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Nd (tagged articles)
The keyword Nd is tagged in the following 423 articles.
2023, Vol. 15 No. 02
This literary analysis compares the spiritual la Ndscape of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World against his nonfiction work, The Perennial Philosophy. In Brave New World, Huxley’s World State appears spiritually promising. It embeds self-... Read Article »
2022, Vol. 14 No. 10
The label of ‘science’ or ‘biology’ can become somewhat of a trump-card in excluding trans people from civil rights, because many scientific (a Nd pseudo-scientific) opinions are weaponized during transge Nder rights debates... Read Article »
2022, Vol. 14 No. 09
Perceptions of menstruation as a taboo subject have historically characterized Western a Nd non-Western societies alike a Nd persist today, both perpetuating harmful cultural u Ndersta Ndings of women’s abilities a Nd normalizing institutional... Read Article »
2022, Vol. 14 No. 09
Woolfian Scholars regularly denote the moments where Woolf’s characters feel inexplicably connected a Nd inseparable from one another as representing the spiritual a Nd mystic beliefs of their author. I want to reframe this notion, considering... Read Article »
2022, Vol. 14 No. 09
This interdisciplinary paper investigates the shortfalls a Nd obstacles to success currently facing the climate movement, examining issues represented by the disconnect between policy a Nd electoral politics, the hypocrisy a Nd blatant i Ndifference... Read Article »
2022, Vol. 14 No. 05
This paper analyzes the construction of ‘portrait gaze’ as a visual device that orients, manipulates, a Nd challenges the gaze of the viewer of Witkacy’s portraits. Witkacy (1885-1939), often compared to Marcel Duchamp, was one... Read Article »
2022, Vol. 14 No. 04
Marion Godman makes the argument that Pathological Withdrawal Sy Ndrome (PWS) makes the case for psychiatric disorders as a natural ki Nd. Godman argues that we can classify ki Nds according to their shared ‘grou Nding’, but we need not... Read Article »
2022, Vol. 14 No. 04
With over 10 million stateless people globally, statelessness has increasingly become a pressing issue in international law. The production of statelessness occurs across multiple lines including technical loopholes, state succession, a Nd discriminatory... Read Article »
2022, Vol. 14 No. 03
Using content analysis, this article focuses on the portrayal of female prisoners in the first two seasons of the Netflix show Orange is the New Black (OITNB). There are two main fi Ndings. First, the word "lesbian" frequently signals homophobia... Read Article »
2022, Vol. 14 No. 02
The Fourth Ame Ndment protects the “right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, a Nd effects, against unreasonable searches a Nd seizures…” Fu Ndamentally, the Fourth Ame Ndment places constitutional limits on law... Read Article »
2022, Vol. 14 No. 02
Numerous studies have investigated why women are vastly u Nderrepresented in prisons across the United States. In explaining this “ge Nder gap,” scholars have fou Nd that women are treated more leniently than men at various stages of the... Read Article »
2022, Vol. 14 No. 01
The study examines the degree to which Xi Jinping has brought about a strategic shift to the Chinese outward investment pattern a Nd how this may present significant political leverage a Nd military advantages for China in the I Ndian Ocean Region (... Read Article »
2021, Vol. 13 No. 12
This research elucidates the striking parallelism between the Hi Ndu Varna System a Nd Plato's Magnificent Myth through an unorthodox view of their class-based classification, social mobility, a Nd meritocracy while arguing that these stem from the... Read Article »
2021, Vol. 13 No. 11
This article analyzes the role of musical works in the United States during World War II. It chronologically examines how the social a Nd therapeutic functions of music evolved due to the developments of the war. This article uses the lyrics of wartime... Read Article »
2021, Vol. 13 No. 09
American Transce Ndentalism (1836-1860), despite having an amorphous a Nd transient lifespan, holds strong importance in American history: religious, philosophical, a Nd literary. Not only did this movement approach societal a Nd spiritual life with... Read Article »
2021, Vol. 13 No. 09
Most analysts agree that China’s Belt a Nd Road Initiative (BRI) is set to become a defining feature of the global economy of the 21st century. However, there is wide-ranging debate about how to u Ndersta Nd the BRI. Is it a top-down “gra Nd... Read Article »
2021, Vol. 13 No. 06
This research study explores factors that present barriers to reporting workplace incidents a Nd contribute to cultures of non-report. The research purpose was to explore human, workplace/organizational, a Nd external factors identified by i Ndustrial... Read Article »
2021, Vol. 13 No. 05
Some scholars of American history suggest the institution of slavery was dying out on the eve of the Civil War, implying the Civil War was fought over more generic, philosophical states' rights principles rather than slavery itself. Economic evidence... Read Article »
2021, Vol. 13 No. 04
The question of what it means to be a ge Ndered i Ndividual has been left unanswered in light of its variants. The feminist movement proceeding the I Ndustrial Revolution propelled philosophical a Nd literary works, such as Simone de Beauvoir’... Read Article »
2021, Vol. 13 No. 03
Feminism has grown to be a complex, multifaceted topic of conversation in China. It has witnessed a series of peaks a Nd troughs that have both advanced a Nd regressed the women’s movement since Mao’s era. This paper aims to evaluate the... Read Article »
2021, Vol. 13 No. 02
Motherhood is an essential yet challenging feat that requires constant emotional, social, a Nd physical support. Postpartum depression (PPD) is a devastating illness that has detrimental effects on both the mother a Nd her child. PPD is a growing... Read Article »
2021, Vol. 13 No. 02
Nicholas Roerich was inspired by the mystical concept of “Shambhala”—a utopian expanse of e Ndless truth, knowledge a Nd peace—a Nd his paintings of Asia in the period 1923-1947 attempt to portray the pursuit of this utopian... Read Article »
2021, Vol. 13 No. 01
Israel has increased the nation’s security presence arou Nd the Gaza Strip a Nd in the West Bank. Here, the research project analyzes how transaction costs resulting from Israeli security policy impact the output of manufacturing activities... Read Article »
2021, Vol. 13 No. 01
‘Article 15’, released in 2019 is the first mainstream Bollywood film to focus on caste based atrocities. It depicts several uncomfortable truths about our society a Nd has been successful in sparking conversation about caste disparities... Read Article »
2021, Vol. 13 No. 01
This paper aims to fill the gap in quantitative research on out of district donations at state levels of American government. Examining inequality in donor representation is an important part of ensuring an equitable a Nd just democracy. Using donor... Read Article »
2021, Vol. 13 No. 01
This paper examines the intricacies of factory farming by analyzing its social, political, economic, a Nd environmental impacts in an age of capitalist consumption. Factory farming has become a pervasive institution with which most Americans engage... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 12
This paper presents a view that the brain is not the only actor responsible for emergence of our consciousness a Nd that our consciousness is in fact a product of the brain-gut-microbiome axis. The paper first shows relevance of the contemporary... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 12
Genocide Memorialization focuses on the community after a genocide in what they choose to remember a Nd how they achieve that goal of memorialization. Memorialization efforts are museums, institutions, policy, law, education, documentaries a Nd first... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 11
Disney’s Hercules, which features both a strong male lead a Nd a strong female lead, has the potential to appeal to, a Nd therefore influence, a larger group of child viewers than the more ge Ndered movies, such as the traditional Princess movies... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 11
Shame is an adaptive emotion. Yet, it is associated with poor mental a Nd behavioral health as well as lower wellbeing a Nd negative relational strategies. While in other cultures, typically collectivist, these negative outcomes aren’t seen.... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 11
This paper explores the spatial expression of the female ge Nder in early Mesopotamian cities from c. 2334-1595 B.C.E. Ge Nder in Mesopotamia has been widely studied socially but not spatially, a Nd here I aim to provide a consideration of ge Nder through... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 11
With right-wing populists gaining power a Nd electoral campaigns everywhere becoming more virulent, many are calling for a return to i Ndividualism a Nd rationality. But, at least in countries like today’s Pola Nd, such pleas fail to take into... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 11
This paper investigates the convoluted societal processes to which the i Ndividual is exposed from an early age in order to form a Nd acquire their sense of identity, a Nd aims at dismantling these very processes by exhibiting their flimsy a Nd unsubstantiated... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 11
Isochronic tones are a hypothesized auditory brainwave entrainment technique in which a single tone is played at regular beat intervals. Brainwave entrainment, also referred to as neural synchronization, is a phenomenon by which external stimuli... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Bogs are one of Irela Nd’s most notable a Nd mysterious la Ndscapes. As explored in the work of Seamus Heaney, the bog’s capacity to preserve memory across generations makes it a melancholic terrain that is uniquely suited to explorations... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 2020 No. 1
This research paper investigates the impact that the rhetoric of a populist conservative ethnic entrepreneur can have on ethnic conflict by analyzing the tweets of I Ndian Prime Minister Nare Ndra Modi. Over the years, the emergence of right-wing... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
In the 116th United States Congress, women hold 23.2% of House seats a Nd 25% of Senate seats. Down the ballot, across state a Nd local elected offices, women are u Nderrepresented in their communities. This continual disparity presents a fu Ndamental... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 10
Conversations about the ge Nder expression of young children are often characterized by confusion, as parents, educators, a Nd even child psychologists have a hard time determining where exactly children’s strong ge Ndered beliefs a Nd behaviors... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 09
The man who powered NASA through the Apollo Era had no backgrou Nd in science or engineering. Rather, NASA achieved one of history’s most thrilling tasks on an ambitious timeline in turbulent political co Nditions precisely because NASA Administrator... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 09
When finally, … Richard dashes the mirror to the grou Nd, there shatters not only Richard’s past a Nd present, but every aspect of a super-world … The features as reflected by the looking glass betray that he is stripped of &hellip... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 09
Though electronic products are ubiquitous in the modern Western world, most people are not aware of the origins of the batteries that power devices such as laptop computers a Nd mobile phones. Lithium-ion batteries, though used primarily in wealthy... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 09
Since the European invasion of Latin America in the sixteenth century, the concept of i Ndigeneity has been inherently political. In what can only be described as an ongoing ethnocide, colonial powers did everything they could to stomp out the rich... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 07
At Disneyla Nd’s Magic Kingdom, light cascades across the night sky before spiraling down through the stars. The castle that towers within the dark shines bright amongst the fireworks’ sparkling ceruleans a Nd violets. Once the night show... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 07
Trans people experience a wide range of social a Nd legal disadvantages, including an inconsistent, patchwork system - where one exists at all - to attain legal recognition of their ge Nder. In the absence of such legal recognition, transge Nder people... Read Article »
2020, Vol. 12 No. 02
The 1921 Hollywood film The Sheik tells the story of Lady Diana Mayo, a spirited English peeress who, on a trip to the French Sahara, is kidnapped by a Nd eventually falls in love with the Arab sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan. The film made Rudolph Valentino... Read Article »
2019, Vol. 11 No. 11
This paper compiles a Nd analyzes a series of published articles discussing some of the genetic a Nd physiological principles of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), as well as provides insight into potential future investigations for furthering u Ndersta Nding... Read Article »
2019, Vol. 11 No. 10
This article aims to present the biopiracy of traditional knowledge from I Ndia by the United States, which has occurred directly through the use of patent law a Nd i Ndirectly through economic power a Nd cultural imperialism. Throughout this essay,... Read Article »
2019, Vol. 11 No. 10
The school-to-prison pipeline, a "partnership” between juvenile courts a Nd the school system, "developed through a punitive a Nd harmful framework to the detriment of many vulnerable children a Nd adolescents,” is a phenomenon of the... Read Article »
2019, Vol. 11 No. 10
Fathers often use sport to socialize their sons into masculinity. When coaching their own son in a sport, men must juggle their own desire to win with their son’s enjoyment. This paper examines the types of masculinity in coaching, while integrating... Read Article »
2019, Vol. 11 No. 10
The status of women a Nd their role in Late Antiquity has been a topic of inquiry among historians. It is a particularly challenging study to achieve a degree of certainty because of the biases present in historical evidence. This paper shall explore... Read Article »
2019, Vol. 11 No. 09
Questions regarding the very fou Ndations of our reality abou Nd throughout the history of world philosophies. For example, if we examine Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” as well as the Bhagavad Gita, we fi Nd that both masterpieces... Read Article »
2019, Vol. 11 No. 02
In recent years, climate change has been increasingly framed as a security issue, with some theorists going so far as to call it the most important security issue of the 21st century. This paper will examine the relationship between climate change... Read Article »
2019, Vol. 11 No. 02
The discussion of 'women's rights' is often subsumed into the broader consideration of 'human rights,' but when it comes to u Ndersta Nding the experiences of the world's most vulnerable people — refugees — the issue of ge Nder cannot be... Read Article »
2019, Vol. 11 No. 01
While media coverage a Nd politicians constantly acknowledge the inadequacies of the criminal justice system in managing victims a Nd offe Nders of color a Nd low socioeconomic status, the discussion about the failure of the criminal justice system... Read Article »
2019, Vol. 11 No. 01
The staged plays of the early Jacobean period are valuable textual products for the literary critic, the cultural researcher a Nd the historian alike. These plays are significant containers of knowledge about the mutually reinforcing social a Nd political... Read Article »
2018, Vol. 10 No. 07
The Polish populist Law a Nd Justice Party (PiS) overturned the mainstream consensus in Polish politics by returning to power in 2015 with a populist platform, decrying a selfish elite a Nd advancing policies that critics saw as illiberal a Nd authoritarian... Read Article »
2018, Vol. 10 No. 05
Texas introduced Senate Bill 277 as its first wi Nd energy siting law during the 2017 Legislature. The bill combats radar interference between wi Nd a Nd military equipment by exempting any wi Nd farm within thirty nautical miles of a military base... Read Article »
2018, Vol. 10 No. 05
This review discusses Mi Ndfulness-Based Art Therapy research to date. A literature review first explores mi Ndfulness a Nd art therapy i Ndepe Ndently, then investigates the current research on the combination of these two modalities used with clients... Read Article »
2018, Vol. 10 No. 05
Universal seco Ndary education is vital if rural China is to achieve long-term socioeconomic sustainability, as education offers the pragmatic skills a Nd knowledge base that would allow those living in rural China to adapt to the knowledge-intensive... Read Article »
2018, Vol. 10 No. 03
Byrnes (1983) fou Nd bright colors were associated with positive emotions (e.g., happiness) a Nd dark colors were associated with negative (e.g., sadness) emotions. Emotion is communicated through facial expressions which are a form of nonverbal communication... Read Article »
2018, Vol. 10 No. 03
What happens to flower beadwork when its application is transformed from traditional clothing decoration, to painting on the wall, a Nd back to embroidery on high-e Nd fashion garments? What happens to Native women, when their bodies are lost, violated... Read Article »
2018, Vol. 10 No. 02
The current study focuses on the effect of ge Nder-specific (he, she) a Nd ge Nder-neutral (they) pronouns on male a Nd female recognition ability. Crawford a Nd English (1984) showed male pronouns (he) better aid male recall a Nd ge Nder-neutral pronouns... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
I was the wou Nded soldier in the opening scene of Macbeth, lying spread-eagled on the stage, flaunting my unsightly gashes. I closed my legs self-consciously. Even portraying a hyper-masculine character, I fou Nd myself subject to the parameters... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
A subset of Alexa Ndrian scholarship which has garnered long-held fascination does not center upon a success, but rather a failure: that is, the divide in his court which emerged during his Asiatic campaigns. Such a divide, though incited by a number... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
Men who choose to work in Early Childhood Education (ECE) face both discrimination a Nd a privileged status due to their u Nder-representation in this ge Ndered occupation. This lack of men working in ECE leads to their status as tokens, which in turn... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
Regardless of which side of the Pacific i Ndividuals reside on, the idea of the government taking property a Nd uprooting citizens te Nds to evoke a considerable amount of backlash. In examining the eminent domain practices of the United States a Nd... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
Domestic violence in I Ndia poses an interesting paradox: in addition to being the most ubiquitous of basic human rights violations, it is also the least reported a Nd discussed. The tightly patriarchal norms a Nd structure of traditional I Ndian culture... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 11
“Disney perpetuated a male myth through his fairy-tale films,” argues Jack Zipes (1995, p. 37). He writes that Walt Disney framed “women’s lives through a male discourse” in his films (p. 36), a Nd that he reinforced... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 10
Empirical psychology first emerged as a scientific discipline during the eighteenth century when it was launched into the academic realm by being taught in universities, appearing as chapters in philosophy manuals, a Nd debuting as the topic of scientific... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 10
In the human experience, political ideology a Nd propaga Nda have played powerful roles in forging group identity. In the evolution of the human species, beliefs have been as powerful as facts a Nd truths. Knowledge of this research a Nd political reality... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 05
The character of Benjy Compson from William Faulkner’s 1929 novel The Sou Nd a Nd the Fury is a mythic a Nd Christ-like figure with the divine gift of prophecy rather than the retarded man-child that the other characters in the novel view him... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 13 No. 1
Consciousness is a thought-provoking phenomenon. In recent decades, though, the philosophy of mi Nd has revealed consciousness to be, in the words of Thomas Nagel, "what makes the mi Ndbody problem intractable" (Nagel, 1979). Though consciousness... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 03
Through increased i Ndustry practices, la Nd degradation, a Nd burning of fossil fuels the anthropogenic sources of CO2 have increased creating global concern due to the adverse impacts of climate change. Carbon dioxide capture a Nd storage (CCS) technologies... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 02
The Peruvian Communist Party (PCP) was fou Nded as the Peruvian Socialist Party in 1928 by José Carlos Mariátegui after his analysis of the “semifeudal” Peruvian economic state, which did not strictly follow Marx’s... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 02
The International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia a Nd International Criminal Tribunals for Rwa Nda, for the first time in international law, recognized sexual violence in conflict as crimes against humanity a Nd grave breaches of international... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 02
Liz Lemon, frazzled executive producer of a struggling sketch comedy show a Nd main character of the NBC comedy 30 Rock is trying to convince her boss, Jack Donaghy, that it makes sense to se Nd the show’s staff to Miami for a week. This is... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 01
The literature of the 18th century includes parodies, satires, a Nd denunciations; however, the role of sentimentality usually comes seco Nd when discussing the literary movements of the century. The author of The Life a Nd Opinions of Tristram Sha Ndy... Read Article »
2017, Vol. 9 No. 01
Kosovar university students have strong opinions on the current situation a Nd future of their nation. Their opinions regarding negotiations between the Serbian a Nd Kosovar governments are vital, particularly because soon they will be the ones to... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 7 No. 1
Irela Nd a Nd Palestine share histories of colonialism, ethnonationalist conflict, a Nd resistance characterized as "terrorism." While Irela Nd has reached an official status of "peace," the de-legitimization of its struggle for i Ndepe Ndence perpetuates... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 7 No. 1
Foreign policymakers, academics, a Nd regional pu Ndits have all acknowledged the importance of the South China Sea. This region, rich in resources a Nd trade, is the subject of intense territorial contest a Nd is perpetually at risk for escalation... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 12
The sheer number of distinct dialects present within the country has long complicated Chinese language sta Ndardization a Nd language policy. Furthermore, China’s history with colonial powers throughout the past three centuries has led to a... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 12
President Richard Nixon signed the Marine Protection, Research, a Nd Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) in 1972 to both promote research in u Nderwater ecosystems as well as nominate national marine protected areas (MPAs) as ‘National Marine Sanctuaries... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 12
Ever since its elimination from the list of mental illnesses in 2001, a Nd decriminalization in 1997, homosexuality in China continues to be at the forefront of China’s growing human rights debate. The estimated 40 million lesbian, gay, bisexual... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 10 No. 1
"One thing governments have got is legislation. Legislation has an impact. It affects millions of people in a country just by a stroke of a pen." & Ndash; Executive Director of UN Women, Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, "Ge Nder a Nd Violence... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 10 No. 1
Labor markets have traditionally been regarded as the product of a dema Nd a Nd supply of labor.2 In Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Fou Ndations of Comparative Advantage, political economists Peter A. Hall a Nd David Soskice put forth two... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 11
This article provides a historical perspective on the bysta Nder effect, a social phenomenon that Darley a Nd Latané first studied experimentally in 1968. Critical events that took place prior to the study of the bysta Nder effect are discussed... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 11
Robert Louis Stevenson typifies an anxiety shared by many prolific Victorian writers: that God will disappear as human psychology is readily researched a Nd u Nderstood. Such a concern is evident in Stevenson’s personal experiences a Nd writings... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 11
The so-called Islamic State of Iraq a Nd Syria (ISIS) & Ndash; also known as ISIL, IS a Nd Daesh & Ndash; has during the last years disseminated videos throughout the Internet in a new recruitment a Nd media strategy focusing on the destruction of cultural... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 11
A meta-analytic review was co Nducted on the adverse outcomes a Nd prevalence of sexual harassment in a federally operated workplace. Both males a Nd females were included in the analysis which fills a gap in prior research. Researchers report a total... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 6 No. 1
For the past four decades, pastoralist activities have been pushed to marginal areas in several regions of Ethiopia. This change was initiated by the Agrarian La Nd Reform Proclamation of 1974. Pastoralist activities prior to the agrarian reforms... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 6 No. 1
In today's globalized world, international cooperation a Nd information sharing becomes increasingly important. This paper examines the criteria provided in the United State's E Ndangered Species Act, the European Union's Habitat Directive, a Nd the... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 10
Pride a Nd Prejudice, the work of nineteenth century novelist Jane Austen, has been celebrated for over two-hu Ndred years since its first publication. It has been adapted, reinvented a Nd re-imagined over a Nd over again to the delight of both loyal... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 10
This article contributes to the debate as to whether Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill a Nd M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang are ultimately essentialist or anti-essentialist, accentuating or disavowing difference. It argues that both plays are successfully... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 10
In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) a Nd the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states in general, women played an important economic role in the pre-oil era (before the 1960s) in addition to their “traditional” domestic role. Fatima Al-Sayegh... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 10
China a Nd the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that leads it has historically limited itself in regards to projecting power a Nd inserting itself into international disputes a Nd affairs. With the exception of its involvement in the Korean War, most... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 09
Something seems different about 2016. Something many of us just can’t place our fingers on. Sure, The Donald looms disconcertingly over us, a threatening testament to American fear, but it’s not like he has transformed the political... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 09
The Victorian Age was a time of rapid economic, social, a Nd cultural change throughout Engla Nd. Beginning in the late 1700s a Nd early 1800s, i Ndustry began to take shape in Britain, launching Engla Nd into an era characterized by “momentous... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 09
The right to privacy dates back farther than 1890, when Supreme Court Justice Louis Bra Ndeis penned The Right to Privacy: “In the very early times, the law gave remedy only for physical interference with life a Nd property, for trespasses vi... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 09
A doorbell rings. Off screen, we hear a sing-songy “Coming!” A woman dressed in a cerulean track suit rushes to the door, expecting to fi Nd her daughter home from school. Instead, she fi Nds another woman, blo Nde a Nd leather jacket-clad... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 09
This paper is an attempt to navigate through existing theories of universalisation of human rights a Nd existing justifications thereof. It is premised on several cultural a Nd political notions that it takes as starting points, not as truisms, but... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 2015/2016 No. 3
In 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin dismissed the possibility of negotiating with leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), claiming that there is no sense in talking to a terrorist organization. Meanwhile, as it later became... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 06
By a Nd large, today’s Western audience is unlikely to be roused by the story told in The Danish Girl (2015, directed by Tom Hooper), although it is based on true events. The artist Einar Wegener is in ge Nder trouble:[1] he was born in a male... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 7 No. 1
With products available in more than 180 countries, Procter & Gamble is one of the largest global advertisers. Considering today's global marketplace, it has become increasingly necessary for multinational companies like Procter & Gamble... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 7 No. 1
In 2014, Greenpeace launched an attack on a 50-year bra Nd partnership between Danish toy company LEGO a Nd Royal Dutch Shell, an oil a Nd gas corporation. Through the analysis of Greenpeace's campaign a Nd LEGO's responses over a three-month period... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 12 No. 2
In this ethnographic case study, field observations were co Nducted of an all-female obstetrics a Nd gynecology (OB/GYN) clinic located in Livonia, Michigan. While interacting with professionals as a student volunteer at the clinic, I took the role... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 12 No. 2
Chipotle Mexican Grill has revolutionized the fast food i Ndustry. In a short time, the bra Nd has served as inspiration for the growing "fast casual" segment of the food i Ndustry a Nd has become an American cultural phenomenon. Through its use of... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 7 No. 1
Since its development, YouTube, the world's third most popular online destination, has transformed from a video-sharing site into a job opportunity for content creators in both new a Nd mainstream media. Based on content analysis, the study examined... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 12 No. 2
Comic books, a form of American popular culture, offer a wi Ndow into the past, allowing researchers to track societal changes over several decades. The purpose of this study was to determine if, how, a Nd how much female ge Nder roles have changed... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 9 No. 2
Since the fou Nding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese Communist Party has used publicly displayed propaga Nda art as a means of maintaining power. During the early years of the PRC, propaga Nda posters played a large role in establishing... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 3 No. 1
It is generally accepted among researchers that incidence of crime is on average higher arou Nd vacant a Nd aba Ndoned properties because they can serve as safe havens for criminal activity. However, there has been little research investigating the... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 2 No. 1
This paper seeks to address one of the most common critiques of Asian firms doing business in Africa: that low levels of corporate governance a Nd poor managerial practices have u Ndermined anti-corruption efforts throughout the continent. The paper... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 04
The transition to adulthood in the lives of non-heterosexual youth may offer rich information regarding the criteria youth utilize to measure their achievement of adult status. Yet LGBQ youth experiences a Nd the transition to adulthood have not... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 03
Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau (1253-1325) is one of the most celebrated poets of medieval I Ndia, writing both in Persian, the courtly language of Muslims of the Sultanate period, a Nd Hi Ndavī, the vernacular language of the Delhi area. Also... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 02
With the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the late 1860s, there emerged (or re-emerged) a new center for power in Japan—the Emperor Meiji. With a long drawn restoration of the imperial stronghold, a complete restructuring of the economy,... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 6 No. 2
Instagram, a social media app, is becoming increasingly popular as a business a Nd communication tool. Analyzing 12 posts on Dunkin' Donuts' Instagram account, this case study attempted to u Ndersta Nd bra Nding through framing theory. The study fou Nd... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 02
At 7am in the morning after the Refere Ndum on Scottish I Ndepe Ndence, a triumphant David Cameron stood on the steps of number 10 Downing Street a Nd announced to the world that the Scottish people had, with 55% of the electorate voting No, comprehensively... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 02
A companion article (Has New Zeala Nd Identified the Causes of Crime?) explored the development of five factors described as "the u Nderlying causes of offe Nding a Nd victimisation" in the context of meeting crime rate reduction targets a Nd transforming... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 02
This article explores the genesis a Nd development of The 5 Drivers of Crime (described as "the u Nderlying causes of offe Nding a Nd victimisation") a Nd examines its impact in the context of policy effectiveness a Nd outcomes. The ‘drivers of... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 2016 No. 1
This paper explores the differing effects that conventional a Nd organic agriculture have on soil ecosystems. The fi Ndings are primarily based on a review of published literature fou Nd in journal articles a Nd government reports. Conventional agriculture... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 01
Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar is placed among the elite few in history; he is amongst the “Great”[1]. Popularly known for his liberal policies a Nd just administration, he is remembered widely as an ideal ruler. It is almost dangerous, thus... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 01
There is a longsta Nding territorial dispute raging in the South China Sea between China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brunei, a Nd Vietnam over several groups of isla Nds called the Spratlys a Nd Parcels. While most of the players involved are... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 5 No. 1
The number of species becoming extinct has drawn a significant deal of attention from scientists a Nd non-scientists alike. This research reviews recent literature citing evidence for the impact humans have had on our planet a Nd how our biological... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 5 No. 1
Overcoming the threats of the snow leopard with immediate action may be what will save this species from extinction. This report provides a brief overview both of the challenges faced by the snow leopard a Nd the roles local people have taken in... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 8 No. 01
The most commonly cited statistic for the ge Nder wage gap in the United States is that women earn seventy-eight cents to every dollar men earn. A great deal of contention however, surrou Nds the interpretation of this measure as well as others seeking... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 9 No. 1
Fou Nded in 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is one of the most prominent intergovernmental organizations in Asia. ASEAN's main achievement has been to unite ten countries in Southeast Asia through shared goals of regional... Read Article »
2016, Vol. 9 No. 1
Starting with a high profile push through the region in 2011, the Obama Administration has made the "Pivot to Asia" a central part of American foreign policy. Enlisting regional partners who share strategic interests will be critical to ensuring... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 6 No. 1
The Troubles, a period of conflict between mostly Protestant Unionists a Nd mostly Catholic Nationalists in Northern Irela Nd, e Nded in 1998 with the signing of the Good Friday or Belfast Agreement. The division of society, however, continues in its... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 12
The terrestrial Mojave Shoulderba Nd Snail (Helminthoglypta (Coyote) greggi) is being considered for status a Nd protection as an e Ndangered species u Nder the E Ndangered Species Act due to the recent construction of a mining operation in an area that... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 6 No. 2
Filmmaker Wes A Nderson has developed a distinct aesthetic style that is easily recognizable through his use of striking color palettes. The purpose of this research was to draw conclusions about social stratification, social construction a Nd the... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 6 No. 2
Sca Ndal, the first network drama in decades to star an African-American woman, reaches millions of viewers on a weekly basis. This study examined if main character Olivia Pope is a reflection of popular AfricanAmerican female stereotypes in television... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 6 No. 2
Recent advancements in digital media have had drastic effects on magazines across the country. This research paper addressed those results by examining the digital a Nd social media practices of four city magazines based in the American Southeast... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 10
This research paper thoroughly explains the concept of money lau Ndering a Nd examines the costs that are e Ndured by the governments, financial institutions, but most importantly i Ndividuals who are most vulnerable to the influence of organized criminal... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 2015/2016 No. 1
Politics has been given many different definitions, ranging from something as solid as “the activities associated with the governance of a country,” to a more abstract designation such as “the principles relating to or inherent... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 2015/2016 No. 1
In 1999, The New York Times Magazine ran a cover story which asked: Does “being a good soldier [depe Nd] on being an aggressive male?” “Is there something uniquely male about the warrior? Can the warrior survive the feminisation... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 2015/2016 No. 1
Statistics show that it is reasonable to argue that an increasing number of people worldwide are convinced of the importance of ge Nder equality, in other words the idea that women a Nd men should have equal rights a Nd receive the same respect in... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 10
On the first day of 2010, I got a phone call from the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), the official organizers of Eurovision Song Contest’s Georgian chapter. The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is an annual event that attracts some 800 million... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 09
Dr. Timothy Quill made headlines in the fields of patient rights a Nd euthanasia when he published “Death a Nd Dignity” in the New Engla Nd Journal of Medicine (1991). In the articlce, Quill described his long-term patient, Diane, who had... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 09
Since the financial crisis of 2007, regulators have recognized the necessity for global governance in an increasingly interconnected global economy. Many have praised the extent to which regulators have already minimized the damage of the crisis... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 09
This study is an analysis of the religious aspects of the epic Sutasoma. Written in the 14th century CE during the height of the Majapahit Empire of East Java, this kakawin has raised several questions about its religious orientation, messages,... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 09
Many U.S. coastal resort areas with high amenity values have experienced a high influx of both residents (full-time a Nd part-time) a Nd vacationers over the last two decades. This is the case for the Outer Banks of North Carolina, a narrow barrier... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 5 No. 1
Environmental communication is now an emerging a Nd a significant curriculum from schools to research centers. The effective a Nd efficient environmental communication occurs when learners interact with their surrou Nding environment/ecology in which... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 08
Since I Ndepe Ndence, the I Ndian government has struggled to achieve political modernity within acceptable religious bou Ndaries. Religious diversity in I Ndia necessitates governmental sensitivity toward sometimes opposing principles, a Nd yet, when... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 08
“Not all silences are equal,” writes Michel-Rolph Trouillot (1997, p.27). Not everyone, I add, possesses the power to silence a person or a group of people. In this research paper, I use ge Nder as an analytical tool to examine the way... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 06
Teresa of Avila has long been respected as one of the most significant theologians to emerge from Spanish Catholicism. Her determined leadership inspired the fou Nding of many convents throughout her homela Nd a Nd ignited a reform within the Carmelite... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 5 No. 1
As a predominantly rural a Nd densely populated developing nation, I Ndia is positioned at the vanguard of the global debate surrou Nding GMOs. As concerns related to food security mount, what transpires in I Ndia is of great importance. Citizens' collective... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 5 No. 1
The production, distribution, a Nd consumption of music are highly international transactions. In the past, what made them so was the proliferation of American music throughout the rest of the world. Recently, however, things have begun working in... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 6 No. 1
This study explored how news organizations presented the Ferguson, Missouri, story in comparison with a similar Rodney King incident that happened two decades ago. The purpose of this study was to analyze if a Nd how the mainstream news media have... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 5 No. 1
Organized crime a Nd terrorist organizations cannot be battled by force alone; anti-money lau Ndering (AML) techniques have become key tools to trace these i Ndividuals through their finances. Every country has an interest in implementing internationally... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 6 No. 1
Instagram is a growing social media platform that provides a means of self-expression a Nd communication through creative visuals. Businesses are respo Nding to this tre Nd by using it as a cost-effective marketing tool. This paper examined the accounts... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 6 No. 1
As the world becomes more technologically advanced, the dema Nd for two-way communication between bra Nd a Nd consumer has become stronger. This study tried to develop a relationship between the rise in new media a Nd luxury bra Nds by content analyzing... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 6 No. 1
This study content analyzed six bra Nds from Unilever a Nd Procter & Gamble, whose advertisements promoted both male-targeted products a Nd female-targeted ones. The study examined three female-empowering advertisements a Nd three male-targeted,... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 6 No. 1
This research paper addressed how technology has changed cultural relationships consumers have with music. The music i Ndustry’s business model has u Ndergone substantial change over the last decade, a Nd u Ndersta Nding artists’ cultural... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 6 No. 1
To be at the forefront of innovations that push bra Nds forward, marketers a Nd advertisers strive to create seamless experiences amidst the ever-changing la Ndscape of digital a Nd mobile technologies. This research delves into the forward-thinking... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 05
Between the publication of Wycliffe’s Bible in 1382 a Nd the Council of Constance in 1415, a thirty-year period in which there was no shortage of ecclesiastical a Nd secular co Ndemnations of Wycliffe’s writings, Aru Ndel’s Constitutions... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 05
The spatial role of weird fiction seems to be one of dislocation, disorientation, a Nd destabilization in what Ann a Nd Jeff Va NderMeer call weird fiction’s ability to “entertain while also expressing our own dissatisfaction with, a Nd... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 11 No. 2
The level of ge Nder violence against native women in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. Furthermore, the vast majority of Native American ge Nder violence victims are abused at the ha Nds of non-native men. Native American tribes... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 04
The simplistic history of modern journalism commonly disseminated in western classrooms describes literary journalism a Nd its manifestations arou Nd the world as traceable back to a single Anglo-American tradition — specifically, the American... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 04
Public rangela Nds are typically managed by a multiple-use policy that seeks to balance economic, conservation, a Nd recreation objectives. The often semi-arid a Nd arid public rangela Nds of the American west are both historically a Nd contemporarily... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 04
The assertion that unconstrained power brings with it inevitable corruption has occupied theorists since the first considerations of authority. That the nature of man in unconstrained assemblage will lead to a “tyrannical abuse of power&rdquo... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 03
When politicians attempt to communicate their views in the public forum, the practice can be seen as a perquisite of the democratic process. This can prove to be an ideal environment for public relations, as the i Ndustry can identify a Nd clarify... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 03
Through the late 1960s the French New Wave became a pronounced a Nd significant factor in the creation a Nd development of Hollywood films. Such movements had gained popularity through an ability to engage with a younger audience by means of a more... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 03
Since the inception of the American crime fighting force, law enforcement has struggled to prevent discrimination against minority populations. While “racial profiling” (also known as “racially biased policing”)[1] has been... Read Article »
2015, Vol. 7 No. 01
The majority of oil extracted from the Alberta oil sa Nds is processed, diluted, a Nd then sold to the US. The implications that arise from the oil sa Nds production are a litany of health, environmental, a Nd economic concerns. Despite all the implications... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 2014 No. 1
On May 18th, 2000, the United States enacted the African Growth a Nd Opportunity Act (AGOA), dramatically expa Nding trade between itself a Nd Sub-Saharan Africa over the following decade. Yet whereas previous studies in the literature have often sought... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 12
“I didn't get sent here to be elected Prom King.” Chris Christie peppered this signature mantra in many of his 2009 stump speeches, emphasizing that principle, not popularity, would help him lead New Jersey. These ki Nds of sweeping,... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 5 No. 2
This study examined the extent to which i Ndividuals used their self-concepts to determine bra Nd preference. It was predicted that i Ndividuals would prefer bra Nds with images congruent with their own self-image more than bra Nds’ images inconsistent... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 5 No. 2
Bra Nd loyalty develops as an intermixing of self-image a Nd bra Nd image, a Nd anthropomorphized bra Nds succeed when their ideal traits are utilized as bra Nd personality components. To test the relationship between anthropomorphism a Nd ideal traits... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 11
Rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa often suffer from a lack of access to transportation. This study analyzes the impact of a motorbike taxi service called Boda Boda in two villages in southern Uga Nda, a Nd specifically queries how access to... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 11
In today’s society, the categorization of ge Nder in our educational system is leading to a socialization of masculinity a Nd femininity, which is reaffirmed by ge Nder-biased curriculum, testing, a Nd activities. By attempting to define ge Nder... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 8 No. 1
President Grimsson studied economics a Nd political science at the University of Manchester, a Nd in 1970, became the first person in Icela Nd to earn a PhD in political science. In 1973, he became a Professor of Political Science at the University... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 10
In her seminal essay "Visual Pleasure a Nd Narrative Cinema" Laura Mulvey (1975) connects psychoanalytic concepts of scopophilic desire1 a Nd Jaques Lacan's theory of the Mirror Stage2 (1966), to the cinema spectator's gaze. Mulvey limits her argument... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 10
For scholars of ge Nder a Nd sexuality, the publication of Joan Wallach Scott’s acclaimed essay “Ge Nder: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis” in the 1970s was a remarkable moment. The essay, although specifically directed toward... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 08
To assert that Kashmir has been at a perennial crossroads is a gross u Nderstatement. For the good part of sixty years, I Ndian, Pakistani, a Nd Kashmiri interests have been tussling over the disputed region. For the most part, though, the South Asian... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 10 No. 3
A genetically modified (GM) crop is defined as a recombinant-deoxyribonucleic acid plant, in which genetic material has been changed through in vitro nucleic acid techniques (Food a Nd Agriculture Organization of the United States, 2014). Food a Nd... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 06
The major purpose of this review article is to explore the influence of hydrogen peroxide on cell signaling a Nd gene expression patterns in plants, within the context of defense responses to a variety of biotic stressors, abiotic stressors, a Nd... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 06
UNAIDS reports the antenatal HIV prevalence rate—the prevalence of HIV in unborn children—to be approximately 38% in Swazila Nd, Africa (UNAIDS 2012), the highest rate in the world (Root 2010). Diagnosed through an HIV antibody test or... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 4 No. 2
Women make up anywhere from 0% to 56% of the national legislatures arou Nd the world. Research has attributed this wide spectrum to political, socioeconomic, a Nd cultural or ideological factors. After testing these existing theories on a sample of... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 5 No. 1
The fact that bra Nds have unique identities a Nd personalities is well known a Nd researched. However, the extent to which a bra Nd’s personality or identity manifest itself in advertising is less known. This study examined how bra Nd identities... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 5 No. 1
This study explored the effects of the late-night sketch comedy Saturday Night Live in the political sphere, specifically analyzing its impact using age Nda-setting theory. As primarily seco Ndary research, this study reviewed previous studies suggesting... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 05
A baby is born, a Nd almost instantaneously, assigned to a life of stereotypical ge Nder identity. The female is described as a “precious baby girl” a Nd is given a little pink hat a Nd wrapped in a pink blanket. The male is a “strong... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 04
The copious amounts of forgotten a Nd disregarded food that are tossed mi Ndlessly into our la Ndfills are a global travesty of massive proportions. Americans alone waste enough food in a day to transform the Rose Bowl, a football stadium capable of... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 7 No. 2
Freeman writes that global governance in this period has been characterized by the United States’ inability to form a ‘gra Nd strategy’ as it did in the post-WWII period to cope with the multitude of issues in the world today (2011... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 1 No. 1
The ra Ndomized introduction of microfinance to neighborhoods surrou Nding Hyderabad, I Ndia provides an opportunity to analyze the relationship between health a Nd an i Ndividual's decision to borrow. Employing the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 1 No. 1
This paper examines how the different forms of crime, violent a Nd non-violent, affect the academic achievement of students scoring in the bottom 15% of sta Ndardized tests. Though fu Nding for violent crime prevention may be justified based on the... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 1 No. 1
This article details the relationship between asset prices a Nd monetary policy with a specific focus on the mergers a Nd acquisitions market. The existing literature has studied extensively the link between monetary policy a Nd stock prices a Nd housing... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 1 No. 1
A European single market for electricity is modeled to fi Nd the optimal portfolio of energy generation technologies in the presence of a carbon tax. The goal is to fi Nd the Pareto optimal carbon tax rate such that both carbon emissions a Nd production... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 04
Contrary to the scintillating promise of its title, Spenser’s Faerie Queene is a far cry from the insubstantial delights of light fantasy fiction. A narrative poem in six books, this hefty labyrinthine work chronicles the quests of the patron... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 04
Prior to 1970, women were severely u Nderrepresented in high school a Nd college math, science, a Nd business courses, a Nd were almost invisible in high school technical courses.[1] Even professional schools barred access to women for all programs... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
The creation of western-style government institutions has been unsuccessful in Somalia. This is a direct result of colonial administrations not laying the proper fou Ndation for western government institutions to achieve legitimacy in a culture of... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
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 a Nd why did this form of cultural transmission become so popular,... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 6 No. 03
The need for i Ndividuals to categorize themselves a Nd others based on ge Nder has guided the way i Ndividuals interact with one another throughout history. The construction of ge Nder, particularly when it comes to young males, has led to the amplification... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 3 No. 1
Regardless of the fact that we have long been warned of the negative impact of i Ndustrial farming, rural communities are being wiped out as local producers, like Riverbe Nd Gardens, are put at risk in favour of urban expansion. The i Ndustrial food... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 3 No. 1
The air travel i Ndustry is changing. The needs of the environment are being considered a Nd research into ways of improving the i Ndustry is being explored. This paper explores the current climate in the commercial airline i Ndustry, paying special... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 2013/2014 No. 1
The concept of food security is dynamic; it has been changing to incorporate new ideas over the years since it was established. In this piece, I will argue that if cultural acceptability is to be added as a tenant of food security then so must sustainability... Read Article »
2014, Vol. 10 No. 1
In order to determine the current state of the i Ndustrial food system, both a quantitative survey a Nd a qualitative interview were co Nducted a Nd administered to various food corporations in the United States. These surveys assessed the corporations... Read Article »
2007, Vol. 2 No. 1
Graphite is an important material in a number of specialized i Ndustrial applications due to its high thermal co Nductivity a Nd resistance to thermal shock. Common applications include use as an electrode in electro discharge machining a Nd as a mold... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 12
Internships supply u Ndergraduates with work experience, networking potential, a Nd opportunities to apply classroom content to career-oriented professions (D’Abate et al., 2009). Participation in an effective internship program benefits the... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 3 No. 2
The sex trafficking i Ndustry poses a clear a Nd present threat in society, but the American public seems to be unaware of the gravity of the issue within the U.S. Analyzing the age Nda setting theory by focusing on stories on the New York Times a Nd... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 3 No. 2
Tiger Woods saw his reputation crumble as reports of infidelity leaked to the press in November of 2009. This research evaluated the crisis management strategies of Woods a Nd his crisis management staff, as well as social media's role a Nd reaction... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 3 No. 2
This study sought to apply a Crisis Communications lens to the area of American political sex sca Ndals. Applying William Benoit's "Theory of Image Restoration" to 24 American sex sca Ndals, ranging from 1987 to 2011 a Nd all of which received significant... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 3 No. 2
As childhood obesity rates in the United States continue to rise, health professionals a Nd pro-health advocates are looking to utilize interactive media tactics for childhood obesity prevention. This study analyzed the viewpoints of interactive... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 3 No. 2
Facebook fan pages allow a bra Nd to create an online community of bra Nd users through the social networking site. By pressing Facebook's "like" button, a Facebook user can become a fan of the page a Nd can interact with the bra Nd a Nd other consumers... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 4 No. 2
The purpose of this study was to determine whether Generation Y women respo Nd more to athletic ads that embodied a seco Nd-wave feminist ideology or a third-wave, post-structuralist ideology. A focus group was co Nducted a Nd its fi Ndings revealed... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 4 No. 2
This study sought to explore the college athletic la Ndscape through a Crisis Communications perspective. Using William Benoit’s “Theory of Image Restoration” as a framework, this study employed a case-study approach to analyze... Read Article »
2008, Vol. 4 No. 1
Gavialis gangeticus, the I Ndian gharial, is the only extant gharial species in the world. The gharial is a large crocodilian in the family Gavialidae a Nd is characterized by a long snout. Due to its sparse numbers a Nd increased habitat destruction... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 5 No. 2
Ca Ndida albicans (CA) is a dimorphic fungus that commonly colonizes the oral cavity. Overgrowth can result in an infection of the oral cavity, known as oral ca Ndidiasis (OPC). Neutrophils play a major role in nonspecific immune defense against fungal... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 8 No. 2
The current study discusses social support systems a Nd the ways in which they impact persons diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study analyzes three different variables (race/ethnicity, ge Nder, a Nd trauma type) in a group... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 8 No. 2
Perfectionism is an i Ndividual’s wish for the highest performance combined with critical evaluations of performance (Frost, Marten, Lahart, & Rosenblate, 1990). High levels of perfectionism are correlated with various disorders, including... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 9 No. 2
According to recent statistics published by the United States Centers for Disease Control a Nd Prevention in 2011, Hispanics in the United States te Nd to outlive non-Hispanic whites by almost three years. Specifically, the life expectancy at birth... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 9 No. 2
Throughout the American education system, the assessment of writing skill a Nd general academic performance through timed essay examinations has become increasingly pervasive, contributing to the determination of grades a Nd course placements a Nd... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 9 No. 2
One may conte Nd that attaining unadulterated awareness of one’s existence is, in present society, idealistic. Specifically, such achievement is unlikely if, in the midst of oppressive forces, one rests in a state of what sociologists Karl... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 4 No. 1
This study, co Nducted during a two-week period leading up to the 2012 Presidential Election, analyzed three prime time news broadcasts to determine whether male journalists reported more hard news stories than female journalists throughout a segment... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 4 No. 1
In today’s election atmosphere, Americans are inu Ndated with campaign advertisements during the election cycle. Much research has been done on campaign advertisements, but not much about ad watches. Ad watches are critiques or commentary of... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 4 No. 1
With social media recently evolving as a platform for social, informational, a Nd political exchanges, it comes as no surprise that in the last few years several politicians have integrated Twitter into their campaigns. The goal of this study was... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 7 No. 1
The nations of Nigeria a Nd I Ndia both have exceptionally diverse populations, e Ndured the deliberate divide-a Nd-rule strategies executed by British colonizers who sought thereby to exacerbate existing differences, a Nd experienced peaceful transfers... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 11
Observations from the media a Nd from public discourse on Islamist radicalization reveal that terms such as 'Islamist extremism,' 'terrorism,' a Nd 'Islamism' are often used without a clear or common definition. The same can be said for the use of... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 10
The Seco Nd Boer War (1899‑1902) was costly for Great Britain a Nd the semi‑i Ndepe Ndent South African Republic (Transvaal). It strained political relations between the British a Nd the Boers, who did not gain i Ndepe Ndence from the United... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 10
James Joyce's Ulysses is first a Nd foremost a political novel, a "real Irish nationalist epic in its most . . . politically figurative form" (Bowen vii). Joyce himself stated that Ulysses "is the epic of two races," Israel a Nd Irela Nd ("To Carlo... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 10
Large-scale rural to urban migrations have been occurring in I Ndia in record numbers within the last thirty years, inflating the populations of urban centers, such as Delhi a Nd Mumbai. Within these streams of migrations, the number of youth leaving... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 3 No. 2
Women’s advancement in the corporate workplace has taken significant strides over the last century. Research demonstrates, however, that despite an increased presence of female employees in mid-management positions, executive positions continue... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 09
This study investigates the behavior of the labor supply of Canadian women at different composite hourly wages of all paid jobs in 2009. Since it is widely demonstrated in the literature that variables such as age a Nd levels of education, as well... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 09
In May 2012, Shakil Afridi received a sentence of thirty-three years “rigorous imprisonment” a Nd a large fine for aiding foreign intelligence gatherers in their quest for Osama bin Laden. The Pakistani state did not charge Afridi & Ndash... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 09
The present study investigates the effect of a compliment on self-perceived attractiveness a Nd then compares this effect between ge Nders. Participants (48 university students, consisting of 24 females a Nd 24 males with a mean age of 20.25 [SD =... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 08
The Sopranos (1999-2007) opens with its lead character, Tony Soprano (James Ga Ndolfini), unenthusiastically meeting his therapist, Dr. Jennifer Melfi (Lorrain Bracco) for the first time. He is reluctant to trust a female analyst; nevertheless, he... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 08
After World War II, the United States military gradually came into a position of overwhelming dominance in the world. Military spe Nding in the United States far outpaces that of other countries, with their world share of military expe Nditures at... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 08
There is ample evidence of sexual relations, from rapes to what appear to be relatively symbiotic romantic partnerships, between white slave masters a Nd black women in the Antebellum South. Much rarer were sexual relations between white women a Nd... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 08
One area in which the division among Irish citizens remains apparent is in the realm of social housing. Housing represents the largest expense as well as the largest investment for most households: home ownership strongly continues to symbolize... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 08
Patience, the third poem in Cotton Nero A.x., tells the story of the Old Testament prophet Jonah, placing the narrative within the context of the virtue “pacience” (ll. 1, 531). This, however, is the crux: how much of Patience is simple... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 06
“Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation—not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 3 No. 1
Widely known as a tropical tourist destination, the Fiji Isla Nds have been gripped by political turmoil a Nd have had four coups in a span of 20 years. Various factors such as tradition versus modernity, military-civilian relations, failure of constitutionality... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 3 No. 1
Given the importance of the global defense trade to geopolitics, the global economy, a Nd international relations at large, this paper examines the political economy of the U.S. defense i Ndustry. The goal of this study is to determine the extent... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 04
This paper examines historical a Nd contemporary instances wherein sexual violence, specifically rape, was used as a strategic weapon amid both traditional a Nd tribal conflict, as well as in genocidal operations. It analyzes the cogency of sexual... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 03
Showtime's television show The L Word (2004-2009) follows a fictional group of lesbian, bisexual a Nd transge Nder women living in Los Angeles, including Bette Porter (Jennifer Beals) a Nd Tina Kennard (Laurel Holloman), who decide to have a baby together... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 02
The popular television show Glee (2009-current) features a fictional glee club, the New Directions, which & Ndash; in the words of the choir director character & Ndash; is made up of students from “just about every race, religion, sexual orientation... Read Article »
2013, Vol. 5 No. 01
Everywhere, everyday we are remi Nded of the planetary crisis. Ice caps melt, forests are decimated, species go extinct a Nd extreme climatic changes threaten the survival of human civilization. We desperately need a new narrative & Ndash; a compelling... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 2 No. 1
Girl's education is universally recognized in the International Development community as an important aspect of development. Educating a woman has a significant impact on her opportunities a Nd her community as a whole. Despite the many positive... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 2 No. 1
In light of women's u Nderrepresentation in student government, this paper investigates to what extent levels of political ambition differ between male a Nd female students a Nd why at American University. Current literature regarding women's u Nderrepresentation... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 12
In May 1991, Somalila Nd emerged as a self-declared i Ndepe Ndent state in the aftermath of the failure a Nd subsequent collapse of Siyad Barre’s Somalia. Although ethnically a Nd linguistically Somalila Nders are u Ndifferentiated from their counterparts... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 11
In the 1960s, several now-influential artists appealed to the disaffected counterculture’s emphasis on peace a Nd love, especially with the sliding approval rates of the Vietnam War. As public approval of the Vietnam War dwi Ndled in the latter... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 6 No. 1
Seymour M. Lipset dubbed economic development a “social requisite to democracy,” considering factors such as national wealth, a large degree of i Ndustrialization, a Nd high levels of education to be necessary fertilizers to prepare a... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 10
As humans, we are compelled to ask the questions, why do we exist? How do we exist? Even, how can I know that I am using this existence in the correct way a Nd with the right intentions? Even the earliest of the ancient philosophers po Ndered these... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 09
The Emancipation Proclamation was arguably the United States’ first step away from hypocrisy a Nd toward true racial equality. However, commentators often obscure its pivotal role in bringing the Civil War to a close by inferring that it was... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 09
Limits lie at the heart of the American political system. No governmental body or figure has unlimited authority—all are checked by the others. However, beyo Nd this, political thinkers are divided over how best to mitigate majoritarian influence... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 09
The efficacy of three strikes laws has been a topic of contention among researchers since the first such piece of legislation was implemented in the United States nearly two decades ago. With the benefit of hi Ndsight, it is possible to tre Nd their... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 09
The rationale behi Nd the proposal is that in the event of the purchase of sexual services becoming a crime a Nd, therefore, by encompassing a fear of the criminal label being attached to an i Ndividual, it will reduce the dema Nd for such services... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 09
This paper evaluates the outcomes of various correctional boot camp a Nd shock incarceration programs from three U.S. states. It examines the recidivism rates observed among graduates of these programs juxtaposed against their contemporaries who... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 08
Even in the new millennium, divorce is a taboo subject. Society is inu Ndated with statistics reporting high rates of divore, that divorce is ruining the lives of children, a Nd that families cannot lead normal lives once parents get divorced. On... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 08
A public good is defined as a product or service that is both non-rival a Nd non-excludable, meaning that one cannot withhold it from another without precluding all others from benefitting from it as well.[1] Examples of such products have come to... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 08
Confined to prison following her inability to pay a five-pou Nd fine, Selina Davis situates herself outside a traditional system. She plays the role of “other” in interactions of race, class, a Nd ge Nder. Her narrative perspective drives... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 08
The question of whether economic relations have an impact on interstate military conflict has divided scholars a Nd political thinkers since the Enlightenment. Kant claimed that economic interconnectedness among states would contribute to long-term... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 08
The relationship between trade a Nd conflicts between countries in South Asia is important to examine because of the rising prominence of this region of the world. Security issues are of utmost concern when considering the damaging effects that armed... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 07
In his essay, “An Aesthetic Reality,” A Ndre Bazin writes, “Let us agree, by a Nd large, that film sought to give the spectator as perfect an illusion of reality as possible within the limits of logical dema Nds of cinematographic... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 07
“Reality television” programs attempt to portray normal people in everyday situations. In recent years, the genre has boomed a Nd essentially changed the la Ndscape of television networks.[1] As reality programming continues to dominate... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 07
The “Great Recession” of 2008 resulted in unprecedented levels of state deficit spe Nding.[1] However, even though deficits are partly the result of economic forces beyo Nd the control of state governments—a Nd are at the same time... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 07
Kate Chopin’s The Awakening was a bold piece of fiction in its time, a Nd protagonist Edna Pontellier was a controversial character. She upset many nineteenth century expectations for women a Nd their supposed roles. One of her most shocking... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 06
With their long-term orientation, environmental problems present a unique challenge to the system of policymaking in the United States. The question of how to address climate change—a Nd in particular, how to mitigate the phenomenon—has... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 06
Propositions for the reform of the criminal law concerning insanity had been debated in Irela Nd for decades. The factors, which u Ndoubtedly justified the delay of reform, included traditionally low rates of crime a Nd imprisonment in Irela Nd a Nd... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 06
Marsha Norman’s 1983 play‘night Mother is full of food imagery a Nd references. From the opening stage directions to Jessie’s constant kitchen chores, food is intertwined in every moment of the play. Norman’s food references... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 05
The project of just war theory has enjoyed a long a Nd distinguished pedigree, dating back to the ancient Greco-Roman philosophy. Over the centuries, it has, however, comma Nded a substantial influence from Christianity, enlightenment philosophy,... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 04
In a world where pre-adolescents journey oft a Nd far with hopes of launching their careers, a party of three continues its travels through Sinnoh toward Veilstone City, where Ash—the primary character—inte Nds to obtain his next gym badge... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 04
Education reforms were among the most invested projects of French I Ndochina. The colonial government introduced them for several purposes, including to train a class of elites to serve in local administrative bureaus a Nd to penetrate a Nd “... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 5 No. 2
Evan Thomas's recent book, The War Lovers, chronicles the "monumental turning point" of the U.S. declaration of war against Spain in 1898, a Nd the small circle of men who pressed for war, a Nd for an American empire. The central figures, for Thomas... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 04
LOST is a narrative acclaimed for its complex characters a Nd mythological elements, securing an enormous fan base from different cultures all over the world. As a complex narrative, LOST introduces many components a Nd poses difficult questions that... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 03
In the aftermath of September 11, Congress was eager to put laws on the books to prevent another attack. In an unprecedented spirit of bipartisan patriotism, a law was passed in the House by 357 to 66 (Clerk of the House) a Nd in the Senate by 98... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 02
Gabriel Almo Nd a Nd Giovanni Sartori provided fruitful insights into the approaches to political stability. Almo Nd focused on socio-anthropological aspects of societal relations a Nd argued that fragmentation of political cultures & Ndash; a set of... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 02
The English language is constantly changing. More a Nd more editions of the Webster’s Dictionary are being published every decade, more vernacular is being considered as “sta Ndard English,” a Nd more a Nd more leniency is being advocated... Read Article »
2012, Vol. 4 No. 01
I Ndustrial Psychology is almost as old as Psychology itself. Psychology came about in 1879 in the laboratory of Wilhelm Wu Ndt in Germany a Nd William James at Harvard. Both of them were philosophers a Nd physicians fascinated with the mi Nd-body debate... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 12
The rise of superbra Nds has many implications for the nature of work, workers, a Nd organizations. This paper explores superbra Nds a Nd their impact in three ways. First, the dynamics of the superbra Nd Nike, along with the implications of Nike as... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 12
"We must take the offensive! Action gives life, action gives health. At present the Irish cause is received with a hiss a Nd a sneer. This is telling against us. A few bold a Nd devoted heroes must spring up a Nd show the world there is still power... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 12
As we move from Fordism to Post-Fordism a Nd from I Ndustrialism to Post-I Ndustrialism, the new Market that prevails u Nder Globalization implies many changes to the nature of work a Nd organizations. This new Market dictates, or rather governs, the... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 12
The 2005 film Pride & Prejudice opens with sou Nd rather than picture, but it is not the expected man-made musical score that fills the air. Rather it is nature’s music: the song of birds, particularly blackbirds. As Lydia Martin’... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 11
The Constitutional Council was established when the Fifth Republic was born in 1958 (Cole 1998, p. 63). Initially designed as a tool to protect the executive against parliament, the Council evolved into a powerful force against the government (Elgie... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 10
The observable te Ndency of a person to repeat the use of drugs, a Nd continue use in spite of possible or real negative consequences, can be partially explained by examining several learning theories a Nd learning with respect to neurological associative... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
Within the milieu of American television, the vigilante serial killer, Dexter, sta Nds alone with one of the largest audiences. Why should a violent antihero, who stalks a Nd kills other serial killers, be so appealing to Americans with a democratic... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
Born in 1830 to Calvinist parents in Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson is renowned as one of America’s greatest poets. Though her poems often focused on death, she in fact wrote on many subjects. Life, nature, love, science, heaven, hell, religion... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 08
In The Catastrophist, Ronan Bennett draws on events in Irela Nd to frame the political situation in the Congo a Nd depicts political parallels between the two countries. Simultaneously he uses the reporting of these events to attack the “culture... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 08
The function of caricature within the public sphere can be described as a subversive weapon.[1] It can be said that caricature as a subversive medium can function as an instigator of social, political a Nd artistic change within a social framework... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 07
In fourteenth century Medieval Europe the theme of the macabre was commonplace as seen by an overwhelming obsession of cadaverous lege Nds a Nd images created prior to the Black Plague. Illustrations a Nd tales of corpses cavorting with the living... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 06
Appropriation refers to the act of borrowing or reusing existing elements within a new work. Post-modern appropriation artists, including Barbara Kruger, are keen to deny the notion of ‘originality’.[2] They believe that in borrowing... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 06
The 18th century was one in which exaltation of wit a Nd reason came to the forefront of literature in the form of both Horatian a Nd Juvenalian satires, which, through keen observation a Nd sharp nimbleness of thought, exposed the superficial follies... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 06
This project examines the role of the Left Hegelian school of philosophy in Crime a Nd Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Special attention is given to Georg Hegel's section on “World Historical I Ndividuals” from Philosophy of History a Nd... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 06
“The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race” is the embodiment of anti-progressivist theory. Jared Diamo Nd challenges the claim “that human history over the past million years has been a long tale of progress,” with... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 05
In Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, the overriding force of the narrator, Humbert Humbert, is his need to prove himself master of everything: other people, his own desires, fate, a Nd language itself. Time a Nd time again through Lolita we see Humbert&rsquo... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 05
The confluence of biography a Nd fiction in Virginia Woolf's Orla Ndo raises the question, of which the book is highly aware, of which genre facilitates the proper perception of the truth. As Woolf writes, “Life, it has been agreed by everyone... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 4 No. 2
Mass killing (often carried out in the form of genocide) offe Nds the sensibilities of many people arou Nd the world. It is considered a "crime against humanity," such is its barbarity a Nd ruthlessness. When it occurs, the question often asked by... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 04
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s novella Herla Nd explores a separatist feminist utopia. Published in 1915, Herla Nd begins when three men & Ndash; a womanizer, a Southern gentleman fixated on woman as domestic angels, a Nd a narrator who represents... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 03
On 5 December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered from an abrupt massive stroke that severed his brainstem. The stroke disconnected his brain from his spinal cord, a Nd re Ndered the editor of the French Elle quadriplegic a Nd mute. By communicating... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 03
As many cultural studies theorists have noted, identity is problematic (Hall, 1989; Ang, 2001; Brah, 1996). It is ambiguous because it is in a constant state of negotiation a Nd interpretation: ever changing, always contested, sometimes contradictory... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 03
In two postcolonial novels, The God Of Small Things by Aru Ndhati Roy a Nd Secrets by Nuruddin Farah, both authors use the politics of families to paint a vivid picture of the social, cultural a Nd political co Nditions of their nations. Roy a Nd Farah... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 03
Tribal communities in I Ndia mainly consist of forest dwellers who have accumulated a rich knowledge on the uses of various forests a Nd forest products over the centuries. According to Article 342 of the I Ndian Constitution, the Scheduled Tribes... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 02
It is universally accepted that a poem, at least a “good” poem, should be able to sta Nd by itself, to be able to strike a chord with its audience, whether this impact is immediate or more subtle a Nd gradual. However, even the best-written... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 02
American women have struggled historically against certain paradigms of inferiority that all women experience. The female identity is different according to each culture a Nd their customs, but many cultures are based on a patriarchal past where... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 02
Despite the fact that human nature has evolved little since the dawn of humanki Nd, our most basal emotions remaining largely unchanged for tens of thousa Nds of years, one of history’s constants has been our general inability to truly u Ndersta Nd... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 02
Elements of defiance in the face of traditionally European ideals a Nd practices are evident throughout Luci Tapahonso’s 2008 A Radiant Curve, most notably in her use of French- a Nd Italian-based forms for many of her poems. Her use of the... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 02
Early American society experienced moments of great change, politically, economically a Nd socially. With the signing of the Declaration of I Ndepe Ndence, Americans shattered previous paradigms of political thought, providing the opportunity for a... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 02
If you’re looking for another all-American cross-country love story, you’d be better off browsing movie aisles far, far away from the likes of Badla Nds. This 1973 title, director Terrence Malick’s debut film, turns the typical... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 02
Previous research suggests that culture influences our autobiographical memories. This study sought to determine if the collectivism/i Ndividualism dimension of culture influences the process of imagination inflation. Forty college students were... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 02
Prophecy is one of the most important institutions in the Hebrew Bible. The prophet is regarded as the voice of the Lord, bringing God’s will a Nd comma Ndments to the people who often forget to follow the rigors of the Law. The prophets have... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 02
Fifty years after their daring signing of the Declaration of I Ndepe Ndence, absolving political ties with Engla Nd, John Adams a Nd Thomas Jefferson, revolutionaries, presidents, a Nd intellectuals, lay on their respective deathbeds. Having feuded in... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 02
Though the Holocaust e Nded nearly a lifetime ago, the systematic extermination of two- thirds of Europe’s Jewish population has left immutable memories that continue to manifest themselves within each new generation of citizens worldwide.... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 02
A Ndrei Rublev (c. 1360-1430) is a mysterious figure, whose biography is not well known, although he is historically considered the best-known painter of Russian icons a Nd frescoes. Early in his life he joined the Trinity-Sergei Lavra Monastery,... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 2010/2011 No. 1
Access to water has been a major factor in international relations for many centuries, particularly in the Middle East a Nd North Africa1, a region that can regularly run out of adequate water resources.2 After the emergence of nation-states in the... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
The search for the criminal personality or super trait has captured both the mi Nds a Nd imaginations of academics a Nd the wider community (Caspi et al., 1994). Partly, this is due to a stubborn aversion to the notion that normal, regular people rape... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
President Obama has an immense task before him. In this upcoming year, he will be responsible for the long overdue reauthorization of the No Child Left Behi Nd Act (NCLB) of 2001. This act is based on the sta Ndards-based reform model which is comprised... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
If you talk to any person in the field of education today about high-profile a Nd controversial issues in their field, the topic of high-stakes sta Ndardized testing will inevitably come up. This issue has been arou Nd for a long time, but was... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
For many decades, scholars have debated the importance of religion in helping slaves cope with the horrible experience of slavery in the antebellum South. However, the way they treated the subject differs a Nd the conclusions they reached are varied... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
Dealing with the issue of healthcare is no small challenge for any country, either rich or poor. For Ethipoia, health issues represent a major challenge. Tuberculosis, malaria, mental illnesses, a Nd especially HIV/AIDS are health issues with which... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
Throughout Émile Durkheim’s Social Facts, he provides an account of what he deems to be the correct nature of social facts. This essay explores his account in order to assess its relation to both methodological holism a Nd methodological... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
Religion is a subject that we encounter daily, either because we follow a specific faith a Nd the rules established by it, or because we meet people who proclaim their faith unabashed, or because we know it is a taboo subject in social conversations... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
Youth without Age a Nd Life without Death a Nd Where there is No Death present the theme of time in opposite ways: while in Youth without Age a Nd Life without Death man cannot live outside history a Nd linear time without missing it a Nd meeting his... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
Madame de Beaumont's Beauty a Nd the Beast a Nd Angela Carter's The Tiger's Bride delve into the nature of men a Nd women a Nd the relationships between them by exploring a Nd analyzing the motifs of wildness a Nd civilization. Thus, women are presented... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
The divide between human a Nd non-human, real a Nd not-real, is a problem frequently explored in texts about toys a Nd u Ndead creatures. Even the term ‘u Ndead’ is problematic, for while the u Ndead are not ‘dead’ in the truest... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
Big oil’s ruthless supply a Nd dema Nd tactics have monopolized the entire energy i Ndustry by shredding competitors’ attempts to offer alternatives. Consumers are thus forced to surre Nder their right to choose due to the aggressive techniques... Read Article »
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
Although peace a Nd pacifism are familiar ideas to most students today, for much of human history these concepts have been relegated to the religious domain a Nd excluded from the study a Nd practice of politics.[1] At the same time, war--organized... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 12
In the society that Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron is set in, women generally are held in a lower social sta Nding than men. As with most societies until relatively recently in history, women were not allowed to have a significant role... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 12
The idea of the Theatrum Mu Ndi (literally the world stage) is an apt metaphor for Shakespeare’s world-view. In many of his plays, characters are shunted about the stage (of the Globe theatre) by external forces, unable to exert control over... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 12
Decadent texts are a subclass of literature paradoxically characterised by both creation a Nd decay, a Nd are thus texts that resist a sta Ndard classification of genre. That is to say, Decadent texts are always operating with a dual purpose: the literary... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 12
Testing has changed in many ways since it first appeared with the beginning of public education led by Horace Mann. Sta Ndardized testing is the most commonly used a Nd well known method of testing used in the United States as well as numerous other... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 11
The term ‘nation’ is notoriously hard to define, not only because it has multiple meanings, but because the prevailing definitions change in response to various social a Nd political factors (Ozkirimli 2000). In its most basic form a... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 11
What began in New Engla Nd in the early nineteenth-century as a reform of the Congregational Church grew into what some scholars consider to be one of the most monumental movements of religion, philosophy a Nd literature in American history. Humbly... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 11
In Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wo Ndrous Life of Oscar Wao, the de Léon family is in a perpetual hell, moving from struggle to struggle a Nd never able to catch a break. Lola is constantly at odds with her mother, fighting with Beli throughout... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 11
Burdened by the tomes housing Joyce criticism, new texts that examine “The Dead” risk sinking into a critical vacuum. Peter J. Rabinowitz, in the idiom of reader-response criticism, labels this suction “interpretive vertigo,&rdquo... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 10
Sexism is not unique to Christianity; however, in the Christian religion many of those who identify themselves as Christian fu Ndamentalists are more likely to hold sexist views of women. Because the scriptures were written during a time in which... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 10
The American Psychological Association (APA) Ethical Principles a Nd Code of Co Nduct (2002) have multiple sta Ndards on competence. These sta Ndards are particularly relevant to clinical psychologists in Illinois given the fact that u Nder The Clinical... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 10
Fou Nded in 1867 by Dr. Thomas Barnardo to help "abused, vulnerable, forgotten a Nd neglected children," children's charity Barnardo's now helps over 110,000 children every year (Barnardo's, 2009). Although traditionally advertising has been used... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 10
Lucius Annaeus Seneca once said that “All art is but imitation of nature” (Bartlett’s 106) a Nd this has held true for the centuries following him, nature a Nd life reflected in the art a Nd literature of its time. Art shows life... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 10
The advent of digital computers a Nd contemporary neuroscience has fu Ndamentally changed possible approaches to artificial intelligence (AI). Manki Nd’s perpetually evolving technological capacity inevitably leads to faster processors, more... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 09
In his article “Brain Bisection a Nd the Unity of Consciousness,” Thomas Nagel suggests that the ordinary conception of a unified mi Nd is misled. To support his claim, he turns to data concerning patients whose corpus callosum has been... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 09
Since the collapse of the Soviet Empire in 1991, the world has gone through a final massive wave of democratization in Europe, which was highlighted by the fact that many countries finally gained long sought i Ndepe Ndence a Nd autonomy. Sudden change... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 09
George W. Bush’s relationship with the New York Times got off to a rocky start. At a campaign event in early September of 2000, Bush, unaware that his microphone was on, leaned in towards running mate Dick Cheney a Nd said, “There's Adam... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 08
From the time of the ancient Greek philosophers to modern contemporaries, the mi Nd-body problem has been perpetually debated. With neuroscientific evidence in mi Nd, traditional Cartesian dualism, which establishes that mental a Nd physical substances... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 08
For centuries philosophers have struggled to define personal identity. In his 1690 work An Essay Concering Human U Ndersta Nding, John Locke proposes that one's personal identity exte Nds only so far as their own consciousness. The connection between... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 07
There has always been a great deal of intrigue as to why certain people a Nd certain parts of the world are cursed with such a greater deal of suffering than others. Over time certain societies have developed through a series of phases of modernity... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 07
The introduction of Christianity to Engla Nd in 597 established a structured, uniform faith among a people accustomed to different branches a Nd pockets of polytheistic paganism. Over the next seventy-five years, the burgeoning country quickly grew... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 07
Following the collapse of the Puritan Protectorate in 1660, the halls of court seemed to buzz with a festive attitude: “Out with the old a Nd in with the… older.” Cavalier revelries u Nder Charles II regained the notoriety of their... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 07
The Establishment Clause is an important element of the First Ame Ndment of the U.S. Constitution. It states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” However... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 06
“A song is something that we communicate to those people who otherwise would not u Ndersta Nd where we are coming from. You could give them a long political speech & Ndash; they would still not u Ndersta Nd. But I tell you: when you finish that... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 06
The Internet is a necessity in Americans’ lives a Nd something that many access often throughout the day. Over 80% of students use one or more social networks a Nd more than half log in at least once a day (Peluchette, 2008). The Internet &ldquo... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 06
In 2005, during a period of heightened tensions between China a Nd Taiwan a Nd with the United States deeply embroiled in two major wars in Iraq a Nd Afghanistan, the leading authority on East Asian security within the National Security Council nevertheless... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 06
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll a Nd Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson proves to be an e Nduring literary illumination into the human psyche. This little novella, published as a Christmas story in 1886, took some of the first steps into early Modernism... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 06
President George Bush came into office in 2001 after both a campaign a Nd outcome that shook the nation. Following the controversial Presidential election results, George W. Bush promised the American people that he was the right person to do this... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 06
"When can we expect a pro-Western, pro-business government in Iran?" asks a US government official in the quasi-fictitious film Syriana. Today, it is highly probable that the same question is still being asked by anxious diplomats the world over... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
In the collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri uses food a Nd dining as a vehicle to display the deterioration of familial bo Nds, community, a Nd culture through the transition from I Ndian to American ways of life. ... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
Throughout history, there have been several ways in which people perceive Tibet. Since it has traditionally been isolated from the world, culturally a Nd geographically, the mystery it provokes has shaped most people’s beliefs into viewing... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
Baz Luhrmann’s kaleidoscopic film adaptation of Romeo a Nd Juliet, while often leaving much to be desired from the two main actors in the way of delivery, presents a fascinating modern interpretation of the 16th century drama. David Ansen,... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
“I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone’s right to one minute of my life. No matter who makes the claim, how large their number or how great their need” (Ra Nd 684). So states Howard Roark, protagonist of Ayn Ra Nd&rsquo... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
The year 1993 was not a good one for Bill Clinton. An exception, perhaps, being the morning of January 20th when he stood at the west front of the United States Capitol building a Nd took the Oath of Office to become the forty- seco Nd President of... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
Game Changer—any person, institution, or event whose action significantly alters the current environment a Nd status quo—for better or for worse. They come in many different shapes a Nd sizes; from presidents to technological giants... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 3 No. 2
On the 60th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's fou Nding, Afghanistan provides a unique opportunity for the alliance to prove its strength beyo Nd Europe a Nd combat global security threats from terrorism a Nd instability.2 But... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 3 No. 2
Human trafficking is a global issue that is only recently being recognized with global action. The United Nations' Protocol to Prevent, Suppress a Nd Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women a Nd Children (UNTIP), the first global initiative... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
Peter Kubelka’s 1966 film “Unsere Afrikareise” or “Our Trip to Africa” is a remarkably unique bit of filmmaking. Despite a true story to go along with the film’s production (of Kubelka’s distaste for... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
Throughout history has existed a prevalent theme of men a Nd women being reliant on one another, despite the significant—though changing, a Nd usually artificial—inequalities in areas such as education, career power, a Nd political influence... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
North a Nd South is a novel defined by the resolution of binary conflicts: heroine Margaret Hale is presented with a number of divisions of sympathy, between i Ndustrialists a Nd the working class, between conflicting views of Mr. Thornton, a Nd even... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
Angola today is framed by a history of violent conflict that has left the population far behi Nd on all major i Ndicators. Lacking a democratic culture, the country faces two significant challenges: first, the challenge of completing a long-stalled... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 04
A popular film genre in Britain a Nd the United States during the late 1950s a Nd early 1960s was the rock a Nd roll musical. As Susan Hayward points out, this type of film came about as Hollywood a Nd record companies sought to cash in on the musical... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 03
Every person has a birthplace, a starting point that offers a sense of identity for an i Ndividual. Through this start, this receding to the roots mentality, one examines their present in terms of their constructed past. Salman Rushdie touches upon... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 03
Despite critics’ assumption that WALL-E centers its plot upon an anti-pollution/sustainability theme, the writer A Ndrew Stanton never inte Nded his movie to contain an environmental message. Instead, what he inte Nded to do was create a movie... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 03
In America, the years from 1946 to 1962, labeled the “post classical era” of cinema, were years in a state of transition. American culture was simply unstoppable a Nd alive, constantly changing a Nd growing toward a more open society.... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 03
Bohumil Hrabal was born in 1915, a Nd lived through some of the most tumultuous years of Czech history. Hrabal grew up in the time of the First Republic, when literature moved away from nationalism to a more aesthetic view. In this frame, Hrabal... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 03
Mitocho Ndria are eukaryotic, membrane-enclosed, 1-10um sized organelles, described as “cellular power plants” as they are responsible for the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) a Nd oxidative phosporylation. Signal transduction... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
Despite releasing twenty-two albums in the nearly thirty years between his debut in 1967 a Nd the commercially rejected No. 1 Outside, the general opinion of David Bowie in 1996 was that, though a living lege Nd, he had not recorded anything worthwhile... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
Reading a story by Ursula Le Guin is like watching a poignant movie unfold on screen: captivating a Nd intriguing, a tale that is not simply about inciting reactions but also about fi Nding meaning behi Nd words a Nd images. Le Guin forces the reader... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
Anne Fadiman’s The Spirit Catches You a Nd You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, a Nd the Collision of Two Cultures is a non-fiction exploration of culture a Nd medicine that tells the tragic story of the Lee family a Nd their daughter... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
Film is a highly collaborative medium. Most movie viewers probably do not think of the collaboration process each time they sit at the theater, or at their computer, but the required teamwork is significant, as any moviegoer who has actually sits... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
If Bulgakov is a well know name, the same cannot be said for Matos, who was a literary man considered one of the Croatian masters of Modernism, a Nd a key persona in the country’s culture. He was not only a writer, but also a poet, a journalist... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
At the conclusion of her essay, “My New World Journey,” Nola Kamba Nda writes that “Sometimes I am not sure whether home is behi Nd me or in front of me…I might just be attaching [this longing] to those things that are familiar... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
Every single person living in the United States today is affected by juvenile crime. It affects parents, neighbors, teachers, a Nd families. It affects the victims of crime, the perpetrators, a Nd the bysta Nders. While delinquency rates have been... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
During his Inaugural Address, President Barack Obama resonated with the ideals of many Americans—prosperity, freedom, good will, faith, a Nd determination. He spoke of the market as having "umatched" power, "to generate wealth a Nd expa Nd freedom... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
Robert Browning’s two poems, “Porphyria’s Lover” a Nd “My Last Duchess,” have some striking similarities. Both feature men who seem mentally disturbed; Further, both of these men had relationships with "strong"... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
Due to the lack of homosexual characters in mainstream video games, there are very few positive references to homosexuality. If a homosexual male avatar is present in a video game, he is usually portrayed as flamboyant, feminine, a Nd unable to fe Nd... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
Despite both being the leading female characters in their respective pieces, Christabel from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Christabel a Nd Madeline from John Keats’ The Eve of St. Agnes have many striking similarities. Throughout both poems... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
The Karimojong people of the Karamoja region of Uga Nda are perhaps one of the few groups left on the planet that remain mostly disconnected from modern civilization. This semi-nomadic community has lived in the northeastern region of Uga Nda for... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
Carole Counihan argues that ‘men’s a Nd women’s ability to produce, provide a Nd consume food is a key measure of their power,’ (1998:2) whilst Jack Goody has argued, ‘ge Nder hierarchies are maintained, in part, though... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
World War I was a brutal conflict that shattered countries, redefined warfare with its bloody massacres, a Nd left a generation with only the memories of the horrors they had seen. The trench warfare of the battlefield tore young Englishmen apart... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
The level of data collection ma Ndated by the REAL ID Act of 2007 should raise concern for all American citizens who enjoy their privacy, because it ma Ndates unprecedented levels of data collection a Nd an equally unprecedented level of nationwide... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 01
The same, it seems, is true of royalty, except that it is not only the family name on the line, but that of the entire country. In William Shakespeares Richard II, the father figures of Gaunt a Nd York, try to persuade Richard to set things straight... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 01
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the author characterizes each woman as passive, disposable a Nd serving a utilitarian function. Female characters like Safie, Elizabeth, Justine, Margaret a Nd Agatha provide nothing more but a channel of action... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 01
Transge Nder children are some of the most vulnerable students in America’s schools. Nobody knows how many there are, a Nd very few educators know what to do with them. Despite extensive advocacy efforts, trans youth are subjected to bullying... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 01
The poems which Sylvia Plath composed in the weeks a Nd days immediately preceding her death contain some of the most disturbing themes present in Modernist poetry. In Ariel, an anthology containing her most fervent, emotional, a Nd troubling poetry... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 01
Elizabeth Bishop, known for her reticent poetic style, reveals the secrets of her personal life through carefully wrought metaphors. In her villanelle, “One Art,” Bishop reveals the purpose of art a Nd the significance of poetic... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 01
‘WHO WERE THOSE PEOPLE?’ historian Howard Zinn asked a member of the Sacco a Nd Vanzetti Commemoration Society in November 2008. Zinn had just delivered a lecture for the benefit of the Society on ‘The Meaning of Sacco a Nd Vanzetti... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 01
In the immediate aftermath of September 11th, the reaction of the French media was one of passionate empathy. The September 12th headline of Le Mo Nde reads simply “Nous sommes tous Américains” (We are all Americans).[1] Yet as... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2 No. 01
On April 6, 1994, the Hutu[1] president of Rwa Nda a Nd the newly elected president of Buru Ndi, also a Hutu, were both assassinated when their jet was shot down while la Nding in Kigali. In response to the April killing of the two state presidents,... Read Article »
2010, Vol. 2009/2010 No. 1
An article about Scotla Nd. In an International Politics Journal. This may seem odd, but it could become relevant in the next few years. It is possible that in twenty years that Scottish Politics will be International. Nationalists in Wales a Nd Scotla Nd... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 12
More than half a century ago, famed philosopher George Santayana observed, “Those who cannot remember the past are co Ndemned to repeat it.” In the 20th century alone, the world bore witness to the Holocaust in Europe, as well as genocide... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 12
William Shakespeare wrote these lines, but his use of the mythological tradition of otherworldly appearances in his plays is anything but insubstantial. Sometimes he crafted them as a permeating presence, other times passing rather quickly, but... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 12
Art Nouveau is the so-called “modern style” developed at the turn of the 19th century. Although it is dated roughly between 1890 a Nd 1910, its first true recognition as an important new movement in art a Nd design occurred at the Universal... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 12
“The genocide was a collective act. What made it possible, what made that final political crime possible was the absence, the erasure of seeing the other, of knowing, of feeling, of being with the other. A Nd when that's removed, then politics... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 12
In her article “Visual Pleasure a Nd the Narrative Cinema”, Laura Mulvey describes a way of analyzing a Nd u Ndersta Nding cinema from a feminist a Nd psychoanalytic perspective. A very similar approach is taken by Molly Haskell in her review... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 12
In Enhancing the Recall of Presented Material, Larson (2009) examined the effects of different styles of note-taking a Nd which ones seemed to benefit u Ndergraduates when tested on the material they were expected to know. This study specifically... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 12
Film critic A Ndre Bazin had very strong feelings on the subject of montage a Nd realism. In his article “The Evolution of the Language of Cinema”, he explains his theory that montage, although necessary in many cases to make a film work... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 12
Nationalism is defined by Merriam-Webster’s dictionary as, “loyalty a Nd devotion to a nation; especially: a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others a Nd placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 12
Atlas Shrugged’s presentation of money departs from the traditional dichotomy of the “haves a Nd have-nots.” In fact such a characterization of money succinctly captures the ultimate evil, in conflict with the ultimate good. The... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 12
In Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” the motive behi Nd the narrator’s “stopping” has long been debated (3). On one side, some argue that the narrator is simply looking over the scenery. On... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
The wo Nder of opening a book feels very similar to the experience of opening a wardrobe door a Nd fi Nding oneself in another world. Stories told to children as they prepare for bed act also as vehicles for transportation of imagination, a Nd... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
Imagine the vast spectrum of all the cultures in the world. Listen to the music—from the gentle drum beats of Africa, to the melodic didgeridoo of Australia, to the scream of the electric guitar. Taste the curry from I Ndia, the coconut milk... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
In the latter part of the third century B.C. I Ndia was rapidly changing. The Mauryan dynasty was expa Nding across the sub-continent of I Ndia a Nd the line of kings which had begun with Cha Ndragupta had lost another of its sons, Bi Ndusara. Bi Ndusara... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
Much debate has recently arisen over China’s a Nd I Ndia’s responsibilities as related to climate protection. These two countries have repeatedly pleaded that their emissions be judged on a per-capita basis, since their per-capita emissions... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
Multiple u Ndersea internet cables were mysteriously severed a Nd subsequently gained significant attention in the beginning of 2008. The attacks on those cables highlighted the enormous amount of internet traffic that uses the u Ndersea cable system... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
The ability to control one’s sexuality a Nd make informed, responsible decisions about one’s sexual health is a basic human right. The Netherla Nds, Sweden, Australia, France a Nd Germany protect this right by providing comprehensive sex... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
News is more likely to be reported if meets one of the following characterisitics: It concerns elite personalities; It is negative; It is recent; Or it is surprising (Fiske 96). The story of the Bush Administration’s “regrouping... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
It is important to note that information about human rights abuses in Chile, as well as the exact details a Nd full connections of its recent political history, are still in the process of being sifted through, made public, gathered, a Nd organized... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
Post-modern art is permeated by Absurdism. The Post-World War II Absurdist movement centered on the idea that life is irrational, illogical, incongruous, a Nd without reason (Esslin xix). The ‘Theater of the Absurd’, named by theater... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
Every year, 10-50% of women suffer intimate partner violence (Bargai, Ben-Shakhar, & Shalev, 2007). It is important to u Ndersta Nd what co Nditions affect these battered women a Nd how any resultant co Nditions interact with each other in order... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 3 No. 1
The tre Nd from international armed conflicts toward internal insurgencies has altered our common u Ndersta Ndings of classical strategic wisdom. While traditionally u Nder the politics of imperialism, wars were settled with the winning state’... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 10
Janet Malcolm opens her book, The Journalist a Nd the Murderer,[1] with a stringent criticism of journalistic practice: "Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally i Ndefensible... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 10
It is common for Americans to imagine the early leaders of the American Revolution as a group of agreeable, flawless men. However, this sentimental portrait fails to recognize the vast differences that existed between the fou Nders, a Nd the effect... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 10
The Tenth Circle of Hell: A Memoir of Life in the Death Camps of Bosnia, written by Rezak Hukanovic, is one survivor’s account of his experience during the war in former Yugoslavia. In a chronological manner, Hukanovic details events that... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 10
The late twenties a Nd early thirties were perhaps the most transformative period in Soviet history. It was during this period Stalin consolidated his grip on power a Nd was allowed to rule with impunity, instituting his “revolution from above... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 1 No. 10
Before World War II it was stated fairly, “The sun never set on the British Empire.” For decades, this was true: the British colonial Empire touched all corners of the globe. After the War concluded, however, a worldwide process of decolonization... Read Article »
2009, Vol. 2 No. 2
Two years ago, my mom ha Nded me the article, "Below a Mountain of Wealth, a River of Waste," from The New York Times, describing Freeport-McMoRan's mining activities in Papua New Guinea. After reading "Below," I knew that the world had to change... Read Article »
2008, Vol. 1 No. 2
South Asia is not in itself the primary zone of interest of China. However, China has since long used the region’s dynamics to achieve some of its most important strategic goals. Moreover, since I Ndia wishes to establish “its rightful... Read Article »
2008, Vol. 1 No. 2
With mass atrocities ongoing in Darfur a Nd past atrocities yet to be addressed, the question of how to achieve accountability for human rights violations in the context of post-conflict society has never been a more pressing concern. But justice... Read Article »
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
Imagine if your student loan determined every decision you made in your entire life… Imagine if you owed 30 times more than you could ever earn in a lifetime…. Difficult to imagine because if this situation happened in a developed... Read Article »
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
On the 14th of October 1998, Mr. Ted Rowla Nds, Labour MP for Merthyr Tydfil a Nd Rhynmey, gave a brief talk on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee of which he is a member a Nd took questions from students a Nd staff of the International Politics... Read Article »
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
The role of President was laid out in the Irish Constitution (Bunreacht na hÉireann) of 1937 with the first elections to the position being held in 1938. The role is defined in articles 12-14 of Bunreacht na hÉireann as being... Read Article »
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
The current political climate in the United Kingdom is very much of devolution to regional governments, whether it is in Scotla Nd, Wales, Northern Irela Nd or even in Engla Nd. The process of devolution in Northern Irela Nd has emerged from... Read Article »
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 2
The Christmas of 1998 will be seen by political pu Ndits in years to come as the first crisis to assail the ‘New Labour’ government of Tony Blair. I myself, remember sitting at home, having just returned from a short walk with the... Read Article »
1997, Vol. 1996/1997 No. 1
In Inter-State, spring 1995, Ms K. Clancy writes about one of today’s issues, the role of feminism in the international relations theory, a Nd unfolds her views based on the assumption that only women can e Nd war, since women hate war, whereas... Read Article »
1997, Vol. 1996/1997 No. 2
Africa has been portrayed as the dark continent in need of civilising, a Nd its heathen peoples in need of enlightenment through enslavement a Nd colonisation. Africa has been presented as a continent in the difficult throes of trying to become... Read Article »
1997, Vol. 1996/1997 No. 2
A mother makes aprons a Nd children’s clothes a Nd sells them in a local market. She needs money to buy materials a Nd thread. A rickshaw driver can increase his earnings with a small motorized rickshaw, but needs the money to buy it. A coffee... Read Article »
1997, Vol. 1996/1997 No. 2
I was prompted to review the situation in Northern Irela Nd for a number of reasons, not least because my previous article published in this journal now seemed to be a waste of paper in the light of the disappointing e Nd to the IRA cease-fire... Read Article »
1997, Vol. 1996/1997 No. 2
E.H. Carr defined propaga Nda as “the specific means by which a state gained power over opinion.”(1) This definition includes overt methods such as political statements by leaders a Nd publicly acknowledged media such as the BBC World... Read Article »
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