Chapter 4

Article 1: Ranasinghe, P. (2012). Discourse, practice and the production of the polysemy of security. Theoretical Criminology, 17(1), 89-107. doi:10.1177/1362480612466564

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Find where the author notes that “word once uttered in hard
2. cadences to convey brutal certainties has become embarrassingly limp and overextended.”
3. Find where the authors suggests that “my findings reveal the polysemy of security, that is, that what security looks and feels like to one person is quite different from what it is to others, or, to put this another way, that security can mean many different things.”
4. How can you apply the concept of polysemy to this article?

Article 2: Sharma, A., & Grant, D. (2011). Narrative, drama and charismatic leadership: The case of Apple’s Steve Jobs. Leadership, 7(1), 3-26. doi:10.1177/1742715010386777

Questions that apply to this article:

1. Identify where the authors state that “we begin by drawing on a number of constructs associated with narrative and storytelling, as well as dramaturgy, in order to inform our understanding of charismatic leadership.” What do you think makes a leader appealing? What constitutes a leader's “magnetic” personality?
2. Identify the authors’ discussion regarding the replacement of the term environment with Burke’s more appropriate term of scene. Why do they advocate this position? Do you agree?
3. Find where the authors discuss that “Burke (1966, 1989) presents a dramatistic pentad through which he seeks to make sense of social events and interactions, as well as their underlying human motivations through five grammars—the act, scene, agent, agency, and purpose—which generate further analysis through the ‘ratios’ created between them.” Does this discussion make sense in the context of the article? Why or why not?