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The Gulf Cooperative Council And The Arab Spring, Ahmed Souaiaia Dec 2011

The Gulf Cooperative Council And The Arab Spring, Ahmed Souaiaia

Ahmed E SOUAIAIA

No abstract provided.


Apathy In The Face Of Cruelty, Ahmed Souaiaia Dec 2011

Apathy In The Face Of Cruelty, Ahmed Souaiaia

Ahmed E SOUAIAIA

No abstract provided.


Black Visibility, Early Political Victories, And Income Inequality, Pamela Jackson, Gail Marhewka Jul 2011

Black Visibility, Early Political Victories, And Income Inequality, Pamela Jackson, Gail Marhewka

Pamela Irving Jackson

Racial income inequality has long been viewed as an indicator of discrimination against blacks and as reflective of their subordinate group status in the United States. Researchers have tried to isolate the structural, demographic, and geo- graphic catalysts of discrimination and, hence, of racial income inequality in U.S. urban areas. Much attention has been paid to the influence of minority group presence-that is, percent black-on income inequality. The impetus for this attention has been that percent black may be determinant of the threat perceived by the white population and, therefore, of the discrimination initiated against the minority (see Blalock, 1956: …


Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation, Richard Mora Dec 2010

Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Model Minority, Richard Mora Dec 2010

Model Minority, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Charter Schools, Market Capitalism, And Obama’S Neoliberal Agenda., Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis Dec 2010

Charter Schools, Market Capitalism, And Obama’S Neoliberal Agenda., Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


Fair Trade And Fair Trade Certification Of Food And Agricultural Commodities: Promises, Pitfalls, And Possibilities, Sarasij Majumder Dec 2010

Fair Trade And Fair Trade Certification Of Food And Agricultural Commodities: Promises, Pitfalls, And Possibilities, Sarasij Majumder

Sarasij Majumder

The global circulation of food and agricultural commodities is increasingly influenced by the ethical choices of Western consumers and activists who want to see a socially and environmentally sustainable trade regime in place. These desires have culminated in the formation of an elaborate system of rules, which govern the physical and social conditions of food production and circulation, reflected in transnational ethical regimes such as fair trade. Fair trade operates through certifying producer communities with sustainable production methods and socially just production relationships. By examining interdisciplinary academic engagements with fair trade, we argue that fair trade certification is a transnational …


Monitor The Future Survey, Richard Mora Dec 2010

Monitor The Future Survey, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.


‘Properly, With Love, From Scratch’: Jamie Oliver’S Food Revolution, K. Valentine Cadieux Dec 2010

‘Properly, With Love, From Scratch’: Jamie Oliver’S Food Revolution, K. Valentine Cadieux

K. Valentine Cadieux

What to eat is of great concern to the U.S. public; it is the subject of social organizing at many scales and the focus of significant academic discussion. This article analyzesJamie Oliver's Food Revolution (JOFR), a much-discussed reality show that aired in 2010 in the United States, in which English celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, well known in the United Kingdom for directing government and public attention to school lunch, brought his campaign to promote fresh-cooked food to Huntington, West Virginia. We recognize the capacity of JOFR to encourage people to act on behalf of their and their …


Joaquín Murrieta, Richard Mora Dec 2010

Joaquín Murrieta, Richard Mora

Richard Mora

No abstract provided.