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Browsing Scholarly Works, School of Public and International Affairs by Issue Date
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Who Will Benefit from ESOPs?
(Cornell University ILR School, 1985)[Excerpt] In the past decade, the number of worker-owned firms or ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) has been growing geometrically. The national law granting tax incentives to ESOPs was passed in 1975, and since then ... -
The Compact vs. the Dispersed City: History of Planning Ideas on Sofia’s Urban Form
(Sage Publications, 2007)This paper reviews the planning history of Sofia since its designation as Bulgarian capital in 1879. It argues that Sofia’s planning has been persistently shaped by two perennial dilemmas—how to reconnect the city with ... -
Peri-Urban Development in Sofia and Havana: Prospects and Perils in the New Millennium
(Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy, 2007)This paper compares the patterns of socio-spatial peri-urban change in two post-socialist state capitals: Havana, Cuba (2.1 million) and Sofia, Bulgaria (1.3 million). The comparison between patterns of post-socialist ... -
A New Multilateral Framework for the Middle East
(Virginia Tech, 2009-01)The numerous policy challenges facing the United States and the international community in the Middle East are interrelated. This demands the adoption a comprehensive approach to the region rather than a set of bilateral ... -
To zone or not to zone? Comparing European and American Land-use Regulation
(PNDonline II, 2010)This paper compares German and American approaches to land-use regulation. Conclusions are derived from a review of regulatory documents and expert interviews conducted in the German city of Stuttgart. The analysis shows ... -
Considering the Relationships among Social Conflict, Social Imaginaries, Resilience, and Community-based Organization Leadership
(Resilience Alliance, 2011)This article focuses on the question of what role community-based organization leaders play in shaping the possibility for the emergence of new social imaginaries. It argues that deep social conflicts and efforts to secure ... -
The Importance of Regulation-Induced Innovation for Sustainable Development
(MDPI, 2011-01-19)This article explores the complex relationship between environmental regulation, innovation, and sustainable development within the context of an increasingly globalizing economy. The economic development, environment, and ... -
Learning About World Religions in Modesto, California
(Politics And Religion/ Cambridge Journals, 2011-08-01)After cultural and religious controversy in Modesto, California, community leaders attempted to increase tolerance and respect by requiring an unique world religions course for high school students. The first large-n ... -
Rooting Out Waste, Fraud, and Abuse: The Politics of House Committee Investigations, 1947 to 2004
(2013-01-01)Scholars have long bemoaned congressional disinterest in oversight. We explain varied congressional attention tooversight by advancing the contingent oversight theory. We show how the structure of congressional committees,partisan ... -
A ubiquitous method for street scale spatial data collection and analysis in challenging urban environments: mapping health risks using spatial video in Haiti
(2013-04-15)Background Fine-scale and longitudinal geospatial analysis of health risks in challenging urban areas is often limited by the lack of other spatial layers even if case data are available. Underlying population counts, ... -
The Human Right to Water: The Importance of Domestic and Productive Water Rights
(Springer, 2013-12-12)The United Nations (UN) Universal Declaration of Human Rights engenders important state commitments to respect, fulfill, and protect a broad range of socio-economic rights. In 2010, a milestone was reached when the UN ... -
The Post-public City: Experiences from Post-socialist Europe
(Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 2014)Public space has become an increasingly important focus in the work of architects, urban designers, philosophers, geographers, sociologists and others interested in promoting a more civil and democratic society. This ... -
Validation of high throughput sequencing and microbial forensics applications
(2014-07-30)High throughput sequencing (HTS) generates large amounts of high quality sequence data for microbial genomics. The value of HTS for microbial forensics is the speed at which evidence can be collected and the power to ... -
Impact Evaluation of the Mozambique Rural Water Supply Activity
(Virginia Tech. School of Public and International Affairs; Stanford University, 2014-08)In 2007, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) signed a $506.9 million compact designed to reduce poverty in Mozambique by promoting sustainable economic growth. Among the planned investments was the installation of ... -
Household-Level Spatiotemporal Patterns of Incidence of Cholera, Haiti, 2011
(2014-09)A cholera outbreak began in Haiti during October, 2010. Spatiotemporal patterns of household-level cholera in Ouest Department showed that the initial clusters tended to follow major roadways; subsequent clusters occurred ... -
The Forgotten Lessons of Civil Defense for the Homeland Security Era
(Journal Of Policy History / Cambridge University Press, 2014-09-01)Scholars investigating civil defense generally focus on where it fell short of protecting the nation against attack. But civil defenders trained volunteers, organized state and local associations, educated citizens about ... -
Engaging IDPs in Sri Lanka: a Buddhist approach
(Oxford, 2014-11)A Buddhist Sri Lankan NGO provides an example of how endogenous faith-based civil society organisations can help mobilise IDPs in owning and defining strategies for their own protection. -
Pondering farmworker justice: The visible and invisible borders of social change
(2015)Farmworkers play an integral part in both industrial and alternative agriculture, and in recent years the alternative agriculture and farmworker justice movements have been collaborating in more fruitful ways. These ...
