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Confronting Chronic Pollution: A Socio-Legal Analysis Of Risk And Precaution, Dayna Nadine Scott Jan 2008

Confronting Chronic Pollution: A Socio-Legal Analysis Of Risk And Precaution, Dayna Nadine Scott

Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy

The central aim of this article is to demonstrate a socio-legal approach to risk and precaution using the example of chronic pollution. Drawing on ongoing empirical work with the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, which is tucked into Sarnia's "Chemical Valley," a secondary aim is to influence and shape how we understand the problem and confront the risks of chronic pollution. This article forwards the argument that the prevailing regulatory approach is incapable of capturing the essence of contemporary pollution harms, because those harms are increasingly linked to continuous, routine, low-dose exposures to contaminants that are within legally sanctioned limits. Community residents …

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Institutional Transplant As Political Opportunity: The Practice And Politics Of Indian Electricity Regulation, Navroz K. Dubash Jan 2008

Institutional Transplant As Political Opportunity: The Practice And Politics Of Indian Electricity Regulation, Navroz K. Dubash

Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy

India has a decade-long experience with independent regulatory agencies in public services as an institutional transplant from the industrialized world. Introduced at the behest of international donor agencies, regulators in India are intended, somewhat naively, to provide an apolitical space for decision making to assuage investor concerns over arbitrary administrative actions, and thereby stimulate private investment. In practice, regulators have had to negotiate a terrain over which the state has continued to exercise considerable control. Regulators have also been been shaped in their functioning by national and sub-national political traditions and by administrative and political practices. The result is a …

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The State As 'Black Box' And The Market As Regulator: A Comment On Anne Van Aaken's 'Effectuating Public International Law Through Market Mechanisms', Peer Zumbansen Jan 2008

The State As 'Black Box' And The Market As Regulator: A Comment On Anne Van Aaken's 'Effectuating Public International Law Through Market Mechanisms', Peer Zumbansen

Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy

In the autumn of 2008, at a time of global reconsideration of the role of states in the regulation of markets, the paper uses the reflection on past experiences with the laissez faire state, the interventionist state, the welfare state and the enabling state as institutional crystallization points in an ongoing learning process of regulatory innovation as a framework to assess contemporary proposals to delegate public international law [PIL] enforcement to market actors. As such, the paper attempts to carve out possible conceptual and political implications of the current proposals against the background of interventionist and post-interventionist market regulation models. …

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Individual Emergencies And The Rule Of Criminal Law, François Tanguay-Renaud Jan 2008

Individual Emergencies And The Rule Of Criminal Law, François Tanguay-Renaud

Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy

This is the draft of a paper initially presented in the Oxford Jurisprudence Discussion Group. The paper assesses the relationship between individual emergencies and criminal law in light of the ideal of the rule of law and Joseph Raz's thesis about the normal justification of authority. After sketching out the main theoretical positions on how criminal law ought to provide for its own potential failure in the face of private emergencies, I argue that it is only in the most extreme and generalized cases that its sole legitimate response is to disclaim all competence in favour of its subjects. Whereas, …

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From Democratic Peace To Democratic Distinctiveness: A Critique Of Democratic Exceptionalism In Peace And Conflict Studies, Anna Geis, Wolfgang Wagner Jan 2008

From Democratic Peace To Democratic Distinctiveness: A Critique Of Democratic Exceptionalism In Peace And Conflict Studies, Anna Geis, Wolfgang Wagner

Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy

Over the last two decades or so, there has been a democratic turn in peace and conflict research, i.e. the peculiar impact of democratic politics on a wide range of security issues has attracted more and more attention. Many of these studies are inspired by Immanuel Kant's famous essay on Perpetual Peace. In this article, we present a critical discussion of the democratic distinctiveness programme that emerged from the Democratic Peace debate and soon spread to cover, among other issues, institutionalized cooperation, trade relations, and arms control. As our review makes clear, research so far has been based on an …

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Exploring Interdisciplinary Prayer Research In A Health Context, E. James Baesler Jan 2008

Exploring Interdisciplinary Prayer Research In A Health Context, E. James Baesler

Communication & Theatre Arts Faculty Publications

Communication, Psychology, and Sociology are three leading academic disciplines engaged in the social scientific study of prayer, the spiritual communication between a believer(s) and God, but rarely do these disciplines collaborate in interdisciplinary prayer scholarship. Possibilities for interdisciplinary prayer research in a health context are explored through a review of the literature and academic interviews. Interdisciplinary linkages in the prayer-health context are organized in an integral "all-quadrant" theoretical model, and an assessment of the viability of interdisciplinary prayer-health research is considered.

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Kenyon Collegiate - Undated Jan 2008

Kenyon Collegiate - Undated

Kenyon Collegiate

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2008 Commencement Program, Morehead State University. Registrar's Office. Jan 2008

2008 Commencement Program, Morehead State University. Registrar's Office.

Morehead State Commencement Programs

2008 commencement programs of Morehead State University.

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Church Satisfaction Among Rural Minnesota Protestant Lay Leaders, Terry Huffman Jan 2008

Church Satisfaction Among Rural Minnesota Protestant Lay Leaders, Terry Huffman

Faculty Publications - College of Education

This paper reports on general church satisfaction among a sample of rural Minnesota Protestant lay leaders. The author examined the relationship between the dependent variable general church satisfaction with eight independent variables divided into three dimensions of church life. Prominent findings indicate that the vitality of churches is associated with higher levels of church satisfaction among the lay leaders. Additionally, older lay leaders reported greater general satisfaction with their church than did younger lay leaders. However, church contentment is not significantly connected to the mere size of the congregation, type of denomination, gender of the lay leader, or status of …

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Bridging The Gap: Gerontology And Social Work Education, Cindy Snyder, Susan Wesley, Muh Bi Lin, J Dean May Jan 2008

Bridging The Gap: Gerontology And Social Work Education, Cindy Snyder, Susan Wesley, Muh Bi Lin, J Dean May

Faculty Publications - College of Social Work

The following study was implemented to explore the potential for a four-week curriculum module in gerontological social work education to positively impact students’ practice-related knowledge concerning older adults, as well as their attitudes toward elderly persons and interest in working with them. Pertinent literature was reviewed to conceptualize the building of a gerontology curriculum module that could be integrated into a pre-existing social work course. The module’s design and content were reflective of its primary goal, which was to educate students about salient aspects of social work knowledge, skill, and practice with older adults utilizing experiential methods. Data analysis revealed …

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When Perception Changes Reality: An Empirical Study Of Investors' Views Of The Fairness Of Securities Arbitration, Jill I. Gross Jan 2008

When Perception Changes Reality: An Empirical Study Of Investors' Views Of The Fairness Of Securities Arbitration, Jill I. Gross

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

Arbitration in securities industry-sponsored forums is the primary mechanism to resolve disputes between investors and their brokerage firms. Because it is mandatory, participants debate its fairness, and Congress has introduced legislation to ban pre-dispute arbitration clauses in customer agreements. Missing from the debate has been empirical research of perceptions of fairness by the participants, especially investors. To fill that gap, we mailed 25,000 surveys to participants in recent securities arbitrations involving customers to learn their views of the process. The article first details the survey's background, explains the importance of surveying perceptions of fairness, and describes our methodologies, procedures, and …

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Asian American Nonprofit Organizations In U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Chi-Kan Richard Hung Jan 2008

Asian American Nonprofit Organizations In U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Chi-Kan Richard Hung

Institute for Asian American Studies Publications

This article analyzes the characteristics of Asian American nonprofit organizations in major U.S. metropolitan areas. The data are based on internet archives of nonprofit organization Form 990 and related information. Asian American nonprofits are less than 20 years old on average. They remain a relatively small part of the nonprofit sector. Religious organizations are generally the largest group among Asian American nonprofits, followed by cultural organizations, service agencies, and public interest associations of similar proportions. Asian American secular organizations as a group tend to be younger, are more likely to by in central cities, in wealthy and poor communities, as …

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From Religiosity To Consumerism: Press Coverage Of Thanksgiving, 1905-2005, Bonnie Brennen Jan 2008

From Religiosity To Consumerism: Press Coverage Of Thanksgiving, 1905-2005, Bonnie Brennen

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

This research looks at the coverage of Thanksgiving during the past 100 years on 11 daily urban newspapers published in the United States in an effort to assess journalistic practices related to the coverage of routine news stories and to understand how through its coverage newspapers represent and interpret social, political, and economic change. The Thanksgiving holiday was chosen because it has been a traditional news story consistently covered each year in the press and an analysis of the coverage provides insights into the basic routines of journalism including news conventions, journalistic values, and norms over the past 100 years.

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Who Fears The Hpv Vaccine, Who Doesn't, And Why? An Experimental Study Of The Mechanisms Of Cultural Cognition, Donald Braman, Dan M. Kahan, Geoffrey L. Cohen, Paul Slovic, John Gastil Jan 2008

Who Fears The Hpv Vaccine, Who Doesn't, And Why? An Experimental Study Of The Mechanisms Of Cultural Cognition, Donald Braman, Dan M. Kahan, Geoffrey L. Cohen, Paul Slovic, John Gastil

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

The cultural cognition hypothesis holds that individuals are disposed to form risk perceptions that reflect and reinforce their commitments to contested views of the good society. This paper reports the results of a study that used the controversy over mandatory HPV vaccination to test the cultural cognition hypothesis. Although public health officials have recommended that all girls aged 11 or 12 be vaccinated for HPV - a virus that causes cervical cancer and that is transmitted by sexual contact - political controversy has blocked adoption of mandatory school-enrollment vaccination programs in all but one state. A multi-stage experimental study of …

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The Work-Family Conflict: An Essay On Employers, Men And Responsibility, Michael Selmi Jan 2008

The Work-Family Conflict: An Essay On Employers, Men And Responsibility, Michael Selmi

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

This paper, prepared for a symposium held at the University of St. Thomas Law School, explores an issue that has been largely neglected in the work-family debate, namely why the burden should be on employers to change their practices rather than on men to change theirs. Many of the policy proposals designed to facilitate the balancing of work and family demands require employers to alter their practices by creating part-time work, providing paid leave, or devising ways to limit the penalties women face for taking extended leave. At the same time, the reluctance of men to change their behavior, which …

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Understanding Privacy (Chapter One), Daniel J. Solove Jan 2008

Understanding Privacy (Chapter One), Daniel J. Solove

GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works

Privacy is one of the most important concepts of our time, yet it is also one of the most elusive. As rapidly changing technology makes information increasingly available, scholars, activists, and policymakers have struggled to define privacy, with many conceding that the task is virtually impossible.

In UNDERSTANDING PRIVACY (Harvard University Press, May 2008), Professor Daniel J. Solove offers a comprehensive overview of the difficulties involved in discussions of privacy and ultimately provides a provocative resolution. He argues that no single definition can be workable, but rather that there are multiple forms of privacy, related to one another by family …

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The Impact Of Computers On The Legal Profession: Evolution Or Revolution?, Richard L. Marcus Jan 2008

The Impact Of Computers On The Legal Profession: Evolution Or Revolution?, Richard L. Marcus

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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Occupational Racial Composition And Nonfatal Work Injuries, Terceira A. Berdahl, Julia Mcquillan Jan 2008

Occupational Racial Composition And Nonfatal Work Injuries, Terceira A. Berdahl, Julia Mcquillan

Bureau of Sociological Research: Faculty Publications

Is there an association between occupational racial composition and nonfatal workplace injuries? Guided by several labor market theories (queuing, social closure, devaluation, poor market position, and human capital), we use occupational data from the U.S. Census and Dictionary of Occupational Titles combined with individual data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to answer this question. Hierarchical generalized linear models of individuals within occupations show that there is an association between occupational racial composition and workplace injuries, but this association is only statistically significant for white men in the model controlling for relevant occupational and individual level characteristics. A 10 …

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How Poverty Affects Social Development, Behavior, And Academics Of Children : How Can School Personnel Help?, Jessica Holm-Blackburn Jan 2008

How Poverty Affects Social Development, Behavior, And Academics Of Children : How Can School Personnel Help?, Jessica Holm-Blackburn

Graduate Research Papers

This paper discusses how poverty affects the social development, behavior, and academics of children. It also provides information to professionals who work with children to explain how children in poverty may demonstrate increased behavioral and emotional problems. Additionally, it explores what school personnel can do to help improve outcomes for students in poverty. A case example of a partnership created in Georgia is utilized to help articulate these concepts. The sources cited are all from recent published literature.

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Final Report Of The Experts Committee For Human Research Participant Protection In Canada, Jocelyn Downie Jan 2008

Final Report Of The Experts Committee For Human Research Participant Protection In Canada, Jocelyn Downie

Reports & Public Policy Documents

The Experts Committee for Human Research Participant Protection in Canada presents herewith its final report and recommendations concerning the development of a new comprehensive system in Canada. The final report is the product of some twenty months work. Beginning in September, 2006 and ending February, 2007 the Committee held monthly face-to-face meetings which it supplemented by conference calls and the circulation of draft texts by various members. During the course of its work, the Committee assessed the concerns that had been raised about the existing Canadian governance arrangements and then examined alternative models that might serve to deal effectively with …

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Gumbo Yearbook, Class Of 2008, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College Jan 2008

Gumbo Yearbook, Class Of 2008, Louisiana State University And Agricultural And Mechanical College

Gumbo Yearbook

The Gumbo yearbook chronicles the entire academic year at LSU. In words and especially photos, the Gumbo shows the people, places, and events that make each year unique. In addition to formal portraits of schools and departments, the book contains hundreds of snapshots of students with their friends and dozens of pages showcasing organizations.

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Linkage And The Deterrence Of Corporate Fraud, Miriam H. Baer Jan 2008

Linkage And The Deterrence Of Corporate Fraud, Miriam H. Baer

Faculty Scholarship

Corporate fraud is often presumed to be the type of crime that can be deterred. Those who embrace deterrence as a goal of law enforcement, however, often ignore the tradeoffs between the deterrence of potential offenders and the deterrence of those "mid-fraud perpetrators" who are already mid-way through illicit schemes when the government announces a change in policy. Unlike potential offenders, mid-fraud perpetrators have no incentive to cease criminal conduct in response to increases in sanctions or likelihood of detection. This is true because a "link" exists between the offenders' cessation of future misconduct and the probability that their prior …

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Competing Legal Cultures And Legal Reform: The Battle Of Chile, James Cooper Jan 2008

Competing Legal Cultures And Legal Reform: The Battle Of Chile, James Cooper

Faculty Scholarship

This Article explores the competition that exists between U.S. and German legal cultures and examines Chilean legal reform efforts since the late 1990s as a case study of this competition. A country's legal culture is comprised of the self-governing rules and operations of national and regional bar associations, the format of legal education, the structure of the legal and judicial profession, the role of the judiciary, jurisprudential style, and the reputation of the legal sector according to the general public. The influence of predominant legal cultures on developing nations has been explored in a number of contexts, while the importance …

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The Fritz Pollard Alliance, The Rooney Rule, And The Quest To "Level The Playing Field" In The National Football League, In Reversing Field: Examining Commercialization, Labor, Gender And Race In 21st Century Sports Law, N. Jeremi Duru Jan 2008

The Fritz Pollard Alliance, The Rooney Rule, And The Quest To "Level The Playing Field" In The National Football League, In Reversing Field: Examining Commercialization, Labor, Gender And Race In 21st Century Sports Law, N. Jeremi Duru

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

The National Football League (the "NFL" or the "League"), like the National Basketball Association (the "NBA") and Major League Baseball ("MLB"), has a long history of racial exclusion.' And like these other long standing American professional sports leagues, desegregation among players preceded desegregation among coaches. As slowly increasing numbers of minorities assumed NBA head coaching positions and MLB managing positions toward the end of the twentieth century, however, minority NFL coaches were less likely to receive head coaching opportunities than their basketball and baseball counterparts. Indeed, as of 2002, only two of the NFL's thirty-two head coaches were minorities, and …

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Can Patriotism Be Carved In Stone?: A Critical Analysis Of Mt. Rushmore's Orientation Films, Teresa Bergman Jan 2008

Can Patriotism Be Carved In Stone?: A Critical Analysis Of Mt. Rushmore's Orientation Films, Teresa Bergman

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

This essay examines the three orientation films that have been shown at the Mt. Rushmore National Memorial since 1965, and analyzes how these films interpret the memorial as a patriotic symbol. Although the site was originally conceived to celebrate U.S. imperialism, each film moves away from that interpretation. This analysis tracks how these films’ interpretations of this patriotic icon have evolved to suit contemporary political exigencies rather than a fixed definition of Mt. Rushmore. I draw on memory studies, rhetoric, historical theory, and documentary film theory to examine the changing representations of nationalism and patriotism in these films.

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Turntaking In Chat Room Discourse : A Case Study / Margaret Modupe Gomes., Margaret Modupe Gomes Jan 2008

Turntaking In Chat Room Discourse : A Case Study / Margaret Modupe Gomes., Margaret Modupe Gomes

Student Works (2000-2009)

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Language Choice Among Dayak Bidayuh Undergraduates / Caesar Delwis @ Dealwis., Caesar Dealwis Jan 2008

Language Choice Among Dayak Bidayuh Undergraduates / Caesar Delwis @ Dealwis., Caesar Dealwis

Student Works (2000-2009)

No abstract provided.

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Producing A Measure For Assessing Motivating Career Influencesfor Counselors-In-Training, Tyson Kuch Jan 2008

Producing A Measure For Assessing Motivating Career Influencesfor Counselors-In-Training, Tyson Kuch

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to describe an appropriate protocol for developing a psychometrically sound instrument to assess perceived influences motivating graduate students to enter the counseling profession. The self-report, 124-item inventory was administered to a sample of 347 graduate students pursuing counseling as a profession. All participants responded to the inventory anonymously. A factor analysis from responses grouped scale items into six different factors, and helped condense the scale into a shorter, more psychometrically sound instrument by identifying those items with low or ambiguous factor loadings, suitable for removal. A factor analysis also identified those items most relevant …

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Mb 770 The Indigenous Church, Steven Ybarrola Jan 2008

Mb 770 The Indigenous Church, Steven Ybarrola

Syllabi

This is an advanced course for students with a solid foundation in missiological anthropology. The format will therefore reflect the advanced standing of the students by giving you a larger share of the responsibility for the course. There will be considerable discussion of material being read for which you must always come well prepared, some lecturing, some films, and a significant amount of time given to student presentations. The focus of the course is on the relationship between Christianity and culture. We will explore how this can engender indigenous churches, or result in syncretism or “split-level” Christianity in both Western …

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Open Adoption And The Politics Of Transnational Feminist Human Rights, Karen Sotiropoulos Jan 2008

Open Adoption And The Politics Of Transnational Feminist Human Rights, Karen Sotiropoulos

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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