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Measuring Populist Attitudes, Kirk Hawkins, Scott Riding, Cas Mudde Dec 2011

Measuring Populist Attitudes, Kirk Hawkins, Scott Riding, Cas Mudde

Cas Mudde

No abstract provided.


Woolfork Review Jaes.Doc, Kirby Farrell Dec 2011

Woolfork Review Jaes.Doc, Kirby Farrell

kirby farrell

This is a review of Lisa Woolfork's interestingly misguided attempt to use trauma to investigate and affirm African-American identities. The fallacies in the book are so topical and popular that the review, IMO, is a healthy corrective. The review first appeared in the Journal of American ethnic studies 31(4):88-90 · June 2012. A more detailed treatment of the critique is in the Introduction and the 1990s half of my Post-Traumatic Culture (Johns Hopkins, 1998). 


The Learning Narrative Within Libraries, Rick A. Stoddart Dec 2011

The Learning Narrative Within Libraries, Rick A. Stoddart

Rick A Stoddart

Our libraries iare rich with stories and we all play a part in enacting each storyline. Each narrative we embrace helps illuminate what we value and how we go about describing that value. This lightning talk will use the OSU Learning Goals for Graduates to highlight the learning narrative within libraries. The talk will provide inspiration about how this story might inform our understanding of the library and what role we might play together in writing its next chapter.


Book Review: Without A Net: Librarians Bridging The Digital Divide, Rick A. Stoddart Dec 2011

Book Review: Without A Net: Librarians Bridging The Digital Divide, Rick A. Stoddart

Rick A Stoddart

Book Review of Without A Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide by Jessamyn C. West


What's The Story, Morning Glory? A Content Analysis Of Land-Grant Universities Libraries Assessment And Fact Pages, Rick A. Stoddart Dec 2011

What's The Story, Morning Glory? A Content Analysis Of Land-Grant Universities Libraries Assessment And Fact Pages, Rick A. Stoddart

Rick A Stoddart

This presentation reports on a content analysis of Land-Grant university library assessment web pages and fact pages. Publicizing and sharing library assessment efforts is an important part of the equation of demonstrating library impact. What stories do these websites tell about library assessment efforts? What methods are used to convey this information to the public and stakeholders? What can libraries learn from other assessment websites to help showcase their assessment programs? Presentation attendees will learn how libraries are leveraging their web presences to make a difference on their campuses, as well as other practical techniques to maximize their own impact. …


Book Review: International Students And Academic Libraries: Initiatives For Success, Richard A. Stoddart Dec 2011

Book Review: International Students And Academic Libraries: Initiatives For Success, Richard A. Stoddart

Rick A Stoddart

No abstract provided.


Energy Consumption-Economic Growth Nexus: Does The Level Of Aggregation Matter?, Maamar Sebri, Mehdi Abid Dec 2011

Energy Consumption-Economic Growth Nexus: Does The Level Of Aggregation Matter?, Maamar Sebri, Mehdi Abid

Maamar Sebri

This study investigates the causal relationship between energy consumption and economic performance for the total economy as well as for industry, transport, and residential sectors for Tunisia during the period 1980-2007. The application of Vector error correction model (VECM) for non-stationary and cointegrated series suggests that causality directions at aggregated and disaggregated levels are mixed. However, the findings have important policy implications. While at the level of the total economy, energy plays an important role in development of Tunisian economy, it seems not to have an impact on economic performance at sectoral level. We conclude that results appear to be …


The Design And Implementation Of U.S. Climate Policy, Don Fullerton, Catherine Wolfram Dec 2011

The Design And Implementation Of U.S. Climate Policy, Don Fullerton, Catherine Wolfram

Don Fullerton

No abstract provided.


Introduction And Summary, Don Fullerton, Catherine Wolfram Dec 2011

Introduction And Summary, Don Fullerton, Catherine Wolfram

Don Fullerton

While economic models have already proven useful to analyze big picture questions about climate policy such as the choice between a carbon tax or cap-and-trade permit system, the 19 chapters in this book show how economic models also are useful to address the many remaining smaller questions that arise as policy is implemented. For example, chapters consider: the tradeoffs policymakers confront in deciding whether to implement the policy upstream on energy producers or downstream on energy users; how to monitor and enforce climate policy; how Federal actions might interact with climate policies at other levels of government or with other …


Dialogue Between Friedman And Keynes, Howard J. Sherman Dec 2011

Dialogue Between Friedman And Keynes, Howard J. Sherman

HOWARD J SHERMAN

This is an imaginary dialogue between Milton Friedman, the greatest conservative economist of the 20th century, and John Maynard Keynes, the greatest liberal economist of the 20th century.


A Role For Policymakers In Improving The Status Of Black Male Students In U.S. Higher Education, Shaun R. Harper, Frank Harris Iii Dec 2011

A Role For Policymakers In Improving The Status Of Black Male Students In U.S. Higher Education, Shaun R. Harper, Frank Harris Iii

Frank Harris III

No abstract provided.


Nostalgia For The Liberal Hour: Talkin' 'Bout The Horizons Of Norman Jewison's Generation, Daniel Mcneil Dec 2011

Nostalgia For The Liberal Hour: Talkin' 'Bout The Horizons Of Norman Jewison's Generation, Daniel Mcneil

Daniel McNeil

Throughout his career as a filmmaker Norman Jewison has confronted stereotypes that depict white liberals as hypocritical and insincere do-gooders. He has also seized and contested the position of victim against radicals on the left and right. This paper outlines some of the commonalities between the Canadian filmmaker and Robin Winks and Michael Banton, two prominent academics in the United States and the United Kingdom who also opposed the "unacceptable face of capitalism" and the “overly politicized” scholarship of radical intellectuals. My conclusion provides a counterpoint to the liberal humanism of Jewison, Winks and Banton by turning to the new …


War, Forced Displacement And Growth In Laotian Adults, Patrick F. Clarkin Dec 2011

War, Forced Displacement And Growth In Laotian Adults, Patrick F. Clarkin

Patrick F. Clarkin

Background: Evidence from several populations suggests

that war negatively impacts civilian nutrition, physical growth and overall health. This effect is often enduring or permanent, particularly if experienced early in life.

Aim: To assess whether the number of lifetime displacement

experiences and being displaced in infancy were associated with adult height, sitting height, leg length and the sitting height ratio.

Subjects and methods: Retrospective questionnaires on

displacement and resettlement experiences and

anthropometric data were collected from a sample of Laotian adult refugees (ethnic Hmong and Lao; n ¼ 365). All were born in Laos or Thailand and had resettled in French …


Moving Toward Comparability: Assessing Per-Student Costs In K-12, Robert J. Eger Iii, Bruce D. Mcdonald Iii Dec 2011

Moving Toward Comparability: Assessing Per-Student Costs In K-12, Robert J. Eger Iii, Bruce D. Mcdonald Iii

Bruce D. McDonald, III

The current classifications for public school costs are provided by the National Center for Educational Statistics. To improve comparability between school districts, this paper provides an alternative classification with fewer numbers of expenditure categories and sub-categories. We also introduce distinctions between school-based and non-school based administration costs and between elementary and secondary schools to provide an identification of possible sources of inefficiency. The new classification is then applied to five comparable urban school districts Atlanta, Boston, Mobile, Nashville, and Newark. We find (1) that teacher salaries per student are affected by school level disaggregation; (2) that separating administrative costs into …


Community Benefits Agreements In A Value Capture Context, Laura Wolf-Powers Dec 2011

Community Benefits Agreements In A Value Capture Context, Laura Wolf-Powers

Laura Wolf-Powers

No abstract provided.


Designing An Urban Industrial Future: Philadelphia’S Lower Schuylkill Industrial District, Laura Wolf-Powers Dec 2011

Designing An Urban Industrial Future: Philadelphia’S Lower Schuylkill Industrial District, Laura Wolf-Powers

Laura Wolf-Powers

No abstract provided.


Aligning Secondary And Post-Secondary Credentialization With Economic Development Strategy, Or If Low Educational Attainment = Poor Metropolitan Competitiveness, What Can Be Done About It?, Laura Wolf-Powers, Stuart Andreason Dec 2011

Aligning Secondary And Post-Secondary Credentialization With Economic Development Strategy, Or If Low Educational Attainment = Poor Metropolitan Competitiveness, What Can Be Done About It?, Laura Wolf-Powers, Stuart Andreason

Laura Wolf-Powers

No abstract provided.


Examining The Role Of Identity In Negotiation Decision Making: The Case Of Cyprus, Cigdem V. Sirin Dec 2011

Examining The Role Of Identity In Negotiation Decision Making: The Case Of Cyprus, Cigdem V. Sirin

Cigdem V. Sirin

This study examines the effects of ethnic and social identities on negotiation decision making in the context of the Cyprus conflict. I conduct a theory-driven case study of the 1959 Zurich-London agreements on Cyprus, analyzing the positions of Turkey, Greece, Britain, and the Turkish and Greek Cypriot communities during the negotiation process. I find that even in the presence of adversarial ethnic ties, decision makers who have a shared (and salient) social identity are more likely to employ collective-serving decision strategies and seek evenhanded solutions that will not jeopardize their mutual interests. In contrast, decision makers with severe ethnic fragmentation …


Judicial Non-Compliance In A Non-Hierarchical Legal Order: Isolated Accident Or Omen Of Judicial Armageddon?, Arthur Dyevre Dec 2011

Judicial Non-Compliance In A Non-Hierarchical Legal Order: Isolated Accident Or Omen Of Judicial Armageddon?, Arthur Dyevre

Arthur Dyevre

In a multi-level, non-hierarchical court system, where courts at the upper echelon do not have the power to reverse the decisions of courts at the lower level, judicial cooperation appears crucial to the effectiveness of the higher-level law. For this reason, the recent judgment of the Czech Constitutional Court, which declared the decision of the Court of Justice in the Landtová case ultra vires, would seem to deal a terrible blow to the authority of European Union law. As doomsayers will be quick to point out, the Czech decision could set a dangerous precedent that may well one day bring …


Citizens United And The Ineluctable Question Of Corporate Citizenship, Amy Sepinwall Dec 2011

Citizens United And The Ineluctable Question Of Corporate Citizenship, Amy Sepinwall

Amy J. Sepinwall

As a result of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United, corporations and individuals now enjoy the same rights to spend money on ads supporting or opposing candidates for office. Those concerned about the role of money in politics have much to decry about the decision. But the threat to democracy posed by allowing wealthy corporations to function as political speakers arises as well under a regime that allows wealthy individuals to do so. If we are not prepared to limit individuals’ expenditures on political speech, we will have to find a way to distinguish individuals’ and corporations’ free speech …


Crecimiento Económico Y Política Industrial En México, Isaac Leobardo Sánchez Juárez, Cuauhtémoc Calderón Dec 2011

Crecimiento Económico Y Política Industrial En México, Isaac Leobardo Sánchez Juárez, Cuauhtémoc Calderón

Isaac Sánchez-Juárez

En este artículo se analiza un problema que resulta crucial para el desarrollo económico de México: el bajo crecimiento económico y la consecuente imposibilidad para generar los empleos necesarios. Se supone, en base a la teoría del crecimiento kaldoriana, que dicha problemática es resultado de errores de política económica, básicamente el abandono de la política industrial activa orientada al cambio estructural y desarrollo económico. Se proporciona evidencia que da cuenta de la alta correlación entre el bajo crecimiento económico y el bajo crecimiento del producto manufacturero, resultado que es compatible con los hallazgos de otros investigadores. De haberse implementado una …


Seaford Pharmacy Shooting, Aisha Al-Muslim Dec 2011

Seaford Pharmacy Shooting, Aisha Al-Muslim

Aisha Al-Muslim

No abstract provided.


Rights Adjudication And Constitutional Pluralism In Germany And Europe, Alec Stone Sweet Dec 2011

Rights Adjudication And Constitutional Pluralism In Germany And Europe, Alec Stone Sweet

Alec Stone Sweet

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Courts, Alec Stone Sweet Dec 2011

Constitutional Courts, Alec Stone Sweet

Alec Stone Sweet

No abstract provided.


Neofunctionalism And Supranational Governance (Unabridged Version), Alec Stone Sweet Dec 2011

Neofunctionalism And Supranational Governance (Unabridged Version), Alec Stone Sweet

Alec Stone Sweet

No abstract provided.


The European Court Of Justice, State Non-Compliance, And The Politics Of Override, Alec Stone Sweet Dec 2011

The European Court Of Justice, State Non-Compliance, And The Politics Of Override, Alec Stone Sweet

Alec Stone Sweet

No abstract provided.


A Cosmopolitan Legal Order: Constitutional Pluralism And Rights Adjudication In Europe, Alec Stone Sweet Dec 2011

A Cosmopolitan Legal Order: Constitutional Pluralism And Rights Adjudication In Europe, Alec Stone Sweet

Alec Stone Sweet

No abstract provided.


Regional Integration And The Evolution Of The European Polity: On The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Journal Of Common Market Studies, Alec Stone Sweet Dec 2011

Regional Integration And The Evolution Of The European Polity: On The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Journal Of Common Market Studies, Alec Stone Sweet

Alec Stone Sweet

No abstract provided.


Comment On "Is A Household Debt Overhang Holding Back Consumption?", Karen M. Pence Dec 2011

Comment On "Is A Household Debt Overhang Holding Back Consumption?", Karen M. Pence

Karen M. Pence

No abstract provided.


Wind Energy Economics: Potential Economic Development In West Michigan, Paul Isely Ph.D., Yue Fan, Erik Edward Nordman Ph.D.. Dec 2011

Wind Energy Economics: Potential Economic Development In West Michigan, Paul Isely Ph.D., Yue Fan, Erik Edward Nordman Ph.D..

Erik Edward Nordman

Economic analyses conducted by the West Michigan Wind Assessment indicate that wind energy development could generate economic benefits and new employment in West Michigan; however, much of the economic activity occurs during construction and the local benefits depend on how many turbine parts are manufactured locally. As the wind industry grows in Michigan, a higher portion of the spending to construct new wind facilities could remain in the state.