Meanings
present singular third person problemises · participle present problemising · participle past problemised · past problemised
- To make a problem of; to treat as problematic.
The rise of the postmodern condition and its penetration into the world of international relations asks us to problemise borders, viewing them not as givens but as obstacles to emancipation.
2000, The Iranian Journal of International Affairs - Volume 12, page 2252 more examples
These non-governmental institutions and actors tend to pluralise power and to problemise violence, consequently, their peaceful or civil effects are felt everywhere, here and there, afar and wide, to and from local areas, through wider regions, to the planetary level itself.
2017, Michael Walker, Nico Koopman, Koos Vorster, Church and Civil Society: German and South African perspectives, →ISBNAs the sources that argued that competitive pressure is a non-significant factor follow either a large-sample survey-based approach or a multiple case study design, they do not problemise why the factor was not significant, but only take it as a finding.
2017, Özgün Imre, Adopting Information Systems Perspectives from Small Organizations, →ISBN
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