Consumer attitudes towards regional foods : a case study of protected designation of origin (PDO) and protected geographical indication (PGI) products

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Combining thematic and narrative analysis of qualitative interviews to understand children’s spatialities in Andhra Pradesh, India

One of the foremost questions for any researcher setting out on a qualitative study is which form of analysis to use. There are a diverse range of qualitative analytical methods, each offering different forms of insight. In this paper, we discuss our experience of combining two distinct but complementary analytic methods – thematic and narrative analysis. We provide a worked example that combines the two approaches to analyse secondary data from the Young Lives study (see www.younglives.org.uk), in a project carried out as part of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods Node, NOVELLA (Narratives of Varied Everyday Lives and Linked Approaches, see www.novella.ac.uk). We reflect on the challenges and benefits that result from our combined approach, aiming to illuminate the ways in which the integration of narrative and thematic analysis can support and enrich understanding of a complex dataset

The generation of Allende and Solidarność. Leftist dissidents, reform socialism and the intellectual elite in Moscow during the late Brezhnev era

This thesis presents a cultural history of the Young Socialists, a left-wing dissident circle that was active in Moscow at the end of the Brezhnev era. Mainly from highly placed intelligentsia and party nomenklatura families, the core of the Young Socialists first met as students in the Faculty of History of Moscow State University (MGU) in the early-1970s. At the time of their dissent (1977-1982) the circle’s leaders, Andrei Fadin and Pavel Kudiukin, were graduate students at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO). The wider circle, which numbered roughly fifty people, were mainly young left-wing intellectuals in Moscow linked by a mix of everyday life associations and underground conspiracy. The Young Socialists published the samizdat journal Varianty (Variants), an internally circulated theoretical almanac that was dedicated to the elaboration of a programme of reform for the Soviet Union. The circle’s undertakings were both domestic in scope and transnational through their efforts to establish connections with the Polish trade union Solidarność and the Italian Communist Party. Using oral history sources and archival materials from Russia and a number of European countries, I reconstruct how the Young Socialists’ worldviews and cultural practices formed under the influence of Soviet and transnational forces during late stagnation. Locating them at the intersection of reformist cultures in the Soviet political-intellectual establishment, the dissident movement and the social milieu of elite youth of the last Soviet generation, I view the Young Socialists as the second generation of socialist dissent. In doing so, I explore how they drew on the reformist intellectual heritage of the shestidesiatniki and used the samizdat networks and other communication channels developed by the first generation of dissidents. In particular, at a time when left-wing ideas had fallen out of fashion among wider society, I focus on the transmission of lived experience from older socialist intellectuals to these younger dissidents to explain the transfer of socialist dissent into the next generation. Against the backdrop of Soviet decline, the Young Socialists drew inspiration for their views from foreign leftist movements. Viewing the international landscape at the turn of the 1980s, they perceived the existence of a European reformist Left that was loosely linked in an internationalism that was sympathetic to Eastern Bloc dissent. While emphasising the advanced character of the Young Socialists’ understandings of the outside world relative to earlier generations of socialist dissent, my account also considers their limitations. Looking ahead to Perestroika, I consider how the experience of socialist dissent accelerated the former Young Socialists’ adoption of social democratic and new leftist identities. This thesis enhances understandings of socialist dissent. It introduces new perspectives on the reformist currents in the Soviet intellectual elite beyond Gorbachev’s network of reformers. Finally, it expands understandings of the forms of political engagement that occurred within the last Soviet generation

The Spirit of Justice: The Emotional Experience of Racial Identity Formation Among Social Justice Activists

“Race” and racial identity are concepts that have rarely been explored as psychological or emotional phenomena. The concept of “race” itself is often taken for granted as a “natural” human category; there has been little attention to the emotional consequences of coming into awareness about one’s racial identity, especially in the case of white racial identity. This qualitative study explores the racial identity formation process by examining life history narratives of ten social justice activists with self-described “strong spiritual practices” in the Northeast region of the United States. Six important themes emerged from this project: (1) racial identity formation is marked by shame, trauma, grief, and, for some, spiritual growth and expansion, (2) white racial identity formation is deeply marked by the experience of shame, not to be confused with guilt, (3) shame and trauma share many physiological, emotional, and psychological features, (4) spirituality has been used to personal transmute, transform, and transcend the cultural pain and suffering of racial trauma and shame, (5) social justice and anti-oppression activism appears to be an expression of what the literature has termed “post-traumatic growth,” and (6) spirituality informs how the study participants reconciled racial subjectivity and activism. The study concludes that addressing racism cannot be a purely intellectual exercise. “Race” and racism are embodied phenomena fraught with human emotion and the essence of identity or personhood. As such, there is a need for much research that seeks to understand the role of human emotion in racial identity formation and in healing racism

COMPULSIVE BUYING BEHAVIOR PADA YOUNG ADULTS YANG MENGALAMI FAMILY DISRUPTION DI SURABAYA

Abstrak – Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi terbentuknya compulsive buying behavior pada young adults yang mengalami family disruptions di Surabaya. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan purposive sampling, dimana sampel berupa responden yang mengalami family disruptions sebelum berusian 18 tahun, pernah melakukan pembelian pakaian dan/atau sepatu dalam 6 bulan terakhir, berpendidikan minimal SMA, bertempat tinggal di Surabaya, dan berusia antara 18 sampai 25 tahun. Responden dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 150 orang. Analisis dalam penelitian ini dengan menggunakan model SEM (Structural Equation Modeling). SPSS 18.0 for Windows serta Lisrel 8.70 digunakan untuk menguji Model Measurement dan Structural pada penelitian ini.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Family Disruption memiliki pengaruh positif pada Compulsive Buying Behavior; Intangible Resources memiliki pengaruh positif pada Concept-oriented Communication; Family Disruption memiliki pengaruh negatif pada Intangible Resources dan juga pada Socio-economic Status, dan 9 hasil penelitian yang tidak memiliki pengaruh atau dapat dikatakan tidak memiliki makna. Kata Kunci: Family Disruptions, Compulsive Buying Behavior, Intangible Resources, Family Communication Style, Socio-economic Status Abstract – This study aims to examine the factors that influence the development of compulsive buying behavior on young adults who experiened family disruptions in Surabaya. This study used purposive sampling approach, which the sample consists of respondents who experienced family disruptions before they were 18- year-old, had bought either clothes and/or shoes within the last 6 months, have a minimum education of high school, currently resides in Surabaya, and is between 18 to 25 years old. Respondents in this study amounted to 150 young adults. The analysis in this study used a model of SEM (Structural Equation Modeling). SPSS 18.0 for Windows and Lisrel 8.70 were used to test the Measurement and Structural Model of this study. The result indicates that Family Disuruptions have a positive impact on Compulsive Buying Behavior; Intangible Resources have a positive impact on Concept-oriented Communication; Family Disruption have a negative impact on both Intangible Resources and Socio Economic Status, and other 9 results don’t have any impacts or said to not have any meaning. Keywords: Family Disruptions, Compulsive Buying Behavior, Intangible Resources, Family Communication Style, Socio-economic Statu

COMPULSIVE BUYING BEHAVIOR PADA YOUNG ADULTS YANG MENGALAMI FAMILY DISRUPTION DI SURABAYA

Abstrak – Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi terbentuknya compulsive buying behavior pada young adults yang mengalami family disruptions di Surabaya. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan purposive sampling, dimana sampel berupa responden yang mengalami family disruptions sebelum berusian 18 tahun, pernah melakukan pembelian pakaian dan/atau sepatu dalam 6 bulan terakhir, berpendidikan minimal SMA, bertempat tinggal di Surabaya, dan berusia antara 18 sampai 25 tahun. Responden dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 150 orang. Analisis dalam penelitian ini dengan menggunakan model SEM (Structural Equation Modeling). SPSS 18.0 for Windows serta Lisrel 8.70 digunakan untuk menguji Model Measurement dan Structural pada penelitian ini.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Family Disruption memiliki pengaruh positif pada Compulsive Buying Behavior; Intangible Resources memiliki pengaruh positif pada Concept-oriented Communication; Family Disruption memiliki pengaruh negatif pada Intangible Resources dan juga pada Socio-economic Status, dan 9 hasil penelitian yang tidak memiliki pengaruh atau dapat dikatakan tidak memiliki makna. Kata Kunci: Family Disruptions, Compulsive Buying Behavior, Intangible Resources, Family Communication Style, Socio-economic Status Abstract – This study aims to examine the factors that influence the development of compulsive buying behavior on young adults who experiened family disruptions in Surabaya. This study used purposive sampling approach, which the sample consists of respondents who experienced family disruptions before they were 18- year-old, had bought either clothes and/or shoes within the last 6 months, have a minimum education of high school, currently resides in Surabaya, and is between 18 to 25 years old. Respondents in this study amounted to 150 young adults. The analysis in this study used a model of SEM (Structural Equation Modeling). SPSS 18.0 for Windows and Lisrel 8.70 were used to test the Measurement and Structural Model of this study. The result indicates that Family Disuruptions have a positive impact on Compulsive Buying Behavior; Intangible Resources have a positive impact on Concept-oriented Communication; Family Disruption have a negative impact on both Intangible Resources and Socio Economic Status, and other 9 results don’t have any impacts or said to not have any meaning. Keywords: Family Disruptions, Compulsive Buying Behavior, Intangible Resources, Family Communication Style, Socio-economic Statu

Pathways to non-complex assistive technology for HACC clients in WA : full report

The project aims to identify, evaluate and make recommendations to improve the pathways by which West Australian (WA) Home and Community Care (HACC) clients access daily living equipment. Otherwise known as assistive technology (AT), these devices are largely non-complex and often low cost. Funded by HACC and conducted within the context of the WA Assessment Framework (WAAF), the project seeks to answer the following question:&nbsp; &nbsp; How can aids and equipment be most effectively assessed, accessed, funded and used?The research is designed to inform WA state government policy and Commonwealth HACC government policy in relation to the funding of HACC client access to assistive technology. Whilst set in WA, the topic and findings have relevance to HACC in other Australian states and territories, as well as other aspects of aged care policy, other sectors such as disability, and other areas of inquiry such as competency standards and consumer self-direction.</div

Turnaround in Reverse: Brown, School Improvement Grants, and the Legacy of Educational Opportunity

As we reflect upon the sixtieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, it is critical to not only assess policies advanced during the Obama administration that are aimed at reducing the continuing disparity for minority and economically disadvantaged students, but to also reflect upon what Secretary Duncan called the paradox of educational progress that continues to persist. Part II explores the effort to realize Brown’s promise of integration and equal educational opportunity. It describes a slow but significant history of gains, which has since been thwarted as Brown has been rendered doctrinally impotent. It then considers the relationship between Brown and Title I of the Elementary and Second Education Act (ESEA), and suggests ways to give new life to Brown’s promise of equal educational opportunity. Part III examines a recent effort by the Obama administration to increase educational opportunity for Title I schools that serve primarily economically disadvantaged and Black/Hispanic students through use of School Improvement Grants (SIG). It then outlines the eligibility requirements for Title I and Title I-eligible schools, mandated school improvement models for turnaround contingent upon SIG-funding, and new provisions for school leadership. Part IV considers the preliminary results associated with SIG grant-funding for Cohorts I and II, with a particular focus given to Cohorts I and II in the State of Ohio using data collected by the U.S. and Ohio Departments of Education. Finally, Part V concludes with a critique of the turnaround models attached to SIG grant funding and suggests a revised approach to school reform that would revitalize Brown’s promise of equal educational opportunity

Turnaround in Reverse: Brown, School Improvement Grants, and the Legacy of Educational Opportunity

As we reflect upon the sixtieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, it is critical to not only assess policies advanced during the Obama administration that are aimed at reducing the continuing disparity for minority and economically disadvantaged students, but to also reflect upon what Secretary Duncan called the paradox of educational progress that continues to persist. Part II explores the effort to realize Brown’s promise of integration and equal educational opportunity. It describes a slow but significant history of gains, which has since been thwarted as Brown has been rendered doctrinally impotent. It then considers the relationship between Brown and Title I of the Elementary and Second Education Act (ESEA), and suggests ways to give new life to Brown’s promise of equal educational opportunity. Part III examines a recent effort by the Obama administration to increase educational opportunity for Title I schools that serve primarily economically disadvantaged and Black/Hispanic students through use of School Improvement Grants (SIG). It then outlines the eligibility requirements for Title I and Title I-eligible schools, mandated school improvement models for turnaround contingent upon SIG-funding, and new provisions for school leadership. Part IV considers the preliminary results associated with SIG grant-funding for Cohorts I and II, with a particular focus given to Cohorts I and II in the State of Ohio using data collected by the U.S. and Ohio Departments of Education. Finally, Part V concludes with a critique of the turnaround models attached to SIG grant funding and suggests a revised approach to school reform that would revitalize Brown’s promise of equal educational opportunity