2014 Volume 6 Issue 3

Comparative Politics
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
State Building in Somalia in the Image of Somaliland: A Bottom-Up Approach
By Kenneth C. Upsall
The creation of western-style government institutions has been unsuccessful in Somalia. This is a direct result of colonial administrations not laying the proper foundation for western government institutions to achieve legitimacy in a culture of... Read Article »
Somalia Somaliland State-Building Reconstruction Horn Of Africa International Development Comparative Politics Failed States
Popular Culture
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Making Sense of Memes: Where They Came From and Why We Keep Clicking Them
By Marion Provencher Langlois
Are memes mere distractions from our normal office boredom? Funny, stupid, or poignant, this most simple digital medium captures our attention in particularly unique ways. But how and why did this form of cultural transmission become so popular,... Read Article »
Memes Popular Culture Internet Technology Trends Visual Rhetoric
Generational Theory
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
How to Explain the Millennial Generation? Understand the Context
By Darrin J. DeChane
As a child, I was sheltered and not allowed to watch the Power Rangers or other such violent and crude television series. My parents divorced when I was two and my childhood was constantly in limbo between two seperate households. I sleep next to... Read Article »
Millennial Generation Millennials Generations Generational Theory
Room For Debate
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Debating the Existence of God: God Exists
By Jacob H. Rhodes
The debate between science and religion over the existence of a higher power often leads to little more than a shouting match. We become so emotionally invested in our personal opinions of whether or not God exists that when presented with dissenting... Read Article »
God Theology Creationism Evolution
Metaphysics
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Baudrillard's Vision of the Postmodern Society and the Hope for Human Action
By Gian Carla D. Agbisit
This paper is about the numbing of man’s critical impulse brought about by consumer society, a society obsessed with speed, and is characterized by a constant consumption of products—of good things turning into goods, of culture with... Read Article »
Baudrillard Postmodern Society Human Action Metaphysics Postmodernism
Language Development
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Gender Differences in Syntactic Development Among English Speaking Adolescents
By Hannah E. Cornett
Numerous studies have reported on the female advantage in language skills. It appears that across many domains of language, female language skills are more highly developed and often more complex than the language skills of their male counterparts... Read Article »
Linguistics Language Development Syntactic Development Language Learning
Political Philosophy
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Theories of Multicultural Toleration: An Examination of Justice as Fairness and Political Theology
By Matthew B. Wilks
The place of multiculturalism in a liberal democracy continues to be a contentious question and one with which the liberal democratic state must constantly grapple. Two differing conceptions of the way the state should conceive of multicultural... Read Article »
Multiculturalism Toleration John Rawls Carl Schmitt Justice Decisionism
Child Development
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Wordsworth's Prescient Baby: Conceptions of the Mother-Infant Relationship in the Development of the Self (1790s-1890s)
By Emilia Halton-Hernandez
This dissertation explores late eighteenth and nineteenth century views of the mother-infant[1] relationship and how they reveal conceptions of the self. I investigate historical changes in the understanding of infantile development, primarily through... Read Article »
Wordsworth Child Development Psychoanalysis Poetry The Prelude
American Literature
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Mark Twain's Portrayal of Family and Relationships in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By Heather M. Shrum
Whether real or symbolic, the family and the relationships within family units are a frequent theme in Mark Twain’s classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Because there are many parallels between the characters and events within Huck Finn... Read Article »
Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn Huck Finn American Literature Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Paternal Relationship
Decision-making
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Would You Cheat? Cheating Behavior, Human Nature, and Decision-Making
By Piotr M. Patrzyk
Questions concerning human nature provoke controversy across disciplines, particularly when it comes to explaining evil or ‘immoral’ behaviors. Endeavors to explain actions that are considered immoral strike at a fundamental philosophical... Read Article »
Decision-making Cheating Deception Human Nature Morality Ethics
Environmental Policy
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Water Pollution Control Policy: Addressing Non-Point Source Pollution
By Adib J. Rahman
Non-point source (NPS) pollution occurs when pollutants from many different and often difficult to track sources have a negative impact on air or water quality. Even though this type of pollution accounts for a substantial amount of water pollution... Read Article »
Environmental Policy Water Pollution Emissions Runoff Public Policy Canada
Gender
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Hegemonic Masculinity in Boys Don't Cry (1999)
By Renee S. Grozelle
The need for individuals to categorize themselves and others based on gender has guided the way individuals interact with one another throughout history. The construction of gender, particularly when it comes to young males, has led to the amplification... Read Article »
Gender Hate Crimes Masculinity Violence Transgender Film Studies Boys Don't Cry
Pollution
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Soil Pollution From Recycling Centers: Case Study Analysis from the Campus of Michigan State University
By Kaycee Morra Et. Al.
Soil composition greatly affects the health of the entire ecosystem, making it useful to investigate how anthropogenic processes impact soil chemistry. Industrial facilities are common sources of known soil contaminants. In this study, we hypothesized... Read Article »
Soil Chemistry Chemical Pollution Recycling
Asceticism
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Asceticism in the Modern World: The Religion of Self-Deprivation
By Betsy C. Chadbourn
Among the questions that have attracted my attention during my theological career thus far, nothing has struck me more forcibly than the possibility of asceticism existing in the modern world. Modern asceticism initially appears an absurdity. A... Read Article »
Asceticism Food Christianity Religion Theology Vegetarianism Veganism Eating Disorders Hedonism
Planarian Phototaxis
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
A Study of Planarian Phototaxis, Tactile Response and Regeneration
By Sahil Aggarwal
The phylum Platyhelminthes is comprised of aquatic worms that span over 20,000 species of either free-living flatworms or parasitic flukes and tapeworms (Rupert et al, 2004). The class Turbellaria consists of the free-living flatworms that are the... Read Article »
Dugesia Flatworm Regeneration Phototaxis
Ethnic Conflict
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
The Turkish-Kurdish Conflict in Theory and Practice
By Kendall M. Stempel
Like the theories that explain it, group conflict has existed since man became a social creature. Nevertheless, social scientists remain frustrated in their attempts to explain ethnic conflict in any generalizable pattern. Social political theories... Read Article »
Ethnic Conflict Political Psychology Turkey Security Kurds Kurdish Conflict
Anxiety
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
Immigration and Stress: The Relationship Between Parents' Acculturative Stress and Young Children's Anxiety Symptoms
By Alberto L. Leon
Previous research suggests that risk factors related to immigration in parents are associated with the manifestation of anxiety symptoms and anxiety disorders in children. Acculturative stress and other risk factors related to immigration have been... Read Article »
Anxiety Immigration Stress Child Anxiety Acculturation Child Psychology Developmental Psychology

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