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…how to ensure a more inclusive environment over the long term remain at issue. For example, a record 95 women were elected to serve in the 111th Congress — among…
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…on state innovations and best practices on issues ranging from education and health to technology and the environment. State journal articles and working papers State Politics and Policy Quarterly: Covers…
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…can positively change community behaviors. Sociologists are interested in how both “broken window” and “incivilities” theories can play out in urban environments. How many vacant lots are in your community?…
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…at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant based on a study published in Environmental Health Perspectives titled, “The Chernobyl Accident 20 Years On: An Assessment of the Health Consequences and the…
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…playback option allows new users to get up to speed on projects and creates an environment that is both real-time and asynchronous. Despite a massive amount of attention, Google Wave…
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…labs have been effectively targeted, but this has created a new wave of smaller, more mobile labs. These “nevertheless present toxic and dangerous threats to individuals and the environment. Given…
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…28, No. 3 (Apr., 1999), 14-24 Published by: American Educational Research Association. See also, N. Roll-Hansen, “Science, politics, and the mass media: On biased communication of environmental issues,” Science, Technology,…
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