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"They Are Beginning To Learn The Use Of Tobacco": Cultural Context And The Creation Of A Passion In Colonial Papua New Guinea, Terence Hays Sep 2003

"They Are Beginning To Learn The Use Of Tobacco": Cultural Context And The Creation Of A Passion In Colonial Papua New Guinea, Terence Hays

Terence Hays

No abstract provided.


Television's Unintended Audience, Sam Pack Apr 2003

Television's Unintended Audience, Sam Pack

Sam Pack

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Evolution Of Credit Union Philosophy, Matthew Wilburn King Jan 2003

Evolution Of Credit Union Philosophy, Matthew Wilburn King

Matthew Wilburn King PhD

This paper explores the history and evolution of credit union philosophy. The evolution of credit union philosophy spans nearly 150 years. It’s a story that begins in the middle of 19th century Europe as it was emerging from a long history of feudal relations and tyrannical rule that created “the miserable economic conditions of the period and the realization that people would have to take action themselves if their lives were to improve.”1 The democratic ideals that were so eloquently articulated by classical liberal philosophers such as John Locke and Thomas Hobbes began to be increasingly institutionalized during this time.


Dilemas Éticos: Os Limites Da Caridade, Pedro Paulo Gomes Pereira Jan 2003

Dilemas Éticos: Os Limites Da Caridade, Pedro Paulo Gomes Pereira

Pedro Paulo Gomes Pereira

No abstract provided.


O Silêncio E A Voz, Pedro Paulo Gomes Pereira Jan 2003

O Silêncio E A Voz, Pedro Paulo Gomes Pereira

Pedro Paulo Gomes Pereira

No abstract provided.


Towards An Anarchy Of Imagery: Questioning The Categorization Of Films As "Ethnographic", Kevin Taylor Anderson Jan 2003

Towards An Anarchy Of Imagery: Questioning The Categorization Of Films As "Ethnographic", Kevin Taylor Anderson

Kevin Taylor Anderson

No abstract provided.


Finding The Essential: A Phenomenological Look At Hal Hartley's "No Such Thing", Kevin Taylor Anderson Jan 2003

Finding The Essential: A Phenomenological Look At Hal Hartley's "No Such Thing", Kevin Taylor Anderson

Kevin Taylor Anderson

No abstract provided.


Alcohol As Incentive In The Mixed Economy Of The Pre-Colonial Batswana, David Suggs Dec 2002

Alcohol As Incentive In The Mixed Economy Of The Pre-Colonial Batswana, David Suggs

David Suggs

No abstract provided.


Through The Causality Web: Looking At Etiology And Resistance In Aboriginal Cancer Experiences, Treena Orchard Dec 2002

Through The Causality Web: Looking At Etiology And Resistance In Aboriginal Cancer Experiences, Treena Orchard

Dr. Treena Orchard

No abstract provided.


Emergency Operations Rural Household Food And Livelihood Security Baseline: Midland And Masvingo Provinces, Zimbabwe. Care., John Mazzeo Dec 2002

Emergency Operations Rural Household Food And Livelihood Security Baseline: Midland And Masvingo Provinces, Zimbabwe. Care., John Mazzeo

John Mazzeo, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Financial Sector Deepening And Economic Growth In Pakistan, Safdar Khan Dec 2002

Financial Sector Deepening And Economic Growth In Pakistan, Safdar Khan

Safdar Khan

No abstract provided.


Lesotho Vulnerability Assessment. Care., John Mazzeo Dec 2002

Lesotho Vulnerability Assessment. Care., John Mazzeo

John Mazzeo, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Legislative Terrorism: A Primer For The Non-Islamic State; Secularism And Different Believers, Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis Dec 2002

Legislative Terrorism: A Primer For The Non-Islamic State; Secularism And Different Believers, Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis

Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis

In industrial societies where civil law and state institutions have become well-established secular vehicles for governing the populace, it is widely assumed that the state no longer has an interest in fortifying the religious sector as a complementary source of social control. Thus, a distinction is drawn between the Islamic state that is ruled by religious law and the secular state of Western industrial societies in which religion is deemed to have lost its influence in the public sphere. This dissertation argues that civil law is not religiously neutral and thus challenges a central premise of secularization theory. Introducing a …


Underlying Causes Of Livelihood Insecurity Among The Poor In Malawi: The Testing Of Five Hypotheses. Care., John Mazzeo Dec 2002

Underlying Causes Of Livelihood Insecurity Among The Poor In Malawi: The Testing Of Five Hypotheses. Care., John Mazzeo

John Mazzeo, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


From Noncompliance To Columbine: Capturing Student Perspectives To Understand Noncompliance And Violence In Public Schools, Doyle Stevick, Bradley Levinson Dec 2002

From Noncompliance To Columbine: Capturing Student Perspectives To Understand Noncompliance And Violence In Public Schools, Doyle Stevick, Bradley Levinson

Doyle Stevick

The paper reviews a number of ethnographic studies of students in U.S. secondary schools to help understand the causes of a range of student behaviors from minor non- compliance to lethal violence. Based on these studies, as well personal experience, the authors suggest that educators and educational researchers approach and understand student perspectives on school life. Such perspectives often reveal the logic of non- compliance, and show that aspects of school structure and practice can exacerbate or contribute to violence. Student non-compliance and alienation can escalate into violence if the student view is not regularly consulted in schools.


Livelihood Monitoring For Southeast Bangladesh. Care., John Mazzeo Dec 2002

Livelihood Monitoring For Southeast Bangladesh. Care., John Mazzeo

John Mazzeo, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


African American Student Athletes' Perceptions Of Career Transition In Sport: A Qualitative And Visual Elicitation, Keith Harrison Dec 2002

African American Student Athletes' Perceptions Of Career Transition In Sport: A Qualitative And Visual Elicitation, Keith Harrison

Dr. C. Keith Harrison

This study focuses on 26 African American athletes and explores their perceptions of athletic career transition. Participants consisted of student athletes from a United States National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division IIA institution in the Southeastern region. Participants completed the Life After Sports Scale (LASS), a 58-item inventory utilized to qualitatively and quantitatively examine seven different domains which influence perceptions of the career transition process. The scope of this inquiry examines the qualitative domain of the LASS in which participants were visually primed with a narrative description of a student athlete that has made transition out of sport successfully. Five …


Incorporating Local Knowledge Into Population And Habitat Viability Assessments: Landowners And Tree Kangaroos In Papua New Guinea, Philip J. Nyhus, J Williams, J Borovansky, O Byers, P Miller Dec 2002

Incorporating Local Knowledge Into Population And Habitat Viability Assessments: Landowners And Tree Kangaroos In Papua New Guinea, Philip J. Nyhus, J Williams, J Borovansky, O Byers, P Miller

Philip J. Nyhus

No abstract provided.


Legislative Terrorism: A Primer For The Non-Islamic State; Secularism And Different Believers, Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis Dec 2002

Legislative Terrorism: A Primer For The Non-Islamic State; Secularism And Different Believers, Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis

Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis

In industrial societies where civil law and state institutions have become well-established secular vehicles for governing the populace, it is widely assumed that the state no longer has an interest in fortifying the religious sector as a complementary source of social control. Thus, a distinction is drawn between the Islamic state that is ruled by religious law and the secular state of Western industrial societies in which religion is deemed to have lost its influence in the public sphere. This dissertation argues that civil law is not religiously neutral and thus challenges a central premise of secularization theory. Introducing a …


La Neutralite Désengagée De La Science Politique Américaine, Vanessa Ruget Dec 2002

La Neutralite Désengagée De La Science Politique Américaine, Vanessa Ruget

Vanessa Ruget

La question de la neutralité de la recherche se pose de façon assez complexe pour les politistes américains.Animés par l’idée d’un progrès au niveau des méthodes, des savoirs et de la théorie, la majorité d’entre eux estiment que leur discipline a acquis le stade de la maturité scientifique. Cette neutralité affichée, qui est en réalité largement discutable, a favorisé l’hermétisme de la discipline face à un public plus vaste. Pour contraster la situation américaine avec l’attitude prônée par Nathalie Heinich, l’auteur propose de parler de « neutralité désengagée » pour qualifier la majeure partie des travaux produits par la politologie …


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 Dec 2002

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 …


Nationalism In Indonesia: Building Imagined And Intentional Communities Through Transmigration, Brian A. Hoey Dec 2002

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 …