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Review Of Diversity, Oppression And Change. Flavio Francisco Marsiglia And Stephen Kulis. Reviewed By Qiaobing Wu., Qiaobing Wu

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Flavio Francisco Marsiglia and Stephen Kulis, Diversity, Oppression and Change: Culturally Grounded Social Work. Chicago, IL: Lyceum, 2008. $49.95 paper cover.

Review Of A People's History Of Poverty In America. Stephen Pimpare. Reviewed By James Midgley., James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Stephen Pimpare, A People's History of Poverty in America. New York: The New Press, 2008. $27.95 hardcover.

Review Of For The People: American Popular Movements From The Revolution To The 1850s. Ronald P. Formisano. Reviewed By James Midgley., James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Ronald P. Formisano, For the People: American Popular Movements from the Revolution to the 1850s. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2007. $35.00 hardcover.

Agricultural Property And Property Taxation, Bruce Johnson

Cornhusker Economics

One entry sure to win most liars’ contests is the one about the farmer who was asked about his property taxes and he replied “no comment.” Farmers and other owners of agricultural real estate have always grumbled about property taxes. And here in Nebraska, the concern seems to be even more than elsewhere.

Situación De Trabajo Infantil Y Adolescente, En Cinco Instituciones Educativas Públicas Y Privadas En El Municipio De Sopó, Alejandra López Mejía, Diana Carolina González, Diana Consuelo Téllez, Lorena Cantor Díaz

Trabajo Social

La situación de trabajo infantil en el municipio de Sopó, ha venido siendo un tema objeto de discusión y preocupación por parte de la Comisaria de Familia y la Alcaldía Municipal dado que no existe información que permita la formulación de políticas municipales y por tanto se convierte en objeto de intervención de la problemática desde Trabajo Social. En este sentido y dada la escasa información sobre el tema y la realidad que viven los NNA en el Municipio de Sopó, se realiza un estudio exploratorio - descriptivo sobre las causas e implicaciones que denotan la problemática para avanzar en …

Analysis Of Simulated And Actual Airborne Remote Sensing Imagery For Characterization Of Surface Water Wave Effects, Charles R. Bostater, Heather Frystacky, Mate Nemes, Luce Bassetti

Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Simulated and airborne imagery demonstrate the ability to see manmade and natural objects below the water wave surface. Traditional photogrammetric imagery and airborne digital imagery both suffer from a loss in image clarity due to a number of factors, including the forward motion of the airborne platform. Blurring due to this effect can be calculated and an opto-mechanical system has been designed in order to help remove this effect. Forward motion blur can be shown to occur on the order of a several centimeters and calculation results are presented. The system is described and imagery is shown to demonstrate image …

Ecowas And Conflict Prevention In West Africa: Confronting The Triple Threats, Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, A. Sarjoh Bah

Emmanuel Kwesi Aning

In this paper, Dr. A. Sarjoh Bah and Dr. Kwesi Aning, addresses three critical transnational challenges, referred to as the “triple threats” confronting West Africa, namely: governance, drug trafficking and small arms and light weapons. They contend that the combined effects of these threats could undermine the security and stability of the entire sub-region. Consequently the analysis focuses on policy responses by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in confronting the triple threats and offers specific recommendations on how these responses can be enhanced. Among other things, the authors call on ECOWAS to articulate its concerns relating to …

Crossbreeding Institutions, Breeding Struggle: Women's Employment, Neoliberal Governmentality, And State (Re)Formation In India, Aradhana Sharma

Aradhana Sharma

This article explores the politics and practices of a state-initiated, feminist-conceived empowerment program for rural women in India through the lens of neoliberal governmentality. Structured as a government-organized nongovernmental organization (GONGO), the Mahila Samakhya (MS) program seeks to empower and mobilize marginalized women for self-development and social change. The program’s GONGO form and empowerment goals articulate with neoliberal logics of self-care and destatized rule to reshape the postcolonial liberalizing state and governance in India. Neoliberalism and the everyday practices of the MS program construct the Indian state as a distinct and vertically encompassing, if ambiguously gendered, entity. The organization’s hybrid …

Globalization And Postcolonial States, Aradhana Sharma

Aradhana Sharma

The experiences of two programs aimed at poor rural women in India suggest that postcolonial contexts might give us reason to reconsider commonly accepted characterizations of neoliberal states. An anthropological approach to the state differs from that of other disciplines by according centrality to the meanings of the everyday practices of bureaucracies and their relation to representations of the state. Such a perspective is strengthened when it integrates those meanings with political economic, social structural, and institutional approaches. Although the two programs examined here originated in different time periods (one before and the other after neoliberal “reforms”) and embodied very …

Introduction: Rethinking Theories Of The State In An Age Of Globalization, Aradhana Sharma

Aradhana Sharma

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 034, Number 02, September 8, 2009, Grand Valley State University

2009-2010, Volume 34

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Resource Conflict Among Farmers And Fulani Herdsmen: Implications For Resource Sustainability, Olarewaju Oluseyi Ifatimehin, Marietu Tenuche

Olarewaju Oluseyi Ifatimehin

This study describes the traditional relationship between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in the incessant resource conflict witnessed in Kogi State, Nigeria and how it affects livelihood security of those involved and resource sustainability for the communities. These conflicts are most responsible for the unsustainable utilization of land and water resources as the trampling by the hooves of herds of cattle compacts the soil of farm land, destroy farm crops by the herdsmen, places restraint on effective utilization of arable farmland among other destruction of available resources. It is understood that these conflicts have their roots in the land tenure system, …

Ginny Maziarka Continues Her Obama=Hitler Rant, Concerned West Bend Citizen

West Bend Community Memorial Library (Wisconsin), 2009

No abstract provided.

Introducing Wissup-Uncensored, Concerned West Bend Citizen

West Bend Community Memorial Library (Wisconsin), 2009

No abstract provided.

Estudio De Caracterización Ocupacional En Archivos De Empresas De Telecomunicaciones En Colombia, Miguel Ángel Manrique Mikán

Sistemas de Información, Bibliotecología y Archivística

La evolución de la archivística se ha desarrollado inicialmente a través de procesos técnicos, continuando con procesos intelectuales y profesionales, e incluso llegando a procesos administrativos y de mercadeo; constituyendo así una profesión integral frente a la gestión de información. El interés de la investigación es precisamente identificar características y rasgos del personal asignado a los archivos en el sub sector de las telecomunicaciones desde perspectivas legales, ocupacionales, formativas, organizacionales y tecnológicas. Cada ambiente fue desarrollado procedimentalmente acudiendo a fuentes de información primaria y secundaria, las primeras intentando identificar rasgos propios de cada entorno, a través de la aplicación de …

How We're Doing: A Composite Index Of Global And National Trends & Metropolitan Las Vegas: Challenges, Opportunities, And A Vision, William J. Antholis, Mark Muro, Robert E. Lang

Brookings Scholar Lecture Series

In addition to “forming a more perfect union” and “justice” and “domestic tranquility,” we focused on three cores, or what we thought were the three core missions of the federal government at the time of founding: providing for a common defense, promoting the general welfare, and securing the blessings of liberty. And we tried to think across the institution, how do we marry up against that and against those three core objectives of government and how we assess and understand where the country and world is at any one time? How do we connect the local, the national, and the …

Communiqué, September 8, 2009, Lindenwood University

Communiqué

The Communiqué was the faculty/staff newsletter for Lindenwood University/College from 1982 to 2016.

Family-Friendly Policies For Rural Working Mothers, Rebecca K. Glauber

Carsey School of Public Policy

For working parents, family friendly work policies like paid sick days, flexible time, or medical insurance can reduce work-family conflict and lead to less absenteeism and higher productivity. Working parents in rural America, however, have less access to these policies than their urban counterparts.

An Analysis Of Mahatma Gandhi And His Leadership Style, Curt Fernandez

Theses and Graduate Projects

This paper explains different leadership styles employed by Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi's life and how that influenced his leadership, examining the actions and behaviors which demonstrate the essence of his leadership style. This paper examines the ideals and values by which Gandhi lived his life and how, even today, they continue to inspire humanity. This paper discusses two different leadership styles, transformational and servant leadership, and shows how Mahatma Gandhi exemplified these qualities. This study was done using data from archives, autobiographies, media, and government reports, as well as my own experience as a native of India. What makes a person …

State Finance In Times Of Crisis, Brian Galle, Jonathan Klick

All Faculty Scholarship

As recent events illustrate, state finances are pro-cyclical: during recessions, state revenues crash, worsening the effects of economic downturns. This problem is well-known, yet persistent. We argue here that, in light of predictable federalism and political economy dynamics, states will be unable to change this situation on their own. Additionally, we note that many possible federal remedies may result in worse problems, such as creating moral hazard that would induce states to take on excessively risky policy, both fiscal and otherwise. Thus, we argue that policy makers should consider so-called “automatic” stabilizers, such as are found in the federal tax …

Columbia Chronicle (09/08/2009), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from September 8, 2009 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 44 pages and is listed as Volume 45, Number 1. Cover story: "Convocation celebration" Editor-in-Chief: Bethany Reinhart

Cedarville Vs. Indiana Wesleyan, Cedarville University

Women's Soccer Statistics

No abstract provided.

التقييم اللاحق للمشاريع, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.

Metadata In A Minute: Brief Descriptions To Promote Access, Nadia Nasr

Staff publications, research, and presentations

No abstract provided.

End The Nfl Blackout!, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Over the past week there has been some comment on the NFL television blackout policy that prohibits the televising of home games in the home market unless there has been a sellout 72 hours in advance of kickoff. Some, including Richard Sandomir of the New York Times, have suggested that in this time of economic crisis, when it appears that the number of sellouts of NFL games will be dropping, that Commissioner Goodell should end or suspend the blackout policy. This is a reasonable sentiment, although one might question if offering more blood and circuses offers a viable solution to …

Ddasaccident628, Hd-Aid

Global CWD Repository

Deminer was clearing the first 60 cm of one cluster heading toward the centre mine after he cleared the 1st 60 cm by one 1m width with no signals he moved his base stick a head to clear the next 60 cm, then he stepped on the area which considered to be cleared by the same deminer, accidently his foot went down due to the soil collapse under his foot (loose soil), the mine was in a depth of about 30 cm that when the deminer foot dived in the loosen soil he applied a pressure on the mine which …

From Pdf To Mp3: Motivations For Creating Derivative Works, John Hilton Iii

Faculty Publications

With increasing frequency, authors are licensing their works in such a way so as to permit others to create derivative works. In some cases, these derivatives extend the impact of a work by providing a translation into another language or modifying the file format to make it more accessible. The Internet is increasing the ability of individuals to create and distribute these derivatives. Seventeen creators of derivatives were surveyed on their motivations for doing so. They indicated that they were willing to create derivatives that extend the original content of a book because they want to help others access the …

Flexible Work Arrangements: Improving Job Quality And Workforce Stability For Low-Wage Workers And Their Employers, Jessica Glenn, Liz Watson

Published Reports

In 2009, workers and their families across the country felt the impact of serious economic downturn, with unemployment reaching a 26-year high. While recent news suggests things may be improving, we cannot forget that for many low-wage and hourly workers -- who now represent over a quarter of the U.S. workforce -- the recession only exacerbated their ongoing struggle to hold down quality jobs while caring for their families.

Low-wage workers face many of the same challenges that the rest of us face in reconciling our work, family and personal lives, but for many of these workers, it's simply a …

China’S New New Youth, Alec Ash

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

In 1915, in Shanghai, Chen Duxiu founded a magazine called qingnian zazhi (青年杂志), or Youth Magazine. Soon after, it was renamed xinqingnian (新青年): New Youth. Perhaps Chen came to feel that the youth of the times had something new to offer China, or that his writers had something new to offer China’s youth. Either way, the magazine and the name captured the spirit of the New Culture Movement which led to May 4th. New Youth aimed to call China out of its Confucian slumber with plain, angry writing by the likes of Lu Xun and essays promoting democracy. Later, it …

Www.Ginnymaziarka.Com, Concerned West Bend Citizen

West Bend Community Memorial Library (Wisconsin), 2009

No abstract provided.