Search Results - subject:"Arts and Humanities"

Rural Democratization in Mexicoâ€™s Deep South: Grassroots Right-to-Know Campaigns in Guerrero

Fox, Jonathan A; García Jiménez, Carlos; Haight, Libby - Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, … - 2009

In Mexicoâ€™s southern state of Guerrero, rural social and civic movements are increasingly claiming their right to information as a tool to hold the state publicly accountable, as part of their ongoing issue-speciï¬c social, economic, and civic struggles. This study reviews the...

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Desde la transparencia hacia el derecho a saber y la contraloría social comunitaria

Haight, Libby; Fox, Jonathan A - Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, … - 2009

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â€œThe Language of the Swordâ€: Alexksandr Bek, The Writers Union and Baurdzhan Momysh-uly in Battle for the memory of Volokolamskoe shosse

Schechter, Brandon - Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian … - 2009

The Great Patriotic War served as a defining moment for the Soviet Union, changing the locus of legitimacy for both regime and individual and also the way that this multi-ethnic state defined itself. The following paper examines the conflict between two men who constructed narratives of this...

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Repeat Migration between Europe and the United States, 1870-1914

Keeling, Drew - Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley - 2009

Repeat crossings of the North Atlantic by European migrants during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were more frequent, faster-growing and had more intricate and significant impacts on the overall long-distance relocation process than previous scholarship has appreciated. This...

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Arts and humanities research evaluation: no metrics please, just data

Thelwall, Mike; Delgado, Maria M - In: Journal of Documentation 71 (2015) 4, pp. 817-833

evidence in arts and humanities research evaluations rather than systematic metrics. Design/methodology/approach – A survey of … data in the arts and humanities, with particular reference to the 2014 UK Research Excellence Framework. Findings – Data … are already used as impact evidence in the arts and humanities but this practice should become more widespread. Practical …

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An analysis of fertilty rates and marriage patterns of selected somali refugees resettled iin metropolitan Atlanta

Jordan, Sabrina Lampley - 2008

The purpose of this study was to examine the demographic behaviors and demographic changes among Somali refugees resettled in metropolitan Atlanta. Specifically, the study investigated the fertility rates and marriage patterns of selected Somali refugees prior to resettlement in the United...

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â€™There is No Orientâ€™: Hodgson and Said

Burke, Edmund III - Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, … - 2008

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Addressing Womenâ€™s Fear of Victimization in Transportation Settings A Survey of U.S. Transit Agencies

Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia; Fink, Camille - Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS), University … - 2008

Past research has shown that transit passengersâ€™ fears and concerns about safety influence their travel decisions. While the relationship between womenâ€™s fear of crime and public space has been the focus of considerable research, transit environmentsâ€”which are especially...

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Cultivating Sustainable Coffee: Persistent Paradoxes

Bacon, Christopher M.; Mendez, Ernesto; Fox, Jonathan A - Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, … - 2008

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Organized Workers and the Making of Los Angeles, 1890-1915

Stansbury, Jeffrey D - Institute for Social Science Research, UCLA - 2008

Three social forces set out to grow Los Angeles as the 19th century ended: free- market capitalists clustered around L.A. Times publisher Harrison Gray Otis, a coterie of entrepreneurs and professionals who called themselves "progressives," and organized workers. Each group strove to direct the...

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