Nell Gwyn’s many after-lives : taming ‘the Protestant Whore’ in 21st century popular fiction

Ever since her supposed self-fashioning as ‘the Protestant Whore’ in the 1660s, Nell Gwyn has become a figure of fascination, revamped and reinterpreted in a multitude of ways along the years: from the black and white films of the 1930s, the story of this Restoration orange seller turned Royal concubine continues to excite the imagination of not just film makers, but of novelists, artists and even jam makers nowadays, as much as it inflamed Restoration audiences. The aim of this paper is to analyse the discourse that lays at the basis of three modern-day reconstructions of Nell Gwyn’s figure in an attempt at drawing a connection between celebrity, pop culture and historical fiction so as to explain the reimagining of this actress as an innocent strumpet, a scheming shrew, a dignified lady and all things in between; this paper takes ideas on celebrity and historical fiction as the theoretical basis upon which to build the criticism of these revampings of Nell Gwyn to better understand the survival of her figure three centuries after her death.peer-reviewe

Globalization and monetary policy: an introduction

Greater openness has become an almost universal feature of modern, developed economies. This paper develops a workhorse international model, and explores the role of standard monetary policy rules applied to an open economy. For this purpose, I build a two-country DSGE model with monopolistic competition, sticky prices, and pricing-to-market. I also derive the steady state and a log-linear approximation of the equilibrium conditions. The paper provides a lengthy explanation of the steps required to derive this benchmark model, and a discussion of: (a) how to account for certain well-known anomalies in the international literature, and (b) how to start "thinking" about monetary policy in this environment.Monetary policy ; Equilibrium (Economics) ; Globalization ; Macroeconomics ; International finance ; Mathematical models

The Role of Selectivity in Hierarchical Social Systems

We consider a selection process and a hierarchical institution in a dynamic model as in Harrington [3], where agents are "climbing the pyramid" in a rank-order contest based on the "up or out" policy. Agents are ranked according to the quality of their performances in a particular environment that they face in groups, and a fraction of the highest ranked agents are promoted. The size of this fraction characterizes the selectivity of the process, and we distinguish between local and global selectivity. We study the role of the degree of local and global selectivity in the dynamic process where agents' types differ in their expected performances. Surprisingly, we find that an increase in the selectivity of the process can be detrimental to the agents with the highest expected performances. In fact, it does not matter how small the expected performance of a particular type of agent is. If the degree of selectivity is high enough, that type of agent will survive. However, if the selectivity decreases, the only survivor is the agent with the highest expected performance.Social hierarchy, Selection, Selectivity, Promotion

An Unexpected Role of Local Selectivity in Social Promotion

A selection process and a hierarchical promotion system in a dynamic model are considered as in Harrington (1998) and Garcia-Martinez (2010), where agents are "climbing the pyramid" in a rank-order contest based on the "up or out" policy. The population at any level of the hierarchy is matched in groups of n agents, and each group faces a particular environment. Agents are ranked according to the quality of their performances in each particular environment. The top k performing agents from each group are promoted. The fraction (k/n) characterizes the local selectivity of the process. The role of the degree of local selectivity in the dynamic process where agents' types differ in their expected performances is studied. For low selectivity, the selection process is not strong enough to overcome the inertia of the initial population. If selectivity increases, only the best-performing type of agent will survive. If the selectivity is increased far enough, the worst-performing type also survives, and the proportion for which they account at equilibrium increases as selectivity increases. Therefore, surprisingly, no matter how low the expected success rate of a type is, if the selection process has a high enough level of selectivity, agents of that type survive in the long run: Too much selectivity is always harmful to the best-performing type.Social hierarchy; Selection; Selectivity; Promotion

The Agri-Food Cooperative Netchain: A Theoretical Framework to Study its Configuration

This paper proposes a research framework of the design and configuration of agrifood chains where the focal firm is a second-tier cooperative (group of affiliated cooperatives) in order to assess the alignment of (relational) governance structures and coordination mechanisms in these chains with supply chain management (SCM) principles. The theoretical framework proposes an integrative approach by drawing on the Relational View of inter-organisational competitive advantage and the Theory of Networks as inter-cooperative vertical relationships are embedded in horizontal ties between firms (first-tier cooperatives) of social rather economic nature. The conceptual framework developed herein will help theory building in SCM, but most importantly it would advance current knowledge on the scope of SCM in the agrifood cooperative sector.supply chain management, agrifood cooperatives, governance structure and coordination mechanisms, Agribusiness,

Variaciones atípicas en la química del agua en zonas de alta sismicidad: su valoración como medio hacia la prevención de sismos

Los resultados más sobresalientes revelan que la tendencia de la conductividad en sitios con alta frecuencia sísmica muestra variaciones atípicas en los registros, comportamiento que no tienen relación directa con ciclos naturales, pero sí con un intenso flujo interno del agua cuyas causas pueden ser antropogénicas o por ligeros movimientos del terreno causados por inclinación o por compresión derivada de la intensa y frecuente actividad sísmica; de igual forma por la posible presencia de flujos electromagnéticos que interactuar con los iones disueltos en el agua o con los componentes electrónicos del equipo utilizado para monitorear la conductividad natural del agua.Dentro del marco de los eventos sísmicos particularmente aquellos con capacidad de afectar la infraestructura civil y de los eventos que se presentan antes y después de su manifestación, se presentan los resultados de obtenidos de dos años de investigación de un proyecto que se fundamentó en el supuesto que antes de manifestarse un evento sísmico, en los alrededores circula un potencial eléctrico capaz de ionizar la atmosfera local e interrelacionar con el agua del subsuelo y cuerpos de agua superficiales vecinos, cambiando las propiedades químicas del agua. Bajo esta premisa y con énfasis en la conductividad natural del agua se presentan los resultados obtenidos del estudio de cuatro manantiales, una cisterna y dos pozos artesianos localizados en los estados de Guerrero, Oaxaca y una pequeña porción de Morelos, dentro del borde costero más sísmico de México; derivado del trabajo de investigación se obtuvieron dos artículos, los cuales han sido enviados a revistas arbitradas con reconocimiento internacional.CFE y UAE

LA INVESTIGACIÓN EN LA COTIDIANIDAD SOCIAL DESDE LA FENOMENOLOGÍA

Este artículo presenta algunas reflexiones sobre la importancia de dar un lugar preeminente a los actores, cuando de lo que se trata es de investigar la cotidianidad social. Se valora la oportunidad que para lograr esto ofrece la fenomenología como perspectiva teórico-metodológica, y su pertinencia para rescatar el papel protagónico de los actores y su acción, así como la posibilidad de lograr un acercamiento comprensivo a lo que cotidianamente se vive. Al mismo tiempo, busca rescatar la dimensión subjetiva e intersubjetiva propia de las relaciones entre personas que, desde referentes de vida diversos, hacen aparecer a la acción social como parte de un fenómeno complejo.Este artículo presenta algunas reflexiones sobre la importancia de dar un lugar preeminente a los actores, cuando de lo que se trata es de investigar la cotidianidad social. Se valora la oportunidad que para lograr esto ofrece la fenomenología como perspectiva teórico-metodológica, y su pertinencia para rescatar el papel protagónico de los actores y su acción, así como la posibilidad de lograr un acercamiento comprensivo a lo que cotidianamente se vive. Al mismo tiempo, busca rescatar la dimensión subjetiva e intersubjetiva propia de las relaciones entre personas que, desde referentes de vida diversos, hacen aparecer a la acción social como parte de un fenómeno complejo