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Presidential Job Approval Rating Analysis Through Social Media, Subramanian Venkataraman, Subramanian Venkataraman

Dissertations and Theses

The aim of this study is to identify patterns in President Trump’s approval in the

Twitter universe through Social Media and Sentiment Analysis, and compare

against scientific polling to get meaningful insights on the limitations of Social

Media Analytics. For the purposes for this exercise, results from scientific polling

will be considered the true measure of approval, and will be used as control. In

order to perform sentiment analysis, we have used supervisory learning using

Naive Bayes Classifier algorithm which produced 0.862667 accuracy levels.

All In - And More! Gambling In The James Bond Films, Pauliina Raento

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

Scholarly analysis of gambling in the James Bond films is rare, despite the multitude of topics in Bondology and the fictional agent’s global fame. The odd commentary in gambling scholarship criticizes the franchise from the perspective of harm prevention. This article counters both groups of scholars with a qualitative interpretation of Bond’s gambling habits and the role of gambling and risk taking in the film series. A basic toolkit of visual methodologies is applied to the 24 EON-produced Bond films released in 1962–2015. The examination shows the critical importance of gambling to character identity, power hierarchies and communication, atmosphere, and …

The Importance Of Transportation, Broadband, And Intellectual Infrastructure For Entrepreneurship, James E. Prieger, Heng Lu, Habi Zhang

School of Public Policy Working Papers

This empirical study uses a unique panel dataset to investigate the link between regional entrepreneurship and infrastructure. This topic is vital for understanding the factors that facilitate entrepreneurship, yet it receives scant scholarly attention. It is of particular value to policy makers because entrepreneurship is crucial for economic growth. We therefore examine how broadband infrastructure (internet connectivity), intellectual infrastructure (human capital), and transportation infrastructure (roads, bridges, and intermodal facilities) affect the establishment of new businesses in the United States. We primarily focus on broadband infrastructure, which is the least explored of these factors in the literature. We find that all …

Healthcare: What Comes Next?, William H. Lane

English Faculty Publications

Where do we go from here on healthcare?

America has been talking about fixing its fragmented and overly expensive healthcare system for quite a while now. At times, it seems as though we simply keep having the same conversation (or argument, if you prefer) over and over again without making much progress in ensuring access to affordable care to all Americans. In fact, however, some significant gains have been made. Twenty million left without insurance (our situation now) has got to be better than forty million left without (our situation a decade ago).

Embracing Our First Responder Role As Academics - With Inspiration From Langston Hughes, Angela Mae Kupenda

Journal Articles

In the midst of the post-2016 political crisis, our role as academics is that of First Responders. In physical crises, like a fire, First Responders play an important role. They intentionally put themselves in harm’s way to fulfill an overarching purpose of helping others, even at their own risk. They strategically prepare, train, and work for years to prepare for this role in the midst of crisis. As academics who care about equality, we are First Responders.

The Punishment Marketplace: Competing For Capitalized Power In Locally Controlled Immigration Enforcement, Daniel L. Stageman

Publications and Research

Neoliberal economics play a significant role in US social organization, imposing market logics on public services and driving the cultural valorization of free market ideology. The neoliberal ‘project of inequality’ is upheld by an authoritarian system of punishment built around the social control of the underclass—among them unauthorized immigrants. This work lays out the theory of the punishment marketplace: a conceptualization of how US systems of punishment both enable the neoliberal project of inequality, and are themselves subject to market colonization. The theory describes the rescaling of federal authority to local centers of political power. Criminal justice policy activism by …

Kepentingan Petahana Dalam Manipulasi Pilkada Labuhan Batu Selatan 2015, Amri Yusra, Ikhsan Darmawan

Jurnal Wacana Politik

Etika penyelenggara pemilu telah diatur dengan Peraturan Bersama di mana ketika peraturan itu dilanggar, maka penyelenggara pemilu itu dapat diberi sanksi sampai yang terberat: pemberhentian tetap. Meskipun demikian, peraturan ketat itu tak berhasil membuat empat orang Komisioner Labuhan Batu Selatan tak melakukan manipulasi dalam Pilkada Labuhan Batu Selatan 2015 yang berujung pada diberhentikannya mereka oleh DKPP. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menjawab pertanyaan: ‘Mengapa terjadi manipulasi dalam Pilkada Labuhan Batu Selatan tahun 2015?” Dengan menggunakan metode kualitati serta pengumpulan data melalui wawancara mendalam dan studi dokumen, artikel ini menjelaskan bagaimana konteks awal terjadinya manipulasi, proses-proses yang terjadi setelahnya saat Pilkada berlangsung, …

Democracy, Local Election, And Political Dynasty In Indonesian Politics, Dede Mariana, Luthfi Hamzah Husin

Jurnal Wacana Politik

Liberal democracy has been chosen as a model and political mechanism after Soeharto era. One of its triumphs is local election that becomes a political instrument of democratisation at regional level. Many scholars believe that local democratisation in Indonesia enables local people to involve more actively in the political process. This political exercise in some cases, however, results in a paradoxical impact on Indonesian political realm today, as some practices of political dynasty frequently emerge. Using participatory point of view, this article aims to discuss why such political dynasty can possibly emerge within an electoral system, what factors cause it …

Relasi Eksekutif - Legislatif Dalam Sistem Presidensial Multipartai Di Indonesia, Firman Manan

Jurnal Wacana Politik

Pengadopsian sistem presidensial multipartai di Indonesia sejak tahun 2004 berpotensi menyebabkan gangguan terhadap stabilitas dan efektivitas penyelenggaraan pemerintahan, karena disharmoni relasi antara Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat dan Presiden. Terlebih, tidak terlihat adanya peran yang signifikan dari dua kamar lain di badan legislatif yaitu Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat dan Dewan Perwakilan Daerah dalam memoderasi konflik antara Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat dan Presiden. Tulisan ini menggunakan pendekatan relasi legislatif dan eksekutif dalam sistem presidensial multipartai serta teori sistem perwakilan untuk menggambarkan hubungan antara badan legislatif dan eksekutif di Indonesia serta memberikan alternatif solusi untuk mengembangkan relasi yang harmonis antara lembaga eksekutif dan legislatif dengan melakukan …

Jejak Kuasa Atas Tata Ruang (Studi Kasus Kebijakan Revitalisasi Hutan Kota Malabar), H.B. Habibi Subandi, Juwita Hayyuning Prastiwi

Jurnal Wacana Politik

Problem revitalisasi hutan kota dan upaya penyediaan Ruang Terbuka Hijau (RTH) oleh Pemerintah di wilayah perkotaan pada dasarnya merupakan satu kajian baru di bidang politik lingkungan di Indonesia. Penelitian ini secara khusus mengkaji kebijakan revitalisasi Hutan Kota Malabar di Kota Malang dengan pisau analisis anthroposentrisme dan ekosentrisme. Dengan menggunakan metode focus group discussion (FGD) dan dokumentasi, penulis melacak jejak kuasa dalam kebijakan lingkungan di wilayah-wilayah perkotaan. Berdasarkan analisis fakta di lapangan ditemukan sebuah trade-off kepentingan dalam skema kebijakan revitalisasi hutan kota Malabar tahun 2015. Penggunaan dana Tanggung Jawab Sosial Lingkungan (TJSL) dengan skema build-transfer-operate (BTO) dalam revitalisasi hutan menunjukkan terjadinya …

Urgensi Unsur Elit Dalam Pelaksanaan Kebijakan Informasi Publik Di Jawa Barat, Diah Fatma Sjoraida, Rully Khairul Anwar

Jurnal Wacana Politik

Adanya Undang-undang Nomor 14/2008 tentang Keterbukaan Informasi Publik (KIP) secara tidak langsung telah mewajibkan pemerintah dan perangkat publik lainnnya untuk membuat informasi agar dapat diakses masyarakat. Juga berkewajiban memenuhi kebutuhan informasi yang dimohon oleh publik. Untuk menguatkan pelaksanaan tugas keterbukaan informasi dan pelayanan informasi publik, sebagai bukti komitmen dalam mematuhi UU KIP sekaligus mengarahkan seluruh jajaran aparat birokrasi, Pemerintah Provinsi Jabar menerbitkan Perda Nomor 11 Tahun 2011 tentang Transparansi, Partisipasi dan Akuntabilitas dalam Penyelenggaraan Pemerintahan Daerah Pemerintah Provinsi Jawa Barat untuk tujuan menyelenggarakan sistem pemerintahan yang baik, bersih, serta bebas dari KKN. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif-kualitatif. Penelitian ini menemukan …

Menakar Efektivitas Pemilu Serentak 2019, - Triono

Jurnal Wacana Politik

Gagasan terselenggaranya pemilihan umum serentak 2019 membawa konsekuensi politik secara nasional dan daerah. Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Nomor 14/PUU-XI/2013 perkara pengujian konstitusionalitas UU Nomor 42 Tahun 2008 Tentang Pemilihan Umum Presiden dan Wakil Presiden merupakan putusan final. Pelaksanaan putusan MK ini tentunya membawa implikasi dan tantangan besar bagi bangsa Indonesia dalam perbaikan sistem politik dan demokrasi yang lebih matang. Efektivitas pemilu serentak 2019 masih menjadi perdebatan publik, UU Pemilu yang baru disahkan sebagai payung hukum Pemilu 2019 masih dalam proses uji materi di Mahkamah Konstitusi. Secara teoritik pemilu serentak 2019 sangat memungkinkan untuk dilaksanakan apalagi jika melihat dinamika politik Indonesia yang …

Rowan Clerk In Romania To Discuss Same-Sex Marriage, The Morehead News

Media Collection

No abstract provided.

Against The Stream, How Karl Barth Reframed Church-State Relations (Chapter 3 Of Keine Gewalt! No Violence!), Roger J. Newell

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Excerpt: "Defenders of the Barmen Declaration's apolitical tone remind us that it was never intended to establish a program of political protest, that Karl Barth and the others were pastors not politicians; that the goal was to reassert the integrity of the gospel in the face of the attempted subversion by the German Christians. On the one hand, the soundness of this interpretation is self-evident. And yet it should surprise no one that an apolitical strategy would have little political impact on the German state. It is also true that Barth's views on church and state relations changed after Barmen; …

Nicole Ludwig, Tsos, Nicole Ludwig

TSOS Interview Gallery

In September 2016, Nicole Ludwig led a group of her neighbors in Germany to assist newly-arrived Syrian and Afghani refugees. The volunteers collected clothing and toys, organized activities and field trips for the refugee children, and taught them German. Later, the volunteers offered homework support and led library reading groups. For the adult refugees, the volunteers provided cultural assimilation instruction and cooking classes. While there were occasional challenges to working together, the volunteers and refugees fostered a collaborative system and even hosted a Christmas party, during which one elderly Syrian man said, “This is one of the best memories I …

Modeling Voting Dynamics In A Two-Party System: Social Interaction And Media Consumption, Caleb Ignace

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

Layla, Layla, Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

Layla left Ethiopia 10 years ago to look for work opportunities. She left behind a father and three brothers. She went to Syria on a three-year work contract. She worked in a house and learned Arabic. She then went to Turkey by boat and then went on to Greece for 5 years. She worked and learned the Greek language. When she became pregnant she had to stop working. She travelled to Serbia to Macedonia to Austria all on foot. Then the Red Cross moved Layla and her daughter to Giessen, Germany where a roommate periodically beat her baby. Seeking safety …

Fadel, Tsos, Fadel

TSOS Interview Gallery

Fadel's family was originally from Palestine. However, for reasons he couldn’t recall, they moved to Libya, where Fadel was born, and he grew up there. He recalled that life inLibya used to be good, but that it became dangerous. Fadel came to Italy alone. His parents died and left him nothing seven years ago. His siblings died as well. He came to Italy 6 months ago seeking asylum by way of Tripoli to Sabratha, and then to Sardinia and Calabria. He has been living on the streets, and because he couldn’t provide an address, he was denied asylum

Katja, Ketevahi 'Katje', Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

Ketevahi “Katja” is from Georgia. She’s in her late 40’s. She grew up on a farm in the country and became the financial support for her family after her mother died and her father became “emaciated.” When Putin came to power, diplomatic ties deteriorated between Georgia and Russia, which eventually led to war. She fled her country using forged documents and first worked in Turkey but has now lived in Naples for nine years and regularly sends money home to her brother, who cares for their father.

Katja expresses her feelings about war, government, liberty, and what it means to …

Felix, Tsos, Felix

TSOS Interview Gallery

Felix is originally from Nigeria and has now been inItaly under a year. He came from a family with a polygamous father who “married” multiple wives illegally. After returning home from a service mission for his church, which his father supported, Felix began to study engineering. At some point conflict arose within the family that causedFelix to have to flee.He was smuggled through Niger to Libya, losing several friends along the way.There he was held for ransom, before taking a treacherous voyage across the sea in an overfilled boat, where he witnessed several drown. Now he lives in a camp …

Multiple Baskets: Diverse Racial Frames And The 2016 Republican Primary, Michael Lee

Publications and Research

A strain of racist, xenophobic populism is sweeping through many democracies, jumping from the fringes of political discourse to the mainstream. Understanding how Donald Trump was able to take power while making explicitly racist appeals is vital to understanding this phenomenon. This article examines the 2016 Republican primary, drawing on data from the National Election Study pilot survey to explore how, and why some voters favored Trump over other Republicans. Were Trump voters reacting to the adverse economic effects of globalization, or the 2008 financial crisis? Were they traditional “Southern Strategy” Republicans? Were they white nationalists? While I find evidence …

To Build The Fire Of Revolution, Stephen Roddewig

James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal (JMURJ)

Scholarly examinations of naturalism in Jack London’s 1908 short story “To Build a Fire” often overlook the influence of the socialist political movement. After surveying the American Socialist Party movement and London’s activism in “How I Became a Socialist,” this essay uses the frame of Marxist rhetorical criticism to inspect sociopolitical themes in London’s famous story. London’s critiques of Individualism in “How I Became a Socialist” parallel one of his concerns in “To Build a Fire” as his unnamed protagonist progresses through the Yukon with the larger ideals of American society and the capitalist economy guiding his actions. Although masculinity, …

Momo, Momo, Tsos

TSOS Interview Gallery

When Momo was only nine years old, he returned home to find his parents and his six sisters and four brothers had been killed in their own home. Sometime after that, he and his uncle left Somalia together to live in Yemen. He stayed in Yemen until he was sixteen, but when things became unsafe there, he moved to Libya. He had hoped to get on a boat in Libya to go somewhere for a new life, but he was thrown in prison instead. He was harassed and told to ask his family to send money so that he could …

Withdrawal: Reassessing America's Final Years In Vietnam, Gregory A. Daddis

History Faculty Books and Book Chapters

Withdrawal is a groundbreaking reassessment that tells a far different story of the Vietnam War. Daddis convincingly argues that the entire US effort in South Vietnam was incapable of reversing the downward trends of a complicated Vietnamese conflict that by 1968 had turned into a political-military stalemate. Despite a new articulation of strategy, Abrams's approach could not materially alter a war no longer vital to US national security or global dominance. Once the Nixon White House made the political decision to withdraw from Southeast Asia, Abrams's military strategy was unable to change either the course or outcome of a decades' …

Hermeneutic Philosophies Of Social Science: Introduction, Babette Babich

Articles and Chapters in Academic Book Collections

No abstract provided.

About Ally And Contemporary Sh.R. Rashidova, Minister Of Foreign Affairs Of Uzbekistan B.A. Abdurazakova, B. Islamov

International Relations: Politics, Economics, Law

The article considers the way of political life of Sh.R. Rashidov, his dedications to the development of foreign relations and strengthening the prestige of Uzbekistan in the international arena, personally participated in major events with the participation of foreign states, received foreign delegations in Tashkent and made visits abroad, understanding of the importance of having a competent, authoritative Minister of Foreign Affairs. For all of us, Bahodir Abbasovich Abdurazakov was and remains the model of a true patriot, intellectual, professional diplomat who devotedly served his country. He was always available and open to communication. He was always an authority - …

The Formation Of Environmental Diplomacy In Uzbekistan, S. Turaeva

International Relations: Politics, Economics, Law

In the system of political relations, more attention is paid to environmental diplomacy. The article considers the issues of the formation of environmental diplomacy in Uzbekistan. It Focuses on the environmental problems of local end global importance which exist in territory of Central Asia.

The Heterogeneity Of Regulatory Methods In The Use Of The Internet, N. Nugmanov

International Relations: Politics, Economics, Law

This article deals with regulatory methods which arise The heterogeneity in the presence of the Internet. Nowadays the Internet is a global automated information system that create the basis of formation and development of the information society. The Article consider the role of the Internet in society and scrutinizes the main directions of international and national legislation in the sphere of Internet relations.

Important Factors And Sustainable Routes Of Uzbekistan's Export Competitiveness, L. Mingishov

International Relations: Politics, Economics, Law

The article examines and analyzes the special factors and opportunities for the formation of competitiveness of export goods of Uzbekistan. At the same time, an assessment is made of a number of indicators (investment in fixed capital, trade openness indicators, also as an example the volume of the GDP of the Russian Federation, which is the main export partner, the real effective exchange rate and costs to trade for each container) that affect the volume of export of the Republic of Uzbekistan. And also, conclusions are drawn by considering intensive and extensive margin of export growth, based on the results …

Reflections On The Monograph By A. Khodzhaev “The Great Silk Road: Communications And Fate”, R. Suleymanov

International Relations: Politics, Economics, Law

This article examines the monograph by A. Khodzhaev “The Great Silk Road: communications and fate”, analyzing its chapters in detail. Khojaev, analyzing information about the origin of the Chinese ethnos, its statehood, culture and history, comes to the conclusion that the entire upper and middle part of the river. Thus, A. Khodjaev’s monograph “The Great Silk Road: Connections and Fates” clarifies not only the ethnogenesis of the Turkic peoples of Eurasia, but also makes it possible to understand a lot in the history of China itself, including its ties with Central Asia.