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  • 1
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    All Together Now : American Holiday Symbolism Among Children and Adults (2019)
    New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press
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    ISBN: 9781978802018
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 197 pages)
    Series Statement: Rutgers series in childhood studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Clark, Cindy Dell All Together Now : American Holiday Symbolism among Children and Adults
    DDC: 394.26
    Keywords: Symbolism ; Families ; Holidays Social aspects ; Symbolism ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General ; Manners and customs ; Families ; United States Social life and customs ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In All Together Now, Cindy Dell Clark, through a study spanning from 1985 to 2015, addresses major American family holidays, including Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Halloween, Christmas, and Hanukkah and explores the complex interactions within families. Her book integrates children's involvement in American family holidays and is relevant to the broad attempt in the anthropology and sociology of childhood to include children's perspectives in larger theorizing by mainstream disciplines"--
    Abstract: Spring season: Easter -- Summer season: Memorial Day and July 4th -- Autumn season: Halloween -- Winter season: Christmas and Chanukah -- How ritual meaning comes together.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , In English
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  • 2
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    Old Nyaviyuyi in Performance : Seven tales from Northern Malawi as told by a master performer of the oral narrative (2018)
    Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse | Mzuzu [Malawi] : Mzuni Press
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF (x, 90 pages)) , music
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version
    Keywords: Tales ; Tumbuka language Texts ; Tumbuka (African people) Folklore ; Folklore Performance ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Reading these tales from Northern Malawi readers come close to watching an original performance and the tales and the songs encapsulate the essence of Malawian culture. The authors presentation, using performance directions, allows the reader to see and hear old Nyaviyuyi as she, through word, voice, tone and gesture, mocks nosy wives, and celebrates the devotion of friendship and parental love. The author has made a further contribution to the topic by including musical notations for the songs
    Abstract: The tales in English -- The tales in Chitumbuka -- The songs
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-20) , Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE , English and Tumbuka
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  • 3
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    Women at War in the Borderlands of the Early American Northeast (2018)
    Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press
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    ISBN: 1469641003 , 1469641011 , 9781469641010 , 9781469641003
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Series Statement: The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
    Series Statement: David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Martino, Gina M Women at War in the Borderlands of the Early American Northeast
    DDC: 305.40974
    Keywords: Women soldiers History ; Sex role History ; Sex role History ; Women History ; Women soldiers History ; Women History ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Women's Studies ; Sex role ; Women ; Women soldiers ; History ; North America ; New France ; Northeastern States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Among the Vanguard; Part I: ​Encountering Martial Women; 1. Necessary to Abide: Gendered Spheres and Spaces in New England's Wars; 2. Everyone Ran to Help: Rank and Gender in the Wars of New France; 3. Deploying Amazons: Women and Wartime Propaganda; Part II: ​Redrafting Martial Women; 4. Appropriate Combatants: Women in the New Imperial Military Societies of the Northeastern Borderlands; 5. Resolute Motherhood: Memories of Women's War Making in New England; Epilogue: Heroines, Saviors, and Curiosities; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E
    Abstract: FG; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W
    Abstract: "Across the borderlands of the early American Northeast, New England, New France, and native nations deployed women with surprising frequency to the front lines of wars that determined control of North America. Far from serving as passive helpmates in a private, domestic sphere, women assumed wartime roles as essential public actors, wielding muskets, hatchets, and makeshift weapons while fighting for their families, communities, and nations. Revealing the fundamental importance of martial womanhood in this era, Gina M. Martino places borderlands women in a broad context of empire, cultural exchange, violence, and nation building, demonstrating how women's war making was embedded in national and imperial strategies of expansion and resistance. As Martino shows, women's participation in warfare was not considered transgressive; rather it was integral to traditional gender ideologies of the period, supporting rather than subverting established systems of gender difference"--
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 4
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    Race, Place, and Memory : Deep Currents in Wilmington, North Carolina (2018)
    Gainesville : University Press of Florida
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    ISBN: 0813052084 , 0813053463 , 9780813052083 , 9780813053462
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Series Statement: Cultural heritage studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Mulrooney, Margaret M., 1966- Race, Place, and Memory
    DDC: 305.8009756/27
    Keywords: African Americans History 19th century ; Riots History 19th century ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) ; African Americans ; Race relations ; Riots ; History ; Wilmington (N.C.) Race relations ; North Carolina ; Wilmington ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Rising tide, 1740-1880 -- Port in a storm, 1840-1880 -- Slack water, 1880-1920 -- Ebb and flow, 1920-1990 -- Soundings
    Abstract: This book uses the 1998 commemoration of the Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 as a springboard to explore the historic roots of modern disagreements over cultural heritage
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 5
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    The anglophone literary-linguistic continuum : English and indigenous languages in African literary discourse (2018)
    Grahamstown, South Africa : NISC (Pty) Ltd, on behalf of the African Humanities Program
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    ISBN: 1920033246 , 9781920033248
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 152 pages)
    Series Statement: African humanities series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.4496
    Keywords: Language and culture ; Discourse analysis, Literary ; African literature History and criticism ; African literature (English) History and criticism ; African literature (English) ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00799849 ; Discourse analysis, Literary ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00894944 ; Language and culture ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00992135 ; Language and languages ; Political aspects ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00992197 ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy ; bisacsh ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural ; bisacsh ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture ; bisacsh ; Africa ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst01239509 ; African literature ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00799832 ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst01411635 ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; African ; African literature ; African literature (English) ; Discourse analysis, Literary ; Language and culture ; Language and languages ; Political aspects ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Africa Languages ; Political aspects ; Africa ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Michael Andindilile in The Anglophone Literary-Linguistic Continuum: English and Indigenous Languages in African Literary Discourse interrogates Obi Wali's (1963) prophecy that continued use of former colonial languages in the production of African literature could only lead to 'sterility', as African literatures can only be written in indigenous African languages. In doing so, Andindilile critically examines selected of novels of Achebe of Nigeria, Ngũgĩ of Kenya, Gordimer of South Africa and Farah of Somalia and shows that, when we pay close attention to what these authors represent about their African societies, and the way they integrate African languages, values, beliefs and cultures, we can discover what constitutes the Anglophone African literary-linguistic continuum. This continuum can be defined as variations in the literary usage of English in African literary discourse, with the language serving as the base to which writers add variations inspired by indigenous languages, beliefs, cultures and, sometimes, nation-specific experiences
    Abstract: The case for an Anglophone African literary-linguistic continuum -- Achebe and Anglophone African literary discourse -- Ngũgĩ, nativism, English and translingualism -- Gordimer, English, race and cross-cultural translation -- Farah, English and cosmopolitanism -- Anglophonism, the novel and the African literary-linguistic continuum.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE
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  • 6
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    Sexuality and slavery : reclaiming intimate histories in the Americas (2018)
    Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press
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    ISBN: 0820354023 , 9780820354026
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 221 pages)
    Series Statement: Gender and slavery
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    DDC: 306.77086/25
    Keywords: Women slaves Social conditions ; Slavery History ; Slaves Sexual behavior ; History ; Slaves Social conditions ; Slavery ; Slaves ; Social conditions ; Women slaves ; Social conditions ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy ; History ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural ; America ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Editors Harris and Berry first conceived of this discussion -- one of the history and relationship between slavery and sexuality -- at a conference at the University of Texas at Austin in October 2011. The meeting encouraged a series of healthy dialogues with the general public, seasoned scholars, and those just beginning to learn about and research these topics of slavery and sexual intimacy. A select group of scholars met again in the fall of 2012 in New York to continue the conversation. This volume is a result of these ongoing conversations, with additional scholarly voices added as the project evolved. The volume places sexuality at the center of slavery studies in the Americas (the United States, Carribbean, and South America). In many mainstream histories of slavery, the editors argue that scholars have marginalized or simply overlooked the importance of sexual practices. But sexual intimacy comprised a core terrain of struggle between slaveholders and the enslaved. The essays explore consensual sexual intimacy and expression within slave communities, as well as sexual relationships across lines of race, status, and power. Contributors explore sexuality as a tool of control, exploitation and repression, and also as an expression of autonomy, resistance, and defiance. Essayists include Jim Downs, Sowande' Mustakeem, Bianca Premo, Marisa J. Guentes, Trevor Burnard, Jessica Millward, Leslie Harris, Thomas Foster, David Doddington, and Stephanie Jones-Rogers. All essays except those by Foster and Camp are new and were expressly written for this volume"-- Provided by publisher
    Abstract: Introduction / Daina Ramey Berry and Leslie M. Harris -- Early European views of African bodies : beauty / Stephanie M.H. Camp -- Toiling in the fields : valuing female slaves in Jamaica, 1674-1788 / Trevor Burnard -- Reading the specter of racialized gender in eighteenth-century Bridgetown, Barbados / Marisa J. Fuentes -- As if she were my own : love and law in the slave society of eighteenth-century Peru / Bianca Premo -- Wombs of liberation : petitions, law, and the black woman's body in Maryland, 1780-1858 / Jessica Millward -- Rethinking sexual violence and the marketplace of slavery : white women, the slave market, and enslaved people's sexualized bodies in the nineteenth-century South / Stephanie Jones-Rogers -- The sexual abuse of black men under American slavery / Thomas A. Foster -- Manhood, sex, and power in antebellum slave communities / David Doddington -- What's love got to do with it? : concubinage and enslaved women and girls in the antebellum South / Brenda E. Stevenson -- When the present is past : writing the history of sexuality and slavery / Jim Downs.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Science for the people : documents from America's movement of radical scientists (2018)
    Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
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    ISBN: 9781613765531
    Language: English
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Science for the people
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    LB 74000
    Keywords: Science for the People (Organization) History ; Science for the People (Organization) ; Science Political aspects 20th century ; History ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; General ; History ; SCIENCE ; General ; Science ; Political aspects ; United States ; Electronic books ; Science for the People ; Wissenschaftskritik ; Wissenschaftspolitik
    Abstract: Introduction : science for the people, the 1970s and today -- Science, power, and ideology / Ben Allen and Sigrid Schmalzer -- Disrupting the "AAA$" / Colin Garvey and Daniel S. Chard -- Militarism / Daniel S. Chard -- Biology and medicine / Alyssa Botelho -- Race and gender / Alyssa Botelho -- Agriculture, ecology, and food / Sigrid Schmalzer -- Technology / Thomas Conner and Sigrid Schmalzer -- Energy and environment / Ben Allen, Alyssa Botelho, and Daniel S. Chard -- Science for the people and the world / Daniel S. Chard.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv3s8ts5
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    Beyond Chrismukkah : The Christian-Jewish Interfaith Family in the United States (2018)
    Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press
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    ISBN: 1469636387 , 1469636379 , 9781469636382 , 9781469636375
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Mehta, Samira K Beyond Chrismukkah : The Christian-Jewish Interfaith Family in the United States
    DDC: 306.84/30973
    Keywords: Jews Identity ; Interfaith families ; Children of interfaith marriage ; Interfaith marriage ; RELIGION ; Christian Rituals & Practice ; General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Children of interfaith marriage ; Interfaith families ; Interfaith marriage ; Jews ; Identity ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: To stem a rising tide: interfaith marriage and religious institutions -- Blended or transcended: interfaith families in popular culture, 1970-1980 -- One roof, one religion: the campaign for a Jewish (interfaith) family -- They sure will be of minority groups: interreligious, interracial, multiethnic Jewish families -- Chrismukkah: millennial multiculturalism -- Living the interfaith family life: dual religious heritages shaping family cultures -- Conclusion. for the sake of the children: identity, practice, and the adult children of intermarriage
    Abstract: "Drawing on historical research, ethnography, and original interviews, Beyond Chrismukkah describes and analyzes how interfaith Christian-Jewish families were understood, viewed, and treated in the larger American social milieu from 1965 through the present. [Mehta] shows how during the latter half of the twentieth century, interfaith marriage was subject to much the same dynamic and dramatic change that took place generally in American culture: from 1965 to 2010, the rate of intermarriage for American Jews rose from less than 10% to its current rate of between 40-50%. She argues that the understanding of ethnicity, and, in particular, the turn to multiculturalism in the 1990s, generated significant cultural and political change over time."--
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  • 9
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    Defiant Indigeneity : The Politics of Hawaiian Performance (2018)
    Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press
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    ISBN: 1469640562 , 1469640570 , 9781469640563 , 9781469640570
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Series Statement: Critical indigeneities
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Teves, Stephanie Nohelani Defiant Indigeneity : The Politics of Hawaiian Performance
    DDC: 305.899/42
    Keywords: Hawaiians Government relations ; Hawaiians Social conditions ; Hawaiians Social life and customs ; Hawaiians Ethnic identity ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Hawaiians ; Ethnic identity ; Hawaiians ; Government relations ; Hawaiians ; Social conditions ; Hawaiians ; Social life and customs ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Throwing mangoes at tourists -- How to do things with aloha -- F-you aloha, I love you -- Bloodline is all I need and defiant indigeneity on the West Side -- Aloha in drag -- The afterlife of Princess Ka'iulani -- Bound in place: queer indigenous mobilities and "the old paniolo way" -- Aloha as social connection
    Abstract: "...Theorizes Indigeneity as a performative process, challenging the notion that it can be understood in terms of a prescribed set of unchanging cultural signs. ... Indigenous identity is made up of shared community understandings about belonging that is performed and articulated in multiple settings and contexts. For Kanaka Maoli people, Teves shows that Indigeneity is represented and articulated through the idea of "aloha," a concept that is at once the most significant and most misunderstood word in the Hawaiian lexicon" --
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    Death of a discipline? : Reflections on the history, state, and future of social anthropology in Zimbabwe (2017)
    Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse | Mankon, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG | [Oxford, England] : Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF (iv, 127 pages)))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version
    DDC: 305.80071
    Keywords: Ethnology Study and teaching (Higher) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This is a book on the state of social anthropology as an academic discipline in contemporary Zimbabwe. The authors are frustrated and disheartened by a problematic visibility and sluggish growth of the discipline in the country. The book makes an important claim that the future and vibrancy of anthropology in Zimbabwe, lies in how well anthropologists in the country and in the diaspora are able to join efforts in articulating, debating and enhancing its relevance and vitality. The book provides critical overview and nuanced analyses of the role and continued relevance of the discipline in reading and interpreting the social unfolding of everyday life and dynamism. It is a vital text for understanding and contextualising histories and trends in the development of social anthropology in Zimbabwe and how anthropologists in the country navigate the tumultuous waters and struggles that have engrossed the discipline since colonial times. The book has the capacity to generate added insights and influence national, continental, and global debates and trends in the field
    Abstract: 1. Anthropology, society, and change in conversation -- 2. Anthropology, Christianity, and the colonial project : a search for a humane anthropology in Zimbabwe -- 3. Anthropology, politics and recognition : a disciplinary struggle -- 4. Anthropology and the search for relevance -- 5. Anthropology in Zimbabwe thirty-five years after independence -- 6. Debunking the myths, resuscitating the discipline : the future of social anthropology in Zimbabwe -- 7. Conclusion
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-127) , Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE
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    Historicizing theories, identities, and nations (2017)
    Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press
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    ISBN: 9781496202680 , 1496202686
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xii, 283 pages)
    Series Statement: Histories of anthropology annual volume 11
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Historicizing theories, identities, and nations
    DDC: 301.01
    Keywords: Anthropology Philosophy ; History ; Anthropology Methodology ; History ; History ; Anthropology Philosophy ; History ; Anthropology Methodology ; History ; Anthropology Methodology ; History ; Anthropology Philosophy ; History ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Regional Studies ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; General ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Anthropology ; Methodology ; Anthropology ; Philosophy ; History ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; General ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 7. An Epistemological Shift in the History of Anthropology: The Linguistic Turn8. Westermarck and the Diverse Roots of Relativism; 9. Heritage Gatherers: Peasant-Mania Ethnography and Pre-World War I National Awakeners of Ukraine; 10. Adopting Western Methods to Understand One's Own Culture: Social and Cultural Studies by Vietnamese Scholars of the French Colonial Era; 11. Life in Hanoi in the State Subsidy Period: Questions Raised in Social Criticism and Social Reminiscences; 12. Between Ethnos and Nation: Genealogies of Dân Tộc in Vietnamese Contexts
    Abstract: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Editors' Introduction; 1. Franz Boas as Theorist: A Mentalist Paradigm for the Study of Mind, Body, Environment, and Culture; 2. ""We Are Also One in Our Concept of Freedom"": The Dewey-Boas Correspondence and the Invention of Postmodern Bourgeois Liberalism; 3. What Would Franz Boas Have Thought about 9/11?; 4. Boas and the Young Intellectuals: Exploring the American Context of Anthropology and Modern Life; 5. Ruth Benedict: Synergy, Maslow, and Hitler; 6. Continuity and Dislocations: A. I. Hallowell's Physical Anthropology
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    Leading from behind : women in community development in Rhodesia, 1973-1979 (2017)
    Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse | Harare [Zimbabwe] : Weaver Press
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF (xviii, 457 pages)) , illustrations, maps
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version
    DDC: 305.42096891
    Keywords: Chenaux-Repond, Maia ; Zimbabwe Biography ; Women in community development Biography ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Drawing on communications ‘rescued' from the shredders in the last days of Rhodesia, enlivened by photographs and memories - both her own and those of her colleagues - Maia Chenaux-Repond tells the story of her work as the Provincial Community Development Officer (Women) for Mashonaland and South in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the 1970s. There are no records whatsoever in the National Archives of Zimbabwe about the Community Development Section (Women), even though it was active in all the provinces. In the absence of other documentary sources, and all other provincial officers long having emigrated or died, this account of her work fills a significant gap in the pre-independence history of Zimbabwe. The crucial focus of the Women's Section on improving the lives and skills of women in the rural areas became progressively more difficult when the civil war intensified from the early 1970 as rural people - and the development workers themselves - were moved into ‘Protected Villages', and as the Ministry became increasingly militarized
    Abstract: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Abbreviations used; Map of Mashonaland South; Prologue: 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978-1979; The End; Index; Back cover
    Note: Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE , Includes bibliographical references
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    Law and Mourning (2017)
    Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
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    ISBN: 9781613765302 , 1613765304
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (ix, 177 pages )
    Series Statement: Amherst series in law, jurisprudence, and social thought
    Parallel Title: Print version
    DDC: 393.9
    Keywords: Law Social aspects ; United States ; Mourning customs United States ; United States ; Mourning customs ; Law Social aspects ; Law Social aspects ; Mourning customs ; Mourning customs ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying ; LAW / Legal History ; Law ; Social aspects ; United States ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Law and mourning: an introduction / Martha Merrill Umphrey, Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas -- Mourning in America : what's law got to do with it? / Ray D. Madoff -- The mourning after : posthumous sperm retrieval and the new laws of mourning / Shai J. Lavi -- To weep Irish : keening and the law / Andrea Brady -- Listening within the "grief of distortions" / Ann Pellegrini -- Psychoanalysis, mourning, and the law : Achreber's paranoia as crisis of judging / Mark Sanders -- Does mourning become the law? : commodity fetishism and political contestation / Catherine Kellogg
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    Cape Town harmonies : memory, humour and resilience (2017)
    Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse | Cape Town, South Africa : African Minds
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF (xxvii, 337 pages)) , illustrations
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version
    DDC: 306.48420968
    Keywords: Minstrels ; Music Social aspects ; History and criticism ; Choral societies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Part one. Memory and processes of musical appropriation. -- 1. Music behind the music : appropriation as the engine of creation -- 2. In the footsteps of the future : musical memory and reconciliation in South Africa -- part two. Nederlandsliedjies and notions of blending -- 3. The nederlandsliedjies' "uniqueness" -- 4. The meanings of blending -- part three. Moppies : humour and survival -- 5. Assembling comic songs -- 6. Behind the comic -- Conclusion : memory, resilience, identity and creolisation
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-334) , Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE
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    George Eliot's Religious Imagination : A Theopoetics of Evolution (2017)
    Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press
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    ISBN: 9780810135895 , 0810135906 , 0810135892 , 0810135906 , 9780810135895 , 9780810135901
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Orr, Marilyn, 1950- George Eliot's Religious Imagination
    Keywords: Eliot, George Religion ; Eliot, George Criticism and interpretation ; Eliot, George ; Eliot, George ; Evolution (Biology) Religious aspects ; Christianity ; Evolution (Biology) ; Electronic books ; Evolution (Biology) ; Religious aspects ; Christianity ; Religion ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Eliot, George ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
    Abstract: Incarnation and inwardness : George Eliot's early works in the context of contemporary religious debates -- "Even our failures are a prophecy" : toward a post-evangelical aesthetic -- Religion in a secular world : Middlemarch and the mysticism of the everyday -- "The religion of the future" : Daniel Deronda and the mystical imagination -- Evolutionary spirituality and the theopoetical imagination : George Eliot and Teilhard de Chardin -- Conclusion: The Word continuously incarnated
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    Narrating Love and Violence : Women Contesting Caste, Tribe, and State in Lahaul, India (2017)
    New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press
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    ISBN: 9780813589572 , 0813589576
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Bhattacharya, Himika, 1975- Narrating Love and Violence
    DDC: 305.40954
    Keywords: Women Violence against ; India ; Lahūl ; Women Social conditions ; India ; Lahūl ; Dalit women Social conditions ; India ; Lahūl ; Women Violence against ; Women Social conditions ; Dalit women Social conditions ; Dalit women Social conditions ; Women Social conditions ; Women Violence against ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Dalit women ; Social conditions ; Social conditions ; Women ; Social conditions ; Women ; Violence against ; Lahūl (India) Social conditions ; India ; Lahūl ; Lahūl (India) Social conditions ; Lahūl (India) Social conditions ; India ; Lahūl ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Prologue: from fieldwork to lifework -- Crossing the top -- Shades of wildness -- Storied lives -- Narrating love -- Magic tricks -- Remembering for love -- Epilogue
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    Fixing inequality in Hong Kong (2017)
    Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse | Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF (xvi, 298 pages)) , illustrations
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Friedman lecture fund monograph
    Parallel Title: Print version
    DDC: 305.5/12
    Keywords: Equality ; Electronic books
    Abstract: When discussing inequality and poverty in Hong Kong, scholars and politicians often focus on the failures of government policy and push for an increase in social welfare. Richard Wong argues in Fixing Inequality in Hong Kong that universal retirement support, minimum wage, and standard hours of work are of limited effect in alleviating inequality. By comparing Hong Kong with Singapore, he points out that Hong Kong needs a new and long-term strategy on human resource policy. He recommends more investment in education, starting with early education and immigration policy reforms to attract highly educated and skilled people to join the workforce. In analyzing what causes inequality, this book ties disparate issues together into a coherent framework, such as Hong Kong's aging population, lack of investment in human capital, and family breakdowns. Rising divorce rates among low-income households have created a shortage of housing, driving rents and property prices upwards, and enlarging the wealth gap between those who own housing and those who do not, thus causing intergenerational upward mobility. This is the third of Richard Wong's collections of articles on society and economy in Hong Kong. Diversity and Occasional Anarchy and Hong Kong Land for Hong Kong People, published by Hong Kong University Press in 2013 and 2015 respectively, discuss growing contradictions in Hong Kong's economy and current housing problems as well as their solutions
    Abstract: Part 1. Introduction -- part 2. Alleviating poverty is hard -- part 3. Human capital, income inequality, and intergenerational mobility -- part 4. The family matters -- part 5. Housing and land -- part 6. Business strategy -- part 7. Fiscal concerns -- part 8. Labor market measures th at don't work -- part 9. What is the real challenge
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    Antonine Maillet : Les trésors cachés- Our Hidden Treasures (2017)
    Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press
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    ISBN: 9780776625881 , 0776625888 , 9780776625898 , 0776625896 , 9780776625904 , 077662590X
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (1 online resource.)
    Series Statement: The Symons medal series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.440971
    Keywords: Multiculturalism Canada ; Language and culture Canada ; Multiculturalism ; Language and culture ; Language and culture ; Multiculturalism ; Multiculturalism ; Race relations ; PERFORMING ARTS / Storytelling ; Language and culture ; Canada Race relations ; Canada ; Canada Race relations ; Canada Race relations ; Canada ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Antonine Maillet, prodigieuse « Acadienne, femme et écrivaine », tisse habilement les fils du mythe, de la patrie et de lendemains nouveaux dans cette inspirante allocution prononcée à l'occasion de la cérémonie de remise de la Médaille Symons
    Abstract: Cliquer ici pour lire la version en français; Couverture; Titre de page; Droits d'auteur; Table des matières; Avant-propos; Introduction; Les trésors cachés; Postface La Grande Émancipation : les Acadiens dans le monde d'aujourd'hui; Notes biographiques; Centre des arts de la Confédération, lauréats de la médaille Symons; Collection de la médaille Symons; Click here to read the book in English; Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Our Hidden Treasures; Afterword La grande émancipation: Acadians in the World Today; Biographical Notes
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    Digital Indonesia : Connectivity and Divergence (2017)
    Singapore : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 301 pages)
    Series Statement: Indonesia update series
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    DDC: 303.483309598
    Keywords: Information technology Congresses Political aspects ; Information technology Congresses Social aspects ; Digital divide Congresses ; Information technology Congresses Economic aspects ; Information technology ; Social aspects ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00973131 ; Indonesia ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst01209242 ; Digital divide ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00893667 ; Conference papers and proceedings ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst01423772 ; Electronic books ; lcgft ; Information technology ; Economic aspects ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00973097 ; Information technology ; Political aspects ; fast ; (OCoLC)fst00973119 ; Digital divide ; Conference papers and proceedings ; Electronic books ; Information technology ; Economic aspects ; Information technology ; Political aspects ; Information technology ; Social aspects ; Indonesia ; Electronic books
    Abstract: ""Contents""; ""1. Challenges and opportunities of the digital â#x80;#x98;revolutionâ#x80;#x99; in Indonesia by Edwin JurriÃ"ns and Ross Tapsell""; ""PART 1: Connectivity""; ""2. An insiderâ#x80;#x99;s view of e-governance under Jokowi: political promise or technocratic vision? by Yanuar Nugroho and Agung Hikmat""; ""3. Mobile phones: advertising, consumerism and class by Emma Baulch""; ""4. The political economy of digital media by Ross Tapsell""; ""PART 2: Divergence""; ""5. Narrowing the digital divide by Onno W. Purbo""
    Abstract: ""12. Digital art: hacktivism and social engagement by Edwin JurriÃ"ns""""PART 5: Commerce""; ""13. Indonesia and the digital economy: creative destruction, opportunities and challenges by Mari Pangestu and Grace Dewi""; ""14. A recent history of the Indonesian e-commerce industry: an insiderâ#x80;#x99;s account by Bede Moore""; ""15. The Go-Jek effect by Michele Ford and Vivian Honan""; ""Index""
    Abstract: ""6. Laws, crackdowns and control mechanisms: digital platforms and the state by Usman Hamid""""7. The state of cybersecurity in Indonesia by Budi Rahardjo""; ""PART 3: Identity""; ""8 Digital activism in contemporary Indonesia: victims, volunteers and voices by John Postill and Kurniawan Saputro""; ""9. Social media and Islamic practice: Indonesian ways of being digitally pious by Martin Slama""; ""10. Online extremism: the advent of encrypted private chat groups by Nava Nuraniyah""; ""PART 4: Knowledge""; ""11. Digitalising knowledge: education, libraries, archives by Kathleen Azali""
    Abstract: This book places Indonesia at the forefront of the global debate about the impact of 'disruptive' digital technologies. Digital technology is fast becoming the core of life, work, culture and identity. Yet, while the number of Indonesians using the Internet has followed the upward global trend, some groups - the poor, the elderly, women, the less well-educated, people living in remote communities - are disadvantaged. This interdisciplinary collection of essays by leading researchers and scholars, as well as e-governance and e-commerce insiders, examines the impact of digitalisation on the medi
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    Deaf to the Marrow : Deaf Social Organizing and Active Citizenship in Viet Nam (2017)
    Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press
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    ISBN: 9781563686863 , 1563686864
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cooper, Audrey C Deaf to the Marrow
    DDC: 305.908209597
    Keywords: Social participation Vietnam ; Deaf Political activity ; Vietnam ; Vietnam ; Social participation ; Deaf Political activity ; Deaf Political activity ; Social participation ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Deaf ; Political activity ; Social participation ; Vietnam ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 6 HCMSL-Based Citizenship and Market-Socialist Futures: Interactions in the Disability Marketplace7 Conclusion; References; Index; *; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 1.; 2.; 3.; 4.; 5.; 6.; 7
    Abstract: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Research Areas in Việt Nam; Introduction: Signed Language as Social Participation and National Contribution; 1 Histories and Political Economies of Language and Literacy; 2 Putting the Study of Signed Language and State Formation in Perspective; 3 Deaf Education and Deaf Social Organizing: Sites of Social Inclusion and Exclusion; 4 Being Vietnamese and Điủc Tủy: Negotiating Sociopolitical Visions through Active Linguistic Citize; 5 Postreunification Deaf Marginalization, Deaf-Led Social Change, and Disability-Oriented Developmen
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    Balancing Demand and Supply for Veterans' Health Care : A Summary of Three RAND Assessments Conducted Under the Veterans Choice Act (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833094070 , 0833094076
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (19 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1165/4-RC
    DDC: 355.1/1560973
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Veterans' hospitals Medical care ; Veterans Legal status, laws, etc ; Veterans Services for ; Veterans Medical care ; Government policy ; Health services accessibility ; Veterans' hospitals ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Health services accessibility ; Veterans ; Services for ; United States ; Health services accessibility ; United States ; Veterans ; Legal status, laws, etc ; Veterans ; Medical care ; Government policy ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In response to concerns that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has faced about veterans' access to care and the quality of care delivered, Congress enacted the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 ("Veterans Choice Act") in August 2014. The law was passed to help address access issues by expanding the criteria through which veterans can seek care from civilian providers. In addition, the law called for a series of independent assessments of the VA health care system across a broad array of topics related to the delivery of health care services to veterans in VA-owned and -operated facilities, as well as those under contract to VA. RAND conducted three of these assessments: Veteran demographics and health care needs (A), VA health care capabilities (B), and VA authorities and mechanisms for purchasing care (C). This report summarizes the findings of our assessments and includes recommendations from the reports for improving the match between veterans' needs and VA's capabilities, including VA's ability to purchase necessary care from the private sector."--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE: Demand: How Much Care Do Veterans Use? -- CHAPTER TWO: Supply: What Is VA's Capacity to Deliver Health Care and How Might This Impact Veterans' Access? -- CHAPTER THREE: What Should Policymakers Consider When Examining Changes to Purchased Care? -- Recommendations.
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    Support for instructional leadership : supervision, mentoring and professional development for U.S. school leaders : findings from the American School Leader Panel (2016)
    [Santa Monica, Calif.] : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833095879 , 0833095870
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (23 pages)
    Series Statement: [Research report] RR-1580-WF
    DDC: 371.102
    Keywords: American School Leader Panel ; American School Leader Panel ; Teachers Supervision of ; Teachers Education (Continuing education) ; Mentoring in education ; Teachers ; Teachers ; Mentoring in education ; United States ; Mentoring in education ; Teachers ; Education (Continuing education) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "An abundance of research suggests that effective school leaders are vital to promoting student outcomes in schools across the United States. Recognizing this, many state and local education agencies are motivated to develop a strong corps of highly qualified principals and assistant principals. Although a lot of emphasis is placed on recruitment and preservice training for new principals, many school districts are also working to support administrators once they are placed in schools. However, relatively little is known about the types of on-the-job supports currently available to school leaders, particularly on a national scale. This report presents findings from a Wallace Foundation — funded survey of RAND's American School Leader Panel, a nationally representative sample of principals, regarding the quantity, content, and perceived quality of on-the-job support offered to them by their school districts. It focuses on three particular types of support — supervision, mentoring, and professional development — and investigates not only the prevalence of support for school leaders but also how this support reflects the role of leadership in instruction. In addition, responses of principals from small, midsize, and large school districts are examined to consider whether school leader support may look different depending on district size. This report was updated in October 2016. The current version provides estimates based on updated weights for a small percentage of the respondents. Weights were updated to account for infrequent misclassification in the assignment of school-level characteristics"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION -- SAMPLE AND DATA -- RESULTS: Prevalence of Supports for School Leaders -- Support for Principals' Roles as Instructional Leaders -- Differences in School-Leader Support in Small, Midsize, and Large School Districts -- CONCLUSION: Implications -- NOTES -- APPENDIX: ASLP SURVEY INSTRUMENT -- REFERENCES.
    Note: "October 31, 2016"--Table of contents page , Caption title , Includes bibliographical references (pages 22-23)
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    Developing Codes to Capture Post-Operative Care (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833096296 , 083309629X , 9780833095411 , 0833095412
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 40 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1526-CMS
    DDC: 617.9/195
    Keywords: Medical fees Law and legislation ; Health insurance claims ; Postoperative care Costs ; Managed care plans (Medical care) ; Medical fees ; Health insurance claims ; Postoperative care ; Managed care plans (Medical care) ; Managed Care Programs ; Fees, Medical legislation & jurisprudence ; Postoperative Care economics ; Health insurance claims ; United States ; Managed care plans (Medical care) ; Medical fees ; Law and legislation ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) uses a fee schedule to pay physicians and nonphysician practitioners for their professional services. For many surgeries and other types of procedures, Medicare's payment for the procedure includes post-operative visits delivered during a global period of ten or 90 days anchored on the surgery date. The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 requires CMS gather the necessary data to appropriately value post-operative care. The law requires CMS to collect data on the "number and level" of visits in the global period from a representative sample of physicians beginning January 1, 2017. Congress suggested, but does not require, that the data be collected through claims. CMS asked the RAND Corporation to provide recommendations on how to best collect the number and level of post-operative visits through the use of nonpayment claims. To do so, RAND first gathered input from individuals performing surgical procedures on the range of post-operative care provided during the global period. RAND consulted with an expert panel on how to categorize the care into codes that capture the major differences in the breadth and intensity of post-operative care across care settings. This report provides recommendations for a set of nonpayment codes that combine visit times with the complexity of services, for both inpatient and office-based services. The recommended codes attempt to balance the need for a simple and straightforward system with the demand for a set of codes to capture the granularity and heterogeneity associated with post-operative care delivery"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Tables -- Figure -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- 1. Introduction: Background -- Project Objectives -- Organization of this Report -- Clarifications on Terminology -- 2. Overview of Current Payment Policy for Post-Operative Services in the Global Period: Process for Determining Valuation of Global Procedures -- Billing for Post-Operative Services Provided During the Global Period -- 3. Interviews on Post-Operative Care: Interview Sampling Approach -- Interview Guide -- Interview Findings -- Summary of Interview Findings -- 4. Challenges Identified During Interviews and Expert Panel in Capturing Post-Operative Care via Codes: Expert Panel -- Challenges Identified During the Interviews and/or Expert Panel -- Summary of Challenges Associated with Capturing Post-Operative Care -- 5. Options for Capturing Post-Operative Care: Setting of Care -- Existing E&M Codes -- Scope of Care -- Time -- Summary of Options -- 6. Recommendations for Capturing Post-Operative Care: Proposed Framework of Post-Operative Codes -- Inpatient Codes: A, B, and C -- Office-Based Visit Codes: D and E -- Code for Non–Face-to-Face Care: F -- Codes for Clinical Staff: G and H -- Choosing the Correct Time Increment -- Summary of Recommendations -- 7. Summary and Next Steps: Other Considerations -- Next Steps -- Conclusion -- References.
    Note: "July 19, 2016"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-40)
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    Recruiting strategies to support the Army's all-volunteer force (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833092236 , 0833095188 , 0833092235 , 9780833095183
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 43 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-1211-A
    Keywords: United States Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; Forecasting ; United States Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; Costs ; United States Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; Mathematical models ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Recruiting and enlistment Mathematical models ; Advertising Recruiting and enlistment ; Recruiting and enlistment ; Advertising ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; Advertising ; Recruiting and enlistment ; Recruiting and enlistment ; Mathematical models ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This report describes research conducted to improve the Army's ability to use recruiting resources and enlistment eligibility policies effectively to meet enlisted accession requirements under good, average, and bad recruiting conditions. We consider the cost of meeting accession requirements when an optimal mix of television advertising and enlistment incentives is feasible (the baseline strategy) or when an incentive-centric strategy -- which favors incentives over other resources due to incentives' faster rate of increasing recruits -- is required"--Publisher's web site
    Abstract: "This report describes research conducted to improve the Army's ability to use recruiting resources and enlistment eligibility policies effectively to meet enlisted accession requirements under good, average, and bad recruiting conditions. We consider the cost of meeting accession requirements when an optimal mix of television advertising and enlistment incentives is feasible (the baseline strategy) or when an incentive-centric strategy -- which favors incentives over other resources due to incentives' faster rate of increasing recruits -- is required"--Publisher's web site
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    Ten Frequently Asked Questions About Veterans' Transitions : Results of a Decade of RAND Work on Veteran Life (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833095763 , 0833095765
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (15 pages)
    Series Statement: Research Report RR-1095-OSD
    DDC: 362.860973
    Keywords: Veterans Medical care ; Veterans Mental health services ; Veterans Employment ; Veterans Education ; Veterans Services for ; Career changes ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Career changes ; Veterans ; Employment ; Veterans ; Medical care ; Veterans ; Mental health services ; Veterans ; Services for ; United States ; Career changes ; Veterans ; Education ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The transition from military service to the civilian world can be very challenging, particularly for young veterans with no prior civilian work experience and those with injuries or disabilities. As part of their duty to care for the men and women who have served the country in uniform--as well as to promote strong member recruitment in the future--the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs seek to monitor and improve the education and employment opportunities and the health and well-being of military veterans and reservists. Over the past decade, the RAND Corporation has proactively pursued a program of research addressing veterans' transitions to the civilian labor market. This document compiles RAND's body of work on this topic and highlights the breadth of topics RAND has studied. It distills more than a decade's worth of research on many facets of veteran life into a set of ten questions and answers gleaned from this work"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Overview -- HOW WIDESPREAD IS VETERAN UNEMPLOYMENT? : RAND Findings: Collecting the Right Data -- More-Robust Results -- Read More -- WHY ARE SO MANY VETERANS ON UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE?: RAND Findings: Building a Better Database -- Suggested Solutions -- Read More -- ARE TAX CREDITS FOR HIRING VETERANS USEFUL AND COST-EFFECTIVE?: RAND Findings -- Do Companies Unfairly Benefit? -- Benefits Outweigh the Costs -- Read More -- DO SERVICE MEMBERS AND VETERANS EARN LESS THAN CIVILIANS?: RAND Findings -- Occupational Differences -- College Enrollment -- Economic Condition -- Read More -- HOW EFFECTIVE ARE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR VETERANS' TRANSITIONS?: RAND Findings -- PaYS -- 100,000 Jobs Mission -- Beyond Yellow Ribbon -- Toolkit for Translating Skills -- Read More -- WHAT DO VETERANS EXPERIENCE WHEN RETURNING TO SCHOOL?: RAND Findings -- GI Bill Costs and Savings: Veterans' College Experience and For-Profit Institutions -- Read More -- HOW WIDESPREAD AND COSTLY ARE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG SERVICE MEMBERS AND VETERANS?: RAND Findings -- Gaps in Mental Health Services -- Effects of PTSD on Earnings -- Read More -- IS SUICIDE A CRISIS IN THE MILITARY?: RAND Findings -- Mismatched Research Funding -- Read More ARE DISABLED VETERANS AND SURVIVORS SUITABLY COMPENSATED?: RAND Findings -- Disability Benefits -- Disincentive to Return to Work -- Compensating Survivors -- Read More -- WHAT ARE PROMISING AVENUES FOR FUTURE RESEARCH ON VETERANS?: Findings from Previous Research -- Potential Research on Veterans' Transitions -- Mapping Veterans' Employment Paths -- Broad Long-Term Study of Veterans’ Education Outcomes -- About This Report.
    Note: "May 23, 2016"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references
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    Parenting programs in Shelby County, Tennessee : a brief review of the research literature (2016)
    [Santa Monica, CA] : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833095831 , 0833095838
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (19 pages)
    Series Statement: [Research report] RR-1398-TUCI
    DDC: 649/.107
    Keywords: Child rearing Study and teaching ; Parenting Study and teaching ; Child rearing ; Parenting ; Parenting ; Study and teaching ; Tennessee ; Shelby County ; Child rearing ; Study and teaching ; Electronic books
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    When Race/Ethnicity Data Are Lacking : Using Advanced Indirect Estimation Methods to Measure Disparities (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833095169 , 0833095161
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (5 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1162-COMMASS
    DDC: 362.10973
    Keywords: Minorities Medical care ; Health care reform ; Health services accessibility ; Social status Health aspects ; Minorities ; Health care reform ; Health services accessibility ; Social status ; Health Services Accessibility statistics & numerical data ; Health Care Reform ; Ethnic Groups statistics & numerical data ; United States ; United States ; Health care reform ; Health services accessibility ; Minorities ; Medical care ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "A key aim of U.S. health care reforms is to ensure equitable care while improving quality for all Americans. Limited race/ethnicity data in health care records hamper efforts to meet this goal. Despite improvements in access and quality, gaps persist, particularly among persons belonging to racial/ethnic minority and low-income groups. This report describes the use of indirect estimation methods to produce probabilistic estimates of racial/ethnic populations to monitor health care utilization and improvement. One method described, called Bayesian Indirect Surname Geocoding, uses a person's Census surname and the racial/ethnic composition of their neighborhood to produce a set of probabilities that a given person belongs to one of a set of mutually exclusive racial/ethnic groups. Advances in methods for estimating race/ethnicity are enabling health plans and other health care organizations to overcome a long-standing barrier to routine monitoring and actions to reduce disparities in care. Though these new estimation methods are promising, practical knowledge and guidance on how to most effectively apply newly available race/ethnicity data to address disparities can be greatly extended"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Key findings -- NEWER INDIRECT ESTIMATION METHODS -- ACCURACY OF NEWER ESTIMATES -- USES OF INDIRECTLY ESTIMATED RACE/ETHNICITY -- RELATED APPLICATIONS OF INDIRECT ESTIMATION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.
    Note: "March 28, 2016"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references (page 5)
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    Searching for information online : using big data to identify the concerns of potential Army recruits (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833094148 , 0833094440 , 0833094149 , 9780833094445
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (22 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-1197-A
    Keywords: United States Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States Data processing ; United States ; United States ; Big data ; Recruiting and enlistment Data processing ; Big data ; Recruiting and enlistment ; COMPUTERS ; Internet ; General ; Armed Forces ; Data processing ; Big data ; Recruiting and enlistment ; Recruiting and enlistment ; Data processing ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This report assesses empirical applications of web search data and discusses the prospective value such data can offer Army recruiting efforts. The authors examine three different tools -- Google Trends, Google AdWords, and Google Correlate -- that can be used to access and analyze readily available, anonymous data from Internet searches related to the Army and to Army service. They found that Google search queries can inform how interest in military careers has evolved over time and by geographic location and can identify the foremost Army-related concerns that potential recruits have. Moreover, by analyzing how search terms correlate across time, it is possible to predict with reasonable accuracy what non-Army related terms people are searching for in the months before or after an Army query. These queries serve as leading and lagging indicators of army-related searches and can offer a glimpse into the concerns of individuals near the time period when they are considering joining. The results suggest that search terms can serve as an indicator of propensity and can be incorporated into models to predict highly qualified Army accessions"--Publisher's web site
    Abstract: "This report assesses empirical applications of web search data and discusses the prospective value such data can offer Army recruiting efforts. The authors examine three different tools -- Google Trends, Google AdWords, and Google Correlate -- that can be used to access and analyze readily available, anonymous data from Internet searches related to the Army and to Army service. They found that Google search queries can inform how interest in military careers has evolved over time and by geographic location and can identify the foremost Army-related concerns that potential recruits have. Moreover, by analyzing how search terms correlate across time, it is possible to predict with reasonable accuracy what non-Army related terms people are searching for in the months before or after an Army query. These queries serve as leading and lagging indicators of army-related searches and can offer a glimpse into the concerns of individuals near the time period when they are considering joining. The results suggest that search terms can serve as an indicator of propensity and can be incorporated into models to predict highly qualified Army accessions"--Publisher's web site
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    A Cost-Benefit Framework for Analyzing the Economic and Fiscal Impacts of State-Level Immigration Policies (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833095213 , 0833095218
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 95 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1397-MCF
    DDC: 323.0420869120973
    Keywords: Immigrants Services for ; Cost effectiveness ; Immigrants ; Emigration and immigration ; Political aspects ; Social policy ; United States ; Emigration and immigration ; Economic aspects ; United States Social policy 21st century ; United States Emigration and immigration ; Economic aspects ; United States Emigration and immigration 21st century ; Political aspects ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Traditionally, immigration policy has been a federal responsibility but, in the past decade, states have begun to adopt policies through legislation and other actions to respond to trends in unauthorized immigration. Some states have adopted restrictive policies toward unauthorized immigrants, such as expanding state and local enforcement of immigration laws, requiring employers to verify employment eligibility, and precluding access to driver's licenses or in-state tuition for public higher education. Other states have adopted policies that are unrestrictive — for example, making driver's licenses and in-state tuition available regardless of immigration status. The expanding role of states in these areas of policy raises questions about the consequences of state-level action for various stakeholders in the public and private sectors. This report features a cost-benefit framework for classifying the potential impacts of specific state-level immigration-related policies, identifying the potential domains of impact and how different stakeholders in the public and private sectors would be affected. The authors also review research literature to identify empirical evidence, where it exists, regarding the likely magnitudes of the impacts of specific state-level immigration-related policies, and use the cost-benefit framework, together with the assembled empirical evidence, to assess the rigor and relevance of existing studies of the fiscal and economic impacts of specific state-level immigration policy actions. This study should be of interest to policymakers at all levels of government, as well stakeholders in the private sector, focused on state-level immigration policy and the costs and benefits associated with state policy actions pertaining to unauthorized immigrants"--Publisher's description
    Abstract: "Traditionally, immigration policy has been a federal responsibility but, in the past decade, states have begun to adopt policies through legislation and other actions to respond to trends in unauthorized immigration. Some states have adopted restrictive policies toward unauthorized immigrants, such as expanding state and local enforcement of immigration laws, requiring employers to verify employment eligibility, and precluding access to driver's licenses or in-state tuition for public higher education. Other states have adopted policies that are unrestrictive — for example, making driver's licenses and in-state tuition available regardless of immigration status. The expanding role of states in these areas of policy raises questions about the consequences of state-level action for various stakeholders in the public and private sectors. This report features a cost-benefit framework for classifying the potential impacts of specific state-level immigration-related policies, identifying the potential domains of impact and how different stakeholders in the public and private sectors would be affected. The authors also review research literature to identify empirical evidence, where it exists, regarding the likely magnitudes of the impacts of specific state-level immigration-related policies, and use the cost-benefit framework, together with the assembled empirical evidence, to assess the rigor and relevance of existing studies of the fiscal and economic impacts of specific state-level immigration policy actions. This study should be of interest to policymakers at all levels of government, as well stakeholders in the private sector, focused on state-level immigration policy and the costs and benefits associated with state policy actions pertaining to unauthorized immigrants"--Publisher's description
    Note: "March 8, 2016"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-95)
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    Driving to safety : how many miles of driving would it take to demonstrate autonomous vehicle reliability? (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833095299 , 0833095293
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (13 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1478-RC
    DDC: 338.4/76292
    Keywords: Autonomous vehicles Decision making ; Autonomous vehicles ; Traffic safety ; Intelligent control systems ; Automobile industry and trade ; Motor vehicles ; Traffic safety ; Intelligent control systems ; Automobile industry and trade Technological innovations ; Motor vehicles Automatic control ; Automated vehicles Decision making ; Traffic safety ; United States ; Automobile industry and trade ; Technological innovations ; Intelligent control systems ; Motor vehicles ; Automatic control ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "How safe are autonomous vehicles? The answer is crucial for developing sound policies to govern their deployment. One proposal to assess safety is to test-drive autonomous vehicles in real traffic, observe their performance, and make statistical comparisons to human driver performance. This approach is logical, but it is practical? In this report, we calculate the number of miles that would need to be driven to provide clear statistical evidence of autonomous vehicle safety. Given that current traffic fatalities and injuries are rare events compared with vehicle miles traveled, we show that fully autonomous vehicles would have to be driven hundreds of millions of miles and sometimes hundreds of billions of miles to demonstrate their safety in terms of fatalities and injuries. Under even aggressive testing assumptions, existing fleets would take tens and sometimes hundreds of years to drive these miles--an impossible proposition if the aim is to demonstrate performance prior to releasing them for consumer use. Our findings demonstrate that developers of this technology and third-party testers cannot simply drive their way to safety. Instead, they will need to develop innovative methods of demonstrating safety and reliability. And yet, it may still not be possible to establish with certainty the safety of autonomous vehicles. Therefore, it is imperative that autonomous vehicle regulations are adaptive--designed from the outset to evolve with the technology so that society can better harness the benefits and manage the risks of these rapidly evolving and potentially transformative technologies"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Key Findings -- HOW MANY MILES WOULD AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES HAVE TO BE DRIVEN WITHOUT FAILURE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEIR FAILURE RATE IS BELOW SOME BENCHMARK? -- HOW MANY MILES WOULD AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES HAVE TO BE DRIVEN TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR FAILURE R ATE TO A PARTICULAR DEGREE OF PRECISION? -- HOW MANY MILES WOULD AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES HAVE TO BE DRIVEN TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEIR FAILURE RATE IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE HUMAN DRIVER FAILURE RATE? -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- About the Authors.
    Note: "April 12, 2016"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-13)
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    Systematic Reviews for Occupational Safety and Health Questions : resources for Evidence Synthesis (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833096289 , 0833096281
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 88 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1463-CDC
    DDC: 363.11
    Keywords: Evidence-based medicine ; Industrial safety Research ; Methodology ; Industrial hygiene Research ; Methodology ; Evidence-based medicine ; Industrial safety ; Industrial hygiene ; Evidence-based medicine ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This report introduces systematic reviews of the literature as a research methodology to summarize the existing evidence with a transparent, reliable, and valid approach. It covers the systematic review steps: (1) define the question, (2) create a protocol, (3) conduct a literature search and screen for inclusion, (4) document and assess included studies, and (5) evaluate and interpret the body of evidence. The report also provides resources for drawing conclusions and developing recommendations based on the systematic review. We performed a literature review and consulted with producers and consumers of systematic reviews over the course of the project to identify available resources. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) staff provided a draft systematic review framework and continuous input to ensure relevance and applicability to occupational safety and health questions. The report draws on key general existing guidance for systematic reviews as well as identified resources specific to occupational safety and health evidence synthesis. Occupational safety and health is an extensive multidisciplinary field and encompasses a broad spectrum of issues that affect the health and safety of individuals in the workplace. Standard systematic review tools and methods may need to be adapted to fit the unique requirements of evidence synthesis for occupational safety and health questions. The report provides practical guidance to execute a systematic review as well as considerations specific to evidence synthesis for occupational safety and health questions"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Figures and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction and Report Methods: Background -- Methods -- Objective -- 2. Systematic Review Step 1: Define the Question: Scope of the Review -- Review Questions -- Review Team, Technical Expert Panels, Key Informants, and Stakeholders -- 3. Systematic Review Step 2: Create a Protocol: Systematic Review Protocol Elements -- Analytic Framework -- Methodological Conduct of the Review -- Systematic Review Protocol Function -- Other Evidence Review Products -- Scalability of Evidence Review Methods -- Transparency of Review Methods -- 4. Systematic Review Step 3: Conduct a Literature Search and Screen for Inclusion: Data Sources -- Search Strategy -- Eligibility Criteria and Inclusion Screening -- Flow Diagram -- 5. Systematic Review Step 4: Document and Assess Included Studies: Data Extraction -- Evidence Table -- Critical Appraisal -- Data Access -- 6. Systematic Review Step 5: Evaluate and Interpret the Body of Evidence: Synthesizing Evidence -- Grading Evidence -- Integrating Evidence -- Body-of-Evidence Evaluation and Interpretation Transparency -- 7. Draw Conclusions and Develop Recommendations: Systematic Review Reporting -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Translational Products -- 8. Discussion and Outlook -- References.
    Note: "July 11, 2016"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-88)
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    Task Force for Business and Stability Operations : lessons from Afghanistan (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833092830 , 0833093746 , 0833092839 , 9780833093745
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 114 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-1243-OSD
    Keywords: U.S. Task Force for Business and Stability Operations ; U.S. Task Force for Business and Stability Operations ; Economic development ; Nation-building Economic aspects ; Economic development ; Nation-building ; Economic development ; Afghanistan ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO), a multi-year endeavor for the U.S. Department of Defense, sought to use private-sector strategies to create sustainable economies in Iraq and Afghanistan. In this report, RAND researchers use semistructured interviews and both public and internal documentation to identify lessons from the Task Force's activities in Afghanistan, offering insights for similar projects in the future. The analysis describes the multitude of the Task Force's stakeholders resulting from its complex institutional status, plus the challenges that resulted from these diverse stakeholders. It uses a stakeholder-focused approach to explore several prominent TFBSO projects, informed by disparate stakeholder views. Ultimately, lessons identified from the Task Force's activities in Afghanistan fell under six categories: programmatic flexibility, leadership, measures of success, staffing, freedom of movement, and contracting. Because economic development is likely to remain a key component of U.S. contingency operations, policymakers can use the lessons identified in this report when planning and designing similar organizations in the future to find the right balance for success"--Publisher's web site
    Abstract: "The Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO), a multi-year endeavor for the U.S. Department of Defense, sought to use private-sector strategies to create sustainable economies in Iraq and Afghanistan. In this report, RAND researchers use semistructured interviews and both public and internal documentation to identify lessons from the Task Force's activities in Afghanistan, offering insights for similar projects in the future. The analysis describes the multitude of the Task Force's stakeholders resulting from its complex institutional status, plus the challenges that resulted from these diverse stakeholders. It uses a stakeholder-focused approach to explore several prominent TFBSO projects, informed by disparate stakeholder views. Ultimately, lessons identified from the Task Force's activities in Afghanistan fell under six categories: programmatic flexibility, leadership, measures of success, staffing, freedom of movement, and contracting. Because economic development is likely to remain a key component of U.S. contingency operations, policymakers can use the lessons identified in this report when planning and designing similar organizations in the future to find the right balance for success"--Publisher's web site
    Note: "National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-114) , Series from web site
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    Initiatives to Improve Quality of Education in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq : Administration, School Monitoring, Private School Policies, and Teacher Training (2016)
    Santa Monica : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833088680 , 0833094459 , 0833088688 , 9780833094452
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 144 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-960-KRG
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Vernez, Georges Initiatives to improve quality of education in the Kurdistan region, Iraq
    Keywords: Education Evaluation ; Education and state ; Teachers Training of ; Educational change ; Private schools ; Education ; Education and state ; Teachers ; Educational change ; Private schools ; Educational change ; Private schools ; Teachers ; Training of ; Iraq ; Kurdistān ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; General ; Education and state ; Education ; Evaluation ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction: Background -- Economy, Population, and Workforce -- Education -- Chapter Two: Reorganizing the KRG Ministry of Education: Literature on Organization Design -- Organization of Ministries of Education in Six Countries -- Why Reorganize the KRG’s Ministry of Education? -- Proposed Organization for the KRG’s Ministry of Education -- Chapter Three: Developing a School Quality Assurance System: Current Approaches to Quality Assurance in the KRI -- Characteristics of Effective School Quality Assurance Systems -- Proposed School Quality Assurance Framework.-- Implementing School Monitoring -- Recommendations -- Chapter Four: Monitoring Quality and Encouraging Growth of Private Schools in the KRI: Overview of the KRI's Private School Sector, Law, and Practice -- International Approaches to Managing Private Schools -- Recommendations for Managing KRI's Private Schools -- Chapter Five: Assessing Teacher Training: Governance and Management of Training -- Approaches to Training Planning and Delivery -- Training Programs, Participation, and Alignment with Needs -- Recommendations -- Chapter Six: Conclusion: Quality Improvement Recommendations -- Next Steps for Improving KRG K–12 Education -- Appendix: Job Descriptions for the Proposed Organization Structure -- Bibliography
    Abstract: Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction: Background -- Economy, Population, and Workforce -- Education -- Chapter Two: Reorganizing the KRG Ministry of Education: Literature on Organization Design -- Organization of Ministries of Education in Six Countries -- Why Reorganize the KRG’s Ministry of Education? -- Proposed Organization for the KRG’s Ministry of Education -- Chapter Three: Developing a School Quality Assurance System: Current Approaches to Quality Assurance in the KRI -- Characteristics of Effective School Quality Assurance Systems -- Proposed School Quality Assurance Framework.-- Implementing School Monitoring -- Recommendations -- Chapter Four: Monitoring Quality and Encouraging Growth of Private Schools in the KRI: Overview of the KRI's Private School Sector, Law, and Practice -- International Approaches to Managing Private Schools -- Recommendations for Managing KRI's Private Schools -- Chapter Five: Assessing Teacher Training: Governance and Management of Training -- Approaches to Training Planning and Delivery -- Training Programs, Participation, and Alignment with Needs -- Recommendations -- Chapter Six: Conclusion: Quality Improvement Recommendations -- Next Steps for Improving KRG K–12 Education -- Appendix: Job Descriptions for the Proposed Organization Structure -- Bibliography
    Note: "February 26, 2016"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144)
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    A preliminary evaluation of interactive video simulation training for campus law enforcement in California (2016)
    [Santa Monica, CA] : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833095824 , 083309582X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (4 pages)
    Series Statement: [Research report] RR-1389-CMHSA
    DDC: 363.28/9
    Keywords: Campus police Training ; Interactive videos Evaluation ; Synthetic training devices Evaluation ; Campus police ; Interactive videos ; Synthetic training devices ; Interactive videos ; Evaluation ; Synthetic training devices ; Evaluation ; California ; Electronic books
    Note: Caption title , Includes bibliographical references (page 4)
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    Counterinsurgency scorecard update : Afghanistan in early 2015 relative to insurgencies since World War II (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833092625 , 0833093835 , 0833092626 , 9780833093837
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 38 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1273-OSD
    Keywords: Counterinsurgency ; Asymmetric warfare ; Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) ; Peacekeeping forces ; Insurgency History 21st century ; Counterinsurgency Case studies ; Counterinsurgency ; Asymmetric warfare ; Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) ; Peacekeeping forces ; Insurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Asymmetric warfare ; Counterinsurgency ; Insurgency ; Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) ; Peacekeeping forces ; Afghanistan ; Case studies ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Previous RAND research examined 71 insurgencies begun and completed worldwide between World War II and 2010 to analyze correlates of success in counterinsurgency (COIN). A key finding was that a case's score on a scorecard of 15 equally weighted good and 11 equally weighted bad COIN factors and practices corresponded perfectly with the outcomes of the cases analyzed. That is, the balance of good and bad factors and practices was always positive when the outcome was a COIN win (insurgent loss) and always negative when the outcome was a COIN loss (insurgent win). Using the scorecard approach as its foundation, a RAND study sought to apply the findings to the case of Afghanistan in 2015. The effort involved an expert elicitation in which experts were asked to make "worst-case" assessments of the factors to complete the scorecard for ongoing operations in Afghanistan. It was the third Afghanistan-focused exercise conducted with the scorecard, allowing rough comparisons with scores assigned by expert panels in 2011 and 2013. The 2015 consensus results indicated that Afghanistan continues to have a positive score, though its score is tied with the lowest-scoring historical wins. Two factors remained absent in Afghanistan in 2015 but essential to success in historical COIN campaigns: disrupting flows of tangible support to the insurgents and a demonstration (and improvement) of commitment and motivation on the part of the Afghan National Security Forces, the primary COIN force since the coalition drawdown. Despite some potentially positive developments resulting from the 2014 election of a new government in Afghanistan, it appears that the most promising end to the conflict will be a negotiated settlement in which the Afghan government makes some concessions to the insurgents and in which external powers, including the United States and Pakistan, help broker a satisfactory power-sharing agreement that brings greater stability to the country"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Figure and Tables -- Summary -- Counterinsurgency Scorecard Update: Afghanistan in Early 2015 Relative to Insurgencies Since World War II -- Findings from Previous Research on Insurgency: Findings from Previous Research on Insurgency -- The Counterinsurgency Scorecard -- Endgames for Insurgencies: Getting to Negotiated Settlements -- Scoring the Ongoing Conflict in Afghanistan: Using the Delphi Method -- Building on Previous Scorecards -- 2015 Scorecard Results: Specific Factors in the Current Case -- Notes on Factors Present or Absent in 2015 but Tenuous in the Future -- 2015 Results Compared with Previous Results and Analyses: What Improved? -- What Declined? -- What Stayed the Same? -- Scorecard and Duration of Conflict -- Summary of Scorecard Analyses -- Prospects for a Negotiated Settlement -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- APPENDIX -- References.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-38)
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    How civil institutions build resilience : organizational practices derived from academic literature and case studies (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833092014 , 0833095196 , 0833092014 , 9780833095190
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 44 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1246-AF
    Keywords: Resilience (Personality trait) ; Risk management ; Emergency management ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Risk management ; Emergency management ; HISTORY / Military / Aviation ; Emergency management ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Risk management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In an effort to support U.S. Air Force space community resilience objectives, researchers conducted a review of the academic literature defining and describing resiliency in various domains, and case-study reports about how organizations build resilient missions. This report summarizes key findings from this review that have broad application to any organization seeking to enhance resilience, which includes the space community. This report presents the approaches taken by three different types of communities to develop and maintain resilient operations. The discussion presented in this report illustrates three methods for building resilience, each illustrated by the approach of one community; resilience through withstanding an adverse event (impact avoidance and robustness), resilience through adaptation and flexibility, and resilience through recovery and restoration. These approaches are broadly described in this report as: withstand, adapt, and recover. Communities seeking to develop more resilient operations can gain insight from applying the various methods described in the literature, and applying lessons derived from similar operational environments and how they addressed resilience. Recognizing that any given organization can incorporate all three of these approaches in various parts of an overall resilience plan, this report seeks to highlight organizations that will be most likely to emphasize one of these approaches over another"--Publisher's web site
    Abstract: "In an effort to support U.S. Air Force space community resilience objectives, researchers conducted a review of the academic literature defining and describing resiliency in various domains, and case-study reports about how organizations build resilient missions. This report summarizes key findings from this review that have broad application to any organization seeking to enhance resilience, which includes the space community. This report presents the approaches taken by three different types of communities to develop and maintain resilient operations. The discussion presented in this report illustrates three methods for building resilience, each illustrated by the approach of one community; resilience through withstanding an adverse event (impact avoidance and robustness), resilience through adaptation and flexibility, and resilience through recovery and restoration. These approaches are broadly described in this report as: withstand, adapt, and recover. Communities seeking to develop more resilient operations can gain insight from applying the various methods described in the literature, and applying lessons derived from similar operational environments and how they addressed resilience. Recognizing that any given organization can incorporate all three of these approaches in various parts of an overall resilience plan, this report seeks to highlight organizations that will be most likely to emphasize one of these approaches over another"--Publisher's web site
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-44)
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    The crisis within : America's military and the struggle between the overseas and guardian paradigms (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833093004 , 0833095242 , 0833093002 , 9780833095244
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 62 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-1420-AF
    Keywords: Civil-military relations ; Civil-military relations ; HISTORY / Military / Aviation ; Civil-military relations ; Military policy ; United States ; United States Military policy ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Today's U.S. military is full of perplexing questions and issues. Individually, each can be explained, but collectively the explanations seem too complicated. This complexity makes the military difficult to comprehend even to those in uniform. This report is an attempt to understand this complexity and to start a conversation about how to better understand America's 21st-century military. To do that, a return to first principles is necessary, starting with how the nation understands 'the common defense' and the role that organized violence plays in providing for it. The nation's understanding of both the common defense and organized violence has changed dramatically in the years since 2001. The diversification in the employment of violence produced a profound paradigm shift that Thomas Kuhn's seminal work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, helps to identify and explain. America's senior civilian and military leaders must understand this shift in order to create the military the nation needs in the coming decades and to ensure that it is an institution the American people continue to trust"--Publisher's web site
    Abstract: "Today's U.S. military is full of perplexing questions and issues. Individually, each can be explained, but collectively the explanations seem too complicated. This complexity makes the military difficult to comprehend even to those in uniform. This report is an attempt to understand this complexity and to start a conversation about how to better understand America's 21st-century military. To do that, a return to first principles is necessary, starting with how the nation understands 'the common defense' and the role that organized violence plays in providing for it. The nation's understanding of both the common defense and organized violence has changed dramatically in the years since 2001. The diversification in the employment of violence produced a profound paradigm shift that Thomas Kuhn's seminal work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, helps to identify and explain. America's senior civilian and military leaders must understand this shift in order to create the military the nation needs in the coming decades and to ensure that it is an institution the American people continue to trust"--Publisher's web site
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force , "April 27, 2016"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-62) , Series from web site
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    Transmedial narratology and contemporary media culture (2016)
    Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
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    ISBN: 9780803288379 , 0803288379 , 9780803288393 , 0803288395
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Series Statement: Frontiers of narrative
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Thon, Jan-Noël Transmedial narratology and contemporary media culture
    DDC: 302.23014
    Keywords: Discourse analysis, Narrative ; Storytelling in mass media ; Narration (Rhetoric) ; Storytelling in mass media ; Discourse analysis, Narrative ; Narration (Rhetoric) ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Media Studies ; Discourse analysis, Narrative ; Narration (Rhetoric) ; Storytelling in mass media ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction -- Toward a transmedial narratology -- Part 1. Storyworlds across media -- The storyworld as a transmedial concept -- Narrative representation across media -- Part 2. Narrators across media -- The narrator as a transmedial concept -- Narratorial representation across media -- Part 3. Subjectivity across media -- Subjectivity as a transmedial concept -- Subjective representation across media -- Conclusion
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    The politics of the superficial : visual rhetoric and the protocol of display (2016)
    Tuscaloosa : University Alabama Press
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    ISBN: 9780817389932 , 0817389938
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Series Statement: Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ommen, Brett Politics of the superficial
    DDC: 302.22
    Keywords: Semiotics Political aspects ; Visual communication Political aspects ; Rhetoric Political aspects ; Semiotics Political aspects ; Visual communication Political aspects ; Rhetoric Political aspects ; Rhetoric Political aspects ; Semiotics Political aspects ; Visual communication Political aspects ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Rhetoric ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology ; Rhetoric ; Political aspects ; Visual communication ; Political aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The Politics of the Superficial argues that the increasing volume of visually communicative surfaces in public life contributes to a very particular form of public imagination and political activity"--
    Abstract: Introduction: The Visual Colonization of Surface -- 1. Spanning Design's Surface -- 2. First Things First: Graphic Design and Meaning -- 3. The Protocol of Display -- 4. The Public Chamber of Fear -- 5. The Politics of the Graphic Design
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    The stages of memory : reflections on memorial art, loss, and the spaces between (2016)
    Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
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    ISBN: 9781613764930 , 1613764936
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Lang, Berel The Stages of Memory: Reflections on Memorial Art, Loss, and the Spaces BetweenJames E. Young 2017
    Series Statement: Public history in historical perspective
    Parallel Title: Print version
    DDC: 394/.4
    Keywords: Memorials Social aspects ; Memorialization Social aspects ; Loss (Psychology) in art ; Loss (Psychology) in art ; Memorialization Social aspects ; Memorials Social aspects ; ARCHITECTURE ; General ; Loss (Psychology) in art ; Memorials ; Social aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction. The memorial's vernacular arc between Berlin's Denkmal and New York City's 9/11 Memorial -- The stages of memory at Ground Zero: the National 9/11 Memorial process -- Daniel Libeskind and the houses of Jewish memory: what is Jewish architecture? -- Regarding the pain of women: gender and the arts of holocaust memory -- The terrible beauty of Nazi aesthetics -- Looking into the mirrors of evil: Nazi imagery in contemporary art at the Jewish Museum in New York -- The contemporary arts of memory in the works of Esther Shalev-Gerz, Miroslaw Balka, Tobi Kahn, and Komar and Melamid -- Utoya and Norway's July 22 memorial: the memory of political terror
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    Cosmopolitan English and transliteracy (2016)
    Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press
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    ISBN: 9780809335251 , 0809335255
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    DDC: 302.2244
    Keywords: Literacy United States ; Multiculturalism United States ; Identity (Psychology) United States ; Language and culture Globalization ; United States ; Creative writing Study and teaching ; United States ; English language Rhetoric ; Study and teaching ; Foreign speakers ; English language Rhetoric ; Study and teaching ; United States ; Literacy ; Multiculturalism ; Identity (Psychology) ; Language and culture Globalization ; Creative writing Study and teaching ; English language Rhetoric ; Study and teaching ; Foreign speakers ; English language Rhetoric ; Study and teaching ; Identity (Psychology) ; Language and culture Globalization ; Creative writing Study and teaching ; English language Rhetoric ; Study and teaching ; Foreign speakers ; English language Rhetoric ; Study and teaching ; Literacy ; Multiculturalism ; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY ; English as a Second Language ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Literacy ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Composition & Creative Writing ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology ; Creative writing ; Study and teaching ; English language ; Rhetoric ; Study and teaching ; English language ; Rhetoric ; Study and teaching ; Foreign speakers ; Identity (Psychology) ; Literacy ; Multiculturalism ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Despite the vast number of multilingual speakers in the United States and the pervasive influence of globalization, writing studies in this country is still inextricably linked to a nationalistic, monolingual English ideology. In Cosmopolitan English and Transliteracy, Xiaoye You addresses this issue by proposing that writing studies programs adopt a cosmopolitan perspective. Emphasizing local and global forms of citizenship and identification, You merges a humanistic vision with the rigor of social science, arguing that linguistic and cultural differences can be explored to recover human connections normally severed by geographical and semiotic borders. You examines several areas of writing affected by globalization. He then turns to the composition classroom, highlighting the challenges and possibilities of crossing cultural boundaries in academic discourse before introducing a pedagogy aimed at fostering American students' translingual and transcultural sensibilities. Included is a model for training writing teachers in the context of globalization, which aims to help instructors gain practical knowledge about the needs and resources of multilingual writers through communication technologies and cross-cultural partnerships. By introducing cosmopolitan perspectives into the composition classroom, You challenges traditional assumptions about language, identity, and literacy as they relate to writing studies. Innovative and provocative, Cosmopolitan English and Transliteracy charts a new way forward for writing programs, with a call to focus on global rather than national identity"--
    Abstract: "Despite the vast number of multilingual speakers in the United States and the pervasive influence of globalization, writing studies in this country is still inextricably linked to a nationalistic, monolingual English ideology. In Cosmopolitan English and Transliteracy, Xiaoye You addresses this issue by proposing that writing studies programs adopt a cosmopolitan perspective. Emphasizing local and global forms of citizenship and identification, You merges a humanistic vision with the rigor of social science, arguing that linguistic and cultural differences can be explored to recover human connections normally severed by geographical and semiotic borders. You examines several areas of writing affected by globalization. He then turns to the composition classroom, highlighting the challenges and possibilities of crossing cultural boundaries in academic discourse before introducing a pedagogy aimed at fostering American students' translingual and transcultural sensibilities. Included is a model for training writing teachers in the context of globalization, which aims to help instructors gain practical knowledge about the needs and resources of multilingual writers through communication technologies and cross-cultural partnerships. By introducing cosmopolitan perspectives into the composition classroom, You challenges traditional assumptions about language, identity, and literacy as they relate to writing studies. Innovative and provocative, Cosmopolitan English and Transliteracy charts a new way forward for writing programs, with a call to focus on global rather than national identity"--
    Abstract: Machine generated contents note: Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Cosmopolitanism and the Future of Writing Studies -- Chapter 2 The Arts of Dwelling Places -- Chapter 3 Linguistic Creativity in the Diaspora -- Chapter 4 Transliterate Creativity in the Literature of Globalization -- Chapter 5 Crossing Literacy Regimes -- Chapter 6 Academic Transliteracy -- Chapter 7 Language Relations in English Studies -- Chapter 8 Crossing Borders in Teacher Development -- Conclusion: Transliteracy as a Dialogical Imagination -- Notes -- References
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    U.S. Special Operations Forces in the Philippines, 2001--2014 (2016)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833092922 , 0833092928
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xxxv, 148 pages) , color illustrations, color map, color charts.
    Series Statement: Research Report RR-1236-OSD
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 303.62509599
    Keywords: United States / Army / Special Forces ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Terrorism Prevention ; Philippines ; Counterinsurgency Philippines ; Transnational crime Prevention ; International cooperation ; Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001- ; Combined operations (Military science) ; Transnational crime Prevention ; International cooperation ; Counterinsurgency ; Terrorism Prevention ; Terrorism Prevention ; Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001- ; Counterinsurgency ; Transnational crime Prevention ; International cooperation ; Combined operations (Military science) ; Terrorism ; Prevention ; HISTORY ; Asia ; Southeast Asia ; Military relations ; Strategic aspects of individual places ; Combined operations (Military science) ; Counterinsurgency ; Philippines Strategic aspects ; 21st century ; United States Military relations ; Philippines ; Philippines Military relations ; United States ; Philippines Military relations ; Philippines Strategic aspects 21st century ; United States Military relations ; United States Military relations ; Philippines Military relations ; Philippines Strategic aspects 21st century ; Philippines ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This report examines the 14-year experience of U.S. special operations forces in the Philippines from 2001 through 2014. The objective of this case history is to document and evaluate the activities and effects of special operations capabilities employed to address terrorist threats in Operation Enduring Freedom--Philippines through (1) training and equipping Philippine security forces, (2) providing operational advice and assistance, and (3) conducting civil–military and information operations. The report evaluates the development, execution, and adaptation of the U.S. effort to enable the Philippine government to counter transnational terrorist groups. An average of 500 to 600 U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps special operations units were employed continuously under the command of a joint special operations task force. They provided training, advice, and assistance during combat operations to both Philippine special operations units and selected air, ground, and naval conventional units; conducted civil–military and information operations on Basilan, in the Sulu archipelago, and elsewhere in Mindanao; provided intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, medical evacuation, and emergency care; aided planning and intelligence fusion at joint operational commands and force development at institutional headquarters; and coordinated their programs closely with the U.S. embassy country team. The authors conclude that Operation Enduring Freedom--Philippines contributed to the successful degradation of transnational terrorist threats in the Philippines and the improvement of its security forces, particularly special operations units. It identifies contributing and limiting factors, which could be relevant to the planning and implementation of future such efforts"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Figures -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Study Purpose -- Research Approach -- Organization of the Report -- Chapter 2: U.S.-Philippine Relations in Historical Perspective: U.S.-Philippine Policy Decisions -- The Initial Assessment -- Joint Task Force 510 and the Terms of Reference -- 2003-2004: Transition to Joint Special Operations Task Force--Philippines -- Summary -- Chapter 4: 2005-2007: The Move to Jolo and Operation Ultimatum: Assessment and Adaptation -- Plan Execution -- Increased Emphasis on Armed Forces of Philippines Targeting of Abu Sayyaf Group Leaders -- Summary -- Chapter 6: 2010-2012: Transitioning Up: Assessment and Adaptation -- Plan Execution -- Summary -- Chapter 7: 2012-2014: Zamboanga Siege and Transitioning Out: Assessment and Adaptation -- Plan Execution -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Overall Outcomes -- Limiting Factors -- Key Contributing Factors -- Generalizability of Findings -- Appendixes: A. Balikatan 02-1 Terms of Reference -- B. Plan Analysis Tool -- Bibliography.
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    Propaganda and rhetoric in democracy : history, theory, analysis (2016)
    Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press
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    ISBN: 9780809335077 , 0809335077
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    DDC: 303.375
    Keywords: Rhetoric Social aspects ; Democracy ; Propaganda ; Rhetoric Social aspects ; Propaganda ; Rhetoric Social aspects ; Democracy ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Rhetoric ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Democracy ; Propaganda ; Rhetoric ; Social aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Offers new perspectives on the history of propaganda, explores how it has evolved during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and advances a nuanced understanding of what it means to call discourse propaganda"--
    Abstract: 10. The Contract with America: A Legal, Social, and Rhetorical Contractual Obligation by Meg H. Kunde11. Propagandist Management: "Sustainability" in the Corporatized Public University by Laural Lea Adams; Conclusion: Writing Dissent in the Propaganda Flood by Robert Jensen; Contributors; Index; Back Cover
    Abstract: 4. Elizabeth Bowen's Wavering Attitude toward World War II Propaganda by Stefania Porcelli5. Propaganda Defined by Thomas Huckin; 6. A Taxonomy of Bullshit by Gary Thompson; Part 2: Propaganda's Challenge to Democracy: Sites and Mechanisms of Social Control; 7. Popular Economics: Neoliberal Propaganda and Its Affectivity by Catherine Chaput; 8. Privatized Propaganda and Broadcast News: Legitimizing the Call to Arms by John Oddo and Patricia Dunmire; 9. Attention! Rumor Bombs, Affect, and Managed Democracy by Jayson Harsin
    Abstract: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Charles Bazerman; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Call for Renewed Attention to Propaganda in Writing Studies and Rhetoric by Gae Lyn Henderson and M. J. Braun; Part 1: Historical and Theoretical Studies of Propaganda; 1. Democracy and Disclosure: Edward Bernays and the Manipulation of the Masses by Sharon J. Kirsch; 2. Jane Addams: A Foe of Rhetorics of Control by Lanette Grate; 3. The Psychological Power of Propaganda: From Psychoanalysis to Kenneth Burke by Gae Lyn Henderson
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    Shades of ṣulḥ : the rhetorics of Arab-Islamic reconciliation (2016)
    Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822981343 , 0822981343
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xi, 248 pages)
    Series Statement: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Diab, Rasha Shades of ṣulḥ
    DDC: 303.6909175927
    Keywords: Dispute resolution Arab countries ; Arabic language Rhetoric ; Rhetoric Political aspects ; Arab countries ; Dispute resolution ; Conflict management ; Reconciliation ; Persuasion (Rhetoric) ; Arabic language Rhetoric ; Rhetoric Political aspects ; Conflict management ; Reconciliation ; Persuasion (Rhetoric) ; Arabic language Rhetoric ; Rhetoric Political aspects ; Peace-building ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Islamic Studies ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Rhetoric ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Arabic language ; Rhetoric ; Conflict management ; Dispute resolution (Islamic law) ; Persuasion (Rhetoric) ; Reconciliation ; Rhetoric ; Political aspects ; Arab countries ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Sulh is a centuries-old Arab-Islamic peacemaking practice. Rasha Diab explores the possibilities and limits of the rhetoric of sulh as it is used to resolve interpersonal, communal, and (inter)national conflicts--with a case illustrating each of these domains. The cases range from medieval to contemporary times and are analyzed using both rhetorical and critical discourse analyses"--
    Abstract: Introduction: discursive spaces for peace -- Peacemaking topoi: cultural Iterations of relational and moral needs -- The power of sweet persuasion: cultural inflections of interpersonal ṣulḥ rhetorics -- We the reconciled: the convergence of ṣulḥ and human rights -- From the Egyptian People's Assembly to the Israeli Knesset: al-Sādāt's Knesset address, ṣulḥ, and diplomacy -- To gather at court: ṣulḥ as rhetorical method -- Conclusion: the gift of possibility
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    Socialist fun : youth, consumption, and state-sponsored popular culture in the Soviet Union, 1945-1970 (2016)
    Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822981251 , 0822981254
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Series Statement: Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Tsipursky, Gleb Socialist fun
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    DDC: 305.2350947080904
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    Keywords: Socialism Social aspects ; History ; Soviet Union ; Consumption (Economics) History ; Soviet Union ; Popular culture History ; Soviet Union ; Cold War Social aspects ; Soviet Union ; Youth Societies and clubs ; History ; Soviet Union ; Youth Government policy ; History ; Soviet Union ; Youth Social life and customs ; Soviet Union ; Socialism Social aspects ; History ; Consumption (Economics) History ; Popular culture History ; Cold War Social aspects ; Youth Societies and clubs ; History ; Youth Government policy ; History ; Youth Social life and customs ; Consumption (Economics) History ; Popular culture History ; Cold War Social aspects ; Youth Societies and clubs ; History ; Youth Government policy ; History ; Youth Social life and customs ; Socialism Social aspects ; History ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; HISTORY ; General ; Consumption (Economics) ; International relations ; Manners and customs ; Popular culture ; Social aspects ; Youth ; Government policy ; Youth ; Social life and customs ; Youth ; Societies and clubs ; Child & Youth Development ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; HISTORY ; Europe ; Russia & the Former Soviet Union ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; History ; Soviet Union Relations ; Western countries ; Western countries Relations ; Soviet Union ; Soviet Union Social life and customs ; 1917-1970 ; Soviet Union Relations ; Western countries Relations ; Soviet Union Social life and customs 1917-1970 ; Soviet Union Relations ; Western countries Relations ; Soviet Union Social life and customs 1917-1970 ; Soviet Union ; Western countries ; Electronic books ; Sowjetunion ; Jugendkultur ; Massenkultur ; Jugend ; Geschichte 1945-1970
    Abstract: "Most narratives depict Soviet Cold War cultural activities and youth groups as drab and dreary, militant and politicized. In this study Gleb Tsipursky challenges these stereotypes in a revealing portrayal of Soviet youth and state-sponsored popular culture. The primary local venues for Soviet culture were the tens of thousands of klubs where young people found entertainment, leisure, social life, and romance. Here sports, dance, film, theater, music, lectures, and political meetings became vehicles to disseminate a socialist version of modernity. The Soviet way of life was dutifully presented and perceived as the most progressive and advanced, in an attempt to stave off Western influences. In effect, socialist fun became very serious business. As Tsipursky shows, however, Western culture did infiltrate these activities, particularly at local levels, where participants and organizers deceptively cloaked their offerings to appeal to their own audiences. Thus, Soviet modernity evolved as a complex and multivalent ideological device. Tsipursky provides a fresh and original examination of the Kremlin's paramount effort to shape young lives, consumption, popular culture, and to build an emotional community--all against the backdrop of Cold War struggles to win hearts and minds both at home and abroad"--
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Ideology, Enlightenment, and Entertainment : State-Sponsored Popular Culture, 1917-1946 -- Chapter 2. Ideological Reconstruction in the Cultural Recreation Network, 1947-1953 -- Chapter 3. Ideology and Consumption : Jazz and Western Dancing in the Cultural Network, 1948-1953 -- Chapter 4. State-Sponsored Popular Culture in the Early Thaw, 1953-1956 -- Chapter 5. Youth Initiative and the 1956 Youth Club Movement -- Chapter 6. The 1957 International Youth Festival and the Backlash -- Chapter 7. A Reformist Revival : Grassroots Club Activities and Youth Cafes, 1958-1964 -- Chapter 8. Ambiguity and Backlash : State-Sponsored Popular Culture, 1965-1970
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    Imagining Asia in the Americas (2016)
    New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press
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    ISBN: 9780813585239 , 0813585236
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Series Statement: Asian American studies today
    Parallel Title: Print version
    DDC: 303.4825097
    Keywords: Community life America ; Transnationalism Social aspects ; America ; Immigrants Social conditions ; America ; Asians Social conditions ; America ; Public opinion America ; Community life ; Transnationalism Social aspects ; Immigrants Social conditions ; Asians Social conditions ; Public opinion ; Immigrants Social conditions ; Asians Social conditions ; Public opinion ; Transnationalism Social aspects ; Community life ; International relations ; Public opinion ; Public opinion, American ; Public opinion, Latin American ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; American ; Asian American ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Asians ; Social conditions ; Community life ; Immigrants ; Social conditions ; Asia Foreign public opinion, Latin American ; Asia Foreign public opinion, Caribbean ; Asia Foreign public opinion, American ; America Relations ; Asia ; Asia Relations ; America ; Asia Relations ; Asia Foreign public opinion, Latin American ; Asia Foreign public opinion, Caribbean ; Asia Foreign public opinion, American ; America Relations ; Asia Foreign public opinion, American ; America Relations ; Asia Relations ; Asia Foreign public opinion, Latin American ; Asia Foreign public opinion, Caribbean ; America ; Asia ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This book introduces and explores Asian communities in the U.S., the Caribbean, and Latin America through literary, historical, and theoretical frameworks by bringing together the multiple cultural perspectives of an emerging field of study: the transnational field of Asians in the Americas. The new scholarship of these authors addresses familial, historical, and literary ties to Asia, while also introducing the contributions of Asians in the Americas in an interdisciplinary framework, easily accessible to students and scholars and amendable for course adoption. The subjects of these essays emphasize community by discussing identity, religion, culture, public health, business, language, film, and literature. They imagine the homeland and the possibilities that life in the country of residence holds. This volume seeks to understand the historically collapsed notion of Asians in the Americas, wherein Asian identity has been strategically invoked within rigid confines for political and ideological perspectives. Through a comparative framework, Imagining Asia in the Americas moves past research models that consider the immigrant as a static subject that cuts his ties with the homeland and immerses himself in a new identity specifically linked to the host country. Instead, they introduce new approaches to examine the intersections of the past and present in community formation as it is linked to the homeland as well as the resident country"--Provided by publisher
    Abstract: Introduction / Debbie Lee-DiStefano -- Part I. Encounters : Moving past encounters : people of Asian descent in the Americas / Kathleen López -- Yellow blindness in a black and white ethnoscape : Chinese influence and heritage in Afro-Cuban religiosity / Martin A. Tsang -- Disrupting "the white myth" : Korean immigration to Buenos Aires and national imaginaries / Junyoung Verónica Kim -- Harnessing the dragon : overseas Chinese entrepreneurs in Mexico and Cuba / Adrian H. Hearn -- Part II. Historicities : interlude / Kathleen López -- Caught between crime and disease : Chinese exclusion and immigration restrictions in early twentieth-century Cuba / Jose Amador -- The politics of the pipe : opium regulation and protocolonial governance in nineteenth century Hawai'i / Julia Katz -- Part III. Lives/representations : interlude / Kathleen López -- Musings on identity and transgenerational experiences / Ann Kaneko -- Intersecting words : haiku in Gujarati / Roshni Rustomji-Kerns -- Cultural celebration, historical memory, and claim to place in Júlio Miyazawa's Yawara! a travessia Nihondin-Brasil and Uma rosa para Yumi / Ignacio López-Calvo
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    The force of custom : law and the ordering of everyday life in Kyrgyzstan (2016)
    Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822981541 , 0822981548
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Series Statement: Central Eurasia in context
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Beyer, Judith Force of custom
    DDC: 390.095843
    Keywords: Ethnology Kyrgyzstan ; Kyrgyz Ethnic identity ; History ; National characteristics, Kyrgyz ; Ethnology ; Kyrgyz Ethnic identity ; History ; National characteristics, Kyrgyz ; Ethnology ; Kyrgyz Ethnic identity ; History ; HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia ; HISTORY ; Asia ; Central Asia ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Customs & Traditions ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Ethnology ; Manners and customs ; National characteristics, Kyrgyz ; History ; Kyrgyzstan Social life and customs ; Kyrgyzstan Social life and customs ; Kyrgyzstan Social life and customs ; Kyrgyzstan ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The Force of Custom presents a finely textured ethnographic study that sheds new light on the legal and moral ordering of everyday life in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. Through her extensive fieldwork and firsthand experience, Judith Beyer reveals how Kyrgyz in Talas province negotiate proper behavior and regulate disputes by invoking custom, known to the locals as salt. While salt is presented as age-old tradition, its invocation is shown to be a highly developed and flexible rhetorical strategy that people adapt in order to meet the challenges of contemporary political, legal, economic, and religious environments. Officially, codified state law should take precedence when it comes to dispute resolution, yet the unwritten laws of salt and the increasing importance of Islamic law provide the standards for ordering everyday life. As Beyer further demonstrates, interpretations of both Islamic and state law are also intrinsically linked to salt. By interweaving case studies on kinship, legal negotiations, festive events, mourning rituals, and political and business dealings, Beyer shows how salt is the binding element in rural Kyrgyz social life and how it is used to explain and negotiate moral behavior and to postulate communal identity. In this way, salt provides a time-tested, sustainable source of authentication that defies changes in government and the shifting tides of religious movements"--
    Abstract: "The Force of Custom presents a finely textured ethnographic study that sheds new light on the legal and moral ordering of everyday life in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. Through her extensive fieldwork and firsthand experience, Judith Beyer reveals how Kyrgyz in Talas province negotiate proper behavior and regulate disputes by invoking custom, known to the locals as salt. While salt is presented as age-old tradition, its invocation is shown to be a highly developed and flexible rhetorical strategy that people adapt in order to meet the challenges of contemporary political, legal, economic, and religious environments. Officially, codified state law should take precedence when it comes to dispute resolution, yet the unwritten laws of salt and the increasing importance of Islamic law provide the standards for ordering everyday life. As Beyer further demonstrates, interpretations of both Islamic and state law are also intrinsically linked to salt. By interweaving case studies on kinship, legal negotiations, festive events, mourning rituals, and political and business dealings, Beyer shows how salt is the binding element in rural Kyrgyz social life and how it is used to explain and negotiate moral behavior and to postulate communal identity. In this way, salt provides a time-tested, sustainable source of authentication that defies changes in government and the shifting tides of religious movements"--
    Abstract: Acknowledgments; Preface; Notes on Naming, Addressing, and Fieldwork; Introduction. Invoking Custom; Chapter 1. Histories of Legal Plurality; Chapter 2. Settling Descent; Chapter 3. Imagining the State; Chapter 4. Performing Authority; Chapter 5. Buying and Paying Respect; Chapter 6. Taking and Giving Carpets; Chapter 7. Taming Custom; Conclusion. Ordering Everyday Life in Kyrgyzstan; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
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    Modernizing marriage : family, ideology, and law in nineteenth and early twentieth century Egypt (2015)
    New York : Syracuse University Press
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    ISBN: 0815653166 , 9780815653165
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Series Statement: Gender and globalization series
    Series Statement: Gender and Globalization
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cuno, Kenneth M., 1950- Modernizing marriage
    DDC: 306.81096209/034
    Keywords: Marriage 20th century ; Marriage 19th century ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; Egypt ; Marriage ; Egypt ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Marriage in politics : the obsolescence of household government and the shift to monogamy in the Khedival family -- Marriage in practice : the changing system of marriage and household formation -- Marriage reformed : modernist intellectuals and the new family ideology -- Marriage in law : transformations in the law applied -- Marriage codified : the invention of Egyptian personal status law -- Marriage modernized : the curious history of house of obedience
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    China's expanding African relations : implications for U.S. national security (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833090379 , 0833090372 , 9780833090386 , 0833090380 , 9780833088505 , 0833090313
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 110 pages)
    DDC: 303.48/25106
    Keywords: Geopolitics ; National security ; China ; Africa ; China ; Africa ; United States ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic book
    Abstract: "This report explores China's rapidly expanding involvement in Africa in order to better inform U.S. thinking about its relations both with China and with African states. The report pays particular attention to geostrategic competition in Africa, potential security threats, and opportunities on the continent. It examines the economic, political, and security interests driving Chinese engagement with African states and assesses potential medium-term changes in Sino-African relations across these three dimensions. It then assesses how China's interests and behavior on the continent affect the interests of the United States. In this matter, misperceptions often result from faulty assumptions about the potential for conflict over resources, images of Cold War-style geopolitical competition, and the nature of China's economic engagement with the continent. The report concludes by offering policy recommendations for U.S. and Army leaders concerned with U.S. security relationships with African states and with managing Sino-American relations in Africa. In particular, the report recommends that the United States should view China's sometimes-unfavorable activities in Africa in context and continue to seek opportunities to engage Beijing on mutual interests, such as defeating violent extremists, improving African infrastructure to promote trade and development, and encouraging economic and political stability on the continent."--Page 4 of cover
    DOI: 10.7249/j.ctt15zc655
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    Tea in China : a religious and cultural history (2015)
    Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press
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    ISBN: 9780824853983
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Tea in China : A Religious and Cultural History
    DDC: 394.1/50951
    Keywords: Tea Religious aspects ; Buddhism ; Tea Social aspects ; Tea in literature ; Tea -- Social aspects -- China ; Tea -- China -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism ; Tea ; China ; Religious aspects ; Buddhism ; Tea ; Social aspects ; China ; Tea in literature ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Tea as a religious and cultural commodity in traditional China -- The early history of tea: myth and reality -- Buddhism and tea during the Tang Dynasty -- Tea poetry in Tang China -- The patron saint of tea: religious aspects of the life and work of Lu Yu -- Tea: invigorating the body, mind, and society in the Song Dynasty -- Tea comes to Japan: Eisai's Kissa yojoki -- Religion and culture in the tea economy of late imperial China -- Conclusions.
    Description / Table of Contents: Tea as a religious and cultural commodity in traditional ChinaThe early history of tea: myth and reality -- Buddhism and tea during the Tang Dynasty -- Tea poetry in Tang China -- The patron saint of tea: religious aspects of the life and work of Lu Yu -- Tea: invigorating the body, mind, and society in the Song Dynasty -- Tea comes to Japan: Eisai's Kissa yojoki -- Religion and culture in the tea economy of late imperial China -- Conclusions.
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    Generations : rethinking age and citizenship (2015)
    Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press
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    ISBN: 9780814340813
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Series in fairy-tale studies
    Series Statement: Series in Citizenship Studies
    Parallel Title: Print version Generations : Rethinking Age and Citizenship
    DDC: 323.6
    Keywords: Age Political aspects ; Citizenship ; Human rights ; Civil rights ; Political participation ; Social sciences ; Geriatrics ; Age -- Political aspects ; Political participation ; Citizenship ; Civil rights ; Human rights ; Social sciences ; Geriatrics ; Age ; Political aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The meaning of citizenship and the way that it is expressed by an individual varies with age, develops over time, and is often learned by interacting with members of other generations. In "Generations: Rethinking Age and Citizenship, " editor Richard Marback presents contributions that explore this temporal dimension of membership in political communities through a variety of rich disciplinary perspectives. While the role of human time and temporality receive less attention in the interdisciplinary study of citizenship than do spatial dynamics of location and movement, "Generations "demonstrates that these factors are central to a full understanding of citizenship issues.Essays in "Generations "are organized into four sections: Age, Cohort, and Generation; Young Age, Globalization, Migration; Generational Disparities and the Clash of Cultures; and Later Life, Civic Engagement, Disenfranchisement. Contributors visit a range of geographic locations-including the U.S., U.K., Europe, and Africa-and consider the experiences of citizens who are native born, immigrant, and repatriated, in time periods that range from the nineteenth century to the present. Taken together, the diverse contributions in this volume illustrate the ways in which personal experiences of community membership change as we age, and also explore how experiences of civic engagement can and do change from one generation to the next.Teachers and students of citizenship studies, cultural studies, gerontology, sociology, and political science will enjoy this thought-provoking look at age, aging, and generational differences in relation to the concept and experience of citizenship
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the Series in Citizenship Studies; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rethinking Age and Citizenship; I. Age, Cohort, and Generation; 1. Civic Renewal: Theory and Practice; 2. "Appreciation and Elevation of Labor": Working-Class Youth and Middle-Class Citizenship; 3. The Spectacle of a Farmer Bending Over a Washtub: Gendered Labor in the Preparation for Native American Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century Arizona; 4. He Wants to Take Them to Russia! American Courts and the Battle for Birth Citizens during the Cold War
    Description / Table of Contents: II. Young Age, Globalization, Migration5. The Negotiation of Citizenship among Pakistani Youth in Great Britain: Intersections, Interventions, and Interactions; 6. Complicating Citizenship: How Children of Immigrants in Italy Represent Belonging and Rights; 7. Children, Postconflict Processes, and Situated Cosmopolitanism; III. Generational Disparities and the Clash of Cultures; 8. (Re)Claiming US Citizenship: Mexican American Repatriation in the 1930s and Mexican-Born Children; 9. The Challenge of ANC Youth from the Soweto Uprising to Julius Malema
    Description / Table of Contents: 10. Old Beurs, New Beurs, and French CitizenshipIV. Later Life, Civic Engagement, Disenfranchisement; 11. Is Participation Decline Inevitable as Generations Age? Insights from African American Elders; 12. "Active Aging" as Citizenship in Poland; 13. From Personal Care to Medical Care: The Problem of Old Age and the Rise of the Senior Solution, 1949-50; Conclusion; Contributors; Index
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    Metis and the medicine line : creating a border and dividing a people (2015)
    Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press
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    ISBN: 9781469623238
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Edition: First edition
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
    Series Statement: The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History Ser
    Parallel Title: Print version Metis and the Medicine Line : Creating a Border and Dividing a People
    DDC: 305.897/071
    Keywords: Métis History ; Métis Government relations ; Métis Ethnic identity ; Métis History ; Métis -- Canada, Western -- History ; Métis -- Great Plains -- History ; Métis -- Government relations ; Métis -- Ethnic identity ; Borderlands -- Canada -- History ; Borderlands -- United States -- History ; Northern boundary of the United States -- Ethnic relations ; Borderlands ; Canada ; History ; Borderlands ; United States ; History ; Métis ; Canada, Western ; History ; Métis ; Ethnic identity ; Métis ; Government relations ; Métis ; Great Plains ; History ; Northern boundary of the United States ; Ethnic relations ; Electronic books ; Montana Ethnic relations ; Red River Settlement History ; Northern boundary of the United States History 19th century ; Northern boundary of the United States Ethnic relations ; Borderlands History ; Borderlands History
    Abstract: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Borders and Belonging -- Chapter 1. Emergence: Creating a Metis Borderland -- Chapter 2. Exchange: Trade, Sovereignty, and the Forty- Ninth Parallel -- Chapter 3. Belonging: Land, Treaties, and the Boundaries of Race -- Chapter 4. Resistance: Dismantling Plains Metis Borderland Settlements, 1879-1885 -- Chapter 5. Exile: Scrip and Enrollment Commissions and the Shifting Boundaries of Belonging, 1885-1920 -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Borders and belongingEmergence: Creating a Metis borderland -- Exchange: Trade, sovereignty, and the forty-ninth parallel -- Belonging: Land, treaties, and the boundaries of race -- Resistance: Dismantling Plains Metis borderland settlements, 1879-1885 -- Exile: Scrip and Enrollment Commissions and the shifting boundaries of belonging, 1885-1920.
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    Deaf space in Adamorobe : an ethnographic study in a village in Ghana (2015)
    Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press
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    ISBN: 9781563686337
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Kusters, Annelies Deaf Space in Adamorobe : An Ethnographic Study in a Village in Ghana
    DDC: 305.908209667
    Keywords: Deaf Marriage ; Deaf Social life and customs ; Deaf culture ; Ethnology ; Akan (African people) ; Ethnology - Ghana - Adamorobe ; Deaf culture ; Ghana ; Adamorobe ; Deaf ; Ghana ; Adamorobe ; Social life and customs ; Deaf ; Marriage ; Ghana ; Adamorobe ; Akan (African people) ; Ghana ; Adamorobe ; Ethnology ; Ghana ; Adamorobe ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Map of Adamorobe -- Map 2 of Adamorobe -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Chapter 1: A Deaf Anthropologist's Journey -- Chapter 2: Adamorobe: An Akan Village in the Akwapim Valley -- Chapter 3: A Deaf-Inclusive Village ""Since Time Immemorial until the End of Days"" -- Chapter 4: ""Deaf Same"": Deaf Spaces and Deaf Sociality -- Chapter 5: Explanations of Deafness in Adamorobe -- Chapter 6: The Marriage Prohibition and Deaf-Deaf Relationships -- Chapter 7: Deaf Education, the Deaf Church Group, Literacy, and Ghanaian Sign Language
    Abstract: Chapter 8: Charitable Aid, Development Projects, and Group Leadership -- Chapter 9: Visitors, Researchers, and Tourism -- Chapter 10: The End of the ""Deaf Village""? -- Notes -- Index
    Description / Table of Contents: A deaf anthropologist's journey -- Adamorobe: an Akan village in the Akwapim Valley -- A deaf-inclusive village "since time immemorial until the end of days" -- "Deaf same"? Deaf spaces and deaf sociality -- Explanations of deafness in Adamorobe -- The marriage prohibition and deaf-deaf relationships -- Deaf education, the deaf church group, literacy, and Ghanaian sign language -- Charitable aid, development projects, and group leadership -- Visitors, researchers, and tourism -- The end of the "deaf village"?
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    The motherhood business : consumption, communication, and privilege (2015)
    Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press
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    ISBN: 9780817389086 , 0817389083
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Rhetoric, culture, and social critique
    Series Statement: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
    DDC: 306.874/3
    Keywords: Consumption (Economics) Social aspects ; Mothers ; Motherhood Economic aspects ; Electronic books
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/42042
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    Bruno Latour in pieces : an intellectual biography (2014-2015)
    Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse
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    ISBN: 9780823263738
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 PDF (xiii, 175 pages)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Forms of living
    Series Statement: Forms of Living (FUP)
    Series Statement: Forms of Living Ser.
    Parallel Title: Print version Bruno Latour in Pieces : An Intellectual Biography
    DDC: 340.115
    Keywords: Latour, Bruno ; Law Philosophy ; Law -- Philosophy ; Latour, Bruno ; Law ; Philosophy ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Intro -- C o n t e n t s -- A b b r e v i at i o n s f o r F r e q u e n t ly C i t e d W o r k s -- A c k n ow l e d g m e n t s -- Introduction -- Exegesis and Ethnology -- A Philosopher in the Laboratory -- Machines of Tradition -- Pandora and the History of Modernity -- Of Actants, Forces, and Things -- Science and Action -- Questions Concerning Technology -- The Coming Parliament -- Conclusion -- T i m e l i n e -- N o t e s -- B i b l i o g r a p h y -- I n d e x.
    Description / Table of Contents: ""C o n t e n t s""; ""A b b r e v i at i o n s f o r F r e q u e n t ly C i t e d W o r k s""; ""A c k n ow l e d g m e n t s""; ""Introduction""; ""Exegesis and Ethnology""; ""A Philosopher in the Laboratory ""; ""Machines of Tradition""; ""Pandora and the History of Modernity""; ""Of Actants, Forces, and Things""; ""Science and Action""; ""Questions Concerning Technology""; ""The Coming Parliament""; ""Conclusion""; ""T i m e l i n e""; ""N o t e s""; ""B i b l i o g r a p h y""; ""I n d e x""
    Note: Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Drift and mastery : an attempt to diagnose the current unrest (2015)
    Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press
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    ISBN: 9780299304836
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Drift and Mastery : An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest
    DDC: 306.0973
    Keywords: Progressivism (United States politics) ; United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918 ; United States -- Politics and government ; Progressivism (United States politics);United States ; Social conditions ; 1865-1918.;United States ; Politics and government ; United States ; Social conditions ; 1865-1918.. ; United States ; Politics and government ; Progressivism (United States politics) ; Electronic books ; United States Social conditions 1865-1918 ; United States Politics and government
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Walter Lippmann's Drift and Mastery -- Introduction -- Part One -- 1. The Themes of Muckraking -- 2. New Incentives -- 3. The Magic of Property -- 4. Caveat Emptor -- 5. A Key to the Labor Movement -- 6. The Funds of Progress -- 7. "A Nation of Villagers -- Part Two -- 8. A Big World and Little Men -- 9. Drift -- 10. The Rock of Ages -- Part Three -- 11. A Note on the Women's Movement -- 12. Bogeys -- 13. Poverty, Chastity, Obedience -- 14. Mastery -- 15. Modern Communion -- 16. Fact and Fancy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; Foreword; Walter Lippmann's Drift and Mastery; Introduction; Part One; 1. The Themes of Muckraking; 2. New Incentives; 3. The Magic of Property; 4. Caveat Emptor; 5. A Key to the Labor Movement; 6. The Funds of Progress; 7. "A Nation of Villagers""; Part Two; 8. A Big World and Little Men; 9. Drift; 10. The Rock of Ages; Part Three; 11. A Note on the Women's Movement; 12. Bogeys; 13. Poverty, Chastity, Obedience; 14. Mastery; 15. Modern Communion; 16. Fact and Fancy
    Note: "First Wisconsin printing 1985. This edition first published in 1961 by Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Originally published in 1914 by Mitchell Kennerley"--Title page verso , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Slavery, childhood, and abolition in Jamaica, 1788-1838 (2015)
    Athens : The University of Georgia Press
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    ISBN: 9780820348032
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Early American places
    Series Statement: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
    DDC: 306.3/62083097292
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    NW 8295
    Keywords: Plantation life History ; Slavery History ; Families, Black History ; Children, Black History ; Child slaves Social conditions ; Child slaves History 19th century ; Child slaves History 18th century ; Jamaica Race relations ; Antislavery movements History ; Antislavery movements History ; Electronic book ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This project examines childhood and slavery in Jamaica from 1750, when abolitionist sentiment began to take hold in England, to 1838, when slavery finally ended on the island. By focusing specifically on the changing nature of slave childhood in Jamaica, Vasconcellos examines how childhood and slavery influenced and changed each other throughout this period of study, with the abolitionist movement standing as the main catalyst for change. With each chapter focusing on a different aspect of the slave experience, this monograph explores a childhood that was defined by planter opinion and manipulation, but one that was increasingly affected by the complex processes of slavery, abolition, and eventually emancipation. In doing so, this study reveals a great deal about slave family and childhood from the inside, shining new light on the experiences of slave children and slave families in Jamaica"--Provided by publisher.
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/39919
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    Evaluation of California's statewide mental health prevention and early intervention programs : summary of key year 2 findings (2015)
    [Santa Monica, CA] : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089199 , 0833089196
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 362.209794
    Keywords: Mental health services Evaluation ; Mental illness Prevention ; Mental health services ; Mental illness ; Mental illness ; Prevention ; California ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; Electronic books
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    Development of a model for the validation of work relative value units for the Medicare physician fee schedule (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089755 , 0833089757
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 331.2/81362172
    Keywords: Medical fees ; Medicare Finance ; Medical care, Cost of ; Medical fees ; Medicare ; Medical care, Cost of ; Medicare ; Finance ; Medical care, Cost of ; Medical fees ; Electronic books
    Note: "Sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , Includes bibliographical references
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    Improving care for chronic conditions : current practices and future trends in health plan programs (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833091475 , 0833091476
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 616.044
    Keywords: Chronic diseases Treatment ; Chronic diseases ; Chronic diseases ; Chronic diseases ; Chronic diseases ; Chronic diseases ; Treatment ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Program prevalence -- 3. Program design -- 4. Member interaction -- 5. Coordinating plan and provider activities -- 6. Chronic care management program evaluation -- 7. Challenges to chronic care management program success -- 8. Conclusions -- Appendix A. Detailed results from survey -- Appendix B. Case studies.
    Abstract: The need for better management of chronic conditions is urgent. Many health plans have developed innovative approaches to improving care for their members with chronic conditions. This report documents the current range of health plans' chronic care management services, identifies best practices and industry trends, and examines factors in plans' operating environment that limit their ability to optimize chronic care programs
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    The Islamic state we knew : insights before the resurgence and their implications (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833091864 , 0833093800 , 0833091867 , 9780833093806
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (23 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1267-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print versionShatz, Howard J Islamic state we knew
    Keywords: IS (Organization) ; IS (Organization) ; Terrorism Prevention ; International cooperation ; Radicalism ; Islamic fundamentalism ; Terrorism ; Radicalism ; Islamic fundamentalism ; Radicalism ; Terrorism ; Prevention ; International cooperation ; Middle East ; HISTORY ; General ; IS (Organization) ; Islamic fundamentalism ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The group calling itself the Islamic State poses a grave threat, not just to Iraq and Syria but to the region more broadly and to the United States and its global coalition partners. A deadly and adaptive foe, the Islamic State seemed to come out of nowhere in June 2014, when it conquered Mosul. However, the Islamic State of today is the direct descendant of a group that Iraq, the United States, and their partners once fought as al-Qa'ida in Iraq and then as the Islamic State of Iraq. The wealth of publicly available information about the group indicates that the Islamic State's reemergence in 2014, and especially its methods and goals, should not have come as a surprise, although the strength and scope of that reemergence were rightfully shocking. The history considered in this report provides information known by the end of 2011 about the group's origins, finances, organization, methods of establishing control over territory, and response to airpower. Now that the Islamic State has reemerged, countering it can rely, in part, on the great deal of accumulated knowledge available. Because Iraqis and coalition forces routed the group once, the group's history can inform four components of a successful strategy against the Islamic State: degrading the group's finances, eliminating its leadership and potential leadership, creating a better strategy to hold recaptured territory, and making use of airpower"-- Provided by publisher
    Note: "This report is derived from a May 27, 2015 talk presented at the 11th Annual National Security Conference of the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies in Herzliya, Israel, "Winning Small Wars and the Role of Air Power." The talk appeared in a session titled "Knowing, Perceiving, Understanding: What We Knew but Did Not Understand." The full conference agenda and videos of selected presentations are available on the Fisher Instituter's website"-- Back cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 20-23)
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    Look east, cross black waters : India's interest in Southeast Asia (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089014 , 0833092081 , 0833089013 , 9780833092083
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 286 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-1021-AF
    Parallel Title: Print version Blank, Jonah Look east, cross black waters
    Keywords: India ; Southeast Asia ; United States ; Politics and government ; Southeast Asia ; Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East ; History & Archaeology ; Diplomatic relations ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Government ; International ; Southeast Asia Foreign relations ; India Politics and government 21st century ; India Foreign relations ; United States Foreign relations ; India Foreign relations ; Southeast Asia ; India ; India ; United States ; India ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The global security interests of India and the United States overlap far more than they clash, and this is particularly the case in Southeast Asia. India's core goals for Southeast Asia are all in basic harmony with those of the United States -- including regional stability; prevention of any outside nation from dominating the politics or economy of the region; peaceful settlement of territorial disputes such as the South China Sea; secure shipping through the Straits of Malacca and other crucial transit points; increased land, sea and air connectivity infrastructure; Myanmar's democratic transition; and containment of radicalism in states including Indonesia and Malaysia. But America should not expect India to enter any sort of alliance (formal or de facto), nor join any coalition to balance against China. This does not indicate an anti-American outlook, but a determination to engage with Southeast Asia at a pace and manner of India's own choosing -- and a deep caution about precipitating conflict with Beijing. The replacement of a Congress Party government with a Bharatiya Janata Party administration in May 2014 has resulted in a recalibration of India's foreign policy, but not a radical shift in its overall direction. For U.S. policymakers in the security arena, the challenge in building cooperation with India in Southeast Asia will boil down to four elements: (1) understanding India's own goals for the region better, (2) adopting strategic patience in working at a pace and manner comfortable to India, (3) finding specific areas on which to focus attention, such as technology transfer, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Myanmar policy, and (4) moving forward, laying the foundation for future progress"--Publisher's web site
    Abstract: "The global security interests of India and the United States overlap far more than they clash, and this is particularly the case in Southeast Asia. India's core goals for Southeast Asia are all in basic harmony with those of the United States -- including regional stability; prevention of any outside nation from dominating the politics or economy of the region; peaceful settlement of territorial disputes such as the South China Sea; secure shipping through the Straits of Malacca and other crucial transit points; increased land, sea and air connectivity infrastructure; Myanmar's democratic transition; and containment of radicalism in states including Indonesia and Malaysia. But America should not expect India to enter any sort of alliance (formal or de facto), nor join any coalition to balance against China. This does not indicate an anti-American outlook, but a determination to engage with Southeast Asia at a pace and manner of India's own choosing -- and a deep caution about precipitating conflict with Beijing. The replacement of a Congress Party government with a Bharatiya Janata Party administration in May 2014 has resulted in a recalibration of India's foreign policy, but not a radical shift in its overall direction. For U.S. policymakers in the security arena, the challenge in building cooperation with India in Southeast Asia will boil down to four elements: (1) understanding India's own goals for the region better, (2) adopting strategic patience in working at a pace and manner comfortable to India, (3) finding specific areas on which to focus attention, such as technology transfer, humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Myanmar policy, and (4) moving forward, laying the foundation for future progress"--Publisher's web site
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    Evaluation of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership : progress report on first stage of analysis (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833093950 , 0833093959
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 56 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-1349-OSD
    Keywords: Military spouses Employment ; Military spouses ; United States ; LAW ; Labor & Employment ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The frequent relocations associated with military service place distinct demands on service members and their families and can complicate military spouses' career trajectories. Recognizing this challenge, the White House published a directive in 2011 ordering the Department of Defense to expand the Army Spouse Employment Partnership, which had recruited 52 employer partners since its inception in 2003 to assist military spouses seeking employment, to serve Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force spouses. The resulting Military Spouse Employment Partnership, launched on June 29, 2011, is one of four initiatives under the Department of Defense's Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program. In December 2014, the U.S. Congress mandated an evaluation of the Partnership and the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy sponsored RAND to assess the extent to which the Partnership addresses its objectives. This report documents the first phase of research to help meet the congressional requirement for a 'report evaluating the progress of military spouse employment programs.' This research should be of interest to policymakers responsible for programs or oversight of programs supporting military spouse quality of life, as well as scholars who study military spouse issues and program evaluation"--Publisher's web site
    Abstract: "The frequent relocations associated with military service place distinct demands on service members and their families and can complicate military spouses' career trajectories. Recognizing this challenge, the White House published a directive in 2011 ordering the Department of Defense to expand the Army Spouse Employment Partnership, which had recruited 52 employer partners since its inception in 2003 to assist military spouses seeking employment, to serve Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force spouses. The resulting Military Spouse Employment Partnership, launched on June 29, 2011, is one of four initiatives under the Department of Defense's Spouse Education and Career Opportunities program. In December 2014, the U.S. Congress mandated an evaluation of the Partnership and the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy sponsored RAND to assess the extent to which the Partnership addresses its objectives. This report documents the first phase of research to help meet the congressional requirement for a 'report evaluating the progress of military spouse employment programs.' This research should be of interest to policymakers responsible for programs or oversight of programs supporting military spouse quality of life, as well as scholars who study military spouse issues and program evaluation"--Publisher's web site
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    Reviewing the evidence base for Mental Health First Aid : is there support for its use with key target populations in California? (2015)
    [Santa Monica, Calif.] : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089182 , 0833089188
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 353.6/4
    Keywords: Mental Health First Aid (Program) ; Mental Health First Aid (Program) ; Mental illness Diagnosis ; Mental health services ; Substance abuse Diagnosis ; First aid in illness and injury ; Substance abuse Treatment ; Mental illness Treatment ; Mental illness ; Mental health services ; Substance abuse ; First aid in illness and injury ; Substance abuse ; Mental illness ; Mental health services ; Mental illness ; Diagnosis ; Mental illness ; Treatment ; Substance abuse ; Diagnosis ; Substance abuse ; Treatment ; California ; First aid in illness and injury ; Electronic books
    Note: "RR-972-CMHSA"--Colophon , Caption title , Includes bibliographical references
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    Costs of selected policies to address air pollution in China (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089335 , 0833089331
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 363.739/20951
    Keywords: Air quality management Government policy ; Air quality management Government policy ; Costs ; Air Pollution ; Government policy ; Air Pollution ; Government policy ; Costs ; Air quality management ; Air quality management ; Air ; Air ; Air quality management ; Government policy ; China ; Air ; Pollution ; Government policy ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Air pollution has been one of the most pernicious consequences of China's last three decades of economic transformation and growth. This report estimates the costs of three measures to reduce air pollution in China: replacing coal with natural gas for residential and commercial heating, replacing half of China's coal-fired electric power generation with renewables or nuclear power, and scrapping highly polluting vehicles"--Publisher's description
    Abstract: "Air pollution has been one of the most pernicious consequences of China's last three decades of economic transformation and growth. This report estimates the costs of three measures to reduce air pollution in China: replacing coal with natural gas for residential and commercial heating, replacing half of China's coal-fired electric power generation with renewables or nuclear power, and scrapping highly polluting vehicles"--Publisher's description
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    Resources and capabilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide timely and accessible care to veterans (2015)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833092151 , 0833092154
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 377 pages)
    Keywords: United States Evaluation ; United States ; Health services accessibility ; Veterans Medical care ; Health services accessibility ; Veterans ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Evaluation ; Health services accessibility ; Veterans ; Medical care ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 addressed the need for access to timely, high-quality health care for veterans. Section 201 of the legislation called for an independent assessment of various aspects of veterans' health care. The RAND Corporation was tasked with an assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA's) current and projected health care capabilities and resources. An examination of data from a variety of sources, along with a survey of VA medical facility leaders, revealed the breadth and depth of VA resources and capabilities: fiscal resources, workforce and human resources, physical infrastructure, interorganizational relationships, and information resources. The assessment identified barriers to the effective use of these resources and capabilities. Analysis of data on access to VA care and the quality of that care showed that almost all veterans live within 40 miles of a VA health facility, but fewer have access to VA specialty care. Veterans usually receive care within 14 days of their desired appointment date, but wait times vary considerably across VA facilities. VA has long played a national leadership role in measuring the quality of health care. The assessment showed that VA health care quality was as good or better on most measures compared with other health systems, but quality performance lagged at some VA facilities. VA will require more resources and capabilities to meet a projected increase in veterans' demand for VA care over the next five years. Options for increasing capacity include accelerated hiring, full nurse practice authority, and expanded use of telehealth
    Abstract: The Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 addressed the need for access to timely, high-quality health care for veterans. Section 201 of the legislation called for an independent assessment of various aspects of veterans' health care. The RAND Corporation was tasked with an assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA's) current and projected health care capabilities and resources. An examination of data from a variety of sources, along with a survey of VA medical facility leaders, revealed the breadth and depth of VA resources and capabilities: fiscal resources, workforce and human resources, physical infrastructure, interorganizational relationships, and information resources. The assessment identified barriers to the effective use of these resources and capabilities. Analysis of data on access to VA care and the quality of that care showed that almost all veterans live within 40 miles of a VA health facility, but fewer have access to VA specialty care. Veterans usually receive care within 14 days of their desired appointment date, but wait times vary considerably across VA facilities. VA has long played a national leadership role in measuring the quality of health care. The assessment showed that VA health care quality was as good or better on most measures compared with other health systems, but quality performance lagged at some VA facilities. VA will require more resources and capabilities to meet a projected increase in veterans' demand for VA care over the next five years. Options for increasing capacity include accelerated hiring, full nurse practice authority, and expanded use of telehealth
    Note: "Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs , DOI: 10.7249/RR1165.2 , Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-377)
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    Suicide postvention in the Department of Defense : evidence, policies and procedures, and perspectives of loss survivors (2015)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833086440 , 0833086448 , 9780833086457 , 0833086456 , 9780833086433 , 083308643X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Parallel Title: Print version Ramchand, Rajeev Suicide postvention in the Department of Defense
    Keywords: United States Personnel management ; Research ; United States ; Soldiers Suicidal behavior ; Military research ; Suicide Prevention ; Government policy ; Suicide Prevention ; Research ; Psychology, Military ; Soldiers ; Military research ; Suicide ; Suicide ; Psychology, Military ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Security ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Services & Welfare ; Military research ; Personnel management ; Research ; Psychology, Military ; Soldiers ; Suicidal behavior ; Suicide ; Prevention ; Government policy ; United States ; United States ; United States Armed Forces ; Mental health services ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has been struggling with increasing rates of suicide among military personnel for the past decade. As DoD continues to implement new programs and examine its policies in an effort to prevent military personnel from taking their own lives, it is important to assess its current responses to suicide and to identify opportunities to enhance these programs and policies. Unfortunately, there is little scientific evidence on how best to respond to suicides, how to ensure that surveillance activities are managed appropriately and that loss survivors are given sufficient support to grieve, how additional suicides can be prevented, and how to honor and respect the decedent and his or her loved ones. At the same time, there are many resource guides intended to provide recommendations for organizations (mostly schools) in responding to suicides. A review of the existing scientific evidence on postvention (responses to prevent additional suicides in the aftermath of a suicide) and guidance for other types of organizations provides potential insights for DoD, however. Complemented by the perspectives of those most intimately touched by military suicide - the family and friends of those who have died - these sources may help DoD formulate its guidance in a practical and sensitive way
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    Visions of law enforcement technology in the period 2024-2034 : report of the Law Enforcement Futuring Workshop (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088796 , 0833090240 , 0833088793 , 9780833090249
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 83 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Silberglitt, R.S. (Richard S.) Visions of law enforcement technology in the period 2024-2034
    Keywords: Technological forecasting Congresses ; Law enforcement Congresses Technological innovations 21st century ; Technological forecasting ; Law enforcement ; Conference papers and proceedings ; COMPUTERS ; Data Modeling & Design ; Law enforcement ; Technological innovations ; Technological forecasting ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This report describes the results of the Law Enforcement Futuring Workshop, which was held at RAND's Washington Office in Arlington, Virginia, from July 22 to 25, 2014. The objective of this workshop was to identify high-priority technology needs for law enforcement based on consideration of current and future trends in society, technology, and law enforcement over a ten- to 20-year time period. During the workshop, participants developed sets of future scenarios, constructed pathways from the present to alternative futures, and considered how law enforcement use of technology might affect these pathways. They then identified technology needs (including training and changes in policies or practice) that, if addressed, could enable pathways to desirable futures or prevent or mitigate the effects of pathways to undesirable futures. On the final days of the workshop, the technology needs were prioritized using a Delphi method. The output of this workshop described in the report included ten future scenarios and 30 technology needs. The technology needs fell into three general categories--technology-related knowledge and practice, information sharing and use, and technology research and development--and were placed into three priority tiers"--Back cover
    Abstract: "This report describes the results of the Law Enforcement Futuring Workshop, which was held at RAND's Washington Office in Arlington, Virginia, from July 22 to 25, 2014. The objective of this workshop was to identify high-priority technology needs for law enforcement based on consideration of current and future trends in society, technology, and law enforcement over a ten- to 20-year time period. During the workshop, participants developed sets of future scenarios, constructed pathways from the present to alternative futures, and considered how law enforcement use of technology might affect these pathways. They then identified technology needs (including training and changes in policies or practice) that, if addressed, could enable pathways to desirable futures or prevent or mitigate the effects of pathways to undesirable futures. On the final days of the workshop, the technology needs were prioritized using a Delphi method. The output of this workshop described in the report included ten future scenarios and 30 technology needs. The technology needs fell into three general categories--technology-related knowledge and practice, information sharing and use, and technology research and development--and were placed into three priority tiers"--Back cover
    Note: "Sponsored by the National Institute of Justice , "Results of a workshop held at the RAND Corporation's Washington Office in Arlington, Virginia, from July 22 to 25, 2014"--Page iii , "RR-908-NIJ."--Back cover , At head of title: Priority Criminal Justice Needs Initiative. A project of the RAND Corporation, the Police Executive Research Forum, RTI International, and the University of Denver , Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-83)
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    Reducing the cultivation of opium poppies in southern Afghanistan (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833091284 , 083309128X , 9780833090485 , 0833090488
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 233 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1075-DOS
    Parallel Title: Print versionGreenfield, Victoria A., 1964- Reducing the cultivation of opium poppies in southern Afghanistan
    DDC: 362.293
    Keywords: Opium poppy growers ; Rural development ; Opium trade ; Opium poppy growers ; Rural development ; Opium trade ; Opium trade ; Rural development ; Social Sciences ; Afghanistan ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Substance Abuse ; Agriculture ; Opium poppy growers ; Afghanistan Agriculture ; Afghanistan ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This report identifies a broad range of factors that drive opium poppy cultivation in southern Afghanistan, the locus of opium production in that country, and assesses the positive and negative effects of programs designed to promote rural development, eradicate opium poppies, or otherwise create incentives for farmers to reduce the cultivation of opium poppies. The authors consider the decision to cultivate opium poppy or other crops from the perspective of farmers who must balance concerns about household income and food sufficiency in the context of socio-economic and environmental factors that, for example, relate to security, eradication, and environmental risks; governance and religiosity; landholding terms and conditions; household circumstances; and agricultural input costs and commodity prices. A factor might encourage or discourage opium poppy cultivation and, in some instances, it could have indeterminate or conflicting effects. Then, the authors examine how rural development, crop eradication, and other programs touch on the factors --and affect poppy cultivation--through mechanisms that include subsidies on fertilizer, high-quality wheat seed, saplings and vines, and farm equipment and facilities; infrastructure investment; training; introduction of non-traditional crops; cash-for-work programs; improved market links; and non-agricultural rural income. On the basis of the assessment, the authors also provide advice on how to design programs that might better serve to reduce the cultivation of opium poppies in southern Afghanistan over the long term"--Abstract
    Abstract: "This report identifies a broad range of factors that drive opium poppy cultivation in southern Afghanistan, the locus of opium production in that country, and assesses the positive and negative effects of programs designed to promote rural development, eradicate opium poppies, or otherwise create incentives for farmers to reduce the cultivation of opium poppies. The authors consider the decision to cultivate opium poppy or other crops from the perspective of farmers who must balance concerns about household income and food sufficiency in the context of socio-economic and environmental factors that, for example, relate to security, eradication, and environmental risks; governance and religiosity; landholding terms and conditions; household circumstances; and agricultural input costs and commodity prices. A factor might encourage or discourage opium poppy cultivation and, in some instances, it could have indeterminate or conflicting effects. Then, the authors examine how rural development, crop eradication, and other programs touch on the factors --and affect poppy cultivation--through mechanisms that include subsidies on fertilizer, high-quality wheat seed, saplings and vines, and farm equipment and facilities; infrastructure investment; training; introduction of non-traditional crops; cash-for-work programs; improved market links; and non-agricultural rural income. On the basis of the assessment, the authors also provide advice on how to design programs that might better serve to reduce the cultivation of opium poppies in southern Afghanistan over the long term"--Abstract
    Note: "June 17, 2015"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233)
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    The potential of blind collaborative justice : testing the impact of expert blinding and consensus building on the validity of forensic testimony (2015)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833093776 , 0833093770 , 9780833091437 , 0833091433
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 347.7367
    Keywords: Evidence, Expert ; Forensic sciences ; Evidence, Expert ; Forensic sciences ; Forensic sciences ; Evidence, Expert ; Electronic books
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    Effects of Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Programs Conducted Under the California Mental Health Services Authority : an Evaluation of Runyon Saltzman Einhorn, Inc., Documentary Screening Events (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833093783 , 0833093789
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (11 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1257-CMHSA
    DDC: 362.209794
    Keywords: Mental health services Evaluation ; Discrimination against the mentally ill ; Mental illness Public opinion ; Mental health services ; Discrimination against the mentally ill ; Mental illness ; Health Services Research ; Program Evaluation ; Mental Health Services ; Prejudice prevention & control ; Social Stigma ; Mental illness ; Public opinion ; Discrimination against the mentally ill ; California ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; California ; Electronic books ; Review
    Abstract: "Describes the methods and results of a RAND evaluation of stigma and discrimination reduction efforts by Runyon Saltzman Einhorn, Inc., involving screenings of a documentary film called 'A New State of Mind: Ending the Stigma of Mental Illness' "--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Key Findings -- Methods: Sampling Procedure and Survey Administration -- Measures -- Expected Short-Term Outcomes of RSE Documentary Screening Events -- Results: Sample Characteristics -- Analysis Strategy -- Short-Term Outcomes of RSE Documentary Screening Events -- RSE documentary screening event participation reduced perceptions of dangerousness, increased beliefs about recovery, and had no effect on beliefs about the contributions that people with mental illness can make to society -- RSE documentary screening events resulted in slight increases in awareness of stigma and intentions to reduce discrimination -- RSE documentary screening events resulted in a very small increase in the likelihood of seeking professional help if needed, a very small decrease in likelihood of delaying treatment, and a small decrease in the likelihood of concealing a mental health problem -- RSE documentary screening events were more effective at reducing stigma among participants who had never personally experienced a mental illness and who had never had family members with mental illness -- RSE documentary screening event effectiveness varied by participant race/ethnicity, but not by stakeholder role or gender -- Discussion -- Notes -- Appendix. RSE Documentary Screening Event Effectiveness Variation Among Participant Subgroups -- References -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments.
    Note: "October 27, 2015"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references (page 11)
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    Strategic analysis of the 2014 Wounded Warrior Project annual alumni survey : a way forward (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833093349 , 0833093347
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 115 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-963-WWP
    Keywords: Wounded Warrior Project Evaluation ; Wounded Warrior Project ; Disabled veterans Employment ; Disabled veterans Education ; Disabled veterans Health and hygiene ; Disabled veterans Mental health ; Disabled veterans ; Disabled veterans ; Disabled veterans ; Disabled veterans ; Evaluation ; United States ; SELF-HELP ; Substance Abuse & Addictions ; General ; Disabled veterans ; Employment ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) provides support and raises public awareness for service members and veterans who incurred physical or mental injury, illness, or wound coincident to their military service on or after September 11, 2001, as well as their families and caregivers. Through WWP, members (Alumni) have access to programs that support four main areas of recovery -- engagement, mind, body, and economic empowerment. Using 2014 WWP Annual Alumni Survey data, RAND researchers offer a detailed analysis of how Alumni of different genders, races and ethnicities, military service histories, and service-related health conditions fare in terms of mental health, physical health, and economic well-being. The report also offers recommendations for the organization's decisionmakers to consider in setting goals and creating programs to support WWP Alumni"--Publisher's web site
    Abstract: "Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) provides support and raises public awareness for service members and veterans who incurred physical or mental injury, illness, or wound coincident to their military service on or after September 11, 2001, as well as their families and caregivers. Through WWP, members (Alumni) have access to programs that support four main areas of recovery -- engagement, mind, body, and economic empowerment. Using 2014 WWP Annual Alumni Survey data, RAND researchers offer a detailed analysis of how Alumni of different genders, races and ethnicities, military service histories, and service-related health conditions fare in terms of mental health, physical health, and economic well-being. The report also offers recommendations for the organization's decisionmakers to consider in setting goals and creating programs to support WWP Alumni"--Publisher's web site
    Note: "Prepared for the Wounded Warrior Project , "National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-115) , Series from web site
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    National security implications of virtual currency : examining the potential for non-state actor deployment (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833091833 , 083309369X , 0833091832 , 9780833093691
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 83 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-1231-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print versionBaron, Joshua William National security implications of virtual currency
    Keywords: National security Economic aspects ; Electronic funds transfers Political aspects ; National security ; Electronic funds transfers ; COMPUTERS ; Internet ; General ; National security ; Economic aspects ; Banking ; Finance ; Business & Economics ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This report examines the feasibility for non-state actors, including terrorist and insurgent groups, to increase their political and/or economic power by deploying a virtual currency (VC) for use in regular economic transactions. A VC, such as Bitcoin, is a digital representation of value that can be transferred, stored, or traded electronically and that is neither issued by a central bank or public authority, nor necessarily attached to a fiat currency (dollars, euros, etc.), but is accepted by people as a means of payment. We addressed the following research questions from both the technological and political-economic perspectives: (1) Why would a non-state actor deploy a VC? That is, what political and/or economic utility is there to gain? How might this non-state actor go about such a deployment? What challenges would it have to overcome? (2) How might a government or organization successfully technologically disrupt a VC deployment by a non-state actor, and what degree of cyber sophistication would be required? (3) What additional capabilities become possible when the technologies underlying the development and implementation of VCs are used for purposes broader than currency?"--Publisher's web site
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction: Approach -- Chapter Two: The Current State of Virtual Currencies: The Evolution to Virtual Currencies -- Origins and Trends of Virtual Currencies -- Early Systems -- Bitcoin -- Virtual Currencies After Bitcoin: Altcoins -- Authority (De)centralization and Implications for Virtual Currency Design -- Virtual Currencies and Non-State Actors -- Chapter Three: Can Virtual Currencies Increase Political Power?: Non-State Currencies Emerge When State Currencies Do Not Meet Groups' Needs -- Non-State Currencies Are Not Likely to Be VCs Now But Could Be VCs in the Future -- Chapter Four: Technical Challenges to Virtual Currency Deployment: Developing and Deploying a Virtual Currency: Developing Software for a Virtual Currency -- Physically Deploying a Virtual Currency -- Deployment Challenges for Decentralized Virtual Currencies -- Virtual Currencies, Adoption, and Value -- Ensuring Anonymity of Currency Use: Anonymity Versus Virtual Currency Centralization -- "Anonymity": A Bitcoin Case Study -- Some New Altcoins Build in Anonymous Transactions -- Cyber Threats to Virtual Currencies: Attacks Used by Tier I and Tier II Opponents -- Attacks Used by Tier III and Tier IV Opponents -- Attacks Used by Tier V and Tier VI Opponents -- The Possibility of Successful Defense -- Chapter Five: Implications Beyond Currency: Block-Chain Technology and Distributed Consensus -- Virtual Currencies Increase Cryptographic Sophistication -- Virtual Currencies and the Trend Toward Resilient, Decentralized Cyber Services -- Toward Resilient, Public Cyber Key Terrain -- Chapter Six: Conclusions and Future Research: For Future Research -- Appendix: Rating Cyber Threat Sophistication by Tiers -- References.
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-83) , Series from web site
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    A review of the literature on sexual assault perpetrator characteristics and behaviors (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833091741 , 0833093509 , 0833091743 , 9780833093509
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 76 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1082-AF
    Keywords: Sex offenders Psychology ; Research ; Sex offenders ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Sexual assault continues to be a pervasive problem, both for society in general and within the military community. To assist the Air Force in its continued efforts to combat sexual assault within its ranks, we reviewed the existing empirical literature on the characteristics and behaviors of adult perpetrators who commit sexual assault against other adults. Our search was not limited to studies of military populations. While a vast majority of the existing literature has focused on sole male perpetrators who assault female victims, we identified some research on other types of perpetrators, including female sexual assault perpetrators, men who perpetrate assault against other men, and perpetrators who participate in group sexual assault. This body of research indicates that adult perpetrators are diverse in terms of their demographics, background characteristics, and motivations. Moreover, research indicates that sexual assault perpetration is likely influenced by a combination of factors, including an individual's developmental and family history; his or her personality, including attitudes/cognitions; and environmental factors, including peer attitudes and alcohol consumption. The complexity of factors that influence sexual assault perpetration and the multiple pathways that lead to an attack make it difficult to predict whether an individual is prone to commit sexual assault. While predicting sexual assault perpetration is problematic, we identified a number of factors related to perpetration that may be relevant for intervention efforts and offer recommendations for the Air Force"--Publisher's web site
    Abstract: "Sexual assault continues to be a pervasive problem, both for society in general and within the military community. To assist the Air Force in its continued efforts to combat sexual assault within its ranks, we reviewed the existing empirical literature on the characteristics and behaviors of adult perpetrators who commit sexual assault against other adults. Our search was not limited to studies of military populations. While a vast majority of the existing literature has focused on sole male perpetrators who assault female victims, we identified some research on other types of perpetrators, including female sexual assault perpetrators, men who perpetrate assault against other men, and perpetrators who participate in group sexual assault. This body of research indicates that adult perpetrators are diverse in terms of their demographics, background characteristics, and motivations. Moreover, research indicates that sexual assault perpetration is likely influenced by a combination of factors, including an individual's developmental and family history; his or her personality, including attitudes/cognitions; and environmental factors, including peer attitudes and alcohol consumption. The complexity of factors that influence sexual assault perpetration and the multiple pathways that lead to an attack make it difficult to predict whether an individual is prone to commit sexual assault. While predicting sexual assault perpetration is problematic, we identified a number of factors related to perpetration that may be relevant for intervention efforts and offer recommendations for the Air Force"--Publisher's web site
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-76)
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    Competency-based education programs in Texas : an innovative approach to higher education (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833091765 , 0833093983 , 083309176X , 9780833093981
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: [Research Report] RR-1239-CFAT
    Parallel Title: Print version
    DDC: 370.11
    Keywords: State universities and colleges ; Education, Higher ; Competency-based education ; State universities and colleges ; Education, Higher ; Competency-based education ; Texas ; Social Sciences ; Competency-based education ; Education ; Education, Higher ; State universities and colleges ; Education, Special Topics ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This report aims to describe existing competency-based degrees and certificate prgorams in Texas; to summarize the national landscape for competency based programs, including the perceived benefits and limitations; and to suggest some potential areas for focus as the state of Texas and higher-education institutions explore the possibility of further expanding these programs"-- Preface
    Abstract: "This report aims to describe existing competency-based degrees and certificate prgorams in Texas; to summarize the national landscape for competency based programs, including the perceived benefits and limitations; and to suggest some potential areas for focus as the state of Texas and higher-education institutions explore the possibility of further expanding these programs"-- Preface
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    Force drawdowns and demographic diversity : investigating the impact of force reductions on the demographic diversity of the U.S. military (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833091499 , 0833093398 , 0833091492 , 9780833093394
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxvii, 234 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-1008-OSD
    Keywords: United States ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; Armed Forces ; Minorities ; Armed Forces ; Women ; United States Armed Forces ; Minorities ; United States Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; United States Armed Forces ; Women ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In January 2012, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced plans for a large-scale reduction, or drawdown, of its military force. The last drawdown to affect all four DoD services occurred in the 1990s, after the end of the Cold War. During that period, the military shrank by almost 37 percent, from about 2.17 million in FY 1987 to 1.37 million by FY 2000. Despite having a variety of goals and strategies for the 1990s and mid-2000s drawdowns, the services had few, if any, explicit diversity goals or strategies related to the drawdowns. Based on our discussions with force management experts, demographic diversity is also not part of their recent drawdown goals and strategies. However, the drawdown could have unintended consequences for demographic diversity even when diversity is not part of drawdown decisionmaking. To address the issue of unintended consequences of drawdowns on diversity, the Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity (ODMEO) in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) asked RAND to analyze how force reductions could affect the demographic diversity of the DoD workforce. Our study focuses on gender and race/ethnicity, although we include other individual differences, such as education, in some analyses
    Abstract: In January 2012, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced plans for a large-scale reduction, or drawdown, of its military force. The last drawdown to affect all four DoD services occurred in the 1990s, after the end of the Cold War. During that period, the military shrank by almost 37 percent, from about 2.17 million in FY 1987 to 1.37 million by FY 2000. Despite having a variety of goals and strategies for the 1990s and mid-2000s drawdowns, the services had few, if any, explicit diversity goals or strategies related to the drawdowns. Based on our discussions with force management experts, demographic diversity is also not part of their recent drawdown goals and strategies. However, the drawdown could have unintended consequences for demographic diversity even when diversity is not part of drawdown decisionmaking. To address the issue of unintended consequences of drawdowns on diversity, the Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity (ODMEO) in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) asked RAND to analyze how force reductions could affect the demographic diversity of the DoD workforce. Our study focuses on gender and race/ethnicity, although we include other individual differences, such as education, in some analyses
    Note: "October 26, 2015"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234)
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    Improving the Cybersecurity of U.S. Air Force Military Systems Throughout Their Life Cycles (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833089007 , 083309338X , 0833089005 , 9780833093387
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 62 pages)
    Series Statement: Research reports RR-1007-AF
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Snyder, Don, 1962- Improving the cybersecurity of U.S. Air Force military systems throughout their life cycles
    Keywords: United States Rules and practice ; United States ; Computer networks Security measures ; Cyberspace Security measures ; Cyberinfrastructure Security measures ; Evaluation ; Risk assessment ; Cyberterrorism Prevention 21st century ; National security 21st century ; Computer networks ; Cyberspace ; Cyberinfrastructure ; Risk assessment ; Cyberterrorism ; National security ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Computer networks ; Security measures ; Cyberterrorism ; Prevention ; National security ; Risk assessment ; Telecommunications ; Electrical & Computer Engineering ; Engineering & Applied Sciences ; United States ; United States ; Rules ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "There is increasing concern that Air Force systems containing information technology are vulnerable to intelligence exploitation and offensive attack through cyberspace. In this report, the authors analyze how the Air Force acquisition/life-cycle management community can improve cybersecurity throughout the life cycle of its military systems. The focus is primarily on the subset of procured systems for which the Air Force has some control over design, architectures, protocols, and interfaces (e.g., weapon systems, platform information technology), as opposed to commercial, off-the-shelf information technology and business systems. The main themes in the authors' findings are that cybersecurity laws and policies were created to manage commercial, off-the-shelf information technology and business systems and do not adequately address the challenges of securing military systems. Nor do they adequately capture the impact to operational missions. Cybersecurity is mainly added on to systems, not designed in. The authors recommend 12 steps that the Air Force can take to improve the cybersecurity of its military systems throughout their life cycles"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Figures -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Cybersecurity Management: Introduction -- What Should Cybersecurity in Acquisition Achieve? -- Managing Cybersecurity Risk -- Challenges for Managing Cybersecurity -- Principles for Managing Cybersecurity -- Principles for Managing Cybersecurity -- Summary -- 2. Cybersecurity Laws and Policies -- Introduction -- Legislation and Federal Cybersecurity Policy -- Department of Defense Cybersecurity Policy -- Cybersecurity and Air Force Life-Cycle Management -- Conclusion -- 3. Findings and Recommendations: Findings -- Discussion -- Recommendations -- Closing Remarks -- Abbreviations -- References.
    Note: "October 27, 2015"--Table of contents page
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    Airman and family resilience : lessons from the scientific literature (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833090751 , 0833093150 , 0833090755 , 9780833093158
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Rand Project Air Force series on resiliency
    Series Statement: [Research report] RR-106-AF
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 355.0019
    Keywords: United States Airmen ; Mental health ; United States Airmen ; Health and hygiene ; United States ; United States ; Families of military personnel Health and hygiene ; Stress (Psychology) ; Psychology, Military ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Families of military personnel Mental health ; Families of military personnel ; Stress (Psychology) ; Psychology, Military ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Families of military personnel ; Stress (Psychology) ; United States ; Psychology, Military ; United States ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This final report in a series is designed to help the Air Force promote mental and physical resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families and thus improve overall health and well-being. The report reviews the concepts and measures of resilience, resilience factors, hardiness and flourishing. It highlights the eight fitness domain companion reports and types of Air Force data that could be used to track resilience
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    The United States' European Phased Adaptive Approach missile defense system : defending against Iranian threats without diluting the Russian deterrent (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand National Security Research Division
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    ISBN: 9780833089205 , 083308920X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 56 pages)
    Series Statement: Research reports RR-957-TSF
    DDC: 358.1754
    Keywords: Ballistic missile defenses ; Ballistic missile defenses ; Russia (Federation) ; United States ; Military policy ; Iran ; Ballistic missile defenses ; Diplomatic relations ; Russia Foreign relations ; United States Military policy ; United States Foreign relations ; United States Foreign relations ; Iran Foreign relations ; Russia ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Iran ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The United States developed the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) missile defense system to defend against a variety of current and future Iranian missile threats. Russia has expressed dissatisfaction with the system, protesting that it presented a significant threat to Russia's nuclear deterrent. U.S. officials have repeatedly stated that the EPAA does not pose a threat to Russia's missile forces, arguing that the system is designed for ballistic missile threats from outside the Euro-Atlantic area and can neither negate nor undermine Russia's strategic deterrent capabilities. Nevertheless, in 2013, the Obama administration canceled Phase 4 of the system. This report demonstrates that the restructured EPAA system is able to defend against a range of current and future Iranian missile threats and does not pose a threat to Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles. Canceling Phase 4 of the EPAA system has opened a window for the United States and Russia to come together on additional bilateral nuclear arms reduction measures and missile defense cooperation
    Abstract: The United States developed the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) missile defense system to defend against a variety of current and future Iranian missile threats. Russia has expressed dissatisfaction with the system, protesting that it presented a significant threat to Russia's nuclear deterrent. U.S. officials have repeatedly stated that the EPAA does not pose a threat to Russia's missile forces, arguing that the system is designed for ballistic missile threats from outside the Euro-Atlantic area and can neither negate nor undermine Russia's strategic deterrent capabilities. Nevertheless, in 2013, the Obama administration canceled Phase 4 of the system. This report demonstrates that the restructured EPAA system is able to defend against a range of current and future Iranian missile threats and does not pose a threat to Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles. Canceling Phase 4 of the EPAA system has opened a window for the United States and Russia to come together on additional bilateral nuclear arms reduction measures and missile defense cooperation
    Note: "Supported by the Stanton Foundation , Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-56)
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    Building the Guatemalan interagency task force Tecún Umán : lessons identified (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088802 , 0833089293 , 0833088807 , 9780833089298
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 56 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Oak, Gillian S Building the Guatemalan interagency task force Tecún Umán
    Keywords: Military assistance, American ; Drug control ; Military assistance, American ; Drug control ; Military assistance, American ; Guatemala ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Treaties ; Drug control ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Guatemala is a major transit point for drugs bound for the United States and the recipient of U.S. counternarcotics aid and technical assistance, much of which is provided through U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) and U.S. Army South. As a first step by Guatemala in putting this aid to work toward developing its own counternarcotics capacity, the president of Guatemala established the Interagency Task Force (IATF) Tecún Umán. USSOUTHCOM has expressed the intent to apply the IATF as a model to other similarly porous border regions in the area. Thus, documenting and using lessons from the IATF Tecún Umán will help in the development of new and similar units. This report is intended to support that lessons-learned function, demonstrate how these preliminary lessons are being applied to future IATF development, and provide recommendations on how to resolve remaining IATF challenges. Lessons learned include the importance of establishing the interagency legal framework early, clearly defining the interagency relationships, developing an intelligence capability organic to the task force, implementing police authority and leadership, identifying measures of success, communicating the IATF's purpose and success to the public, and maintaining equipment. Remaining tasks include resolving the duality-of-command issue, improving operational planning capability, addressing corruption problems, and addressing IATF Tecún Umán issues before refocusing efforts to IATF Chortí. The United States has played a key role in supporting Guatemala's efforts to overcome these challenges. By investing in the IATF and building capacity, the United States will contribute to the Guatemalans' ability to sustain the IATF themselves
    Abstract: Guatemala is a major transit point for drugs bound for the United States and the recipient of U.S. counternarcotics aid and technical assistance, much of which is provided through U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) and U.S. Army South. As a first step by Guatemala in putting this aid to work toward developing its own counternarcotics capacity, the president of Guatemala established the Interagency Task Force (IATF) Tecún Umán. USSOUTHCOM has expressed the intent to apply the IATF as a model to other similarly porous border regions in the area. Thus, documenting and using lessons from the IATF Tecún Umán will help in the development of new and similar units. This report is intended to support that lessons-learned function, demonstrate how these preliminary lessons are being applied to future IATF development, and provide recommendations on how to resolve remaining IATF challenges. Lessons learned include the importance of establishing the interagency legal framework early, clearly defining the interagency relationships, developing an intelligence capability organic to the task force, implementing police authority and leadership, identifying measures of success, communicating the IATF's purpose and success to the public, and maintaining equipment. Remaining tasks include resolving the duality-of-command issue, improving operational planning capability, addressing corruption problems, and addressing IATF Tecún Umán issues before refocusing efforts to IATF Chortí. The United States has played a key role in supporting Guatemala's efforts to overcome these challenges. By investing in the IATF and building capacity, the United States will contribute to the Guatemalans' ability to sustain the IATF themselves
    Note: "RR-885-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-56)
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    Results from the Teach for America 2015 national principal survey (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833091666 , 083309355X , 0833091662 , 9780833093554
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: RR 1116-TFA
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Teach for America (Project) Evaluation ; Teach for America (Project) ; Educational equalization ; School principals Statistics Attitudes ; Educational equalization ; School principals ; Educational equalization ; Statistics ; Evaluation ; Teach for America (Project) ; School principals ; Attitudes ; EDUCATION ; General ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The results of the 2015 National Principal Survey show the context in which Teach For America (TFA) corps members work, how principals perceive corps members, and how principals perceive their interactions with TFA. These findings can help TFA staff provide more-tailored supports to corps members, inform professional development, and continue to build relationships with the principals of schools in which corps members serve
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    Advancing the careers of military spouses : an assessment of education and employment goals and barriers facing military spouses eligible for MyCAA (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088659 , 0833089463 , 0833088653 , 9780833089465
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 68 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Friedman, Esther M., 1976- Advancing the careers of military spouses
    Keywords: Military spouses Training of ; Military spouses Services for ; Military spouses Employment ; Military spouses Education (Continuing education) ; Military spouses ; Military spouses ; Military spouses ; Military spouses ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Since the move to an all-volunteer force, the U.S. military has increasingly provided an array of programs, services, and facilities to support military families, including programs to assist spouses in pursuing their educational and employment goals. These programs are particularly important, given that military spouses face challenges related to military life that can make it difficult for them to maintain and develop careers. One program designed to help spouses of junior military personnel meet their educational and employment objectives is the My Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) scholarship. This report analyzes data collected from November 2012 to March 2013 on the 2012 Active Duty Spouse Survey to examine MyCAA scholarship use in the previous year and educational and employment goals and barriers faced by recent MyCAA users and nonusers. The survey showed that nearly one in five eligible spouses used MyCAA in the previous year, and more than half of nonusers were unaware of the scholarship. Key reasons for not using the scholarship among those who were aware of it include perceived program ineligibility and lack of time for education. Reported barriers to achieving educational and employment goals were remarkably similar for recent MyCAA users and nonusers. Cost was the key reason spouses reported for not pursuing higher education. Barriers to both education and employment among interested spouses included competing family responsibilities and difficulties with child care. The authors conclude with recommendations for improving and complementing the existing MyCAA scholarship to help military spouses achieve their educational and career objectives
    Abstract: Since the move to an all-volunteer force, the U.S. military has increasingly provided an array of programs, services, and facilities to support military families, including programs to assist spouses in pursuing their educational and employment goals. These programs are particularly important, given that military spouses face challenges related to military life that can make it difficult for them to maintain and develop careers. One program designed to help spouses of junior military personnel meet their educational and employment objectives is the My Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) scholarship. This report analyzes data collected from November 2012 to March 2013 on the 2012 Active Duty Spouse Survey to examine MyCAA scholarship use in the previous year and educational and employment goals and barriers faced by recent MyCAA users and nonusers. The survey showed that nearly one in five eligible spouses used MyCAA in the previous year, and more than half of nonusers were unaware of the scholarship. Key reasons for not using the scholarship among those who were aware of it include perceived program ineligibility and lack of time for education. Reported barriers to achieving educational and employment goals were remarkably similar for recent MyCAA users and nonusers. Cost was the key reason spouses reported for not pursuing higher education. Barriers to both education and employment among interested spouses included competing family responsibilities and difficulties with child care. The authors conclude with recommendations for improving and complementing the existing MyCAA scholarship to help military spouses achieve their educational and career objectives
    Note: "RR-784-OSD , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-68)
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    Using workforce information for degree program planning in Texas (2015)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089151 , 0833089153
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 331.12/509768
    Keywords: Postsecondary education ; Labor supply ; Postsecondary education ; Labor supply ; Texas ; Postsecondary education ; Labor supply ; Electronic books
    Note: "Prepared for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board"--Page 1 of cover , Includes bibliographical references
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    Considering marijuana legalization : insights for Vermont and other jurisdictions (2015)
    Santa Monica : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088772 , 0833088777
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 196 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-864
    Parallel Title: Print version Caulkins, Jonathan P Considering Marijuana Legalization : Insights for Vermont and Other Jurisdictions
    Keywords: Drug legalization ; Marijuana Government policy ; Marijuana abuse ; Marijuana Government policy ; Marijuana abuse ; Drug legalization ; Marijuana Taxation ; Marijuana Taxation ; Drug legalization ; Marijuana ; Marijuana abuse ; Marijuana ; Marijuana abuse ; Drug legalization ; Marijuana ; Marijuana ; Cannabis ; Marijuana Abuse ; United States ; Vermont ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Security ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Social Services & Welfare ; Drug legalization ; Marijuana abuse ; Marijuana ; Government policy ; Marijuana ; Taxation ; United States ; Vermont ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; A Brief Overview of Marijuana Policy; Report Overview; Chapter Two: The Marijuana Landscape in Vermont; Introduction; Marijuana Laws in Vermont; Marijuana Prevention and Treatment in Vermont; Indicators of Marijuana Use in Vermont; Estimating the Size of the Marijuana Market in Vermont in 2014; Criminal Justice Costs Associated with Marijuana Prohibition in Vermont; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter Three: Consequences of Marijuana Use; Introduction; Limitations of Existing Studies; Consequences of Marijuana Consumption on Health; Consequences of Marijuana Consumption on Other Outcomes; Consequences of Marijuana Prohibition; Substitution for or Complementarity with Other Substances; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter Four: Supply Architectures; Introduction; The Commonly Discussed Options; The Middle-Ground Options; The Extreme Options; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter Five: Taxation and Other Sources of Revenue; Introduction; Bases for Taxing Marijuana; Collection Point; Mechanisms for Changing the Tax Burden.; Fees and Auctions; Other Revenue Considerations; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter Six: Regulation; Introduction; A Regulatory Checklist; A Closer Examination of Eight Regulatory Decisions for Legal Marijuana; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter Seven: How Legalization in Vermont Could Influence Tax Revenue, Consumption, and Public Budgets; Introduction; Potential Revenue from Taxing Vermonters' Marijuana Consumption When the Only Competition Comes from the Black Market; Sales to Marijuana Tourists and Exports; Threats to Tax-Revenue Collection in the Longer Run; Cost of Regulation; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter Eight: Closing Remarks: Introduction; Uncertainty; Weighing Policy Options; Final Thoughts for Vermont; Appendixes; A. Evidence Concerning Substitution and Complementarity; B. Business Deductions and U.S. Code Title 26 Section 280E; References
    Abstract: Cover; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; A Brief Overview of Marijuana Policy; Report Overview; Chapter Two: The Marijuana Landscape in Vermont; Introduction; Marijuana Laws in Vermont; Marijuana Prevention and Treatment in Vermont; Indicators of Marijuana Use in Vermont; Estimating the Size of the Marijuana Market in Vermont in 2014; Criminal Justice Costs Associated with Marijuana Prohibition in Vermont; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter Three: Consequences of Marijuana Use; Introduction; Limitations of Existing Studies; Consequences of Marijuana Consumption on Health; Consequences of Marijuana Consumption on Other Outcomes; Consequences of Marijuana Prohibition; Substitution for or Complementarity with Other Substances; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter Four: Supply Architectures; Introduction; The Commonly Discussed Options; The Middle-Ground Options; The Extreme Options; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter Five: Taxation and Other Sources of Revenue; Introduction; Bases for Taxing Marijuana; Collection Point; Mechanisms for Changing the Tax Burden.; Fees and Auctions; Other Revenue Considerations; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter Six: Regulation; Introduction; A Regulatory Checklist; A Closer Examination of Eight Regulatory Decisions for Legal Marijuana; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter Seven: How Legalization in Vermont Could Influence Tax Revenue, Consumption, and Public Budgets; Introduction; Potential Revenue from Taxing Vermonters' Marijuana Consumption When the Only Competition Comes from the Black Market; Sales to Marijuana Tourists and Exports; Threats to Tax-Revenue Collection in the Longer Run; Cost of Regulation; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter Eight: Closing Remarks: Introduction; Uncertainty; Weighing Policy Options; Final Thoughts for Vermont; Appendixes; A. Evidence Concerning Substitution and Complementarity; B. Business Deductions and U.S. Code Title 26 Section 280E; References
    Abstract: "Marijuana legalization is a controversial and multifaceted issue that is now the subject of serious debate. Since 2012, four U.S. states have passed ballot initiatives to remove prohibition and legalize a for-profit commercial marijuana industry. Voters in Washington, D.C., took the more limited step of passing an initiative to legalize home production and personal possession. In December 2013, Uruguay became the first country to experiment with legalization nationwide. In May 2014, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill into law that required the Secretary of Administration to provide a report about the consequences of legalizing marijuana. This report was produced for the Secretary of Administration in response to that legislation. The report does not make a recommendation about whether Vermont should change its marijuana laws. The goal is to inform, not sway, discussions about the future of marijuana policy in Vermont and other jurisdictions considering alternatives to traditional marijuana prohibition. The principal message of the report is that marijuana policy should not be viewed as a binary choice between prohibition and the for-profit commercial model we see in Colorado and Washington. Legalization encompasses a wide range of possible regimes, distinguished along at least four dimensions: the kinds of organizations that are allowed to provide the drug, the regulations under which those organizations operate, the nature of the products that can be distributed, and price. These choices could have profound consequences for health and social well-being, as well as job creation and government revenue"--Publisher's description
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-196)
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    Evaluation of Delaware Stars for Early Success : year 2 report (2015)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833091321 , 0833091328
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 372.2109751
    Keywords: Delaware Stars for Early Success (Program) ; Delaware Stars for Early Success (Program) ; Early childhood education Standards ; Early childhood education Evaluation ; Early childhood education ; Early childhood education ; Delaware ; Early childhood education ; Evaluation ; Early childhood education ; Standards ; Electronic books
    Note: "Sponsored by the Delaware Office of Early Learning , Includes bibliographical references
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    Complementary and alternative medicine : professions or modalities? : policy implications for coverage, licensure, scope of practice, institutional privileges, and research (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833091857 , 0833093797 , 0833091859 , 9780833093790
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (75 pages)
    Series Statement: [Research report] RR-1258-NCMICF
    Parallel Title: Print version Herman, Patricia M Complementary and alternative medicine, professions or modalities?
    Keywords: Alternative medicine ; Alternative medicine ; Complementary Therapies ; Licensure, Medical ; HEALTH & FITNESS / Alternative Therapies ; Alternative medicine ; Alternative Medicine ; Medicine ; Health & Biological Sciences ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Background on professions versus procedures -- 3. CAM professions represented in this report -- 4. Examples of policies where profession versus procedures makes a difference -- 5. CAM expert panel -- 6. Health policy decisionmaker panel -- 7. Summary and conclusions -- Appendix A. Members of the CAM expert panel -- Appendix B. Members of the health policy decisionmakers panel -- Appendix C. Briefing paper for the health policy decisionmakers panel -- Appendix D. Past collective efforts across the CAM professions.
    Abstract: Using development of a background paper on the policy issues associated with the scope of practice and utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the health care system, input from a panel of CAM experts, and input from a panel of health care policy decisionmakers, this report explores the policy challenges associated with coverage, licensure, scope of practice, institutional privileges, and research among the CAM professions
    Note: "Sponsored by the NCMIC Foundation , Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-75)
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    Making an impact in the Kurdistan region -- Iraq : summary of four studies to assess the present and future labor market, improve technical vocational education and training, reform the health sector, and build data collection capacity (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088123 , 0833089307 , 0833088122 , 9780833089304
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 46 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Anthony, C. Ross Making an impact in the Kurdistan region -- Iraq
    Keywords: Vocational education ; Technical education ; Health care reform ; Human services ; Labor market ; Vocational education ; Technical education ; Health care reform ; Human services ; Labor market ; Human services ; Labor market ; Statistical services ; Technical education ; Vocational education ; Social Welfare & Social Work - General ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; Iraq ; Kurdistān ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Labor ; Health care reform ; Kurdistān (Iraq) Statistical services ; Kurdistān (Iraq) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This executive summary describes key results from four studies carried out by the RAND Corporation as part of Phase II of its work for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The KRG asked RAND to undertake several studies aimed at improving the economic and social development of the Kurdistan Region -- Iraq."--Page 4 of cover
    Abstract: "This executive summary describes key results from four studies carried out by the RAND Corporation as part of Phase II of its work for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). The KRG asked RAND to undertake several studies aimed at improving the economic and social development of the Kurdistan Region -- Iraq."--Page 4 of cover
    Note: "RR-873-KRG"--Page 4 of cover , "Sponsored by the Kurdistan Regional Government , At head of title: Kurdistan Regional Government, Ministry of Planning , Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-46)
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    Stigma, discrimination, and well-being among California adults experiencing mental health challenges (2015)
    [Santa Monica, California] : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833091291 , 0833091298
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    DDC: 362.209794
    Keywords: Mental illness Treatment ; Mental illness Prevention ; Mental health services ; Discrimination against the mentally ill ; Mental illness ; Mental illness ; Mental health services ; Discrimination against the mentally ill ; Mental illness ; Prevention ; California ; Discrimination against the mentally ill ; Mental health services ; Mental illness ; Treatment ; Electronic books
    Note: "RR-1074-CMHSA"--Colophon , Caption title , Includes bibliographical references
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    A building partner capacity assessment framework : tracking inputs, outputs, outcomes, disrupters, and workarounds (2015)
    Santa Monica : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088673 , 0833093312 , 083308867X , 9780833093318
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 96 pages)
    Series Statement: [Research report] RR-935-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print versionPaul, Christopher, 1971- Building partner capacity assessment framework
    Keywords: National security International cooperation ; Evaluation ; Soldiers Training of ; International cooperation ; Evaluation ; Military education International cooperation ; Evaluation ; Military assistance, American Evaluation ; National security ; Soldiers ; Military education ; Military assistance, American ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Military assistance, American ; Evaluation ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "For both diplomatic and national security reasons, security cooperation continues to be important for the United States. The Department of Defense conducts an assortment of programs aimed at building the capacity of partner nations, and training is an important element of these efforts. The needs and existing capabilities of various nations differ, however, as will results. Planning for each building partner capacity (BPC) effort carefully, assessing progress while the effort is in progress, and assessing results are all important to ensure that it meets U.S. goals and partner expectations. This report presents a framework intended to aid all these steps. Before execution, the framework can help determine and plan for what might go wrong with the intended BPC effort. During BPC execution, the framework can help monitor progress to discover whether everything is going according to plan and, if not, what is wrong and what can be done about it. Finally, the framework can help determine whether the BPC has achieved its objectives and, if not, why and what can be done about it in the future"--Publisher's description
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Figures and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction: Study Background and Companion Reports -- Methods and Approach -- Outline of the Remainder of the Report -- Chapter Two: The BPC Training and Equipping Logic Model: Nested Logic Models -- Target High-Level Outcomes in the BPC Training and Equipping Logic Model -- Target Core Outputs of the Sequential Phases of the BPC Training and Equipping Logic Model -- Input Categories -- BPC Training and Equipping Logic Model Overview -- Chapter Three: Description of Logic Model Elements for the Preengagement Phase: U.S. Program Goals and Plans: Preengagement -- U.S. Political Will: Preengagement -- Partner Nation Political Will: Preengagement -- Funding: Preengagement -- Partner Nation Personnel: Preengagement -- U.S. Trainers: Preengagement -- Equipment: Preengagement -- Logistics and Transport: Preengagement -- Facilities: Preengagement -- Curriculum and Training Content: Preengagement -- Chapter Four: Description of Logic Model Elements for the Engagement Phase: U.S. Program Goals and Plans: During Engagement -- U.S. Political Will: During Engagement -- Partner Nation Political Will: During Engagement -- Funding: During Engagement -- Partner Nation Personnel: During Engagement -- U.S. Trainers: During Engagement -- Equipment: During Engagement -- Logistics and Transport: During Engagement -- Facilities: During Engagement -- Curriculum and Training Content: During Engagement -- Chapter Five: Description of Logic Model Elements for the Postengagement Phase, Including Outcomes: U.S. Program Goals and Plans: Postengagement -- U.S. Program Goals and Plans: Outcomes -- U.S. Political Will: Postengagement -- U.S. Political Will: Outcomes -- Partner Nation Political Will: Postengagement -- Partner Nation Political Will: Outcomes -- Funding: Postengagement -- Funding: Outcomes -- Partner Nation Personnel: Postengagement -- Partner Nation Personnel: Outcomes -- U.S. Trainers: Postengagement -- U.S. Trainers: Outcomes -- Equipment: Postengagement -- Equipment: Outcomes -- Logistics and Transportation: Postengagement -- Logistics and Transportation: Outcomes -- Facilities: Postengagement -- Facilities: Outcomes -- Curriculum and Training Content: Postengagement -- Curriculum and Training Content: Outcomes -- Chapter Six: Using the BPC Training and Equipping Logic Model as Part of an Assessment Framework: Three Questions, Three Places to Start -- Contextualizing the Logic Model -- The Logic Model Helps with Selection and Prioritization of Measures -- References.
    Note: "Prepared for the Joint Staff J5, the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy"--Preface , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-96)
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    Assessing the quality and value of psychological health care in civilian health plans : lessons and implications for the Military Health System (2015)
    [Santa Monica, California?] : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833087812 , 0833093207 , 0833087819 , 9780833093202
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (13 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-759-OSD
    Keywords: Military Health System (U.S.) Evaluation ; Military Health System (U.S.) ; Mental health services Evaluation ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; Military Health System (U.S.) ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; United States Armed Forces ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The Military Health System (MHS) strives to provide high-quality care and improve outcomes for individuals with psychological health conditions. Over the last decade, the MHS has provided care to a growing number of individuals with psychological health conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). However, little is known about the extent to which the MHS delivers care that is consistent with evidence-based clinical practice guidelines or if it is achieving positive outcomes for its service members. To better understand these issues, the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) asked the RAND Corporation to describe civilian health plans' approaches to systematically measuring the quality of psychological health care delivered by providers in their networks. This work was part of a larger effort by RAND to develop a framework and identify a set of measures for monitoring the quality of care provided by the MHS for psychological health conditions"--Publisher's web site
    Abstract: "The Military Health System (MHS) strives to provide high-quality care and improve outcomes for individuals with psychological health conditions. Over the last decade, the MHS has provided care to a growing number of individuals with psychological health conditions, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). However, little is known about the extent to which the MHS delivers care that is consistent with evidence-based clinical practice guidelines or if it is achieving positive outcomes for its service members. To better understand these issues, the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) asked the RAND Corporation to describe civilian health plans' approaches to systematically measuring the quality of psychological health care delivered by providers in their networks. This work was part of a larger effort by RAND to develop a framework and identify a set of measures for monitoring the quality of care provided by the MHS for psychological health conditions"--Publisher's web site
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-13) , Series from web site
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    Implications of integrating women into the Marine Corps infantry (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833092663 , 0833092669 , 9780833092038 , 0833092030
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 186 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report (Rand Corporation) RR-1103-USMC
    Parallel Title: Print version Schaefer, Agnes Gereben Implications of integrating women into the Marine Corps infantry
    Keywords: United States Personnel management ; United States ; Women and the military ; Women soldiers ; Women in combat ; Women marines ; Women and the military ; Women soldiers ; Women in combat ; Women marines ; Women marines ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Women and the military ; Women in combat ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; Women soldiers ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This study for the U.S. Marine Corps consisted of four tasks: (1) review the literature on the integration of women in ground combat and other physically demanding occupations, (2) conduct interviews with representatives of organizations that have integrated women into physically demanding occupations, (3) estimate the costs of potential initiatives to promote successful gender integration, and (4) develop an approach for monitoring implementation of gender integration of the infantry. RAND researchers present a historical overview of the integration of women into the U.S. military and explore the importance of cohesion and what influences it. The gender integration experiences of foreign militaries, as well as those of domestic police and fire departments, are examined for insights on effective policies. The potential one-time and recurring costs associated with integration are estimated as well. The report culminates in a summary of previous monitoring efforts and broad strategic monitoring issues, as well as recommendations to the Marine Corps for implementation
    Abstract: This study for the U.S. Marine Corps consisted of four tasks: (1) review the literature on the integration of women in ground combat and other physically demanding occupations, (2) conduct interviews with representatives of organizations that have integrated women into physically demanding occupations, (3) estimate the costs of potential initiatives to promote successful gender integration, and (4) develop an approach for monitoring implementation of gender integration of the infantry. RAND researchers present a historical overview of the integration of women into the U.S. military and explore the importance of cohesion and what influences it. The gender integration experiences of foreign militaries, as well as those of domestic police and fire departments, are examined for insights on effective policies. The potential one-time and recurring costs associated with integration are estimated as well. The report culminates in a summary of previous monitoring efforts and broad strategic monitoring issues, as well as recommendations to the Marine Corps for implementation
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute"--PDF back cover page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-186)
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    Transitions : the development of children of immigrants (2015)
    New York : New York University Press
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    ISBN: 9780814770948 , 0814770940
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
    DDC: 305.23094
    Keywords: Identity (Psychology) in children ; Children of immigrants Social conditions ; Electronic books
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/43318
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    Pole raising and speech making : modalities of Swedish-American summer celebration (2015)
    Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado
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    ISBN: 9780874219999
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Ritual, festival, and celebration volume 3
    Parallel Title: Print version Eastman Attebery, Jennifer Pole Raising and Speech Making : Modalities of Swedish American Summer Celebration
    DDC: 394.260978
    Keywords: Swedish Americans Social life and customs ; Holidays ; Folklore ; Festivals ; Swedish Americans - Rocky Mountains region - Social life and customs ; Festivals ; Rocky Mountains Region ; Holidays ; Rocky Mountains Region ; Folklore ; Rocky Mountains ; Swedish Americans ; Social life and customs ; Rocky Mountains Region ; Rocky Mountains Region ; Social life and customs ; West (U.S.) ; Social life and customs ; Electronic books ; West (U.S.) Social life and customs ; Rocky Mountains Region Social life and customs
    Abstract: "Focused on the beginnings of the traditional Scandinavian Midsummer celebration and the spring-to-summer seasonal festivities in the Rocky Mountain West during the height of Swedish immigration. Combines folklore and history, to explore various ways Midsummer-related celebrations blended with the American 4thth of July and the Mormon Latter Day Saint Pioneer Day on July 24th"--
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    Engaging children and youth in Africa : methodological and phenomenological issues (2015)
    Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse | Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA, Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa = Conseil pour le developpement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique | [Oxford, England] : Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 PDF (ii, 240 pages)) , illustrations
    Edition: Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 305.2309
    Keywords: Youth ; Children ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Representing research from east, central, west, and southern Africa, Engaging Children and Youth in Africa provides a well-balanced analysis of on-the-ground data with methodological and phenomenological issues that abound in much of research in Africa today. With an introduction that charts out some of the most critical approaches in African-centred research on children and youth, contributors to this volume give the reader a glimpse of the product of engaged research that places children and youth at the centre of analysis. The authors follow recent studies that have insisted on seeing African childhood and youth beyond constraining Western notions of vulnerability or innocence, to capture the ways in which recent advances in technology, the intensification of global processes, and continued weakening of the nation-state have not only contributed to new ways of being children and youth but how they have also provided a new lens through which to study social change
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction1. The professional constructions of childhood and youth in Africa: new directions for research -- Natewinde Sawadogo -- 2. New directions in child and youth research in Africa -- Patricia Henderson -- 3. "it's not normal but it's common" : elopement, marriage and the mediated recognition of youth identity in Harare, Zimbabwe -- Jeremy Jones -- 4. Children's lives and children's voices : an exploration of popular music's representation of children in East Africa -- Mwenda Ntarangwi -- 5. Teenage girls, mobile phones and perceptions of autonomy : examples from Molyko Neighbourhood, southwest Cameroon -- Flavius Mayoa Mokake -- 6. Street dialogue spaces : youth and the reshaping of public political process in Ivory Coast -- Silue Oumar -- 7. The city production process: Ouagadougou youth, street culture and new forms of engaging with Burkina Faso's political sphere -- Ollo Pepin Hien.
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    Spatializing Blackness : architectures of confinement and Black masculinity in Chicago (2015)
    Urbana : University of Illinois Press
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    ISBN: 9780252097737 , 0252097734
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xiii, 159 pages)
    Series Statement: New Black studies series
    Series Statement: The new Black studies series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Shabazz, Rashad, 1976- Spatializing Blackness
    DDC: 305.38896073077311
    Keywords: Spatial behavior Social aspects ; History ; 20th century ; Illinois ; Chicago ; Imprisonment Social aspects ; History ; 20th century ; Illinois ; Chicago ; Social control History ; 20th century ; Illinois ; Chicago ; Space (Architecture) Social aspects ; History ; 20th century ; Illinois ; Chicago ; Architecture and society History ; 20th century ; Illinois ; Chicago ; African Americans Social conditions ; 20th century ; Illinois ; Chicago ; Masculinity Social aspects ; History ; 20th century ; Illinois ; Chicago ; African American men Social conditions ; 20th century ; Illinois ; Chicago ; Spatial behavior Social aspects 20th century ; History ; Imprisonment Social aspects 20th century ; History ; Social control History 20th century ; Space (Architecture) Social aspects 20th century ; History ; Architecture and society History 20th century ; African Americans Social conditions 20th century ; Masculinity Social aspects 20th century ; History ; African American men Social conditions 20th century ; Architecture and society History 20th century ; African Americans Social conditions 20th century ; Masculinity Social aspects 20th century ; History ; African American men Social conditions 20th century ; Social control History 20th century ; Imprisonment Social aspects 20th century ; History ; Spatial behavior Social aspects 20th century ; History ; Space (Architecture) Social aspects 20th century ; History ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gender Studies ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; African American Studies ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; African American men ; Social conditions ; African Americans ; Social conditions ; Architecture and society ; Geography ; Imprisonment ; Social aspects ; Race relations ; Social control ; Space (Architecture) ; Social aspects ; History ; Electronic books ; Chicago (Ill.) Geography ; Chicago (Ill.) Race relations ; History ; 20th century ; Chicago (Ill.) Geography ; Chicago (Ill.) Race relations 20th century ; History ; Chicago (Ill.) Geography ; Chicago (Ill.) Race relations 20th century ; History ; Illinois ; Chicago ; Electronic book ; Electronic books Electronic books
    Abstract: "This project traces how architectures of confinement, policing, surveillance, migration, and mass incarceration orient and imbue Black male bodies and gender performance with the stigmata of carceral punishment. As the northern city with the largest 20th century influx of southern Blacks, Chicago provides a powerful case study to understand how urban planning, architecture, crowded living quarters, surveillance, and policing function to regulate Black men's bodies. Rashad Shabazz makes an important contribution to the growing work on Black (bodily) geographies and the complex entanglements between the emergence of the US prison regime (and prison industrial complex) and the densely historical complexities of Black subjectivity formation. By first illustrating how Black men's geographies have been delineated throughout the twentieth century in Black Chicago in spaces such as interracial sex districts, cramped kitchenettes, segregated house project, and prisons, Shabazz is then able to analyze and generalize the impact this mapping has had on the formation of Black masculinity, Black cultural production, and Black men's health in Black spaces beyond Chicago. Shabazz employs various methods (history, sociology, and literary criticism), theories (poststructuralism and critical theory), and disciplines (human geography, critical race studies, gender studies, cultural studies, and epidemiology) to highlight the importance of the racialization of space, the role of containment in subordinating Black people, the politics of mobility under conditions of 'freedom, ' and to ultimately discuss how Black men resist spacial containment"--
    Abstract: "Over 277,000 African Americans migrated to Chicago between 1900 and 1940, an influx unsurpassed in any other northern city. From the start, carceral powers literally and figuratively created a prison-like environment to contain these African Americans within the so-called Black Belt on the city's South Side. A geographic study of race and gender, Spatializing Blackness casts light upon the ubiquitous--and ordinary--ways carceral power functions in places where African Americans live. Moving from the kitchenette to the prison cell, and mining forgotten facts from sources as diverse as maps and memoirs, Rashad Shabazz explores the myriad architectures of confinement, policing, surveillance, urban planning, and incarceration. In particular, he investigates how the ongoing carceral effort oriented and imbued black male bodies and gender performance from the Progressive Era to the present. The result is an essential interdisciplinary study that highlights the racialization of space, the role of containment in subordinating African Americans, the politics of mobility under conditions of alleged freedom, and the ways black men cope with--and resist--spacial containment. A timely response to the massive upswing in carceral forms within society, Spatializing Blackness examines how these mechanisms came to exist, why society aimed them against African Americans, and the consequences for black communities and black masculinity both historically and today"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface: Geographic LessonsCarceral Matters : An Introduction -- Policing Interracial Sex : Mapping Black Male Location in Chicago during the Progressive Era -- "Our Prison" : Kitchenettes, Carceral Power, and Black Masculinity during the Interwar Years -- Carceral Interstice : Between Home Space and Prison Space -- "Sores in the City" : A Genealogy of the Almighty Black P. Stone Rangers -- Ghost Mapping : The Geography of Risk in Black Chicago -- Epilogue: Fertile Ground
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    This is not Dixie : racist violence in Kansas, 1861-1927 (2015)
    Urbana : University of Illinois Press
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    ISBN: 9780252097614 , 0252097610
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
    DDC: 305.896/0730781
    Keywords: African Americans History ; Racism History ; African Americans Violence against ; History ; Kansas Race relations ; History ; Electronic book ; Electronic books
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/41719
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    Women and power in zimbabwe : promises of feminism (2015)
    Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press
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    ISBN: 9780252097720 , 0252097726
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
    DDC: 305.42
    Keywords: Electronic book ; Electronic books History ; Electronic books
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/42436
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    Asian Americans in Michigan : voices from the Midwest (2015)
    Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press
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    ISBN: 9780814339749 , 0814339743
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Series Statement: Great Lakes books series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Asian Americans in Michigan
    DDC: 305.895073
    Keywords: Asian Americans Michigan ; Michigan ; Asian Americans ; Asian Americans ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Asian Americans ; Michigan ; Electronic books
    Abstract: A Demographic Portrait of Asian Americans in Michigan / Kurt R. Metzger -- Asian Americans and Michigan : A Long Transnational Legacy / Victor Jew -- "Tell 'Em You're from Detroit" : Chinese Americans in the Model City / Chelsea Zuzindlak -- "Ambassadors" in the Heartland : Asian American Racial and Regional Identity Formations in Michigan / Barbara W. Kim -- Genealogy of a Detroit Childhood / Min Hyoung Song -- The Making of an Asian American Detroiter / Grace Lee Boggs -- Three Legacy Keepers : The Voices of Chinese, Korean, and Indo-American Michiganders / Tai Chan, Tukyul Andrew Kim, Kul B. Gauri -- The History of Nikkei (Japanese) in Detroit / Toshiko Shimoura -- From Hammered-Down Nail to Squeaky Cog : The Modern Japanese American Experience in Detroit / Asae Shichi -- Bangladeshis in Hamtramck / Durriya Meer -- A Brief History of Filipino Americans in Michigan / Emily P. Lawsin, Joseph A. Galura -- How to Cook Like a Banana / Anna M. Shih -- My Mother and the Kimchee Jar / Kook-Wha Koh -- Going Back to Chinese School / Frances Kai-Hwa Wang -- Mediating through Memory : The Hmong in Michigan / Jeffrey Vang -- Growing Up in Michigan / Lawrence G. Almeda -- Shoveling and Heaving : Michigan's Manangs and Manongs / Emily P. Lawsin -- Adoption as Crucible / Jen Hilzinger -- The Long Homecoming : Being Chinese and American in Michigan / Katherine M. Lee -- My Family's Experience of the Japanese American Internment Camps / Dylan Sugiyama -- Growing Up Hapa in Ann Arbor / Lynet Uttal -- The Apology / Catherine Chung -- Cars, Prejudice, and God / Kyo Takahashi -- A Journey Begins on April 30, 1975 : Being Vietnamese American in Michigan / Mimi Doan-Trang Nguyen -- A Strange Land / Elaine Lok -- Day Remembered / Ti-Hua Chang -- Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education in Michigan / Leslie E. Wong, Brianna Reckeweg -- Political Engagement of Michigan Asian Americans / Sook Wilkinson -- Arirang / Kira A. Donnell -- Five Seconds / Sheila Xiong -- A Search for Hyerim / Rachel Hyerim Sisco -- Politics Runs in the Family / Samir Singh -- Unconscious and Unrecognized / Emily Hsiao -- Afterword / Bich Minh Nguyen -- Appendix. Milestones of Asian Americans in the United States.
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    Humane insight : looking at images of African American suffering and death (2015)
    Urbana : University of Illinois Press
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    ISBN: 9780252097591 , 0252097599
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: The new Black studies series
    Series Statement: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
    DDC: 305.896/0730222
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    Keywords: Schwarze ; Gewalt ; Rassismus ; Dokumentarfotografie ; Racism History 20th century ; Empathy Social aspects ; History ; Photojournalism Social aspects ; History ; Documentary photography Social aspects ; History ; African Americans Pictorial works Social conditions ; African Americans Pictorial works Violence against ; History ; USA ; Electronic book ; Electronic books
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/41720
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    Life, work, and rebellion in the coal fields : the southern West Virginia miners 1880-1922 (2015)
    Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse | Morgantown [West Virginia] : West Virginia University Press
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    ISBN: 9781940425801 , 1940425808
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (1 PDF (xxiii, 312 pages) , illustrations.
    Edition: Second edition
    Series Statement: West Virginia and Appalachia
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.56209754
    Keywords: Working class History ; West Virginia ; Coal miners Labor unions ; History ; West Virginia ; Labor disputes History ; West Virginia ; Coal miners History ; West Virginia ; West Virginia ; Working class History ; Coal miners Labor unions ; History ; Labor disputes History ; Coal miners History ; Labor disputes History ; Coal miners Labor unions ; History ; Working class History ; Coal miners History ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Coal miners ; Coal miners ; Labor unions ; Labor disputes ; Working class ; History ; West Virginia ; Electronic books ; Electronic books History
    Abstract: Between 1880 and 1922, the coal fields of southern West Virginia witnessed two bloody and protracted strikes, the formation of two competing unions, and the largest armed conflict in American labor history--a week-long battle between 20,000 coal miners and 5,000 state police, deputy sheriffs, and mine guards. These events resulted in an untold number of deaths, indictments of over 550 coal miners for insurrection and treason, and four declarations of martial law. Corbin argues that these violent events were collective and militant acts of aggression interconnected and conditioned by decades of oppression. His study goes a long way toward breaking down the old stereotypes of Appalachian and coal mining culture. This second edition contains a new preface and afterword by author David A. Corbin
    Description / Table of Contents: PrefaceAcknowledgments -- Introduction -- "Coal is our existence" -- "What kind of animals" -- Class over caste : interracial solidarity in the company town -- "Solidarity forever" -- Conspiracies and control -- "We shall not be moved" -- A war for democracy -- "I'm gonna fight for my union" -- "Land of the free, home of the brave" -- Afterword : "so it is with West Virginia."
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