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Vote buying and Its effect on democracy and development in Uganda : a case of Rwamucucu Sub-County, Kabale District, South Western Uganda
2016
Master thesis development management - University of Agder 2016 In this study, I have investigated vote buying and vote selling as a phenomenon in Uganda, using Rwamucucu Sub-County as a case. The major aim has been to understand local people’s perception of vote buying and selling and its effect on democracy and development. I have utilized a qualitative research strategy, using mainly semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and field observations. The data were collected during the time of the 2016 Uganda general elections. Results indicate that vote buying has been extensive in Rwamucucu, and that it had increased significantly during the last 20 years. The study also shows t…
Performative Control and Rhetoric in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Response to COVID-19
2021
This article analyses how specific nodal points of performative control developed and consequently structured the discourse on Aotearoa New Zealand’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It identifies these points by adopting a rhetorical-performative approach to uncover three particular performances of control that articulated the pandemic in Aotearoa New Zealand, from the diagnosis of the first COVID-19 case in the country in February 2020 through to October 2020. This period of analysis covers the emergence, subsequent nationwide lockdown, elimination, and re-emergence of the virus. There are three distinct nodal points that unfold as key to the nation’s ability to control COVID-19: the he…
Innovazione sociale e creatività. Nuovi scenari di sviluppo per il territorio sicano
2018
Innovazione sociale e creatività. Nuovi scenari di sviluppo per il territorio sicano, attraverso il paradigma emergente della Circular Land e alcune esperienze d'innovazione locale in Sicilia, traccia un nuovo scenario di sviluppo in Sicilia, evidenziando le relazioni tra l'innovazione sociale, quale processo territorialmente radicato e il contesto spaziale in cui agisce, e identificando nella dimensione relazionale della connettività il principale campo d'azione per le politiche territoriali regionali. In the contribution Innovation and creativity. New development scenarios for the Sicani area, starting from the emerging concept of Circular Land and from some experiences of local innovatio…
Casual, Colloquial, Commonsensical: A News Values Stylistic Analysis of a Populist Newsfeed
2021
This study explores a mediated variety of right-wing populist discourse in the digital context, given the populists’ inclination to bypass legacy media to connect directly to the citizens to garner political support. It analyzes a sample of the Tea Party’s newsfeed headlines posted in the spring of 2019. A corpus of 308 headlines collected according to a “constructed week” formula has been coded first according to selected news values parameters (Bednarek and Caple 2017), and then with respect to stylistic devices operationalized in terms of “casual,” “colloquial” and “commonsensical” expressions. Methodologically, the study aims to combine the perspectives of newsworthiness and stylistics …
Risk stratification at primary care centres in Valencia (Spain) to activate integrated care pathways for elderly patients with chronic conditions
2017
Introduction: The activation of integrated care pathways is not always easy and is time-consuming, so the standardized use of stratification tools (ST) can support health care professionals in decision-making processes. Several ST –developed and validated in the United States– have been implemented in the Valencia Region (Spain) at primary care (PC) centres to identify elders with multimorbidity at risk of suffering future hospital admissions (FHA). In spite of the usefulness of these instruments, it would be recommended to apply STs which have been specifically designed on the basis of the Spanish healthcare system and the characteristics of its population. Thus, the objective of this stud…
Jakość życia na obszarach wiejskich według młodzieży w kontekście podejmowania decyzji o miejscu rozpoczęcia aktywności zawodowej
2016
Mimo poprawy infrastruktury, która znacznie przekłada się na poprawę jakości życia, na wielu obszarach wiejskich można zauważyć niekorzystne tendencje związane z kształtowaniem się zarówno przyrostu naturalnego, starzenia się społeczeństwa, jak i ujemnego salda migracyjnego. W kraju takie tendencje uwidocznione są we wschodniej części (Podkarpacie, Podlasie) oraz w części zachodniej (Opolszczyzna). W artykule podjęto próbę zbadania oceny jakości życia na obszarze wiejskim przez ludzi młodych i poznania ich preferencji co do miejsca podjęcia pracy czy też prowadzenia działalności gospodarczej w okresie rozpoczynania aktywności zawodowej. W tekście zaprezentowano ujęcie teoretyczne jakości ży…
From Scarcity to Abundance : Food Waste Themes and Virtues in Agrarian and Mature Consumer Society
2019
Uusitalo and Takala address the food waste problem as a societal phenomenon and examine ethical virtues, values linked to them and food practices in two different time periods: agrarian society (1885–1917) and mature consumer society (2008–2017), in Finland. They use data from newspapers to uncover how ethical principles can underpin understanding of the food waste phenomenon. The study shows how the virtues adopted by food chain actors guide their practices towards sustainable ways of handling excess food. While societal themes of food waste are changing, virtues and food practices are changing as well, but some deep-rooted societal virtues and values persist. The chapter concludes with re…
U.S. Grand Strategy Towards Russia 2001-2017
2019
Objectives<i>U.S. foreign policy towards Russia is of the utmost importance for the national security of the countries on the NATO eastern flank. Grand strategies are among the analytical concepts for classification and analysis of U.S. actions in the international arena. This paper uses grand strategy classification framework to classify and analyse U.S. strategy towards Russia from 2001 to 2017.</i>Methods<i>36 speeches about Russia by U.S. Presidents George Bush and Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden from 2001 to 2017 were used in content analysis. U.S. grand strategy classification framework was used as the tool for coding and classifying different foreign polic…
Zróżnicowania wewnątrzregionalne i ich implikacje dla rozwoju województwa opolskiego. Wybrane aspekty (Intraregional differences and their implicatio…
2016
Dywersyfikacja rozwoju, występująca na każdym poziomie i w każdym wymiarze działalności społeczno-gospodarczej, powodowana jest wieloma czynnikami, wśród których, obok czynników przyrodniczych i kulturowych, do najważniejszych zalicza się czynniki o charakterze ekonomicznym oraz czynniki o charakterze społecznym. Głębokość dywersyfikacji może przesądzać o dalszym rozwoju określonego obszaru. W artykule poddano analizie wybrane czynniki składające się na specyfikę województwa opolskiego. Ocenie zostały poddane wybrane wielkości bezwzględne: liczby podmiotów gospodarczych, liczby ludności zamieszkującej powiaty województwa opolskiego, liczby pracujących i bezrobotnych oraz wskaźniki: przyrost…
Rywalizacja międzypartyjna i wewnątrzpartyjna w kampanii referendum europejskiego w Wielkiej Brytanii z 2016 roku
2017
Inter‑party and intra‑party rivalry in the 2016 EU referendum campaign in the United Kingdom
 The objective of this paper is an analysis of the course of the 2016 EU referendum campaign from the perspective of the political battle between the parties and between intra‑party factions. Besides the main goals of the UK’s leaving the EU or remaining within it, the stakes of the battle included the strengthening of one’s own political camp, the weakening of one’s opponents, the gaining of power within a party or, eventually, the gaining of power in the country. The article is divided into two major parts devoted to the analysis of inter‑party rivalry and intra‑party rivalry respectively. Th…