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November 6, 2013 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

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Food Sovereignty: An Alternative Paradigm For Poverty Reduction And Biodiversity Conservation In Latin America, M. Jahi Chappell, Hannah Wittman, Christopher M. Bacon, Bruce G. Ferguson, Luis Garcia Barrios, Raúl Garcia Barrios, Daniel Jaffee, Jefferson Lima, V. Ernesto Méndez, Helda Morales, Lorena Soto-Pinto, John Vandermeer, Ivette Perfecto

Sociology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Strong feedback between global biodiversity loss and persistent, extreme rural poverty are major challenges in the face of concurrent food, energy, and environmental crises. This paper examines the role of industrial agricultural intensification and market integration as exogenous socio-ecological drivers of biodiversity loss and poverty traps in Latin America. We then analyze the potential of a food sovereignty framework, based on protecting the viability of a diverse agroecological matrix while supporting rural livelihoods and global food production. We review several successful examples of this approach, including ecological land reform in Brazil, agroforestry, milpa, and the uses of wild varieties in …

Spartan Daily, November 5, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 141, Issue 29

The New Hampshire, Vol. 103 [104], No. 16 (Nov. 5, 2013), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 103, but it is the 104th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Use Of Impact Mapping For Planning The Infrastructure In Tourist Caves - Case Study: Maquiné Cave, Brazil, Luciana Alt, Vitor Moura

National Cave and Karst Management Symposium 2013

The main objective of this article is to show how mapping and environmental impact analysis can be used to support the management decisions in tourist caves, such as infrastructure planning and monitoring efforts.

2013-November-04-Climate Change: Truth And Consequences, A Globalperspective, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Men's Tennis Media Guide 2013-14, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

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Men's Basketball Media Guide 2013-2014, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

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Women's Tennis Media Guide 2013-2014, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

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Women's Basketball Media Guide 2013-2014, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

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Daily Announcements November 2013, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Communications Office Daily Announcements

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Discovery, November 2013, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research and Discovery News

Inside this issue:

• VP Discovery update
• $ 1 .4m DOT award; DOE, NSF awards
• Discover Discovery workshops
• Research and Dessert, Nov 22
• Upjohn Center recognized for map products
• IP: Tech development fund deadline 11/22
• Graduate student research; F&A rate

Ists, November 2013, Iowa Academy Of Science

ISTS Newsletter

In this issue:

--News

--Opportunities

Richard Smith. Mapping China And Managing The World: Culture, Cartography And Cosmology In Late Imperial Times. New York: Routledge, 2013., Daniel Knorr

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Caizhen Lu. Poverty And Development In China: Alternative Approaches To Poverty Assessment. Routledge Contemporary China Series, 74. New York: Routledge. 2012., Tami Blumenfield Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Transitional Justice: Prioritizing Truth Commissions Or International Tribunals To Ensure Healing And Reconciliation, Jlateh Vincent Jappah, Danielle Taana Smith

Journal of International and Global Studies

There is a recent increased examination of the effects of international funding for truth commissions and criminal tribunals in post-conflict societies as they transition to peace. The discourse on whether to prioritize truth commissions or international criminal tribunals and which form of transitional justice more effectively fosters healing and reconciliation continues to be highly polemical. This paper explores whether, in terms of post-conflict healing and reconciliation, international funding would be better spent on truth commissions than on international criminal tribunals or vice versa. It examines the complexities and heterogeneity of transitional societies and suggests that international funding for transitional justice …

Developing Paradise: Tourism, The Local Community, And Nature In Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, John Ripton Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Las Terrenas, a town in the Samanà province of the Dominican Republic, has experienced phenomenal growth of its tourist industry. Electricity only arrived in Las Terrenas in the late 1990s, yet today, more than 70 hotels and other establishments offer thousands of rooms in tourist accommodations. In little more than two decades, the population of Las Terrenas has mushroomed from a few hundred to nearly 20,000. While the forces of commercial development integrate Las Terrenas into the global economy, its municipal infrastructure simply has not kept pace. The national government finances the construction of roads and other projects to promote …

Transnational Policy Networks In Global Water Governance In India, Vandana Asthana Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

This paper argues that in the processes of global water governance, transnational policy networks play a significant role in defining spaces of engagement that privilege certain voices and versions. These networks produce narratives that not only convey storylines of sustainable water practices but also often have embedded within them the advocacy of a particular policy instrument that they intend to promote. What appears as knowledge is often structured towards the goal at which it is directed. Using application of private sector participation in water as an example from India, the paper explores how these power/knowledge regimes are established and supported …

Taiwan: Introspecting On A Democracy At An Existential Crossroad, Raviprasad Narayanan

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review on:

• Dafydd Fell. Government and Politics in Taiwan. Abingdon: Routledge. 2012.
• Jean-Marc.F. Blanchard & Hickey, Dennis, V. (Eds.). New Thinking about the Taiwan Issue – Theoretical insights into its origins, dynamics and prospects. New York: Routledge. 2012.

Joy Hendry. Understanding Japanese Society, 4th Edition. New York: Routledge, 2013., Ilana Maymind Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Zheng Wang. Never Forget National Humiliation: Historical Memory In Chinese Politics And Foreign Relations. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012, Torsten Weber

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Xiaowei Zang. Islam, Family Life, And Gender Inequality In Urban China. London/ New York: Routledge, 2012., Vanessa Frangville Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Chad Haines. Nation, Territory And Globalisation In Pakistan: Traversing The Margins. New York: Routledge, 2012., Utathya Chattopadhyaya

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Timothy De Waal Malefyt And Robert J. Morais. Advertising And Anthropology: Ethnographic Practice And Cultural Perspectives. New York: Berg, 2012., John Mccreery Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Berenschot, Ward. Riot Politics: Hindu-Muslim Violence And The Indian State. New York: Columbia University Press, 2011., Daniel Jasper

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review

Some Observations On The Agrarian Question In The Era Of Economic Liberalisation In Sub-Saharan Africa: Which Way Forward?, Gear M. Kajoba

Zambia Social Science Journal

This paper contributes to the debate on the way forward in sub-­‐Saharan Africa with respect to the agrarian question in emerging markets under economic liberalisation. The point of departure is that since the peasantry is a temporary category which can be transformed into other social groups that can earn their living from incomes raised outside agriculture (such as from wage employment in mines, manufacturing industries, and the service sectors), not every rural dweller should be or is a farmer. Improved methods of cultivation especially with mechanisation, agricultural extension, entrepreneurship, and skills training and empowerment of women and youth; secure land …

Political Participation Of The Indian Diaspora In The Usa, Vinod Janardhanan

Journal of International and Global Studies

This essay aims to foreground the types and patterns of political participation of Asian Indians in the US and the change and continuity thereof since migration of the community began in significant numbers in the 20th century. It shows how immigration reforms and citizenship laws prevented the community, for over half a century (until at least 1965), from achieving a demographic critical mass, which is a crucial factor in becoming an effective player in the political system of the US, and the community’s reaction to these restrictions. Surveying the political participation of Indian Americans since the years prior to India’s …

Transnational And Global Processes In Modern Chinese History, Karen Teoh

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review on:

• Prasenjit Duara. The Global and Regional in China’s Nation Formation. Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2009.
• Bryna Goodman and David S. G. Goodman, eds. Twentieth-century Colonialism and China: Localities, the Everyday, and the World. London and New York: Routledge, 2012.

Leakthina Chau-Pech Ollier And Tim Winter (Eds.) Expressions Of Cambodia: The Politics Of Tradition, Identity And Change. New York: Routledge, 2012., Joann Digeorgio-Lutz Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Sally N. Cummings. Understanding Central Asia: Politics And Contested Transformations. New York: Routledge, 2012., Emilian Kavalski Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.