traditionally, the human being has been seeking to define and identify himself, his tribe, ethnic group and nation and also to discover his differentiation from others. the concept of identity was in fact a response to the questions “who” and “how” to be identified.. the present writing seeks to study the concept of identity in the political discourses of contemporary (1284- 1390) iran has been...

the essence of british political theatre of the 1970s and1980s might be re-read with regard to its resistance to the ideologicaldiscourses of the dominant power—especially those of the neo-conservatism ofmargaret thatcher. english dramatists, who were under the substantial influenceof foucauldian subversive view on power and ideology, through dramatizing thehistorical events, attempted to stand...

Silvertown [1] provides an outspoken critique on the concept of ecosystem services (ES), feeding a longstanding debate about how to express and conserve the value of nature for humans [2–4]. The paper raises valid concerns about ES monetization, its failure to ‘capture the multifaceted sense in which people value nature’, and market shortcomings in halting biodiversity loss. However, it also po...

This paper looks at the role of situated discourse-as-practice in denaturalising and delegitimising capitalist/integrationist models of development espoused by many national and transnational groups. It focuses on intercultural discourse between the Makushi Amerindians of Guyana and professional development workers and draws on the descriptive methods of Systemic Functional Linguistics, Bernste...

Is government ideology important for fiscal policy? I study this question with data from all German States over the period 1975-2005. To identify the effect of ideology, I rely on a fuzzy regression discontinuity design. I find that left-wing state governments spend more than state governments with right-wing and mixed ideology. Deficits of left-wing governments are larger than those of right-w...

This paper analyzes the founding rates of two types of Jewish agricultural cooperatives, the moshav and the kibbutz, to show how political ideology intersects with resource requirements to produce competition and mutualism between organizations. These two populations, which share ideology and a resource base, competed with each other. They both enjoyed mutualism with the population of credit co...

Developing countries have no significant policies for occupational health. This analysis identifies four broad mechanisms through which state- and enterprise-level decision makers in developing countries diffuse attemps to instigate improvements in occupational health: inaction or stifling of such efforts during policy implementation; exercise of power; appeal to the existing bias (norms, rules...

Researchers hold that the racial democracy ideology fosters a rejection of discrimination-based explanations for racial inequality, thereby affecting antiracist mobilization. This study finds that Brazilians understand the discriminatory basis of inequality and that an attitudinal dimension associated with racial democracy strongly increases the likelihood of that understanding. Negative stereo...

Despite increasingly more comprehensive policies for forest management, the lastforty years in Mexico has witnessed a continuing pattern of mismanagement. While somehave pointed a finger at underlying factors such as population growth and poverty,focusing on these factors tend to “blame the victim.” Political elements such as acentralized government, a dominant political party, ...

The 1970s was the decade in which the left lost its historical role as the standard bearer of freedom and progress, the role it had proudly possessed since the French Revolution. It was the decade in which the dynamic for necessary change was hegemonised by the new right. This is why the 1970s are so crucial for an understanding of the present situation and the discussion of how to transcend th...