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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"scapegoating"”.
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FAMILY SCAPEGOATING AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
… clinical literature on families refers to the scapegoating of children by parents as a serious problem in certain dysfunctional families. This study explores scapegoating as a more general phenomenon that occurs in normal (i.e., non-clinical) families as well. The study utilized self-reports of …
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Scapegoating : in defense of oneself.
… in light of Kenneth Burke's dramatism and scapegoating concepts. Burke's analysis of Adolf Hitler's use of scapegoating is explained and expanded to include Milosevic's use of scapegoating. The men's motives for scapegoating are compared and contrasted by looking at Hitler's Mein Kampf and …
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Scapegoating International Socialisation: Russia’s (Re-)Encounter Narrative 1999-2018
… of Western, socially elevated states. I bring in scapegoating theory to theorise how Russia could scapegoat its Others for its socialisation failures. The thesis develops this theoretical framework of scapegoating socialisation through abductive theorising, i.e. iterative theory-building between …
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President Joseph R. Biden's Afghanistan Withdrawal Rhetoric: Scapegoating, American Exceptionalism, and Moral Injury
… attempt to unify the American “people” through scapegoating the Afghan people during the Afghanistan withdrawal from July 8 to August 31, 2021?” I have analyzed Biden’s speeches on the withdrawal, reactions to images of evacuations at the Kabul Airport, and public discourse on the “moral injury” …
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Structural Analysis of Family Dysfunction (Interaction, Interpersonal Assessment, Scapegoating, Direct Observation, Markov Analysis)
… has been described is through the construct of scapegoating. This construct was translated into a set of propositions about isomorphic patterns expected in family members' self and other perceptions and actual behavioral interaction. Ten families completed a series of ratings about their …
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A violent origin : a Girardian analysis of the scapegoating of Ali ibn Abu Talib in Shi'ite tradition
This dissertation applies Rene Girard's theory of the scapegoat mechanism to prove that Ali ibn Abu Talib appears in Shi'ite traditions as an innocent victim. The aim is to investigate Girard's substantial body of work to determine whether Ali was a scapegoat and a victim of a conspiracy within his …
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Grant's Third Charge : a Tale of Scapegoating, Atonement, and Affirmation During the Era of Reconstruction (1863-1877)
This dissertation serves to shed new light on the continued effort by historians to reassess Ulysses S. Grant’s reputation as the eighteenth president of these United States. Even though historical evidence supports the claim that Grant was inept as President, there exists a body of evidence …
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The Romani Place in Kosovar Space: Nationalism and Kosovo’s Roma
… including the recent phenomenon of ethnic scapegoating of the Roma by both Serbs and Albanians</p>
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The Rhetoric of Blame: A Rhetorical Framing Analysis of Othering and Blame in Historical Health Crises
… better illuminate the consequences of medical scapegoating as they occur in our current moment.</p>
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Building a World of warcraft: cyber-colonialism through othering strategies
… WoW embraces cross-cultural cooperation, rejects scapegoating as an appropriate rhetorical tool, and encourages the involvement of native cultures in solving problems. WoW has great potential as a teaching tool and considerable room for future analysis and arguments.
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The psychological dimension of living with fear of terrorism: Social identity, existential anxiety, and media influence
… perceptions and fostering a culture of blame and scapegoating. This study made original contributions to the literature, particularly regarding Eurocentric and hyper-militaristic comments, which shed light on societal ideology and attitudes having a pervasive effect on fear responses. Considering …
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'Training' the Body Politic: Essays on the School Reform Orthodoxy
… an inchoate anxiety in the population towards scapegoating schools. ANAR also failed to inform the public about research on the connections between socioeconomic disadvantages (SEDs) and student achievement on standardized tests.</p>
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From protection to persecution: exploring the impact of anti-foreigner mobilisation on refugee rights in South Africa
… and social exclusion, usually enabled by scapegoating and misinformation. This research explores the need for multifaceted interventions to mitigate anti-foreigner mobilisation and its negative implications among refugee communities in South Africa. The South African administration must …
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Politics as Violence: A Girardian Analysis of Pre-Genocide Rwandan Politics
… of mimetic rivalry and his theorization of scapegoating illuminate society-based characteristics of political competition between well-established factions of Rwandan society. These characteristics, if subjected to various manipulations of social positioning and control, can serve to …
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An ideological criticism of David Duke's rhetoric of racism and exclusion
… beyond Rojo's concept of demonization and uses scapegoating to blame minorities for America's social ills. By using people of color as a scapegoat, Duke effectively excludes them from participating in the debate over social concerns.</p>
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Hope and Struggle in the Policed Inner-City: Black Criminalization and Racial Capitalism in Philadelphia, 1914-1978
… of racial capitalism which relies on criminal scapegoating, continues the cycle of poverty-induced crime, inflates rates of incarceration and police brutality, and marginalizes poor people of color.
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A sociological study of the relationship between religious violence and economic globalization
… theory provided by Rodney Stark; Rene Girard's scapegoating mechanism; the studies of millenarian movements; and Mark Juegensmeyer's "grand scenario" theory. Chapter 3 examines the irrationality of economic globalization. The irrationality of economic globalization is described and theorized as …
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Witness to woundedness in the poetry of Seamus Heaney, Natasha Trethewey, and Derek Walcott.
… the Troubles in Northern Ireland and exposes the scapegoating mechanisms that perpetuate such violence. In the next chapter on Field Work (1979), I consider how Heaney navigates a tension between continuing to witness to the violence of his contemporary moment and returning to a poetic vocabulary …
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