Cecil Blake
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 652894 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Cecil Blake |
| NOMBRES | Cecil |
| APELLIDO | Blake |
| FIRMA | BLAKE C |
| AFILIACIONES | MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7231-4290 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1979 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Is a ‘crisis of masculinity’ evident in UK secondary student attitudes towards gender equality, gender stereotypes and sexual harassment
No abstract available
Prevention of, and response to, sexual harassment at secondary school
This study highlights the interconnectedness of factors shaping disclosure, reporting and handling of sexual harassment within secondary schools. The map surfaces key challenges for schools and provides a foundation for learning and discussions on where to focus efforts in future
Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and health
This essay examines key aspects of social relationships that were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses explicitly on relational mechanisms of health and brings together theory and emerging evidence on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to make recommendations for future public health policy and recovery. We first provide an overview of the pandemic in the UK context, outlining the nature of the public health response. We then introduc…
The African Origins of Rhetoric
Through a critical analysis of ancient African texts that predate Greco-Roman treatises Cecil Blake revisits the roots of rhetorical theory and challenges what is often advanced as the "darkness metaphor" -- the rhetorical construction of Africa and Africans. Blake offers a thorough examination of Ptah-hotep and core African ethical principles (Maat) and engages rhetorical scholarship within the wider discourse of African development. In so doing…
An African Nationalist Ideology in Diaspora and the Development Quagmire
An African Nationalist Ideology Framed in Diaspora and the Development Quagmire
This article advances the argument that an African nationalist ideology crafted in Diaspora by African ideologues in the 19th and early 20th centuries contained tenets that addressed the fundamental development challenges faced in present day Africa. The ideology centered on African interests ranging from resistance against the institution of slavery to the formation of what was referred to as an “African nationality” with an independent African …
Sierra Leone
The eruption of conflicts in Africa, ranging from civil wars based on ethnic and/or religious tensions to other forms of conflagration predicated on grounds of corruption and flagrant abuse of human rights and civil liberties, has manifested itself in several parts of the continent. Some nations, such as Sierra Leone, have moved through various forms from a conflict to a post-conflict phase. The transition is perforce marked by distinct challenge…
The Role of Peace Communication in Conflict Resolution in Africa
Peace is not news. In fact, the systems that provide news do not seem to recognize peace as newsworthy. It becomes news against the background of war. So unnewsworthy is peace that to have worth, wars have to be waged nowadays by third parties (variously called international peace-keeping forces) to bring warring partners to the peace table. Somalia is a clear example of how a peacekeeping mission became a peace enforcement mission that resulted …
Democratization
This article advances the argument that the dominance of the democratization agenda worldwide has created an environment in Africa which has resulted in a major shift from development-driven imperatives to a democratization-driven imperative for policy formulation. The article focuses on the growing need for an independent media authority/commission, the print and electronic media, oramedia and human resources concerns. Some of the major forces a…
Developing Diplomatic Communication Models and Strategies for Africa
Now more than ever, the character and structure of the international system present obstacles to effective diplomacy. Various means of communication have been utilized ranging from the traditional mode of negotiation to the now-rampant form of coercion. Many groups across the world adopt kidnapping tactics or damage to human life and property as a means of communicating their grievances internationally. We cannot easily call this period and its o…
Understanding African National Development
The 1980s usher in what we may call a sad and melancholy state of affairs in the practice, art, and science of communication. The turn of the decade is definitely marked by international disputes that put Africa and Africans across the diaspora in a peculiarly volatile position. Besides Africa, the Third World as a whole is confronted with a neo-Eurocentric conservatism that threatens the basic rights of the oppressed in the world who are trying …
Communication Research and African National Development
Africa is at the crossroads of success and failure in the crucial area of communication and national/human development. The overall condition of most African states reflects the legacies of their colonial past. The communication systems that are prevalent in these societies are primarily Western in structure and orientation. All of the African states rely on the two major forms of mass communication-electronic and print media. Granted, Africa exi…
Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and health
This essay examines key aspects of social relationships that were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses explicitly on relational mechanisms of health and brings together theory and emerging evidence on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to make recommendations for future public health policy and recovery. We first provide an overview of the pandemic in the UK context, outlining the nature of the public health response. We then introduc…
Democratization
This article advances the argument that the dominance of the democratization agenda worldwide has created an environment in Africa which has resulted in a major shift from development-driven imperatives to a democratization-driven imperative for policy formulation. The article focuses on the growing need for an independent media authority/commission, the print and electronic media, oramedia and human resources concerns. Some of the major forces a…
Is a ‘crisis of masculinity’ evident in UK secondary student attitudes towards gender equality, gender stereotypes and sexual harassment
No abstract available
Communication Research and African National Development
Africa is at the crossroads of success and failure in the crucial area of communication and national/human development. The overall condition of most African states reflects the legacies of their colonial past. The communication systems that are prevalent in these societies are primarily Western in structure and orientation. All of the African states rely on the two major forms of mass communication-electronic and print media. Granted, Africa exi…
Understanding African National Development
The 1980s usher in what we may call a sad and melancholy state of affairs in the practice, art, and science of communication. The turn of the decade is definitely marked by international disputes that put Africa and Africans across the diaspora in a peculiarly volatile position. Besides Africa, the Third World as a whole is confronted with a neo-Eurocentric conservatism that threatens the basic rights of the oppressed in the world who are trying …
Developing Diplomatic Communication Models and Strategies for Africa
Now more than ever, the character and structure of the international system present obstacles to effective diplomacy. Various means of communication have been utilized ranging from the traditional mode of negotiation to the now-rampant form of coercion. Many groups across the world adopt kidnapping tactics or damage to human life and property as a means of communicating their grievances internationally. We cannot easily call this period and its o…
Democratization
This article advances the argument that the dominance of the democratization agenda worldwide has created an environment in Africa which has resulted in a major shift from development-driven imperatives to a democratization-driven imperative for policy formulation. The article focuses on the growing need for an independent media authority/commission, the print and electronic media, oramedia and human resources concerns. Some of the major forces a…
The Role of Peace Communication in Conflict Resolution in Africa
Peace is not news. In fact, the systems that provide news do not seem to recognize peace as newsworthy. It becomes news against the background of war. So unnewsworthy is peace that to have worth, wars have to be waged nowadays by third parties (variously called international peace-keeping forces) to bring warring partners to the peace table. Somalia is a clear example of how a peacekeeping mission became a peace enforcement mission that resulted …
An African Nationalist Ideology Framed in Diaspora and the Development Quagmire
This article advances the argument that an African nationalist ideology crafted in Diaspora by African ideologues in the 19th and early 20th centuries contained tenets that addressed the fundamental development challenges faced in present day Africa. The ideology centered on African interests ranging from resistance against the institution of slavery to the formation of what was referred to as an “African nationality” with an independent African …
Sierra Leone
The eruption of conflicts in Africa, ranging from civil wars based on ethnic and/or religious tensions to other forms of conflagration predicated on grounds of corruption and flagrant abuse of human rights and civil liberties, has manifested itself in several parts of the continent. Some nations, such as Sierra Leone, have moved through various forms from a conflict to a post-conflict phase. The transition is perforce marked by distinct challenge…
An African Nationalist Ideology in Diaspora and the Development Quagmire
The African Origins of Rhetoric
Through a critical analysis of ancient African texts that predate Greco-Roman treatises Cecil Blake revisits the roots of rhetorical theory and challenges what is often advanced as the "darkness metaphor" -- the rhetorical construction of Africa and Africans. Blake offers a thorough examination of Ptah-hotep and core African ethical principles (Maat) and engages rhetorical scholarship within the wider discourse of African development. In so doing…
Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on social relationships and health
This essay examines key aspects of social relationships that were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses explicitly on relational mechanisms of health and brings together theory and emerging evidence on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to make recommendations for future public health policy and recovery. We first provide an overview of the pandemic in the UK context, outlining the nature of the public health response. We then introduc…
Prevention of, and response to, sexual harassment at secondary school
This study highlights the interconnectedness of factors shaping disclosure, reporting and handling of sexual harassment within secondary schools. The map surfaces key challenges for schools and provides a foundation for learning and discussions on where to focus efforts in future
Is a ‘crisis of masculinity’ evident in UK secondary student attitudes towards gender equality, gender stereotypes and sexual harassment
No abstract available
Political science (11 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · Law (9 obras) · Politics (6 obras) · African history and culture studies (4 obras) · Gender Studies (4 obras) · Political economy (4 obras) · Context (archaeology) (3 obras) · Diaspora (3 obras) · History (3 obras)