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Andrew T. Hatcher: Press, Public Information & Perception For A Nation In Transition Historical Content Analysis On The First African American To Serve As A White House Associate Press Secretary, Nayita Wilson

LSU Master's Theses

Andrew T. Hatcher rose to one of the highest positions in U.S. government when he became the first African American to serve as associate White House press secretary in 1960 under the administration of President John F. Kennedy and during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. This is a historical content analysis that analyzes Hatcher’s role through primary sources, presidential archives, and select national, local, and minority newspapers.

The overarching purpose of this study was to ascertain Hatcher’s role as associate White House press secretary during civil rights. This study provides further insight into: 1) to what extent did …

Mutant Neoliberalism: Market Rule And Political Rupture [Table Of Contents], William Callison, Zachary Manfredi

Sociology

Tales of neoliberalism’s death are serially overstated. Following the financial crisis of 2008, neoliberalism was proclaimed a “zombie,” a disgraced ideology that staggered on like an undead monster. After the political ruptures of 2016, commentators were quick to announce “the end” of neoliberalism yet again, pointing to both the global rise of far-right forces and the reinvigoration of democratic socialist politics. But do new political forces sound neoliberalism’s death knell or will they instead catalyze new mutations in its dynamic development?

Mutant Neoliberalism brings together leading scholars of neoliberalism—political theorists, historians, philosophers, anthropologists and sociologists—to rethink transformations in market rule …

Ribbon: Clinton Inauguration Ribbon

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Ribbon commemorating the inauguration of Bill Clinton. No date given. Box 16 Folder 18

Kansas Speaks Fall 2019 Statewide Public Opinion Survey, Brett Zollinger Ph.D., Jian Sun Ph.D., Michael Walker M.S., Luis Montelongo

Docking Institute of Public Affairs

The Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University conducted the 2019 Kansas Speaks fall survey from August 26 to October 14, 2019. A random sample of 352 adult residents of Kansas age 18 and older were surveyed by telephone to assess their attitudes and opinions regarding various issues of interest to Kansas citizens.

Gender In Bethel University’S Political Science Department: A Qualitative Study Of The Experiences Of Female Political Science Students, Sarah E. Bylsma

Library Research Prize Student Works

In one political science class I took recently, I noticed some interesting behaviors among myself and my classmates...This situation got me thinking about the role that gender plays in politics, and this course gave me the opportunity to closely examine how gender may be playing a role in the Political Science Department at Bethel. Currently, Bethel has no female political science professors, despite intentional efforts to look for female candidates during the most recent hiring process. Statistically speaking, the Political Science Department, which consists of three majors: Political Science, Business and Political Science, and International Relations, is comprised of 45% …

Book Review: The New Immigrant Whiteness: Race, Neoliberalism, And Post-Soviet Migration To The United States, By Claudia Sadowski-Smith, Tim Engles

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.

Book Review: To Swim With Crocodiles: Land, Violence, And Belonging In South Africa, 1800-1996 By Jill E. Kelly. East Lansing, Mi: Michigan State University Press, 2018, Pp. 396. $49.95 (Pbk)., Robin L. Turner

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

This is a Review of To Swim with Crocodiles: land, violence, and belonging in South Africa, 1800–1996 by Jill E. Kelly. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 2018. Pp. 396. $49.95 (pbk). Originally published in The Journal of Modern African Studies.

Politikat Lokale – Bashkëpunimi Ndërkomunal Në Kosovë, Muhamet Bytyçi

Theses and Dissertations

Politikat lokale dhe mekanizmat e vendim-marrjes komunale janë pjesë përbërëse e institucioneve politike publike të çdo vendi demokratik. Përveç karakteristikave lokale tradicionale të detyrave që kanë komunat, janë edhe disa aspekte të tjera që i japin dinamikë zhvillimit lokal të politikave komunale.

Një nga politikat që ka dhënë rezultate duke ndihmuar në shkëmbimin e përvojave, në punët e përbashkëta, në krijimin e besimit shumëpalësh dhe në uljen e dallimeve partiake, etnike dhe ideologjike në përpjekjen për një sistem komunikimi të drejtë e progresiv në mes të komunave në Kosovë është edhe politika e bashkëpunimin ndërkomunal.

Ky punim ofron një qasje …

Sfida E Integrimit Europian Të Kosovës, Gentiana Sahiti

Theses and Dissertations

Ky studim ka për qëllim të paraqesë disa sfida që pengojnë ecjen përpara të integrimit europian të e Ballkanit Perëndimor duke e vendosur theksin në sfidat që ka Kosova. Integrimi Evropian është një fushë mjaft e re për Kosovën në veprimtarinë e saj politike në fushën e marrëdhënieve ndërkombëtare e cila ka mbështetetje shumë të madhe popullore. Disa prej pengesave kryesore të Kosovës në rrugën e integrimit në Bashkimin Eurpian janë lufta kundër korrupsionit, vendosja e sundimit të ligjit të barabartë për të gjithë dhe vazhdimi i reformave të gjithanëshme në shoqëri dhe institucionet demokratike.

Shtetet e Ballkanit Perëndimor ndodhen …

Outsourcing, Vendimi Për Nënkontraktimin E Specialiteteve Nga Jashtë Dhe Impakti Në Burime Njerëzore, Leonora Shala

Theses and Dissertations

Vendimet që merr organizata janë të shumta dhe shpesh duhet një analizë komplekse për të arritur në vendime të duhura. Në dy dekadat e fundit, një fenomen ekonomik mori zhvillim, ky fenomen karakterizohet nga transferimi i prodhimit ose i aktiviteteve. Shfrytëzimi i burimeve të jashtëm (outsourcing) është kur kompania, disa nga funksionet, proceset e saj i’a beson një kompanie të specializuar për kryerjen e një shërbimi të caktuar. Organizatat mund të presin që të arrijnë përfitime të ndryshme përmes një nënkontraktimi të suksesshëm edhe pse ka rreziqe të konsiderueshme që mund të realizohen në qoftë se ndjekja e strategjisë së …

Kosova Në Vitet 89-90, Ibadete Ramadani

Theses and Dissertations

Jugosllavia si shteti Sllav i Jugut, fillimisht i formuar në vitin 1918, nën emrin e Mbretërisë së tre popujve sllavë: sllovenët, Kroatët dhe serbët, dhe më pas si vend komunist, i krijuar pas Luftës së Dytë Botërore, ka luajtur një rol të rëndësishëm në rajon dhe politikën ndërkombëtare. Federata e re përbëhej nga gjashtë republika dhe dy krahina autonome, të cilat ishin elemente përbërëse të federatës që kanë të drejtën e vetos. Shteti Jugosllav luajti një rol të rëndësishëm në skenën ndërkombëtare, sidomos nëpërmjet Lëvizjes Jo të Aligned e cila u themelua me Indinë dhe Egjiptin. Udhëheqësi i saj, Josip …

“Korrupsioni Si Dukuri Negative E Administratës Publike Në Republikën E Kosovës ”, Vildane Xhemajli

Theses and Dissertations

Korrupsioni ekziston, prej që ekziston njerëzimi, në të gjitha mjediset, në të gjitha sistemet dhe regjimet e mundshme. Ai u përshtatet të gjitha situatave dhe mbijeton edhe gjatë fushatave më të organizuara kundër tij. Nënkupton çdo shkelje të detyrës së personave zyrtarë ose përgjegjës në subjektet juridike dhe çdo veprimtari e iniciatorëve apo përfituesve të kësaj sjelljeje, e drejtuar si përgjigje ndaj një shpërblimi që drejtpërdrejt apo indirekt është premtuar, ofruar, dhënë, kërkuar, pranuar apo është pritur për t'u marrë për veten apo për një person tjetër.

Korrupsioni është i pranishëm pothuajse në të gjitha institucionet, duke përfshinë si shërbyes …

Diversity In Party Leadership In State Legislatures, Eric Hansen, Christopher J. Clark

Political Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Members of historically underrepresented groups—women, African Americans, Latinos, and workers—are serving in American legislatures in increasing numbers. However, legislators wield substantially greater power in the lawmaking process when they hold leadership positions. Incorporation of these groups into leadership positions could indicate fuller political representation, but scholars to date have not assessed how well these groups are represented in leadership. We analyze original data describing the backgrounds of approximately 2,200 leaders in 30 states between 2003 and 2014. The data show that, on average across states, members of these groups are as well represented in state legislative leadership positions as they …

تحليل جوانب استدامة النمو الاقتصادي وعلاقتها بأساليب الحوكمة السليمة في تجربة شركة بترول أبوظبي الوطنية "أدنوك", عبدالله محمد مطلق الغفلي

Theses

هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى التعرف على واقع التطبيق العملي لنظريات ا لاستدامة في عمل أدنوك حيث اعتمد الباحث المنهج الوصفي التحليلي للوصول إلى النتائج، ففي الفصل الأول تم إستعراض سبع نظريات تبحث في الاستدامة مع تحليل كل نظرية ونقدها ومدى علاقة هذه النظريا ت بأساليب الحوكمة المطبقة في شركة أدنوك .

وتظهر صعوبة هذه الدراسة بالتوفيق بين التنمية الإقتصادية والاستدامة والحوكمة من خلال إلقاء الضوء على جوانب استدامة النمو الإقتصادي من خلال بيان جوانب أخرى لهذا النمو يتمثل في الجوانب الإجتماعية وما يتعلق بها من أطر التنمية المستدامة المحلية وما يتمخض عنها من أساليب حديثة لمسؤولية الشركات الإجتماعية، كما تتمثل …

The Emergence Of United Arab Emirates As A Global Soft Power: Strategies And Challenges, Amira Ali Alhashmi

Theses

The thesis focuses on how the United Arab Emirates is emerging as a global soft power by examining the elements of its soft power. This is accomplished via in-depth interviews with UAE-based foreign diplomats and academics and Emirati diplomats and academics. This is supplemented with primary and secondary data from government, international agencies, and media sources. The UAE has excelled in many facets of governance, accomplished a lot in a relatively short period, and pursued domestic and foreign policies that have made it a role model for other countries. These accomplishments enable the UAE to exercise soft power influence in …

Making The War Colleges Better, Richard A. Lacquement Jr

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

Educating Strategic Lieutenants At Sandhurst, An Jacobs

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article examines how well military education at the Royal Military Academy of Sandhurst delivers lieutenants capable of coping with the complexities of their operational environment and the strategic implications of their decisions.

Article Index, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents, Rory J. Conces

International Dialogue

Table of Contents for Volume 2

Institutionalized Violence In The History Of Mind/Body Dualism And The Contemporary Reality Of Slavery And Torture: Reflections On Elaine Scarry And The Body In Pain, Wendy Lynne Lee

International Dialogue

Wendy Lynne Lee argues that the dualistic impulse Bibi Bakare-Yusef identifies in Elaine Scarry’s analysis of the experience of pain has its roots at least as far back as Aristotle’s hylomorphism, and that a clear view of contemporary structural inequality requires a grasp of how “mind” and “body” continue to inform even anti-dualist social theory. Lee argues that insofar as this impulse informs Scarry’s The Body in Pain, it distorts Scarry’s analysis of the experience of pain in ways that elide important aspects of that experience. Understanding the nature of this distortion, however, sheds light on some forms of violence …

Using Bourdieu To Answer Spivak: On The Study Of Historical Subaltern Religious Practices, Curtis Hutt

International Dialogue

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, in her 1988 publication “Can the Subaltern Speak?,” famously challenges the ability of scholars—educated and operating within the dominating power structures of oftentimes European colonizing transnational political and religious movements—to ever grasp subaltern religion. This skepticism logically extends to the work of historians investigating the obscured religious traditions of past cultures that have been overlooked, overwhelmed, and suppressed. In this paper, I lay out a restrained strategy inspired in part by the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and based upon my own historical work for circumventing some forms of historical blindness that conceal subaltern pasts. In conclusion, a …

Rethinking Secularism: P. Harrison, É. Balibar, T. Asad: The Territories Of Science And Religion; Secularism And Cosmopolitanism: Critical Hypotheses On Religion And Politics; Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, And Calculative Reason, Sotiris Mitralexis

International Dialogue

I will discuss here three recent books that both directly and indirectly discuss religion and secularism, in different contexts and certainly from different perspectives; one by historian Peter Harrison, one by cultural anthropologist Talal Asad, and one by philosopher Étienne Balibar. All three authors have invested a sizable part of their scholarly career in studying religion/secularism, and the books reviewed are revised collections of relatively recent lectures and essays (rather than, for example, texts authored with the explicit purpose of comprising a monograph); this entails that each of these books is, so to speak, the distillate of a career in …

Genealogies Of Terrorism: Revolution, State Violence, Empire, Wendy L. Lee

International Dialogue

In Genealogies of Terrorism: Revolution, State Violence, Empire, Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson takes on the ambitious project of providing a broadly Foucauldian genealogical account of the concept and practice of “terrorism.” While I am not quite sure she summits every mountain she attempts to climb, Erlenbusch-Anderson makes a valuable contribution to an under-developed literature and she offers some tantalizing points of departure for future explorations of an important and timely subject. Genealogies is an eminently worthwhile read; while some grounding in Foucault (among others) is sure to enhance the experience, Erlenbusch-Anderson’s introduction provides an able road map, making the ascent up through …

Technology, Science, And “Post-Humanity”: Like A Thief In Broad Daylight: Power In The Era Of Post-Human Capitalism, Edward Sandowski, Betty J. Harris

International Dialogue

In this book, Like a Thief in Broad Daylight: Power in the Era of Post-Human Capitalism, Slavoj Žižek mulls over issues about technology and science in the contemporary world. This is a world which he thinks, plausibly, is dominated by global capitalism, a condition which he wishes to go beyond, to something better. The nature and distribution of power must be changed. Changes in the status of “humanity” and the notion of “post-humanity” concern him. One aspect of his difficult text is that he explores how post-humanity might symbolize, not solely our degraded condition. Rather, humanity and post-humanity (and fears …

The Elephant In The Room: Against Democracy, Peter Stone

International Dialogue

Unfortunately, any discussion of Jason Brennan’s Against Democracy (2017), which seeks to make a case for epistocracy and against democracy, raises the “Don’t think of an elephant” problem (Lakoff 2004). If you tell people not to think of an elephant, they immediately think of an elephant. If you tell people not to think about epistocracy, they will immediately think about epistocracy. And this is a pity, because epistocracy is a terrible idea, and nothing Brennan says proves otherwise.

Revolution And War In Contemporary Ukraine: The Challenge Of Change, Emma Mateo

International Dialogue

This November marks six years since Ukraine’s Euromaidan protests. Sometimes referred to as the “Revolution of Dignity,” the events of winter 2013–14 had far-reaching consequences not only for Ukraine’s government and Ukrainian national identity, but also for global geopolitics. After the corrupt Yanukovych government fell, Putin’s Russia annexed Crimea and became involved in separatist conflict in Ukraine’s eastern regions, under the premise of “protecting Russian speakers.” This edited volume investigates the events of 2013–14 and their impact on culture, politics, society and identities.

Triadic Coercion: Israel’S Targeting Of States That Host Nonstate Actors, Richard English

International Dialogue

This scholarly, serious-minded book represents a valuable addition to the Columbia University Press series, Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare. Considering the decades-old Arab-Israeli conflict, Wendy Pearlman and Boaz Atzili address the issue of what they term “triadic coercion—in which a state directs military threats or strikes at another state to force it to take action against a nonstate actor to which it offers shelter or assistance” (242). This tactic has been common enough to be historically significant, and the Israeli case that is examined here offers a useful laboratory within which to offer systematic consideration of the phenomenon.

Notes From The Editor, Rory J. Conces

International Dialogue

Notes from International Dialogue's Editor-in-Chief, Rory J. Conces for Volume 9.

Political Realism In Apocalyptic Times, Gonzalo Bustamante Kuschel

International Dialogue

Alison McQueen’s book is a significant contribution to political theory and to the use of the history of political thought as a source of categories for thinking about current problems. Her central thesis revolves around three assumptions. First, the existence of “political realism” understood as a particular approach to evaluating politics—characterized by a defense of its own autonomy,1 political agonism,2 the rejection of both utopia and moralization in politics, and the preeminence of order and stability over any other criterion, including justice, in political decisions (10–12). This definition of “political realism” allows the author to group other writers who, though …

Art As A Political Witness, Lenore Metrick-Chen

International Dialogue

Kia Lindroos and Frank Möller, the editors of this volume, raise a serious question: Can art increase political awareness either through witnessing itself or by creating witnesses in its audience? Wisely, the book does not attempt to provide a single, definitive answer to these questions; instead, the editors explain that they selected authors who examine aesthetic forms of expression, with the intention of an inquiry into an expanded idea of who is a witness. Beginning with the definition of witness from the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles as someone “who is or was present, and is able to …