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Popular Images (popular + image)

Distribution by Scientific Domains
Humanities and Social Sciences40%

Selected Abstracts

Heavy Melville:,Mastodon's,Leviathan,and the Popular Image of,Moby-Dick

LEVIATHAN, Issue 3 2009
Craig Bernardini
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Visible moves and invisible bodies: the case of teleworking in an Italian call centre

NEW TECHNOLOGY, WORK AND EMPLOYMENT, Issue 2 2006
Raffaella Valsecchi
Popular images of teleworkers' autonomy, such as ,the electronic cottage', give unrealistic pictures of the control exercised over teleworkers, particularly when these are call centre operators and highly integrated information and communication technology systems facilitate pervasive forms of control. However, this study of Italian home-located call centre operators demonstrates that extensive and multifaceted monitoring practices cannot ,solve' the controversial issue of control. [source]

Architecture, Contingency and Crisis: An Interview with Slavoj ,i,ek

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, Issue 5 2010
Adrian Lahoud
Abstract The current and popular image of natural disaster disseminated by mass media is one of one-off catastrophe, the implied view being that these disasters have been exasperated if not instigated by climate change, which needs checking and balancing with sustainable measures. In his interview with Adrian Lahoud, the influential Slovenian philosopher Slavoj ,i,ek challenges this predominant view of nature as indomitable and temporarily imbalanced; and in so doing questions the fallacy that the ethical and material cost of consumerist lifestyles can be readdressed. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Solidarity towards immigrants in European welfare states

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE, Issue 1 2008
Wim Van Oorschot
The concern that immigration could threaten the sustainability of the European Social Model is a reason to have a closer look at popular images of immigrants in the context of European welfare states. The focus is on Europeans' informal solidarity towards immigrants relative to other vulnerable groups in society. Using data from the European Values Survey 1999/2000 we find that in all European countries the public is least solidaristic towards migrants, in comparison with elderly people, sick and disabled people and unemployed people. Contrary to expectation, there is little relation between welfare state characteristics and people's solidarity, while the relative solidarity towards immigrants is higher in culturally more diverse countries. As expected, the relative solidarity towards immigrants is lower in countries with a more negative opinion climate towards immigrants and in poorer countries of Europe. [source]

,I could be dead for two weeks and my boss would never know': telework and the politics of representation

NEW TECHNOLOGY, WORK AND EMPLOYMENT, Issue 2 2009
Andrea Whittle
This article presents data from a qualitative study of teleworking consultants in a European firm. We examine the ,gap' between the utopian visions produced by the consultants for the benefit of clients and the tales of isolation, disconnection, disaffection and cynicism we observed when clients were not present. The study highlights the power and politics involved in the diffusion of popular images of technology-enabled flexibility. [source]