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Hyvinvointivaltion legitimiteettikriisi? : julkaistu kritiikki ja kriisipuheet vs kansalaisten mielipidemittausten mukaiset asenteet hyvinvointivalti…
2000
‘I’m a foreign teacher’: legitimate positionings in the stories of a migrant teacher
2022
This qualitative study examines one migrant teacher’s identity positions in the context of a peer mentoring group setting in Finland. Combining theories of legitimacy and teacher narratives, this study asked which positions were available and legitimate for a migrant teacher. The analysis of three of the stories the teacher (‘Ji Yoo’) shared was inspired by Barkhuizen’s three-step framework for examining positioning in teacher narratives. Findings showed that Ji Yoo’s most legitimate positions were being ‘foreign’, novice teacher, cultural broker, and expert teacher, the latter two being the least frequent and least explicit ones. The authors suggest that migrant teachers’ struggles of havi…
Investigating the professional agency of secondary school English teachers in South Korea
2020
This qualitative study examines the professional agency of secondary English teachers in Midwestern South Korea. Specifically, it investigates how secondary English teachers in South Korea understand their professional agency and what mediates their professional agency. The ecological approach in this study recognises that agency encompasses both individual and environmental dimensions and is formed through the constant interplay between the individual and the environment. The dataset for this study comprises 15 semi-structured interviews with secondary English teachers in South Korea. The thematic analysis highlights a significant gap between Korean English teachers’ espoused agency and re…
Els aplecs «ts» i «dz» en valencià. Una anàlisi des de la teoria de l'optimitat
1995
This article intends to demonstrate that the final form of the clusters /ts/ and /dz/ in the Valencian dialect depends upon the behaviour of a series of universal principles referring to the syllabic structure. The author assumes that such restrictions are ranked on a language particular basis, according to the postulates of Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky 1993). Then, the outputs for the alveolar clusters will be the result of applying the constraint hierarchy to the set of possible candidates consistent with every input. The different results of the clusters /ts/ and /dz/ in Valencian, and this dialect' s divergences from other Catalan varieties are explained by the differences …
Ús lingüístic, legitimitat i discurs: consideracions weberianes
2004
The “psychosociological turn” of the sociology of language entails a new attention paid to the role of agency in language use. But this new approach can be coherent and complete only by taking into account the historical and political circumstances of language use, as well as the whole set of factors determining the processes by which social meanings are created and distributed. On the basis of the Weberian concept of legitimacy, this paper tries to outline the characteristics of the relationship between social discourses and the patterns of language use. It ends with some reflections on the utility and the difficulties of using critical discourse analysis in order to understand the symboli…
Legitimacy and relevance of a performance measurement system in a Finnish public-sector case
2019
Purpose This study investigates the difficulties involved in translating stakeholder expectations into action and maintaining legitimacy through the use of a performance measurement system (PMS) created in a Finnish regional development company (RDC). This longitudinal case study illustrates the fluctuating and socially constructed nature of legitimacy in the public sector. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative case study longitudinally analyzes the various developments occurring during and after the development of a PMS system for the case organization. Empirical data include interviews, workshops, observation and other materials relating to the case organization. Findings The init…
Stratégies politiques et médiatiques dans la gestion de la post-crise catalane de 2017
2021
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Monenkeskinen yhteistyö ja minilateralismi käytännössä : tapauksena Somalian rannikon merirosvous
2022
Artikkelissa pohditaan monenkeskisyyden ilmenemistä minilateraalin yhteistyön kautta. Historiallisesti merirosvous on ollut ajoittain ja alueellisesti esiin nouseva ilmiö, joka ponnistaa paikallisista olosuhteista ja erityisesti heikosta hallinnosta maa-alueilla. Merirosvoukseen liittyvä kansainvälinen sopimusyhteistyö painottaa valtioiden suvereniteetin merkitystä omilla aluevesillään. Käytännössä merten turvallisuuden ymmärtäminen laaja-alaisena ilmiönä sekä merirosvouksen tehokas torjuminen on vaatinut ja vaatii myös jatkossa tiivistä valtioiden välistä yhteistyötä, jossa yksittäisen valtion toimintakykyä kompensoidaan yhteistyön keinoin. Artikkelissa kuvataan kansainvälisen yhteisön pyr…
(De)legitimating electronic surveillance : a critical discourse analysis of the Finnish news coverage of the Edward Snowden revelations
2017
In 2013, ex-National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden shocked the world by revealing the American NSA’s (and its partners’) extensive surveillance programs. The ensuing media discussion became a focal point for the justification and contestation of surveillance in the digital age. This article contributes to the growing body of literature on the discursive construction of surveillance, concentrating on how the practice is (de)legitimized. Methodologically, the paper draws on Critical Discourse Studies, applying the concept of discourse and utilizing insights from Van Leeuwen’s categories of legitimation and social actor representation. The data come from the media coverage of…