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Front Matter, Comparative Civilizations Review

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni And Friends (Spring 2002), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Spring 2002 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

(His)Torical (Re)Presentations Of The Child, Cinthya M. Saavedra, Ellen Demas

Mexican American Studies Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

University Reporter - Vol. 06, No. 08 - April 2002, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

Neiu Magazine- Spring 2002, Neiu Magazine Staff

NEIU Magazine

No abstract provided.

Workplace Surveillance, Inc., Bilge Yesil

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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In recent years the use of surveillance technologies in the workplace has become widespread. According to an annual survey by the American Management Association (AMA) on workplace monitoring and surveillance (2001), more and more U.S. companies are keeping tabs on employees by checking their e-mail, Internet, or telephone connections or by videotaping them at work.

Report, Medical Products Industries Clustering In Tampa Bay, April 2002, Usf Center For Economic Development Research

Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR) Collection

This report by the Center for Economic Development Research at USF, commissioned by the Florida Medical Manufacturers Consortium, examines the clustering of medical products industries in Tampa Bay. It analyzes the economic impact of primary industry segments, including pharmaceuticals, biotech, and medical devices, and identifies key supplier industries. The report highlights significant inter-industry linkages and the regional economic contributions of these clusters.

Knowledge-Economy Ilites, The International Law Of Intellectual Property And Trade, And Economic Development, Michael P. Ryan

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

The article challenges the simplistic view of the TRIPS Agreement as a tool solely for corporate power, emphasizing instead the agency and strategic choices of developing countries in shaping intellectual property (IP) policies to their economic benefit. It highlights the complexity of IP laws, including trademarks, patents, and copyrights, and their varying acceptance and impact in developing nations. The analysis underscores the importance of understanding sector-specific dynamics and the role of international organizations in promoting IP standards, ultimately advocating for a nuanced approach to IP policies that align with local development goals and global economic integration.

Vol. 24 No. 3/4 (2001): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Front Matter for the Vol. 24, No 3/4-Sept/Dec 2001 edition of the Pacific Studies Journal.

Library Perspectives, Issue 26, Spring 2002, Friends Of The Oberlin College Libraries

Library Perspectives Newsletter

This issue includes items about the Library's Excellence in Academic Libraries award, Science Librarian Alison Ricker, the first annual Friends of the Library Excellence in Research award, and much more.

Roman Catholic And Russian Orthodox Ethics: On Globalization, Joseph Loya O.S.A.

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Women Hunters And Modernity: A Nietzschean Analysis, Deborah S. Wilson

Masters Theses

Patriarchy and false consciousness are two concepts that scholars use to explain why women hunt. I attempt to understand this activity through a perspective that focuses on experience and meaning. Based on interviews with women who hunt, I contend that their accounts correspond with Nietzsche's characterization of Greek tragedy, reflecting a conscious opposition to certain aspects of modernity.

Book Review: Culture And Equality: An Egalitarian Critique Of Multiculturalism, Johan D. Van Der Vyver

Connecticut Journal of International Law

People are tied up in all kinds of group affiliations, some deriving from biological attributes-sex, race and family ties-and others founded on an historical base-a shared national, cultural, linguistic, gender,' or religious disposition or alliance. Based on a different point of departure, one could distinguish between, on the one hand, an inter-individual community which comprises a group of persons sharing a particular social identity or commitment such as a distinct national, ethnic, or linguistic extraction, and on the other, a group entity that constitutes a structured or organized social entity, such as the state, a church institution, or a business …

General Motors And Toyota: Comparison Of American And Japanese Managerial Cultures, Seiko Yomogita

Masters Theses

In the automobile industry, American culture and Japanese culture impact each other to support economic growth in both countries as one part of globalization. In American companies, religious factors, individualism, and American immigrant history manifest as characteristics of American management styles. In contrast, in Japanese companies, Asian community-based ideology, household concepts, and family kinship manifest as characteristics of Japanese management styles. These differences appear in the relationships between employees and employers, job security, quality control of products, responsibilities of line workers, loyalty of all employees to the company, impact of wearing uniforms, functions of unions, and minority managements.

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Spring 2002, Amee Bohrer, Aubrey Bonanno, Natalie Esposito, Christie Jean Hall, Jeremy Hartzell, Erika Larson, Timothy Lockman, Ron Lybarger, Reginald Mansfield, Dave Moutray, Lisa Sarm, Jessica Shekleton, Josh Sopiarz, Joe Webb, Janet Windeguth, Qynn Mccrory, J. Benjamin Blount, Mike Scales

The Vehicle

No abstract provided.

Perspectives, Spring 2002, Western New England College School Of Law

Perspectives Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Day In, Day Out; What Makes A Man A Man?, Justin Mcmillen

Theses

Consists of 20 slides of the M.F.A. thesis exhibition "Day in, day out what makes a man a man? ". The thesis is intended to question how society and the family has been trained or influenced into believing what makes a man a man through a series of narrative photographs.

Environmental Protection In Kenya: Will The Environmental Management And Co-Ordination Act (1999) Make A Difference, Laurence Juma

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Religion, The Rule Of Law, And The Good Of The Whole: A View From The Clergy, Marci A. Hamilton

Articles

No abstract provided.

Designing Professional Development Systems For Parenting Educators, Karen Debord, Mary Ann Matta

Journal of Extension

As the field of parenting education grows in demand, methods of developing and supporting parenting education professionals are critical. This article describes research by North Carolina Extension staff examining the perspectives of 59 parenting educators who took part in focus group interviews addressing their professional needs. The article makes recommendations on how multiple systems can systemmically work together and suggests ways Extension is uniquely situated to help prepare competent parenting educators. The article also offers a model of professional development systems interaction.

The Challenges Associated With Change In 4-H/Youth Development, Renee K. Mckee, B Allen Talbert, Susan J. Barkman

Journal of Extension

This article discusses a study documenting the beliefs about proactive change among volunteers and Extension staff who develop policy for local Indiana 4-H Programs. Data analysis indicated that volunteers believe in the core values of the 4-H Program; recommend that the 4-H Program should reach more and different youth; and believe that the program's rural image inhibits progress in these areas. Staff interactions with volunteers, lack of parental involvement, policy-making group organization and structure, and youth representation were cited as barriers to a more open, inclusive organization. The article makes recommendations based on the study's findings and suggests topics for …

Building Local Knowledge For Developing Health Policy Through Key Informant Interviews, Lois Wright Morton

Journal of Extension

Key informant surveys offer Extension educators a way to build knowledge about their local health systems and provide a catalyst for developing health policies. Key informant surveys of 138 leaders in 14 rural counties revealed the top 10 health goals across these counties. These goals are a starting point for public dialogues to develop a local health agenda and engage Extension in strengthening local partnerships around health education, intervention, and policy development.

Counting Guns In Early America, James Lindgren, Justin L. Heather

William & Mary Law Review

Probate inventories, though perhaps the best prevailing source for determining ownership patterns in early America, are incomplete and fallible. In this Article, the authors suggest that inferences about who owned guns can be improved by using multivariate techniques and control variables of other common objects. To determine gun ownership from probate inventories, the authors examine three databases in detail-Alice Hanson Jones's national sample of 919 inventories (1774), 149 inventories from Providence, Rhode Island (1679-1726), and Gunston Hall Plantation's sample of 325 inventories from Maryland and Virginia (1740-1810). Also discussed are a sample of 59 probate inventories from Essex County, Massachusetts …

A Study Of Professional Development School Program Graduates Through Their First Year As Urban School Teachers, Amy J. Vereen

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

This year-long study focused on three first-year teachers-in order to examine how they adjusted to their first year, how they developed professionally, and how they changed as teachers. Each teacher possessed characteristics for success in urban schools, and had completed a Professional Development School internship.

Using a self-efficacy test, interviews, and a teacher survey, the three teachers were measured throughout the academic year with regard to their level of readiness to teach, the impact of their Professional Development School training on their work as teachers, self-efficacy, and willingness to continue teaching in an urban setting.

Regarding their level of readiness …

Invisible Men In Family Planning: Determinants Of Men's Unmet Need In Bangladesh, Mahmuda Khatun

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

The prevalence of unmet need for family planning is a primary justification for family planning programs, but the prevalence of men's unmet need for family planning and causes of unmet need have not been much explored. This study introduces the concept of men's unmet need for family planning. Using the data from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey of 1996-97, this study examined the effect of some important correlates (age, socio-economic status, availability of the family planning services, and knowledge about contraceptive methods) on the unmet need for family planning. This study was designed to address the research questions: Do individual …

The Bill Of Rights And The Emerging Democracies, Jacek Kurczewski, Barry Sullivan

Law and Contemporary Problems

Today, the influence of the US Bill of Rights can be traced through its remote offspring, including the Helsinki Agreement, the German Basic Law, the post-war French constitutions, and the European Convention on Human Rights. These documents have influenced recent developments in the emerging democracies of eastern and central Europe.

“Drop And Give Me Twenty!”: The Social Production Of A Marine, Martha E. Frohlich

Masters Theses

This study is an attempt to understand the transformation of an individual that takes place during Marine Corps basic training. Primarily, it is an inquiry into how United States Marines talk about how they became Marines.

To assist in this inquiry, I turn to the field of military sociology, general role socialization literature and the notion of social identity. I conclude that while themes do emerge in the transformation of individual to Marine, it is still quite a personal experience -- one that could only be understood by positioning myself close to the experience via those who have lived it. …

Hegemony: Methods And Hypotheses, Rares Piloiu

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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Recent political thought from the left has re-awoken the interest in Gramscian theory. Even if, pace Louis Althusser or, in America, Michel Foucault, Antonio Gramsci's syntax of ideology as an integral form of relation between individual and society has been quite popular in cultural studies, the notion of hegemony has not enjoyed the same repute. It is therefore Ernesto Laclau's merit to have reintroduced the term in contemporary debates concerning problems of political power, authority, cultural policy and ideology. Hailing from a reinvented Marxist perspective (one that had to account, among others, for the failures of actual existing …

Leveling The Playing Field: Applying The Doctrines Of Unconscionability And Condition Precedent To Effectuate Student-Athlete Intent Under The National Letter Of Intent, Michael J. Riella

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Taking Behavioralism Too Seriously? The Unwarranted Pessimism Of The New Behavioral Analysis Of Law, Gregory Mitchell

William & Mary Law Review

Legal scholars increasingly rely on a behavioral analysis of judgment and decision making to explain legal phenomena and argue for legal reforms. The. main argument of this new behavioral analysis of the law is twofold: (1)All human cognition is beset by systematic flaws in the way that judgments and decisions are made, and theseflaws lead to predictable irrational behaviors and (2) these widespread and systematic nonrational tendencies bring into serious question the assumption of procedural rationality underlying much legal doctrine. This Article examines the psychological research relied on by legal behavioralistst o form this argumenta nd demonstratest hat this research …