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Transforming evidence: A discursive evaluation of narrative therapy case studies
A recent shift in American Psychological Association policy for what constitutes as
evidence in psychotherapy has resulted in the inclusion of qualitative methodologies.
Narrative therapy is a discursive therapy that is theoretically incongruent with the
prevailing gold standard of experimental methodology in psychotherapy outcome
evaluation. By using a discursive evaluation methodology that is congruent with
narrative therapy this study of six peer-reviewed narrative therapy case articles found
shifts in client positioning in the transformation from medical pathology discourses to
strength-based discourses. It is concluded that five out of six case studies coherently
demonstrated the effectiveness of narrative therapy with positive outcomes for clients
and that a discursive evaluation has utility in producing a thick description of
therapeutic outcome
Finding common ground: R. (on the application of Newhaven Port and Properties Ltd) v East Sussex CC
Considers the Supreme Court judgment in R. (on the application of Newhaven Port and Properties Ltd) v East Sussex CC on whether a local community's recreational use of a beach had not been "as of right" within the meaning of the Commons Act 2006 s.15(4), excluding it from registration as a town or village green, as: (1) this use was in furtherance of common law public rights; or (2) they had enjoyed an implied licence arising from local byelaws
Assessing the Current State of Net Neutrality and Exploring Solutions in Creating and Maintaining Open, Available, and Innovative Internet and Broadband Services
This article examines the current state of net neutrality regulation in the United States. Debates surrounding net neutrality are varied and layered. They include legal questions regarding how the internet should be classified under existing statutes, and the level of authority for federal agencies when regulating internet service providers. The Article will provide an extensive background of net neutrality in the United States, discussing the pertinent case law and legislation that shaped the modern Internet regulatory landscape. It will conclude by discussing the current state of the law, focusing on the perspectives of proponents and opponents of the law as it currently stands under the Restoring Internet Freedom Order. Finally, it will analyze examples of measures that opponents of the Restoring Internet Freedom Order are taking to repeal it
Implications for Survival: Coping Strategies of the Women in Alice Walker\u27s Novels
Various strategies for coping have surfaced in the uncertain, arduous, and frequently faltering struggle by black Americans for equality of opportunity, coping strategies characterized variously as carefully considered judgments or mere reactions devoid of ideological commitment. These efforts have engaged the attention of historians, sociologists, psychologists, political scientists, and other scholars motivated by a perceived obligation to explicate the nature of the struggle and articulate viable modes for ameliorating the effects of discrimination. Literary artists have also manifested a similar interest by using the medium of imaginative literature to illuminate and dramatize the realities of the historical situation
Economic and Theological Approaches to Debt Cancellation
Differences in economic and theological approaches to debt cancellation result from differences in disciplinary assumptions in respect of purpose, method, and argument. We argue that they provide alternative commentaries upon the need for debt cancellation, but that it is not possible to demonstrate the superiority of one over the other, so practitioners in one are likely to continue to find it difficult to respond meaningfully to arguments from the other.debt cancellation, conditionality, theology
Morality, Colour, Bodies: Epistemological and Interpretive Questions of Purity
As contributors to this special edition show in different ways, purity itself is a less stable concept than may first appear. This insight, however, is not always reflected in dominant theory on the topic. Contributions to this special edition are therefore placed in dialogue with a metanarrative regarding the role of purity in Western history, presented by the influential Harvard sociologist Barrington Moore Jr.. In effect, discussion of Moore’s narrative on purity is a way to expose it differently, allowing the reader to reconsider Moore’s claims. In turn, we hope that the special issue’s contributions will be exposed differently in light of work to refine and redefine Moore’s overarching thesis
Rigidity and auxeticity transitions in networks with strong bond-bending interactions
A widely-studied model for gels or biopolymeric fibrous materials are
networks with central force interactions, such as Hookean springs. Less
commonly studied are materials whose mechanics are dominated by non-central
force interactions such as bond-bending potentials. Inspired by recent
experimental advancements in designing colloidal gels with tunable
interactions, we study the micro- and macroscopic elasticity of two-dimensional
planar graphs with strong bond bending potentials, in addition to weak central
forces. We introduce a theoretical framework that allows us to directly
investigate the limit in which the ratio of characteristic central-force to
bending stiffnesses vanishes. In this limit we show that a generic isostatic
point exists at , coinciding with the isostatic point of frames with
central force interactions in two dimensions. We further demonstrate the
emergence of a stiffening transition when the coordination is increased towards
the isostatic point, which shares similarities with the strain-induced
stiffening transition observed in biopolymeric fibrous materials, and coincides
with an auxeticity transition above which the material's Poisson's ratio
approaches -1 when bond-bending interactions dominate.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figure
Managing the Tensions of Essentialism: Purity and Impurity
This article proposes a new interpretation of Pierre Bourdieu, as a theorist of purity and impurity.
Bourdieu’s writings indicate that through the adjudication of things or people as relatively impure or pure an image is constructed of their essential truth. Building from Bourdieu, we will show how themes of purity and impurity can be used to manage the tensions associated with attempts
to impute an essence to human nature or to reality, ensuring that the moral and epistemological significance of complexity is masked. This is the reason why themes of purity and impurity so often attend polarized world views, and why they are frequently mobilized for justifying and
operating biopolitical processes of social stratification and regulation
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