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Reviewers And Referees Apr 2025

Reviewers And Referees

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


96th Annual Iass Conference Call For Papers Apr 2025

96th Annual Iass Conference Call For Papers

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Volume 27, Issue 2 Full Contents Apr 2025

Volume 27, Issue 2 Full Contents

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Statement From The Indiana Academy Of The Social Sciences And Board Of Directors Apr 2025

Statement From The Indiana Academy Of The Social Sciences And Board Of Directors

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Author Biographical Notes Apr 2025

Author Biographical Notes

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Mobilizing Discord On The United States’ Many Borders: Critical Social Science And Geopolitical Complexity, Margath Walker Apr 2025

Mobilizing Discord On The United States’ Many Borders: Critical Social Science And Geopolitical Complexity, Margath Walker

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

Attention to the political landscape connecting the United States, Mexico, and Central America has returned with glaring intensity, highlighting the visibly geostrategic elements of bordering practice. Scholars have focused on how state power materializes at multiple scales while at the same time being attentive to the contestable and mutable nature of myriad agentic forces. This talk operates similarly by considering prospects for a frictional and at times ambiguous spatial politics. I extend the notion of discord as a productive lens through which to consider securitization, mobility, and migration. I use two short examples—the border-industrial complex and migrant caravans—to illustrate my …


Editorial History Apr 2025

Editorial History

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

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Mission And Editorial Policy Apr 2025

Mission And Editorial Policy

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Religiosity And Violence Prevention Programs On Violence Amongst Adolescents In The U.S., Ngoc Nguyen, John Paulson, Quentin Maynard, Thu T. Ha Apr 2025

The Impact Of Religiosity And Violence Prevention Programs On Violence Amongst Adolescents In The U.S., Ngoc Nguyen, John Paulson, Quentin Maynard, Thu T. Ha

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

Youth violence is a societal concern in the United States due to its negative consequences on individuals and communities. The current study aimed to examine the potential mitigating factors of violence prevention programs and religiosity in reducing youth violence among African American, White, Hispanic, and Asian American adolescents in the United States. It also tested the moderation effects of sex on religiosity and violence prevention programs with youth violence. Results of the main effects revealed that adolescents who attended violence prevention programs were generally less likely to engage in violence than those who did not; and that adolescents who were …


Best Businesses For New Urbanist Communities: A Retake, Karl Besel, Tonya Thornton, Yusuf A. Nur, Kenneth Chilton Apr 2025

Best Businesses For New Urbanist Communities: A Retake, Karl Besel, Tonya Thornton, Yusuf A. Nur, Kenneth Chilton

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

Place defines the linkages between space and representation. Several theoretical concepts attempt to examine how people perceive a place and even their purpose as a part of it, including it being as a prescribed way of life, a public ideology to ascribe to, and as a set geographical residence. More often than not, this “sense” is simply categorized by a rural-urban continuum dictated by health and wealth. New Urbanism communities is an urban design movement that promotes a sense of community by designing walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods that are environmentally friendly and provide a wide range of housing and job types. …


George C. Roberts Award Recipients Apr 2025

George C. Roberts Award Recipients

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Statement From The Indiana Academy Of The Social Sciences And Board Of Directors Jan 2025

Statement From The Indiana Academy Of The Social Sciences And Board Of Directors

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Editor-In-Chief's Note, Surekha Rao Jan 2025

Editor-In-Chief's Note, Surekha Rao

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Reviewers And Referees Jan 2025

Reviewers And Referees

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


George C. Roberts Award Recipients Jan 2025

George C. Roberts Award Recipients

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Call For Papers Jan 2025

Call For Papers

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


In Memoriam: Bruce Bigelow, 1943 - 2025, Kenneth Colburn Jan 2025

In Memoriam: Bruce Bigelow, 1943 - 2025, Kenneth Colburn

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Exploring Characteristics Of Indiana's Local Park And Recreation Leaders, Amy L. Gregg, James A. Jones, Halyn Ferris Jan 2025

Exploring Characteristics Of Indiana's Local Park And Recreation Leaders, Amy L. Gregg, James A. Jones, Halyn Ferris

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

This was an exploratory study about the characteristics of Indiana’s local leaders in parks and recreation. Results of a statewide survey showed different roles of employees and volunteers in local agencies. In managing the supply side of recreation, they reported vast differences in scale of levels of populations served and natural resources managed, such as acres and trails. The Northern, Central and Southern regions were compared for types of local government, communities of different sizes, and nonprofit collaboration. Local leaders represented municipal, township and county providers collaborating with other local community organizations. Results showed that size of community served affected …


Author Biographical Notes Jan 2025

Author Biographical Notes

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Editorial History Jan 2025

Editorial History

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Mission And Editorial Policy Jan 2025

Mission And Editorial Policy

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Volume 28, Issue 1 Full Contents Jan 2025

Volume 28, Issue 1 Full Contents

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Editor's Note Sep 2024

Editor's Note

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Are Economic Gender Differences The Same Everywhere? Cross-Societal Comparisons In The Early 21st Century, Joyce P. Jacobsen Sep 2024

Are Economic Gender Differences The Same Everywhere? Cross-Societal Comparisons In The Early 21st Century, Joyce P. Jacobsen

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

Are gender differences in economic outcomes the same everywhere? Using the most recent available data (generally from the 2021–2023 period), I consider the patterns for these gender differences and provide an annotated list of statistical sources for students and researchers to use in exploring these differences. Overall, women still work less than men in paid work, work more than men in unpaid household work, and make less than men; however, these patterns have converged somewhat, with some narrowing of work and pay gaps relative to the last part of the 20th century, and with women rapidly closing the educational-attainment gap …


Author Biographical Notes Sep 2024

Author Biographical Notes

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Mission And Editorial Policy Sep 2024

Mission And Editorial Policy

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Statement From The Indiana Academy Of The Social Sciences And Board Of Directors Sep 2024

Statement From The Indiana Academy Of The Social Sciences And Board Of Directors

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Volume 27, Issue 1 Full Contents Sep 2024

Volume 27, Issue 1 Full Contents

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.


Between Governance And Markets: An Assessment Of Environmental Boundary Organizations, Andy Tuholski Sep 2024

Between Governance And Markets: An Assessment Of Environmental Boundary Organizations, Andy Tuholski

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

This article considers the genesis, characteristics, and dynamics of boundary organizations as they apply specifically to environmental boundary objects, that is, pieces of science on which policy is reliant. Boundary organizations have been widely discussed since the 1990s but are undertheorized in terms of political concepts; this paper approaches environmental boundary organizations as essentially liberal vehicles of power using Lukes’ definition, in which the liberal dimension of power is divided into (a) eliciting and (b) meeting wants of stakeholders equitably. Environmental boundary organizations are compared and contrasted with single-perspective organizations (that is, organizations beholden to either government or industry) and …


Reviewers And Referees Sep 2024

Reviewers And Referees

Midwest Social Sciences Journal

No abstract provided.