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Religious Interpretations Of Death, Afterlife & Ndes, David San Filippo Ph.D. Jan 2006

Religious Interpretations Of Death, Afterlife & Ndes, David San Filippo Ph.D.

David San Filippo Ph.D.

This E-book reviews religious beliefs concerning death, afterlife, and near-death experiences. The discussion will provide commentary regarding the similarities between different religious beliefs and experiences concerning death, as well as between religious interpretations of near-death experiences.

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Defining (Multiple) Selves: Reflections On Fieldwork In Jakarta, Chang Yau Hoon Jan 2006

Defining (Multiple) Selves: Reflections On Fieldwork In Jakarta, Chang Yau Hoon

Chang Yau HOON

The 'Self' in late-modernity is never singular but multiplies across different discourses, practices and positions. It is constructed through difference. It is only through a relation to the 'Other' that the 'Self' can be defined. This paper endeavours to map the endless negotiations of my 'Self' as male Australian academic of Chinese descent, a Malaysian citizen, a Bruneian resident, and an Indonesian specialist, over a period of fieldwork in Jakarta in 2004. It discusses how I defined my multiple 'Selves' to different individuals and communities, how they in turn defined me, and how these constructions were always shifting. Depending on …

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Assimilation, Multiculturalism, Hybridity: The Dilemmas Of Ethnic Chinese In Post-Suharto Indonesia, Chang Yau Hoon Jan 2006

Assimilation, Multiculturalism, Hybridity: The Dilemmas Of Ethnic Chinese In Post-Suharto Indonesia, Chang Yau Hoon

Chang Yau HOON

The dominant discourse in accommodating the ethnic Chinese in Indonesia during Suharto's regime was one of assimilation, which forcefully aimed to absorb this minority into the national body. However, continuous official discrimination towards the Chinese placed them in a paradoxical position that made them an easy target of racial and class hostility. The May 1998 anti-Chinese riots proved the failure of the assmilationist policy. The process of democratization has given rise to a proliferation of identity politics in post-Suharto Indonesia. The policy of multiculturalism has been endorsed by Indonesia's current power holders as a preferred approach to rebuilding the nation, …

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A Hundred Flowers Bloom: The Reemergence Of The Chinese Press In Post-Soeharto Indonesia, Chang Yau Hoon Jan 2006

A Hundred Flowers Bloom: The Reemergence Of The Chinese Press In Post-Soeharto Indonesia, Chang Yau Hoon

Chang Yau HOON

No abstract provided.

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El Resurgimiento De La Sociología Pública, Manuel Fernández-Esquinas Jan 2006

El Resurgimiento De La Sociología Pública, Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

En este trabajo se realiza un análisis de la corriente llamada «sociología pública» surgida recientemente en los EE UU en el entorno de la American Sociological Association. Para ello se utiliza el enfoque de la sociología de la ciencia. Se estudia a la sociología pública como un movimiento organizado en el ámbito de una disciplina, a saber, un conjunto de ideas y conocimientos que pretenden ocupar un espacio de atención y que están sustentados por redes de trabajadores intelectuales situados en contextos sociales concretos. En el primer apartado se define qué es la sociología pública acudiendo a sus principales nociones …

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El Sistema De Incentivos Y Recompensas En La Ciencia Pública Española, Manuel Fernández-Esquinas, Manuel Pérez-Yruela, Carmen Merchán-Hernández Jan 2006

El Sistema De Incentivos Y Recompensas En La Ciencia Pública Española, Manuel Fernández-Esquinas, Manuel Pérez-Yruela, Carmen Merchán-Hernández

Manuel Fernández-Esquinas

No abstract provided.

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Streets Not Named: Discursive Dead Ends And The Politics Of Orientation In Intercommunal Spatial Relations In Northern Greece, Olga Demetriou Jan 2006

Streets Not Named: Discursive Dead Ends And The Politics Of Orientation In Intercommunal Spatial Relations In Northern Greece, Olga Demetriou

Olga Demetriou

In light of recent discussions on the anthropology of space and theories of governmentality, this article analyzes the entrenchment and interaction in space of ethnic and national identities in an environment in which competing conceptualizations of space persist. The town of Komotini, in northern Greece, is inhabited by both Greek and Turkish speakers; both communities have claims to a variety of ethnic and geographical origins. These claims are presented in different contexts, such as national celebrations, street naming, and instances of communal and intercommunal interaction. The article analyzes how the claims of different actors are related through the examination of …

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La&S Team Gives Kenyan Youth A New Way To Combat Hiv/Aids, Leah Christina Neubauer Jan 2006

La&S Team Gives Kenyan Youth A New Way To Combat Hiv/Aids, Leah Christina Neubauer

Leah C. Neubauer

No abstract provided.

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Kenneth A. Mchugh Quality Staff Service Award: Past Award Recipients, Leah Neubauer Jan 2006

Kenneth A. Mchugh Quality Staff Service Award: Past Award Recipients, Leah Neubauer

Leah C. Neubauer

No abstract provided.

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“Statistical Judo”: The Rhetoric Of Senate Inaction In The Judicial Appointment Process, E. Stewart Moritz Jan 2006

“Statistical Judo”: The Rhetoric Of Senate Inaction In The Judicial Appointment Process, E. Stewart Moritz

E. Stewart Moritz

This article first briefly summarizes the issues that arise in the lower-court judicial confirmation process, and examines how the issues differ from those that arise during the confirmation of Supreme Court justices. The article considers constitutionally-based differences as well as practical differences in Senate and Executive behavior that have developed during more than two centuries of judicial confirmations. The body of the article offers a chronological history and critique of the rhetoric of both Republican and Democratic senators in discussing lower-court confirmations during the 107th Congress. This congressional session, spanning the years 2001 to 2002, was a particularly interesting one …

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Advantage People:West Indian Americans, "Voir Dire", The Jury System And Prosecutorial Bias, Aubrey W. Bonnett Jan 2006

Advantage People:West Indian Americans, "Voir Dire", The Jury System And Prosecutorial Bias, Aubrey W. Bonnett

Aubrey W. Bonnett

No abstract provided.

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Us District Court, Southern New York: Decision By Judge Pauley Granting Injunctive Relief To Petitioner Mark Watson, Wiliam H. Pauley 111 Jan 2006

Us District Court, Southern New York: Decision By Judge Pauley Granting Injunctive Relief To Petitioner Mark Watson, Wiliam H. Pauley 111

Aubrey W. Bonnett

No abstract provided.

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Speech At The"Dropping" Of Halim Majeed's Monograph On The Late President Of The Co-Operative Republic Of Guyana Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, Aubrey W. Bonnett Jan 2006

Speech At The"Dropping" Of Halim Majeed's Monograph On The Late President Of The Co-Operative Republic Of Guyana Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, Aubrey W. Bonnett

Aubrey W. Bonnett

No abstract provided.

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Coolie Odyssey, Aubrey W. Bonnett Jan 2006

Coolie Odyssey, Aubrey W. Bonnett

Aubrey W. Bonnett

No abstract provided.

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Guyana: Can A Government Of Reconciliation Be Formed, Aubrey W. Bonnett Jan 2006

Guyana: Can A Government Of Reconciliation Be Formed, Aubrey W. Bonnett

Aubrey W. Bonnett

No abstract provided.

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Now Is The Time For Unity, Aubrey W. Bonnett Jan 2006

Now Is The Time For Unity, Aubrey W. Bonnett

Aubrey W. Bonnett

No abstract provided.

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Detainee Treatment Act Of 2005, Arsalan M. Suleman Jan 2006

Detainee Treatment Act Of 2005, Arsalan M. Suleman

Arsalan Suleman

This Recent Development focuses on the legal standards that would govern the treatment and interrogation tactics applicable to detainees held by the United States abroad after the passage of the Detainee Treatment Act (DTA). The article first discusses the legal implications of the DTA as to U.S. law on the use of torture or CID treatment, which primarily concerns Sections 1002 and 1003 of the DTA. Then, it explores certain shortfalls in the scope of these sections on this issue, as the sections do not fully address all of the potential ways in which detainee abuse and torture might continue. …

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Self Reports Of First And Second Language Ability By Academically Inclined And Challenged Students, Arshad Abd Samad Jan 2006

Self Reports Of First And Second Language Ability By Academically Inclined And Challenged Students, Arshad Abd Samad

Arshad Abd Samad

Becoming proficient in a second language may involve several factors that are different from those involved in the first language. One factor that may influence performance in either language is academic aptitude. In this study, responses to statements regarding language abilities in Bahasa Malaysia and English by academically inclined and challenged students were analysed using the Chi-Square technique. The results indicate that while the academically inclined students do not have major difficulties in performance in either of the two languages, the academically challenged students report problems in basic linguistic abilities in the English language but not in Bahasa Malaysia. Several …

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Question Comprehension And Response: Implications Of Individualism And Collectivism., Ayse K. Uskul, Daphna Oyserman Jan 2006

Question Comprehension And Response: Implications Of Individualism And Collectivism., Ayse K. Uskul, Daphna Oyserman

Ayse K Uskul

We integrate cross-cultural literature with broader literature in survey methodology, human cognition and communication. First, we briefly review recent work in cognitive survey methodology that advances our understanding of the processes underlying question comprehension and response. Then, using a process model of cultural influence, we provide a framework for hypothesizing how cross-cultural differences may systematically influence the meaning respondents make of the questions researchers ask, how memory is organized, and subjective theories about what constitutes an appropriate answer and therefore the answers participants are likely to give.

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Avrupa Birliği'nin Filistin Politikası, Ali Balci Jan 2006

Avrupa Birliği'nin Filistin Politikası, Ali Balci

Ali Balci

No abstract provided.

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Bir Dış Politika Aracı Olarak Dış Yardımların Kullanılması: Japonya Örneği, Ali Balci Jan 2006

Bir Dış Politika Aracı Olarak Dış Yardımların Kullanılması: Japonya Örneği, Ali Balci

Ali Balci

No abstract provided.

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Review Of David Art's The Politics Of The Nazi Past In Germany And Austria, German Politics And Society 24:3, 108-112., Antonis A. Ellinas Jan 2006

Review Of David Art's The Politics Of The Nazi Past In Germany And Austria, German Politics And Society 24:3, 108-112., Antonis A. Ellinas

Antonis A. Ellinas

No abstract provided.

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Identifying Placebo Effects With Data From Clinical Trials, Anup Malani Jan 2006

Identifying Placebo Effects With Data From Clinical Trials, Anup Malani

Anup Malani

A medical treatment is said to have placebo effects if patients who are optimistic about the treatment respond better to the treatment. This paper proposes a simple test for placebo effects. Instead of comparing the treatment and control arms of a single trial, one should compare the treatment arms of two trials with different probabilities of assignment to treatment. If there are placebo effects, patients in the higher-probability trial will experience better outcomes simply because they believe that there is a greater chance of receiving treatment. This paper finds evidence of placebo effects in trials of antiulcer and cholesterol-lowering drugs.

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The Evolution Of Education Has Not Been Televised: Educational Inequalities And The Impact Of Change, Andree Robinson-Neal Jan 2006

The Evolution Of Education Has Not Been Televised: Educational Inequalities And The Impact Of Change, Andree Robinson-Neal

Andree Robinson-Neal

The historical evolution of education and impact of its inequalities have not been televised. The world is more often exposed to “overcomology” —society’s assertion that oppressed peoples or so-called minorities have overcome past injustices and are now able to access the same educational opportunities as so-called majority groups. This paper provides a Gil Scott-Heron-esque review of the effects of inequalities on this key social institution.

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The Paretian Theory Of Ophelimity In Closed And Open Cycles, Aldo Montesano Jan 2006

The Paretian Theory Of Ophelimity In Closed And Open Cycles, Aldo Montesano

Aldo Montesano

No abstract provided.

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Privatizing Public Enterprises In The European Union 1960-2002: Ideological, Pragmatic, Inevitable?, Judith Clifton, Daniel Díaz-Fuentes, Francisco Comín Jan 2006

Privatizing Public Enterprises In The European Union 1960-2002: Ideological, Pragmatic, Inevitable?, Judith Clifton, Daniel Díaz-Fuentes, Francisco Comín

Judith Clifton

Privatization, recognized as one of the most important economic policy reforms from the 1970s, has attracted significant attention from scholars, and the literature on the topic is now vast. Yet there is little agreement on the reasons why governments privatized. Three dominant paradigms explaining European Union (EU) privatization put forward distinct motivations. The ‘British paradigm’ assumed that market-friendly ideology played a significant role in a path towards a global programme inspired by the UK experience. The ‘multiple logics’ approach observed that the UK was an anomaly, not a leader, and that EU privatization was so diverse that there were few, …

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Utilitarianism, James E. Crimmins Jan 2006

Utilitarianism, James E. Crimmins

James E Crimmins

No abstract provided.

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Taxing Illegal Assets: The Revenue Work Of The Criminal Assets Bureau, Liz Campbell Jan 2006

Taxing Illegal Assets: The Revenue Work Of The Criminal Assets Bureau, Liz Campbell

Liz Campbell

This article considers the powers of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) in the context of revenue law, as this lesser-known aspect of the Bureau’s work is often overshadowed by its ability to seize and confiscate the proceeds of crime. Although the taxing of illegal profits was traditionally precluded in Ireland, this situation was altered in the early-1980s, thereby facilitating CAB’s revenue work. Despite CAB’s significant powers in this regard, the courts have overturned its tax assessments in a number of cases, on the basis that certain criteria pertaining to its tax powers have been breached. Nevertheless, CAB’s ability to pursue …

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The Evidence Of Intimidated Witnesses In Criminal Trials, Liz Campbell Jan 2006

The Evidence Of Intimidated Witnesses In Criminal Trials, Liz Campbell

Liz Campbell

The issue of witness intimidation has gained currency in the Irish criminal justice system in recent years with the increase in so-called “gangland” crime. The brutal treatment used by organised criminals to resolve gangland feuds is echoed in the threats received by individuals who seek to testify against suspected organised criminals. This article examines various approaches have been adopted by the State to ensure that the evidence of threatened witnesses may be used in court. While some witnesses may participate in the Witness Protection Programme (WPP), others may give evidence by means of video-camera. In addition, even if an intimidated …

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Decline Of Due Process In The Irish Justice System: Beyond The Culture Of Control?, Liz Campbell Jan 2006

Decline Of Due Process In The Irish Justice System: Beyond The Culture Of Control?, Liz Campbell

Liz Campbell

Legislation in Ireland that pertains to serious and organised crime is characterised by a favouring of public protection over the rights of the accused; by an increased concern for security with a concomitant diminution of the significance of liberty. Throughout the pre-trial stage of the criminal process, the court-hearing and sentencing, a shift in focus from the due process rights of the accused towards the result-oriented aims of the State is apparent. Furthermore, the fight against organised crime has extended into the civil domain with the creation of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB), with its low burden of proof and …

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