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2016

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Milk In The Data: Food Security Impacts From A Livestock Field Experiment In Zambia, Margaret Jodlowski, Alex Winter-Nelson, Kathy Baylis, Peter Goldsmith Dec 2015

Milk In The Data: Food Security Impacts From A Livestock Field Experiment In Zambia, Margaret Jodlowski, Alex Winter-Nelson, Kathy Baylis, Peter Goldsmith

Kathy Baylis

Smallholder livestock ownership has potential to enhance food security by raising incomes of the poor and by increasing the availability of nutrient-dense foods. This paper exploits the staggered rollout of livestock distribution by Heifer International in Zambia to identify the effects of livestock using statistically similar treatment and control groups in a balanced panel of households. Results indicate that livestock ownership improves dietary diversity through both direct consumption of animal products produced on farm and through increased consumption expenditures. Further results indicate that expanded livestock ownership alters the local food economy to influence food consumption by households lacking farm animals.

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Farmers' Risk Preferences And Pesticide Use Decisions: Evidence From Field Experiments In China, Kathy Baylis, Yazhen Gong, Robert Kozak, Gary Bull Dec 2015

Farmers' Risk Preferences And Pesticide Use Decisions: Evidence From Field Experiments In China, Kathy Baylis, Yazhen Gong, Robert Kozak, Gary Bull

Kathy Baylis

China faces health and environmental problems resulting from the use of agricultural chemicals, including pesticides. While other authors have found that risk aversion affects pesticide use in China, previous studies have focused primarily on commercial cotton farmers. In this study, we consider the case of smaller, semi-subsistence and subsistence farmers in a poor and landlocked province of China (Yunnan). We use a field experiment to measure risk aversion and collect detailed data on farm production and input use to specifically ask whether risk aversion affects pesticide use, and whether this effect differs for subsistence farmers producing exclusively for home consumption …

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"A Comparative Analysis Of Collective Action Frames In Nosamo And The Tea Party", Shyam Sriram Dec 2015

"A Comparative Analysis Of Collective Action Frames In Nosamo And The Tea Party", Shyam Sriram

Shyam K. Sriram (ssriram@butler.edu)

No abstract provided.

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"A Tulsi By Any Other Name: Evaluating South Asian American Support For A Hindu Member Of Congress", Shyam Sriram Dec 2015

"A Tulsi By Any Other Name: Evaluating South Asian American Support For A Hindu Member Of Congress", Shyam Sriram

Shyam K. Sriram (ssriram@butler.edu)

No abstract provided.

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"A Foucauldian Theory Of American Islamophobia", Shyam Sriram Dec 2015

"A Foucauldian Theory Of American Islamophobia", Shyam Sriram

Shyam K. Sriram (ssriram@butler.edu)

No abstract provided.

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Shaping Expectations About Dads As Caregivers: Toward An Ecological Approach, Holning Lau Dec 2015

Shaping Expectations About Dads As Caregivers: Toward An Ecological Approach, Holning Lau

Holning Lau

A growing number of men embrace childcare responsibilities traditionally associated with women. Yet fathers who wish to be caregivers often face impediments. Legal scholars have focused attention on one of these impediments, the lack of workplace paternity leave, by calling on the government to mandate leave for new fathers. In this Essay, I argue that the focus on workplace policies is much too narrow. In light of cultural norms in the United States, there will be difficulty passing national legislation mandating paternity leave. Moreover, men shoulder cultural pressure not to take paternity leave even when it is offered. This Essay …

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Before The Law, Sharon Sliwinski Dec 2015

Before The Law, Sharon Sliwinski

Sharon Sliwinski

In 2005, a group of photographers stood alongside the people of the small town of Bil’in, in the West Bank, and documented their fight to prevent the Israeli government from building the West Bank Barrier. Inspired by what they had seen in Bil’in, the photographers decided to form Activestills, a collective whose work has become vital in documenting the struggle against Israeli occupation and the attempt to continue with everyday life in extraordinary circumstances. 

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Evocative Objects: A Sexual Violence Primer, Sharon Sliwinski Dec 2015

Evocative Objects: A Sexual Violence Primer, Sharon Sliwinski

Sharon Sliwinski

This commentary on Nina Berman’s series, “Object Lessons,” examines the photographer’s strategy of photographing trial evidence from cases of sexual slavery and human trafficking as a study in object relations.

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Athletes And Motherhood Book Chapter.Pdf, Rebecca Busanich Dec 2015

Athletes And Motherhood Book Chapter.Pdf, Rebecca Busanich

Rebecca Busanich

No abstract provided.

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2016 Ford Dissertation Pdf.Pdf, Kristy Ford Dec 2015

2016 Ford Dissertation Pdf.Pdf, Kristy Ford

Kristy Ford

No abstract provided.

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2016 Garzon Ford Pdf.Pdf, Fernando L. Garzon, Kristy Ford Dec 2015

2016 Garzon Ford Pdf.Pdf, Fernando L. Garzon, Kristy Ford

Kristy Ford

No abstract provided.

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The International Politics Of Climate Engineering: A Review And Prospectus For International Relations, Joshua B. Horton, Jesse L. Reynolds Dec 2015

The International Politics Of Climate Engineering: A Review And Prospectus For International Relations, Joshua B. Horton, Jesse L. Reynolds

Jesse Reynolds

An emerging set of proposed technologies to reduce risks from climate change stands to dramatically alter the international politics of climate change and potentially much more. These large-scale intentional interventions in natural systems, typically called ‘climate engineering’ or ‘geoengineering’, may be able to break through the collective action problem of greenhouse gas emissions cuts and greatly reduce climate risks rapidly and at low cost. At the same time, they pose their own environmental and social risks while potentially turning international climate politics ‘upside down’. Tensions brought about by climate engineering could conceivably lead to international conflict and pose a threat …

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Health Inequality: What Counselors Need To Know To Act, D. Jones, M. Tang Dec 2015

Health Inequality: What Counselors Need To Know To Act, D. Jones, M. Tang

David E. Jones

The United States is known as the land of opportunity. Many have immigrated to the United States hoping to find a better future. Among the developed countries, the United States is ranked 29th for inequality (Bezruchka, 2012). Furthermore, the gap has widened over the past decade (Blank, 2011). An individual’s social position can reveal much about their health trajectory. This social position is associated with an individual’s context—place matters (Subramanian, Jones, & Duncan, 2003). This paper examines the consequences of inequality that bring about persistent poor health outcomes using ecological counseling theory, Pierre Bourdieu’s theory, social determinants of health …

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Patience, Persistence, And Process: Embedding A Campus-Wide Information Literacy Program Across The Curriculum, Glenn Johnson-Grau, Susan [Gardner] Archambault, Elisa Acosta, Lindsey Mclean Dec 2015

Patience, Persistence, And Process: Embedding A Campus-Wide Information Literacy Program Across The Curriculum, Glenn Johnson-Grau, Susan [Gardner] Archambault, Elisa Acosta, Lindsey Mclean

Elisa Slater Acosta


This article discusses strategies for academic libraries to collaborate with faculty to institutionalize important information literacy training. The discussion is framed around a case study of a medium-sized academic institution in the United States that successfully embedded information literacy concepts into course-level learning outcomes for three required courses in a new core curriculum. 

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Review Of Profhacker, Elizabeth Price Dec 2015

Review Of Profhacker, Elizabeth Price

Elizabeth Price

No abstract provided.

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The Anatomy Of The Russian Elite, Peter Rutland Dec 2015

The Anatomy Of The Russian Elite, Peter Rutland

Peter Rutland

This paper uses John Higley’s elite theory to analyze the sources of cohesion and fragmentation in Russia’s post-soviet political and economic elites. Putin has achieved temporary stability but has not succeeded in forging a unified elite.

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Social Structure, Power And Financial Fraud, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington Dec 2015

Social Structure, Power And Financial Fraud, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington

Brooke Harrington

This paper examines financial fraud as a manifestation of power by elites. The perspective is historical, going back to the 18th century, but the emphasis is on the 2008 global financial crisis and its sources.

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Feminist Pedagogy: Reformation Of Power Between Professor And Counseling Student, Kirsten Lamantia, Lynn Bohecker, Holly Wagner, Tarah Crosser, Amanda Bland Dec 2015

Feminist Pedagogy: Reformation Of Power Between Professor And Counseling Student, Kirsten Lamantia, Lynn Bohecker, Holly Wagner, Tarah Crosser, Amanda Bland

Lynn Bohecker

No abstract provided.

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