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2. The Federalist Papers' Theory of Institutional Power: Powers, Organization, and Constituency.
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Wirls, Daniel
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CONFERENCE papers , *POWER (Social sciences) , *POLITICAL science , *POLITICAL rights , *POLITICAL development , *CONSTITUTIONAL history - Abstract
A conference paper about the Federalist Papers' theory of institutional power is presented. It mentions that the work in this paper has revealed and interrogated the theory of institutional power which is presented throughout the papers in spite of the plural authorship. It further discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the theory which reveals about American political development and its relation to the unfortunate tendency in American political science.
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- 2011
3. 20 Years of a Successful Labor Paper: The Working Man's Advocate, 1829-49.
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McFarland, C. K. and Thistletwaite, Robert L.
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NEWSPAPERS ,SERIAL publications ,MASS media ,WORKING class ,POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
Provides information about the newspaper "The Working Man's Advocate" in the U.S. Representation of the working class, labor unions, and labor parties; Identification and definition of issues and called for an end to intolerable social and economic conditions through the exercise of political power; Chief purpose of the newspaper.
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- 1983
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4. Paper Tiger? Chinese Soft Power in East Asia.
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HOLYK, GREGORY G.
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POWER (Social sciences) , *SURVEYS , *PUBLIC opinion polls , *MILITARY geography ,CHINESE politics & government, 1949- - Abstract
The article analyzes the concept of soft power in East Asia as it relates to the so-called decline of U.S. power and the simultaneous increase of military and diplomatic power exercised by China in the region. The author reviews soft power survey data and argues for the benefits of analyzing public opinion data in determining political power and influence in East Asia. A broad survey is utilized by the author to measure soft power in East Asia and the overall soft power of China is compared to other regional powers in categories such as economics, culture, and politics. The author concludes that the data show that Chinese soft power is relatively weak in East Asia.
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- 2011
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5. New Zealand, Australia and the Asia-Pacific strategic balance: from trade agreements to defence white papers.
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Ayson, Robert
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INTERNATIONAL relations , *POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
The article discusses the interest of New Zealand of building a strong relationship with the U.S. and its accommodation of China. It examines the transformation of power in the Asia-Pacific region such as the shift of the locus of global power to Asia and the changes within the region's distribution of power. It offers the analysis of Australian National University professor of strategic studies Hugh White and Hedley Bull on the major power relations and its implications on New Zealand policy.
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- 2011
6. Reflections on Working With Black Youth From Underserved Communities in the United States: Decolonizing My Whiteness Through Critical Collaborative Interrogation.
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Book Jr., Robert T., Darpatova-Hruzewicz, Donka, and Dada, David
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BLACK youth ,DECOLONIZATION ,POWER (Social sciences) ,RACISM ,AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Abstract
This autoethnographic paper introduces a decolonizing methodological process termed—critical collaborative interrogation (CCI)—one offering a more radically reflexive approach to teasing out inherent power relations within sport-for-development spaces. The process of CCI utilized four autobiographical vignettes written by the first author as means of decolonizing his whiteness, vis-à-vis, an academic peer from his present and a coworker from his past. By ascribing to a decolonizing praxis, we contend that CCI offers not only a novel way to elucidate innate racial biases, complicities, and moral imperatives within sport-for-development work, but also promoting CCI as a transformative process by drawing upon "other" ways of knowing and alternative perspectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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7. Equity, Empowerment, and Social Justice: Social Entrepreneurship for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals.
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Trivedi, Chitvan and Ray, Sarah M.
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SOCIAL justice ,SOCIAL entrepreneurship ,PRISONERS ,EXPERIENTIAL learning ,SOCIAL movements ,SELF-efficacy ,POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
The high incarceration rate and systemic racism in the United States, along with entrenched social barriers, highlight the need for creative solutions to help formerly incarcerated individuals (FIIs) reintegrate successfully. This paper highlights social entrepreneurial ventures (SEVs) as powerful agents of social change, underscoring the significance of holistic approaches in successful reentry and transformation of FIIs. We delve into the potential of SEVs as catalysts for social justice within the critical HRD (CHRD) framework, examining SEV's role in advancing learning, challenging power dynamics, empowering marginalized communities, and propelling grassroots-led social change. In doing so, we also emphasize the significance of experiential learning and dialog in cultivating collective knowledge and action within these social movements. We analyze the structural, organizational, and individual factors that demonstrate how HRD and social entrepreneurship complement and broaden modes of engagement. Ultimately, we highlight the promising synergy between SEVs and the CHRD perspective, presenting a transformative approach for both HRD scholars and practitioners and argue that by embracing the values of empowerment, equity, and social justice, HRD can play a pivotal role in fostering more inclusive, equitable, and empowering organizational landscapes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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8. Organized Womanhood: Archival Sources on Women and Progressive Reform.
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Sklar, Kathryn Kish
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WOMEN'S history ,POWER (Social sciences) ,SOCIAL problems ,WOMEN'S social networks - Abstract
Focuses on the efforts of women during the Progressive Era to mobilize social and political power through their organizations. Discussion on the social networks and organizations formed by women during the period to solve social problems; Importance of women in the administration of the U.S. Sanitary Commission's policies throughout the old Northwest Territory; Ability of women to speak for the national welfare.
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- 1988
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9. Stories of Hegemony: The Political Stakes of the Rise and Decline of US Power.
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Biswas, Shampa
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POWER (Social sciences) ,UNITED States politics & government ,PHILIPPINES-United States relations ,COLONIZATION ,DECOLONIZATION ,TWENTIETH century - Abstract
With Asia as its backdrop, Alfred McCoy's paper gives us a story of the rise of US hegemony after World War II. Using “military bases” rather than wars as a metric of imperial power, the paper traces the geopolitics of imperial expansion (and sometimes retraction) through a close and rich study of the many contestations around US military presence in the Philippines—contestations that occurred in both the United States and the Philippines. In doing so, one of the paper's most profound insights, made with considerable archival documentation, is that colonization and decolonization do not follow a linear trajectory and that its politics, rather than a simple imposition from the colonizer onto the colonized, are instead quite messy, complicated, and perhaps mostly importantly, in a constant state of negotiation. Thus, for instance, the paper shows us that political independence is not a clear rupture from colonization to decolonization, that arguments for the continuation or discontinuation of imperial relations post-independence are complex on both sides of the imperial divide and shift in different directions over time, and that who appears as a “threat” or an “enemy” that mobilizes a national community and nationalist resistance is also complex and inconstant. In other words, McCoy provides us with a historically detailed story of the rise of US hegemony in the latter half of the twentieth century through an account of the complex expansion of the US presence in Asia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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10. Covid pandemic, politics and bank performance.
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Fayman, Alex
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COVID-19 pandemic ,POLITICAL leadership ,POLITICAL affiliation ,POWER (Social sciences) ,BRANCH banks ,COALITION governments - Abstract
Purpose: The paper aims to highlight differences in bank performance based on state politics during the onset of the Covid pandemic. The response to Covid pandemic created an unusual opportunity for an investigation of how politics impacts banking due to the initial response to the pandemic being heavily impacted by political affiliation states' governors and dominant parties in state legislatures. Previous research looked at impact of elections on the federal level (both executive and legislative branches) on bank risk and performance. The response to the Covid pandemic in 2020 allows for an investigation on how political influence on the state level impacted banks performance. Design/methodology/approach: The Covid pandemic was an unexpected storm that entered the United States with a vengeance in 2020, taking countless lives and ravaging the economic landscape. The response to the pandemic quickly took a political spin as republican governors showed greater reluctance to shutter business activity in hopes of slowing down the spread of the virus than their democratic counterparts. This paper examines the impact of the two Americas created along the lines of political influence as it impacted bank performance over four-quarters beginning with the fourth quarter of 2019. All US banks are split into groups based on the political affiliation of state governors and the dominant party in state legislatures to measure impact of politics on bank performance and risk. Findings: This research finds that banks operating in states with republican governors produced greater profits and exhibited higher liquidity levels. The same results held for banks in states where both the governorship and the legislature were controlled by republicans versus banks in states where both the governor and the legislature were democratic. Interestingly, the findings present a reversal when examining banks in states led by republican governors and democratic legislatures versus banks in states with democratic governors and republican legislatures. In those instances of mixed leadership, banks in states with democratic governors tend to show greater profits, greater liquidity while demonstrating lower asset quality. Originality/value: A paper published in Managerial Finance in 2018 discussed the impact of the parties in control of the White house and the legislative branch on bank performance and risk. There have been no studies, to the author's knowledge, that look at how states' political leadership (gubernatorial and legislative) impact on bank performance. Because the response to the Covid pandemic became a politically polarized issue, the onset of the crisis allowed for measurement of how different responses by republican and democratic state leadership impacted bank performance and risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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11. COMMENTS ON VINCENT OSTROM'S PAPER.
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Riker, William
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CONSTITUTIONAL law ,UNITED States politics & government ,POWER (Social sciences) ,POLITICAL science ,SOCIAL institutions ,SOCIAL structure - Abstract
Comments on an article about the essential problems in the conceptualization of the U.S. experiment in constitutional choice. Analysis of the efficacy of constitutional forms in restraining the tyrannical exercise of political power; Discussion of the social institutions that renders the issue of constitutional choice less pressing; Problem posed by the concepts of constitutional structure and political condition.
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- 1976
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12. “Do You Go to New Orleans?” The Louisiana Purchase, Federalism, and the Contingencies of Empire in the Early U.S. Republic.
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LEE, JACOB F.
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LOUISIANA Purchase ,FEDERAL government ,IMPERIALISM ,STATE governments ,POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
This essay examines the planned invasion of New Orleans organized by the United States in late 1803 to enforce the terms of the Louisiana Purchase treaty. This story is a little-known but revealing moment in the history of the Louisiana Purchase and the early U.S. republic, and it demonstrates the varied levels of power and authority the United States depended on to implement its imperial projects. The federal system necessitated cooperation between the Jefferson administration and state governments in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee, all of which were active partners in U.S. empire-building. West of the Appalachian Mountains, however, local conditions shaped the abilities of the states to fulfill Jefferson’s request for troops. By focusing on the intricacies of the federal system as the Jefferson administration attempted to accomplish a single goal of acquiring Louisiana in a narrow window of time, this essay highlights how crucial the contingencies of politics and power on the ground were to the federal system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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13. Power and Positionality in Participatory Budgeting.
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Martínez, Airín D
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BUDGET ,COMMUNITY-based participatory research ,COMMUNITIES ,COMMUNITY involvement ,POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
There have been few analyses that discuss how power relations present in participatory budgeting (PB) may hinder or facilitate the future of PB. Drawing from PB examples in the United States we discuss the importance of power and positionality analyses during PB stages with the most deliberative participation for community members: forming steering committees, holding local assemblies, and selecting budgets. We discuss power struggles that stem from the lack of transparency in establishing budgets and representing implicated actors in communities. We discuss the importance of analyzing the positionality of municipal actors and community members throughout the life of PB projects. The paper ends by suggesting lessons that future PB initiatives can glean from community-based participatory research (CBPR) in public health, specifically, engaging in co-learning processes, capacity building among all partners, and the equitable distribution of resources between communities. These CBPR principles may facilitate countering narratives about community participation and foment institutional change in the ways local jurisdictions allocate PB budgets and prioritize policy agendas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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14. Power in the U.S. political economy: A network analysis.
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Malik, Nishant, Spencer, David, and Bui, Quang Neo
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PRACTICAL politics ,INFERENTIAL statistics ,ORGANIZATIONAL structure ,BANKING industry ,ECONOMICS ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,DATA analysis ,FINANCIAL management ,POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
Many features of the U.S. political economy arise from the interactions between large political and economic institutions, and yet we know little about the nature of their interactions and the power distribution between these institutions. In this paper, we present a detailed analysis of networks of U.S.‐based organizations, where edges represent three different kinds of relationships, namely owner–owned (ownerships), donor–donee (donations), and service provider–payee (transactions). Our findings suggest that in the ownerships network, the financial organizations form the core, and banking organizations hold strategic locations in the network. In the transactions network, the government organizations and agencies form the core, and defense‐related organizations form the backbone. In contrast, with the donations network, no specific domain of organizations forms either the core or the backbone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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15. Comparative Analysis of Emergency Provisions During A Pandemic.
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Chakraborty, Joyanta
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HOSPITAL emergency services ,GOVERNMENT regulation ,EMERGENCY medical services ,STAY-at-home orders ,COVID-19 pandemic ,POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
The novel Corona virus is a pandemic that has affected every human being on this planet, either directly by the virus itself, or by the social and economic consequences of the same. Needless to say, this pandemic has also had an effect on the administrations of most, if not all, the nations. This research paper seeks to draw a comparative analysis between the powers of the Executive in India and the United States of America during this pandemic. As we know, India follows a Parliamentary form of governance where the Prime Minister is the Head of the Government and a system of collective leadership is followed, whereas the USA follows a Presidential form of governance where the President is the Head of the State and the principle of individual leadership is followed. A comparative analysis of the two States' powers of the Executive will enable an enhanced comprehension by highlighting important details about pandemic related legislations like the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, 2006 (USA) and the Epidemic Act of India, 1897; and help making abstract ideas more concrete. In this research paper, using the doctrinal method of research, we will analyse the background of the pandemic via medical papers and WHO mandates, and further delve into the executive powers of both, India and the USA during a pandemic by analysing constitutional provisions like that of the 10th Amendment of the Constitution of the USA and the Emergency Provisions under Articles 352 to 360 of the Indian Constitution and different legislations. In conclusion, we shall see that in India, including pandemics as a valid ground to give power to the President to impose a nationwide lockdown, under the National Emergency clause in Article 352 of the Indian Constitution, shall prove to be beneficial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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16. INFORMATION PAPER: The APCSS Edge.
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CHACE, ALAN
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RESEARCH institutes ,POWER (Social sciences) ,MILITARY officers ,NATIONAL security - Abstract
The article offers information on the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), a regional study, conference and research center of the U.S. Department of Defense. It highlights the renowned reputation of APCSS as a center for capacity building and empowerment. It also provides an overview of its mission, team members and the opportunities of the U.S. military's Foreign Area Officers.
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- 2014
17. Looking back at the lawsuit that transformed the chiropractic profession part 2: Rise of the American Medical Association.
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Johnson, Claire D. and Green, Bart N.
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CHIROPRACTIC laws ,HEALTH care industry ,CODES of ethics ,MANUSCRIPTS ,LEADERSHIP ,PROFESSIONAL licenses ,CHIROPRACTIC education ,CHIROPRACTIC ,LEGAL liability ,PHENOMENOLOGY ,QUALITATIVE research ,RESEARCH funding ,MEDICAL practice ,POWER (Social sciences) ,MEDICAL research - Abstract
This paper is the second in a series that explores the historical events surrounding the Wilk v American Medical Association (AMA) lawsuit in which the plaintiffs argued that the AMA, the American Hospital Association, and other medical specialty societies violated anti-trust law by restraining chiropractors' business practices. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief review of the history of how the AMA rose to dominate health care in the United States, and within this social context, how the chiropractic profession fought to survive in the first half of the 20th century. This historical research study used a phenomenological approach to qualitative inquiry into the conflict between regular medicine and chiropractic and the events before, during, and after a legal dispute at the time of modernization of the chiropractic profession. Our methods included obtaining primary and secondary data sources. The final narrative recount was developed into 8 papers following a successive timeline. This paper is the second of the series that explores the growth of medicine and the chiropractic profession. The AMA's code of ethics established in 1847 continued to direct organized medicine's actions to exclude other health professions. During the early 1900s, the AMA established itself as "regular medicine." They labeled other types of medicine and health care professions, such as chiropractic, as "irregulars" claiming that they were cultists and quacks. In addition to the rise in power of the AMA, a report written by Abraham Flexner helped to solidify the AMA's control over health care. Chiropractic as a profession was emerging and developing in practice, education, and science. The few resources available to chiropractors were used to defend their profession against attacks from organized medicine and to secure legislation to legalize the practice of chiropractic. After years of struggle, the last state in the US legalized chiropractic 79 years after the birth of the profession. In the first part of the 20th century, the AMA was amassing power as chiropractic was just emerging as a profession. Events such as publication of Flexner's report and development of the medical basic science laws helped to entrench the AMA's monopoly on health care. The health care environment shaped how chiropractic grew as a profession. Chiropractic practice, education, and science were challenged by trying to develop outside of the medical establishment. These events added to the tensions between the professions that ultimately resulted in the Wilk v AMA lawsuit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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18. Is There No Such Thing as Non-White Racism?
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Kalunta-Crumpton, Anita
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RACISM ,INSTITUTIONAL racism ,CRIME victims ,WHITE people ,POWER (Social sciences) ,UNITED States presidential election, 2016 ,POLITICAL campaigns - Abstract
Race-related legislative advances have been made over the years to the advantage of non-Whites. However, this reality is yet to alter mainstream discourses of racism, which have portrayed Whites as having monopoly over the perpetration of racism, arguably because they have systemic/institutional advantage and power to be racist toward non-Whites. This paper argues that racism can be non-institutional, that there is power in non-institutional racism, that non-Whites can utilize non-institutional racism to their advantage, and that racism is not race-specific. With a primary focus on how non-Whites might utilize non-institutional racism, this paper draws on media reports of events of the 2016 presidential election campaigns to demonstrate that the perpetration of racism is no longer a White prerogative, and that the victimization experiences of racism is no longer specific to non-Whites. The paper concludes with a call for these important dynamics of racism to be made salient in academic and public debates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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19. Linked Descendants: Genetic-genealogical Practices and the Refusal of Ignorance around Slavery.
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Abel, Sarah
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SLAVERY ,FAMILY history (Genealogy) ,AFRICAN Americans ,POWER (Social sciences) ,FAMILY history (Sociology) - Abstract
The recent expansion of online genetic-genealogical networks has been hailed as a development that could break racial taboos in the United States by providing irrefutable evidence of the myriad historical and genetic links—many originating in slavery—connecting white and black families. These predictions are countered, however, by a scholarly literature on "white ignorance," defined as an active historical project that works to prevent privileged groups from apprehending their links to, and positionality within, systems of racial oppression. This paper mobilizes concepts from the fields of agnotology and epistemic ethics to assess how far genetic-genealogical technologies can contribute to redressing racialized epistemic inequities between slave and slaveholder descendants, by inducing the latter to respond to the former's kinship claims and give access to data that could help reconstruct their linked family histories. Drawing on ethnographic and interview data that foreground the experiences of African American genealogists, the study outlines the structural and affective dimensions that have converged to enable white ignorance regarding genealogies of slavery and discusses ethical and technical solutions proposed by genealogical practitioners to redress the racialized power dynamics that continue to condition access to, and public acceptance of, family history knowledge relating to slavery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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20. Race, power, and policy: understanding state anti-eviction policies during COVID-19.
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Michener, Jamila
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COVID-19 pandemic ,RACE ,SOCIAL movements ,GOVERNMENT policy ,COVID-19 ,POWER (Social sciences) ,ELECTORAL college ,REACTION time - Abstract
In the United States, striking racial disparities in COVID-19 infection and mortality rates were one of the core patterns of the virus. These racial disproportionalities were a result of structural factors--laws, rules, and practices embedded in economic, social, and political systems. Public policy is central among such structural features. Policies distribute advantages, disadvantages, benefits, and burdens in ways that generate, reinforce, or redress racial inequities. Crucially, public policy is a function of power relations, so understanding policy decisions requires attentiveness to power. This paper asseses statistical associations between racial power and state anti-eviction policies. Charting the timing of state policy responses between March 2020 and June 2021, I examine correlations between response times and racial power as reflected in state populations, voting constituencies, legislatures, and social movement activities. Ultimately, I do not find any significant associations. The null results underscore the complexities and difficulties of studying race, power, and public policy with theoretical nuance and empirical care. While the findings leave us with much to learn about how racial power operates, the conceptualization and theorizing offered in the paper, instructively underscore the value of centering racial power in analyses of public policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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21. Confronting the Modern Executive: Four Perspectives.
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Levinson, Sanford
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POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
It is no secret that political power in the United States and elsewhere has, overall, shifted to "the executive" and away from legislatures. There may be debate about whether this is a product of willful "overreaching" by executives or whether, within the United States, Congress has instead willingly ceded power by engaging in what Justice Cardozo in 1935 called "delegation run riot." The concern about executive power has perhaps become heightened in the aftermath of the Trump presidency—just as Boris Johnson, with his own defiance of some of the "conventions" that are essential to the British constitutional order, is provoking debate in Great Britain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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22. How Firms Fail at D&I: Inclusion, Hegemony, and Modest Fashion.
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Leri, Alice
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CRITICAL discourse analysis ,POWER (Social sciences) ,HEGEMONY ,FASHION - Abstract
This paper analyzes the impact that inclusive marketing practices might have on society using modest fashion as a case study. The study employs an ethnographic approach to critical discourse analysis and explores the impact of modest fashion in reshaping the boundaries of exclusion and belonging in the United States. Throughout the paper, the author argues that as firms try to become more inclusive in the marketplace, they inadvertently reproduce existing power dynamics wherein nonthreatening forms of diversity are assimilated into a safe "new normal" while subversive "others" are further excluded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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23. Anopticism: Invisible Populations and the Power of Not Seeing.
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Dale, Emily
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INVISIBILITY ,POWER (Social sciences) ,CHINESE people ,CHINESE diaspora ,19TH century history - Abstract
Utilizing Foucault's theory of panopticism, social scientists have consistently studied the ways past populations were made visible and how this served as a form of power. Understudied, however, are the ways invisibility can be imposed or adopted. This paper models new discussions of power relationships I have named anopticism. Anopticism is concerned with the power exercised in making populations invisible, both as a form of domination and as form of resistance. By examining two Chinese communities in Nevada and California, I explore the ways strategies and tactics, discipline and agency, and power over and power to intertwine to effectively and purposefully hide individuals, groups, and their behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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24. THE FUTURE OF BRICS: THE REVISIONIST'S CENTURY.
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Kassab, Hanna
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POWER (Social sciences) ,STATE power ,POLITICAL development ,INTERNATIONAL organization - Abstract
The BRICS conglomerate was created to balance against the power of the United States. This paper applies the assumptions of SR to contemporary international political developments, specifically the challenges posed by BRICS to American hegemony. As the BRICS continues to close the relative power gap, the international system will become more balanced. It is possible that a united BRICS could displace the American international order. Structural Realist assumptions provide useful tools to explain contemporary international politics. Hence, power politics might best explain the future of the BRICS and its continued expansion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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25. Teaching Global Citizenship: The Paradox of Competency and Power.
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Scorza, Jason A.
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ABILITY , *CITIZENSHIP , *AMERICANS , *POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
Although the United States is commonly thought to be long on power (e.g., political, economic, cultural, technological, etc.), its citizens remain short on the competencies (i.e., knowledge, skills, and attitudes) needed to be responsible and effective members of a global community. Taking this paradox of global competency and power as my starting point, this paper examines one unique effort to use online technology and an interdisciplinary pedagogical approach to educate young people for global citizenship. Specifically, this paper presents ?The Global Challenge,? a three-credit hour interdisciplinary course on global issues required since Fall 2001 of all freshmen at Fairleigh Dickinson University. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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26. American Foreign Policy During the Clinton Administration.
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Hansen, Sally
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POWER (Social sciences) , *HEGEMONY , *IMPERIALISM , *INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
The increasing American dominance and power in the world has frustrated various countries, societies, and individuals, and some have argued that this anger at American hegemony was the cause of September 11th. These people, such as Benjamin Barber, argue that Western cultural and economic imperialism are reshaping the world at the expense of various other cultures. As the American empire grows, it spreads its culture throughout the world, creating a more homogeneous world. This paper will focus on the growth of the American empire by examining American foreign policy and the use of force during the Clinton administration. From 1993 to 2000, the U.S. intervened or initiated the use of force in several places, including the Former Republic of Yugoslavia, Somalia, Iraq, and Haiti. Why did the Clinton administration make these foreign policy decisions? Was it part of an attempt to spread American hegemony throughout the world or not? Or, as many have argued, were Clinton’s foreign policy decisions a result of his domestic problems and his own personal ambitions and goals? This paper will seek to understand what motivated President Clinton’s foreign policy decisions to initiate the use of force or to intervene in the intrastate conflicts of other countries from 1993 to 2000. In order to answer this question this paper will focus on one possible theory?diversionary war theory. Diversionary war theory is based on the idea that leaders of nation-states will use foreign conflict involvement to divert domestic attention away from internal problems. Many have criticized this theory, including Blainey 1998 and Levy 1989, but others have found evidence of a moderate link between variables like leader popularity and the diversionary use of force, such as Ostrom and Job 1986, James and Oneal 1991, and Morgan and Bickers 1992. Clinton faced a number of domestic distractions during his Presidency, most significantly his ongoing difficulties involving his alleged affair, and he may have felt the need to use foreign policy to divert attention away from these problems. Clinton has also has been quoted a number of times as saying that domestic politics is more important to him than international politics, and he may have used foreign policy to divert attention away from his domestic problems. This paper will focus on three specific independent variables: presidential approval, economic measures, and the media focus during the six months prior to the decision to use force or intervene. As the U.S. continues its dominance in the world, it is important to understand the motivations behind American foreign policy. Many people in the world today are less than satisfied with the U.S. hegemonic role in the world, because some of them believe that the U.S. is acting only in its own self-interest with no regard for how their actions affect the rest of the world. It is important to understand the reasons behind American foreign policy in order to determine whether the U.S. is a selfish and self-interested nation. This is a small step towards that goal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
27. The Contested Concept of Hegemony: Using Conceptual Analysis as a Tool for Clarification.
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Prys, Miriam
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HEGEMONY , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *POWER (Social sciences) ,UNITED States politics & government, 2001-2009 - Abstract
Observers of the current world scene reach strikingly divergent conclusions when characterizing today?s world order. Although there is much talk of a unipolar power structure, many are not convinced identifying a multitude of power centers, which is only temporarily and superficially veiled by the extraordinary superiority of the U.S. military. Some perceive the United States as ?the New Rome,? while others see a hegemon in ongoing decline. In a more normative vein, some depict the unmatched power of the U.S., and the high-handedness that comes with it, as a threat to world peace and an obstacle to the solution of common problems such as the management of climate change; others argue just the opposite describing the U.S. as the ?indispensable nation? and U.S. power, and the willingness to use it, as the decisive factor for order and stability in the international system. These opposing views are not only a matter of factual and evaluative differences, i.e. differing opinions on what is the case or what states of affairs are desirable; rather, they are firmly rooted in the existence of a multitude of concepts of hegemony in International Relations ? conceptualizations and definitions of which many who employ them are hardly aware of. The aim of this paper is to develop a first an idea about how to make. use of this multitude of conceptualizations via a metatheoretically guided conceptual analysis in general. What should follow from this analysis is a systematic overview and categorization of the most influential approaches to the phenomenon of power concentration, or hegemony, in world politics. The literature on the topic will be analyzed using a set of guiding questions as for example ?Which conditions have to be met for a state to be considered a hegemon?? or ?How do hegemons behave and why??. The goal of the paper is not confined to unearthing the divergent theoretical ideas that are present in the current scholarly and journalistic discourse on hegemony and power asymmetry. By clarifying, reconstructing, and systematically comparing the concept of hegemony, the paper ultimately seeks to contribute to a better understanding of hegemony itself. Eventually, a reformulated and multidimensional concept of hegemony will be presented in order to provide coming research with a clear idea about its descriptive and normative connotations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
28. The English School Reborn in World Society?
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Greve, Morten F. and Knudsen, Tonny Brems
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INTERNATIONAL cooperation , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *POWER (Social sciences) , *POLITICAL science , *AUTHORITY - Abstract
The English School and its master concept ?international society? is currently enjoying a renaissance. The paper seeks to sustain this revitalization by suggesting how a firmer grasp of the School?s potential can be achieved by situating its contribution in the context of sociological World Society Theory. This move promises to heighten its theoretical reflexivity as well as its awareness of the non-political context of modern politics. The viability of an updated English School approach is discussed in the light of an empirical challenge: the implications of the unipolar power structure that privileges the United States in the contemporary states system. It can be argued that unipolarity introduces a degree of systemic hierarchy conflicting with central English School premises, i.e. the importance of shared intersubjective norms and anarchical state equality. The paper argues that unipolarity does indeed challenge evolving international society but also that it is unlikely to obstruct the emergence of a world order based on differentiated and interactive governance frameworks. A reflexive English School approach contributes fruitfully to our understanding of this development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
29. Hegemony Times Three and the Marginalization of the United Nations.
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Puchala, Donald J.
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INTERNATIONAL organization , *HEGEMONY , *POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
In the broadest sense, this paper will examine relationships between the functioning of global international organizations and the distribution of power among member states. Practically speaking, I shall concentrate on the United Nations and discuss the impacts of the three hegemonies, that is, (1) the economic hegemony of the OECD countries (or perhaps the G-7, if this is really what the economic power cluster amounts to), (2) the ideological hegemony of the liberal-democratic-neoliberal-West, and (3) the military hegemony of the United States. Overlapping membership among states constituting the three hegemonies amounts presently to what Gramsci would identify as a historical bloc (blocco), that within broad limits accounts for the main currents and directions of contemporary world affairs. This historical bloc also controls the United Nations, normatively, materially and programmatically. The paper will describe the hows and whats of this. Gramscian analysis, however, invites consideration of anti-hegemonic activities, and these, within the United Nations, account for much of the politics that play out within and around the organization. Because the politics of anti-hegemonism tend to render the United Nations a less than useful instrument of hegemonic imposition, global hegemony today is increasingly imposed via extra-UN devices and channels, thereby marginalizing the world organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
30. Punctuated Equilibrium: How the Balance of Power Between Congress and Presidency Shifted Over Time.
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Vlaicu, Sorina O.
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POWER (Social sciences) , *BALANCE of power , *PRESIDENTS of the United States , *POLITICAL leadership - Abstract
This paper attempts to analyze the power fluctuations in the Presidency-Congress relationship, by using a punctuated equilibrium model. The theory, initially described by biologists as an alternative to Darwin’s gradual evolutionism, argues that the evolution of species benefited from sudden events, bursts of change that moved the system to a subsequent position of partial equilibrium. A similar argument is used in this paper to explore the way in which the two American political institutions evolved, and how have they shared the governing power. Starting from a theoretical point ‘zero’ envisioned by the Framers, where the balance of power inclined heavily in favor of the Congress, the growth in size and political power of the White House shifted the relationship to subsequent positions of temporary stability. Evolution from one position of equilibrium to the next is triggered by major crises or events. Historical events have generated periodic gains and loses in the political power of the legislative; however, the long-term trends show an almost constant growth of the Presidential institution and its power over time, to the stature of a ‘fourth branch.’ Overall, the model shows a significant increase in presidential power over time, in part at the expense of the Congress. Methodologically, this paper uses historical analyses and scholarly opinions to define an empirical model of presidential power and the most appropriate variables to operationalize the concepts. Then, it explores several dimensions of the institutional development of each of the two players, with a closer look at the increases in institutional units, number of employees, and expenditures over time. Several indicators of the Presidency-Congress interactions are also succinctly explored (e.g., presidential legislative success rate, number of vetoes and overrides). While attempting to develop original models, this research draws upon reach data and scholarly work on Presidency and Congress for the theoretical discussion as well as the empirical analysis. Furthermore it is intended to represent a first step in a new direction of research for the author, who would like to explore further theoretical arguments and empirical relationships surrounding presidential power issues. In terms of organization, the paper starts with a presentation of the original punctuated equilibrium model, and its applications to political science research. Following is an analytical assessment of presidential power theories. The model of punctuated equilibrium power fluctuation is then introduced, building on the richness of ideas in the literature. For an in-depth look at this model, I employ an exploratory analysis or institutional growth (in size and complexity), and propose empirical models and variables for measuring the presidential power and assessing the role of crises (punctuations of history). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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31. Lochner’s Ghost in American Constitutional Development: The Post 1937 Search for Constitutional Rights.
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Thomas, George
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CONSTITUTIONAL history , *CONSTITUTIONAL law , *PREFERRED freedoms doctrine , *CIVIL rights , *JUDICIAL discretion , *POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
The Ghost of Lochner and American Constitutional Development: The Post 1937 Search for Constitutional Rights Both traditional and revisionist scholarship continues to see the Constitutional Revolution of 1937 as recasting the role of the Court in American constitutionalism. With the dramatic expansion of state power, the Court retreated from the realm of economic issues and took up the protection of civil rights and liberties. Thus the New Deal paved the way for the articulation of preferred freedoms. In this, revisionist accounts march easily in step with the New Deal justices version of our constitutional development post 1937. The constitutional struggle of 1935-41 settled the central question of the government’s power to regulate the economy. Yet, this very settlement opened up another area, judicial review in relation to civil liberties and rights, which remained–and indeed remains–in a state of constitutional flux. These issues remain troublesome because at the heart of the New Deal revolution was the central questions of judicial discretion: how do we tether judicial will? This paper argues that first, rather than giving us clear constitutional principles to guide the Court, our constitutionalism developed in ways that saw constitutional interpretation through the lens of disciplining judicial discretion. Thus it is difficult to speak of the New Deal Constitution as a regime that gives us constitutional guidance. At the heart of this regime lies an unsettled question about the relationship between judicial will and individual rights. Second, while scholars of American constitutional development focus on the fundamental changes wrought by the New Deal, the insistence that Lochner was part of an earlier era that no longer applies, is more difficult to maintain. This does not suggest a return to the jurisprudential vision of the Lochner Court. Rather, this paper suggests that Lochner remains potent in the search for grounding judicial discretion. It haunts the ‘painstaking and politically-charged task of articulating, for the first time in American constitutional history, precisely what kinds of freedoms deserved to be characterized as truly fundamental.’ And it does this precisely because the New Deal critique of Lochner is bound up with the Constitutional Revolution of 1937 making it a part of the New Deal’s constitutional trajectory. The point is important insofar as it suggests that subsequent constitutional developments, Roe v. Wade for instance, are not easily rooted in the Constitutional Revolution of 1937. Revisionist attempts to elide the old equation of if Roe, then Lochner, remain troublesome if we take the Constitutional Revolution of 1937 seriously. There may well be no going back to Lochner, but that doesn’t make for an easy fit between Roe and the New Deal. Thus the paper concludes by suggesting that the return of original intent in the wake of Roe has its roots firmly in the Constitutional Revolution of 1937 (rather than the founding). Yet this makes originalism’s critique of Roe more powerful, not less so. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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32. The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: American Political Institutions and Organized Labor’s Legislative Influence Since World War II.
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Roof, Tracy
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LABOR movement , *SOCIAL movements , *POWER (Social sciences) , *POLITICAL science - Abstract
This paper counters American exceptionalist arguments about the weakness of the labor movement in the United States based on cultural and economic explanations and instead argues that American political institutions have constrained labor’s political power. Political institutions that protect political minorities such as the Senate which over-represents rural populations and under-represents urban populations, the Senate filibuster which requires a super-majority to pass controversial legislation, the presidential veto which also requires a super-majority for Congress to override, and rules and procedures in the House favoring conservative interests have historically restricted the ability of organized labor to pass its legislative agenda to expand the size and protections of the welfare state. Although American labor has shared the social democratic agenda of many European labor movements in the post-WWII period, the fragmentation and institutional bias towards the status quo in the American political system have limited organized labor’s legislative successes to incremental change. As union density has declined, many scholars have argued that labor has become increasingly irrelevant in the public policy process. Yet the same institutional protections for political minorities that once benefited labor’s political opponents now benefit organized labor. In addition labor had benefited from institutional changes it pushed for such as the enfranchisement of African-Americans and congressional reforms that reduced the power of conservative, Southern Democrats in the policy-making process over the last two decades. As a result organized labor continues to exercise a level of political influence very similar to that exercised in the forties when organized labor represented a much larger percentage of the workforce. Labor has been able to protect the legislative gains it made in the past and continues to put initiatives for incremental expansion of the welfare and regulatory state on the political agenda. The paper focuses particularly on the areas of employment policy, labor law, and health care reform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2002
33. Vital Directions for Health and Health Care: Priorities From a National Academy of Medicine Initiative.
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Dzau, Victor J., McGinnis, J. Michael, Hamburg, Margaret A., Henney, Jane E., Leavitt, Michael O., Parker, Ruth M., Sandy, Lewis G., Schaeffer, Leonard D., Steele Jr., Glenn D., Thompson, Pamela, Zerhouni, Elias, Steele, Glenn D Jr, McClellan, Mark B., Burke, Sheila P., Coye, Molly J., Diaz, Angela, Daschle, Thomas A., Frist, William H., Gaines, Martha, and Kumanyika, Shiriki
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PATIENT Protection & Affordable Care Act ,MEDICAL care costs ,HEALTH equity ,HEALTH & welfare funds ,HEALTH insurance ,MEDICAL education ,COMPARATIVE studies ,HEALTH facilities ,HEALTH planning ,HEALTH services accessibility ,HEALTH status indicators ,LABOR incentives ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL care ,MEDICAL cooperation ,MEDICAL research ,PAY for performance ,POWER (Social sciences) ,RESEARCH ,EVIDENCE-based medicine ,EVALUATION research - Abstract
Importance: Recent discussion has focused on questions related to the repeal and replacement of portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). However, issues central to the future of health and health care in the United States transcend the ACA provisions receiving the greatest attention. Initiatives directed to certain strategic and infrastructure priorities are vital to achieve better health at lower cost.Objectives: To review the most salient health challenges and opportunities facing the United States, to identify practical and achievable priorities essential to health progress, and to present policy initiatives critical to the nation's health and fiscal integrity.Evidence Review: Qualitative synthesis of 19 National Academy of Medicine-commissioned white papers, with supplemental review and analysis of publicly available data and published research findings.Findings: The US health system faces major challenges. Health care costs remain high at $3.2 trillion spent annually, of which an estimated 30% is related to waste, inefficiencies, and excessive prices; health disparities are persistent and worsening; and the health and financial burdens of chronic illness and disability are straining families and communities. Concurrently, promising opportunities and knowledge to achieve change exist. Across the 19 discussion papers examined, 8 crosscutting policy directions were identified as vital to the nation's health and fiscal future, including 4 action priorities and 4 essential infrastructure needs. The action priorities-pay for value, empower people, activate communities, and connect care-recurred across the articles as direct and strategic opportunities to advance a more efficient, equitable, and patient- and community-focused health system. The essential infrastructure needs-measure what matters most, modernize skills, accelerate real-world evidence, and advance science-were the most commonly cited foundational elements to ensure progress.Conclusions and Relevance: The action priorities and essential infrastructure needs represent major opportunities to improve health outcomes and increase efficiency and value in the health system. As the new US administration and Congress chart the future of health and health care for the United States, and as health leaders across the country contemplate future directions for their programs and initiatives, their leadership and strategic investment in these priorities will be essential for achieving significant progress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2017
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34. The Black Panther Party and the Japanese Press.
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Jones, Jason
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PRESS & politics ,JAPANESE politics & government, 1945-1989 ,POWER (Social sciences) ,BLACK people ,SOCIAL history - Abstract
This paper examines representations of the Black Panther Party (BPP) in three of Japan's top-circulating newspapers-Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, and Mainichi Shimbun-from 1966 to 1979, these years marking the period of greatest BPP activity. The purpose of this analysis is to bring renewed perspective regarding the light in which the BPP was covered by a non-US press, as a step toward further developing scholarship of transnational discourse on black militancy. Through making additions to said scholarship, the author wishes to contribute to the greater aim of reexamining frameworks of representational power, calling into question the lynchpins of this power as they function toward our understanding of blackness and race in an historical context. The paper is divided into two distinct parts. The first part chronicles the trajectory of the Japan and black American relationship. This forms the context for the author's examination of BPP coverage in the aforementioned newspapers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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35. The BCH message banking process™, voice banking, and double-dipping™.
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Costello, John and Smith, Martine
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SPEECH perception ,FACILITATED communication ,CHILDREN'S hospitals ,HUMAN voice ,INTELLIGIBILITY of speech ,SOUND recordings ,COMMUNICATION ,DISEASE management ,NEURODEGENERATION ,POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
Significant advances have been made in interventions to maintain communication and personhood for individuals with neurodegenerative conditions. One innovation is Message Banking, a clinical approach first developed at Boston Children's Hospital (BCH). This paper outlines the Message Banking process as implemented at BCH, which includes the option of "Double Dipping," where banked messages are mined to develop personalized synthesized voices. More than a decade of experience has led to the evolution of six core principles underpinning the BCH process, resulting in a structured introduction of the associated concepts and practices with people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and their families. These principles highlight the importance of assigning ownership and control of the process to individuals with ALS and their families, ensuring that as a tool it is empowering and offers hope. Changes have been driven by feedback from individuals who have participated in the BCH process over many years. The success of the process has recently been extended through partnerships that allow the recorded messages to be used to develop individual personalized synthetic voices to complement banked messages. While the process of banking messages is technically relatively simple, the full value of the process should be underpinned by the values and principles outlined in this tutorial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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36. Who Controls Whom? An Examination of the Relation Between Management and Boards of Directors in Large American Corporations.
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Mizruchi, Mark S.
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COMMUNICATION in management ,CONTROL (Psychology) ,ORGANIZATIONAL power ,INDUSTRIAL management research ,CORPORATE directors ,BOARDS of directors ,CORPORATIONS ,ORGANIZATIONAL sociology research ,POWER (Social sciences) ,MANAGEMENT controls ,INDUSTRIAL relations - Abstract
Most organization theorists believe that boards of directors in large American corporations are dominated by management. This paper argues that this view is based on a problematic definition of control. Several distinctions between long run and short run control are presented, and a framework in which boards of directors have control over managers is suggested. Case examples are given and possible objections are confronted. Finally, an agenda for further research on board-management relations is offered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1983
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37. International political marketing: a case study of United States soft power and public diplomacy.
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Sun, Henry H.
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POWER (Social sciences) ,UNITED States politics & government, 2001-2009 ,DIPLOMACY ,INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
• Political marketing can be categorized with three aspects: the election campaign as the origin of political marketing, the permanent campaign as a governing tool and international political marketing (IPM) which covers the areas of public diplomacy, marketing of nations, international political communication, national image, soft power and the cross-cultural studies of political marketing. IPM and the application of soft power have been practiced by nation-states throughout the modern history of international relations starting with the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. Nation-states promote the image of their country worldwide through public diplomacy, exchange mutual interests in their bilateral or multilateral relation with other countries, lobby for their national interests in international organizations and apply cultural and political communication strategies internationally to build up their soft power. In modern international relations, nation-states achieve their foreign policy goals by applying both hard power and soft power. Public diplomacy as part of IPM is a method in the creation of soft power, as well as, in the application of soft power. • This paper starts with the definitional and conceptual review of political marketing. For the first time in publication, it establishes a theoretical model which provides a framework of the three aspects of political marketing, that is electoral political marketing (EPM), governmental political marketing (GPM) and IPM. This model covers all the main political exchanges among six inter-related components in the three pairs of political exchange process, that is candidates and party versus voters and interest groups in EPM ; governments, leaders and public servants versus citizens and interest groups in GPM, including political public relations and lobbying which have been categorized as the third aspect of political marketing in some related studies; and governments, interest group and activists versus international organizations and foreign subjects in IPM. This study further develops a model of IPM, which covers its strategy and marketing mix on the secondary level of the general political marketing model, and then, the third level model of international political choice behaviour based the theory of political choice behaviour in EPM. This paper continues to review the concepts of soft power and public diplomacy and defines their relation with IPM. • It then reports a case study on the soft power and public diplomacy of the United States from the perspectives of applying IPM and soft power. Under the framework of IPM, it looks at the traditional principles of US foreign policy, that is Hamiltonians, Wilsonians, Jeffersonians and Jacksonians, and the application of US soft power in the Iraq War since 2003. The paper advances the argument that generally all nation states apply IPM to increase their soft power. The decline of US soft power is caused mainly by its foreign policy. The unilateralism Jacksonians and realism Hamiltonians have a historical trend to emphasize hard power while neglecting soft power. Numerous reports and studies have been conducted on the pros and cons of US foreign policy in the Iraq War, which are not the focus of this paper. From the aspect of IPM, this paper studies the case of US soft power and public diplomacy, and their effects in the Iraq War. It attempts to exam the application of US public diplomacy with the key concept of political exchange, political choice behaviour, the long-term approach and the non-government operation principles of public diplomacy which is a part of IPM. The case study confirms the relations among IPM, soft power and public diplomacy and finds that lessons can be learned from these practices of IPM. The paper concludes that there is a great demand for research both at a theoretical as well as practical level for IPM and soft power. It calls for further study on this subject. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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38. The News About the Newsworkers: press coverage of the 1965 American Newspaper Guild strike against The New York Times.
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Tracy, James F.
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NEWSPAPERS ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. ,MASS media influence ,NEWSPAPER strikes ,LABOR disputes ,POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
Since the 1960s the North American newspaper industry has mobilized two key forces against journalists' collective endeavors toward better pay and job security: heightened corporate power and workplace technology. This paper considers a decisive third force: the creation and control of public discourse concerning newspaper strikes. It provides a close textual analysis of print news coverage of the American Newspaper Guild's strike against The New York Times and New York newspapers' lockout of 17,000 news industry employees from September 16 to October 10, 1965. The study situates the concept of media framing vis-à-vis a historically grounded understanding of class struggle and journalism's activity in fostering an imaginary consensus with the public through consistent and shared depictions of the conflict Representation of this strike bears resemblance to coverage of strikes in other industries, suggesting that over the past several decades the newspaper industry has not only facilitated the general deterioration of organized labor; through its key position in the symbolic environment it has acted in like fashion to contain or eliminate such activity among its own workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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39. Culture codes and semiotics.
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Berger, Arthur Asa
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SEMIOTICS ,COMMUNICATION ,CONTINUITY ,POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
This paper argues that culture can be understood as a collection of codes that people learn as they grow up in a particular society and that these codes have certain attributes that explain their power. I suggest that codes must be coherent, be concrete, be clear, have continuity, and be communicated. I conclude with a discussion of national codes in comedy and offer the example of Japan, where people have different humor codes than in America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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40. The (im)possibility of sociolinguistic hybridity: Power and scaling in post‐soviet, transnational life.
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Catedral, Lydia
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CULTURAL fusion ,POWER (Social sciences) ,ASIANS ,LANGUAGE & languages ,SCALING (Social sciences) ,POSTCOMMUNISM ,SOCIOLINGUISTICS - Abstract
This paper contributes to disentangling hybridity from assumptions about marginality, resistance and the dissolution of boundaries in sociolinguistic scholarship. To do so, it examines how speakers make certain types of hybrid identities (im)possible through their discursive practices of scaling. Focusing on post‐soviet, Central Asian migrants in the United States, I demonstrate how their discourses on ethnolinguistic identity rely on multiple scalar perspectives, which (re)make boundaries in different ways that (dis)allow for hybrid identities to emerge. I show that speakers engage in such discourses in order to navigate their marginal transnational positionings, and that their emergent hybrid identities do not ensure resistance to national norms or transcend categorical boundaries. These empirical observations, I argue, have implications for conceptualizing the relationship between power, marginality and hybrid forms more broadly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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41. Power Shifts in International Law: Structural Realignment and Substantive Pluralism.
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Burke-White, William W.
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INTERNATIONAL law -- Social aspects ,POWER (Social sciences) ,PLURALISM ,INTERNATIONAL relations, 1989- ,STATES (Political subdivisions) ,LEGITIMACY of governments ,EUROPEAN politics & government, 1989- ,PRACTICAL politics ,LAW - Abstract
For most of the past sixty years, the United States and Europe have led, independently and collectively, the international legal system. Yet, the rise of Brazil, Russia, India, and China (the BRICs) over the past decade has caused a profound transformation of global politics. This paper examines the implications of this redistribution of power for international law. While international lawyers have long debated the ability of law to constrain state behavior, this paper shifts the debate from the power of law to the role of power within international law. It first advances a structural argument that the diffusion, disaggregation, and issue-specific asymmetries in the distribution of power are giving rise to a multi-hub structure for international law, distinct from past structures such as bipolarity and multipolarity. This multi-hub structure increases pluralism within the international legal system. It also creates downward pressure on international legal processes to migrate from the global level toward a number of flexible, issue-specific subsystems. The paper then proceeds to demonstrate that the anticipated pluralism is emerging at three substantive tension points as some rising powers articulate distinct preferences with respect to sovereignty, legitimacy, and the role of the state in economic development. At each of these tension points, rising powers are reasserting the preeminence of the state in international law, leading to a gradual turning away from the individualization of international law championed by the United States and Europe back toward the Westphalian origins of the international legal system. Notwithstanding this turn, the United States stands to benefit from the new multi-hub structure of international law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
42. US Counter-drug Policy and its impact on Nationalism in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Ramdathsingh, Krystel
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DRUG laws , *GOVERNMENT policy , *NATIONALISM , *HEGEMONY , *POWER (Social sciences) - Abstract
This paper hopes to examine the way that US counter-drug policy affects nationalism in Trinidad and Tobago. The illegal drug trade has created a dangerous backdrop in everyday life. Recent publications have labeled Trinidad and Tobago not only as the newest narco-state, but have also claimed that it has become the "murder capital of the Caribbean." Arguably, US policies surrounding what has been called the most glaring threat to Caribbean security have an effect on individual Caribbean nations in regards to their self perception, perception of the other and self-projection. These three components which are adopted as the components of nationalism can either be strengthened, weakened or remain unchanged in response to the strong policy influence of the hemispheric hegemon. The pressure from the US coupled with domestic pressures to cohere with national ideals, can create dissonance between effective drug policies and national autonomy. Since it is accepted that the illegal drug trade cannot be resolved in a singular manner, developing nations must navigate this trade-off. As such, this paper will explore this policy relationship between the US and Trinidad and Tobago with the objective of determining whether or not US drug policies have shaped nationalism for the developing country, and why. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
43. Black Farmers in the USA and Michigan: Longevity, Empowerment, and Food Sovereignty.
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Taylor, Dorceta E.
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BLACK farmers ,LONGEVITY ,POWER (Social sciences) ,FOOD sovereignty ,ENVIRONMENTAL justice - Abstract
Blacks have been farming in the USA for about four centuries and in Michigan since the 1830s. Yet, for blacks, owning and retaining farmland has been a continuous challenge. This historical analysis uses environmental justice and food sovereignty frameworks to examine the farming experiences of blacks in the USA generally, and more specifically in Michigan. It analyzes land loss, the precipitous decline in the number of black farmers, and the strategies that blacks have used to counteract these phenomena. The paper shows that the ability of blacks to own and operate farms has been negatively impacted by lack of access to credit, segregation, relegation to marginal and hazard-prone land, natural disasters, organized opposition to black land ownership, and systemic discrimination. The paper examines the use of cooperatives and other community-based organizations to help blacks respond to discrimination and environmental inequalities. The paper assesses how the farming experiences of blacks in Michigan compare to the experiences of black farmers elsewhere. It also explores the connections between Michigan’s black farmers, southern black farmer cooperatives, and Detroit’s black consumers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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44. The Myth of Equality: The Theory and Founding of Interinstitutional Power.
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Siemers, David
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POWER (Social sciences) , *EQUALITY , *REPUBLICANS ,UNITED States politics & government, 21st century - Abstract
While we often hear that the American founders set up three coequal branches of government, this outcome was not what the theorists who inspired the founders envisioned, nor was it what the founders wrought. In fact, most American founders did not even favor coequality as a norm. This is most obviously acknowledged in The Federalist Papers when Madison suggests that in republican governments the legislative power "necessarily predominates." This paper will demonstrate two things: that the theorists who inspired the founders, like Locke, Harrington, and Montesquieu did not harbor true coequality between branches as a desirable or an achievable norm and second, that the founders themselves did not think that they had set up three coequal branches of government, and most of them did not think this a desirable outcome. Somehow the notion of coequality has been confused with the separation of roles and the ability of each branch to check the other branches, norms which the founders did build into the Constitution without any accompanying understanding that they were creating institutions which were equal in power. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
45. THE POLITICAL FUNCTIONS OF ANTI-AMERICANISM.
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Meunier, Sophie
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ANTI-Americanism , *POWER (Social sciences) , *GROUP identity ,UNITED States politics & government, 2009-2017 ,FOREIGN opinion of the United States - Abstract
Anti-Americanism, a general distrust of what the United States is and does, typically ebbs and flows in reaction to specific policy actions by the United States. However, in some countries, anti-Americanism peaks "out of sync" with the rest of the world and becomes an intense issue in the political debate even in the absence of any particularly egregious policy implemented by the US. Why? In that case, anti-Americanism is not so much organic as it is molded and manipulated by particular political groups to their advantage. This paper argues that this second kind of anti-Americanism can best be explained by the political functions that it serves and it analyzes the repertoire of functions performed by this "top-down" anti-Americanism in domestic political settings. After analyzing the conditions under which this political activation of anti-Americanism is most likely to occur, the paper explores in turn five political functions of anti-Americanism: creating and cementing an identity; rallying support around a leader by distracting from other issues; acting as a safety valve in authoritarian countries; scapegoating; and delegitimizing specific policies. The conclusion asks how the relative decline of American power and the "rise of the rest" will affect the use of anti-Americanism in domestic politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
46. The Politics of Off-Shore Balancing and US-China Relations.
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Lee, Dong Sun and Jae, Hyun Saeng
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INTERNATIONAL conflict , *POWER (Social sciences) , *BALANCE of power ,CHINA-United States relations - Abstract
The literature on the risk of conflict between the US and China is incomplete in a major aspect: Few studies pay sufficient attention to how a war could occur between these states. Available analyses propose speculative scenarios for a Sino-American war without grounding their arguments in historical evidence. This state of scholarship is problematic, since understanding the mechanisms through which China's rise could lead to war with the US is essential to estimating the risk of war and uncovering the conditions that would prompt a conflict. And a major obstacle to discovering the pathways for war is the absence of research on America's past interactions with rising powers. This paper aims to overcome these shortcomings by providing a systematic historical scrutiny. We investigate how the US came to fight wars with ascending powers in the past. The examined cases include American wars with Imperial Germany (1917-19), Nazi Germany (1941-45), and Imperial Japan (1941-45). Also analyzed is how the US avoided a fight with the ascendant Soviet Union (1946-62). This paper, however, goes beyond a mere historical survey: We apply relevant historical findings to exploring probable pathways for a future conflict between China and the US. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
47. Norwegian strategic culture and US hegemony: A bilateral relationship under pressure?
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Graeger, Nina
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NATIONAL security , *HEGEMONY , *POWER (Social sciences) , *INTERNATIONAL relations ,FOREIGN relations of the United States - Abstract
Traditionally, Norwegian strategic culture has been about national defence, presupposing a close or special relationship with the United States. During the Cold War this was also the case in other small and medium sized European countries. The paper analyses the various types of US hegemonic power at work in Norway and how they are converted into influence over the specific content of Norwegian strategic culture and security policy, using a practice-based approach. Within IR theory, hegemony is generally understood as the power of one state to generate consent and support from other states through a combination of coercion, incentives and references to shared norms. In Norway, US influence is based on benevolent hegemony and ideational hegemony and institutionalized in bilateral military practices that have been developed over time. The paper argues that the reproduction of these practices in social structures is shaping Norwegian strategic culture. In principle, the lack of an immediate threat against Norway after 1991 could have loosened Norwegian-US ties and encouraged, firstly, a strategic culture more detached from territorial defense, and, secondly, a more European type of strategic culture. Though Norway participated in the US-led military operation in Afghanistan and had a military presence in post-war Iraq, these contributions were withdrawn in late 2005. To what extent does this indicate a breech away from a declining US hegemonic influence and a development towards a distinct Norwegian strategic post-Cold War strategic culture where the bilateral relationship is less central? ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
48. Norms, Power and Politics: The Sources of Variation in U.S. Treatment of Prisoners of War (POWs).
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Grimm, Elizabeth
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SOCIAL norms , *POWER (Social sciences) , *SOCIAL sciences , *PRISONERS of war - Abstract
The question of why states comply with international law lies at the intersection of international relations (IR) and international law (IL) scholarship. In addition, the domestic and international outrage at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay has brought U.S. compliance with the Geneva Conventions into the public discourse. Understanding whether these events were an anomaly or whether they reflect existing trends in U.S. compliance with the laws of war is crucial to understanding what is next for the United States in this current climate of warfare. It has become shorthand among some academics, policy-makers, and pundits to assume the Bush Administration has systematically ignored international law. This paper examines the sources of variation in U.S. treatment of Prisoners of War (POWs) over time in order to compare and contrast the adherence to the international laws governing the treatment of prisoners during Operation Iraqi Freedom with previous U.S. conflicts abroad. This paper seeks to fill a gap in the empirical understanding about the correspondence between state behavior and legal rules. It empirically measures the normative force of international law by examining if there are noticeable patterns associated with variations in compliance. This broader debate about the importance of norms is consequential to a broad range of theoretical and policy issues in the new legal environment of the Global War on Terror. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
49. Facade of Mutual Restraint: Arms Control between Equal Powers.
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Gundlupet, Vaidya
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ARMS control , *ARMS race , *POWER (Social sciences) , *TREATIES - Abstract
This paper inquires into possibilities and limitations of arms control agreements between equal powers. The arms control literature argues that equal states can negotiate arms control agreements to mutually restrain themselves and increase security of both parties at the same time. Differentiating between confidence building measures and constraining arms control agreements, this paper argues that without offense-defense distinguishability, state parties are unwilling to undertake constraining arms control obligations. Strong arms control agreements between equal powers are unlikely to be built because the circumstances in which both states can simultaneously increase their security through cooperation are limited to building confidence-building measures. Further, this paper contends that most of the arguments for arms control are derived from and applicable to conditions contributing to building confidence-building measures, and are wrongly applied to claim that they can support constraining agreements between states. While arms control measures can be useful in avoiding purely accidental wars they cannot lead to stronger agreements restraining actors' behavior. I also critique two other arguments for arms control: that it is useful to maintain balance of power and can act as a signaling mechanism mitigating the severity of security dilemma. The discussion is complemented by an analysis of the evolution and working of the ABM Treaty, claimed to be one of the 'strongest' arms control agreement negotiated by Great Powers to regulate each other. I posit that the Treaty was weak because at that time neither party to the Treaty - the United States and Soviet Union - had the technology to deploy missile defense (and thus did not 'constrain' them), and to the extent that they wanted to continue their research into missile defense, both states violated provisions of the Treaty. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
50. Precedent and Popular Constitutionalism: How the Supreme Court Shapes Political Discourse.
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Silverstein, Gordon
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CONSTITUTIONALISM , *JUDICIAL power , *POWER (Social sciences) , *LEGAL judgments , *JUDGES - Abstract
Judicial decision making follows different rules, is driven by different incentives, limited by different constraints, and addressed to different audiences in a different language than the political process. The way judges articulate, explain and rationalize their choices, and the way earlier decisions influence, shape and constrain later judicial decisions are distinctly different from the patterns, practices, rhetoric, internal rules and driving incentives that operate in the elected branches and among bureaucrats. This suggests that policy that is driven in large measure by litigation and judicial rulings may be significantly shaped, framed and constrained by judicial rulings and the choices of arguments and reasons made by judges. This paper is fits into an emerging effort to examine judicial decision making from an interbranch perspective. It starts with derived from a chapter of a forthcoming book, Law's Allure: How Law Shapes, Constrains, Saves and Kills Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2008). After outlining a more three-dimensional view of precedent, this paper uses examples from cases involving religious liberty, racial discrimination, representation and voting rights, to illustrate the ways in which legal decision making is different from ordinary political bargaining, and how and why judicial precedent shapes and constrains policy making and the political process itself. The book of which this is a part (Law's Allure: How Law Shapes, Constrains, Saves and Kills Politics - Cambridge University Press, 2008) uses a series of case studies of environmental policy, the abortion debate, efforts to combat poverty and reform prisons, as well as cases involving the legalization of politics itself (ranging from campaign finance to war powers) to offer a more structured way to think about the risks involved in judicializing policy debates, and legalizing the political process itself. This paper (and the book) suggest that the more heavily judicialized the policy, then, the more constrained future choices may become - and constrained in ways policy makers and policy entrepreneurs may not fully appreciate or understand. Before turning to the more complicated ways in which precedent can spiral through all three branches of government, a close examination of a stream of cases concerning the free exercise of religion will illustrate the ways in which framing and path dependence can work within the court. The ways in which precedent paths led to the odd marriage of hamburgers and human rights in American law in 1964, and the trail that led from the Court's command for Tennessee to reapportion its political election districts to the judicialization of voting rules in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 will help explain the interbranch effects of precedent and judicialization, showing how judicial precedent can spiral through all three branches of government, shaping and influencing the course of American public policy. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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