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The New Securocracy And The "Police Concept" Of Public Sector Worker Identity, Cliff Oswick, Stephen Matthias Harney, Gerard Hanlon

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

In recent years we have seen the emergence of a "new securocracy," a generalization of responsibility for fighting terror within the public sector. Here we consider the nature and extent of this securocratic shift. In particular, the identity implications for the public sector worker are explored and we contend that there is an inherent tension between "serving" and "policing" the public in many public sector jobs. We also discuss the way in which a securocratic identity is simultaneously embraced and resisted. Finally, we present some tentative insights into an alternative way of thinking about identity work, which offers a means …

Examining Differential Item Functioning Of The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Across Eight Countries (In Press), Lisa E. Baranik, Adam W. Meade, Chad E. Lakey, Charles E. Lance, Changya Hu, Wei Hua, Alex Michalos

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

We examined the differential item functioning (DIF) of Rosenberg's (1965) Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and compared scores from U.S. participants with those from 7 other countries: Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Kenya, South Africa, Singapore, and Taiwan. Results indicate that DIF was present in all comparisons. Moreover, controlling for latent self-esteem, participants from individualistic countries had an easier time reporting high self-esteem on self-competence-related items, whereas participants from communal countries had an easier time reporting high self-esteem on self-liking items (Tafarodi & Milne, 2002). After adjusting for DIF, we found larger mean self-esteem differences between the countries than observed scores initially indicated. …

Genetic Engineering In Agriculture: New Approaches For Risk Management Through Sustainability Reporting, Philip J. Vergragt, Halina Szejnwald Brown

Sustainability and Social Justice

Genetically modified crops and foodstuff have been highly controversial for environmental, health, and ethical reasons. The controversies have been worldwide, but most prominent in the European Union, for reasons that include distrust of the regulatory authorities, scientists and technocratic decision making. An informal moratorium in the EU came recently to an end, without solving the underlying problems. In response to the criticisms, the European governments have attempted to improve the risk assessment methods and their scientific basis, and to tailor public policies to the growing demand for transparency, accountability, and public participation. This paper proposes a novel approach to including …

Converged Service Of Data, Video And Voice – Readiness Of Pakistani Market, Syed Irfan Nabi, Danish Abrar, Karim Chagani, Adnan Anwar Khan, Anwar Ul Haq

Business Review

This paper reports selective results of the study to explore the acceptability and readiness of consumers to switch from existing separate date, voice and video services to a single converged service over a fixed line. Providing a converged service requires effort in three areas i.e. convergence supporting technology, converged (unified) service offering and development of access devices. This study is only about a converged service offering. Market for Cable TV service in Pakistan is more established and mature as compared to that of Internet. Research question of this study was that ‘broadband alone may not be able to create a …

Wooster Magazine: Summer 2008, Karol Crosbie

Wooster Magazine: 2001-2010

This edition of the Wooster Magazine was published in the summer of 2008. The magazine opens with an article by Mary Neagoy '83, the Outgoing President of the Alumni Board. Jack Russell, Chuck Hurst and Bill Scott have retired. A Neuroscience major is being added this fall. Three alumni were awarded the Distinquished Allumni Award during alumni weekend: Katharine Doob Sakenfeld '61, Dr. Gary Reichard '65, and Dr. Alpha Alexander '76. Highlights from alumni weekend are on page eight. Seven student who studied far from Wooster for their Independent Study are featured from page ten to page twenty-one. The inauguration …

Comparing The Impact Of Bullying And Sexual Harassment Victimization On The Mental And Physical Health Of Adolescents, James Gruber Phd, Susan Fineran Phd, Licsw

School of Social Work

A sample of 522 middle and high school students from a school district in a northeastern state in the U.S. was used to address two questions about bullying and sexual harassment: Is one more frequent than the other, and are there gender or sexual orientation differences in this regard? And, does one have greater adverse health effects than the other, and, if so, for whom? Bullying occurred more frequently than sexual harassment for both girls and boys but not among sexual minorities. Girls were bullied or harassed as frequently as boys, but sexual minorities experienced higher levels of both. Compared …

Volume 38 Index, New Mexico Law Review

New Mexico Law Review

No abstract provided.

Capitalist Subjectivity, Capitalist Governance And The ‘Anti-Globalization’ Movement, Javed A. Ansari, Syed Zeeshan Arshad, Ali Muhammad Rizvi

Business Review

This paper discusses the question - can the anti-globalization / anti-capitalist movement transcend global capitalist order? First section outlines the essential features of capitalist subjectivity, regulation and transaction. The second section assesses the impact of globalization on capitalist subjectification and governance processes. The third section argues that anti-capitalist movement cannot transcend global capitalist order for it does not reject capitalist subjectification and its necessary prioritization of freedom. T Capitalism can be viewed as a historical (Marx 1982) or a rational (Hayek 1988) order. Neo-classical economics presumes capitalism’s rationality and naturalness. It recognizes no ‘outside of’ or ‘alternative to’ capitalist order …

Using Metaphors In Dynamic Social Stratification Visualizations, Michael B. Gousie, John Grady, Ben Burrage, Robbie Grossman, David Machado, Sarah Milewski, Christopher S. Stuetzle

Computer and Data Science Faculty Publications

We present three information visualizations for studying social stratification. Each Web-based applet uses a different metaphor to display U.S. Census income data along with the categories of race, marital status, and profession. Each system is completely dynamic, affording the user the choice of categorical variable to compare, as well as the choice of categories within each visualization. Two different user interfaces have also been implemented. The systems are described, compared, and their respective merits and deficiencies discussed.

Fall 2008 Nova Southeastern University Undergraduate Student Catalog, Nova Southeastern University

Undergraduate Programs Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Faculty, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

New faculty: Deborah Burand; Susan Crawford; Monica Hakimi; Penelope Mathew; David Moran – Caminker reappointed as dean – Students will get hands-on international transactional experience – New Innocence Clinic will look beyond convictions – Istanbul seminar – Shedding a searching, year-long light on China – Conference participants: China’s rule of law will keep lurching ahead – Primus awarded inaugural Guggenheim Fellowship in constitutional studies – Hasen named IRS professor in residence – McCrudden’s Buying Social Justice wins ASIL top award – Croley examines interplay of regulation and public interests – A bittersweet celebration – Activities – In memoriam: Frank R. …

Law, Economics, And Torture, James Boyd White

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

The following essay, which appears here with the permission of the University of Michigan Press, is the text of a talk given by Professor White at a conference held at the Law School last year, entitled “Law and Democracy in the Empire of Force.” (An interview with White in which he discussed the conference appeared in the Spring 2007 issue of Law Quadrangle Notes on pages 27-28.) In more complete form the essay will appear in a book of conference proceedings, edited by Professor White and Professor Jefferson Powell of Duke Law School, to be published by the University of …

Tallying The Chad Marks In The Ballot Box: A Survey Of Distance Learning Library Services In Florida’S State Universities, Sarah J. Hammill

E-JASL: Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship (1999-2009, Volumes 1-10)

Abstract

As distance education continues to grow in Florida, libraries are developing the resources and services to meet the needs of faculty and students. This article identifies what distance learning library services the Florida’s State University System (SUS) Libraries are providing. It concludes with recommendations for additional and improved services and identifies areas for future research in the state of Florida.

Rural Public Access And The Americans With Disabilities Act: Measuring Progress In Hamilton, Montana, Tom Seekins Ph.D., Catherine Ipsen, University Of Montana Rural Institute

Independent Living and Community Participation

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is arguably the most significant single effort to enhance community participation of people with disabilities (Brown, 2001), in part by promoting physical access to public places and commercial facilities. Specifically, ADA Titles II and III provide disability advocates with legal tools for promoting access to public places. Despite the significance of the ADA legislation, Batavia (1992) points out that the ADA was “passed without documentation of need” and that “no baseline data exist to assess the implementation of the ADA.” Historically, advocates have monitored the implementation and outcomes of the ADA by …

Review Of Ruling Pine Ridge: Oglala Lakota Politics From The Ira To Wounded Knee By Akim D. Reinhardt, James V. Fenelon

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

This well-documented book covers twentieth- century Pine Ridge politics by linking two events at Wounded Knee: the United States massacre of 1890 under cover of "war" on the Ghost Dance, and a 1973 American Indian Movement/ Traditionalist reoccupation and subsequent siege.

In explaining the dysfunctionality of the political economy on Pine Ridge, Reinhardt looks at the long-term effects of colonialism and its bureaucratic replacement in the Office of Indian Affairs (later renamed the Bureau of Indian Affairs), along with complicated divisions inculcated by government policies, often collectively known as internal colonialism. With astonishing detailed accuracy, he looks at the main …

Notes And News- Summer 2008

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

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In Their Own Words: Women Chief Academic Officers Discuss The Community College And Their Career Experiences, Brent D. Cejda

Journal of Women in Educational Leadership

Previous research has shown that a variety of skills and experiences contribute to the career advancement of community college leaders. With the increased representation of women in senior-level positions, this paper answers the call to move beyond male-versus-female comparisons. Through in-depth interviews and follow- up conversations, six female chief academic officers (CAOs) discuss their community college employment, the issues and challenges experienced in obtaining a chief academic officer position, personal development of skills and abilities to be successful in their positions, the recommendations they would share with aspiring and new CAOs, and their future career plans.

Community colleges employ a …

A Contextual Analysis Of A Preclassic Problematic Deposit At Blackman Eddy, Belize, Rebecca Lynn Shelton

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

This thesis examines Problematic Deposit #3 from two operations in Plaza B at Blackman Eddy, Belize through a detailed contextual analysis. Due to the ambiguous nature of problematic deposits, several methods of analysis were utilized to determine the event or events associated with the cultural material and the architectural remains uncovered in the two operations. For the analysis of the ceramic assemblage, the type-variety method was first utilized to determine the relative date of PD#3. Second, a functional analysis of the partial vessels within the problematic deposit was performed and a radiometric AMS date was collected from PD#3 of 380 …

Energy Use And Concerns Of Rural Nebraskans, Rebecca J. Vogt, Randolph L. Cantrell, Miguel A. Carranza, Bruce Johnson, David J. Peters

Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)

Energy prices have steadily increased during the past year. Rural residents are now faced with higher costs to drive and heat and cool their homes. Given these conditions, how much of a problem have rising energy costs been for rural Nebraskans? What are their opinions on future energy sources? What changes have they made or do they plan to make due to the price increases? This paper provides a detailed analysis of these questions.

This report details 2,496 responses to the 2008 Nebraska Rural Poll, the thirteenth annual effort to understand rural Nebraskans’ perceptions. Respondents were asked a series of …

Jiminy Cricket For The Corporation: Understanding The Corporate Conscience, Colin P. Marks

Faculty Works

Historically, the corporation has evolved since the late eighteenth century from a relative few, specially chartered associations, generally organized to complete projects for the public good to the modern profit-making behemoths of modern America. Along the way, corporations have been subjected to regulation, often in response to public outcry against perceived abuses of power. This corporate evolution has also resulted in a general separation of ownership and control, though that is not to say that corporate mangers act completely free from external pressures such as to make a profit. With regard to the corporate "conscience," though corporations do not have …

From Court-Surrogate To Regulatory Tool: Re-Framing The Empirical Study Of Employment Arbitration, W. Mark C. Weidemaier

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

A growing body of empirical research explores the use of arbitration to resolve employment disputes, typically by comparing arbitration to litigation using relatively traditional outcome measures: who wins, how much, and how quickly. On the whole, this research suggests that employees fare reasonably well in arbitration. Yet there remain sizeable gaps in our knowledge. This Article explores these gaps with two goals in mind. The first and narrower goal is to explain why it remains exceedingly difficult to assess the relative fairness of arbitration and litigation. The outcome research does not account for a variety of 'filtering" mechanisms that influence …

No Human Being Is Trash, Kathleen De La Peña Mccook

School of Information Faculty Publications

Erica Jong, writing at Huffington Post about GOP VPcandidate, Governor Sarah Palin: "White trash America certainly has allure for voters. Some people think rednecks are more American than Harvard educated intellectuals of mixed race." Jong's remarks indicate a violent classism among liberal intellectuals that leaves no room for the working class poor. Jong indicates that "Harvard education" is the top of the U.S. education experience and then demonstrates her sense of classist hierarchy that ranks people according to socioeconomic status and other class markers such as weapons.

Mercer University Library News And Notes

Georgia Library Quarterly

Recent news from Mercer University Library.

Review: Southern Comforts: Rooted In A Southern Place, Kathy Pillatzki

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "Southern Comforts: Rooted in a Southern Place," by Sudye Cauthen.

Akhuwat Issue No. 71, Aga Khan University

AKHUWAT Newsletters

• International Nurses Day Celebrated at AKU
• Occupational Health, Safety and Environment (OHSE) Award
• Visit by Damascus General Assembly Hospital, Damascus Syria
• Ms Carol Ariano Vice President, Human Resources
• Consular Corps of London visit AKU-ISMC
• AKU Programme, Afghanistan
• 3^rd Nursing Graduation Ceremony in Afghanistan
• Role of AKU at MoPH
• Mental Health Project Afghanistan
• AKU-SON Students’ Quality Initiatives at Patel Hospital
• The 27th Lamp Lighting Ceremony
• Farewell to Dr. Abdul Jabbar Shah
• Dr Shamshad Akhtar Visits PDCN, Gilgit
• Syrian Delegation visits AKU-IED and PDCN
• Delegation from the University of Morogoro visits AKU-IED
• The Federal Additional Secretary Education at AKU-IED
• Student Mini-Conference …

A Preliminary Exploration Of Generational Similarities And Differences In Values Between The United States, United Kingdom, Iceland, Japan, Korea, Colombia And The Philippines, Arnel Onesimo Uy, Edward F. Murphy Jr, Regina A. Greenwood, Jaime A. Ruiz-Gutierrez, Terrell G. Manyak, Bahaudin Mujtaba

DLSU Business & Economics Review

Generational similarities and differences among working adults in the United States, United Kingdom, Iceland, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Colombia were investigated using the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS). Hypotheses were supported for cross-cultural generational differences for 23 of 36 values; there were also generational similarities. Sixteen values were ranked similarly for the 40+ year-old generation; thirteen values were ranked similarly for the 18 to 29 year-old generation; and 13 values were ranked similarly for the 30 to 39 year olds. This study is one of the first to identify values that are similar across cross-cultural generations in Western, Eastern, South …

Civic Engagement, Pedagogy, And Information Technology On Web Sites For Youth, Christine Bachen, Chad Raphael, Kathleen-M. Lynn, Kristen A. Mckee, Jessica Philippi

Communication

Scholars of political socialization are paying increasing attention to how the Internet might help cure the civic disengagement of youth. This content analysis of a sample of 73 U.S.-based civic Web sites for youth introduces a framework for evaluating Web sites’ strategies for fostering active communication for citizenship. We offer the first systematic assessment of the extent to which a broad range of Web sites aim to develop young people’s abilities to use information and communication technology (ICT) as a vehicle for civic participation and to engage with ICT as a policy domain that encompasses issues (such as freedom of …

Building Bridges: The Richard L. Evans Chair Of Religious Understanding, Stephen David Grover

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

From Ingis To Namos – Operationalisation And Contextualisation Of Sustainability At The Local Level, D. Rink, A. Haase, S. Kabisch, Dagmar Haase, G. Hartmuth

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Due to its fuzziness the model of sustainable development has to be particularised and contextualised before any positioning with respect to this yardstick. The spread of the concept of sustainable development has not been thwarted by its extreme vagueness or its current lack of generally binding operationalisation. On the contrary: its conceptual ambiguity has in all likelihood significantly boosted its appeal by enabling stakeholders to focus on their favourite elements within a process of discourse dominated by the struggle for the power of definition.

National Accounting Frameworks For Measuring Information And Knowledge Economies, David Thorns, Les Oxley

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The paper explores the problems and challenges posed by the growth of the information and knowledge economies for national accounting frameworks and measurements. The conventional approach has been to add to rather than reconstruct such indices. One of the consequences is the focus this leads to on “information technologies” and their prevalence and fails to fully appreciate the transformation that is required to enable “information” to be transformed into “new knowledge” and therefore create the “new economy. The paper argues for a recasting of the analysis of the new economy around an appreciation of the changing nature of physical capital …