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Globalización Y Corporación: El Orden Social En El Siglo Xxi, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

Globalización Y Corporación: El Orden Social En El Siglo Xxi, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


Las Miserias Del Arcaismo: Un Analisis Del Gobierno De Presidente Hugo Chavez, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

Las Miserias Del Arcaismo: Un Analisis Del Gobierno De Presidente Hugo Chavez, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


The Institutional Dynamics Of Homelessness: The United States Of America And Japan Compared, Augusto De Venanzi Mar 2012

The Institutional Dynamics Of Homelessness: The United States Of America And Japan Compared, Augusto De Venanzi

Augusto S De Venanzi

No abstract provided.


Fostering Success Of Ethnic And Racial Minorities In Stem: The Role Of Minority Serving Institutions., Robert Palmer, Phd, Dina Maramba, Phd, Marybeth Gasman, Phd Mar 2012

Fostering Success Of Ethnic And Racial Minorities In Stem: The Role Of Minority Serving Institutions., Robert Palmer, Phd, Dina Maramba, Phd, Marybeth Gasman, Phd

Marybeth Gasman

To maintain competitiveness in the global economy, United States policymakers and national leaders are increasing their attention to producing workers skilled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Given the growing minority population in the country, it is critical that higher education policies, pedagogies, climates, and initiatives are effective in promoting racial and ethnic minority students’ educational attainment in STEM. Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) have shown efficacy in facilitating the success of racial and ethnic minority students in STEM and are collectively responsible for producing nearly one-third of the nation’s minority STEM graduates. In Fostering Success of Ethnic and Racial …


The Effect Of Perceived Expectations Of Alcohol Use And College Life On Freshmen’S Drinking Behaviors, Katherine Novak Feb 2012

The Effect Of Perceived Expectations Of Alcohol Use And College Life On Freshmen’S Drinking Behaviors, Katherine Novak

Katherine B. Novak

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN, March 29-April 1, 2012.


Editorial: "You Talkin' To Me?", Katina Michael Feb 2012

Editorial: "You Talkin' To Me?", Katina Michael

Professor Katina Michael

Advancing knowledge through robust research is an honourable aim- being scientific, finding the right methodology, executing project phases meticulously, and reporting on the outcomes as objectively and accurately as possible. But may I begin my inaugural editorial by saying that an even higher ideal to advancing knowledge is critiquing it as it happens. Reflective practice is not just something to be done by academics in their teaching- reflective practice is what we should all be doing as we go about undertaking our various day-to-day work tasks. For the engineer engaged in research and development, whether in industry or government, reflective …


Residential Segregation Of Asian Americans In The Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 1990, Qian Forrest Zhang Feb 2012

Residential Segregation Of Asian Americans In The Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 1990, Qian Forrest Zhang

Qian Forrest ZHANG

No abstract provided.


Agricultural Modernization In China And Its Impact On Cities, Qian Forrest Zhang Feb 2012

Agricultural Modernization In China And Its Impact On Cities, Qian Forrest Zhang

Qian Forrest ZHANG

No abstract provided.


Economic Transition And New Patterns Of Parent-Adult Child Coresidence In Urban China, Qian Forrest Zhang Feb 2012

Economic Transition And New Patterns Of Parent-Adult Child Coresidence In Urban China, Qian Forrest Zhang

Qian Forrest ZHANG

This study uses national data from the 1996 Life History and Social change in Contemporary China survey (N = 3,087) to gauge the effect of the economic transition on parent-adult child coresidence in urban China. Previous studies find that, thanks to state actions, traditional patterns in coresidence persisted in post-Mao urban China. This study still finds high levels of coresidence. China's aging population, coupled with an underdeveloped social security system, means that the traditional role of family will remain strong. It also uncovers three new patterns, however, best explained as caused by changes in the economic realm. First, the coresidence …


The Soft Embodiment Of Culture, Angela K.-Y. Leung, D. Cohen Jan 2012

The Soft Embodiment Of Culture, Angela K.-Y. Leung, D. Cohen

Ka Yee Angela LEUNG

No abstract provided.


The Moderating Role Of Implicit Beliefs Of Culture On How Multicultural Individuals Perceive Their Host Country, Ivy Yee-Man Lau, Angela K.-Y. Leung Jan 2012

The Moderating Role Of Implicit Beliefs Of Culture On How Multicultural Individuals Perceive Their Host Country, Ivy Yee-Man Lau, Angela K.-Y. Leung

Ka Yee Angela LEUNG

No abstract provided.


Hooking Up And Opting Out: What Students Learn About Sex In Their First Year Of College, Lisa Wade, Caroline Heldman Dec 2011

Hooking Up And Opting Out: What Students Learn About Sex In Their First Year Of College, Lisa Wade, Caroline Heldman

Lisa Wade

No abstract provided.


The Function Of Balance In U.S. News Coverage Of Uncontested Issues: The Case Of Female Genital Cutting, Lisa Wade Dec 2011

The Function Of Balance In U.S. News Coverage Of Uncontested Issues: The Case Of Female Genital Cutting, Lisa Wade

Lisa Wade

No abstract provided.


Feeding The School-To-Prison Pipeline: The Convergence Of Neoliberalism, Conservatism, And Penal Populism, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis Dec 2011

Feeding The School-To-Prison Pipeline: The Convergence Of Neoliberalism, Conservatism, And Penal Populism, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Falling Through The Cracks: Superfluous Women At The Fault Lines Of Citizenship, Sovereignty, And Human Rights, Emma Norman Dec 2011

Falling Through The Cracks: Superfluous Women At The Fault Lines Of Citizenship, Sovereignty, And Human Rights, Emma Norman

Emma R. Norman

This chapter attempts to cross conceptual borders by exploring some of the political theory that underpins the transforming concept and practice of citizenship in the North American region today—especially as it is articulated for and by women (or not). I consider several challenges to traditional views of citizenship that are being prompted by the transnational, deterritorializing processes associated with globalization. While I argue that such reconceptualizations are being obstructed in practice by reterritorializing processes in North America in the wake of 9/11 and a host of other perceived challenges to state sovereignty, my central concern is that post- or trans-national …


Childhood, Youth, And Globalization: Some Theoretical Perspectives With Reflections On China, Irving Epstein Dec 2011

Childhood, Youth, And Globalization: Some Theoretical Perspectives With Reflections On China, Irving Epstein

Irving Epstein

This chapter, part of a collection honoring Ruth Hayhoe, is an examination of how consumerism and globalization impacts children and youth in China. The book is available in The Ames Library collection. More information about the book can be found on the publisher's website.


Silent Revolution--Social Origins And University Matriculation At Peking University And Suzhou University, 1952-2002, Danching Ruan, Chan Liang, James Lee, Hao Zhang, Lan Li, Cameron Campbell, Shanhua Yang Dec 2011

Silent Revolution--Social Origins And University Matriculation At Peking University And Suzhou University, 1952-2002, Danching Ruan, Chan Liang, James Lee, Hao Zhang, Lan Li, Cameron Campbell, Shanhua Yang

Dr. RUAN, Danching

China has witnessed a revolution in higher education since 1949. One important fact of this revolution is undergraduate admissions to China’s elite universities, which in spite of the many profound political, social, and economic changes over the last half-century, have remained consistently open. Students from worker or peasant families rapidly replaced a previous monopoly by students from upper-class families on elite education. Moreover, the proportion of such working-class students has remained quite large until the end of the twentieth century. This silent revolution in higher education is a product not just of China’s emphasis on expanding primary and high school …


Recovery In A Shrinking City: Challenges To ‘Rightsizing’ Post-Katrina New Orleans, Renia Ehrenfeucht, Marla Nelson Dec 2011

Recovery In A Shrinking City: Challenges To ‘Rightsizing’ Post-Katrina New Orleans, Renia Ehrenfeucht, Marla Nelson

Renia Ehrenfeucht

No abstract provided.


Children, Development, And The Textual Gun Dilemma, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis Dec 2011

Children, Development, And The Textual Gun Dilemma, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Francis Watts Lee: A Reintroduction, Patricia Fanning Dec 2011

Francis Watts Lee: A Reintroduction, Patricia Fanning

Patricia J. Fanning

Francis Watts Lee and his family hold a unique position in the history of photography. Most familiar are photographs of Lee's daughter Peggy, taken by F. Holland Day, and the striking portrait of Peggy and her mother, Agnes Rand Lee, in Gertrude Käsebier's composition, Blessed Art Thou among Women. Few may be aware that Francis Watts Lee was a photographer himself, as well as a talented printer, and was largely responsible for introducing the distinctive soft-focus Pinkham/Smith lens to the United States. This article reintroduces Lee to the photographic community, detailing his contributions to the field and reproducing his …


Young Professionals As Ambivalent Change Agents In New Orleans After The 2005 Hurricanes, Renia Ehrenfeucht, Marla Nelson Dec 2011

Young Professionals As Ambivalent Change Agents In New Orleans After The 2005 Hurricanes, Renia Ehrenfeucht, Marla Nelson

Renia Ehrenfeucht

After the 2005 hurricanes, newcomers arrived in New Orleans to help rebuild the city. The influx of one identifiable group, young professionals and postgraduates, raised hopes and concerns that New Orleans would gentrify. Based on semistructured interviews with 78 young and mid-career professionals, this paper examines how the young professionals approached an ambivalent situation where they were working to rebuild a better city while retaining its distinct cultural qualities, given that their presence itself contributed to the cultural change. They reconciled these tensions with an appreciation for localism that, for newcomers in particular, was expressed through knowing and responding to …


The Impact Of Adolescent Gang Membership In Involvement In Intimate Partner Violence In Adulthood, Sarah J. Greenman, Timothy O. Ireland Dec 2011

The Impact Of Adolescent Gang Membership In Involvement In Intimate Partner Violence In Adulthood, Sarah J. Greenman, Timothy O. Ireland

Sarah Greenman

No abstract provided.


The Interplay Of Family Formation And Criminal Behavior, Terence P. Thornberry, Marvin D. Krohn, Megan Bears Augustyn, Molly Buchanan, Sarah J. Greenman Dec 2011

The Interplay Of Family Formation And Criminal Behavior, Terence P. Thornberry, Marvin D. Krohn, Megan Bears Augustyn, Molly Buchanan, Sarah J. Greenman

Sarah Greenman

No abstract provided.


Breaking The Cycle Of Maltreatment: The Role Of Safe, Stable, And Nurturing Relationships, Terence P. Thornberry, Kimberly L. Henry, Carolyn Smith, Timothy O. Ireland, Sarah J. Greenman, Rosalyn D. Lee Dec 2011

Breaking The Cycle Of Maltreatment: The Role Of Safe, Stable, And Nurturing Relationships, Terence P. Thornberry, Kimberly L. Henry, Carolyn Smith, Timothy O. Ireland, Sarah J. Greenman, Rosalyn D. Lee

Sarah Greenman

No abstract provided.


Some Observations On The Weddings Of Tokugawa Shogun’S Daughters – Part 1, Cecilia S. Seigle Ph.D. Dec 2011

Some Observations On The Weddings Of Tokugawa Shogun’S Daughters – Part 1, Cecilia S. Seigle Ph.D.

Cecilia S Seigle Ph.D.

In this study I shall discuss the marriage politics of Japan's early ruling families (mainly from the 6th to the 12th centuries) and the adaptation of these practices to new circumstances by the leaders of the following centuries. Marriage politics culminated with the founder of the Edo bakufu, the first shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616). To show how practices continued to change, I shall discuss the weddings given by the fifth shogun Tsunayoshi (1646-1709) and the eighth shogun Yoshimune (1684-1751). The marriages of Tsunayoshi's natural and adopted daughters reveal his motivations for the adoptions and for his choice of the daughters’ …


Regional Integration And The Evolution Of The European Polity: On The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Journal Of Common Market Studies, Alec Stone Sweet Dec 2011

Regional Integration And The Evolution Of The European Polity: On The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Journal Of Common Market Studies, Alec Stone Sweet

Alec Stone Sweet

No abstract provided.


江戸時代女性の噂話, Cecilia S. Seigle Ph.D. Dec 2011

江戸時代女性の噂話, Cecilia S. Seigle Ph.D.

Cecilia S Seigle Ph.D.

江戸時代の女性は家庭の主婦としての忙しさからか、残念ながら随筆や見聞記をあまり残していない。江戸時代でも後半にはかなり多くの女性が日記を書いたらしいけれど、男性の見聞酒随筆集に比べると非常に少ない 。 しかし女性は特殊な興味の対象としてうわさ話の種になったので、この本では女性中心のうわさ話を調べてみた。記録された女性の噂話も男性についての噂話に比べれば少ないのだが、全体的には膨大な量である。


江戸時代女性の噂話 第三部: 中級武家の女性, Cecilia (淑子) S. Seigle (瀬川) Ph.D. Dec 2011

江戸時代女性の噂話 第三部: 中級武家の女性, Cecilia (淑子) S. Seigle (瀬川) Ph.D.

Cecilia S Seigle Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Neoliberalizing Higher Education In Greece: New Laws, Old Free-Market Tricks, Panayota Gounari Dec 2011

Neoliberalizing Higher Education In Greece: New Laws, Old Free-Market Tricks, Panayota Gounari

Panayota Gounari

Amid a financial crisis that has shifted politics in Greece to conservative market-driven ideologies and policies, specific major changes are proposed by the Greek Ministry of Education for primary, secondary and higher education. With the gradual disappearance of public space and of the welfare state, under the pressure and the auspices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), education becomes one more space quickly geared up towards privatization, marketization of learning and educational goals while the character of free public education is radically redefined. This article addresses the changes in higher education legislation and policy in Greece and analyzes the discursive …


Neither Good Nor Useful: Looking Ad Vivum In Children's Assessments Of Fat And Healthy Boides, Valerie Harwood Dec 2011

Neither Good Nor Useful: Looking Ad Vivum In Children's Assessments Of Fat And Healthy Boides, Valerie Harwood

Valerie Harwood

Fat bodies are not, fait accompli, bad. Yet in our international research we found overwhelmingly that fat functioned as a marker to indicate health or lack of health. A body with fat was simply and conclusively unhealthy. This paper reports on how this unbalanced view of fat was tied to assessments of healthy bodies that were achieved by the act of looking. Despite the efforts of health education in each of the three countries in our study, children and young people cited the act of looking at bodies to assess health and when they did they arrived at the conclusion …