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Volume 2

Prison libraries serving the ‘whole person’: A qualitative study

Prison libraries serving the ‘whole person’: A qualitative study

Shreya Mishra, Manosi Chaudhuri , Ajoy Kumar Dey , Rishi Tiwari , Rupali Singh

Incarceration is a traumatic life experience for both convicted and non-convicted individuals and life in prison is not easy to get through. However, prison administrations often establish different avenues for the prisoners to help them navigate through their incarceration. One such avenue is prison libraries. This study explores the influence of the prison library in the lives of eight incarcerated individuals, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The study is based on the concept of the ‘whole pers...

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Deflating power imbalance through personal identity enhancement

Deflating power imbalance through personal identity enhancement

Shreya Mishra, Manosi Chaudhuri , Ajoy Kumar Dey

The purpose of the paper is to identify how the intersection of power, context, subjectivity and directionality makes it possible for the targets of workplace bullying to deflate power imbalance between them and the perpetrators. The paper is based on nine in-depth interviews with self-reported targets from different public sector organizations in India. The targets were purposively selected keeping in mind that they made deliberate attempts to counter bullying. Constructivist grounded theory approach wa...

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