1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784463303321

Autore

Davies Máire Messenger

Titolo

Practical research methods for media and cultural studies [[electronic resource] ] : making people count / / Maire Messenger Davies and Nick Mosdell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-280-53836-8

9786610538362

0-7486-2718-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MosdellNick

Disciplina

001.3072

Soggetti

Humanities - Research - Methodology

Social sciences - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Contents; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 What is Your Research Question?; CHAPTER 3 Choosing a Method; CHAPTER 4 Sampling; CHAPTER 5 The Practicalities; CHAPTER 6 Instrument Design: The Questionnaire; CHAPTER 7 Content Analysis; CHAPTER 8 Piloting; CHAPTER 9 Special Audiences – Work with Children; CHAPTER 10 Data Analysis; CHAPTER 11 Presenting Results; CHAPTER 12 Information for Teachers; CHAPTER 13 Conclusion and Summary; Bibliography and References; APPENDICES; 1. Graphs; 2. Multiple Responses; 3. Example SPSS Exercise; 4. Questionnaire Design Guide; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Deals with the process of conducting research in humanities, with reference to media and culture, from the planning stage, through the data gathering, to the analysis and interpretation of results. This book aims to show how the choice of research topic can be refined into a manageable research question and how the methodologies can be applied.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782289003321

Autore

Davis Jeffrey <1967->

Titolo

Justice across borders : the struggle for human rights in U.S. courts / / Jeffrey Davis [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-107-18333-2

1-281-71698-7

9786611716981

0-511-80952-2

0-511-40933-8

0-511-40987-7

0-511-40797-1

0-511-40723-8

0-511-40876-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 303 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

342.7308/8

Soggetti

Administrative responsibility - United States

Noncitizens - United States

Government liability (International law)

International crimes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The seeds of legal accountability -- Competing forces in the struggle for accountability : An overview of the issues entangling ATS litigation -- Human rights entrepreneurs : NGOs and the ATS revolution -- Separation of powers and human rights cases -- No safe haven : human rights cases challenging foreign countries and nationals -- Holding corporations accountable for human rights violations -- Sorting through the ashes : testing findings and predictions through quantitative analysis -- Impact and conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book studies the struggle to enforce international human rights law in federal courts. In 1980, a federal appeals court ruled that a Paraguayan family could sue a Paraguayan official under the Alien Tort



Statute - a dormant provision of the 1789 Judiciary Act - for torture committed in Paraguay. Since then, courts have been wrestling with this step toward a universal approach to human rights law. Davis examines attempts by human rights groups to use the law to enforce human rights norms. He explains the separation of powers issues arising when victims sue the United States or when the United States intervenes to urge dismissal of a claim and analyses the controversies arising from attempts to hold foreign nations, foreign officials, and corporations liable under international human rights law. While Davis's analysis is driven by social science methods, its foundation is the dramatic human story from which these cases arise.