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31 Flavors of Inclusionary Zoning: Comparing Policies From San Francisco, Washington, DC, and Suburban Boston
Publication by Jenny Schuetz, Vicki Been and DPDF 2007 "The Political Economy of Redistribution" Fellow Rachel Meltzer. Over the past several decades, inclusionary zoning (IZ) has become an increasingly popular, but sometimes controversial, local means of producing affordable h…
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A World of Experts: Science and Global Environmental Constitutionalism
Publication by DPDF 2008 " Critical Studies of Science & Technology Policy" Research Director Sheila S. Jasanoff. Under conditions of conflict and uncertainty, forging a new constitutional consensus is a monumental task. If we hope to address climate change through a new global c…
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Affect: What is it Good For?
Authored by DPDF 2012 Mediated Futures Research Director, William Mazzarella.
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"All Distinctions are Political, Artifical" The Fuzzy Logic of M.F. Husain
Written by DPDF 2008 Muslim Modernities Research Director, Bruce Lawrence. Few modern artists so consistently embodied a fuzzy logic of their own as did the Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain (1915 – 2011). His critics tried to define him as a reckless defamer of Hindu values,…
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An inconvenient dataset: bias and inappropriate inference with the multilevel model
Authored by DPDF 2010 Discrimination Studies co-director, Samuel R. Lucas The multilevel model has become a staple of social research. I textually and formally explicate sample design features that, I contend, are required for unbiased estimation of macro-level multilevel model p…
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Beef Colonialism and the Blackfeet Reservation Slaughterhouse, 1879-1895
Publication by DPDF 2008 "Animal Studies" Fellow Michael Wise. In 1884, the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs (OIA) built a slaughterhouse on the Blackfeet Reservation. Over the next decade, the slaughterhouse instituted profound changes in Blackfeet foodways. Trading work for prepar…
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Beyond the existence proof: ontological conditions, epistemological implications, and in-depth interview research
Authored by DPDF 2010 Discrimination Studies co-director, Samuel R. Lucas In-depth interviewing is a promising method. Alas, traditional in-depth interview sample designs prohibit generalizing. Yet, after acknowledging this limitation, in-depth interview studies generalize anyway…
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Blood and the Brain
Authored by DPDF 2009 Cultures & Histories of the Human Sciences co-Director, Emily Martin. In everyday Euro-American understandings, blood is both vital and dangerous to the brain. Why, then, are there virtually no illustrations of the brain in contemporary neuroscience that inc…
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Born Again in Balaka: Pentecostal versus Catholic Narratives of Religious Transformation in Rural Malawi
Publication by DPDF 2009 "Revitalizing Development Studies" Fellow Nicolette D. Manglos. Pentecostal membership and born-again conversion have been growing in popularity across Africa. Yet despite the many explanations posited for their growth, few studies have attended to the l…
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Brokerage in the Sacred Sphere: Religious Leaders as Community Problem Solvers in Rural Malawi
Publication by DPDF 2009 "Revitalizing Development Studies" Fellow Nicolette D. Manglos. Religious leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa do not just deal with the spiritual needs of members but are also heavily engaged in dealing with social problems and material needs. Although true el…
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