Dilemma

About: Dilemma is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 16202 publications have been published within this topic receiving 250251 citations. The topic is also known as: Dilemna.

The Ethics of Rapport: Institutional Safeguards, Resistance, and Betrayal

Abstract: A recurring dilemma encountered by feminist field-workers is the power dynamics emergent during the research process. There is a lack of agreement on how this delicate issue should be approached. Within this debate, there is flip-flop between those who argue for methods influenced by objectivism and those who argue for a more egalitarian approach. The author extends these conversations, discusses the intersubjectivity that emerges during the relationship between the researched and the researcher, and docu ments his problematic "friendship rapport" from three perspectives: the research insti tution, the researched, and the researcher. The author discusses how he collected data from spaces that he was forbidden to enter, such as the women's bathroom and a self-esteem class at a workfare program. He talks about the rapport, ethics, and politics of conducting intensive interviews with poor women. The author writes with a desire to continue and extend conversations about research, writing, and ethics.

Research in the non-university higher education sector - tensions and dilemmas

Abstract: This article analyses the increasing emphasison research in the non-university highereducation sector in Norway as an importantfaculty task in addition to teaching. Thisdevelopment is an interesting example on thetypes of tension and dilemma that may emergewhen institutions and individual staff memberstry to imitate the research profile of theuniversities. A central dimension is thetension between traditional professional andvocational norms for education and R&D work,and academic ideals. Based on a survey amongfaculty members at the state colleges, eightpolicy dilemmas faced by these colleges intheir internal allocation of resources for R&Dare illustrated.

Sovereignty and Rebellion: The White Hmong of Northern Thailand

Abstract: The economic dilemma the political dilemma the religious dilemma the 'Agon' of the village the importance of literacy the role of messianism the place of geomancy 'real history' and the theory of ethnic categories the reformation of culture.

The dilemma of change in Indian higher education

Abstract: India has been trying to reform its higher education system for more than a half-century but the results in terms of systemic change have been minimal. The universities have expanded dramatically to meet the demands of an increasingly powerful middle class although resources have not been adequate to ensure the maintenance of standards. In India's bureaucratic environment, political will to change the universities has been inadequate. For these and other reasons, the mainstream of Indian higher education, now including 7,000 colleges and 150 universities serving more than 4 million students, suffers from deteriorating standards, occasional unrest and inadequate resources. However, at the margins of this seemingly unmovable system have been a variety of significant changes and reforms. The Indian Institutes of Technology, for example, provide high quality post-secondary education. Even within the traditional universities and colleges, some interesting reforms in curriculum have been successful in limited areas. This analysis points to the factors inhibiting reform and change as well as some examples of limited successes.

Signals and Choices in a Competitive Interaction: The Role of Moves and Messages

Abstract: This study examines the effect of signals from a competitor on the decisions of managers in a situation of strategic interdependence. The context is a multi-period pricing simulation and the payoffs are structured in accordance with a Prisoner's Dilemma. The signals consist of messages from the competitor and observations of the pricing decisions made by the competitor. The managers' responses to particular types of signals and particular combinations of moves and messages change over the course of the simulation. Suggestions for future research on competitive signaling are offered.