- The Unanticipated Consequences of Technology

Wherever labor has played a significant role in bringing about regime change, there may be opportunities to join in the post-authoritarian ruling coalition in the hopes of consolidating its influence. This article examines the long-term risks and unanticipated consequences of giving in to this temptation by comparing post-communist Poland and post-apartheid South Africa, where the leading trade union federations became weaker and more divided as their political allies pushed forward with economic liberalization. Tunisia’s trade unions, awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for their contribution to a stable transition after the ‘Arab Spring,’ face the risk of going down the same path should they continue to view themselves as partners of the new governing elite, which has already signaled its intention of pursuing further liberalization.

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Unanticipated Consequences of Interactive Marketing: Systematic Literature Review and Directions for Future Research

Advances in Digital Marketing and eCommerce - Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-47595-6_12 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 91-98

Author(s):

Elvira Ismagilova ◽

Yogesh Dwivedi ◽

Nripendra Rana

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Future Research ◽

Interactive Marketing ◽

Unanticipated Consequences

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National Identity Card: Opportunities and Threats

Journal of Asian Research ◽

10.22158/jar.v2n2p77 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 77

Author(s):

Anisur Rahman Khan

Keyword(s):

National Identity ◽

High Tech ◽

Policy Debate ◽

Social Resistance ◽

Social Service Delivery ◽

The Social ◽

Identity Card ◽

Unanticipated Consequences ◽

Identity Cards ◽

Sophisticated Technology

<em>Biometric national<strong> </strong>identity card schemes are increasingly becoming common around the world and are also commonly considered as an essential social component. It is assumed that issuing national identity cards to all the citizens would help governments to combat social malice such as terrorism, illegal immigration, fraudulent activities, as well as enable the acceleration of the social service delivery mechanism. Nevertheless, the introduction of national identity card has been a matter of academic and policy debate. This review paper portrays an overview of the state of understanding about the benefits and concerns associated with biometric national identity schemes. Although there are strapping arguments with regard to the introduction of biometric national identity scheme, the unintended, unwelcome and unanticipated consequences of such a high-tech scheme must be critically assessed. It is suggested that in order to combat or control social threats and vices, social resistance is more important than the introduction and use of sophisticated technology.</em>

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On international migration: A review essay

Canadian Studies in Population ◽

10.25336/p6q03n ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 44 (3-4) ◽

pp. 200

Author(s):

Anthony C. Masi

Keyword(s):

Social Policy ◽

International Migration ◽

Review Essay ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Immigrant Integration ◽

Empirical Information ◽

New Information ◽

Four Books ◽

Unanticipated Consequences ◽

Do So

International migration continues to reshape our world, sometimes in predictable ways, but often with unanticipated consequences. The four books reviewed here provide new information and important insights regarding migration and migrant adjustment. They do so either by dealing with the policy dimension of this vast topic (Freeman and Mirilovic; Phillimore) or by delving deeply into the issue of immigrant integration (Scholten et al.; Waters and Gerstein Pineau). These editors took four different approaches to their task: (1) a compilation of already published works on the topic (Phillimore); (2) original pieces on topics or countries but following a predetermined framework (Scholten, et al.); (3) chapters designed to test theories against available empirical information (Freeman and Mirilovic); and (4) a comprehensive group-written “state of the art” for a single country (Waters and Gerstein Pineau). Together, the books provide an impressive array of scholarship from a variety of disciplinary perspectives on the links between migration and social policy and on immigrant integration.

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