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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"Other International and Area Studies"”.
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The Family Business: DNA Ancestry Tests and White Identity
… two decades as a exponentially growing industry, and advertisements for these products in recent years have permeated households throughout the global West. This research explores the history of nation and race as human social categories and how these concepts relate to modern studies on the …
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Child Soldiers: Solutions from a Humanistic Lens
… examines the issue of Child Soldiers using case studies of three conflicts in which children were found fighting. The paper also looks at the CSPA and the Presidential waiver of four countries by President Obama.</p>
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The Internal Determinants of International Organization Actorness: The European Union and Climate Change?
<p>Climate change mitigation and adaptation requires global, coordinated responses. Each region/country must do its part, led by multinational, multilateral actors and organizations on the local, national and regional level. The European Union (EU) is the region’s representative. The effectiveness …
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Silence Descends: Lynchings and Their Aftermath in Lafayette and Union Counties, Mississippi
… lynched in neighboring Lafayette County in 1935 and, despite a silence that has persisted for decades, has recently been memorialized. The process of memorializing Higginbottom’s lynching and what it has meant to the family is compared to the continuing silence around Ivy. In addition, the …
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Cultural Relativism in the Age of Modernity: Are Human Rights Still up for Debate?
… given rise to the state as the primary unit in international relations moving away from the primacy of more traditional units such as the clergy, family, etc. Given this shift, the protections offered by these traditional units for individuals have shifted to the responsibility of the state. …
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Capacity Building for International Development Practitioners Through an Off-Campus Graduate Education Program
<p>Problem</p> <p>Andrews University offers a graduate off-campus program in international development, the Master of International Development Administration (MIDA). The stimulus for this study came from the fact that there had never been an extensive investigation of the capacity building impact …
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The Odious Debt System
… development, health, education, or other areas that might benefit the large number of Africans who live in poverty. Calls for debt forgiveness have led western institutions to forgive a portion of this debt, but have not addressed the question of whether or not this debt is …
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Plastic Oceans: A New Way in solving Our Plastic Pollution
… catastrophic consequences on sea life and the health of the ocean. Economically, countries with coastal boundaries will be heavily impacted as plastic pollution has already generated a 13 billion dollars in monetary losses. Considering that this is an extreme problem that we are …
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Humanitarian Response for Internally Displaced Women and Children in North-East, Nigeria
… From 2009 to the present day, millions of women and children are forced to seek refuge in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe state. The focus on women and children is because women and children account for the majority population in the displaced camps. IDP camps …
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Egyptian Civil Society (Transnational vs. Local): The Distinction Between Theory and Practice
<p>Abstract:</p> <p> The strength and dominance of political society, rather than the weaknesses of civil society, is arguably one of the primary reasons for massive civil uprising in Egypt led by independent, unaffiliated members of society. In many cases it appears that civil society was behind …
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Dear Hubert Creekmore: An Archival Search into the Life of a Queer Mississippi Writer
… the life of writer, translator, poet, painter, and trained classical pianist Hiram Hubert Creekmore, Jr. through archival research of collections donated by the author at three public institutions. The thesis explores the private relationships Creekmore had with literary and artistic figures …
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The Origins of Organized Crime
… illustrate the correlation between democratic and market economy transitions and the increase of organized crime. This correlation exists despite the differences in political system prior to the democratic transition. What matters the most is that these transitions either occur at the same time …
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Determining Public Perceptions toward Wildland Fire in the Veluwe Region of the Netherlands
<p>The Netherlands has been facing a growing threat of wildfires due to warmer</p> <p>and drier weather patterns. The purpose of this study was to identify public</p> <p>perceptions toward wildland fire in the forested Veluwe region of the country. The</p> <p>Dutch have little experience with …
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Police Education and Training: A Comparative Analysis of Law Enforcement Preparation in the United States and Canada
… for newly hired officers varies across locations and regions in regard to both training process and training content. The needs and demands of modern-day societies have evolved, and it is very important for police training academies to keep up with the practice of the police profession. Higher …
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Bridgers in the Third Space: An In-Country Investigation of the Leadership Practices of US-Educated Chinese Nationals
… that the four types of organizations in mainland China determine the social context of the application of Western education of the Chinese returnees. Returnees working in multinational corporations apply their Western education more than the returnees working in the other types of …
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Brothers in Motion: Religious Practice, Political Action, and the Mobilization of the Early Muslim Brotherhood
<p>In light of Randy Martin's proposal to use dance as an analytic tool for understanding social movements, this article seeks to reconstruct the early mobilization of the Muslim Brotherhood as "bodies in motion." Through a re-examination of both primary and secondary source material, this study …
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Examining Indigenous Engagement in the Formulation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs): A Comparative Study of Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia
… countries: Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia. By examining the consequences of their exclusion, the study highlights the political marginalization of indigenous peoples. In addition, the study explores avenues for voicing indigenous concerns through regional organizations such as …
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Code-Switching, Code-Mixing And Radical Bilingualism In U.s. Latino Texts
<p>My dissertation, Code-switching, Code-mixing and Radical Bilingualism in U.S. Latino texts investigates the nature and significance of Spanish-English code-switching in U.S. Latino texts. I analyze fiction, creative non-fiction, journalistic texts, songs, and social media messages and I carry …
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