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You've Gotta Read This: Summer Reading At Musselman Library (2012), Musselman Library

You’ve Gotta Read This: Summer Reading at Musselman Library

Each year Musselman Library asks Gettysburg College faculty, staff, and administrators to help create a suggested summer reading list to inspire students and the rest of our campus community to take time in the summer to sit back, relax, and read. These summer reading picks are guaranteed to offer much adventure, drama, and fun!

Effects Of Natural Resource Abundance On Institutions: Which, Where And When?, Luisa Blanco, Jeffrey Nugent, Graham Veenstra

School of Public Policy Working Papers

Much research has gone into the effects of oil and other natural resources on growth in which political institutions are often seen as the link between the two. Since institutions are difficult to measure and change very slowly over time, the analysis has largely been confined to cross-country comparisons, most frequently investigating the effects on levels of democracy. This paper builds on recent analyses of the effects of oil endowments, prices and exports on democracy to examine the effects on several different types of institutional change, making use of panel data on over 100 countries between 1975 and 2005 wherever …

A Screen-Based World: Finding The Real In The Hyper-Real, Andrew Root

Faculty Publications

What is real? In our media-filled world, have we mistaken the image for the real thing? The church is called to proclaim the real, not by rejecting the use of sign and image, but by affirming those that speak the truth of our existence.

My Path In Shamanism, Michael Harner

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Shamanism, Imagery Cultivation, And Psi-Signal Detection: A Theoretical Model, Experimental Protocol, And Preliminary Data, Adam J. Rock, Lance Storm

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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Communication And Media Studies Newsletter 2012 Summer, Communications & Media Studies

Communication and Media Studies Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Indicators Of The Metroscape: Voter Turnout, Michael Burnham

Metroscape

A brief overview of statistics related to voter turnout in Oregon for the presidential elections from 1992-2008, as voters prepared for the upcoming 2012 election.

Communicator Vol. 10, No. 1, School Of Communication

Communicator: School of Communication Newsletter

SoC Engages with Coming School of Medicine; Acting & Production Class Spans Colleges; Film Students Win National PSA Competition; Alumnus Appointed to Media Initiative in West Africa

Toronto’S Private Tree By-Law: Performance Measurement Design And Cost-Benefit Analysis, Arthur Beauregard

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper presents a practical application of designing and implementing a robust performance measurement system by applying the principle of integrated management to Toronto’s private tree by-law. The robust performance measurement system is assessed based on the following five criteria: satisfying accountability reporting requirements to elected officials and to the public at large; facilitating policy and program effectiveness measurement; supporting management reviews that help inform service quality and efficiency improvements; guiding staff from the apex of management down to front line service delivery personnel on specific goals and deliverables; and increasing staff productivity, satisfaction, and motivation by providing meaningful feedback …

Gov 2.0: Exploring The Use Of Web 2.0 Tools By Local Government In Southwestern Ontario, Chandra Dougall

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines how local governments in Ontario are using Web 2.0 technologies, with a specific focus on whether or not Web 2.0 is being used by local government as a medium for citizen engagement. It uses interviews to uncover whether or not the selected municipalities in Southwestern Ontario are using social media for citizen engagement purposes, in addition to a policy review of their social media policies. The six municipalities that were selected include: South Huron, London, Dufferin County, Kitchener, Central Elgin, and one municipality that chose to remain anonymous. The findings reveal that municipalities in Southwestern Ontario are …

Public Participation In Municipal Budget Decision Process: City Of Toronto’S 2011 Core Service Review, Jiaqing He

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines the impact of public participation on decision-making, with a specific focus on the City of Toronto’s 2011 Core Service Review. It uses both qualitative and quantitative data gathered from the case. Quantitative data is collected through the feedback forms the City used for public consultation during the Core Service Review, while qualitative data is collected from both the feedback forms and the roundtable discussions held across Toronto in 2011. The findings reveal that, from a process perspective, government efforts were directed at enlarging participation through a well-designed mechanism and project promotion, while the impact analysis found that …

Involuntary Resettlement In Hydroelectric Projects: A Comparison Of Chinese And Canadian Case Studies And Implications For Best Practice, Qian Liao

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines the political systems of China and Canada with respect to involuntary resettlement induced by hydroelectric projects. It uses case studies from the two countries – namely the Three Gorges Dam in China and a series of dams in James Bay, Quebec – to analyze the similarities and differences found under each system. The findings reveal that, with regards to similarities, in both countries, certain marginalized groups were further disadvantaged as a result of resettlement and the organized resettlement practices in the two countries are relatively short, although the history of dam construction is relatively long. With regards …

Water Pricing In Ontario: Is The Price Right For Water?, John Presta

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines whether major municipalities in Ontario have changed their water rate structure in order to raise additional resources for their capital and operating requirements. The data presented has been gathered from a sample of medium and large urban areas and is based on a questionnaire, interviews, and municipal websites. The findings reveal that municipalities in Ontario have had to increase their water rates since the Walkerton tragedy in order to become compliant with new regulations and to address capital infrastructure replacement programs, but there is no evidence that they have changed their water use rate structure in order …

No Less A Firefighter: Creating Safe, Healthy, And Inclusive Work Environments For Women Firefighters In Ontario, Heidy Van Dyk

MPA Major Research Papers

This paper examines why there are so few women employed as professional firefighters in Ontario municipalities by identifying the workplace hazards and risk factors related to safety, health, and inclusion in their work environments. Data collected from an online questionnaire administered to 24 women who currently work or have previously worked as professional firefighters was analyzed using a conceptual framework based on the three elements of safety, health, and inclusion. In addition, interviews were conducted with participants who voluntarily requested to participate. The findings reveal that women firefighters are exposed to workplace hazards and risk factors either by directly experiencing, …

Negotiating In Silence: Experiences With Parental Leave In Academia, Johanna Weststar

Management and Organizational Studies Publications

This paper presents a case study of pregnancy/parental leave arrangements among faculty members at a mid-sized Canadian University from 2000-2010. The data show that leave arrangements were very inconsistent across faculties, across and within departments, and even for individual faculty members who had taken more than one leave. The majority of problematic cases were instances where a faculty member began or ended a leave in the middle of an academic term. Without specific language in their collective agreement, these faculty members often negotiated circumstances that carried individual penalties for duties that were unassigned in light of the leave. This research …

Struggling Against U.S. Labor's Decline Under Late Capitalism: Lessons For The Early 21st Century, Victor G. Devinatz

Faculty Publications – Management

The three books reviewed in this essay provide meaningful contributions
and extensions to the crucial dialog on what is needed for U. S. trade union movement revival in an era of neoliberal globalization and increasing employment insecurity. What Andrew Battista’s The Revival of Labor Liberalism, Steve Early’s Embedded with Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home, and Steve K. Ashby and C. J. Hawking’s Staley: The Fight for a New American Labor Movement make painstakingly clear is that the renewal of the U. S. labor movement — if there is to be one at this time — …

Comparing Unique Title Coverage Of Web Of Science And Scopus In Earth And Atmospheric Sciences, Philip Barnett, Claudia Lascar

Publications and Research

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Trailblazers: Moving The Library Upstream In The Digital Distribution Process, Sue Polanka

University Libraries' Staff Publications

On Dec. 20, 2010, Jamie LaRue, director of Douglas County Libraries (DCL), asked his associate director of Information technology, Monique Sendze, "Suppose a patron walked in and wanted to donate an ebook to our library. Could they?" Sendze responded, "No, I don't think so." "So, what do we have to do to be able to accept a book?" wondered LaRue. Sendze said she would find out.

It took 18 months and $100,000, but they found the answer together-locally hosting ebook content. LaRue, Sendze, and the DCL staff set out on a mission. A mission to own, not lease, electronic books. …

Effects Of Gender Composition Of Target And Sender Dyads On The Tendency To Infer Lies, Byron J. Simoneaux

Doctoral Dissertations

Lying is so common in human behavior that some have labeled it a social skill. Despite the ubiquity of lies, humans have consistently been found to be poor lie detectors. Attempts have been made to improve the accuracy of human lie detection. Unfortunately, the most successful training only improves accuracy slightly above the level of chance. Because of its importance to society, considerable effort has been aimed at developing methods to help determine when people are lying. Researching how and why humans infer that another person is lying has the potential to advance the understanding of lie detection. Researchers have …

Bayesian Approaches To Assessing Architecture And Stopping Rule, Joseph W. Houpt, Andrew Heathcote, Ami Eidels, J. T. Townsend

Psychology Faculty Publications

Much of scientific psychology and cognitive science can be viewed as a search to understand the mechanisms and dynamics of perception, thought and action. Two processing attributes of particular interest to psychologists are the architecture, or temporal relationships between sub-processes of the system, and the stopping rule, which dictates how many of the sub-processes must be completed for the system to finish. The Survivor Interaction Contrast (SIC) is a powerful tool for assessing the architecture and stopping rule of a mental process model. Thus far, statistical analysis of the SIC has been limited to null-hypothesis- significance tests. In this talk …

Editor’S Statement, David Polizzi

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

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Toward A Unified Criminology: Integrating Assumptions About Crime, People, And Society (New York University Press, 2011), Agnew Robert

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

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The Challenges Of Integrating Criminology: A Commentary On Agnew’S Toward A Unified Criminology, Henry Stuart

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

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The Perversion Of Criminology, Robinson Matthew

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

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The Power Of One?: Reflections On Agnew’S Unified Theory Of Crime, James D. Unnever

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

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Toward A Unified Criminology: Integrating Assumptions About Crime, People, And Society: A Commentary, Avi Brisman

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

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What's A Just War Theorist?, Jokic Aleksander

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

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Just War, Genocide, Or Necessity: A Critical Response To Jokic, David Polizz

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

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Book Review: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness, Justin Grinage

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

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Book Review: Psychosocial Criminology: An Introduction, Roger Schaefer

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology

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