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Articles 1 - 16 of 16
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Kentuckians Expelled By The Federal Government
Kentuckians Expelled By The Federal Government
Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive
Kentuckians Expelled by the Federal Government
John Robertson
The First Baptist Church Of Martin, Tennessee Since 1966
The First Baptist Church Of Martin, Tennessee Since 1966
Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive
The First Baptist Church of Martin, Tennessee Since 1966
Marvin Downing
Poetry Book Review: The Homeplace
Poetry Book Review: The Homeplace
Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive
Poetry Book Review
The Homeplace
Sarah Brady Strange
Book Review: First Baptist Church In Transition: Featuring Photography Of Tom Frey
Book Review: First Baptist Church In Transition: Featuring Photography Of Tom Frey
Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive
Book Review
First Baptist Church in Transition: Featuring Photography of Tom Frey
Marvin Downing
The Civil War Letters Of Andrew Lucas Hunt
The Civil War Letters Of Andrew Lucas Hunt
Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive
The Civil War Letters of Andrew Lucas Hunt
Compiled and transcribed by Dieter C. Ullrich
Women Who Kill: An Analysis Of Cases In Late Eighteenth- And Early Nineteenth-Century London, Kathy Callahan
Women Who Kill: An Analysis Of Cases In Late Eighteenth- And Early Nineteenth-Century London, Kathy Callahan
Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity
In late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century London, the number of women prosecuted for murder was quite small with only forty women reaching the felony court at the Old Bailey for trial between 1783 and 1815. Despite the small number of prosecutions, the cases do reveal important information about gender and criminal justice. Accusations demonstrate difficulties women had with a wide range of interpersonal relationships, their lives in the city, in addition to domestic and substance abuse. Sentencing patterns, too, are illuminating. For those women found guilty, the courts often hesitated to convict to the fullest extent of the law. Juries …
Universal Design In First-Year Composition – Why Do We Need It, How Can We Do It?, Danielle Nielsen
Universal Design In First-Year Composition – Why Do We Need It, How Can We Do It?, Danielle Nielsen
Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity
Ensuring that all students can access information, demonstrate mastery, and feel comfortable in the classroom is important, yet first-year composition faculty may find reaching the diverse populations in their classrooms daunting. Learning styles, comfort levels with writing and English language skills, disabilities, and family life impact all students, leaving us to wonder how best to facilitate student success. This essay, in taking up the question of universal student success, explores Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in the first-year composition classroom and its benefits to both students and teachers. I first define Universal Design for Learning and then attend briefly to …
""More Than Slightly Mad": Beverley Nichols And The Merry Hall Trilogy.", Joshua Adair
""More Than Slightly Mad": Beverley Nichols And The Merry Hall Trilogy.", Joshua Adair
Faculty & Staff Research and Creative Activity
This essay analyses Beverley Nichols’s Merry Hall trilogy—frequently dismissed as ‘garden writing’—as an often overlooked form of queer literature. Using Jack Halberstam’s theories about queer failure, this essay examines the ways in which the now relatively obscure author was able to commodify himself and his lifestyle for a specific audience. In so doing, the author argues, he attempted to further the cause of queer acceptance in the process, even to the detriment of what some consider could have been a more important or worthwhile career.
Bowling Online: The Internet And The New Social Capital, Jason Gainous, Kevin M. Wagner
Bowling Online: The Internet And The New Social Capital, Jason Gainous, Kevin M. Wagner
Commonwealth Review of Political Science
The decline thesis proponents in the social capital literature have largely ignored the fastest growing venue for new social capital formation - the Internet. We argue that the Internet is making a larger impact than the current research acknowledges. Using survey data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project combined with a survey of college students, we confirm a strong positive relationship between online social networking and political participation. Further, we present evidence that, at least in 2008 election, there was a bias toward voting for Democrats among those who utilized online social networking services including Facebook and Twitter. …
Comparing Redistricting Outcomes Across States: A Comparison Of Commission, Court, And Legislative Plans, Jonathan Winburn
Comparing Redistricting Outcomes Across States: A Comparison Of Commission, Court, And Legislative Plans, Jonathan Winburn
Commonwealth Review of Political Science
The question of redistricting reform has become an important topic in many states throughout the country. At the heart of the matter is how to effectively deal with the perceived detrimental effects of allowing legislators control over selecting their own constituencies. The most common prescription is to remove legislative influence by handing over control to nonpolitical or bipartisan commissions. However, little empirical evidence exists comparing the outcomes of commission plans versus legislative plans. In this paper, I address this question by examining the role of commissions throughout the states. I argue an important aspect to limiting the problems of redistricting …
Imperium Et Sacerdotium: Universalism, Fragmentation, And New Medievalism, Jeremy Wells
Imperium Et Sacerdotium: Universalism, Fragmentation, And New Medievalism, Jeremy Wells
Commonwealth Review of Political Science
Contemporary international relations theory suffers from a stubborn reliance on the Westphalian notion of the state system. Theoretically, the sovereign state is the supreme political unit in world politics and is the only political unit with access to international decision-making. However, in the real world, globalization has led to the development of a myriad of transnational associations. Added to the complex of regional, international, and even supranational governing structures, these organizations and associations have created a web of interaction that works above, below, and across states. While skeptics question the political ramifications of globalization, it is without doubt that modern …
W(H)Ither Tocqueville's 'Seed Of Free Institutions'?: The Importance And Decline Of Localism In America, Jonathan W. Pidluzny
W(H)Ither Tocqueville's 'Seed Of Free Institutions'?: The Importance And Decline Of Localism In America, Jonathan W. Pidluzny
Commonwealth Review of Political Science
Alexis de Tocqueville argues that local government is the "seed of free institutions." On his account, active participation by citizens at the local level helps guard against the three great dangers to modern democratic regimes: sum of selfish preferences majoritarianism, tyranny of die majority, and mild despotism. This paper traces the decline of localism in the United States--an inevitable consequence of trends Tocqueville himself foresaw--and comments on the consequences, both from the perspective of the political community and from the perspective of individuals pursuing a decent and happy life.
Complete Issue - Volume 1, Number 1 (2013)
Complete Issue - Volume 1, Number 1 (2013)
Commonwealth Review of Political Science
Complete Issue
Immigration In The E.U. And The U.K.: A Conflict Of Interests And Policy, Beth Coleman
Immigration In The E.U. And The U.K.: A Conflict Of Interests And Policy, Beth Coleman
Commonwealth Review of Political Science
Though contemporary society is becoming increasingly globalized, most of the developed world is looking towards immigration policies aimed at keeping other people and cultures out. This unfortunate trend is creating a society of protective multiculturalism-where one culture or state borrows desirable and beneficial characteristics and ideas from another culture, while isolating and at times even condemning that same group. Though the issue of border security remains a hotly debated topic in the United States, Europe is looking towards an era of border-free movement and renewed labor resources. However there are some major European powers, such as the United Kingdom, that …
An Introduction To The Kpsa Commonwealth Review Of Political Science, Michael Hail
An Introduction To The Kpsa Commonwealth Review Of Political Science, Michael Hail
Commonwealth Review of Political Science
It is an honor to serve as the Senior Editor for this inaugural issue of the Commonwealth Review of Political Science. In my capacity as Executive Secretary-Treasurer of KPSA, I was given the responsibility to develop the initial plans for the journal and then to implement its establishment and operations. While this task has been greater than imagined, the support from numerous colleagues has been equally great in bringing the journal to realization. I am writing this article to explain the development and purpose of this journal, but also to acknowledge the many leaders of KPSA that helped to make …
The Electoral College: A Critical Analysis, John Heyrman
The Electoral College: A Critical Analysis, John Heyrman
Commonwealth Review of Political Science
This paper looks critically at several of the principal arguments employed for and against the continued use of the Electoral College, as opposed to a system of direct popular vote. The Electoral College does not merely diverge from our common American practices of direct popular vote, but it does so in ways that primarily benefit some states at the expense of others. While federalism clearly has desirable features for the United States, and a two party system may be desirable, neither is threatened by the removal of the Electoral College. Many of the defenses of the College appear to indicate …