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Ahmed, A. Journey Into Europe: The Specter Of Islam, Immigration And Empire. (Film), 2015. (Journeyintoeurope.Com)., Raymond Scupin

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Alexander Reid Ross (Ed.). Grabbing Back: Essays Against The Global Land Grab. Edinburgh: Ak Press, 2014., Ronald Kephart Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Institute, Middle East Research. Egypt: Meri Report. Middle East Research Institute Routledge Revivals: Abdingdon: Routledge, 2015., Jessica Carlisle

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Institute Of Middle East Research. Turkey: Meri Report. Middle East Research Institute Routledge Revivals. New York: Routledge, 2015., Efrat E. Aviv Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Biao, X., Yeoh, B.S.A., Toyota, M. (Eds.) Return: Nationalizing Transnational Mobility In Asia. Durham: Duke University Press, 2013., D. Parthasarathy Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Chan, C.K. & Kinglun Ngok (Eds). Welfare Reform In East Asia: Towards Workfare? New York: Routledge, 2011., Aiqun Hu Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Faith Based Organizations And The Neoliberal State: Creating Resistance In Northern Argentina, Laurie Occhipinti Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

One of the fundamental tenets and practices of neoliberalism in Argentina was the withdrawal of the state from providing a range of social services to its citizens. The economic imperative of reducing spending coincided with an ideological push to limit the size of the state. Faith based organizations (FBOs) were among the actors who stepped in to fill the gap left by the retraction of services such as basic education and health care. In Argentina, the Catholic Church failed to offer opposition to years of military dictatorship but was effectively mobilized a decade later in resisting neoliberalism. This paper uses …

Emon, Anver M., Mark Ellis, And Benjamin Glahn, (Eds.). Islamic Law And International Human Rights Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012., Turan Kayaoglu Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Golub, Alex. Leviathans At The Gold Mine: Creating Indigenous And Corporate Actors In Papua New Guinea. Durham And London: Duke University Press, 2014., Paul Roscoe Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Mcallister, C. & D. Nelson (Eds.) War By Other Means: Aftermath In Post-Genocide Guatemala. Durham And London: Duke University Press, 2013., Evi Kostner

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Mavani. H. Religious Authority And Political Thought In Twelver Shi’Ism: From Ali To Post-Khomeini. London And New York: Routledge, 2013., Habil. Agata S. Nalborczyk Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Patagonia Con Poder: El Éxito De La Oposición Frente El Proyecto Hidroaysén, Nathaniel Korn

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This investigation analyzes the movement in opposition to the HidroAysén project in Southern Chile that is often referred to as and uses the slogan “Patagonia Sin Represas” (Patagonia Without Dams). The investigation is framed through collective action theory, the study of what incentives and other factors create the conditions for mobilization and group action. In the context of social movements it is usually argued that there needs to be a better cost-benefit scenario for each actor to be involved than there is to not be involved in the movement. Immediately following return of democracy to Chile in the 1990’s social …

The Environment And Civil War: Exploring The Relationship Between The Environmental Performance Index And Incidence Of Internal Armed Conflict, Katerina N. Krohn

Student Publications

The state of the environment is receiving increasing attention. Environmental quality’s possible relationship to violent conflict attracts both popular and academic interest. Prior research has found support for the idea that environmental scarcity is related to higher occurrences of civil war. There have been few comprehensive quantitative studies regarding this relationship. This study tests a more general argument that higher environmental quality can lead to fewer occurrences of internal armed conflict. The study utilizes an environmental performance index found in the Quality of Government Standard Dataset to test its hypothesis. The study finds that the higher the environmental performance index …

Assessing The Sustainability Of Selective Logging In Ankarabolava-Agnakatrika New Protected Area, Eileen Nakahata

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Over the past 50 years, more than 90% of dense low-altitude humid forest in the District of Vangaindrano has been lost to deforestation and the remaining fragments continue to be threatened by slash and burn agriculture and selective cutting by local populations. These activities are driven by widespread poverty, population growth, and lack of development, which have made subsistence increasingly difficult. This study investigates logging rates and the stock of five commercially valuable trees in the Ankarabolava-Agnakatrika New Protected Area. Fifteen 1000m² transects were established systematically within the territory of the Matanga commune. Within each transect data was collected …

Delta Narratives: Saving The Historical And Cultural Heritage Of The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Steve Boilard, Robert Benedetti, Margit Aramburu, Gregg Camfield, Philip Garone, Jennifer Helzer, Reuben Smith, William Swagerty, Marcia Eymann, Tod Ruhstaller, David Stuart, Leigh Johnsen, Dylan Mcdonald, Michael J. Wurtz, Blake Roberts, Margo Lentz-Meyer

College of the Pacific Faculty Reports

From August 2014 through July 2015, the Delta Narratives project, on contract to the Delta Protection Commission, addressed two questions. First, in what ways does the historical experience of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta contribute to an understanding of key themes in regional and American history? Second, how might Delta stories gain wider appreciation within the region, throughout Northern California, and among people in the rest of California and beyond?

Scholars on the project team documented ways the history of the Delta illustrates trends in land management and reclamation, technological shifts in transportation and agriculture, the impact of ethnicity and labor …

Review Of Developing Quantitative Literacy Skills In History And The Social Sciences: A Web-Based Common Core Approach By Kathleen W. Craver, Victor J. Ricchezza, H L. Vacher

Numeracy

Kathleen W. Craver. Developing Quantitative Literacy Skills in History and Social Sciences: A Web-Based Common Core Standards Approach (Lantham MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2014). 191 pp.
ISBN 978-1-4758-1050-9 (cloth); ISBN …-1051-6 (pbk); ISBN…-1052-3 (electronic).

This book could be a breakthrough for teachers in the trenches who are interested in or need to know about quantitative literacy (QL). It is a resource providing 85 topical pieces, averaging 1.5 pages, in which a featured Web site is presented, described, and accompanied by 2-4 critical-thinking questions purposefully drawing on data from the Web site. The featured Web sites range from …

Écriture(S) De La Nature Au Québec : Un Champ À Défricher, Mariève Isabel

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

Are there literary works oriented toward the questions of nature and environment in Quebec’s literature? If so, under which forms does this corpus present itself? This article will explore different types of nature writing in Quebec, including examples from travel literature, agrarian novel, natural history, regionalism, and environmental literature. After reflecting on the presence of ecocriticism in Quebec, various works will be presented in order to show that nature writing in Quebec is rich and varied, and that there is potential for a québécois ecocriticism.

Challenges And Opportunities For Development Of Sustainable Tourism In Bosnia And Herzegovina, Clifford J. Shultz, Almir Peštek, Eve Geroulis

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

An examination of the challenges of sustainable tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Lawn Dissidents: Performing Whiteness Through Sustainability In Urban Residential Yards, Amy Lebowitz

Geography Honors Projects

“Lawn dissidents” are people who violate norms of turfgrass yards often found in suburbia. This thesis uses ethnographic methods to examine how these subjects’ sustainability-oriented lawn alternatives create meaning by manifesting values and performing identities. I argue that such lawn alternatives operate as positional goods that inscribe exclusion into landscapes. “Green” yardscapes yield social and environmental benefits to “dissidents” while burying the ways capitalism codes lawn alternatives, enacting a regime of whiteness no better for equity and inclusion than suburban lawns. Nonetheless, I turn hopefully to sharing economies as tools to expand sustainability initiatives beyond elite, eco-conscious whiteness.

Whom Do You Trust? Doubt And Conspiracy Theories In The 2009 Influenza Pandemic, Shawn C. Smallman Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

The 2009 pandemic of H1N1 influenza led people around the globe to create narratives about the epidemic defined by the question of trust; these narratives ranged from true conspiracy theories to simply accounts in which mistrust and betrayal formed a motif. In particular, most of these narratives reflected a fear of capitalism and globalization, although in specific regions, other issues—such as religion—played a more central role. These stories were not unique to the H1N1 pandemic but rather have appeared with every contemporary outbreak of infectious disease. This paper will examine conspiracy theories and moral panics related to the H1N1 pandemic …

From “The Silent Spring” To The Globalization Of The Environmental Movement, Habibul H. Khondker Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

This paper traces the history of environmental movement and the growing awareness of sustainable living in the past half a century. Taking The Silent Spring of Rachel Spring (published in 1962) as a point of departure, this paper navigates through the interplay of awareness and consciousness raising, knowledge production, institution building, environmental movement and its globalization. The paper examines the lack of development of a holistic understating of environmental challenges of the world in the face of issue-based social movements. The paper presents the transformation of the conceptualization of development from a narrow “economic development” as measured in income growth …

Asian International Students’ College Experience: Relationship Between Quality Of Personal Contact And Gains In Learning, Krishna Bista Ed.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

This study examines associations between Asian international students’ quality of personal contact and gains in learning. Based on a sample of 705 Asian international students, results indicate that Asian international students’ relationships with peers, faculty, and administrative staff are positively associated with five domains of gains of learning (i.e., personal development, science and technology, general education, vocational preparation, and intellectual skills). Academic level, length of stay, and country of origin predicted gains in learning when all independent variables were included in the model. Implications for the positive college experience for Asian students are discussed.

Ardıç, Nurullah. Islam And The Politics Of Secularism: The Caliphate And Middle Eastern Modernization In The Early 20th Century (Soas/Routledge Studies On The Middle East). London: Routledge, 2013., Cengiz Sisman Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

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Stenslie, Stig. Regime Stability In Saudi Arabia: The Challenge Of Succession. London And New York: Routledge, 2012, Carool Kersten Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

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Haynes, Jeffrey (Ed.). Routledge Handbook Of Democratization. London And New York: Routledge, 2012., Laurens De Rooij

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

David Held And Kristian Ulrichsen, (Eds.). The Transformation Of The Gulf: Politics, Economics And The Global Order. New York: Routledge, 2012., Laura Frances Goffman

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Keeping Pace With Cyber Power, Defense, And Warfare, Michael Olender

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review on:

• Joseph S. Nye, Jr., The Future of Power. New York: PublicAffairs, 2011.
• Daniel Ventre (ed.), Cyber Conflict: Competing National Perspectives. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• Paulo Shakarian, Jana Shakarian, and Andrew Ruef, Introduction to Cyber-Warfare: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Amsterdam and Boston: Syngress, 2013.

How Will China Shape The Global And Regional Order?, Gunjan Singh

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review on:

• Xiaoming Huang and Robert G. Patnam. (Eds.). China and the International System: Becoming a world power. New York and London: Routledge,
• 2013 Yong Wook Lee and Key-young Son, (Eds.). China’s Rise and Regional Integration in East Asia: Hegemony or community? New York and London: Routledge, 2014

Hooglund, E. & Stenberg, L. (Eds.). Navigating Contemporary Iran: Challenging Economic, Social And Political Perceptions. New York And London: Routledge, 2012., Kathleen Foody Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Christopher Davidson (Ed.). Power And Politics In The Persian Gulf Monarchies. London: Hurst & Company, 2011., Anas Alahmed

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.