Buying In to Social Change

2012 ◽  
Vol 644 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
Political Engagement ◽  
Social Embeddedness ◽  
Private Benefits ◽  
Clean Environment ◽  
Concern For Others ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Greater Good ◽  
Buying In ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Limited Choice

Drawing on depth interviews with eight socially conscious consumers, this study explores the way socially conscious consumer orientations can help to foster the kinds of prosocial orientations, such as a concern for others, that facilitate civic and political engagement. The data suggest that these consumers reap several private benefits from their socially conscious choices (authenticity, social embeddedness, empowerment, and self-actualization) while also helping to secure broader public virtues, such as a clean environment or workers’ rights. In so doing, they face certain costs (such as inconvenience and limited choice), but these sacrifices are reframed as pleasurable. This perspective challenges conventional, republican views of citizenship that see individuals as selfless and sacrificing for the sake of a common, greater good. Instead, these socially conscious consumers embody an alternative kind of citizenship in which the acquisition of private, self-serving benefits is inextricably linked to the pursuit of broader, collective virtues.

Online youth political engagement and bureaucratization: The Australian Youth Forum

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 767-781
Author(s):  
Prashanth Pillay
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Youth Participation ◽  
Political Involvement ◽  
Youth Policy ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
Online Engagement ◽  
Depth Interviews

Through in-depth interviews with all 10 youth representatives who worked in the Australian Youth Forum (AYF), Australia’s first online government youth forum, this article explains how online engagement was experienced and understood by those who managed its day-to-day operation. While the AYF was decommissioned in 2014, it was the first, and, till date, only online federal initiative that invited young people to run a government-funded youth public forum. Despite its relatively short existence, the AYF provokes questions about the influence of historically entrenched political values on online youth political participation and policy. Findings from this article have uncovered a series of challenges faced by youth in adjusting to government efforts to regulate consultation within the AYF. Building on Collin’s (2015, Young Citizens and Political Participation in a Digital Society: Addressing the Democratic Disconnect. London: Palgrave Macmillan.) observation of a ‘democratic disconnect’ in Australian youth policy, an incompatibility between government expectations of youth political involvement and how young people value participation, this article suggests that the AYF provided key insights into the centralized bureaucratic arrangements that have historically defined Australian youth participation and how they influence youth participatory experiences in online government initiatives.

scholarly journals Why Women Protest: Insights from Ukraine's EuroMaidan

Slavic Review ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 726-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olena Nikolayenko ◽  
Maria DeCasper
Keyword(s):  
Political Engagement ◽  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Professional Service ◽  
Civic Duty ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Government ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The Revolution

This article examines why Ukrainian women participated in the 2013–14 anti-government protests, widely known as the EuroMaidan. Based upon in-depth interviews with female protesters, the study uncovers a wide range of motivations for women's engagement in the revolution, including dissatisfaction with the government, solidarity with protesters, motherhood, civic duty, and professional service. Political discontent was the most cited reason for protesting. Solidarity with protesters was another major catalyst for political engagement. In addition, women who were mothers invoked the notion of mothering to provide a rationale for activism. The study contributes to the growing literature on women's participation in contentious politics in non-democracies.

Helping Substance-Abusing Mothers in the Child-Welfare System: Turning Crisis into Opportunity

2000 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
An-Pyng Sun
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Substance Abusing ◽  
Protective Service ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Training Child ◽  
Meaningful Relationships ◽  
Depth Interviews

This paper integrates in-depth interviews with eight mothers and existing relative literature, explaining the recovery journey of substance-abusing mothers in the child-welfare system. The results show that these mothers longed for a mainstream dream (a better life, meaningful relationships, and self-actualization), perhaps because of, as well as for the sake of, their children. However, for them to achieve their dreams, the support of various external systems is necessary—treating mothers and children as one unit, facilitating nonusing social networks, and providing case-management and life-skills training. Child protective service caseworkers can serve as key persons to help these mothers turn crisis into opportunity.

scholarly journals PROGRAM CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PT PERTAMINA REFINERY UNIT VI BALONGAN DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT (Kasus Pada Desa Balongan, Majakerta, Sukaurip dan Karangsong)

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-74
Author(s):  
Ilona V. Oisina Situmeang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Clean Environment ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Depth Interviews

AbstractThe Government requires that any companyoperating in Indonesia to undertake CSR programsfor the surrounding community, which programsare not only charity but also to empowercommunities, so that the surrounding communitiesbe empowered; and this has been done by PTPertamina Balongan. This study used a qualitativeapproach that is descriptive. Primary datacollection is done by in-depth interviews and groupdiscussions while secondarily conducted throughthe study of literature. The result is that Pertaminaconducting activities in various areas of public life,including in the field leads to more social charityactivities, in economics with a focus on communitydevelopment activities needed by the communityand in the environmental field is directed to acleaner environment and comfortable as it mayimprove the quality of life as well as in the field ofreligion and education. This activity is routinelymaintained by Pertamina by listening to the keyneeds of the community.Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR),People Empowerment, Charity, Clean Environment AbstrakPemerintah mewajibkan setiap perusahaan yangberoperasi di Indonesia untuk melakukan programCSR bagi masyarakat sekitar, dimana programyang dilakukan tidak hanya sekedar perbuatanamal namun lebih kepada pemberdayaanmasyarakat, sehingga masyarakat sekitar menjadiberdaya. Hal ini sudah dilakukan oleh PT PertaminaBalongan. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatankualitatif yang bersifat deskriptif. Pengumpulandata primer dilakukan dengan wawancaramendalam dan diskusi kelompok sedangkan datasekunder dilakukan dengan studi literatur. Hasilyang diperoleh bahwa Pertamina melakukankegiatan di berbagai bidang kehidupanmasyarakat, yaitu bidang sosial lebih mengarahkepada kegiatan amal, di bidang ekonomi fokuspemberdayaan masyarakat dengan berbagaikegiatan yang dibutuhkan oleh masyarakat dandibidang lingkungan mengarah kepada lingkunganyang bersih, nyaman dan dapat meningkatkankualitas hidup serta di bidang agama danpendidikan. Kegiatan ini rutin dilakukan Pertaminadengan mendengarkan kebutuhan-kebutuhanutama dari masyarakat.Kata kunci: CSR, Tanggung Jawab SosialMasyarakat, Pemberdayaan Masyarakat, Amal,Lingkungan Bersih

scholarly journals Between “us” and “them”: political subjectivities in the shadows of the 2018 brazilian election

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. e160722
Author(s):  
Charles Klein ◽  
Milena Mateuzi Carmo ◽  
Alessandra Tavares
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Institutional Politics ◽  
Political Spectrum ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article examines political subjectivities, community engagements and voting practices among residents of São Paulo’s Zona Sul peripheries in the three years preceding Brazil’s 2018 presidential election. Building on a 398-person household survey, 46 in-depth interviews, and extensive participation observation over the course of a four-year study, we argue that although most residents of our study communities across the political spectrum are disenchanted with institutional politics, many maintain political engagement through their everyday lives, including activism centered on intersectional identities and state-sponsored violence/genocide. Our discussion combines statistical analysis and auto-ethnographic inflected vignettes and is in dialogue with two common themes present in recent analyses of the Brazilian political landscape: the role of urban periphery voters in the election of Bolsonaro, and the complex connections between moralities and political subjectivities. In conclusion, we reflect on opportunities and challenges for progressive political engagement in the (post)Bolsonaro era.

Preferences around the disclosure of dying: A vision from Portuguese society

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-68
Author(s):  
Ana Patrícia Hilário
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Good Death ◽  
Social Embeddedness ◽  
Ethnographic Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Preference ◽  
Palliative Care Units ◽  
Awareness Of Dying ◽  
Depth Interviews

AbstractObjectiveThis paper aims to explore the extent to which the “revivalist” discourse of a good death, which promotes an awareness of dying shapes the lived realities of palliative care patients and their families in Portugal.MethodAn ethnographic approach was developed. Participant observation was carried out in 2 palliative care units, and this was complemented by in-depth interviews. Ten terminally ill patients, 20 family members, and 20 palliative care professionals were interviewed.ResultsThe “revivalist” good death script might not be suitable for all dying people, as they might not want an open awareness of dying and, thereby, the acknowledgment of imminent potential death. This might be related to cultural factors and personal circumstances. The “social embeddedness narrative” offers an alternative to the “revivalist” good death script.Significance of resultsThe “revivalist” discourse, which calls for an open awareness of dying, is not a cultural preference in a palliative care context in Portugal, as it is not in accord with its familial nature.

scholarly journals Memes on the Evolution of Derivative Architecture Design

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Triyatni Martosenjoyo
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Architecture Design ◽  
Ecological Changes ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Over Time

Through genetic tracing, the origins of a person and who their ancestors are can be traced scientifically even though over time their genes have evolved following ecological changes. Likewise, a person's ideas can be traced where the origin comes from through memetic tracing. This article discusses case studies in several works which are assumed to be works of design product plagiarism at one of the famous universities in Indonesia. The plagiarism process is investigated through tracking changes in their memes. The research method was carried out by investigation. Data collection and analysis through field studies and in-depth interviews with participants who are actors and users of plagiarism products. The research was conducted in 2017. The results showed that plagiarism resulted in degradation of physical and visual qualities, visual disguises for the purpose of copycat self-actualization, and a sense of innocence from them.

scholarly journals Aktivitas Pengungkapan Diri Remaja Putri Melalui Sosial Media Twitter

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
Ria Yunita
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Words And Images ◽  
Twitter Users ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract -The phenomenon of self-disclosure, which is carried out by young women through Twitter is something interesting to study. Twitter becomes an online diary for most users, the term used in microblogs "what are you doing" where twitter users can write their activities, free twitter users reveal anything either just tell what is being done, the purpose of the study to find out self-disclosure young women through twitter social media in Jakarta through the role of Twitter, both in the form of reasons, traits, topics, and values in doing so. The theory used is Adolescent Development Psychology, Self Disclousure theory, and CMC (Computer Mediated Communication). This study uses qualitative methods that are descriptive and with a discourse analysis approach, namely data collected in the form of words and images. The technique of collecting data was in-depth interviews with 3 selected informants. The results of the study are Twitter as a channel for the activities of young women who do self disclosure on Twitter to meet the needs of establishing friendships, especially old friendships and self-actualization. Conclusion, young women (research informants) feel comfortable doing self-disclosure on Twitter, self-disclosure such as status updates in the form of tweets for teenagers are considered more effective to express themselves than tell directly to certain people Keywords: Activity ,Selfdisclosure  Girl ,Twitter

Politics Feeds Back: The Minority/Majority Turnout Gap and Citizenship in Anti-Immigrant Times

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Kristina Bakkær Simonsen
Keyword(s):  
Political Engagement ◽  
Children Of Immigrants ◽  
Policy Feedback ◽  
Political Messages ◽  
Socioeconomic Groups ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
Open Discussion ◽  
Political Apathy ◽  
Depth Interviews

Voting is a democratic virtue and an important mechanism for citizens to let their voices be heard. However, citizens do not participate in politics at equal levels, with consequences for their political power. While turnout gaps between different socioeconomic groups are well researched, the biggest gap in many Western European countries today has been overlooked: that between the children of immigrants (minority youths) and the majority population. I argue that existing theories fall short in addressing this gap because they do not attend to the distinctly political forces that shape citizens’ relationships to politics. Building on the policy-feedback literature, and analyzing seventy-one in-depth interviews with minority and majority youths in Denmark, I show that because these groups are targeted very differently in policy and political discourse, they have substantially different conceptions of politics and their status as citizens. Many minority youths react to anti-immigrant political messages by dissociating from politics, but I warn against interpreting their quiescence as political apathy. Instead, dissociating from politics can be a strategy to reclaim power over their self-understanding and can be experienced as empowering. These findings challenge classic conceptualizations of political engagement and open discussion about how to understand political behavior in increasingly diverse societies.

scholarly journals Memes on the Evolution of Derivative Architecture Design

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Triyatni Martosenjoyo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Architecture Design ◽  
Ecological Changes ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Over Time

Through genetic tracing, the origins of a person and who their ancestors are can be traced scientifically even though over time their genes have evolved following ecological changes. Likewise, a person's ideas can be traced where the origin comes from through memetic tracing. This article discusses case studies in several works which are assumed to be works of design product plagiarism at one of the famous universities in Indonesia. The plagiarism process is investigated through tracking changes in their memes. The research method was carried out by investigation. Data collection and analysis through field studies and in-depth interviews with participants who are actors and users of plagiarism products. The research was conducted in 2017. The results showed that plagiarism resulted in degradation of physical and visual qualities, visual disguises for the purpose of copycat self-actualization, and a sense of innocence from them.

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