Comparative Biographies in Case-based Cross-national Research: Methodological Considerations

Sociology ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 603-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Brannen ◽  
Ann Nilsen
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
Case Based ◽  
Cross National

scholarly journals The Long March: Deep Democracy in Cross-National Perspective

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Kadivar ◽  
Adaner Usmani ◽  
Benjamin H. Bradlow
Keyword(s):  
State Office ◽  
National Studies ◽  
Deep Democracy ◽  
Self Rule ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
Case Based ◽  
Cross National ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Self Organizing

Over the last several decades, dozens of dictatorships have become democracies. Yet while each has held free and fair elections, they have varied in the extent to which their citizens realize the ideal of self-rule. Why do some democracies distribute power to citizens while other democracies withhold it? Existing research is suggestive, but its implications are ambiguous. Cross-national studies have focused on democracy’s formal dimensions, while work on substantive democracy is case-based. We find that one of the most consistent and powerful explanations of substantive democratization is the length of unarmed pro-democratic mobilization prior to a transition. Through a case study of Brazil, we illustrate that these movements matter in three ways: first, because practices of self-organizing model and enable democratic reforms; second, because movement veterans use state office to deepen democracy; and third, because long movements yield civil societies with the capacity to demand the continuous deepening of democracy.

scholarly journals Cross-national research in audiovisual translation: Some methodological considerations

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-80
Author(s):  
Elisa Perego
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
National Study ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Audiovisual Translation ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
Cross National Study ◽  
Cross National

Cross-national research is a research methodology that aims to make comparisons across countries. Nowadays, cross-national research is growing, especially in some social science disciplines such as sociology, political science, geography, and economics. However, it has not yet steadily entered the field of audiovisual translation (AVT). Despite its theoretical and methodological challenges (Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik & Harkness, 2005), cross-national research could be used successfully in AVT to investigate long-debated issues. These issues include, but are not restricted to, the reception of a given AVT method or strategy, and the different ways in which the translation process is accomplished in different countries. In this contribution, I will outline both theoretical and methodological debates in comparative cross-national research and apply them to AVT. After that, I will briefly present the results of a cross-national study (Perego et. al, 2016) designed to analyse the subtitle reception comparing the way the process takes place in different countries with different AVT traditions. The discussion of the study will contribute to assessing the potential strengths of cross-national research in AVT, thus offering indications on future methodological developments and enabling future and more rigorous international comparisons.

scholarly journals Levels of intersecting temporalities in young men’s orientation to the future. A cross-national case comparison

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 659-680
Author(s):  
Ann Nilsen
Keyword(s):  
Historical Time ◽  
Philosophy Of Time ◽  
Family Time ◽  
Opportunity Structures ◽  
The Future ◽  
Case Comparison ◽  
Future Orientations ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
Case Based ◽  
Cross National

Inspired by G.H. Mead’s philosophy of time and his focus on the present as the site of interpretation of past experiences and thoughts about the future, this paper makes cross-national comparisons between four cases of young Norwegian and British men. The method is case-based biographical analysis. Levels of biographical time, family time and historical time intersect in young men’s orientation to the future in a present set in the current contexts of Norway and Britain. The overarching question addresses if and how timing at the biographical level, related to family time and resources, harmonise with features of opportunity structures in the national contexts. Two typologies are identified: those whose future orientations correspond with standards for ‘successful’ trajectories are named confident continuity while cautious contingency characterises the orientation of those whose biographical timing of transitions is not in synchrony with family time nor with standards in the current opportunity structure.

scholarly journals Methodological considerations for identifying questionable publishing in a national context: The case of Swedish Higher Education Institutions

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Gustaf Nelhans ◽  
Theo Bodin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quantitative Estimation ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
National Level ◽  
Journal Publication ◽  
Publication Data ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
University Colleges ◽  
Methodological Considerations ◽  
Cross National

The overall scope of this study is an attempt at a methodological framework for matching publication lists at the national level against a combined set of blacklists for questionable publishing. Using the total verified set of publications from Swedish Higher Education Institutions (HEI) as a case, we examined the number, distribution, and proportion of publishing in questionable journals at the national level. Journal publication data was extracted from the national SwePub database and matched against three curated blacklists of questionable publishing. For the period 2012–2017, we identified 1,743 published papers in blacklisted journals, equal to an average of 0.5–0.9% of the total publications from Swedish HEIs. There was high variability between different HEI categories, with more established universities at the lower end of the spectrum, while university colleges and new universities had a much higher proportion (∼2%). There was a general decreasing trend during the study period (ρ = 0.83) for all categories of HEIs. The study presents a methodology to identify questionable publishing in academia that could be applied to other countries with similar infrastructure. Thus, it could serve as a starting point for the development of a general framework for cross-national quantitative estimation of questionable publishing.

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