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The language of poverty: an exploration of the narratives of the poor
Misturelli, Federica; Heffernan, Claire - In: Sustainable Development 19 (2011) 3, pp. 206-222
Within the development discourse, the narratives of the poor are a well utilized rhetorical tool to describe poverty and its causes. However, narratives can also reveal the beliefs and ‘world-view’ of the narrators. To explore this influence, the authors applied a discursive approach, to...
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Speaking of self: “Winners” and “losers” in therapeutic foster care
McKinney, Jason - In: Children and Youth Services Review 39 (2014) C, pp. 84-90
This article presents a portion of data from a study examining the way language is used to negotiate identity in a …
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Cultural Models of Bodily Images of Women Teachers
Mallozzi, Christine A. - In: Societies 2 (2012) 4, pp. 252-269
Cultural models are simplified images and storylines that encapsulated what is regarded as typical for a social group. Cultural models of teachers include body images of dress, adornment, and comportment, and are useful in examining society’s standards and values. Two participants, Erin and...
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Resistance, agency, and liminality in women's accounts of symptom appraisal and help-seeking upon discovery of a breast irregularity
Granek, Leeat; Fergus, Karen - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 10, pp. 1753-1761
interviews with 14 women about their symptom appraisal process to demonstrate how many inhabited a liminal space comprised of …”, “Deliberate Ignorance”, and “Passive Resistance.” These women's narratives are juxtaposed with two commonly accepted medical … to account for the sizeable number of women who do not fit this mold (i.e., those who are both aware of the concerning …
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Sprachliche Legitimation von Personalabbaumaßnahmen. Eine Argumentations- und Metaphernanalyse der Massenkommunikation zweier Großbanken
Hoßfeld, Heiko - Rainer Hampp Verlag
Wie versuchen Unternehmen, ihre Entscheidungen gegenüber ihren zentralen Anspruchsgruppen (Shareholder, Arbeitnehmer, Öffentlichkeit etc.) sprachlich zu „verkaufen“? Und wie setzen sie hierzu die ihnen zur Verfügung stehenden öffentlichen Medien der Massenkommunikation...
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Girls, Educational Equity and Mother Tongue-based Teaching
Benson, Carol - eSocialSciences - 2007
One of the principal mechanisms through which inequality is reproduced is language, specifically the language used as … disadvantaged groups, especially for girls and women. …
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Jenseits von Staat und Markt: Nutzung verständigungsorientierter Verfahren in der Agrarpolitik am Beispiel von Online-Foren
Laschewski, Lutz; Wendt, Widar; Sucharowski, Wolfgang - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2013
In diesem Beitrag wird die Frage nach der Nutzung verständigungsorientierter Verfahren in der Agrarpolitik am Beispiel von Online-Foren unter dem Aspekt handlungsleitender Konzepte der Akteure diskutiert. In den diskursanalytischen Arbeiten der vergangenen Jahre wurde deutlich, dass der Dialog...
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Sustainability Ratings and the Disciplinary Power of the Ideology of Numbers
Chelli, Mohamed; Gendron, Yves - In: Journal of Business Ethics 112 (2013) 2, pp. 187-203
The main purpose of this paper is to better understand how sustainability rating agencies, through discourse, promote an “ideology of numbers” that ultimately aims to establish a regime of normalization governing social and environmental performance. Drawing on Thompson’s (Ideology and...
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Discourses of Charisma: Barack Obama’s First 6 Months as the President of the USA
Takala, Tuomo; Tanttu, Sanja; Lämsä, Anna-Maija; … - In: Journal of Business Ethics 115 (2013) 1, pp. 149-166
This study aims to investigate discourses of the charisma of Barack Obama in articles in a leading Finnish newspaper during the first 6 months of his presidency. The results show that the media created a very enthusiastic atmosphere around Obama. His charisma was built up mostly around his...
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Mediatized Humanitarianism: Trust and Legitimacy in the Age of Suspicion
Vestergaard, Anne - In: Journal of Business Ethics 120 (2014) 4, pp. 509-525
The article investigates the implications of mediatization for the legitimation strategies of humanitarian organizations. Based on a (full population) corpus of ~400 pages of brochure material from 1970 to 2007, the micro-textual processes involved in humanitarian organizations’ efforts to...
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