Browsing by Subject "globalization"
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Anti-globalization Network Protests Cancun's Wto Mettings
(Oklahoma State University, 2004-12-01)The purpose of this research study is to inform others about the protest organizations represented at the World Trade Organization's 5th Ministerial in Cancun, Mexico and the larger network they represent. After identifying ... -
A Global Perspective on Public Relations Professionalism: Mapping the Structure of Public Relations Associations’ International Networks
(Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2014-09-01)Associations play a powerful role in socializing practitioners. The presence of public relations associations across the world is one more step toward professionalization for the entire profession. This study examines the ... -
A Model of the Global and Institutional Antecedents of High-Level Corporate Environmental Performance
(Business & Society, 2004-03-01)Stories of firms that exceed local compliance requirements in their environmental performance appear routinely. However, we have limited theoretical explanations of what propels these firms to exceed compliance. Our theory ... -
A New Trichotomous Measure of World-system Position Using the International Trade Network
(International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2009-02-01)Snyder and Kick's (1979) measure of world-system position continues to serve as the premier trichotomous network indicator of a state's location in the capitalist world economy. In this study, we identify several problems ... -
Porto Alegre Consensus: Emergence and Evolution of the World Social Forum
(Oklahoma State University, 2005-05-01)The World Social Forums and corresponding Forum movement marks a shift in transnational social movement methodology and solidarity. The Forums work to thicken linkages between global civil society actors, liberate communicative ... -
Retention and degree completion: A quantitative assessment of the impacts of study abroad on community college students
(2023-05)This study analyzed the impacts of participation in short-term study abroad programs at Oklahoma community colleges through a quantitative research design. Student retention and degree completion are concerns for all types ... -
World-system position and democracy, 1972–2008
(International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2012-10-01)Global levels of democracy are higher than ever before, and democratic principles are now institutionalized as a world cultural norm. Nevertheless, a number of countries continue to feature governing systems that restrict ...