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The New Social Discipline : A Critical Analysis Of Federal Drug-Free Workplace Legislation And Employee Drug Testing, Matthew T. Lammers

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

In this research I contend that the arguments for drug-free workplaces are framed within a narrative of science that lends authenticity to the recurring themes that drug testing promotes the health, safety, and productivity of the American workforce. The sense of authenticity effectively delimits the discourse of drug testing and presents the complexities of drug abuse in binary oppositions that contribute to normalizing the behavior of all individuals, not just those who abuse drugs. I suggest that the process of normalization reproduces the delimitation of discourse and provides justifications for introducing drug testing into areas of society beyond the walls …

A Space For Co-Constructing Counter Stories Under Surveillance, María Elena Torre, Michelle Fine, Kathy Boudin, Iris Bowen, Judith Clark, Donna Hylton, Migdalia Martinez, 'Missy', Rosemarie A. Roberts, Pamela Smart, Debora Upegui

Publications and Research

Using our experiences as members of a participatory action research committee (from the City University of New York Graduate Center and the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility) documenting the impact of college in a maximum security prison, this essay illustrates the power of Participatory Action Research in the construction of counter stories. We raise for discussion a set of theoretical, methodological and ethical challenges that emerged from the co-production of counter stories under surveillance: the creation of a critical space for producing 'counter knowledge'; the co-mingling of counter and dominant discourses, the negotiation of power over and within research in prison, …

A Contrastive Cross-Cultural Study Of The Speech Act Of Correction In Egyptian Arabic And American English, Nadir Anis

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The present study is an empirical cross-cultural investigation of the speech act of correction in Egyptian Arabic and American English. The purpose of the study is to examine how and why Egyptians and U.S. Americans modify the illocutionary force of their corrections in terms of mitigation and aggravation in different speech situations. A Discourse Completion Task/Test (OCT) was used to elicit corrections from 30 Arabic-speaking Egyptians and 30 English-speaking U.S. Americans. All the respondents were either university students or university graduates between the ages of 18 and 35. The six situations used to elicit corrections represented different settings (e.g., classroom, …

Attitudes At The Bank : A Survey Of Reactions To Different Varieties Of English, Sean Wilcox

Dissertations and Theses

In the modem world of international communication, it is more common for speakers of different varieties of English to come into contact with each other on a daily basis. This can occur not only in face to face communication, but in telephone communication as well.

This study investigates the attitudes towards a non-native or Expanding Circle (ECE) variety of English held by telephone customer service representatives at a large American financial institution. The central question of this study asks whether or not these telephone representatives will rate a speaker of a Korean-accented variety of English higher or lower than a …

Technocratic Teamwork: Mitigating Polarization And Cultural Marginalization In An Engineering Firm, Jerry K. Daday, Beverly B. Burris

Sociology Faculty Publications

Many corporations attempt to establish a unified corporate culture as a way of orienting employees toward corporate goals and objectives. However, a technocratic organizational structure has been found to exist in many high-tech corporations, which divides employees into an expert and non-expert sector based on differences in credentials and technical expertise. Because of this division, employees working within these two sectors experience differences in corporate rewards, worker autonomy, and creative freedoms. These factors have been found to lead to a polarized, divided, and discontented workforce. To understand how a technocratic structure influences and affects a dominant corporate culture and organizational …

Exploring Racial Profiling: Research Design Recommendations For The Chandler Police Department, M. Bortner, Heather Campbell, Rob Melnick, Michael Musheno, Carlos Posadas, Anne Schneider, Christine Yalda

Christine A. Yalda

No abstract provided.

The Metro Wide Web: Changes In Newspaper's Gatekeeping Role Online, Jane Singer

Jane B. Singer

Examines the print and online versions of selected Colorado newspapers by comparing the content of local and nonlocal news, sports and business in each version. Changes in the role of newspaper editors; Significance of local orientation in newspapers and its readers; Comparison of story total, location and staffing for each version.

Constructing Risk Maternity Care, Law, And Malpractice, Jan Thomas, Elizabeth Cartwright

Jan Thomas

No abstract provided.

For The Record: An Oral History Of Rochester, New York Newsworkers, Bonnie Brennen

Bonnie Brennen

For the Record focuses on the experiences of journalists, primarily in their own words, who worked in Rochester, New York, on the Gannett owned Democrat & Chronicle and the Times Union. While there are occasional glimpses back to the beginning of the twentieth century and conversations regarding current newsroom policies by those who are still involved in the business, most of the material in this study centers on Gannett during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s-a period that may be seen as pivotal to the development of the Gannett Company. Although there is an enormous wealth of material available on the …

Media And Cultural Studies : Keyworks, Meenakshi Durham, Douglas Kellner

Meenakshi Gigi Durham

No abstract provided.

Political Nature - Environmentalism And The Interpretation Of Western Thought

John Meyer

Walking The Straight And Narrow: Performative Identity And The First Amendment After Hurley, Christine Yalda

Christine A. Yalda

No abstract provided.

"The Culinary Fantasy Of The Andes", Jack Weatherford

Jack Weatherford, Retired

No abstract provided.

Agonism, Emma Norman

Emma R. Norman

No abstract provided.

Information Literacy And The Liberal Arts: Revision Or Revolution?, James Elmborg

James K. Elmborg

No abstract provided.

The History Of The Nurse Practitioner Movement, 1960 To 1980, 1 G13 Lm07250-01, Fg, Principal Investigator, $76, 941, Publication Grant Program, National Library Of Medicine, Julie Fairman

Julie A Fairman

No abstract provided.

Working Time In Comparative Perspective: Volume Ii - Life-Cycle Working Time And Nonstandard Work, Susan Houseman, Alice Nakamura

Susan N. Houseman

The chapters explore an expanded set of working-time issues, which may be loosely grouped under two topics: 1) working time over the life cycle, and 2) nonstandard work arrangements (e.g., temporary work, job sharing and moonlighting).

Prime-Time Players And Powerful Prose: The Role Of Women In The 1997-1998 Television Season, Martha Lauzen, David Dozier, Manda Hicks

Manda V. Hicks

Within a theoretical framework that integrates the influence of market forces and perceived power of creative individuals, this study considers the empirical relations between women working behind the scenes and on screen in prime time. Using the top 64 prime-time series from the first 12 weeks of the 1997-1998 television season, this study specifically examines the dynamic between the presence of women working behind the scenes and use of powerful language by female characters. Powerful language attributes included the use of directives, interruptions, first words, and last words. The study found that the presence of female executive producers and writers …

Web-Based Instruction For Undergraduate Nursing, Richard Eimas, Hope Barton

Hope I Barton

No abstract provided.

Rural Adolescent Perceptions Of Alcohol And Other Drug Resistance, Jeanne Jenkins

Jeanne E. Jenkins

Examines the perceptions of drug resistance difficulties of high school students. Classification of students according to degree of drug use; explanations for drug resistance difficulty; Relation of the reason foe drug resistance difficulty to the need for peer acceptance.

Diplomacy Of Conscience: Amnesty International And Changing Human Rights Norms, Ann Marie Clark

Ann Marie Clark

Diplomacy of Conscience traces Amnesty International's efforts to strengthen both popular human rights awareness and international law against torture, disappearances, and political killings. Drawing on primary interviews and archival research, Ann Marie Clark posits that Amnesty International's strenuously cultivated objectivity gave the group political independence and allowed it to be critical of all governments violating human rights. Its capacity to investigate abuses and interpret them according to international standards helped it foster consistency and coherence in new human rights law. Generalizing from this study, Clark builds a theory of the autonomous role of nongovernmental actors in the emergence of international …

[Author And Subject Indexes], Jolene Miller

Jolene M. Miller

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Attending A Small Class In The Early Grades On College-Test Taking And Middle School Test Results: Evidence From Project Star, Alan Krueger, Diane Schanzenbach

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

This paper provides a long-term follow-up analysis of students who participated in the Tennessee STAR experiment. In this experiment, students and their teachers were randomly assigned to small, regular-size, or regular-size classes with a teacher aide in the first four years of school. We analyse the effect of past attendance in small classes on student test scores and whether they took the ACT or SAT college entrance exam. Attending a small class in the early grades is associated with an increased likelihood of taking a college-entrance exam, especially among minority students, and somewhat higher test scores.

Nafta And The Reconstruction Of U.S. Hegemony: The Raw Materials Foundations Of Economic Competitiveness, Paul Ciccantell

Paul Ciccantell

This paper argues that conflicting assessments of the impacts of free trade in North America are incomplete because they do not analyze these effects in light of the key long term U.S. goal: the reconstruction of U.S. hegemony that was under siege by Japan and Europe. The declining competitiveness of U.S. raw materials supply systems badly damaged U.S. hegemony during the 1970s and 1980s. The original U.S. strategy was to create a continental energy market to reduce overseas oil imports, guarantee access to oil and natural gas from Canada and Mexico, and reduce price instability. The evolution into broader agreements …

Why Privatization Is Not On The American Social Security Policy Agenda, Max Skidmore

Max J. Skidmore

No abstract provided.

"Censorship: Who Needs It? How The Conventional Wisdom Restricts Information's Free Flow", Max Skidmore

Max J. Skidmore

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Personal Networks In Two Chinese Societies, Danching Ruan

Dr. RUAN, Danching

No abstract provided.

Introduction To The Law Of Employment Discrimination, Michael Gold

Michael Evan Gold

This new edition of An Introduction to the Law of Employment Discrimination summarizes the federal laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, age, and disability. Several major statutes, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Equal Pay Act, protect American workers from discrimination. In this handy reference guide, Michael Evan Gold discusses complex legislation in lucid, understandable terms. In his discussion of each statute, the author provides such information as:

* who is protected …

Community Policing And Probation: Coordinated Enforcement Programs For Juvenile Offenders, Kathleen Bailey, James Ballard

Kathleen Bailey

No abstract provided.

Developmental Systems, Darwinian Evolution,And The Unity Of Science, Bruce Weber, David Depew

David J Depew

No abstract provided.