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"Welfare Reform: A Social Work Perspective For Assessing Success", Dennis D. Long

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 has instituted major changes in providing for the poor in the United States. This article examines the importance of evaluating the impact of this legislation from a social work perspective. Using Mannheim as a theoretical orientation, welfare reform is examined in relation to dominant ideologies of the 90's. The salience of social work research, particularly qualitative research, in evaluating welfare reform outcomes is explored. Social workers are encouraged to challenge current ideology and utilize social work expertise to conduct research and disseminate information documenting the achievements and misfortunes of clients …

A Descriptive Analysis Of Skin Color Bias In Puerto Rico: Ecological Applications To Practice, Ronald E. Hall

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Travel brochures to the island of Puerto Rico aptly profess the rich variation in skin color and other phenotypes among its people. Following acts of domination vis-a-vis the island's cultural mores, invading colonizers evolved a social hierarchy to discourage any notions of merit attributable to racial diversity. According to the data herewith, the presumption of a relationship between skin color and selected values for skin color ideals is plausible. Social work practitionersa re then challenged to decipher the maze of racial traditions as pertains to discrimination. Doing so will enable an environment for knowledge based purely upon merit in order …

Tennessee Farm Bureau News - December 2000/January 2001, Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation

Tennessee Farm Bureau News

No abstract provided.

Control Challenges In Multi-Level Adaptive Video Streaming, Dylan Mcnamee, Charles Krasic, Kang Li, Ashvin Goel, Erik Walthinsen, David Steere, Jonathan Walpole

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Streaming video is one of the fastest-growing applications of the Internet. The Internet’s diversity and dynamism demands that video streams adapt to ensure maximum quality at all times. This paper describes the control challenges we have encountered in the Quasar project’s “multi-level” adaptive streaming video player. We first describe the framework and environment of the player. This framework uses software feedback to control resource allocation as well as the quality of media delivery. We present the control challenges raised by our framework, which include horizontal and vertical feedback composition, difficult to model systems, and unpredictable, non-linear actuators. We describe some …

Cultural Commentary: The Demographer Who Stole Christmas, William C. Levin

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Industrialized Violence: The Origins Of Genocide, Brandi Pennell

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Introduction: Symposium 2000: Water Rights And Watershed Management: Planning For The Future, Brian J. Perron, Sarah Richardson

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Markets For Nature, Barton H. Thompson Jr.

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Choices And Institutions In Watershed Management, Jon Cannon

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

The Changing Political Landscape Of Hydropwer Project Relicensing, Sarah C. Richardson

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Shall It Be Said That My Dusk Was In Truth My Dawn? What States Can Gleam From The Environmental Consequences Of Deregulating Electricity In California, Michael Kantro

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Restoring Polluted Waters With Public Values, Wendy E. Wagner

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Taking Nature Into Account: Observations About The Changing Role Of Analysis And Negotiation In Hydropower Relicensing, Kurt Stephenson

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Membership At Risk: Representation Of Disability In Popular Counselor Education Textbooks, Nancy A. Rosenau

Dissertations

Representations of disability in American culture are saturated with negative images and meanings. Pervasive negativity threatens full societal membership and its related benefits of a sense of belonging, connectedness, and inclusion, and a source of identity, social networks and empowerment for people with disabilities.

Disability pride is a resistant movement that seeks to denaturalize assumptions about the negative experience of disability. The multicultural turn in counseling recognizes that competent practice requires awareness of diverse groups in society. Disability as the largest minority group in the U.S. requires counselor awareness. This study examined the representation of disability in a sample of …

Environment, Cultures, And Social Change On The Great Plains: A History Of Crow Creek Tribal School, Robert W. Galler Jr.

Dissertations

This study explores the socio-cultural history of a school for Native American students on the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation in central South Dakota. The case study places the school's history (1886-present) within the context of the historic interaction between environment, cultures, and social change on the Great Plains.

This work focuses on a Catholic school and the multi-dimensional students and staff who constitute its story. These individuals acted neither as perpetually passive students nor simplistically sinister administrators. Instead, this dissertation broadly explores the challenging nature of intercultural relations that led to the founding of the school and how tribal/Catholic interactions …

Emotional Expressiveness And Problematic Behaviors Among Male Juvenile Sexual Offenders, General Offenders, And Nonoffenders, Carin M. Ness

Dissertations

This analytic variable study examined the potential differences that exist among male juvenile sexual offenders (JSOs), general offenders (GOs), and nonoffenders (NOs) on the emotional expressiveness variables of alexithymia and affective orientation, and three problematic behavior variables including self-defeating behavior, risk taking, and reckless behavior. It was hypothesized that JSOs and GOs would be statistically significantly different than NOs on all variables but not different from each other.

Hypotheses were tested by a MANOVA. When statistical significance was indicated, ANOVAs were computed to identify the specific groups and measures, which were statistically significant The significance level for all analyses was …

The Effects Of Radiation Damage On The Vortex Dynamics Of High Temperature Superconductors, Andra Petrean

Dissertations

This work focuses on the interaction between magnetic vortices in high temperature superconductors and defects introduced by irradiation with protons and heavy ions. The study concentrates on the high temperature superconductor YBa;Cu30 7J5. This material is used to investigate the role of disorder in phase transitions, a topic of great interest in Solid State Physics. In addition, this study analyzes the interaction between vortices and columnar defects in various doses and defect morphologies, including the thermal stability of columnar defects.

We present experimental evidence of the vortex glass phase in proton irradiated Y B a:Cu:!0 -.15. For the first time, …

The Influence Of The Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program On Instructional Practices In Classrooms, Rochelle Gilbert

Walden Faculty and Staff Publications

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the stages of concern and levels of use that LaSEP fostered in 16 third-, fourth-, fifth-, and sixth grade-teachers that were involved in the 1999-2000 LaSIP Mathematics project. A fixation point was produced regarding the existent stages of concern and levels of use these teachers. The data provided a basis for making inferences regarding LaSIP training modifications and for determining which strategies were required to move these teachers to the next levels.

The study derived its theoretical constructs from concerns theory found in the Concems-Based Adoption Model (CBAM). The Stages of Concern …

University Reporter - Vol. 05, No. 04 - December 2000, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

Intergenerational Community Schools: A New Practice For A New Time, Peter J. Whitehouse

Faculty Scholarship

This article outlines the concept and initial implementation of an intergenerational learning community (ILC), a new charter school concept, and reviews relevant literature. We discuss the mission, curriculum, educational design, philosophy, and lessons learned from initial implementation of The Intergenerational School (TIS). Such multiage communities of learners represent a conceptual and organizational response to the challenges that rapid cultural and environmental change and resultant alienation are posing for human societies. © 2000 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

The Bg News December 1, 2000, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 1, 2000. Volume 86-Issue 63.

Seismic Adjustments: The Influence Of Inconvenience And Efficacy Perceptions, State Of Residence, And Demographic Factors, Nicole Elise Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

Theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that peoples' perceptions of household seismic adjustments, in addition to their perceptions of earthquakes themselves, should predict the likelihood that seismic adjustments are performed. However, little research has been done to address this issue. While recent research has found peoples' perceptions of the effectiveness of household adjustments to influence adjustment levels, people's perceptions of inconvenience of household seismic adjustments - namely the cost, time effort, required cooperation and required knowledge involved in making these adjustments - have been found to not influence seismic adjustment. However, this study did find that the higher the perceived inconveniences …

Gated Communities As Public Entities, Dennis W. Stransky

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Gated Communities as Public Entities identifies these organizations as phenomena of recent land development practices. The topics discussed include the history of private dwelling associations, the makeup of these organizations, and the parallels between them and their larger, public counterparts. Specific areas such as taxes, infrastructure, codes covenants and restrictions, and law enforcement are discussed in detail. Gated Communities have become a large part of the available housing choices for many homebuyers. Approximately one-third of the homes constructed today are part of private associations created as various forms of private corporations. The laws related to the creation of private corporations …

Number 4, 2000, Palara Editors

PALARA: Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association

Complete Issue

Inside Earth, Volume 3, No. 3, Winter 2000-2001, Dale L. Pate, Cave And Karst Program (U.S.)

Inside Earth

Contents: National Cave & Karst Research Institute -- Park Updates -- Contributors

Education On The Threshold Of The Third Millennium: Challenge, Mission, And Adventure, Guiseppe Pittau

Journal of Catholic Education

On May 18, 1999, the newly appointed Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, the Vatican office for Catholic schools, universities, and seminaries, addressed a gathering of Catholic school administrators at Fordham University. The Most Reverend Giuseppe Pittau, S.J., was invited to deliver an address to the Fifth Annual School Executive Leadership Dinner. Archbishop Pittau brings a wealth of experience to his new position at the Vatican. In his role as Secretary, he shares responsibility for some 900 Catholic colleges and universities, over 3550 seminaries, and tens of thousands of Catholic schools. In his address, Pittau offers a synthesis of …

Governance And Political Stability For Economic Development: Lessons Of Experience., Mike Kwanashie

Economic and Financial Review

The paper looks at the interplay of politics and the economy as been recognized for long as a major factor influencing the growth of nations. It goes ahead to examine the extent to which the various regime types have influenced the development process in Nigeria.

Transparency, Probity And Accountability In Fiscal Operations As Panacea For Economic Development., T. O. Okunrounmu

Economic and Financial Review

The view of the paper is that the experience of public sector failure in Nigeria is not an indictment of fiscal management theory but a reflection of the political and economic environment resulting from the absence of fiscal transparency and probity in management of government finances. This position was corroborated in the report of the collaborative review of Federal Government Expenditure by the officials of the Federal Government and the World Bank (March 1996). It was observed that Nigeria's tremendous potential for growth and poverty reduction has yet to be fulfilled. A key constraint has been the recent conduct of …

Review And Harmonisation Of Framework Of Fiscal And Monetary Policies For Effective Economic Management In Nigeria., B.A. Oke

Economic and Financial Review

The objective of this paper, is to review the framework of monetary and fiscal policies with a view to forging a framework for harmonising them for effective economic management. The rest of the paper is divided into six parts. Part 2 is a theoretical overview of some fiscal policy concepts, especially those related to fiscal deficit size and financing. Part 3 examines the macroeconomic policy framework which forms the common basis for the design of fiscal and monetary policies. Parts 4 and 5 analyse in greater details, the framework for fiscal policy and monetary policy, respectively. Part 6 is a …

Capacity Building, Improving Work Ethics And Enhancing Productivity In The Nigerian Civil Service., O. Ajakaiye

Economic and Financial Review

This paper examines issues that are of great concern to capacity building, improving work ethics and productivity enhancement in the Nigerian civil service with the ultimate objectives of proposing informed ways and means of improving the human capacity for analysing and managing development in a rapidly changing world. The rest of the paper is organised as follows: The next section discusses conceptual issues where the concepts of capacity building, work ethics and productivity are defined in order for us to focus on the essential attributes of the concepts with special reference to the Nigeria civil service. The contemporary situation in …