This paper provides preliminary evidence that in San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec (SLQZ), an Otomanguean language of Oaxaca, Mexico, plant taxonomy exhibits a unique system wherein life-form classes overlap significantly. Though ...

Polarization and divisive politics have led to a distrust in American institutions and contributed to a decline in social capitol. For over a decade, the academic literature has ignored the topic of declining social capitol ...

New Urbanism is often used to tackle urban sprawl and the decline of downtown by looking back to the traditional town and pursuing a set of "best practices". However, in the process of re-inserting Olympic venues into the ...

In the wake of the bombings inflicted on Germany during World War II, cities had the challenging task of redesigning landscapes. Parks amongst these destroyed landscapes straddle the objectives of the city government, ...

Disabled Americans constitute one of the largest oppressed minority groups in the country, yet remain the object of little attention by political scientists. Inspired by the critical role played by interest groups in the ...

In America today it is perceived that big coastal cities are places of refuge for immigrants and refugees. National policies are targeting marginalized groups so it would make sense to think that big coastal cities, under ...

While existing analyses and discussions around gang involvement in the United States are readily available, including information as to why individuals join gangs, this research does not specifically illuminate the situation ...

Asset-based welfare policy attempts to facilitate the development of transformational assets for low-income people. The following policy analysis is a comparison between two types of asset-based welfare, Home Down Payment ...

This thesis examines how law enforcement agencies in the United States have continued to use imprecise technologies or to improperly use certain tools in an effort to eliminate human subjectivity. Techniques such as DNA ...

Since 2010, shale gas production in the United States has skyrocketed, thanks to modern developments in fracking technology. This fracking boom has led many to speculate that natural gas from fracking will be the "bridge ...