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The Antecedents Of Disputes: Complaining And Claiming, Herbert M. Kritzer Jan 2011

The Antecedents Of Disputes: Complaining And Claiming, Herbert M. Kritzer

Articles

This paper focuses on the earliest stages of the problem resolution function of law and legal institutions: the emergence of grievances and their communication to a responsible party as complaints and claims. While the literature on this subject is broad, both in terms of methods and in terms of the fairly large number of countries where empirical research on this subject has been conducted, it seems appropriate to ask the question, what do we know and not know about this subject? This paper seeks to answer this question and to suggest fruitful avenues of future inquiry. I first discuss the …

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Asbury Theological Seminary Academic Catalog : 2011-2012, Asbury Theological Seminary Jan 2011

Asbury Theological Seminary Academic Catalog : 2011-2012, Asbury Theological Seminary

Academic Catalogs

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At The Edge Of The Modern?: Diplomacy, Public Relations, And Media Practices During Houphouët-Boigny's 1962 Visit To The United States, Abou B. Bamba Jan 2011

At The Edge Of The Modern?: Diplomacy, Public Relations, And Media Practices During Houphouët-Boigny's 1962 Visit To The United States, Abou B. Bamba

History Faculty Publications

Toward the end of the first decade after the decolonization of most African countries, there emerged a scholarly polemic about the weight of bureaucratic politics in the making of foreign policy in the Third World. A mirror of the reigning modernization paradigm that informed most postwar area studies and social sciences, the discussion unintentionally indexed the narcissism of a hegemonic discourse on political development and statecraft. Graham Allison and Morton Halperin—the original proponents of the bureaucratic model—implied in their largely U.S.-centric model that such a paradigm was not applicable to non-industrialized countries since the newly decolonized countries, for the most …

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Free Speech And Political Legitimacy: A Response To Ed Baker, James Weinstein Jan 2011

Free Speech And Political Legitimacy: A Response To Ed Baker, James Weinstein

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

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Puerto Ricans' Evaluations Of Dominicans And Dominican Spanish As Reflected In Inter-Personal Interviews, Eva-Marie Suarez Budenbender Jan 2011

Puerto Ricans' Evaluations Of Dominicans And Dominican Spanish As Reflected In Inter-Personal Interviews, Eva-Marie Suarez Budenbender

International Journal of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest

The present study investigates the connection between linguistic perceptions, speaker identification, and speaker attitude and examines the attitudes of speakers of Puerto Rican Spanish towards Dominican Spanish in sociolinguistic interviews. Although both varieties are linguistically very similar (Lipski 1994), the participants report being attuned to a range of linguistic differences between their variety and Dominican Spanish, while confirming widespread stigmatization of Dominicans and Dominican Spanish on the island. Their evaluations of Dominican Spanish are positive, indicating some degree of solidarity towards speakers of other Caribbean variety speakers. It is hypothesized that reported stigmatization of Dominicans and Dominican Spanish (Duany 2005) …

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Undergraduate Bulletin 2011-2012, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice Jan 2011

Undergraduate Bulletin 2011-2012, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

College Bulletins

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Responding To Political Corruption: Some Institutional Considerations, Jonathan L. Entin Jan 2011

Responding To Political Corruption: Some Institutional Considerations, Jonathan L. Entin

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

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Burying Our Heads In The Sand: Lack Of Knowledge, Knowledge Avoidance, And The Persistent Problem Of Campus Peer Sexual Violence, Nancy Chi Cantalupo Jan 2011

Burying Our Heads In The Sand: Lack Of Knowledge, Knowledge Avoidance, And The Persistent Problem Of Campus Peer Sexual Violence, Nancy Chi Cantalupo

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

This Article discusses why two laws that seek to prevent and end sexual violence between students on college campuses, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 ("Title IX") and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act ("Clery Act'), are failing to fulfill this goal and how these legal regimes can be improved to reach their objectives. It explicates how Title IX and the Clery Act ignore or exacerbate a series of "information problems" that create incentives for schools to "bury their heads in the sand" with regard to campus peer sexual violence. These …

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At A Loss For Words: Language Choice In The Doctor’S Office, Evan Schloss Jan 2011

At A Loss For Words: Language Choice In The Doctor’S Office, Evan Schloss

Quill & Scope

This piece is about language choice among bilingual populations (ie. code-switching and all the de-liberations between people when they decide which language to use), and its effects on the doctor-patient relationship.

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The Effects Of School Characteristics On Incarceration Rates In Minnesota, Institute On Metropolitan Opportunity Jan 2011

The Effects Of School Characteristics On Incarceration Rates In Minnesota, Institute On Metropolitan Opportunity

Studies

This research traces a group of inmates back to the neighborhoods where they lived when arrested and to the schools they attended to evaluate the relationship between segregation by race and income in neighborhoods and schools and incarceration.

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Bagels, Beaches, & Bombers: Florida’S Jewish Community From 1929 – 1945, Jason Ashley Memmer Jan 2011

Bagels, Beaches, & Bombers: Florida’S Jewish Community From 1929 – 1945, Jason Ashley Memmer

USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)

The purpose of this thesis is to recount the history and discover the beginning of modern Florida’s impressive Jewish community. While it is believed that Jews have lived in the state under Spanish, British, Confederate, and American flags, the Hebrew population did not see rapid expansion until the mid-twentieth century. Therefore, I will seek to examine the various events and people who influenced the massive waves of migrations, and show how World War II is responsible for creating the lasting affinity between Jews and the Sunshine State. This study will also provide insight into today’s population distribution, voting trends, and …

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The Ethics Of Shaping Perceptions Of Reality: What Journalists Can Learn From Cartographers And Shamans, Christopher J. Dorsey Jan 2011

The Ethics Of Shaping Perceptions Of Reality: What Journalists Can Learn From Cartographers And Shamans, Christopher J. Dorsey

USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)

Journalism has the unique ability to shape the public’s perception of reality. Because humans are limited in experience and knowledge, an understanding of the world is shaped by what information is available to each individual. As a major societal institution, journalism has a public forum with which to release relevant, timely and useful information that can influence these perceptions. When it comes to building perceptions of reality, there are potential harms that can arise such as enhancing fear, confusion, stress, and building a worldview that can lead to uninformed or destructive decisions. Essentially, a journalist has as much ability to …

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An Operator’S Guide To Human Terrain Teams, Norman Nigh Jan 2011

An Operator’S Guide To Human Terrain Teams, Norman Nigh

CIWAG Case Studies

An Operator's Guide to Human Terrain Teams focuses on the use of Human Terrain Teams in Afghanistan. The Human Terrain System is an innovative military intelligence support program used by the US Army that employs civilian social scientists with backgrounds in linguistics, anthropology, sociology, and regional studies to provide military commanders with clearer insights into the local population and culture in the regions in which they are deployed.

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Kentucky Annual Economic Report 2011, Kenneth R. Troske, Devanathan Sudharshan, Michael T. Childress Jan 2011

Kentucky Annual Economic Report 2011, Kenneth R. Troske, Devanathan Sudharshan, Michael T. Childress

Kentucky Annual Economic Report

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The Quarterly Interview: Tony Stamatoplos, Anthony Stamatoplos Jan 2011

The Quarterly Interview: Tony Stamatoplos, Anthony Stamatoplos

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

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A Maladjustment And Power Conceptualisation Of Diversity In Organisations: Implications For Cultural Stigmatisation And Expatriate Effectiveness, Arthur D. Martinez, Gerald R. Ferris, Sharon Segrest, Ronald M. Buckley Jan 2011

A Maladjustment And Power Conceptualisation Of Diversity In Organisations: Implications For Cultural Stigmatisation And Expatriate Effectiveness, Arthur D. Martinez, Gerald R. Ferris, Sharon Segrest, Ronald M. Buckley

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

Belonging to a group that is in the minority in an organization (e.g., racial, cultural) inherently puts individuals at a social disadvantage among the majority group, which can position them in ways so as not to be able to build political skill and acquire power and influence in organizations. Those in the minority must feel genuinely committed to their groups while simultaneously leveraging opportunities outside their groups, if they are to secure and maintain personal power. The propositions provided in this conceptualization argue that individuals who are less committed to their group tend to be significantly more personally maladjusted, which, …

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A Thinker-Based Approach To Freedom Of Speech, C. Edwin Baker Jan 2011

A Thinker-Based Approach To Freedom Of Speech, C. Edwin Baker

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

No abstract provided.

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Seana Shiffrin's Thinker-Based Theory Of Free Speech: Elegant And Insightful, But Will It Work In Practice?, James Weinstein Jan 2011

Seana Shiffrin's Thinker-Based Theory Of Free Speech: Elegant And Insightful, But Will It Work In Practice?, James Weinstein

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

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Nonvoters: Doing Nothing To Change The Government They Hate, Geoffrey N. Mciver Jan 2011

Nonvoters: Doing Nothing To Change The Government They Hate, Geoffrey N. Mciver

Political Science Theses and Capstones

The sporadic and often dismal voter turnout of the American public is often regarded as a hole in the democratic model. This research examines the influence of an individual‘s attitude about their government and how it affects their voting habits. Literature in the past has isolated demographic makeup as the reason for nonvoting, i.e. education or income. However, the nonvoter‘s state of mind in relation to their general feelings toward government and the social contract has been broadly overlooked. A new measure of an individual‘s attitude toward government was created using a collection of survey questions centered on a person‘s …

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Racial Disparities And Capital Sentencing As Perceived By Criminology And Criminal Justice Students, Hubert Kanda Lumbala Jan 2011

Racial Disparities And Capital Sentencing As Perceived By Criminology And Criminal Justice Students, Hubert Kanda Lumbala

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses - Archive

The purpose of this study is to examine the difference of perceptions of criminology and criminal justice (CRCJ) male students in comparison with their female counterparts on possible race factor in death penalty sentencing. The data in this study were obtained from a sample of 100 male and female CRCJ students enrolled in CRCJ courses during the semester of fall 2010 at the University of Texas at Arlington, located in north Texas. The findings in this research suggest that there is a little significant difference of knowledge among both male and female CRCJ students as pertaining to the death penalty, …

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Trabecular Bone Variation In Mid And Upper Craniofacial Regions Of Four Anthropoids, Leslie Claire Pryor Smith Jan 2011

Trabecular Bone Variation In Mid And Upper Craniofacial Regions Of Four Anthropoids, Leslie Claire Pryor Smith

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

Some posit that robust supraorbital tori seen in fossil hominin species are an adaptation to hard object feeding, while others believe that supraorbital morphology is overdesigned for mastication in robust species. Strain gage analysis of primate craniofacial regions finds that strain is much lower in the supraorbital region relative to the zygomatic region, however, the mechanisms behind bone adaptation to loads is not fully understood. While variations in cortical bone material properties in a few primate species have been determined, no one has explored the variation in cranial trabecular bone. This study used microcomputed tomography to assess the variation in …

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Late And Terminal Classic Maya Subsistence: Stable Isotope Analysis At Chac Balam And San Juan On Northern Ambergris Caye, Belize, Dana Yvonne Ritchie Parker Jan 2011

Late And Terminal Classic Maya Subsistence: Stable Isotope Analysis At Chac Balam And San Juan On Northern Ambergris Caye, Belize, Dana Yvonne Ritchie Parker

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

Skeletal populations from several Maya sites during the Late and Terminal Classic periods exhibit pathologies indicative of poor health and malnutrition, while populations from other sites appear comparatively healthy. Chac Balam and San Juan from Ambergris Caye in Belize are examples of flourishing sites with skeletal populations that possess few indicators of nutritional stress. Analysis of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes on bone collagen and carbon isotopes on bone apatite from 30 individuals was conducted to elucidate dietary intake of the populations from Chac Balam and San Juan. Results indicate dietary possibilities typical for an island population, with primary food …

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Investigating Juvenile Supervisory Officers' Attitudes At A Texas Juvenile Detention Center, Justin Michael Patrick Regan Jan 2011

Investigating Juvenile Supervisory Officers' Attitudes At A Texas Juvenile Detention Center, Justin Michael Patrick Regan

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

Punitive and rehabilitative ideologies have traditionally competed to influence correctional policy. The growing emphasis on prisoner rights however, has subtly transformed the mindset of the carceral institution. Juvenile detention officers, the frontline negotiators of these changes in the juvenile justice system, have been the focus of little ethnographical research concerning their ideological orientation or the pressures that shape that outlook. While sociological and criminal justice studies have quantitatively identified a number of individual and organizational factors that affect officers' attitudes, these studies give scant attention to the actual impact of those views on rehabilitative efforts. This paper extends the carceral …

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The "Principle" Of Federalism And The Legacy Of Patriation And Quebec Veto References, Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens Jan 2011

The "Principle" Of Federalism And The Legacy Of Patriation And Quebec Veto References, Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens

The Supreme Court Law Review: Osgoode’s Annual Constitutional Cases Conference

The Patriation Reference and Quebec Veto Reference revealed deep disagreements as to the nature of Canadian federalism and the normative underpinnings, if any, of the federal principle. This paper identifies two dominant conceptions of federalism in these early 1980s references, a positivist-voluntarist one and generic-historicist one, which have both informed in one way or another the case law since. After examining the normative ideas recently associated with federalism by Supreme Court justices, the paper shows that members of the Court remain divided not only as to the meaning of such ideas and the normative consequences flowing from the m, but …

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Fact Book 2010-2011, Various Jan 2011

Fact Book 2010-2011, Various

General Fiscal Chronicle

Annual Report to the Board Of Trustees of George Fox College

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Internal Colonization And The International System: Gender Stratification In The U. S. And Its Global Implications, Muhammed Asadi Jan 2011

Internal Colonization And The International System: Gender Stratification In The U. S. And Its Global Implications, Muhammed Asadi

Societies Without Borders

My purpose in this paper is to critically review various theoretical perspectives contained in the literature to come up with implications for a comprehensive model that captures the intersectionality of race, gender and class in the International System with special emphasis on gender. My theoretical model links the U.S. gender ‘project’ post World War II: the construction of the post war ‘nuclear family’ and the reinvention of women’s ‘sacred domestic sphere’ to the maintenance of gender oppression globally by the U.S. in a world dominated by it. The common ingredient in such oppression is the use of women as productive …

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The Oromo In Exile: Creating Knowledge And Promoting Social Justice, Asafa Jalata Jan 2011

The Oromo In Exile: Creating Knowledge And Promoting Social Justice, Asafa Jalata

Societies Without Borders

This paper explains how some Oromos who were forced to leave their country, Oromia, by successive colonial Ethiopian governments and live in exile have been organized in foreign lands to liberate their people and country by supporting the Oromo national movement. By demonstrating how global and regional forces have collaborated in the colonization, continued subjugation and dehumanization of the Oromo people, the paper illustrates how the Oromo people have lost their cultural, political, and social rights that are enshrined in the UN Universal Declaration of human rights and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and how they are still facing state …

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Social Movement Unionism And Neoliberalism In São Paulo, Brazil: Shifting Logics Of Collective Action In Telemarketing Labor Unions, David Flores, Fábio P. M. Silva, Vitor C. Vaneti, Ray Braga, Ray Braga Jan 2011

Social Movement Unionism And Neoliberalism In São Paulo, Brazil: Shifting Logics Of Collective Action In Telemarketing Labor Unions, David Flores, Fábio P. M. Silva, Vitor C. Vaneti, Ray Braga, Ray Braga

Societies Without Borders

Neoliberal policies have radically altered the global economy. This is particularly evident in São Paulo, Brazil, which has undergone the rapid privatization of resources and services since the 1990s, as well as a major shift from an industrial to a service economy. How do new labor unions responding to a new service -based economy differ from those that have traditionally focused on an industrialized work force? How are labor unions in the global south meeting the challenge of unionizing under neoliberal policies? Finally, how do labor unions build solidarity for collective action among a new and demographically diverse working class? …

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Notes From The Field: 'Breathing Life' Into The Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples, Keri E. Iyall Smith Jan 2011

Notes From The Field: 'Breathing Life' Into The Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples, Keri E. Iyall Smith

Societies Without Borders

With the passage of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, indigenous movements are now armed with doctrine to protect their human rights. How is this impacting disputes with international governments, regional gov- erning organizations, and state governments? I examine two cases at each of these levels of governance and find mixed results. In each context, one case is successful and one case is (thus far) a failure. This highlights the importance of the role of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, but it also suggests there may be limits to the power it has …

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Book Review Of The Leading Rogue State: The U.S. And Human Rights, Omar Shaukat Jan 2011

Book Review Of The Leading Rogue State: The U.S. And Human Rights, Omar Shaukat

Societies Without Borders

No abstract provided.

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