Martin Luther King Jr. In Dialogue With The Ancient Greeks,
2016
College of the Holy Cross
Martin Luther King Jr. In Dialogue With The Ancient Greeks, Timothy Joseph
Classics Department Faculty Scholarship
To mark the start of Black History Month, a Classicist reflects on the inspiration King drew from ancient Greek culture.
Predicting Genocide And Mass Atrocities,
2016
University of Notre Dame
Predicting Genocide And Mass Atrocities, Ernesto Verdeja
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
This article examines several current risk assessment and early warning models to predict genocide and mass atrocities. Risk assessment (RA) concerns a country’s long-term structural conditions (regime type, state-led discrimination, etc.) that determine overall risk for atrocities. Early warning (EW) focuses on short/midterm dynamics that can serve as triggers. The article evaluates contemporary RA and EW forecast modeling, and asks: How well can we predict mass atrocities and genocide? What are the strengths and limitations to current predictive modeling? Part I examines several quantitative (statistical) RA models and identifies several strengths and limitations in current research. Part II investigates a …
The Realpolitik Of Nuclear Risk: When Political Expediency Trumps Technical Democracy,
2016
Singapore Management University
The Realpolitik Of Nuclear Risk: When Political Expediency Trumps Technical Democracy, Hiro Saito, Sang-Hyoun Pahk
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
In recent years, a growing number of researchers in science and technology studies have begun to examine the relationship between science and politics. Specifically, they focus on citizen participation in highly technical policy problems and explore the possibility of a technical democracy that avoids pitfalls of technocracy. This focus, however, downplays a possibly more serious obstacle to technical democracy than technocracy, namely, realpolitik. Based on ethnographic and textual data on citizen–government interactions in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster, we first show how citizens mobilised radiation detectors and counter-experts to force the Japanese government to admit scientific uncertainty …
Through The Gateway: Marijuana Production, Governance, And The Drug War Détente,
2016
CUNY Graduate Center
Through The Gateway: Marijuana Production, Governance, And The Drug War Détente, Michael Polson
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Since the 1996 voter approval of medical marijuana laws in California, marijuana policy has become increasingly liberalized. Producers, however, have remained in the greyest of grey market zones. Federal anti-drug laws and supply-side tactics have intensively targeted them even as marijuana has become more licit. In this legally unstable environment, marijuana patient-cultivators and underground producers have articulated and asserted themselves politically and economically, particularly as the likelihood of full legalization has increased. This dissertation explores how producers navigated the nebulous zone between underground and medical markets. I argue that even as producers supplied marijuana to a formalizing, regulated medical industry …
Empowerment From Within: Supporting Palestinian Women’S Struggle Against Violence,
2016
CUNY Graduate Center
Empowerment From Within: Supporting Palestinian Women’S Struggle Against Violence, Ortal Bensky
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Recent reports by the United Nations and local non-governmental organizations present a troubling increase in incidents of violence against Palestinian women in Palestine. These are cases of domestic violence, where the attackers are Palestinians, and political violence, where the attackers are Israeli settlers and soldiers. These violent incidents include attacks on body and property. Most incidents are neither dealt with by the Palestinian authorities nor by the Israeli government and judicial system. There is not sufficient international pressure to enforce justice. The purpose of this study is to offer alternative ways to prevent violent crimes, enforce relevant laws, and provide …
Mlk 2016 Convocation Slide Show,
2016
Otterbein University
Mlk 2016 Convocation Slide Show, Otterbein University
MLK Convocations
A series of photographs from the event.
2016 Mlk Convocation,
2016
Otterbein University
2016 Mlk Convocation, Sarah L. Hickey
MLK Convocations
This is the program for the annual MLK Convocation at Otterbein University.
Nyle Fort Interview,
2016
Bucknell University
Zainul Abidin Rasheed [Malaysia, Minister Of State For Foreign Affairs],
2016
Singapore Management University
Zainul Abidin Rasheed [Malaysia, Minister Of State For Foreign Affairs], Zainul Abidin Rasheed
Digital Narratives of Asia
Former editor of Berita Harian, who rose to become head of Mendaki, and then Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zainul Abidin Rasheed, tells DNA how his experiences during the 1964 racial riots had shaped his political views. He recalls how Lee Kuan Yew retracted from closing down Nanyang University, and Mr Goh Chok Tong's consensual style that welcomes the contributions of the Association of Muslim Professionals.
Silence Vs. Speaking: An Investigation Of I Am Malala,
2016
Providence College
Silence Vs. Speaking: An Investigation Of I Am Malala, Alyssa Parsons
Common Reading Essay Contest Winners
Second Place
Above Adversity,
2016
Providence College
The People As One Malala,
2016
Providence College
The People As One Malala, Ariel Tavares
Common Reading Essay Contest Winners
Third Place
The Poetry Of John Dewey,
2016
Stephen F. Austin State University
The Poetry Of John Dewey, Jerry L. Williams
Faculty Publications
This essay examines the poetry of John Dewey, 101 poems in total. Characteristic of the rhymed and metered poetry of the period, they show a very human side of Dewey. This analysis argues that many of his poems deal with existential themes—love, finitude, and God, for example. On a deeper level these poems are also show connections to Dewey’s philosophy, in particular his ideas about social change and dualism.
The Usurper: Trump, Islamophobia, And The Decline Of Reagan Conservatism,
2016
Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois
The Usurper: Trump, Islamophobia, And The Decline Of Reagan Conservatism, Michael A. Baugh
Op-Ed Pieces
Op Eds, or opinion editorials, are typically published in daily newspapers and can raise awareness about a particular topic or aim to persuade others. For this project each student wrote an op-ed in which they presented their opinion or thoughts about the issue of islamophobic discourse coming from Republican candidates, especially Donald Trump.
To Be Human,
2016
Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois
To Be Human, Adiba Hasan
Op-Ed Pieces
Op Eds, or opinion editorials, are typically published in daily newspapers and can raise awareness about a particular topic or aim to persuade others. For this project each student wrote an op-ed in which they presented their opinion or thoughts about the issue of islamophobic discourse coming from Republican candidates, especially Donald Trump.
Silence Vs. Spirit: The Merit Of Speaking Out,
2016
Providence College
Silence Vs. Spirit: The Merit Of Speaking Out, Jenna Kornicki
Common Reading Essay Contest Winners
Third Place
Distributive Conflict And Regime Change: A Qualitative Dataset,
2016
University of California - San Diego
Distributive Conflict And Regime Change: A Qualitative Dataset, Stephan Haggard, Terence Teo, Robert Kaufman
Political Science Publications
No abstract provided.
Strange Fruit: Race, Terror, And The War On Terror,
2016
Rollins College
Strange Fruit: Race, Terror, And The War On Terror, Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D.
Faculty Publications
This poem examines drone warfare as a form of lynching. “Strange Fruit” links the deaths of Pakistani children Zeerak and Maria Khan to the murders of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, documented in the most infamous lynching photograph in U.S. history.
Of All Days: Critical Pedagogy Outside The Classroom,
2016
Rollins College
Of All Days: Critical Pedagogy Outside The Classroom, Lisa M. Tillmann Ph.D.
Faculty Publications
A student at the author’s college pens a racist column on immigration for the school newspaper. Two departments, including the author’s, send campus-wide emails denouncing the rhetoric. A firestorm erupts, as much over the emails as over the op-ed. Years later, the student visits the author unannounced.
Animals & Ethics 101: Thinking Critically About Animal Rights,
2016
Morehouse College
Animals & Ethics 101: Thinking Critically About Animal Rights, Nathan Nobis
eBooks
This book provides an overview of the current debates about the nature and extent of our moral obligations to animals. Which, if any, uses of animals are morally wrong, which are morally permissible (i.e., not wrong) and why? What, if any, moral obligations do we, individually and as a society (and a global community), have towards animals and why? How should animals be treated? Why? We will explore the most influential and most developed answers to these questions – given by philosophers, scientists, and animal advocates and their critics – to try to determine which positions are supported by the …
