Critical method of document analysis

Sankofa, Nicole

doi:10.1080/13645579.2022.2113664

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“…Frequency of predetermined FFWCs and gender-related terms in the selected documents were counted. Documents were viewed in relation to Malaysian's society broader socio-economic structure (including ideology) to make sense of the way gender is treated in policy (Sankofa, 2022). Drawing on Mackieson et al (2018) approach, the researchers developed a codebook for the document analysis (see Supporting Material) including units of analysis, purposes of document analysis and codes for each variable.…”

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Family-Friendly Work Conditions (FFWCs), Gender Concept and Welfare Regime in Malaysia: a document analysis

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Mays,

Miller

2024

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Gender disparities in paid work persist, despite implementing family-friendly work conditions (FFWCs) aimed at increasing women’s paid work participation. Global evidence demonstrates an interaction between gender and welfare regimes that underpin FFWCs, which may render them ineffective in achieving the goal of equitable participation. However, the existing findings are not easily transferrable to the Malaysian context. Evidence for hidden inequities in FFWCs documents in the context of gender and welfare regime in Malaysia has not been comprehensively uncovered. This document analysis aids in exploring which FFWCs has been documented and uncovering FFWCs’ interpretation in the context of gender concepts and welfare regime in Malaysia. Thirty-six documents on FFWCs were reviewed. Findings showed some distinction in the identified FFWCs between public sector, private and international organisations, yet the differences indicated all organisations maintain and conform with Malaysia’s welfare regime. While the intent of FFWCs focuses on women’s inclusion in the workforce, there appeared to be tensions with the values underlying welfare regime in preserving values associated with traditional family systems. This paper offers a way forward in Malaysian FFWCs by accounting for the influence of traditional gender role ideology and reframing women's and gender narratives, including the use of gender-neutral language.

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Family-Friendly Work Conditions (FFWCs), Gender Concept and Welfare Regime in Malaysia: a document analysis

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Mays,

Miller

2024

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“…Qualitative document analysis regards documents as social actors (Miller and Alvarado, 2005). Drawing on insights from critical document analysis (Sankofa, 2022) the article adopts the position that documents are not neutral objects, but that they are inherently political. They can, therefore, tell stories of conflict, power and marginalization.…”

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Inclusive governance of hydropower on shared rivers? Toward an international legal geography of the Lower Mekong basin

Hensengerth

2024

Front. Clim.

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Hydropower is now the largest source of renewable energy worldwide. The International Renewable Energy Agency estimates that current hydropower capacity will need to double by 2050 in order to transition to net zero and to arrest the rise of global temperatures at 1.5 degrees Celsius. Much of the currently built and planned dams are on rivers shared between two or more countries. This raises the risk of increased inter-state conflicts. However, to exploit hydropower peacefully, the impact on local communities must also be considered. This foregrounds the need to build inclusive institutions that can mediate the different interests, norms, and values held by communities located across different scales. The article examines the role of international river basin organizations to manage this legal pluralism in shared river basins. In many basins globally, such as the Lower Mekong, the Columbia, the Zambezi, or the Senegal, international river basin organizations are tasked with the development of shared water resources. To understand to what extent river basin organizations can mediate the legal pluralism in a shared basin, the article develops an international legal geography approach to the governance of transboundary waters in an attempt to uncover marginalization and disempowerment in the process of law-making. It therefore expands the analytical scope of legal geography to the study of transnational spaces, in this case complex ecosystems for which there are no fixed jurisdictional boundaries. It then applies this approach to the case study of the Lower Mekong basin. Findings indicate that the Mekong River Commission, despite attempts to include project-affected people in decision-making, largely operates within a Westphalian framework of sovereignty to the detriment of more inclusive forms of governance. Project affected communities are largely unable to exert influence and are relegated to participation in alternative forums. These forums, or counter publics as Yong called them, are disconnected from official processes. While they give rise to marginalized voices and enable the creation of inclusive and participatory spaces, the exclusionary official decision-making processes continue to produce significant tension and conflict potential as hydropower is championed globally as a clean, climate friendly form of energy. As hydropower is set to double by 2050, inclusive participatory institutions in basins worldwide must be built to navigate complex stakeholder interests and to benefit those who are otherwise likely to lose out in net zero transitions. These findings are relevant for other shared basins, particularly across Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America where hydropower is booming. An international approach to legal geography can foreground these hidden and marginalized voices and help identify ways to build inclusive institutions for the governance of shared resources.

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“…Each interview lasted between 30 and 50 min and was conducted both offline and through an online platform to optimize data quality. Throughout the study, we strictly adhered to the principles of privacy and confidentiality, ensuring voluntary participation and demonstrating a commitment to ethical research practices [ 12 ].…”

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When income meets faith: the development and application of the Chinese generation Z unconventional religious orientation scale

Ziang,

Jindong,

Xuan

et al. 2024

BMC Psychol

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This study seeks to analyze the psychological construction of Unconventional Religious Orientations and their association with individual income level satisfaction within Generation Z. Generation Z, individuals born between 1995 and 2010, grew up in a socio-cultural context marked by digitization and globalization. This study identifies three key dimensions of Unconventional Religious Orientations: religious spiritual dependence, religious instrumental tendencies, and religious uniqueness identity. By combining rootedness theory, semi-structured interviews, and literature review, we constructed and refined a set of relevant scales. Using exploratory and validation factor analyses (EFA and CFA), we verified the structural validity of the scale. The results of the analyses revealed significant negative correlations between satisfaction with income level and all dimensions of Unconventional Religious Orientation for Generation Z, suggesting that Unconventional Religious Orientation tends to diminish as income satisfaction increases. In addition, the significant positive correlations between these dimensions of religious inclination imply that they may share certain underlying factors in their psychological structure. This study not only successfully developed a set of psychometric instruments for Unconventional Religious Orientations, but also provided a new psychological perspective for understanding the dynamic interaction between economic satisfaction and religious psychological attitudes in Generation Z.

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Critical method of document analysis

Cited by 13 publications

References 19 publications

Family-Friendly Work Conditions (FFWCs), Gender Concept and Welfare Regime in Malaysia: a document analysis

Family-Friendly Work Conditions (FFWCs), Gender Concept and Welfare Regime in Malaysia: a document analysis

Inclusive governance of hydropower on shared rivers? Toward an international legal geography of the Lower Mekong basin

When income meets faith: the development and application of the Chinese generation Z unconventional religious orientation scale

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