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Seconds - Newsletter, Wku Student Government Association

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WKU Student Government Association newsletter, Seconds:

• Vol. 7, No. 1, September 21, 1999
• Vol. 7, No. 2, September 28, 1999
• Vol. 7, No. 7, November 30, 1999

On Political Predictability And Control: A Contribution From Rehabilitation Psychology, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article continues the series on research reported at the 1999 American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August 24, 1999. The topic this week concerns perspectives on predictability and control from the field of rehabilitation psychology and implications of these perspectives for political psychology.

Trends. Enemy Images And The Inscrutable Chinese: Implications For United States/People's Republic Of China Trade Talks, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the United States (US) foreign policy towards the Chinese nation.

Trends. Timorous In East Timor, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the attacks, by analysts, on Western powers for not having anticipated that significant atrocities would occur in East Timor if the recent referendum clearly reflected support for East Timor's independence from Indonesia.

Bill #99-10-F - Information Technology Director, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Bill to create SGA position of Information Technology Director.

Bill #99-3-F - Campus Clean Up, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Bill to sponsor campus wide clean up.

Bill #99-2-F - Professional Development Workshops, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Bill to sponsor a series of professional development workshops for students.

Group Therapy Through An Internet Chat Room: Implications For Virtual Politics, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article continues a series on research presented at the 1999 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. The article provides empirical data that have implications for the psychology of a virtual politics that is increasingly common in a globalized world.

Ibpp Research Associates: East Timor, Anonymous

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article is a rushed letter from an anonymous individual involved in East Timor in late August or early September 1999 when Indonesian troops were present in the area. The letter was sent to the International Peace Practitioners Network (IPPN). For reference, IPPN is a project of the Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association and of Psychologists for Social Responsibility

The letter itself was subsequently forwarded to IBPP by IPPN, and the content of the letter was not verified by IBPP.

IBPP commentary includes a discussion of the role of political psychologists, and other interested parties, in the …

Trends. An Implosion Of Ideology: Bosnia, Kosovo, Northern Ireland, Palestine, The Soviet Union, And Beyond, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses multiethnic, representative democracies (MRDs) that often promulgate and effect foreign policies that are founded on the ideological premise that instilling MRDs throughout the world is necessarily the optimal road to Good.

Trends. Political Action, Security, And, Isolation: Zapatista Dilemma, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The articles discusses the positive and negative consequences that Isolation has on political action.

Internet Addiction As Diagnostic Addiction, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article continues the series on research reported at the 1999 American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August 20-24, 1999. The topic this week concerns the nexus of politics and the diagnosis of mental disorder. The construct of Internet addiction is used as an example.

Ibpp Research Associates: Azerbaijan, Government Of Azerbaijan, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article involves fragments of the English language version of the constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic- -in force since November 27, 1995. The full version of the document is currently available at https://en.president.az/azerbaijan/constitution.

The following articles from the Azerbaijani constitution are listed, complete with text from the document:

• Article 72. Principal Obligations of Citizens.
• Article 73. Taxes and other State Duties.
• Article 74. Loyalty to Homeland.
• Article 75. Respect For State Symbols.
• Article 76. Defense of Homeland.
• Article 77. Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments.
• Article 78. Environmental Protection.
• Article 79. Prohibition to Execute Responsibilities Contradicting The Law.
• Article …

What Can An Honest Officer Do?, T N Seshan

IIMB Management Review

Much is being said today about good governance when it is undoubtedly a scarce commodity all over the country. Instead of wondering whether to change to a presidential form of government, or revamping the entire system, T N Seshan suggests a good dose of honesty and adherence to the letter of the law. Whatever is best administrated is best, he maintains, and it is possible for an honest officer to function and to govern properly without changing the rules, if he establishes a reputation for uncompromising honesty.

What Will Self-Admissions Of Atrocities Beget? The Case Of The Serbian Nation, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article examines the possible consequences of admitting national guilt in the perpetration of atrocities.

When Bad Leads To Good: Airplane Crashes And The Political Psychology Of Stress, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article begins a series on research presented at the 1999 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. The article suggests some of the complexities in the construct of stress and applies them to research on the psychological aftermath of surviving an airplane crash.

Trends. Racism, Racial Profiling, And Espionage: Wen Ho Lee As Victim?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author further discusses aspects of the Los Alamos National Laboratory espionage event.

Are There Differences Between Open And Closed Minds?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article outlines the case for significant congruence between open and closed minds as hypothetical constructs applied to ideological conflict in a political environment.

Trends. Why Terrorism Will Continue In The Twenty-First Century, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The articles discusses the advantages of terrorism as a tool to achieve political objectives.

Trends. Kosovo: The Latest Reification Of Boundaries?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the boundary issues of Yugoslavia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo.

Superpower Status And Paranoia: Costs And Benefits, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the inevitable paranoia and varied consequences that accrue towards a political superpower.

Trends. The Continuing Saga Of Sex And The United States Armed Forces, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses United States (US) Air Force General John Ralston who is on track to be the next military commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and his prior inappropriate sexual misconduct.

Trends. North Korea And The Taepodong 2: When Good Intentions Have Bad Consequences, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the United States (US) and some of its allies that continue to assert their foreign policy towards North Korea (NK).

Comments On Political Violence, Peace Activism, And Mythopoeic Historiography, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes how various conceptions of history can significantly precipitate and nourish political violence--and yield a frustrating agenda for the peace activist.

Can One Control People Who Can't Control Themselves? A Personnel Security Challenge, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies a psychological phenomenon that is often ignored, discounted, and/or mismanaged within the personnel security programs of government and business.

The "As Ifs" Of Domestic Political Opposition To The Government Of The People's Republic Of China, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a class of strategies that has long been instrumental in opposing the political power of others towards oneself. Domestic political opposition towards the People's Republic of China is used as an example.

Trends. Ehud Barak And Peace: Mistakes On The 15-Month Mistake, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the citings of many analysts, journalists, and diplomats--the last often speaking on an unattributed basis--a huge error in the current quest for peace between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority and between Israel and Syria and Lebanon.

Trends. Immaterial Materialism: The Communist Party Confronts Falun Gong And Qi Gong In The People's Republic Of China, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the April 1999 demonstration by members of the Falun Gong sect outside the Zhongnanhai compound in Beijing.

Trends. Evolution, Devolution, And Northern Ireland: Ever Closer To Bloody Sunday?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the latest deadline for the devolution of significant political power from the British Parliament to a new Assembly in Northern Ireland.

Ibpp Research Associates: Nigeria, Staff Writer - The Post Express

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author - a staff writer at The Post Express - discusses The Express, describing it as an independent newspaper based out of Ogun, Nigeria and dedicated to promoting the prospects of democracy and justice in Nigeria and to reaching those who have not abandoned the faith that human affairs are best administered in the spirit of reason and in a climate of true democracy. This description led into a short article - Senate Honours Abiola - which described the honoring of the late Chief Abiola, presumed winner of the 6/12/1993 presidential election who died in detention.

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