87 research outputs found
Privatization and Liberalization in the Middle East
No full textMarcie J. Patton is a contributing author, Constraints to Privatization in Turkey , pp. 106-122.
Book description: International specialists take stock of the problems and prospects for privatization of state-run economies and other liberalization efforts throughout the Middle East and North Africa. -- Publisher description.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/politics-books/1021/thumbnail.jp
Politics & Society in the Contemporary Middle East
No full textMarcie Patton is a contributing author, Turkey, Pp. 425-459.
Book Description: Eight thematic chapters introduce the subject and explore the region-wide dynamics of governments and oppositions, international politics, political economy, civil society, religion and politics, identity politics, and gender and family issues. These themes are then systematically explored with regard to Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, the Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and the UAE. The result is an insightful overview and analysis that both provides a wealth of information and encourages comparative, critical thinking by students at all levels. – Publisher description.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/politics-books/1006/thumbnail.jp
Political Culture and Constitutionalism
No full textMarcie J. Patton is a contributing author, “Constitutionalism and Political Culture in Turkey” pp. 138-158.
Book description: This work is a cross-national examination of the relationship between political culture and constitutionalism in the nation state. Ten countries are studied: Nigeria, Turkey, Egypt, Great Britain, Germany, Japan, India, Mexico, Canada, and the United States. In addition to the editors, the authors are Rotimi Suberu(Nigeria), Marci Patton(Turkey), Nathan J. Brown and Roni Amit(Egypt), William B. Gwyn(Great Britain), John O. Haley(Japan), Sankaran Krishna(India), Howard J. Wiarda(Mexico), and Gregory Mahler(Canada). Questions to be explored include whether constitutions can be imposed from the top or must evolve; whether constitutionalism is only a western concept; and what the relationship is between colonialism and constitutionalism. -- Publisher description.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/politics-books/1020/thumbnail.jp
«Open for business» : Capitalists and globalization in Turkey and Morocco
No full textThis article argues that the response of domestic capitalists to globalization affects how economic globalization is contested and experienced locally. The responses of capitalists, collectively organized in business associations so as to mediate the impacts of globalization, are shown to follow different trajectories in Turkey and Morocco. Both countries rhetorically welcome economic globalization, however, distinctive patterns of state-capital relations (detached, symbiotic) have influenced the business elite's vision of what is to be gained from embracing globalization. In Turkey capitalists are convinced that the economic logic of globalization will work to their advantage, whereas in Morocco they are concerned with shaping the political logic of market reform to their benefit.Patton Marcie J. «Open for business» : Capitalists and globalization in Turkey and Morocco. In: CEMOTI, n°27, 1999. Sociétés musulmanes et démocratie. pp. 195-212
The spirit of Marlowe: creating an ethics on the English Renaissance stage
No full textThe Spirit of Marlowe examines the ethics produced through performance in the plays of Christopher Marlowe. It contends that Marlowe’s contribution to the “Golden Age” of the English Renaissance lies in the ethics created on his stage—it is an ethics indebted to and conversant with those prominent in early modern England, but it is markedly “alien” to it; as I will elaborate throughout this dissertation, it has noticeable affinities with the philosophies of Spinoza, Nietzsche, and Deleuze. A Marlovian Ethics refuses the moralistic strictures of those contemporary ethics that prescribe modes of living; rather, in Spinozist-like fashion, value is attributed a posteriori to the affects that are produced by actions and interactions between bodies. From Dido to the Duke of Guise, Marlowe’s characters seek an ethics of abundance and excess: to become more than, or better than, oneself seems to be the foundational premise of their ethics. The objective of always becoming more than, or better than, one’s current self is indicative of the significance of how the idea of creation, of creativity, undergirds a Marlovian Ethics. As I will demonstrate in my readings of his plays, a Marlovian Ethics is established through various modes of creation: transformation; appropriation, or imitation; destruction, in Deleuzian terms of territorialization/deterritorialization; pleasure, conceptually akin to Deleuzian desire; and critique. Marlowe’s understanding of the theater as an apparatus conducive to the construction of an ethics entails a similar understanding of the creative potential of bodies and of spaces: actions build, they create—and create through destruction as well—performance. There is a momentum that characterizes his plays that demonstrates this sense of constant creation—the “ceaseless movement”—of characters and their surroundings, of plot and emotion. In sum, there are three central objectives of this dissertation: 1) to articulate the ethics immanent within Marlowe’s plays, thereby 2) depicting how Marlowe is philosophically aligned with the “bastards” of philosophy, from Lucretius to Deleuze; and finally 3) to evaluate Marlowe’s plays in order to reveal their value as a “minor literature” alongside the academic industry of Shakespeare.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Marcie Bianc
Differentiated instruction meeting the educational needs of all students in your classroom
No full textPublisher's description: Drawing upon her extensive experience and numerous national presentations, author Marcie Nordlund shares her ideas, creativity, and proven methods of differentiated instruction to help teachers reach each student. Divided into 10 chapters, this book deals with topics ranging from general methods of differentiating instruction to specific methods for students with attention deficit/hyperactivity, learning disabilities, above average intelligence, cognitive impairments, autism, behavioral challenges, and those who are at-risk. The contents of this book have been shared with over 8,000 teachers throughout the United States who have tried the methods and offered feedback
AKP Reform Fatigue in Turkey: What’s happened to the EU process?
No full textWhereas the AKP government campaigned in favour of Turkish membership in the European Union and upon taking office passed an impressive battery of EU-demanded democratic reform measures, after the government was formally given a date to open accession talks it evidenced a surprising retreat from this political agenda. This article examines three key factors that account for the flagging fervour of the AKP government: modalities of EU behaviour toward Turkey, election politics, and Kemalist institutional resistance to AKP reform efforts. Notwithstanding these checks, the AKP is unlikely to deviate far from its commitment to an EU pro-reform agenda, although it will continue to face critical transformational challenges
Child and Caregiver Perspectives of a Combined Brain Stimulation and Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy Trial
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/31/2017
Novel interventions pairing noninvasive brain stimulation and rehabilitation are emerging for children with stroke. Feedback from pediatric clinical trial participants and caregivers is reviewed to guide future investigations and translation of novel interventions.
Primary Author and Speaker: Tonya Rich
Contributing Authors: Chao-Ying Chen, Timothy Feyma, Gregg Meekins, Marcie Ward, Linda E. Krach, Bernadette Gillick</jats:p
Many Streams Make a River: Seattle Dance 1990 to 2015
No full textThe Seattle area’s dance ecosystem developed in critical ways during a 25-year period of growth and change between 1990 and 2015. Professional journalist Marcie Sillman brings more than 40 years as a witness to and chronicler of this change to this article, with a focus on four seminal organizations and the artists that have thrived under their auspices: On the Boards, Velocity Dance Center, Spectrum Dance Theater and Pacific Northwest Ballet. The author conducted interviews in 2022 with ten leaders in the dance community about their lived experiences of this time and integrates their viewpoints. New industries and new artistic endeavors attracted tens of thousands of new residents to the Seattle area during this period, adding new energy and perspectives to the local arts scene. It also intensified some of the challenges faced by performing artists, in particular the escalating cost of living and working in the city. Despite the enormous growth the region experienced over this time period, Seattle remained a city of neighborhoods, with porous boundaries between them. The same porousness holds true when talking about Seattle’s many dance companies, artists and schools. Seattle’s thriving dance community can be likened to a number of streams that converge and diverge as they race along. Each stream is unique, but together they form something distinctive, a river that is constantly flowing and carving out new channels as the years pass
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