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If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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Not Such A Big Deal, Mary Ann Liebert

Against the Grain

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Radical Theology And The Reorganization Of The Us-American Religious System, Philippe Codde

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article "Radical Theology and the Reorganization of the US-American Religious System," Philippe Codde uses the example of the highly popular movement of death-of-God theology in the 1960s to demonstrate the wide applicability for cultural research of Itamar Even-Zohar's polysystem theory and to illustrate the validity of Even-Zohar's assertion that peripheral elements in any system can yet occasion a dramatic shift in the system's central repertoires. Although Richard Rubenstein's reality model never made it to the center of the US-American religious system, his radical theology did impel the more traditional theologians in the center of the system finally to …

The Cognitive Construction Of The Self In Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, Patrick S. Bernard

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article, "The Cognitive Construction of the Self in Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God," Patrick S. explores the conception and representation of the self as a cognitive construct in Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. By this approach, Bernard proposes that cognitive paradigms, such as knowing, seeing, thinking, and speaking, for example, and their capacities to engender knowledge and perception, identity and consciousness, memory and narrative, language and speech, are central to the novel's exploration of the self as an epistemological and ideological product. Using tools of interpretation adapted from cognitive psychology and radical constructivism, …

Questions & Answers -- Copyright Column, Laura N. Gasaway

Against the Grain

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Globalisation, Empire, And The Vampire, Mario Vrbančić

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper, "Globalisation, Empire, and the Vampire," Mario Vrbančić opens up the question of the possibility of a dialectical utopian thinking in postmodernism. Following Lacanian psychoanalytic theory, Vrbančić analyses the vampire as the nation looking both at Hardt and Negri's theory of Empire and Žižek psychoanalytically inclined theory of nationalist identification. The vampire always occurs in the wake and decay of Empires: Dracula embodies Victorian fears of the infestation of the undead by invading the imperial centre; in America vampires disperse and multiply in popular culture and the mass media; in a newly emerging global order (Empire) they may …

Funding Development Ngos: A Comparative Study, Niveen Mohamed Badawi

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Civil Society In Northern Uganda: Constraints And Possibilities, Jasmina Brankovic

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Sacralizing National Identity In Egypt, Hind Fatfat

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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The Private Costs Of Free Education In Egypt At The Basic Stage, Sahar Mohamed Hegazi

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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The Construction Of A National Identity In Exile: Palestinians In Egypt, Wael Mohamed Ismail

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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The Nixon Legacy: How It Informed The Administration Of George W. Bush, Carolyn C La Fontaine

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Dealing With Hamas: An Analysis Of The Boycott Of Hamas, Stine Lill Loge

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Negotiating Peace In Sudan : An Analysis Of The Factors Leading To The Comprehensive Peace Agreement In 2005, Ghada Mashamoun

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Medium-Term Impact Of Microcredit Schemes On Business And Household Welfare: A Case Study From Manshiet Nasser, Cairo, Else Kathrine Nesmoen

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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The Experience Of Protest: Masculinity And Agency Among Young Sudanese Refugee Males In Cairo, Martin Timothy Rowe

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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New Imaginings: Hizballah, Iran, And The Dynamics Of Articulation, Hebah Farrag

Archived Theses and Dissertations

“New Imaginings: Hizballah, Iran, and the Dynamics of Articulation,” a masters thesis for the American University in Cairo by Hebah H. Farrag, under the supervision of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Dr. Martina Rieker, and Dr. Pandeli Glavanis addresses the rise in the politics of identification in Islamism today. The resistance narrative in the Middle East has undergone radical changes in the last two decades; transforming, adapting, and metamorphosing in response to local, regional and global conditions. Corresponding with these rapid changes, the politics of identification has taken center stage. The recent alliance between Iran and Venezuela, corresponding with a shift …

Foreign Direct Investment And Development Objectives In The Republic Of Uganda, David Olanya

Archived Theses and Dissertations

This study develops an analytical framework for investigating Government of Ugandaâ s support for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) development paradigm. It compares macroeconomic and institutional incentives in attracting FDI and institutional weaknesses. This study also discusses the nature of FDI, benefits of FDI in terms of its spillovers, and strategic issues and policies for managing stakeholders in the economy. While Ugandan government maintains the view that improving on policy environment will attract FDI to address the countryâ s development challenges, this study found out that, progress in policy environment (fiscal incentives, political stability, and good regulation) does not automatically lead …

You And Me And Google Makes Three: Welcoming Google Into The Reference Interview, Jill Cirasella

Publications and Research

Library patrons often approach the reference desk with indirect, incomplete, or misleading questions, known as "ill-formed" questions. Transforming ill-formed questions into well-formed ones is a crucial part of the reference interview, and Google can be an active participant in that process. This paper discusses how Google can help librarians and patrons deal with incomplete citations, incorrect citations, incorrect spellings, tip-of-the-tongue questions, and forgotten searches.

Music Circulating Libraries In France: An Overview And A Preliminary List, Anita Breckbill, Carole Goebes

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The year is 1867 in Paris during the Second Empire. A musician sets off one day from his flat in a building several centuries old situated on the north side of the city. He is mulling over finances, and he feels lucky to have the place. Though the building is six floors tall with a narrow spiral staircase, the ground floor apartment was available when he was looking, and the piano movers were just able to shoehorn in his forty-year- old Erard piano.

He has a package under his arm, and he is on a mission, but he pauses upon …

Ready Yourself For Newsroom Cuts:The Eight "Rs" Of Preparation For These Uncertain Times, Carla Kimbrough

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

One really cannot escape the reality: Newspaper and magazine industries are shrinking. Layoffs and buyouts are frequent occurrences. We see it in headlines, coast to coast. We hear from colleagues. Sometimes, we experience it ourselves. So, what if you are presented a pink slip? What are you to do? If the day comes and you are on the list to go, here are some "Rs" to help you through this time.

A Hierarchy Of Medicine: Health Strategies Of Elder Khmer Refugees In The United States, Denise C. Lewis

The Qualitative Report

This study addresses ways Khmer refugee elders utilize traditional herbal medicine with Western biomedicine in the treatment and prevention of illnesses. Methods include semi-structured and informal interviews with elders and family members, semi-structured interviews with local health care providers and Khmer physicians, and participant observation of everyday life and actions specific to health beliefs and behaviors. Data reveal a reliance on traditional medical ideology for understanding and treating illnesses. Utilizing a traditional ideology, Khmer elders rely heavily on traditional treatments and use Western biomedicine as supplements or adjuncts to traditional preventive and curative practices. This research has important implications for …

Library Delivery 2.0: Delivering Library Materials In The Age Of Netflix, Lori Bowen Ayre

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article discusses how Netflix and similar services are shaping expectations about product delivery, which in turn are driving libraries to rethink how items are delivered to their patrons. Library Delivery 2.0 refers to the idea of delivering library materials into the user's hands in a way that is personalized, convenient, and fast. Library Delivery 2.0 builds on the concept of Library 2.0, a new model of library service that operates according to the expectations of today's library users. Library Delivery 2.0 is a new model of library delivery service that operates according to the expectations of today's users. In …

Research Authority In The Age Of Google: Equilibrium Sought, Mariana Regalado

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The development of the web caused a major shift in the relationship of students, instructors, and librarians to information. Students gained newfound authority as savvy, experienced users of technology, and the web in particular. Students often perceived any results as search success. Librarians' role as gate-keepers to information is more vital than ever. Though the academic value of user-authenticated information is still a topic of some debate, there is a growing acceptance of these resources. Academic librarians in particular serve as the counterweight in the new research equilibrium. Librarians continue to do what they have long done, that is, provide …

Digg.Com And Socially-Driven Authority, Steven Ovadia

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

For years, librarians have been able to distill the notion of authority, in its purest form, to two simple questions: Who said it? and Under whose auspices? Now, as more content migrates online, understanding authority is a more complex process. Social news sites, like Digg.com allow these traditional authority structures to be bypassed, creating a new, socially-driven authority, based upon an author expertise that is not necessarily recognized by academia. In order for researchers, especially student researchers, to evaluate these sources, they must learn to construct their own authority.

Teaching "Global Project Management" With Distributed Team Projects, Randy Weinberg, Benjamin Gan

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The education of rising professionals must keep pace with changing forces of globalization and the realities of distributed work. Students who understand the basics of global project management, teamwork and collaboration are likely to find themselves at a competitive advantage over those who do not. This article describes the experiences in an undergraduate course called Global Project Management offered concurrently at two universities, one in the U.S. and one in Singapore, and incorporating collaborative student projects.

Evaluation Of The Dc Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After One Year, Patrick J. Wolf, Babette Gutmann, Michael Puma, Lou Rizzo, Nada Eissa, Marsha Silverberg

School Choice Demonstration Project

School choice remains an important part of the national discussion on education reform strategies and their benefits. While a variety of policies encourage parents’ selection of schools for their children―for example, charter schools, magnet schools, and district open enrollment―scholarships that allow students to attend a private school have received the most attention. The U.S. Congress’ passage of the District of Columbia School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 in January 2004 provided a unique opportunity not only to implement a system of private school choice for low-income students in the District, but also to rigorously assess the effects of the Program …

Electoral Laws As Political Consequences: Explaining The Origins And Change Of Electoral Institutions, Kenneth Benoit

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

In this review article, I identify the key questions raised by the treatment of electoral systems not as causal influences on party systems but as effects or byproducts of party systems. Framing these questions in the context of the classic consequences-oriented study of electoral institutions, I first review the classic approach, which treats electoral systems as causes, and explore the potential implications when electoral systems are viewed instead as outcomes of party systems. I then survey a variety of principal explanations of the origins and change of electoral laws, followed by a focus on several of the more explicitly defined …

Middle Class Star, John Yinger

Center for Policy Research

It’s Elementary is a series of essays on topics in education and education policy. The main focus is on education finance in New York State, but general research findings in education and education policy issues in several other states are also discussed. John Yinger, Professor of Economics and Public Administration at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University is the author of most of these essays, although a few are written by or co-authored with other scholars.

Lsuhsc Facilities Biweekly Update: June 2007, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates: 2007

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates from June 8 and 22, 2006.

These updates describe damage and a timeline of repairs at the LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans campus due to Hurricane Katrina which made landfall August 29, 2005.