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The Mortality Of Trees: Conservation As Deferment In Pastoral Modernity, K. Valentine Cadieux

K. Valentine Cadieux

Green Sprawl, L. E. Taylor, K. Valentine Cadieux

K. Valentine Cadieux

Celebrating The History Of The Graduate School Of Biomedical Sciences, Kristine Sjostedt

Kristine M. Sjostedt

This article summarizes the 2011 American Archives month panel discussion and luncheon event celebrating the history of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Appropriating Conceptual And Pedagogical Tools Of Literacy: A Qualitative Study Of Two Novice Foreign Language Teaching Assistants, Beatrice Dupuy, Heather W. Allen

Heather Willis Allen

Guided by a sociocultural theory perspective, this qualitative study explores how conceptual understanding and teaching practices related to literacy evolved for two novice TAs of Spanish during and after an “Introduction to FL Teaching” seminar. In particular, this study sought to answer the following questions: 1. In what ways were participants’ everyday concepts of language learning and teaching evidenced in their reactions to literacy-based FL pedagogy and its application in their local context? 2. What were the conceptual learning outcomes of participation in a one-semester seminar on literacy-oriented FL pedagogy? 3. According to participants, which activities and tools from the …

Development Sensitivity For Reconciliation: Lessons Learned From Rwanda, Tatsushi Arai

Tatsushi Arai

No abstract provided.

Alternative Perspectives On Conflict History: On The Methodology Of Peace Education And Dialogue, Tatsushi Arai

Tatsushi Arai

This essay, written in Japanese, is an attempt to construct an integrated framework for analyzing and engaging multi-faceted meanings of history that correspond to different communal experiences of social conflict. The concept of conflict history is introduced to describe a worldview of a conflict party in search of a coherent explanation of the conflict’s origin, evolution, and significance. Four interconnected approaches to conflict history – orthodox, different, mediative, and alternative – are explored to link the factual to the counterfactual, the manifest to the potential in an attempt to expand the scope of historical inquiry. This exercise of theory-building draws …

Confrontations And Donation: Encounters Between Homeless Pet Owners And The Public, Leslie Irvine, Jesse M. Smith, Kristina N. Kahl

Leslie Irvine, PhD

De-Medicalizing Addiction: Toward Biocultural Understandings, Kerwin A. Kaye

Kerwin Kaye

The Alaska Model As A Menu Of Options, Karl Widerquist, Michael W. Howard

Karl Widerquist

No abstract provided.

Chapter 3: Forty Acres And A Mule? Implications Of The Duty To Respect Person Independence, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist

No abstract provided.

A Permanent Endowment For The United States, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist

This is a chapter from the book, "Exporting the Alaska Model." The chapter argues that the United States can create a permanent resource-based endowment that could finance both a substantial dividend (in the form of an unconditional basic income) and a significant portion of government spending, perhaps nearly all government spending. It argues why endowment financing is a more progressive alternative to the more traditional approach of taxation and regulation.

Chapter 7: What Good Is A Theory Of Freedom That Allows Forced Labor? Independence And Modern Theories Of Freedom, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist

No abstract provided.

Chapter 4: The Importance Of Independence I: Framing The Issue, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist

No abstract provided.

Citizens’ Capital Accounts: A Proposal, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist

This chapter proposes a personalized version of Alaska’s Permanent Fund (APF) and Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) system, called “Citizens’ Capital Accounts” (CCAs), which will combine some of the benefits of Basic Income and Stakeholder Grants. CCAs make for a more flexible and meaningful use of revenue than an equal-sized Basic Income, resource dividend, or Stakeholder grant.

Chapter 9: On Duty, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist

No abstract provided.

Chapter 8: If You're An Egalitarian, Why Do You Want To Be The Boss Of The Poor? Independence And Liberal-Egalitarian Theories Of Justice, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist

No abstract provided.

Chapter 5: The Importance Of Independence Ii: Freedom An Integrity, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist

No abstract provided.

Chapter 6: The Importance Of Independence Iii: Market Vulnerability, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist

No abstract provided.

Chapter 0: Prologue, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist

No abstract provided.

Chapter 2: Status Freedom As Effective Control Self-Ownership, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist

No abstract provided.

Chapter X10: Conclusion, Karl Widerquist

Karl Widerquist

No abstract provided.

Does The Normal Curve Accurately Model The Distribution Of Intelligence?, Lindsey R. Godwin, Kyle V. Smith, Russell T. Warne

Russell T Warne

The Royal College Of Physicians Survey Of Savannah, 1829, Arthur Mitchell Fraas

Arthur Mitchell Fraas

This article presents the annotated text of an 1829 survey of the state of medicine and health in Savannah Georgia as completed by the British consul in that city.

Course Syllabus: Ppol-G 780/781: Policy Planning And Program Development (Practicum) I & Ii, Michael P. Johnson Jr.

Michael P. Johnson

Spatial Analysis Of Illinois Agricultural Cash Rents, Shannon Woodard, Nicholas Paulson, Kathy Baylis, Joshua Woodard

Kathy Baylis

During the summer of 2008, corn futures prices rose 119.8% compared to the previous year. The resulting nominal prices were the highest in history. Anecdotal evidence implied that much of these benefits accrued to land owners through increased land values and cash rent levels. In this article, we use unique farm-level data and novel spatial econometric tools to determine how farmland rents are affected by changes in commodity prices and government payment levels. Contrary to predictions from the Ricardian rent model, we find that tenant farmers are able to capture the vast majority of price increases and a large fraction …

Something Fishy In Seafood Trade? The Relationship Between Tariff And Non-Tariff Barriers, Kathy Baylis, Lia Nogueira, Kathryn Pace

Kathy Baylis

As importing countries honor WTO commitments and lower tariff rates, they may be replacing traditional tariff barriers with non-tariff barriers. Recent literature has found that the implementation of food safety standards, specifically the use of import notifications and rejections, has acted as a significant barrier to trade in both the EU and the US. This article estimates the relation between declining tariff rates and the use of non-tariff barriers, measured by a count of EU seafood import notifications. We divide the motives for the use of import notifications into risk and protectionism. The results show that while non-tariff barriers are …

The Distributional Effects Of Nafta In Mexico, Kathy Baylis, Rafael Garduno-Rivera, Gianfranco Piras

Kathy Baylis

This paper studies the regional distribution of benefits from trade in Mexico after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Specifically, we ask whether or not NAFTA increased the concentration of economic activity in Mexico. Unlike previous work which uses state-level data, we identify the effect of NAFTA on economic activity at the municipal level allowing us to observe detailed growth patterns across space. To explicitly identify the effect of the trade agreement, we contrast changes in economic activity in regions and sectors more and less likely to be affected by trade. Given the spatial nature of these data, we …

Policy Risk In The Canadian Dairy Industry, Lia Nogueira, Richard Barichello, Kathy Baylis, Hayley Chouinard

Kathy Baylis

Canadian dairy farmers purchase a marketing quota through the Provincial Marketing Boards to sell milk in Canada. That quota captures rents created by regulations and is subject to policy risk. We define policy risk as the farmers' expectation that quota rents will decline or disappear over time. We calculate the effect of perceived policy risk to determine whether the Uruguay Round Agreement affected the amount of protection given to farmers. Calculated policy risk ranged from 14-29%. Policy risk increased in the years leading up to the Uruguay Round Agreement, but decreased after the WTO was established and remains at a …

The Utility Of Regional Peremptory Norms In International Affairs, Reza Hasmath

Reza Hasmath

"Not To Electronic Voting": Why Is Electronic Voting Successful In Some Countries And Fails In Others?, Fernando Barrientos Del Monte

Fernando Barrientos Del Monte

The objective of this paper is to highlight aspects that are not technical, or legal or strictly electoral but must be considered in the process of implementing electronic voting systems. Electronic voting is a reality that has gained momentum in several countries, but it is important to note that it is not a linear process, initially it is not quite socially accepted, nor is it a process that must forcefully and necessarily be implemented in all democracies. It is therefore important to explain why in some countries its implementation has been successful and why in others it has not.