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Courting and Containing the Arab Street: Arab Public Opinion, the Middle East and U.S. Public Diplomacy
(Pluto Journals, 2008)
This paper looks at the nature and dynamics of the so-called Arab street. It examines the forces shaping the Arab public opinion. Arguing that Arab public opinion is a real though subtle force to contend with, this paper ...
Del “11S” a la “primavera árabe: ¿Qué nos dice la opinión pública árabe?
(Pontificia Universidad Catolica-Minas Gerais, Brasil, 2013)
The aim of this article is to assess the changes in the Arab and Muslim public opinion through surveys and elections conducted from the ‘9/11’ to the ‘Arab Spring’. The objective is to analyze the opinion trends regarding ...
A Dilemma for Libertarianism
(Sage, 2009)
Many libertarians make a moral argument that liberty requires the freedom to exercise strong property rights. From this, they argue that no more than a minimal state with sharply limited powers of taxation can be justified. ...
Does More Time Spent Calling Home Correlate with Higher Remittances? Evidence from Migrants in the State of Qatar
(Walter de Gruyter, 2012)
This paper investigates an intriguing relationship between the demand for telecommunication and remittance services by migrants in Qatar. The hypothesis is that there are important synergies between telecommunications and ...
Separate & Unequal: How Higher Education Reinforces the Intergenerational Reproduction of White Racial Privilege
(2013-07)
The higher education system is more and more complicit as a passive agent in the systematic reproduction of white racial privilege across generations. Separate & Unequal: How Higher Education Reinforces the Intergenerational ...
An efficiency argument for the Basic Income Guarantee
(Inderscience, 2006)
The most important issue in equality – if not in all economic policy – is the persistence of poverty. This chapter argues that anti-poverty policy needs to move away from the categorical approach towards universalism, ...
EU-GCC Relations: Dynamics, patterns and perspectives
(Taylor & Francis, 2006)
Relations between the European Union (EU) – understood as encompassing both the collective/institutional entity and the individual member states – and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have developed slowly and initially ...
America’s Divided Recovery: College Haves and Have-Nots
(2016-06)
Over 95 percent of jobs created during the recovery have gone to college-educated workers, while those with a high school diploma or less are being left behind. This report reveals that those with at least some college ...
Iowa: Education and Workforce Trends Through 2025
(2015-11)
By 2025, 68 percent of jobs in Iowa will require education and training beyond high school – 3 percentage points above the national average of 65 percent.
EU_GCC Relations: Dynamics, Patterns and Perspective, Gulf Paper Series
(Gulf Research Center, 2006)
This paper examines the development of EU-GCC relations and their movement from a bilateral basis to a more collective level. The paper begins with an examination of European ties with the broader region, and goes on to ...