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Reproductive Freedom in the United States and Louisiana: An Assessment of the Last Decade, a Review of the Current Climate, And a Scenario for the FutureGranger, Amy 20 December 2009 (has links)
Government began legislating abortion in the mid nineteenth century and has controlled access to this service for women ever since. With the creation of hospital boards after WWII, state control over access became further entrenched. Regulations and restrictions since Roe v. Wade limit the availability of abortion services for women served by Medicaid and other social assistance programs. The existence of a class bias around access can be seen throughout the topic's history and legislation has unfairly targeted and therefore disproportionately affects poor women. The data show that these restrictions have no impact on the number of unintended pregnancies over the last 20 plus years. Without the ability to personally fund the procedure, poor women do not enjoy the same choices as women in other social classes. In the next decade, we are likely to experience more of the same without having a realistic conversation about Medicaid funding of abortion.
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The China Factor: Economic vulnerability and global resilienceSzlawieniec-Haw, Michael 03 January 2013 (has links)
This M.A. thesis makes use of the concept and methodology of vulnerability, ‘state capacity’ theory, and Robert Wade’s ‘Wheels Within Wheels’ argument to assess the role of China within the modern global economy. The thesis draws upon the repeated identification of China as a possible global systemic risk by the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Network as a starting point, with the goal of determining why and how China would be identified in such a way, what elements support such an identification, and to what extent China’s economy might indeed represent a source of vulnerability in the global economic system. The thesis analyzes two key Chinese economic sectors: currency and reserve policy, and the domestic banking sector. Six broad vulnerability vectors are ultimately identified. The thesis concludes that, while China may represent a source of vulnerability in the global economy, it also represents a potentially strong source of resilience due to its unique economic system that emphasizes the role of the state.
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The Limits of Law in the American Reproductive Freedom MovementGeiser, Madeline Allott January 2020 (has links)
No description available.
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Liberal and Conservative Jurisprudence on the Contemporary Supreme Court: An Analysis of Substantive Due Process InterpretationPeyser, Nell 13 May 2011 (has links)
No description available.
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Impact of legal and public policy changes on social and economic behaviorOzbeklik, Ismail Serkan 15 August 2007 (has links)
No description available.
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Sociotechnical Imaginaries Of The US Data Governance In 2022 : Comparative quantitative content analysis of the US state agencies and CNN framings of data governance in the USKedzic, Andelija January 2024 (has links)
The examination of the role of the state in the broader context of socio-technical entanglement within data governance has received less attention due to the emergence of other powerful corporate actors (e.g. Big Tech). This thesis utilizes quantitative content analysis to investigate and compare how state agencies (the White House, FTC, Congress) and CNN framed data governance in 2022, focusing on the role of the state amid growing data privacy concerns following the Roe v. Wade overruling. The ultimate aim is to pinpoint the sociotechnical imaginaries that gain traction, having a constitutive effect on the US data governance order. Empirical results indicate that framings between the two units rather align than differ, particularly in the wake of the overruling. The evidence points to the active and multiple roles of the state and the coexistence of multiple sociotechnical imaginaries within asymmetric power dynamics, with the vision of ensuring consumer trust rising as prominent at the expense of viewing data privacy as a sovereign right of citizens. Despite the emerging perspective of viewing data privacy as a right, CNN, as a significant place of mediation, has amplified rather than challenged the market-based approach. Lastly, evidence indicates that media is not only a significant place for elevating certain sociotechnical imaginaries but could be considered one of the crucial places of initially discursively negotiated policymaking.
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The History of the Introduction of Chinese Language and Culture into the American Higher Education SystemNakabayashi, Chelsea H 01 January 2013 (has links) (PDF)
The history of the introduction of the Chinese language and culture into the American higher education system is a relatively unexplored research topic to date. Yale and Harvard were the first two universities to offer the study of Chinese during a brief period between the late 1870s to early 1880s. Samuel Wells Williams (衛三畏, 1812-1884), a renowned American missionary and diplomat, and Sir Thomas Francis Wade (威妥瑪, 1818-1895), a British diplomat and sinologist, influenced the first American forays into Chinese studies at Yale and Harvard, respectively. Williams and Wade both traveled to China at a time when the study of Chinese by foreigners in China faced severe challenges. Despite this, the two sinologists diligently applied themselves to better understand Chinese and design learning materials to help others do the same.
In 1876, Yale established a Chinese Language and Culture Program with Williams as its first chair. Shortly thereafter in 1879, Harvard began its Chinese Language Elective Scheme that was intended to be based on Wade’s language curriculum, titled, Yü yen tzŭ êrh chi (语言自迩集) , also known as The Colloquial Series. At the time, foreigners in China regarded Wade’s textbook as the most comprehensive resource to learn Peking Mandarin. To teach Wade’s curriculum, Harvard hired the nation’s first native Chinese instructor, named Ko Kun Hua (戈鲲化, 1838-1882).
Various primary and secondary sources in both Chinese and English reveal greater detail on the work of Williams, Wade and Ko, as well as the programs offered at Yale and Harvard. By examining these sources, this thesis outlines the history of when and why Americans first began to learn Chinese in college. It evaluates the views of the first pioneers on how best to learn Chinese, and the details behind the establishment of the first American university-level programs. By examining how the views of Williams and Wade shaped the programs at Yale and Harvard, respectively, this thesis aims to evaluate the contributions of these pioneering efforts to the advancement of Chinese language education in America.
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Självtranscendens : upplevelse, utveckling och psykologiska förändringar / Selftranscendence : experience, development and psychological changesFriman, Henrik January 2014 (has links)
Psykologiska processer där identifikationen med jaget och medvetandets innehåll upphör kan tänkas utgöra en hälsosam motvikt i dagens samhällskultur där centrering kring jaget, stress, depression och meningsförlust, ofta förekommer. Självtranscendens har beskrivits som en expansion av medvetandet och en rörelse bortom gränserna för ens självmedvetenhet och självuppfattning, antingen tillfälligtvis eller som en relativt stabil perspektivförändring som utvecklats under livsloppet. Sex personer mellan 54 och 100 år med erfarenhet av självtranscendenta perspektiv intervjuades i studien i syfte att induktivt generera mer kunskap om hur självtranscendens kunde upplevas, utvecklas och förändra en människas perspektiv. Genom en tematisk analys framkom att en regelbunden aktivering av självtranscendenta medvetandetillstånd särskilt inverkade på utvecklingen och kopplades till principer om neuroplasticitet. Självtranscendensutvecklingen medförde även förändringar i respondenternas perception av inre och yttre fenomen exempelvis vad gäller känslighet, jagupplevelse och möjlighet till distans och objektivitet, vilket även bidrog till psykologisk hälsa.
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