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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
The Muslim World, EarlyView.Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Within the US electoral system, where states are conceived of and vote as discrete entities, state‐level characteristics are vital to consider because they reflect sociocultural context influencing voter behaviour. Though numerous studies have documented the connection between Christian nationalist ideology and voting for Donald Trump in 2016,
Andrew L. Whitehead, Samuel L. Perry
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Nationalist–Feminine Bifurcation: The Construction of National Morality Through Gender Regimes
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of nationalist–feminine bifurcation to analyse how nationalist–populist regimes construct moral orders through gendered representations. It explores how women are simultaneously portrayed as the idealized ‘national woman’ and the excluded ‘moral threat’. Through a comparative discourse analysis of four cases—
Muhammed Ramazan Demirci
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Stochastic Simulation Model for Forecasting Index‐Linked Public Expenditure
Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.Abstract This paper introduces a system dynamics (SD) model for analyzing public sector cost growth, where costs are tied to indices. The SD model isolates the effects of automatic indexation, providing probabilistic projections of expenditure growth. It enables testing of alternative indexation strategies and cost‐reduction measures. Findings show how
Miia Rissanen +2 more
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The Ambidextrous Work of Video Game Development
R&D Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How do video game developers balance the pursuit of creative freedom with the demands of market responsiveness? Based on 62 in‐depth qualitative interviews with Swedish game developers, this article advances a theory of individual ambidexterity in the creative digital industries.
Björn Wikhamn, Wajda Wikhamn
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Does the Threat of Killing Gays Deter Foreign Aid: The Case of Uganda's 2014 Anti‐Homosexuality Act
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Much attention has been drawn on Uganda in recent years due to the strengthening of its anti‐LGBTQ legislation and rhetoric. Our study explores the aid‐deterring effect of anti‐LGBTQ legislation in an experimental setting using the Synthetic Control Method.
Elissaios Papyrakis, Luca Tasciotti
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Unpacking the Multispecies Family: Predicting Pets as Family Members Using the General Social Survey
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The multispecies family has grown rapidly over the past 30 years in the United States. Scholarly understanding of pets as legitimate family members is increasing, but most work has been qualitative in nature. Statistical modeling of these dynamics has been bound by a lack of access to large‐scale, nationally representative datasets paywalled ...
Andrea Laurent‐Simpson
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The Crescent Student Newspaper, October 13, 2000
, 1998 Student Newspaper of George Fox University.https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/the_crescent/2230/thumbnail ...
George Fox University Archives
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Voices of Elementary Teachers: Why Science Instruction Is Nearing Extinction
School Science and Mathematics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT National survey data dating to the 1980 has pointed to a lack of science instruction provided to United States elementary students. With changing social, technical, and political landscapes, more research is warranted. This study utilized qualitative methods to drill deeper into the decision making of late first‐quarter 21st century elementary
Molly Weinburgh
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