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The Criminal Justice System's Mistreatment of Transgender Individuals: A Call for Policy Reform to Assist a Marginalized Prisoner Community

Stephenie King - While media coverage and politicians constantly acknowledge the inadequacies of the criminal justice system in managing victims and offenders of color and low socioeconomic status, the discussion about the failure of the criminal justice system towards transgender... Keep Reading »
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Harry Potter is Gay: An Investigation of Queer Fan Culture

Tianna K. Mignogna - Not long after J.K. Rowling published the first Harry Potter book on June 26, 1997, The Boy Who Lived exploded into an international phenomenon. Teachers read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to wide-eyed students and parents read it aloud to put their children... Keep Reading »
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Applying the Centrifugal Organizational Model for Pastoralists and Other Competing Communities on the Ethiopian Landscape and the Shift to Agriculture After 1975

eliSabeth Noe - For the past four decades, pastoralist activities have been pushed to marginal areas in several regions of Ethiopia. This change was initiated by the Agrarian Land Reform Proclamation of 1974. Pastoralist activities prior to the agrarian reforms were strongly connected... Keep Reading »
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A Community Approach to Education in the Luang Prabang Region of Laos

Jennifer C. Langill - Although education is at the forefront of innumerable research and development initiatives, some countries remain significantly under-researched. While increasing statistics exist on development indicators and education in The Lao PDR (hereafter Laos), there has been... Keep Reading »

Revitalizing Young-Adult Citizenship: An Analysis of High-School Predictors on Civic Engagement

Kari Lorentson - Civic engagement and political participation among the US population are waning, and this is particularly apparent in the young adult citizenry. This research paper seeks to assess which variables in civic education and the high school experience have the strongest... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Community is tagged in the following 18 articles.

Transgender Communities
2019, Vol. 11 No. 01
The Criminal Justice System's Mistreatment of Transgender Individuals: A Call for Policy Reform to Assist a Marginalized Prisoner Community
By Stephenie King
While media coverage and politicians constantly acknowledge the inadequacies of the criminal justice system in managing victims and offenders of color and low socioeconomic status, the discussion about the failure of the criminal justice system... Read Article »
Criminology Transgender Criminal Justice Policy Transgender Community
Fan Culture
2017, Vol. 9 No. 03
Harry Potter is Gay: An Investigation of Queer Fan Culture
By Tianna K. Mignogna
Not long after J.K. Rowling published the first Harry Potter book on June 26, 1997, The Boy Who Lived exploded into an international phenomenon. Teachers read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to wide-eyed students and parents read it... Read Article »
Fan Fiction Fan Culture Harry Potter Queer Theory Queer Studies LGBT Community
Land Use
2016, Vol. 6 No. 1
Applying the Centrifugal Organizational Model for Pastoralists and Other Competing Communities on the Ethiopian Landscape and the Shift to Agriculture After 1975
By EliSabeth Noe
Published by Earth Common Journal
For the past four decades, pastoralist activities have been pushed to marginal areas in several regions of Ethiopia. This change was initiated by the Agrarian Land Reform Proclamation of 1974. Pastoralist activities prior to the agrarian reforms... Read Article »
Ethiopia Land Use Pastoralism Agriculture Agrarian Reform Habitat Use Sub-Saharan Africa Community Ecology
Education And Development
2016, Vol. 8 No. 06
A Community Approach to Education in the Luang Prabang Region of Laos
By Jennifer C. Langill
Although education is at the forefront of innumerable research and development initiatives, some countries remain significantly under-researched. While increasing statistics exist on development indicators and education in The Lao PDR (hereafter... Read Article »
Laos Education Educational Development Community Based Education Urbanization International Development
Political Participation
2016, Vol. 6 No. 2
Revitalizing Young-Adult Citizenship: An Analysis of High-School Predictors on Civic Engagement
By Kari Lorentson
Published by Clocks and Clouds
Civic engagement and political participation among the US population are waning, and this is particularly apparent in the young adult citizenry. This research paper seeks to assess which variables in civic education and the high school experience... Read Article »
Civic Engagement Political Participation Community Citizenship Voting
Cosmopolitanism
2015, Vol. 7 No. 11
What was the Influence of Cosmopolitan Law on the Permanent Court of International Justice?
By Melissa S. McHugh
When speaking to a lay person, the concept of international justice may conjure a perception of impartiality rising above national interests and biases. This view lends itself naturally to the concept of cosmopolitan law, which David Held characterized... Read Article »
Cosmopolitanism International Law Globalism International Community Human Rights International Justice
Hip-hop
2014, Vol. 4 No. 1
Edmonton Hiphop Kulture: Techniques of Self and Cultural Sustainability
By Diana Pearson
Published by Earth Common Journal
The word culture is rich with complex meanings and despite its use in common speech little is known about it and even less about the practices that contribute to ‘its’ continued existence, what might be called cultural sustainability... Read Article »
Hip-Hop Music Culture Community
Ethnic Diversity
2014, Vol. 6 No. 04
Ethnic Diversity and Social Capital at the Community Level: Effects and Implications for Policymakers
By Vilius Semenas
Research on the impact of ethnic diversity on ‘social capital’ is relatively new in the field of political science (Stolle et al., 2008: 57). Reinvigorating a prominent and interesting debate among scholars, Robert Putnam awakened the... Read Article »
Social Capital Ethnic Diversity Segregation Community Politics Trust Altruism Putnam
Permaculture
2013, Vol. 3 No. 1
Roots, Tendrils, Sprouts and Shoots: A Case Study of Parkallen's Community Garden, a Permaculture Project
By Marlene Wurfel
Published by Earth Common Journal
The first growing season of Edmonton’s Parkallen Community Garden began in Spring 2012. We transformed an unused strip of lawn bordering our hockey rink into a loamy, thriving “edible food forest” of corn, beans, squash, kale,... Read Article »
Permaculture Community Gardening Agriculture Edible Food Forests Canada
Existentialism
2012, Vol. 4 No. 07
Finitude, Existence, and Community: Letting the Individual Die
By Nicole Billitz
Addressing finitude as it relates to existence and Community, Jean Luc Nancy and Martin Heidegger recognize finitude to be both the impossibility of being at one with oneself and the radical fragmentation of Being, in terms of mortality. Nancy contends... Read Article »
Existentialism Finitude Community Death Jean Luc Nancy Martin Heidegger
Latin America
2012, Vol. 1 No. 1
A New Missionary Method: Latin America as a Mission Field
By Angela Budzinski
Published by Clocks and Clouds
Missionary work has been an integral part of Community development in Latin America. However, does missionary work actually impact Community development in Latin America today? While missionary methods, particularly holistic missiology, were significant... Read Article »
Community Development Latin America Missionaries Bolivia Costa Rica
2012, Vol. 1 No. 1
Worlds of Potential: Funding for Community-Based Organizations in Nairobi, Kenya
By Emily Hoerner
Published by Clocks and Clouds
Despite a proliferation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Community-based organizations (CBOs) in Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Kenya, conditions for residents remain bleak. CBOs are uniquely positioned to catalyze change... Read Article »
Kenya Non-Governmental Organizations Community-Based Organizations Kibera Sub-Saharan Africa
European Union
2011, Vol. 2011/2012 No. 1
On Why the EU Should Die. And be Resurrected
By Petr Manousek
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
To say the recent few years have not been the EU’s brightest would certainly be an understatement. There is so much eclecticism, topic deviation and “eurospeak” that one could forget what the EU really stands for. Just the list... Read Article »
European Union European Politics European Community
Online Dating
2010, Vol. 2 No. 11
Online Dating Study: User Experiences of an Online Dating Community
By Andrea Quesnel
Increasingly, human interactions are being communicated by means of electronic, Internet-based medias. Readily available programs and websites facilitate easy transference of messages, thus rendering space and time irrelevant. The quick, efficient... Read Article »
Online Dating Social Networking Online Community Dating Matchmaking
Japan
2010, Vol. 2 No. 06
Japan's Multilateral Gambit: Leading the Charge Toward an East Asian Community
By Michael J. Norris
If Japan was a person, it would be an exceptionally wealthy yet rapidly aging individual, who, for two decades, had been struck by illness. One might therefore find it unexpected for this person to be busily working on constructing the new face... Read Article »
Japan East Asia Multilateralism ASEAN East Asian Community EAC Hatoyama
Online Communities
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
Online Social Support: An Effective Means of Mediating Stress
By Cindy Dietrich
It is estimated that in North America, alone, there are currently 251 million people who use the internet (Miniwats Marketing Group, 2009).  Individuals utilize the internet for many reasons, including information, social connections, and entertainment... Read Article »
Online Social Support Social Support Stress Coping Anxiety Online Community Social Networks
Real Id
2010, Vol. 2 No. 02
With REAL ID, Privacy Concerns for the Transgender Community
By Tonei Glavinic
The level of data collection mandated by the REAL ID Act of 2007 should raise concern for all American citizens who enjoy their privacy, because it mandates unprecedented levels of data collection and an equally unprecedented level of nationwide... Read Article »
REAL ID PASS ID Transgender Privacy National ID Transgender Community
European Politics
1999, Vol. 1998/1999 No. 1
Britain And The European Union
By
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
When Great Britain joined the European Union in 1973 (then referred to as the European Community) many expected the British common Law system to clash with the European Law system, which is mainly based on its continental predecessors, in particular... Read Article »
United Kingom European Union European Community European Law British Law

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