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Nuclear Proliferation And Authority In World Politics, Brian Frederking Ph.D., Kaitlyne Motl, Nishant Timilsina

Journal of International and Global Studies

We apply the “security-hierarchy paradox” to nuclear proliferation. Global security requires a certain amount of hierarchy. A world in which no nuclear proliferation rules exist to constrain states, for example, would not be secure. Global security requires legitimate and authoritative rules, which we define as rules that are mutually negotiated, binding to all and which provide a stable social order. Too much hierarchy, however, amounts to coercion and undermines global security. Rules that are not mutually negotiated, binding to all or do not provide a stable social order are not authoritative. We argue that North Korea and Iran have attempted …

Lynn Schofield Clark (Editor). Religion, Media, And The Marketplace. Rutgers University Press, 2007., Myna German Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

No abstract provided.

Jared Diamond. Collapse: How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeed. New York, Ny: Viking Penguin, 2005., Robert Lawless

Journal of International and Global Studies

No abstract provided.

Faculty Guidebook, 2009-2010, Lindenwood University

Employee Handbooks

Information and guidelines for Lindenwood University faculty.

Employee Guidebook, 2008-2009, Lindenwood University

Employee Handbooks

Information and guidelines for Lindenwood University employees.

Employee Guidebook, Spring 2007, Lindenwood University

Employee Handbooks

Information and guidelines for Lindenwood University faculty and staff.

Lindenwood University: Vision, Status, And Outlook, Lindenwood University

Strategic Plans

No abstract provided.

Breathing Easier About Air Quality, Joel Schwartz

Center for Applied Economics

Most people associate air pollution with automobiles and factories. But air pollution has been a part of human existence for thousands of years, and accounts of noxious urban air go back to ancient times. The Roman statesman Seneca bemoaned, “the stink, soot, and heavy air” of Rome in 61 AD.1 London has suffered from air pollution since the Middle Ages, when coal became a common fuel in smithies and lime burners. The problem was bad enough that King Edward I in 1285 created a commission to improve the city’s air quality.2

Today, despite vast increases in energy production, motorized transportation, …

Improve The Environment … Leave It To The States … And The People, Becky Norton Dunlop

Center for Applied Economics

My talk is divided into three main sections. I first want to describe five principles that guided my actions as Secretary of Natural Resources for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1994 through 1998. Then, I will offer some updated principles for an “American Conservation Ethic.” Finally, I will discuss some of the current environmental issues we face and how some of these principles are being, or could be, applied.

Is Climate Change The 21st Century’S Most Urgent Environmental Problem?, Indur M. Goklany

Center for Applied Economics

Some have argued that the Kyoto Protocol and other schemes for immediately mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are justified because human-induced global warming is, in the words of the 42nd U.S. President, William J. Clinton, “the overriding environmental challenge” facing the globe today.1 Another argument, advanced by those who are more cautious and perhaps less prone to hyperbole, is that the impacts of global warming – on top of myriad other global public health and environmental threats – may prove to be the proverbial “straw that broke the camel’s back.” They suggest that climate change will overwhelm human and natural …

Globalization’S Effects On The Environment – Boon Or Bane?, Jo Kwong

Center for Applied Economics

In recent years, globalization has become a remarkably polarizing issue. In particular, discussions about globalization and its environmental impacts generate ferocious debate among policy analysts, environmental activists, economists and other opinion leaders. Is globalization a solution to serious economic and social problems of the world? Or is it a profit-motivated process that leads to oppression and exploitation of the world’s less fortunate?

This paper examines alternative perspectives about globalization and the environment. It offers an explanation for the conflicting visions that are frequently expressed and suggests elements of an institutional framework that can align the benefits of globalization with the …

Moving Beyond Conflict: Private Stewardship And Conservation Partnerships, Lynn Scarlett

Center for Applied Economics

Aldo Leopold, one of the nation’s greatest leaders in the early conservation movement, had a vision of a nation of citizen stewards. He eloquently imagined that each of us in our own backyards and communities would serve as stewards of our environment. Environmental progress, he opined, ultimately resides in the actions taken by each and every one of us.

Earth Day thirty years ago turned environmental aspirations toward Washington, D.C. In the wake of several notable events—the oil spill in Santa Barbara (my backyard), the Cuyahoga River in the Cleveland area catching fi re, and others—sent a wake up call …

Toward Better Environmental Education, Jane S. Shaw

Center for Applied Economics

Current environmental education is exaggerated. Both sides of environmental issues need to be explored to properly address issues.

Lindenwood University Strategic Plan Update, 2001-2002, Progress Report, Lindenwood University

Strategic Plans

Lindenwood University Strategic Plan Update, 2001-2002, Progress Report

The Influence Of Parenting Styles On Social Phobia In A College Sample, Kimberly Sue Fischer

Theses

Since researchers have only studied social phobia in the last several decades, the need to identify influencing variables is essential. While most researchers concur that familial factors have an impact on social phobia, the influence of family variables remain under investigation. Many studies have examined the impact of parenting characteristics on social phobia involving individuals in a clinical setting. However, few studies have focused on social phobia in a nonclinical setting with adults. This study explores the relationship between parenting styles of overprotection and rejection with social phobia in a college sample of adults. Subjects for this study were 35 …

Environmental Studies Weekend Offered, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Lindenwood University Strategic Plan Update, 2001-2002, Lindenwood University

Strategic Plans

Lindenwood University Strategic Plan Update, 2001-2002

Mission Restatement Via Heritage Rediscovery: A Case Study, James D. Evans

University Documents

Most institutions of higher education periodically review and revise their mission statements, with the primary goal of modernizing the school’s philosophy to make it more “relevant” to current times. Lindenwood University used a different approach to renewing its mission statement: We took a serious look at our historical and philosophical roots and then accentuated those parts of our present service that best represent the expression of our institutional heritage. In the midst of this creative process, we discovered several important principles, including:

• that the founders of a university create an institutional theme that can transcend specific groups that occupy the …

Lindenwood College Strategic Plan, 1994-2003, Lindenwood College

Strategic Plans

Lindenwood College Strategic Plan, 1994-2003

A Comparative Study Of Secondary Science And Social Studies Teachers' Attitudes And Behaviors Regarding Recycling And Recycling Education, John G. Aubuchon

Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate secondary science and social studies teachers' attitudes and behaviors regarding solid waste recycling and classroom instruction in recycling, moreover, environmental education. The survey 's population was randomly selected from St. Louis County secondary schools. The study documented the need for control of solid waste through recycling and t he need to educate to improve recycling. It provided an extensive review of the literature on recycling instruction as well as classroom recycling activities and lesson plans.

The study used a 12 item survey-questionnaire to identify groups of teachers with the most interest in …

Puppets, A Teaching Tool For Skill Development: One Teacher's Experience, Helen G. Bogener

Theses

This study was developed to solve recognized problems in reading, grammar and social attitudes.

As the study began, it was meant to involve as much variety &a possible to induce reasons for reading. When the enthusiasm for puppetry was noticed. in children, it was decided to place a major emphasis on creating a variety of puppets for the classroom.

Special people became involved, some members of St. Louis Puppetry Guild, Connie Borgmeyer and Mrs. Gilman, art supervisors, Virginia Terry, library science teacher, and parents who became interested along the way as the study progressed.

From prescribed reading stories, the class …