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Disproportionate Minority Contact, Lisa Mcguire, Gabriella Campo

Lisa E. McGuire

No abstract provided.

Competition & Turnout: The Majority Run-Off As A Natural Experiment, Indridi Indridason

Indridi H Indridason

Run-off elections offer certain advantages for the study of political behavior over other electoral systems. This paper exploits the fact that run-off elections resemble a natural experiment to study the effects of competitiveness on voter turnout. The literature offers several explanations of the determinants of voter turnout. In run-off elections most of these factors can be assumed to be constant between the two ballots. Run-off elections, thus, provide an opportunity to evaluate the insights offered by rational choice theories of voter turnout. The results of the first ballot inform voters about the competitiveness of the race, which influences their propensity …

A Meta-Analytic Examination Of Follow-Up Studies Of Programs Designed To Prevent The Primary Symptoms Of Oppositional Defiant And Conduct Disorders, A. Grove, S. Evans, Dena Pastor, S. Mack

Dena A Pastor

No abstract provided.

Examining The Connections: Uses Of Emerging Technologies For Web-Based Instruction, Stefanie Warlick

Stefanie E Warlick

No abstract provided.

Terrorism, Brenda Lutz, James Lutz

James M Lutz

No abstract provided.

Urban Governance And Business Improvement Districts: An Exploratory Analysis Of Municipal Management Districts In Houston, Texas, Usa, Andrew Ewoh

Andrew I.E. Ewoh

No abstract provided.

Remembering And Forgetting Black Power In Mississippi Burning, Kristen Hoerl

Kristen Hoerl

No abstract provided.

Walking Through The Storm, Norman Powell

Norman W. Powell

No abstract provided.

Framing A Vision For 21st-Century Librarianship: Lis Education In Changing Times, James Elmborg

James K. Elmborg

Librarianship is at a critical juncture. Technological changes have reshaped the information landscape, but libraries as social institutions have not been able to transform themselves to keep pace. This is the challenge of Library and Information Science Education. As we look to a future professional education for librarians, we need to acknowledge the need to reinvent our educational goals and methods so our graduates can lead in this new emerging environment. A relevant education for the information sectors will include a synthesis of global, technical, and critical perspectives to encourage librarians to understand the changes they need to enact to …

Food Prices And Weight Gain During Elementary School: 5-Year Update., Roland Sturm, Ashlesha Datar

Roland Sturm

No abstract provided.

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Using Clickers To Enhance Learning In The Library, Janelle Wertzberger

Janelle Wertzberger

Musselman Library’s Reference & Instruction Department has an active and growing information literacy (IL) program based on faculty-librarian collaboration rather than institutional curriculum. While a few information literacy session sequences are taught within a specific course, the vast majority of instructional sessions are traditional “one-shots.”

Because formal instruction time with students is limited, instruction librarians take care to include active learning and other participatory pedagogies to improve learning and increase the likelihood that students will return to the library, the reference desk, and the library website. Incorporating personal response devices, or “clickers,” into IL sessions is another technique for engaging …

Citizen Participation In Online News Media (United States Section), Jane Singer

Jane B. Singer

No abstract provided.

Let The Domination Begin: Sports Fans’ Construction Of Identity In On-Line Message Boards, Allison Harthcock

Allison Harthcock

No abstract provided.

Online Journalism, Jane Singer

Jane B. Singer

No abstract provided.

Ethnic, Cultural, & Socioeconomic Factors Influencing The Selection, Use And Interpretation Of Measures., M Rubio-Stipek, I Canino, M Hicks, M Tsuang

Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks

No abstract provided.

Liminal Living At An Extended-Stay Hotel: Policy Implications For Social Workers, Terri Lewinson

Terri Lewinson

No abstract provided.

The Unitary Executive And Presidential Signing Statements, Cheryl Truesdell, Becky Byrum

Cheryl B. Truesdell

No abstract provided.

Terrorism In A Global Setting, Brenda Lutz, James Lutz

James M Lutz

No abstract provided.

Co-Editor, With Maria-Pia Di Bella, Brian Yothers

Brian Yothers

I have been a co-editor of Journeys: The International Journal of Travel and Travel Writing since 2008. This interdisciplinary journal appears twice a year and is published by Berghahn Books (New York and Oxford).

Languages Of Love, Peta Stapleton, Terri Sheldon

Peta B. Stapleton

No abstract provided.

Fairness In Contractual Relations: An Economic-Oriented Understanding Of Good Faith Performance, Luigi Russi

Luigi Russi

This is a derivative version of 'Can Good Faith Performance Be Unfair? An Economic Framework for Understanding the Problem', which appeared in the Whittier Law Review, vol. 29, 2008. In comparison to the version therein published, I have eliminated the mathematical appendix, and attempted to outline my reasoning exclusively in words, for it to be accessible to a wider readership.

The Globalization Of World Politics: Case Studies From Australia, New Zealand And The Asia Pacific, Stuart Murray

Stuart Murray

No abstract provided.

In The Wake Of Tsunami: Lessons Learned From The Household Decision To Replant Mangroves In Thailand, Edward Barbier

Edward B Barbier

No abstract provided.

Characteristics Of The Effective Child Welfare Supervisor: An Evaluation Of Competencies, Lisa Mcguire, Corey Pfahler

Lisa E. McGuire

No abstract provided.

"Sources Of Uncertainty In Project Management: A ‘Real Life’ Account", Dominika Latusek

Dominika Latusek

No abstract provided.

Lost In Transition: Navigating And Exploring Alternative Education, Norman Powell

Norman W. Powell

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Link Between Victimization And Delinquency: A General Strain Theory Approach, Christopher Kierkus, Patrick Gerkin

Christopher A. Kierkus

No abstract provided.

Interviewing Skills, Lisa Mcguire, Alison Chaney

Lisa E. McGuire

No abstract provided.

Civil Liberties And The Regulation Of Public Space: The Case Of Sidewalks In Las Vegas, Evelyn Blumenburg, Renia Ehrenfeucht

Renia Ehrenfeucht

Conflicts over the nature of and rights associated with public space have a long history and have prompted numerous regulatory responses. Perhaps nowhere in the USA has the regulation of public space been as far-reaching as in Las Vegas, Nevada, where the financial stakes associated with sidewalks are enormous. This study examines how local officials mediate among varied and competing uses of the sidewalk. In defining the function of the sidewalks narrowly, and passively deferring questions of civil liberties, local officials have effectively controlled almost all aspects of public behavior. In recent years, cities have invested in major commercial revitalization …

When To Run And When To Hide: Electoral Coordination And Exit, Indridi Indridason

Indridi H Indridason

Elections represent a coordination problem for voters and candidates for office. Electoral coordination is also the causal mechanism behind any explanation of the relationship between electoral systems and the number of parties. I present a dynamic model of electoral coordination with candidate exit. The model extends two important results from the literature to a dynamic setting. The extension of Duverger's Law and the median-voter theorem also offers a simultaneous prediction of the number of parties and their ideological positions. Coordination failure is shown to be possible in a mixed-strategy equilibrium.