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Selected AbstractsRushing for Gold: Mobility and Small-Scale Mining in East AfricaDEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE, Issue 2 2009Jesper Bosse Jønsson ABSTRACT African rural dwellers have faced depressed economic prospects for several decades. Now, in a number of mineral-rich countries, multiple discoveries of gold and precious stones have attracted large numbers of prospective small-scale miners. While their ,rush' to, and activities within, mining sites are increasingly being noted, there is little analysis of miners' mobility patterns and material outcomes. In this article, on the basis of a sample survey and interviews at two gold-mining sites in Tanzania, we probe when and why miners leave one site in favour of another. Our findings indicate that movement is often ,rushed' but rarely rash. Whereas movement to the first site may be an adventure, movement to subsequent sites is calculated with knowledge of the many risks entailed. Miners spend considerable time at each site before migrating onwards. Those with the highest site mobility tend to be more affluent than the others, suggesting that movement can be rewarding for those willing to ,try their luck' with the hard work and social networking demands of mining another site. [source] The role of political myth in the international conflict over genetically modified foods and cropsENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE, Issue 6 2007Sarah Lieberman Abstract Although the controversy over genetically modified (GM) foods and crops has generated some well known myths, such as ,frankenfoods', there has been little analysis of the political role played by these myths. Yet the significance of myth in the GM debate is considerable: indeed, by reflecting and reinforcing the political stances of the major protagonists, myths have themselves become important components in the conflict. With the aid of theoretical tools derived from Laclau, we examine the notion of political myth, and find that it has three levels: factual error, social meaning and political hegemony. We apply this theory to the GM controversy, distinguishing between substantive GM myths, such as frankenfoods, and procedural GM myths, such as the EU moratorium on GM products. We conclude that if such political myths become powerful enough, they could transform themselves into dominant hegemons , i.e. what Laclau calls social imaginaries , and begin to dictate GM policies across the globe. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. [source] Functional analysis of the C-terminal cytoplasmic region of the M-factor receptor in fission yeastGENES TO CELLS, Issue 3 2001Kouji Hirota Background Yeast mating-pheromone receptors facilitate the study of G protein-coupled signal transduction. To date, molecular dissection of the budding yeast ,-factor receptor has been done extensively, but little analysis has been performed with pheromone receptors of fission yeast, another genetically tractable yeast species. Results We analysed the fission yeast M-factor receptor Map3p. Truncation of the C-terminal 54 amino acids made Map3p dominant-negative over the wild-type. This form, called Map3-dn9p, was competent in the induction of pheromone-dependent gene expression, although it could not direct proper conjugation. Map3-dn9p failed both to provoke the orientated projection of conjugation tubes and to induce adaptation to the pheromone signal associated with endocytosis of the receptor. Deletion and substitution analyses suggested that the integrity of the C-terminal region, rather than a specific subgroup of amino acid residues therein, was vital for the respective Map3p activities. Ubiquitination of the C-terminus was not absolutely essential for Map3p function. Conclusions The C-terminal region of Map3p is dispensable for the pheromone signalling per se, but is pivotal for adaptation and pheromone-induced conjugation tube formation, as is true with the budding yeast ,-factor receptor. However, the mechanisms which induce adaptation appear to differ between fission and budding yeast concerning the necessity of ubiquitination. [source] A discourse-analytic approach to the use of English in Cypriot Greek conversationsINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS, Issue 2 2001Dionysis Goutsos The use of English in Cypriot Greek has been a highly contested issue, involving much speculation and prescription but, as yet, little analysis of actual data. This study is a preliminary exploration of the issue, focusing on extensive data from informal conversations between members of a Limassol family. The analysis suggests that instances of language alternation can be accounted for in terms of discourse analytic categories such as the distinction between local and global phenomena and the tri-partite scheme of ideational, interpersonal and sequential functions. The presence of English in Cypriot Greek conversations covers a wide range, from local borrowing to stereotypical sequential or more complex interpersonal and sequential phenomena, and cannot be effectively separated from the role that language alternation plays in speci ?c textual and contextual settings. The discussion suggests that a discourse analytic approach is an indispensable means of studying language alternation phenomena. [source] The Anglo-American Origins and International Diffusion of the "Third Way"POLITICS & POLICY, Issue 1 2003Donley T. Studlar Although much has been written about the meanings of the "Third Way," a term popularized by Prime Minister Tony Blair in Britain and U.S. President Bill Clinton to characterize their similar approaches to governing, little analysis has been done of the phenomenon of the rapid diffusion of this concept internationally. Although the Democratic Leadership Council used the term first in the United States in 1991, it was decided at a high-level meeting between Clinton and New Labour executive officials in 1997 to popularize the term to describe their common approach to governing. This paper describes both the intellectual and political sources of this concept and how it has spread, not only as a label for its originators, but also to other governments and parties in the world. The test of whether the Third Way becomes recognized as a coherent ideology will be whether, over time, those who advocate it become identified with distinctive, consistent policies. [source] PERCEPTIONS OF BENEFIT FRAUD STAFF IN THE UK: GIVING P.E.A.C.E.PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, Issue 2 2007A CHANCE? This article reports a study concerning perceptions of benefit fraud staff and of management concerning their own interviewing techniques and standards, and their views pertaining to a preferred model of interviewing. Interviewing fraud suspects forms an important task performed by Fraud Investigators (FIs) within the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in the UK. Given this significance, it is surprising that there has been little analysis of the skills used to do this task. Current training consists of a course centred on an interviewing framework called the PEACE model, which was originally developed for police use. The research outlined in this paper examined both FIs and their managers' perceptions and attitudes of the model and of their own practices. It was found that, while there was general support for the model, reservations were voiced over how effective PEACE may actually be in practice. These reservations centred on insufficient time to prepare for investigations along with a perceived inflexibility over the model's framework. In, addition, it was highlighted that the absence of any national supervisory framework for investigative interviews should give the organization cause for concern in ensuring standards. [source] Health-care reform and the dimensions of professional autonomyCANADIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION/ADMINISTRATION PUBLIQUE DU CANADA, Issue 1 2009Glen E. Randall With this model, it was assumed that competitive forces would encourage quality while driving down costs. While such reforms often achieve cost controls by constraining the incomes and practices of health-care workers, there has been relatively little analysis of the extent to which self-governing health-care professionals, particularly those outside of medicine and nursing, may experience a decline in their ability to control the content and context of their professional work. In this article, the authors analyse the results of thirty-six in-depth interviews with representatives of Community Care Access Centres (CCACs), the organizations that purchase and coordinate the delivery of home-care services, and rehabilitation provider agencies to examine the impact of Ontario's managed competition reform on rehabilitation professionals. Findings suggest that the impact of the reform varied across the economic, political, and clinical dimensions of professional autonomy and that, despite a general loss of autonomy under the managed competition model, market forces also served to mitigate the loss of autonomy, thus contributing to a remarkable resilience of professional autonomy. Sommaire: Un modèle de « concurrence dirigée » a été introduit récemment dans la province canadienne de l'Ontario dans le cadre de la réforme gouvernementale des soins à domicile. Avec ce modèle, il était présumé que les forces de la concurrence encourageraient la qualité tout en faisant baisser les coûts. Alors que de telles réformes parviennent souvent à maîtriser les coûts en réduisant les revenus et les pratiques des travailleurs de la santé, il y a eu relativement peu d'analyses de faites sur la mesure dans laquelle les professionnels de la santé autonomes, particulièrement ceux qui exercent en dehors de la médecine et de la profession infirmière, connaissent une perte de contrôle sur le contenu et le contexte de leur travail professionnel. Dans le présent article, les auteurs analysent les résultats de trente-six entrevues en profondeur menées auprès de représentants des Centres d'accès aux soins communautaires (CASC), organismes qui achètent et coordonnent la prestation des services de soins à domicile, et organismes de prestation de soins de réadaptation, afin d'examiner les conséquences de la réforme de la concurrence dirigée de l'Ontario sur les professionnels de la réadaptation. Les résultats laissent entendre que l'effet de la réforme a varié en fonction des dimensions économiques, politiques et cliniques de l'autonomie professionnelle et que, malgré une perte d'autonomie générale liée au modèle de concurrence dirigée, les forces du marché ont également permis d'atténuer la perte d'autonomie, contribuant ainsi à la remarquable résilience dont font preuve ces professionnels en la matiére. [source] | |||||||||||||