Flexible Framing Research Articles

The rise of Housing Nationalism in Canada and transnational property ownership patterns

ABSTRACT We consider how housing acts as a potential realm where perception of crisis can activate reactionary nationalism, investigating how it differs from and interacts with other realms (e.g. jobs and wages, crime, and social welfare). We argue that housing produces distinct triggers for reactionary responses, and potentially results in different media framing, politics, and policy trajectories. We detail the rise of Housing Nationalism in Canada, following its spread from British Columbia, where we find that flexible framing of foreign threat often borrowed from other realms. By contrast, pinning Housing Nationalism to policy generally required more tractable definitions of foreignness, tied to surveillance and the application of penalties. We examine the roll out of policy responses associated with Housing Nationalism and lay out potential harms in terms of challenges to liberal ideals, including Canadian multinationalism, immigrant incorporation, and transnational ties. Finally we provide a baseline of Canadian transnational property ownership patterns, demonstrating that within the provinces where Housing Nationalism became most dominant, Canadian residents generally own far more properties abroad than the number of properties owned in Canada by residents elsewhere. Overall, the Canadian case demonstrates the utility of considering housing as a distinct realm motivating the rise of reactionary nationalism.

Creative writing as a means to recover from early psychosis– Experiences from a group intervention

ABSTRACT Background In this paper, we explore the subjective experiences of a group intervention in creative writing (CW) for young adults being treated for psychosis. Method A qualitative and exploratory design was applied. Five out of eight patients who were offered a course in CW with two-hour weekly sessions for 12 weeks took part in this study. The five participants who followed through were interviewed after project termination. Systematic text condensation was applied to the transcribed interviews. Results The analysis revealed three overarching themes: a) the group was valued as a creative community, b) there was safety in the structured yet flexible framing of the course, c) the participants experienced creative freedom that enabled a feeling of mastery. Conclusion CW was well conceived. The feelings of connectedness and mastery were prominent. The participants experienced growth on several levels. Our findings support previous work on arts therapy as a means to recovery.

The political influence of ecological economics in the European Union applied to the cap-and-trade policy

This paper analyzes the influence of ecological economics (EE) in the European Union (EU) political agenda, specifically the agenda-setting dynamics of the cap-and-trade (CAT) EE policy concept. We follow the model developed by Boezeman, Leroy, Maas, and Kruitwagen (2010), elaborating on the important factors for the rise of CAT in the EU political agenda, and on the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) implementation issues.Although EE features are present in the EU political agenda, particularly in periods when international works and forums raised environmental awareness globally, its impact has been moderate and intermittent. Since the 80s, neoclassical economics views tend to dominate EU policy, furthering a “win-win” discourse between economic growth and environmental sustainability. More recently, climate change has rekindled EE concerns without shifting the prevailing paradigm.We conclude that EE did not influence significantly the rise of the CAT policy in the EU political agenda. Instead, this resulted from a combination of the political context around the Kyoto Protocol, the agency of EU actors and the CAT flexible framing among multiple stakeholders. Also, the EU ETS operationalization shows that political obstacles hindered the policy's success, suggesting that EE would benefit from further integrating in its theory political economy aspects.

Adoption of green innovations in project-based firms: An integrating view of cognitive and emotional framing

It has been observed that project-based firms (PBFs) cause serious environmental problems. In order to reduce the negative impact on the environment, PBFs pay more attention to green innovations. This study investigated how top management team (TMT) cognitive framing (i.e. capability development, organizational identity, and corporate social responsibility) and emotional framing (i.e. threat, ambivalence and opportunity) influence the adoption of green innovations in PBFs. Using the method of multi-value Qualitative Comparative Analysis (mvQCA), the research analyzed the data from 29 cases in China. The results showed that in PBFs, the TMT with an expanded cognitive framing and an ambivalent emotional framing and the TMT with a moderately flexible cognitive framing and an opportunity emotional framing will adopt green innovations. On the contrary, the TMT with a moderately flexible cognitive framing and a threat emotional framing and the TMT with a contracted cognitive framing will not adopt green innovations. Six propositions were proposed based on the results. Findings contribute to theory and research on environmental management by highlighting the configurational effects of TMT cognitive framing and emotional framing on adoption of green innovations in PBFs.

Understanding policy change for obesity prevention: learning from sugar-sweetened beverages taxes in Mexico and Chile.

This article examines the policy change process that resulted in the current sugar-sweetened beverages taxes in Mexico and Chile, using the Kaleidoscope Model for Policy Change, a framework developed for nutrition and food policy change analysis. We used a qualitative study design, including 24 key informant (KI) interviews (16 researchers, 5 civil society representatives and 3 food/beverage industry representatives), encompassing global and in-country perspectives. The analysis shows concurrence with the Kaleidoscope Model, highlighting commonalities in the policy change process. These included the importance of focusing events and coalitions for agenda-setting. Both top-down executive leadership and bottom-up pressure from civil society coalitions were important for the policy adoption as were flexible framing of the tax, and taking advantage of windows of opportunity. In both countries, the tax resulted from national, revenue-seeking fiscal reforms and in sub-optimal tax rates, as a result of the industry influence. KIs also discussed emerging evaluation results, highlighting differences in interpretation concerning the magnitude of change from the tax, and shared potential modifications to the current policies. This analysis contributes to a greater understanding of the policy change process focused on obesity prevention, using an innovative theoretical framework developed specifically for food and nutrition policy.

ANALISIS FRAMING LITERASI LINGKUNGAN DI KAWASAN BEBAS SAMPAH KOTA BANDUNG

The challenge of managing waste in the future is to develop zero waste city, however the condition will never be achieved without community participation. In colaboration with NGO which work in waste and garbage management issue, the local government had developed the model of zero waste area in district level. This article is aims to explore the framing of waste management literacy event in Kampung Cibunut. Applying the framing theory of McLachan and Reid, the analysis arrive to the result that continuing interaction among facilitator and cadres and community member has built the shift framing and counter framing. There is also flixed framing which display the resistence to frame change or modification such as the indicators of zero waste area, and flexible framing which display the opennes to frame change or modification such as the implementation of skill transfer in public areas. Entire framing was develop from contextualization of the message delivered in literacy event.

Flexible framing: Analysing innovative austerity talk from a cultural perspective

This article examines how local policy elites conceptualize and communicate potential innovations to overcome the fiscal crisis. Four austerity frames based on cultural theory are developed: an individualist, hierarchist, egalitarian and fatalist frame. Two expectations are tested by tracing frame usage in austerity speeches by the leadership in Birmingham, Cologne and Rotterdam. First, the modest contribution of the individualist frame in NPM‐sceptic Cologne is confirmed, but no evidence is found of individualist dominance in NPM‐minded Birmingham. Second, it is shown that leaders in Birmingham and Rotterdam combine elements of multiple frames so as to create a new promising narrative which opens up routes towards innovation. The importance of ‘frame flexibility’ is stressed to deal with the complexities of coping with the fiscal crisis in ways that are logical (given available views) and innovative (exploring alternative views), and highlight the importance of further developing understandings of such (municipal) coping.

Collective Identity, Framing and Mobilisation of Environmental Protests in Urban China: A Case Study of Qidong’s Protest

This study presents the case study of a collective action against a proposed industrial waste-water disposal project in the city of Qidong, Jiangsu province in 2012 to explore the role of collective identity in the formation and mobilisation of environmental protests in contemporary China. It is suggested that collective identity articulated through protest is not just a static property of a certain group of people based on their history, culture and locality. Collective identity also works as a flexible framing strategy that can be pragmatically constructed or reconstructed by the discontents, as it interacts with the specific political context in the process of mobilisation.

Two‐way satellite platform with ACM/QoS integration for the delivery of TV‐centric triple‐play services

AbstractSatellite‐based telecom systems probably represent the easiest solution to reduce the digital divide in less‐favoured areas owing to their wide geographical coverage and the speed and ease of deployment of terminal equipment. However, a satellite system must be efficient, cost‐effective and capable of full inter‐working with state‐of‐the‐art terrestrial broadband networks. This paper presents the architecture and the main performance results of a two‐way broadband satellite‐based system that was developed in the framework of the European Commission's FP6 UNIC project (UNIversal satellite home Connection). The aim of UNIC was twofold: on one side, it addressed the urban–rural digital divide by exploiting at best the features of existing advanced two‐way satellite technologies; on the other, the project also investigated how to bridge the ‘social divide’ that arises from the lack of computer ownership or computer literacy of certain classes of end‐users, by providing interactive services on a standard TV set through an ad‐hoc Set‐Top‐Box. The UNIC system architecture is based on DVB‐S2 and DVB‐RCS technologies in the forward and the return link, respectively, possibly paired by a local terrestrial wireless network (e.g. Wi‐Fi) for the distribution of connectivity to end‐users. The UNIC set‐top box is fed by the satellite gateway via a standard IP connection either through the local terrestrial network or directly to the satellite network. Management of the satellite bandwidth is optimized by the UNIC platform through the adoption of an adaptive resource allocation technique based on the flexible framing structure of DVB‐S2: the key factor in this respect turns out to be the feature of adaptive coding and modulation (ACM), together with a suited quality of service (QoS) policy to control the amount of data that are fed into the network. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Plastic models for analysis of fully anchored light-frame timber shear walls

In order to stabilise timber-framed buildings against lateral loads, the diaphragm action of roofs, floors and walls is often used. This paper deals with plastic analysis models for fully anchored sheathed shear walls. The models are based on the assumption of plastic load–slip relations for the sheathing-to-framing joints. Only static loads are considered. The basic structural behaviour and assumptions for the plastic models are elucidated. Both upper and lower bound methods are applied. The load-bearing capacity and the deformation of the shear walls in the ultimate and serviceability limit states, respectively, are derived. Both a discrete point description and a continuous flow per unit length modelling of the fasteners are discussed. Also, the forces and displacements of the fasteners and sheathing are derived. The influence of flexible framing members and shear deformations in the sheets, and also the effect of vertical loads on the shear wall, both with respect to tilting and second order effects, on the horizontal load-bearing capacity and displacement are evaluated. The stress distribution and the reaction forces at the ends of the different framing members are derived. The elastic model is experimentally verified and an illustrative example is given. The main objective of this work is to contribute to a better understanding of the structural behaviour of these fully anchored walls and form the basis for establishing a new plastic design method for partially anchored shear walls, i.e. a design method capable of analysing the more practical conditions of no or partial anchorage of the studs and/or bottom rail in real structures.

Analysis of fully anchored light-frame timber shear walls—elastic model

In order to stabilize light-framed timber buildings against lateral loads, the diaphragm action of roofs, floors and walls is often used. This paper deals with an elastic analysis model for fully anchored sheathed wood frame shear walls. The model is based on the assumption of a linear elastic load-slip relation for the sheathing-to-framing joints. Only static loads are considered. The basic structural behaviour and assumptions for the elastic model are elucidated. Formulas for the load-bearing capacity and the deformation of the shear walls in the ultimate and serviceability limit states, respectively, are derived. Both a discrete point description and a continuous flow per unit length modelling of the fasteners are discussed. Also, the forces and displacements of the fasteners and sheathing are derived. The effect of different patterns and spacing of the fasteners on the capacity and displacement of the wall is illustrated. The influence of flexible framing members and shear deformations in the sheets, and also the effect of vertical loads on the shear wall, both with respect to tilting and second order effects, on the horizontal load-bearing capacity and displacement are evaluated. The stress distribution and the reaction forces at the ends of the different framing members are derived. The elastic model is experimentally verified and an illustrative example is given.

Guidelines to Minimize Floor Vibrations from Building Occupants

One major serviceability consideration in modern buildings is excessive floor vibrations due to occupant activities. Floor vibrations are becoming a more important design consideration with the use of high-strength, light-weight materials in building structures, longer floor spans, and more flexible framing systems. Floor systems in shopping malls, pedestrian walkways and concourses, and gymnasiums are relatively light and susceptible to vibration problems. Methods for accurate prediction of these vibrations and evalution of floor systems are not readily available to the design community. An investigation is made into the characteristics of crowd-induced loads. These characteristics include the density of the crowd, randomness of crowd movement, crowd activity, and temporal interaction between individuals. Analytical procedures are developed to determine the influence of each load characteristic on the dynamic response of floor systems. Design guidelines are developed for floors in malls, gymnasiums, and walkways subjected to crowd-induced loads.