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Bosnia’s Paradox: The Irony of External Pressure within Consociational Democracy
Get PDFThe merits of consociational democracy as a suitable approach in achieving stabilization in plural societies, especially societies deeply divided along ethnic lines, have come under fire in the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This paper argues that the consociational approach enshrined in the Dayton Peace Accords, which ended the Bosnian conflict in 1995, has been unable to fulfill the stabilizing potential due to the active interference of international institutions. Too frequently international actors have offered “quick fixes” to heal Bosnia; however, in attempting to reform, international figures undermine the existing consociational framework. This is the irony of prolonged intervention. A mathematical proof of accommodation by consociational logic further accentuates this claim by demonstrating that the problem is not with consociationalism, but rather with outside intervention
Emily Staufer
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¿Quién decide? Gender, power, culture, and birth control decisions
No full textDecisions regarding the use of contraceptive methods have been associated with a variety of social, economic, and cultural factors that are relevant to heterosexual Latinx populations. Acculturation, for instance, is a process that can impact an individual’s adherence to the values of their culture of origin or ethnic identification and, thus, it has the potential to influence birth control use. It can also be useful to explore power distribution, and the acceptance of such within a society, in order to establish more detailed differences within distinct cultural Latinx groups. Additionally, determining imbalances at an interpersonal or relationship level should be a primary focus in order to understand how young adults in sexual relationships decide which birth control method(s) to use. More specifically, expressions of Machismo and Marianismo serve as a platform for framing gender roles expectations within Latinx cultures. Thus, this research examines the interplay of culture, acceptance of power, adherence to the gender role constructs of Machismo and Marianismo, and the decision-making process regarding the use of contraception methods, particular within participants from Ecuador, the United States, and Venezuela
Aluminium Diboride-type Structure in Ethiopian Opal-CT Revealed by Fast Fourier Transform
Get PDFInvisible on a scanning electron microscope image of the surface of an Ethiopian opal rough fracture, a periodic arrangement was detected by fast Fourier transform. Using a mask to eliminate the continuous background and keeping only the bright spots in the reciprocal space (fast Fourier transform pattern), an image reconstructed by inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) emphasizes a very regular bidisperse array. Taken on a vicinal plane, the image of the successive steps of the stacking allows identification of the crystallographic structure and estimation of the parameters of this aluminium diboride-type photonic crystal. In addition, another more complex IFFT image allowed confirmation of the structure and determination of the crystallographic indexing of the steps, despite image deformation due to the tilt of the vicinal plane under the electron beam
Analyzing How Rape Culture Affects Perceived Victim Responsibility, Control, and Distress in Situations in which Verbal Sexual Coercion Occur
Get PDFVerbal sexual coercion (VSC) is sexual assault without physical force. This study examined how cultural (macrosystemic) beliefs affect the perception of sexual situations that involve VSC. These beliefs are reflected by statements within scenarios that explain why the perpetrator believed his behavior was justified due to his status as an athlete or a college guy. The type of verbal sexual coercion the perpetrator used was also manipulated and included social coercion, interpersonal coercion, and threatened physical coercion. It was hypothesized that perceptions of rape culture compliance, rape culpability, victim control, and victim distress will differ based on the type of verbal sexual coercion and macrosystemic beliefs presented. Results indicated that there was a significant main effect of type of coercion, but there was no significant main effect for macrosystemic beliefs. This suggests that people tend to view verbal sexual coercion differently based upon the type with which they’re presented
Experimental Progress toward EIT in an Atomic Beam
Get PDFEIT (Electromagnetically Induced Transparency) is a quantum optics phenomenon that occurs under specific conditions during a photon-atom interaction. Under such conditions, slow-light may be produced as a by-product of this effect. The purpose of this research is to adapt previous work on rubidium atoms in vapor cells to lithium atoms in a thermal beam. By doing so, the hope is to better understand the limitations of slow light and produce better results by eliminating atomic collisions within the system
Defined Contribution Plans and the 2008 Financial Crisis
Get PDFPrivate sector workers in the United States have witnessed a major shift in retirement planning. In the 1950s through the 1980s, defined benefit (DB) retirement plans were ubiquitous. In the 21st century, however, firms have eschewed DB plans, and now most private sector workers are covered by a defined contribution (DC) retirement plan. The shift to DC plans transferred identifiable market risk from the employer to the employee. In exchange for bearing more market risk, DC plans gave employees more control over their retirement accounts as they were now able to make the majority of investment decisions. Even as DC plans become more popular, many worried that this shift might make workers and their retirement more susceptible to large market shocks such as the 2008 financial crisis. In this thesis, I use the 2008 financial crisis as a natural experiment to test how well DC plans survive recessionary periods
Radicalism and Violence: Conceptualizing the Weather Underground Organization’s Actions in the 1960s and 1970s
Get PDFThe aim of this study is to (a) compare and contrast a number of theoretical approaches to the study of terrorism in order to clearly define what constitutes a terrorist act, (b) analyze various arguments for the moral justification of terrorism, and (c) provide a detailed historical analysis of the actions of the Weather Underground Organization (WUO) to determine whether or not the group’s actions should be considered terrorism. In so doing, this study demonstrates that the actions of the WUO throughout the late 1960s do not constitute terrorism; however, if they do, they could be considered morally just. This case study sheds light on the sociopolitical dynamics that have historically motivated groups to take up armed struggle against their own government, offering new insights for the sociological study of terrorism, a discipline in its infancy