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La Neutralite Désengagée De La Science Politique Américaine, Vanessa Ruget

Vanessa Ruget

Narrating Imperial Adventure: Isabella Bird's Travels In The 19th C. American West, Karen M. Morin

Karen M. Morin

No abstract provided.

State Laws And The Independent Judiciary: An Analysis Of The Effects Of The Seventeenth Amendment On The Number Of Supreme Court Cases Holding State Laws Unconstitutional, Donald J. Kochan

Donald J. Kochan

In recent years, the Seventeenth Amendment has been the subject of legal scholarship, congressional hearings and debate, Supreme Court opinions, popular press articles and commentary, state legislative efforts aimed at repeal, and activist repeal movements. To date, the literature on the effects of the Seventeenth Amendment has focused almost exclusively on the effects on the political production of legislation and competition between legislative bodies. Very little attention has been given to the potential adverse effects of the Seventeenth Amendment on the relationship between state legislatures and the federal courts. This Article seeks to fill part of that literature gap, applying …

A Mixed-Methodology Investigation Of The Linguistic And Affective Outcomes Of Summer Study Abroad, Heather W. Allen, Carol Herron

Heather Willis Allen

The purpose of this study was to investigate linguistic and affective outcomes of summer study abroad participation by 25 college French students. The investigation sought to determine if significant changes occurred in two linguistic factors, oral and listening French skills, and two affective factors, integrative motivation and language anxiety, after study abroad.

Western Attitudes Toward The Korean Language: An Overview Of Late Nineteenth- And Early Twentieth-Century Mission Literature, David Silva

David Silva

Toward A Theory Of Heritage Language Acquisition: Spanish In The United States, Andrew Lynch

Andrew Lynch

The sociolinguistic realities of English and Spanish, at the national and world levels, have evolved in fundamental ways since the 1960s. Traditional theoretical models of language variation, bilingualism, and language shift in the US must be reconceptualized with the post-2000 context, and Spanish language educators must respond to the contemporary demands of their profession. In this essay, I give thought to the theoretical principles of Spanish heritage language acquisition in the US in the twenty-first century.

Nationalism In Indonesia: Building Imagined And Intentional Communities Through Transmigration, Brian A. Hoey

Brian A. Hoey, Ph.D.

This article will discuss the Indonesian government’s population resettlement program to explore different ways of looking at the idea of community and community building. Transmigration settlements are both planned and intentional communities. They are planned in accordance to government priorities, which intend them to serve in the building of an imagined community – a unified nation. They are also places where settlers struggle, following their own intent, to build their own personal, everyday vision of community as a place where they feel that they belong. This article will introduce the basic history of the program and its place in the …

Public Choice And Altruism, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist

No abstract provided.

Plausibility And Possible Determinants Of Sudden 'Remissions' In Borderline Patients, John G. Gunderson, Donna S. Bender, Charles A. Sanislow, Shirley Yen, Jennifer Bame Rettew, Regina Dolan-Sewell, Ingrid R. Dyck, Leslie C. Morey, Thomas H. Mcglashan, M. Tracie Shea, Andrew E. Skodol

Charles A. Sanislow, Ph.D.

THIS STUDY documents dramatic improvements in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and explores their possible determinants. From a sample of the 160 carefully diagnosed borderline patients on whom prospective follow-along data was collected, a subsample of 18 was identified whose DSM-IV criteria count fell to two or fewer during the course of the first 6 months of the study and retained that improvement for the next 6 months. Follow-along data including month-by-month ratings of BPD criteria; week-by-week ratings of Axis I disorders, medication changes, and life events were then used to establish concensus ratings on four hypothesized causes: Axis …

Free-Riding On Federalism: Trade Protection And The Canadian Dairy Industry, Kathy Baylis, W. Hartley Furtan

Kathy Baylis

This paper examines the link between federalism, rent-seeking and free-riding behaviour. Using data from the Canadian dairy industry, we test four hypotheses of the determinants of rent-seeking expenditure and the role of free-riding. First, we find that provinces do not cooperate with each other when lobbying the federal government for trade protection. Second, some provinces are found to free ride on the rent-seeking expenditure of the larger (more influential) provinces. Third, the cost of rent-seeking increases when the government is forced to make a decision regarding the future of the protectionist policies. Fourth, institutional changes under the 1994 GATT raised …

El Voto Electrónico. Nuevas Tendencias Y Experiencias De La Democracia Tecnológica, Fernando Barrientos Del Monte

Fernando Barrientos Del Monte

La incorporación de nuevas tecnologías a los ámbitos de la política y el gobierno es una tendencia mundial en ascenso. En varios países la automatización del voto con el uso de urnas mecánicas, urnas electrónicas e Internet se han convertido en un signo de modernidad. Los sistemas de voto electrónico no son una alternativa que va ganando adeptos por su viabilidad técnica. No obstante, implica incrementar la complejidad de los procesos electorales y se enfrenta al dilema de convencer a la ciudadanía de que las nuevas tecnologías utilizadas de las elecciones son confiables. En este artículo se repasan las experiencias …

Development Of Oral Communication Skills Abroad., Christina Isabelli

Christina Isabelli

Differential Effects Of Syntactic And Semantic Processing On The Subregions Of Broca's Area, Sharlene D. Newman, Marcel Adam Just, Timothy A. Keller, Jennifer Roth, Patricia A. Carpenter

Marcel Adam Just

No abstract provided.

An Economic Analysis Of Occupational Diversification Among Households In Andhra Pradesh, A Amarender Reddy

A Amarender Reddy

The study examined occupational diversification among rural households in Andhra Pradesh. The specific objectives of the study are: (i) To examine the occupational structure of households in different regions of rural Andhra Pradesh (ii) To assess the level of unemployment, underemployment and poverty in different categories of households (iii) To find out various socio-economic factors affecting employment pattern in different regions and among households, and (iv) To suggest policy measures to reduce unemployment and underemployment. The study is based on National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) unit household data from its 50th and 55th rounds on employment and unemployment surveys for …

Group Counseling For The Family Caregivers Of Alzheimers Clients: An Existential Approach, Jason Mcglothlin, Scott E. Hall

Scott E. Hall, Ph.D., LPCC-S

No abstract provided.

Race And Problem Drug Use In An English City, Anita Kalunta-Crumpton

Anita Kalunta-Crumpton

t: The primary aim of this article is to look at the impact of drugs on the drug-using Black population, and in doing so, the article draws comparative attention to drug use within the White community. The article is based on a research study of problem drug users registered with a London drugs project in 2000 and 2001. During the period of fieldwork, the vast majority of clients of the drug project were male, and the gap in the sex composition of the clients was more conspicuous in the Black group. For the sake of clarity in the use of …

An Economic Analysis Of Occupational Diversification Among Households In Andhra Pradesh, A Amarender Reddy

A Amarender Reddy

The study examined occupational diversification among rural households in Andhra Pradesh. The specific objectives of the study are: (i) To examine the occupational structure of households in different regions of rural Andhra Pradesh (ii) To assess the level of unemployment, underemployment and poverty in different categories of households (iii) To find out various socio-economic factors affecting employment pattern in different regions and among households, and (iv) To suggest policy measures to reduce unemployment and underemployment. The study is based on National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) unit household data from its 50th and 55th rounds on employment and unemployment surveys for …

Are Patriots Bigots? An Inquiry Into The Vices Of In-Group Pride, Zachary Elkins, Rui De Figueiredo

Zachary Elkins

No abstract provided.

The Social Psychology Of Access In Ethnographic Research, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington

Brooke Harrington

No abstract provided.