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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Anger, Boycott, Secession–A Clash Of Perspectives: The Closing Of A High School In An Appalachian County, John Verburg
Anger, Boycott, Secession–A Clash Of Perspectives: The Closing Of A High School In An Appalachian County, John Verburg
Journal of Rural Social Sciences
This research investigates the closing of a small, rural community school. Even though the community waged a tenacious effort to save their school, it closed anyway. Today, in its place, sits a new, private, community school. This research focuses on the dynamics of that drama. The research design consists of multiple levels of interviews (personal, telephone, and focus group), archival reviews of local newspapers, and analysis of video tapes of the monthly meetings o fthe local school board. Additionally, the community shared with the researcher large boxes of confidential legal documents used in the court proceedings against the county. The …
Hidden Voices: Linking Research, Practice, And Policy To The Everyday Realities Of Rural People, Rosalind P. Harris
Hidden Voices: Linking Research, Practice, And Policy To The Everyday Realities Of Rural People, Rosalind P. Harris
Journal of Rural Social Sciences
Presidential Address
Natural Resource Access And Interracial Associations: Black And White Subsistence Fishing In The Mississippi Delta, Ralph B. Brown, John F. Toth Jr.
Natural Resource Access And Interracial Associations: Black And White Subsistence Fishing In The Mississippi Delta, Ralph B. Brown, John F. Toth Jr.
Journal of Rural Social Sciences
Using qualitative data gathered over approximately twenty months, we examine how racial divisions between black and white fishers factor into access, harvesting strategies, and use of natural resources in subsistence fishing activities in the Mississippi Delta. Though both races engage in subsistence fishing for many of the same reasons -- a sense of autonomy and economic independence -- clear differences were manifest in their access, harvesting strategies, and utilization of the fish. We document these differences. We conclude that the social relations between white and black subsistence fishers, as they interact with and through the landscape, appear to perpetuate the …
Labor Use By Small-Scale Conventional And Sustainable Farmers In Tennessee, Fisseha Tegegne, Surendra P. Singh, Enefiok Ekanem, Safdar Muhammad
Labor Use By Small-Scale Conventional And Sustainable Farmers In Tennessee, Fisseha Tegegne, Surendra P. Singh, Enefiok Ekanem, Safdar Muhammad
Journal of Rural Social Sciences
A comparison of labor use by small-scale conventional and sustainable farmers has received little attention from researchers. However, the issue is significant given the growing emphasis being placed on a sustainable farming system, which is considered to require more labor and managerial input compared to the conventional one. This study analyzes labor use of small-scale farmers in Tennessee by classifying them into conventional and sustainable categories. The data were collected using face-to-face interviews of randomly selected farmers. Analysis shows that farm operators were the primary source of labor for production and farm business management both for sustainable and conventional farmers, …
Outdoor Recreation Constraints: An Examination Of Race, Gender, And Rural Dwelling, Cassandra Y. Johnson, J. M. Bowker, H. Ken Cordell
Outdoor Recreation Constraints: An Examination Of Race, Gender, And Rural Dwelling, Cassandra Y. Johnson, J. M. Bowker, H. Ken Cordell
Journal of Rural Social Sciences
We assess whether traditionally marginalized groups in American society (African-Americans, women, rural dwellers) perceive more constraints to outdoor recreation participation than other groups. A series of logistic regressions are applied to a national recreation survey and used to model the probability that individuals perceive certain constraints to participating in outdoor recreation activities. Twelve constraints related to health, facilities, socioeconomic standing, and other personal factors are examined for both participants and nonparticipants of outdoor recreation. We model the probability that individuals report being constrained in participating in their favorite activities as a function of race, gender, and rural residence. In addition, …
Foucault On The Farm: Producing Swine And Subjects, Mary E. Curran
Foucault On The Farm: Producing Swine And Subjects, Mary E. Curran
Journal of Rural Social Sciences
In this paper, through a discussion of an ongoing conflict about regulation of industrial farming in Kentucky, I use Foucault's (1980a, 1980b, 1991) work on governmentality and power and knowledge to analyze how the power relations embedded within processes of governmentality and knowledge production act to marginalize certain groups while producing new regimes of truth and altering subjectivities. My approach differs from that of current academic research and American mass media reporting of the environmental and social impacts of industrial animal agriculture. Academic literature has largely focused upon either the structural changes resulting from the industrialization of agriculture or on …
Common Cause: A Comparative Case Study Of Three Alabama Communities Organizing Against Landfills, Lani Merritt
Common Cause: A Comparative Case Study Of Three Alabama Communities Organizing Against Landfills, Lani Merritt
Journal of Rural Social Sciences
This paper documents the organizational strategies of three Alabama community groups that have mobilized against the siting of municipal landfills. All three communities are predominately African-American, rural, and lower-income. The framework of environmental justice is applied to understand common elements of the three communities' experiences. The primary focus, however, is on differences between the cases that brought forward markedly different strategies. The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the different approaches taken by each community, and to identify factors and strategies that were crucial to success or failure from the perspective of landfill opponents. Responsiveness of local political …
Spartan Daily, December 11, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily, December 11, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)
Volume 117, Issue 69
Spartan Daily, December 10, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily, December 10, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)
Volume 117, Issue 68
Spartan Daily, December 7, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily, December 7, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)
Volume 117, Issue 67
Spartan Daily, December 6, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily, December 6, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)
Volume 117, Issue 66
Spartan Daily, December 5, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily, December 5, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)
Volume 117, Issue 65
Spartan Daily, December 4, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily, December 4, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)
Volume 117, Issue 64
Spartan Daily, December 3, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily, December 3, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications
Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)
Volume 117, Issue 63
Keynote Address, Shamusudeen Usman
Keynote Address, Shamusudeen Usman
Economic and Financial Review
This is a keynote address delivered at the seminar with the theme " poverty alleviation: a more pragmatic approach
Special Remarks By Dr. O. J. Nnanna, O. J. Nnanna
Special Remarks By Dr. O. J. Nnanna, O. J. Nnanna
Economic and Financial Review
This is a special remark delivered at the executive seminar on the theme, poverty alleviation: a more pragmatic approach
Concepts, Measurement And Causes Of Poverty, D. O. Ajakaiye, V. A. Adeyeye
Concepts, Measurement And Causes Of Poverty, D. O. Ajakaiye, V. A. Adeyeye
Economic and Financial Review
Thoughts. on appropriate conceptualization, measurement and accurate characterization of determinants of poverty has a long history. From analytical perspective, thinking about poverty can be traced back at least to the codification of poor laws in medieval England, through to the pioneering empirical studies, at the tum of the century, by Booth in London and by Rowntree in York. Rowntree's study, published in 1901, was the first to develop a poverty standard for individual families, based on estimates of nutritional and other requirements. In the 1960s, the main focus of poverty debate was on the level of income, reflected in macro …
An Appraisal Of Poverty And Poverty Reduction Strategies In Nigeria, Fidelis O. Ogwumike
An Appraisal Of Poverty And Poverty Reduction Strategies In Nigeria, Fidelis O. Ogwumike
Economic and Financial Review
The present paper assesses not only the efforts of the current administration in poverty reduction, but also the · role played by past administrations so as to identify a more pragmatic approach to poverty reduction in Nigeria The next section looks at a poverty profile in Nigeria with a view to identifying ·some of the salient issues. Section IIL examines the various approaches to poverty reduction. Section IV appraises poverty reduction in Nigeria. Section V, offers some suggestions on poverty reduction in Nigeria.
Poverty Reduction And Structural Reform, Chris E. Nemedia
Poverty Reduction And Structural Reform, Chris E. Nemedia
Economic and Financial Review
Poverty bas no precise definition. Being a relative concept, it has no universally adopted definition that can be applied to all societies and all nations of the world. We can talk of a poor person or a poor nation. You may describe a person as poor if his income is below subsistence level. But the subsistence levels of income vary from society to society and from nation to nation. In spite of the absence of a precise and an all-embracing definition of poverty, it is quite easy to recognize or identify the attributes of a poor person or the characteristics …
Rising Cost Of Food Prices And Food Insecurity In Nigeria And Its Implication For Poverty Reduction, P. A. Okuneye
Rising Cost Of Food Prices And Food Insecurity In Nigeria And Its Implication For Poverty Reduction, P. A. Okuneye
Economic and Financial Review
Trade liberalization stimulated the growth of export of agricultura1 commodities in Nigeria white its serious implementation lasted. As usual with the country, the implementation of trade liberalization policies relaxed .with time. The boost in the ·· agricultural export sector took a down turn and with the advent of democracy, massive imports of luxury goods began to dominate the economic scene. In essence, over the last . is· years, that is, since 1986, when the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) came into being. the nation had witnessed a gross neglect of the food_ production sector. As such when food prices began to …
Micro-Finance As A Strategy For Poverty Reduction, O. O. Akanji
Micro-Finance As A Strategy For Poverty Reduction, O. O. Akanji
Economic and Financial Review
The paper established the facts that poverty is indeed increasing in Nigeria based on the poverty assessment study commissioned and sponsored by the World Bank in 1995. It further indicated in the introduction that the World Bank and the IMF group are focusing on poverty reduction as a prerequisite for debt relief The paper is structured into five sections with introduction being section one. Section two gives conceptual framework and reviews some country experiences of microcredit programs. Section three describes the efforts put in place in Nigeria-the World Bank group efforts and the IMF to alleviate poverty while section four …
The Role Of The Financial Sector In Poverty Reduction, J. O. Aderibigbe
The Role Of The Financial Sector In Poverty Reduction, J. O. Aderibigbe
Economic and Financial Review
The objective of this paper is · to examine the role and challenges facing the financial sector in providing the necessary financing on appropriate terms, volume and value, and in a timely manner. The paper is divided into six sections; following this introductory part, the conceptual framework on the role of the financial sector in poverty reduction is outlined. In section three the experience of the role of the financial sector in fighting poverty is reviewed with specific emphasis on the role of banks in micro- credit delivery in section four. Section five examines future challenges of the sector while …
Interview With Miriam Coronel Ferrer Of The Non-State Actors Working Group, Margaret S. Busé
Interview With Miriam Coronel Ferrer Of The Non-State Actors Working Group, Margaret S. Busé
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The challenges and success of the Non-State Actors Working Group are discussed with Miriam Coronel Ferrer.
Algeria, Country Profile
Iran, Country Profile
Oman, Country Profile
Syria, Country Profile
Yemen, Country Profile
Landmines In Lebanon: An Historic Overview And The Current Situation, Harald Wie
Landmines In Lebanon: An Historic Overview And The Current Situation, Harald Wie
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
It is estimated that 150,000 landmines of all categories are currently in Lebanon. The exact location of most of these weapons remains unknown. In addition, a large number of UXO continues to pose a serious threat to local populations, particularly in the south.
Humanitarian Demining In Egypt: A Half-Century Struggle, Timothy Kennedy
Humanitarian Demining In Egypt: A Half-Century Struggle, Timothy Kennedy
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Over the years and with limited resources, Egypt has demonstrated a strong commitment to eradicating the landmine threat through its dedicated Army Corps of Engineers demining campaign. Since 1948, with limited financing and direction, they report clearing approximately 31 percent of the total mined areas and 51 percent of the mines or UXO. These clearance operations have been costly—Egypt expended over $91 million (U.S.) in national funds and lost over 200 deminers. Competing priorities and dwindling financial resources imposed a halt to active HD operations in 1998. Egypt requested U.S. government HD assistance, and the U.S. Central Command developed a …