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From:Journal of Economic Issues (Vol. 41, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed"The image not only makes society, society continually remakes the image." (Boulding 1956, 64) The aim of this paper is to draw on the insights of two major scholars--Karl Polanyi and Herbert A. Simon--to discuss...
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From:Africa (Vol. 76, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT This essay examines the changing perceptions of matatu crews from the 1970s to the present. In the early 1970s commuters and many Kenyans typically viewed the matatu operators as an important, enterprising...
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From:National Civic Review (Vol. 94, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThis article was adapted from "Pursuing Democracy's Promise: Newcomers' Civic Participation in America" a report published by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees in collaboration with the Funders'...
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From:World Policy Journal (Vol. 26, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedWinston Churchill once said that India is merely a "geographical expression--no more a single country than the equator." His colonial assumption was that the Indian nation was a creation of the British, and that prior...
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From:International Journal of Cuban Studies (Vol. 4, Issue 3-4) Peer-ReviewedDiplomatic relations were established between Cuba and the People's Republic of China in 1960, the 50th anniversary of which was celebrated in 2010. Their relationship entered a new phase after 2000, characterised by...
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From:National Civic Review (Vol. 98, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedOn his first full day in office, President Barack Obama issued a memorandum to all federal agencies declaring that our government should and must be participatory, collaborative, and transparent. This remarkable...
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From:National Civic Review (Vol. 94, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedComprehensive community revitalization projects typically try to motivate residents in poor, inner-city neighborhoods by addressing issues perceived as unfair or caused by inequitable allocation of resources. This...
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From:Journal of Social History (Vol. 38, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAlbert J. Schmidt, "Review Essay: Reform and Social Change" The books reviewed variously convey notions of reform and momentous social change in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Law and lawyers,...
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From:Civil War History (Vol. 57, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAs old men approaching their eighties, Charles Grandison Finney and Lewis Tappan sometimes reminisced about the abolitionist movement, in which they both played important roles. Finney, the great revivalist, had served...
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From:St. Thomas Law Review (Vol. 32, Issue 2)I. INTRODUCTION John Doe is an exceptional firefighter who also happens to be a homosexual. (1) John performs his duties every day to the utmost of his ability; however, in response to his sexual orientation, John is...
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From:CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol. 172, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBabushka revolution: Legions of Russian pensioners, war veterans and handicapped people--including large numbers of grandmotherly "babushkas"--protested throughout January after free health, transportation and social...
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From:Fides et Historia (Vol. 44, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed
Benjamin L. Hartley, Evangelicals at a Crossroads: Revivalism and Social Reform in Boston, 1860-1910
Benjamin L. Hartley, Evangelicals at a Crossroads: Revivalism and Social Reform in Boston, 1860-1910. Lebanon: University of New Hampshire Press, 2011. Pp. xi + 288. $39.95. Historians have typically marginalized the... -
From:European Social PolicyPeer-ReviewedThe draft joint report on employment, published on 23 November, talks about an increase in unemployment in Europe, in particular among young people. "I am sure I am not telling you anything you don't already know when I...
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From:Social Research (Vol. 72, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedTHE APARTHEID REGIME BRANDED THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS a terrorist organization. To defeat the ANC, a range of tactics was employed. The military and the police combined to create a sizable presence in volatile...
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From:Manitoba HistoryPeer-ReviewedFrom a small number of wooden stores and residences in 1870, Winnipeg became the home to nearly eight thousand persons by 1881. Five years later, the census counted 20,238 Winnipeggers. For each five-year period between...
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From:Child Protection Law Report (Vol. 30, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedIT'S FINALLY HERE ... a "discussion draft" of child welfare reform legislation from Rep. Wally Herger (R-Calif.), chair of the Human Resources subcommittee that has been looking into the problems of public systems. The...
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From:Journal of Economic Issues (Vol. 48, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBecause work time and its control are unevenly distributed, it shapes opportunities across different groups in society, both reflecting and reinforcing existing forms of inequality. Work time flexibility is seen by many...
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From:National Civic Review (Vol. 98, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThis issue of the National Civic Review investigates evolving notions of diversity, inclusion, and pluralism, especially as they relate to philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. We are seeing the sector-and American...
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From:The Review of Policy Research (Vol. 23, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedState spending on Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) greatly varies. Combined federal and state spending by the states per TANF family or recipient reflects the historic level of state generosity for Aid to...
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From:The Midwest Quarterly (Vol. 62, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWinner of the 2019-2020 James B. M. Schick Pittsburg State University Graduate Best Essay Prize It is nearly impossible to drive any distance on a state highway in the Midwest without passing the iconic four-leaf...