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Dating In Dharamsala The Tibetan Exile Dating Experience, Ben Kingstone

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

By studying the younger generation’s dating culture in the Tibetan exile community of Dharamsala, I hoped to glean a deeper insight into how cultural values effected interpersonal relationships in an everyday context, and in doing so hoped to find a bit about the unique qualities of Tibetan culture. I came in with many ideas of different themes, from Buddhist values and their effect on the dating culture, to the effect of assimilation on imported Tibetan ideas about dating and relationships. What I ultimately found had very little to do with Buddhist ideas and had far larger implications about the effects …

Participatory Democracy In The Chinese Cyber World: Case Studies From Weibo, Duyi Li

Master's Theses

This thesis discusses features of citizen communication on Weibo, the Chinese social media platform, and its relationship to participatory democracy in China. Weibo is a complex social space due to the interplay of different forces and social actors. On the one hand, Weibo provides the space for bottom-up political participation: it expands the horizontal discursive space where plural discourses coexist and interact; provides a social sphere where counter-discourses are created; a space where the culture of resistance is formed; and serves as an alternative source for information. On the other hand, the vertical political control of the state, and the …

The Legacy, November 16, 2014, Lindenwood University

The Legacy (2007-2018)

Student Newspaper of Lindenwood University

Vernal Pool: A Participatory Art Project About Place + Precipitation, Karen Miranda Abel, Jessica Marion Barr

The Goose

Produced by Karen Miranda Abel with Jessica Marion Barr, Vernal Pool is an immersive, elemental water installation created as a participatory, contemplative inquiry into our transitory interrelationships with water and landscape. From November 2013 to April 2014, 114 individuals across Canada and abroad gathered snow samples as a form of extrinsic artistic practice about place and precipitation. With the arrival of spring, the reservoir of melted snow was convened for four days at Toronto’s historic Gladstone Hotel to create Vernal Pool.

Cinekyd: Exploring The Origins Of Youth Media Production, Renee Hobbs, David Cooper Moore

Journal of Media Literacy Education

No abstract provided.

Danilo Di Mauro. The Un And The Arab-Israeli Conflict: American Hegemony And Un Intervention Since 1947. London And New York: Routledge, 2012., Ellen Jenny Ravndal

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Integrating Microstates Into Cross-National Research: An Exploratory Analysis, Timothy S. Rich Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

How do microstates potentially challenge our understanding of international and comparative politics? Microstates comprise as many as one-fifth of all sovereign states yet are rarely incorporated into cross-national research. Cursory analysis suggests that microstates challenge the conventional wisdom in several ways. This paper highlights some of these challenges and presents preliminary quantitative evidence suggestive of a microstate divergence. Ultimately the evidence here makes the case for increased consideration of the theoretical and empirical leverage attained by analysis of microstates.

Important Components Needed In Today’S Global Society From A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Helena H. Wallenberg-Lerner Ph.D., Wayanne B. James Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

This article reviews the extent to which individuals from different geocultural regions view and identify affective components perceived to be important in today’s global society. Various regions of the world were categorized to ensure equivalent participation around the world. Eight geocultural regions were identified to compare responses by geographical regions to obtain information on possible differences. A questionnaire was administered to respondents in the eight geocultural regions to obtain their perceptions of important affective components needed in today’s global society. Based on this study, there were at least nine different affective components perceived to be important in today’s global society. …

The State As A Person?: Anthropomorphic Personification Vs. Concrete Durational Being, Robert Oprisko Ph.D., Kristopher Kaliher

Journal of International and Global Studies

In “The State as Person in International Theory,” Wendt explores the analysis and comparison of the classic unit of international relations to a human subject. In an unprecedented manner, Wendt takes his comparison to the limit, finding connections between the biological aspects of personhood as well as the social. In this essay, we use a structure similar to Wendt’s but come to different conclusions. Using the works of Searle’s intentionality and Mitzen’s ontological security, among others, we find that the social category of state personhood is determined to be both accurate and helpful for progressing IR theory. We depart from …

Negotiating Development: Valuation Of A Guesthouse Project In Southern Guinea-Bissau, Brandon Lundy Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

This paper provides a case study illustrating the crossroads between the agendas of international/national economic development with that of the development objectives of local communities. It shows how a community development project connects villagers to the larger world – both practically and imaginatively. This study takes a single case, the process of developing a guesthouse building project among the Nalú of southern Guinea-Bissau, to illustrate how a local attempt to connect to the outside world is intersected by community relations, NGOs, and development discourse. Through a community study using ethnographic methodology including participant observation, interviews, and focus groups, the village …

Politics Of Technoscapes: Algorithms Of Social Inclusion & Exclusion In A Global City, R. Swaminathan

Journal of International and Global Studies

Social media and the Internet are seen as Siamese twins. The discursive architecture of social media is so tightly coupled with the various imaginaries of the Internet that the distinct spatiality, territoriality, and relational power dynamics of each is often simplistically blurred and merged. This paper makes the case that the sociality and spatiality of social media is not only different from that of the Internet but is increasingly becoming part of our contemporary built environment in a manner that confers social media a high degree of relative autonomy in its relationship with the Internet. The paper further argues that …

Daniel Bar-Tal And Izhak Schnell (Eds.), The Impacts Of Lasting Occupation: Lessons From Israeli Society. New York, Oxford University Press, 2013., Jon Mandaville Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Colin S.C. Hawes. The Chinese Transformation Of Corporate Culture. New York: Routledge, 2012., Catherine S. Chan

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Debdas Banerjee. Economic And Human Development In Contemporary India: Cronyism And Fragility. New York: Routledge, 2010., Alessandra Consolaro

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Ahmed, Akbar. The Thistle And The Drone: How America’S War On Terror Became A Global War On Tribal Islam. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. 2013., Raymond Scupin

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Richard Dean Burns, Joseph M. Siracusa, And Jason C. Flanagan. American Foreign Relations Since Independence. Santa Barbara: Abc-Clio, Praeger, 2013., Nguyen Thi Thuy Hang

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Liana Chua, Joanna Cook, Nicholas Long, And Lee Wilson (Eds). Southeast Asian Perspectives On Power. New York: Routledge, 2012., Cheong Weng Kit Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Aaron Hughes. Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction And Reconstruction. Durham: Acumen, 2014, Carool Kersten Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Anna Sun. Confucianism As A World Religion: Contested Histories And Contemporary Realities. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013., Rogelio Leal Benavides

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Metin Heper & Sabri Sayari. (Eds) 2013. The Routledge Handbook Of Modern Turkey. London And New York: Routledge., Laurens De Rooij

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Christoph Brumann And Evelyn Schulz (Eds.). Urban Spaces In Japan, Cultural And Social Perspectives. London And New York, Routledge, 2012., Jean Martin Caldieron Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Richard Ronald And Allison Alexy (Eds.) Home And Family In Japan. Continuity And Transformation. New York: Routledge, 2011., Ilana Maymind Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Shaylih Muehlmann. When I Wear My Alligator Boots: Narco-Culture In The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. Berkeley: University Of California Press, 2014., James H. Mcdonald

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

The African Union And The Conflict In Mali: Extra-Regional Influence And The Limitations Of A Regional Actor, Abiodun Joseph Oluwadare Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

The role of regional and sub-regional organizations cannot be overstated in conflict resolution, especially in their sphere of influence. The African Union and The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have played prominent roles in places like Burundi, Darfur, Chad, Somalia, and Liberia. The success achieved in these interventions would not likely have been forthcoming if the US, European Union and its member nations, along with the United Nations had not given their support to these regional and sub-regional organizations. In other words, the cooperative, collaborative, and supportive understanding between these extra-African bodies and the regional and sub-regional organizations …

Constructing International Relations, Charmaine G. Misalucha

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review on:

• Rebecca Adler-Nissen, ed. Bourdieu in International Relations: Rethinking Key Concepts in IR. London and New York: Routledge, 2013.
• Nicholas Greenwood Onuf. World of Our Making: Rules and Rule in Social Theory and International Relations. London and New York: Routledge, 2013.
• Arlene B. Tickner and David L. Blaney, eds. Thinking International Relations Differently. London and New York: Routledge, 2012.

Zhang, E., Kleinman, A., & Tu, W. (Eds.). (2011). Governance Of Life In Chinese Moral Experience. The Quest For An Adequate Life. London & New York: Routledge., Viktor Friedmann

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Raoul Bianchi & Marcus L. Stephenson. Tourism And Citizenship: Rights, Freedoms And Responsibilities In The Global Order. 2014. Abingdon, Routledge., Maximiliano E. Korstanje

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

K. Raja Reddy (Ed.). Foreign Policy Of India And Asia-Pacific. New Delhi: New Century Publications, 2012., Md. Abdul Gaffar

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Sun, Wanning And Jennu Chio (Eds.) Mapping Media In China: Region; Province, Locality. Routledge, London And New York; 2012, Gunjan Singh

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Tareq Y. Ismael And Jacqueline S. Ismael, Government And Politics Of The Contemporary Middle East: Continuity And Change. New York: Routledge, 2011., Özlem Madi Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.