Academic Articles & Research Papers

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Communication and Communication Studies

The focal purpose of this entry is to lay out the contours, within historical contexts, of the structural arrangements and intellectual foci of the various areas of study and emphases in institutions of higher education generally clustered ...

Communication and Communication Studies

The focal purpose of this entry is to lay out the contours, within historical contexts, of the structural arrangements and intellectual foci of the various areas of study and emphases in institutions of higher education generally clustered ...

Communication in the Real World: An Introduction to Communication Studies

Communication in the Real World: An Introduction to Communication Studies by Richard G. Jones, Jr. overviews the time-tested conceptual foundations of the field, while incorporating the latest research and cutting-edge applications of these...

Introducing Public Administration

Now in an extensively revised 9th edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. Known for its lively and witty writing st...

International Relations Theory

Since the early 1990s, international rules and institutions related to international environmental law (IEL) have multiplied at an exponential rate. Yet there is little evidence that this escalation of law-making activity has had a proporti...

Understanding the Diversity Of Atlanta's Latino Population: Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Class.

The authors investigate how race is socially constructed among Latino immigrants. Drawing upon Omi and Winant's theory of "racialization," they call for a highly contextualized analysis that takes into account specific Latino groups and geo...

International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity

Written by leading figures in the field, the third edition of this successful text provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of all the major theories of international relations, supporting them with case study examples.While some of...

The Structure and Diversity of Mediation in International Relations

In his keynote address to the Annual Conference of the International Association of Conflict Management in 1990, Morton Deutsch, truly one of the founding fathers of conflict studies, highlighted five major themes which have dominated the d...

Theories of International Relations

This book is a synthetic historiography of present-day international relations theory, a critical analysis of the continuing diversity and complexity of enduring themes through a sustained focus on th...

Work and Masculinity in Katanga’s Artisanal Mines

This article, based on 16 months of anthropological fieldwork between 2005 and 2012, examines the relationship between work and masculinity among artisanal miners, or creuseurs, in Katanga, the southeastern province of the Democratic Republ...

The role of belief systems and misperceptions in halal tourism policy: evidences from Indonesia

Policy business management and public policy have dominated the discussion on changes and continuity in halal tourism policy formulation. However, similar results across differing cases suggest the need for a novel explanation that accounts...

LOCAL COMMUNITY’S ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE SELECTION OF SHADING TREESFOR TRADITIONAL AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM (NUTMEG “DUSUNG”) IN AMBON

Local ecological knowledge is closely linked to decision-making process for planting tree. The aims of this study are to describe and explain local community’s decision-making process in the selection of shading trees on their lands accordi...

The impact of assistance on poverty and food security in a fragile and protracted-crisis context: the case of West Bank and Gaza Strip

This paper assesses the impact of assistance on the wellbeing of Palestinian households. The impact evaluation analysis uses a difference-in-difference approach for the treatment of sample selection bias. The paper uses data from the 2013 a...

Social, Personal, and Innovative Competencies Effect of Service-Learning in Physical Education Teacher Education: A Mixed-Methods Analysis

The purpose of this study was to compare the development of social entrepreneurship competency in physical education teacher education students (n = 89), through two modalities of intervention from the same service-learning program. The stu...

SA-M-SBL: An Algorithm for CSI-Based Device-Free Localization With Faulty Prior Information

As an emerging technique, device-free localization (DFL) is promising to localize the target without attaching any transceivers. Recently, the benefits of channel state information (CSI) on DFL have been revealed in this paper. Motivated by...

Identify the causal pattern of sustainability principles Environment Based on Leed Regulations with Emphasis on Traditional Iranian Architecture (Case Study: Qom City)

The question of resource constraints is an issue for all industrialized, developed and developing countries. Therefore, saving on fossil energy consumption and sustainable development have become very important and common issues internation...

Ways to benefit from the Environmental Design legacies of Jordan's heritage homes interior spaces

The geographical nature of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is distinguished by its environmental diversity and its climatic conditions, in addition to the richness and diversity of cultural legacies that appear clearly in the spaces interio...

Geometric Shapes as Element to Maintain the Kuwaiti Identity in Interior Design

This research is an attempt to find an objective system to preserve the cultural identity in design. The proposed framework will guide designers to identify the main features and the specific design language of traditional cultural products...

Framework for Enhancing Urban Living Through Sustainable Plant Selection in Residential Green Spaces

Residential greening is a critical strategy for mitigating the negative impacts of urbanization on the environment, biodiversity, and human well-being. Proper plant species selection is essential for the success of residential greening proj...