Deconstructing the Political Spectacle: Sex, Race, and Subjectivity in Public Response to the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill "Sexual Harassment" Hearings

Thomas, Dan B.; McCoy, Craig; McBride, Allan

doi:10.2307/2111571

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“…For example, Freie (1997) uses Q-sorts conducted pre-and post-election on a group of college students in order to study the attitudinal effects of campaign participation. Thomas, McCoy, and McBride (1993) also use Q-sorts on college students, in their case to examine interpretations of the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings and the ways in which these differ across gender and race. Theiss-Morse (1993) uses a Q-method study in order to investigate individuals' conceptions of good citizenship.…”

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What’s Left and Who’s Right? A Q-method Study of Individual and Contextual Influences on the Meaning of Ideological Labels

Zechmeister

2006

Polit Behav

116

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Left-right semantics are commonly employed by scholars, the media, and politicians in reference to Latin American politics. Yet, how do citizens understand these terms and what determines the meanings they assign to them? I investigate the significance of left-right labels, as potential political heuristic devices, among and across a selected group of citizens in Mexico and Argentina. Subjective understandings of the left-right semantics were tapped using Q-sort methods. Analyses of these data reveal quite different conceptions across individuals and national contexts. Further, and as hypothesized in the text, the analyses demonstrate that ideological labels (a) reference valence issues, in addition to political actors and policy stances; (b) differ across contexts in ways that correspond to elite packaging; and, (c) vary by individual partisan leanings and political sophistication.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

What’s Left and Who’s Right? A Q-method Study of Individual and Contextual Influences on the Meaning of Ideological Labels

Zechmeister

2006

Polit Behav

116

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“…Examples of successful discourse analyses using Q-methodology include Dryzek and Berejikian (1993), Thomas et al (1993), Eeten (1998;, and de Graaf (2001).…”

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Veterinarians’ Discourses on Animals and Clients

Graaf

2005

J Agric Environ Ethics

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ABSTRACT. Veterinarians have obligations towards both the animals they treat and their clients, the owners of the animals. With both groups, veterinarians have complicated relations; many times the interests of both groups conflict. In this article, using Q-methodology as a method for discourse analysis, the following question is answered: How do Dutch practicing veterinarians conceptualize animals and their owners and their professional responsibility towards both? The main part of the article contains descriptions of four different discourses on animals and their owners and on veterinarian professional responsibilities that prevail among veterinarians. The factual images veterinarians have of animals and their owners are connected to different moral questions and solutions to these questions.

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“…For this purpose, other studies have used ANOVA, MANOVA, Pearson's correlation and path analysis (Thomas and Baas, 1996;Kubier 2010;Thomas et al, 1993;Thomas et al, 1982). However, since the questionnaire variables in this study consisted of multiple data types, a range of correlation measures and test statistics were used to investigate the relationship between the numerical Q factor loadings and the questionnaire responses (Pelenur, 2013).…”

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Household energy use: a study investigating viewpoints towards energy efficiency technologies and behaviour

Pelenur

2018

Energy Efficiency

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Improving the energy efficiency of our homes presents an excellent opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase thermal comfort. However, a shortfall exists between the full potential and realised adoption of energy efficiency measures, a phenomenon termed the 'Energy Efficiency Gap'. To better understand the energy efficiency gap, this research identified household viewpoints towards energy and stated preferences towards energy efficiency technologies and behaviour. The research was carried out through interviews and a Q study in the cities of Manchester and Cardiff, alongside a questionnaire. The results revealed a range of nuanced viewpoints, which mapped onto three principal household themes: energy use in terms of the environment, energy in relation to money and apathy towards energy. A key finding was the small number strong correlations between distinct energy viewpoints and specific energy efficiency technologies or behaviours. This result implies that being environmentally aware and actively concerned about energy efficiency does not in itself lead to a stated desire, or even, intention to install energy-efficient technologies. The wider implication is that households that hold proactive energy efficiency viewpoints based on environmental concern may still require specifically targeted incentives to encourage the uptake of energy efficiency measures, i.e. their proactive and environmental beliefs are not alone enough to motivate them to improve the energy efficiency of their home.

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Deconstructing the Political Spectacle: Sex, Race, and Subjectivity in Public Response to the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill "Sexual Harassment" Hearings

Cited by 24 publications

References 6 publications

What’s Left and Who’s Right? A Q-method Study of Individual and Contextual Influences on the Meaning of Ideological Labels

What’s Left and Who’s Right? A Q-method Study of Individual and Contextual Influences on the Meaning of Ideological Labels

Veterinarians’ Discourses on Animals and Clients

Household energy use: a study investigating viewpoints towards energy efficiency technologies and behaviour

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