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Contemporary society
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TL;DR: In the last few decades there has been a tremendous change in laws, attitudes, and norms affecting women's status, roles, and development in society in India as mentioned in this paper, and women have ventured beyond the traditional role of wife and mother and have sought employment and careers outside the home, and have actively participated in the economic and social development of the nation.
Abstract: Women's education, employment, and family roles and the interrelations between them have attracted increasing attention during the last few years. Feminists have dispelled long held notions about “women's place” and the accepted myths about their nature and function (Goldstien, 1972). Over the last few decades there has been a tremendous change in laws, attitudes, and norms affecting women's status, roles, and development in society in India. As a result of which women have ventured beyond the traditional role of wife and mother, and have sought employment and careers outside the home, and have actively participated in the economic and social development of the nation (Liddle & Joshi, 1986). There is a restructuring and reorientation of women's roles in contemporary society. However, not much empirical knowledge is available about these changes and the impact they have on women's behaviour, values, or attitudes and identities (Johnson, 1992). Rapid social changes in women's career and family roles are acc...
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TL;DR: The role of the Australian anti-abortion movement in the discursive practices of the worldwide pro-life franchise is explored in this article, based on in-depth interviews with key members of the moment located in four similar organizations.
Abstract: This article considers the role of the Australian anti-abortion movement in the discursive practices of the worldwide pro-life franchise. It is based on in-depth interviews with key members of the moment located in four similar organizations. It examines the ways in which they perceive their cause and the ways in which they might influence both public conversations about abortion and individual pregnant women. It specifically focuses on the ways in which new medical imaging technologies are drawn upon to facilitate a renewed view of the separateness of a foetus, explores the participants' views of motherhood and mothering, and the ways in which the abortion rate is seen as indicative of the fragmentation of contemporary society.
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TL;DR: In this article, the importance of cultural aspects in the understanding of political events and the impact of cultural structures on the development of political life in contemporary societies is explored empirically, using as a case study the democratization process that has been taking place in Spain for the last 25 years.
Abstract: . This article seeks to show empirically the importance of cultural aspects in the understanding of political events and the impact of cultural structures on the development of political life in contemporary societies. It uses as a case study the democratization process that has been taking place in Spain for the last 25 years. The Spanish case is especially interesting because of the powerful cultural framework established around the process of transition to democracy; a framework from which most political symbols and meanings of the new Spanish democracy emanate. After analyzing the basic categories of this cultural structure and the main consequences for the functioning of political life, the article goes on to argue that these cultural elements have shaped a special relationship between citizens and politics.
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17 Jun 2013TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of the role of the economy in contemporary surveillance societies is emphasized. And the overall aim of this chapter is to clarify how we can theorize and systemize such phenomena.
Abstract: Surveillance has notably increased in the last decades of modern society. Surveillance studies scholars like David Lyon (1994) or Clive Norris and Gary Armstrong (1999) stress that we live in a surveillance society. Although there are a lot of other features in contemporary society, such as information, neoliberalism, globalization, or capitalism, surveillance in general and Internet surveillance in particular are crucial phenomena. For instance, web 2.0 activities, such as creating profi les and sharing ideas on Facebook, announcing personal messages on Twitter, uploading or watching videos on YouTube, and writing personal entries on Blogger, all enable the collection, analyses, and sale of personal data by commercial web platforms. The overall aim of this chapter is to clarify how we can theorize and systemize such phenomena. Lyon (1998, 95; 2003b, 163) emphasizes that economic surveillance on the Internet, such as monitoring consumers or the workplace, is a central aspect of modern surveillance societies. The approach that is advanced in this chapter recognizes the importance of the role of the economy in contemporary surveillance societies. To do so, the following thematically grouped research questions are subjects of this contribution:
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