memoria coloniale nella narrativa swahili contemporanea

2016 ◽  
Vol 76 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 102-123
Author(s):  
Flavia Aiello
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
The Political ◽  
East African ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Colonial Experience ◽  
African Writers

The memory of the colonial experience is a recurrent topic in the Swahili prose produced after the independencies. The present article investigates how East African writers creating in the Swahili language reconstructed and preserved the local reminiscences of the colonial trauma, sometimes in reaction to the solicitations of the political leaders. The textual analysis is contextualised by taking into account the historical, cultural and linguistic specificities of the two countries where post-independence Swahili literature developed, namely Kenya and Tanzania.

Alexander Sokurov’s “Faust”: Projection of Political Disasters in the History of the XX Century on Goethe's Tragedy

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-41
Author(s):  
Nikolai Andreyevich Khrenov
Keyword(s):  
Western Culture ◽  
The Political ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Masses

The Sokurov’s film, based on Goethe's tragedy, is not a usual screen version. The use of a classical piece in order to make a statement about the present could turn into a vulgar and superficial interpretation. But the director’s idea to include new film into the tetralogy, i.e. the group of films dedicated to the dictators of the XX century, implies close reading of the original. Trying to understand the initial Goethe's intensions, the author (series of articles, the beginning see Issue # 17) discovers a source of complex of de monism in the Western culture, which includes explanation of the masses’ perception of the political leaders.

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