Results 11 to 20 of about 21,903 (240)

Social Work and Domestic Violence in Croatia Through a Gendered Lens: Between Power and Precarity

open access: yesRevija za Sociologiju, 2022
This article examines the gender-blind perception of the social work profession in Croatia and its relation to domestic violence cases. In the past few years, the media and the public have routinely expressed outrage at social workers for not preventing ...
Jana Kujundžić
doaj   +1 more source

Whiteness, Scapegoating, and Scarcity: Medicalizing ‘the US Opioid Crisis’

open access: yesJournal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2020
This paper characterizes the successful civil lawsuits brought by sub-national units of government in the US against multinational pharmaceutical companies to recover the costs of public expenditures (goods and services) incurred as they attempt to ...
Katherine Pettus
doaj   +1 more source

Should we take sides?: Girard, Mouffe, et al on graceful divisiveness [PDF]

open access: yesStudia z Teorii Wychowania, 2023
This paper interprets the rhetoric and social phenomena of “taking sides” and “scapegoating” amidst radical societal division. Exploring the social mechanics of unity and division, I visit the work of René Girard and Chantal Mouffe, who offer a lucid ...
Christopher Adam Haw
doaj   +1 more source

Making of Scapegoats: The Complicity of Church, State and Society in Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These

open access: yesDil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2023
Claire Keegan’s novel Small Things Like These (2021) brings such notions as purity, impu- rity and scapegoating into discussion within the context of the convent laundries in Ireland.
Mümin Hakkıoğlu, Mustafa Güneş
doaj   +1 more source

La collaboration chercheurs – praticiens à l’épreuve du mécanisme du bouc émissaire.

open access: yesÉducation et Socialisation, 2017
By applying a reflexive and experiential analysis, our paper questions the relationship between researchers and practitioners, specifically their developing interactions while carrying out collaborative research on the working practices of implementing ...
Rémi Casanova
doaj   +1 more source

The Gentle People of Prejudice [PDF]

open access: yes, 1950
Hogg Foundation for Mental ...
Overstreet, H.A.
core   +1 more source

Itinéraire d’un bouc emissaire: A Scapegoat’s Journey

open access: yesThe Person and the Challenges, 2018
Sacrifice is an important part of religious, ethical and political life. In addition, the term;sacrifice’ has several meanings; one of them denotes a victim of crime.
Erika Prijatelj
doaj   +1 more source

Girard and Nietzsche's phenomenology of victims [PDF]

open access: yesStudia z Teorii Wychowania, 2023
In this paper I argue that Nietzsche and Girard provide, for the first time, a phenomenology and genealogical account of the victim as both an ontological and moral category.
Duane Armitage
doaj   +1 more source

Financial control, blame avoidance and Radio Caroline: Talkin’ ‘bout my generation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This research examines the use of financial mechanisms that simultaneously impose controls and facilitate blame avoidance by public office-holders. A qualitative historical examination is used to examine legislation designed to prevent Radio Caroline, a
Aberdare LM   +42 more
core   +1 more source

Popular critiques of consultancy and a politics of management learning? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In this short article, I argue that popular business discourse on the role of management consultancy in the promotion and translation of management ideas is often critical, informed by more or less implicit ethical and political concerns with employee ...
Andrew Sturdy   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy