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Arab Satellite Television and Politics in the Middle East
(Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 2004)The new media scene of many satellite TV stations stands in marked contrast with a long tradition of state-controlled television. In many instances, although several of the emerging channels are private, private ownership ... -
The Arab Spring and the Saudi-Led Counterrevolution
( Elsevier, 2012)The author contends that the Arab Spring has provided an opening for the Gulf Cooperation Council as a group and for Saudi Arabia to expand their regional influence and global profile. An already weakened Arab state system, ... -
Art and Cultural Production in the GCC
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Back to the Future: EU and Gulf Regional Studies
(Gulf Research Center, 2006)The GCC-EU Research Bulletin is a quarterly newsletter focused on the relationship between the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union (EU). The newsletter combines an overview of events ... -
Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research presents a compilation of six decades of Basic Income literature. It includes the most influential empirical research and theoretical arguments on all aspects of the Basic ... -
Bengal's Beleaguered Borders
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Beyond the Binary Understanding of Masculinities: Displaced Syrian Refugee Men Living with Disability and Chronic Illness in Jordan
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2020-05-13)This article analyzes the dynamics of renegotiating masculinities among displaced Syrian men with disabilities in Jordan. The article draws its analysis on the personal narratives of four Syrian men who have experienced ... -
The Bottom Line in a Basic Income Experiment
(Walter de Gruyter, 2006)A basic income (BI) experiment (or a pilot project or an implementation trial) is worth doing if it focuses on the right question. Some of the problems with the U.S. negative income tax (NIT) experiments of the 1970s stemmed ... -
Britain and the Gulf Shaikhdoms, 1820-1971: The Politics of Protection
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2009)This article examines Britain’s protection of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the Trucial States (United Arab Emirates), and Oman during the era of British hegemony in the region: 1820–1971. It argues that Britain’s role as guardian ... -
Building Aid Short Changes the Big Cities
(The Educational Priorities Panel, 2000)For independent school districts in New York State, Building Aid does a fairly good job of progressively distributing funds for equipment and capital outlays. But the same is not true for the five big cities with dependent ... -
Business as Usual: How Albany's "Open Secret" Holds Back Real Progress in School Funding Equality
(The Educational Priorities Panel, 2002)In the winter of 2000-2002, the budget negotiations in Albany began with a lot of excitement about educational funding reform. Budget proposals from the Regents, the Assembly, and the Governor all included reform language ... -
The Challenges and Limits of Universalist Concepts: Problematizing Public Opinion in a Mediated Arab Public Sphere
(Brill, 2008)The author reflects on the participation of media in the Arab world's alteration to changes and the effect of the development in the ascendance of public opinion. He argues that the increasing distribution of television ... -
Checkerboard II: An Analysis of Tax Effort, Equalization, And Extraordinary Needs Aid
(The Educational Priorities Panel, 2001)A proposal in the New York State Assembly in 2000 considered eliminating Tax Equalization Aid to school districts in order to fund the elimination of aid caps, called Transition Adjustment. In response to that proposal, ... -
CIRS Annual Report 2007-2008
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CIRS Annual Report 2008-2009
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CIRS Annual Report 2009-2010
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CIRS Annual Report 2010-2011
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CIRS Annual Report 2011-2012
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CIRS Annual Report 2012-2013
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CIRS Annual Report 2013-14
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2014-07-17)
