The Mahalle as Margin of the State

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urszula Woźniak
Keyword(s):  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
The State ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Public Morality ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Moral Talk ◽  
Coup Attempt

The neighbourhood-based battles over norms and values in the ethnically diverse as well as sexual and gendered urban landscapes of the Istanbul neighbourhood (mahalle) spaces of Tophane and Kurtuluş reflect the complexity of the current political transformations that have been shaping Turkey as a whole and Istanbul in particular before and after the 15 July 2016 coup attempt. The analysis of the mahalle as the state’s margin reflects on how public moral talk, including the notion of ‘sensitivity’ (hassasiyet), reverberates in the making of public morality in both neighbourhood spaces. This article specifically focuses on the role of rumours in mediating ideas on behaviour deemed as in/appropriate in the mahalle as ‘moral territory’ and the mundane practices of self-appointed old and new ‘guards’ of the mahalle.

CHRONICLE OF A COUP FORETOLD: VALENTINE MUSAKANYA AND THE 1980 COUP ATTEMPT IN ZAMBIA

2010 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 391-409
Author(s):  
MILES LARMER
Keyword(s):  
Civil Service ◽  
Political Prisoner ◽  
Business Elite ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Before And After ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
Ruling Party ◽  
Coup Attempt

ABSTRACTZambia's unsuccessful coup attempt in 1980 was initiated by members of the country's intellectual and business elite, who had played a leading role in the postcolonial civil service and state bureaucracy, but who became disillusioned with the takeover of the state by the ruling party before and after the declaration of the one-party state in 1972. Among their number was Valentine Musakanya, one of those convicted for the coup attempt. Using Musakanya's biographical and other writings, this article explores his intellectual trajectory from head of the civil service to political prisoner. In so doing, it investigates the role of life writing in aiding understanding of the postcolonial political history of Africa.

scholarly journals ROLE OF VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT SCHEME ON ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT- A CASE STUDY ON BSNL HYDERABAD TELECOM DISTRICT

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-79
Author(s):  
P.Lova Kumar ◽  
Dr. V.Tulasi Das
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
The State ◽  
Normative Commitment ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Relationship

Employee engagement is the state of an employee’s dedication and commitment in their job on accomplishment of organizational objectives. The engagement of employees is identified, to display the relationship with their degree of commitment towards the organization. It is mainly observed that the degree of commitment and engagement of the employees will determine the success of the organization. With this background this study mainly focuses on discovering the levels of Organisational Commitment of the employees with special reference to BSNL, before and after the VRS Scenario in Hyderabad, Telecom Dist. The research further analyzes in exploring the relationship between the employee engagement and organization's commitment. KEYWORDS: Employee Engagement, Vigor, Organizational Commitment, Affective, Continuance, Normative Commitment,

scholarly journals State anxiety change after a parachute jump and its determinants: gender, experience, and temperament features

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Bołdak ◽  
Monika Guszkowska
Keyword(s):  
State Anxiety ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
The State ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Positive Adaptation ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Level Of Experience ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
Negative Predictor

Summary Study aim: To determine the role of gender and experience level as factors differentiating state anxiety before and after a parachute jump, and to ascertain relationships between state anxiety and temperament features. Material and methods: The research involved 143 parachutists (98 men and 45 women) aged from 17 to 49 years old, including 73 beginners and 70 advanced parachutists. The following questionnaires were applied: the Formal Characteristics of Behavior-Temperament Inventory by Zawadzki and Strelau, the Sensation Seeking Scale by Zuckerman, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory of Spielberger et al. Results: There was a significant decrease in state anxiety level after a parachute jump (before M = 32.66; after M = 28.57; p < 0.001). Its level is significantly higher in beginners than in experienced skydivers (p < 0.001). The level of experience is also a negative predictor of state anxiety level before the jump and its decrease after the jump. Conclusion: As experience grows, the positive adaptation to stress caused by parachute jump appears, which results with lowering the state anxiety level.

THE ROLE OF THE TAX SYSTEM IN ELIMINATING THE COMPLICATIONS OF THE PANDEMY IN THE ECONOMY OF UZBEKISTAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Bahodir Qodirov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The State ◽  
Tax System ◽  
State Of The Economy ◽  
Before And After

Тhe article analyzes the state of the economy of Uzbekistan before and after the pandemic, and defines the role and priorities of the tax system in economic reforms for 2016-2020. In the context of this pandemic, the legal framework for supporting entrepreneurship based on tax incentives was analyzed.

scholarly journals Governmental interventionism degree in economy - a case study in OECD countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 290 ◽  
pp. 07012
Author(s):  
Arik Sadeh ◽  
Claudia Florina Radu ◽  
Cristina Feniser ◽  
Ken Brown
Keyword(s):  
State Intervention ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Role ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Before And After ◽  
High Level ◽  
Fiscal Pressure

In this study, we talk about the economic role of the state, and we analyze the degree of its intervention in the economy within the OECD countries, for the period 2000-2016. Thus, we seek to identify the countries characterized by an active intervention as well as a weaker level of state intervention. Then, we show the types of public spending that the state places more emphasis on. We analyze the distribution of state intervention (given by budget revenues) concerning to GDP, fiscal pressure, the period before and after the 2008 crises and certain types of expenditure. We can say that, generally, well-developed countries are characterized by a high level of state interventionism, while less developed ones by lower interventionism. The degree of interventionism level is smaller after the 2008 crises.

The Role of Confucianism in Defusing Tension with the Social and Political Environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 139-154
Author(s):  
Sébastien Billioud
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Martial Law ◽  
High Tension ◽  
The Social ◽  
Before And After

In areas where most of the research for this book was carried out, a high amount of tension between Yiguandao and the state existed or still exists. This was the case in Taiwan during the martial law era and this is still the case in China, where the group has been banned by the Communist regime since 1949. The main argument defended in chapters 5 is that in contexts where the Yiguandao is in a situation of high tension with the authorities, Confucianism plays a pivotal role to defuse or decrease this tension. In so doing, it facilitates the group’s expansion. Chapter 5 proposes a brief retrospective on Yiguandao’s Confucianization and discusses the situation in Taiwan both before and after 1987, a date that marks both the end of martial law and the legalization of the group.

Housing middle-classness: formality and the making of distinction in Luanda

Africa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-528
Author(s):  
Claudia Gastrow
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
The State ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Public Performance ◽  
Financial Investment ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Primary Means ◽  
Urban Aesthetics

AbstractAs one of the primary personal sites of financial investment, expression and public performance, housing has stood at the centre of contemporary studies of class in Africa. This article adds to the existing literature on housing and class by exploring residents’ desires for formal housing in post-conflict Luanda, Angola. Luanda's residents increasingly believed that access to formal housing, not necessarily always legally but rather aesthetically defined, was a primary means of affirming middle-class status. By highlighting the links between class, urban formality and the state, the article argues that formal housing became a means for both the state and Luandans to produce middle-classness. Existing beliefs about comportment and urban aesthetics, which anchored subjective understandings of class in the house, intersected with a political economy in which the state played a central role in enabling access to new residences. As such, formality has become a key means through which middle-classness is transforming urban landscapes, opening up discussions about aesthetic belonging, financial stability and the role of the state in the making of Africa's middle classes.

The role of Egyptian State Awards in changing researchers’ performance in the science and technology sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-190
Author(s):  
Bahaa Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
The State ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Bibliometric Indicators ◽  
H Index ◽  
Technology Sector ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Academic Profiles

Abstract Egyptians generally pay attention to the State Awards as the most prestigious awards that Egyptian researchers can receive, including the Nile Award, the State Appreciation Award, the State Award of Excellence, and the State Encouragement Award. The current study is an attempt to investigate the role of national awards in the scientific research system, in order to identify the characteristics of Egyptian State Award laureates in science and technology during 2012–5, to determine their international literature, and to explore the implications of receiving a national award using bibliometric indicators. Scopus database was used to extract data, and the statistical software package SPSS was used to analyze. The study sample was 212 laureates, in addition to the control group of 184 researchers who closely matches the academic profiles of the laureates. The performance of the laureates and the control group was compared before and after the award by using four bibliometric indicators and the Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test. The laureates produced 13,598 publications from 1958 to 2018. Most of the laureates’ literature (94.35%) were published with coauthors. The Egyptian State Award laureates often collaborate with their Saudi Arabian and American colleagues, more than others. The average values of publications, citations, and citations per publication have increased after receipt of the award, unlike the h-index. Results indicated that receiving the State Award has a negative impact on the laureates’ performance.

scholarly journals The jurisprudential foundations of Iran’s criminal policy concerning the spread of prostitution covered in the 2013 Penal Code

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
Ardavan Arzhang ◽  
Abozar Abozar Fadakar Davarani ◽  
Mohammad Nozari Ferdowsieh
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Public Morality ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Ethical Norms ◽  
Domestic Law

The legislator has acted to criminalize the field of public chastity in order to preserve public morality; one of these cases considers prostitution. Publication of some news and images, especially those that may appear today in various mass media, such as Internet websites, certainly leads to the dissemination and spread of content that contradicts public morality and ethics, that confronts ethical norms and values. That’s why the publication of such information is prohibited by law. Concerning the spread of prostitution, this paper analyzes two instances of abuse, that contradict public morality and are related to each other. The main question in this paper is, what does the Iranian criminal policy do against the spread of prostitution, covered in the Islamic Penal Code approved in 2013? After an introduction (Chapter I), we analyze some jurisprudential concepts and principles related with this matter (Chapter II). In Chapter III we see some examples of the spread of prostitution in domestic law. Finally, we take care of the role of corruption in the spread of prostitution (Chapter IV) and then we resume some conclusions (Chapter V).

scholarly journals Presidential politics of constitutional amendment in Francophone Africa: The case of Senegal

2022 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Institutions ◽  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
Francophone Africa ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
Head Of State ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Constitutional Reforms ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Constitutional Changes

Abstract The paper is devoted to the role of the head of state in initiating and implementing constitutional reforms in Senegal. This country can legitimately be regarded as one of the few examples of a relatively successful democratization process in Africa, as evidenced, among other things, by the lack of military coups leading to the loss of power by civilian governments, as well as by two democratic transfers of power (in 2000–2001 and 2012), after which the main opposition parties gained the presidency and the majority of parliamentary seats. Both these fundamental political transformations generated important constitutional changes (for example, the adoption of the current Constitution of 2001, or the constitutional modifications of 2016 and 2019) that have influenced, to a greater or lesser extent, the position of the presidency in Senegalese systems of government. The author analyses their significance for the functioning of contemporary political institutions in the broader context set by the politics of constitutional amendment which was conducted by previous presidents of this country. The main goal of the paper is to examine to what extent the constitutional modifications introduced before and after the adoption of the 2001 Constitution were designed to contribute to the beginning or consolidation of pro-democratic trends, and to what extent they were created to strengthen the position of an incumbent president himself, leading to a political imbalance and regress in the democratization process. The author argues that the constitutional modifications adopted over the years have often gone in two opposite directions, influencing the efficiency and durability of Senegalese institutional structures.

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