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Review Of "The Wall In My Backyard: East German Women In Transition" By Dinah Dodds; Pam Allen-Thompson, Marilyn Rueschemeyer

Marilyn Rueschemeyer

No abstract provided.

The Struggle For Knowledge: The Case Of Emergent Oromo Studies, Asafa Jalata

Asafa Jalata

Taking the Oromo as historical actors, the emergent Oromo studies identify some deficiencies of "Ethiopian studies" that primarily focus on the Amhara and Tigray ethnic groups and their rulers, and ignore the history of the Oromo people. Many Ethiopian and Ethiopianist scholars do not recognize the positive cultural achievements of this people.' With their colonization and incorporation into Ethiopia, the Oromo could not develop independent institutions that would allow them to produce and disseminate their historical knowledge freely. Currently, they are fighting for national self-determination: to regain their political freedom and rebuild independent institutions.

Nationalizing States In The Old 'New Europe' -- And The New, Rogers Brubaker

Rogers Brubaker

No abstract provided.

Revising The Resource Mobilization Theory: A Reexamination Of The Civil Rights Movement, Weider Shu

Weider Shu

To proponents of the resource mobilization theory in the sociological field of social movements, there exist three basic assumptions relevant to social movements --- rationality based on the utilitarian logic, the significance of resources, and the critical role played by external sponsors. After examining the empirical evidence relating to the civil rights movement provided by Piven and Cloward, I re-evaluate the validity of these assumptions and suggest some modification of the resource mobilization theory: (1) adoption of both rationality and normative orientation as the basic assumption of movement participation; (2) introduction of the concept of precondition, including political opportunity structure …

El Difícil Proceso De Consolidación De Las Arenas Políticas Nacionales En El Salvador Y Nicaragua. El Impacto De La Guerra Y La Crisis., Salvador Marti I Puig

Salvador Marti i Puig

Este artículo se centra en la evolución política de El Salvador y Nicaragua. En la primera parte se realiza un breve resumen de la historia política de ambos países hasta el estallido de la crisis revolucionaria a finales de los los setenta. En la segunda parte se abordan las consecuencias políticas de la guerra y se discute cómo ésta (la guerra) consiguió moldear las arenas políticas que emergieron en estos países al finalizar el conflicto.

Hiding The Ball, Pierre Schlag

Pierre Schlag

No abstract provided.

In Hindsight--Through A Glass Darkly, Dietrich Rueschemeyer

Dietrich Rueschemeyer

No abstract provided.

Student's T-Test And The Glasgow Coma Scale, Joseph Lucke

Joseph Lucke

Study Objective: To explore how Student's t test, which assumes normal errors, is affected by the nonnormal distribution of Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores.

Methods: A sample of 145,295 GCS scores from the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation was assumed to represent the true GCS distribution. Four Monte Carlo simulations, each based on 40,000 replications, were conducted to approximate the distribution of t values arising from samples drawn from the GCS distribution, using sample sizes of 10, 30, 60, and 100 per group.

Results: The histograms of t values derived from the GCS distribution resembled the corresponding Student t distributions for …

Comment On: Sexual Selection, Physical Attractiveness, And Facial Neoteny: Cross-Cultural Evidence And Implications, By Doug Jones, L. E. Musselman, J. H. Langlois, Lori A. Roggman

Lori A. Roggman

No abstract provided.

The Midwife Vrs The Vroedvrouw-The Troubled History Of Midwifery In The United States As Compared To The Stability Of Midwifery In The Netherlands., Kathleen A. Strub-Richards

Kathleen A Strub-Richards

The struggle for midwifery has been a long and arduous journey in the United States. Even today it is only legally recognized in sixteen states. This is a major contrast between the midwives in the Netherlands who have had complete autonomy over normal births since early in the 19th century. I am very interested in the history of midwifery in these two separate countries since I gave birth to a baby in Amsterdam and am about to give birth to one here in the United States. I plan to trace the history of midwifery in both the USA and Holland …

War, Nationalism, And Rape: Women Respond By Opening A Centre Against Sexual Violence In Belgrade, Serbia, Donna M. Hughes Dr., Kathleen Foxter

Donna M. Hughes

On 10 December 1993, International Human Rights Day, The Autonomous Women's Centre Against Sexual Violence opened in Belgrade, Serbia. Plans for the Centre started in 1992 when women from the Belgrade SOS Hotline for Women and Children Victims of Violence formed The Group for Women Raped in War.

The Current Status Of Comparative Policing In The Curriculum, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Policing Change In The Gulf States: The Effects Of The Gulf Conflict, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.