Mapping The Legal Consciousness Of First Nations Voters: Understanding Voting Rights Mobilization,
2010
Western University
Mapping The Legal Consciousness Of First Nations Voters: Understanding Voting Rights Mobilization, Lesley A. Jacobs
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
No abstract provided.
Explaining Aboriginal Turnout In Federal Elections: Evidence From Alberta, Saskatchewan, And Manitoba,
2010
Western University
Explaining Aboriginal Turnout In Federal Elections: Evidence From Alberta, Saskatchewan, And Manitoba, Allison Harell, Dimitrios Panagos, J. Scott Matthews
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
No abstract provided.
Emotional Intelligence: The Secret Of Successful Entrepreneurship?,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Emotional Intelligence: The Secret Of Successful Entrepreneurship?, Amy E. Boren
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications
An emerging, and very promising, stream of research on entrepreneurs pertains to the role of affect -- feelings and emotions -- in enhancing the potential success of entrepreneurial ventures. For example, research indicates that positive emotions may enhance entrepreneurial creativity, including opportunity recognition (Baron, 2008). Additionally, entrepreneurs who display passion -- positive, intense feelings -- about their ventures tend to be more successful than those who do not display passion (Baum & Locke, 2004). Positive emotions also influence an entrepreneur's ability to turn past experiences into present solutions through heuristic processing (Baron, 2008), and to deal effectively with the persistent …
Finding A Voice: Using The Internet For Free Speech And Expression In Iran,
2010
University of Denver
Finding A Voice: Using The Internet For Free Speech And Expression In Iran, Chelsea Zimmerman
Human Rights & Human Welfare
In July 2009, many Iranians took to the streets to protest the results of the presidential election in which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won with a reported 62% of the vote. The protests, stemming from allegations of electoral fraud, quickly exposed the government's limited tolerance for dissent. In addition to street demonstrations, protestors utilized social networking websites to express their opposition to the election results. The world, following Internet feeds, witnessed the restrictive mechanisms Iran’s government placed on expression and speech. People throughout the world admonished Iran for the government's interference with cell phone and Internet networks. Iran’s free speech and expression …
Human Rights Education In Peace-Building: A Look At Where The Practice Has Come From, And Where It Needs To Head,
2010
Vassar College
Human Rights Education In Peace-Building: A Look At Where The Practice Has Come From, And Where It Needs To Head, Tracey Holland
Human Rights & Human Welfare
The world’s peace-building and development organizations increasingly are incorporating human-rights frameworks into the myriad of activities now under their purview. Slower to develop, however, are the capacity-building programs designed to impart knowledge about human rights to citizens and communities. Field-workers throughout the world indicate that the lack of such guidance-giving education hinders them when it comes to monitoring activities, helping to rebuild public institutions, setting up and organizing electoral politics, building an unfettered media, protecting human security, setting up transitional justice mechanisms, and the myriad of other peace-building activities and democratization challenges they face in post-conflict situations. This paper not …
May 14, 2010 - Staff Meeting Agenda,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
February 12, 2010 - Staff Meeting Agenda,
2010
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Balancing Fear: Why Counter-Terror Legislation Was Blocked After The Oklahoma City And London Bombings,
2010
Montclair State University
Balancing Fear: Why Counter-Terror Legislation Was Blocked After The Oklahoma City And London Bombings, Gabriel Rubin
Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
This article scrutinizes the legislative reactions to the Oklahoma City Bombing and the 2005 London Bombings to try to decipher why counter-terror legislation was substantially blocked after these attacks. It finds that the partisan composition of the government and executive approval ratings are critical to the passage of counter-terror laws. In light of the recent slew of counter-terror legislation passed worldwide, cases, where counter-terror legislation has been blocked, have become critically important. To this end, this article asks, “Why does counter-terror legislation get blocked when it does?” To answer the question, three variables are tested: partisan composition of the government, …
Participation In Positive Youth Development Programs And 4-H: Assessing The Impact On Self-Image In Young People,
2010
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Participation In Positive Youth Development Programs And 4-H: Assessing The Impact On Self-Image In Young People, Karen Bloomquist
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The purpose of this study was to identify relationships between youth involvement in 4-H and self-image. The study also explored whether there were relations between self-image and development of the 5 C’s (confidence, competence, caring, connection and character) of Positive Youth Development. The study focused specifically on the differences in self-image between youth who participate in 4-H and youth who do not.
Participants included 180 youth from grades eight through twelve in the state of Nebraska. Demographic responses indicated that 47% of respondents were male and 53% were female. Approximately 72% of the respondents were not participants in a 4-H …
Migrant Workers In Saudi Arabia,
2010
University of Denver
Migrant Workers In Saudi Arabia, Sarah Jessup
Human Rights & Human Welfare
One of the wealthiest countries in the Middle East, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is also one of the largest exporters of oil, and as such, one of the most influential in the region. Despite this, more than 50 per cent of the work force (nearly 6 million people) in the Saudi Arabia are migrant workers (FIDH, 2003, 3). They contribute billions of dollars each year to their home countries through remittances. With such a large population hailing from outside the Kingdom, it would seem that transnational migrants would have a larger voice in the rights and freedoms they are …
In Search Of An “Action Principle”,
2010
Georgetown University
In Search Of An “Action Principle”, Patrick J. Glen
Human Rights & Human Welfare
In his seminal work on the history of scientific development, Thomas Kuhn described the structure of that development as revolutionary in nature, occurring at that point in time “in which an older paradigm is replaced in whole or in part by an incompatible one.” The impetus for this paradigm shift is malfunction—“scientific revolutions are inaugurated by a growing sense … that an existing paradigm has ceased to function adequately in the exploration of an aspect of nature to which that paradigm itself had previously led the way…. [T]he sense of malfunction that can lead to crisis is prerequisite to revolution.” …
March 12, 2010 - Staff Meeting Agenda,
2009
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
