Impact of Human Rights Abuses on Economic Outlook

This paper is concerned with measuring, quantifying, and modeling the extent to which governmental human rights abuses influence the Gross Domestic Product per capita adjusted for purchasing power parity of a nation. The intent of this study is to help develop a statistical framework for human rights under which better and more informed governmental policy decisions can be made. The results of this study suggest strong positive relationships between governmental regulatory quality, mean years of education, and government respect for physical integrity rights and higher GDP per capita (PPP). There is also no statistical relationship between a nation\u27s perceived rule of law and GDP per capita (PPP). However, the study indicates that there is a statistically significant negative relationship between a government\u27s respect for human empowerment rights and its GDP per capita (PPP)

The under 30s in the UK: a generation used to not getting what they voted for

The EU Referendum underlined a clear disconnect between the ruling elites and the electorate, writes Benjamin Bowman. Disappointment with political choices is particularly marked among the younger generation, whose disaffection exemplifies a deeper depolitisation. Much can be learned from recent episodes such as the Iraq War and the increase in tuition fees if we are to prevent a further failure of the transmission belt between constituents and government. Bowman suggests a mainstreaming of youth politics, for instance by including youth branches within party lists

Researching the Politics of Everyday Life With Young People Using Creative Methods

In this case study, I explore the ways youth, as a liminal, in-between space between childhood and adulthood, can be explored by researchers who want to know more about young people’s politics, that is, the ways young people construct their own politics, and political subjectivities, as they make transitions to adulthood. I argue that by using creative methods to explore young people’s everyday lives, researchers can empower young people’s expertise in their own lives. The primary goal of the method is to step beyond the question of engagement, which is the hegemonic approach to young politics of our time. This method intends to open the research site to young people’s politics in their words and on their terms. The method also encourages participants to subvert, transgress, and “remix” the method itself

The Cost of Medication Errors in the Emergency Department: Implications for Clinical Pharmacy Practice

Introduction The main purpose of this capstone project is to provide an objective analysis of the cost of a medication error in the emergency department. The secondary objective of this analysis is to estimate the cost avoidance impact of providing clinical pharmacy services in the emergency department (ED). Literature review Previous literature has described the scope of clinical pharmacy services in the ED and has, to some extent, presented economic outcomes analyses of the impact of these services (Cohen et al., 2009; Lada and Delgado, 2007). According to Cohen et al., the current literature is still lacking a formal pharmacoeconomic model for estimating cost avoidance associated with pharmacist-initiated interventions in the ED. Methods Two data sets, one national and one local, were used to answer our basic research questions. The Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) was used to estimate the national median cost of a medication error in the ED, and intervention data from the ED at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center (UKCMC) was used to estimate cost avoidance via the prevention of medication errors. Results Based on analysis of the NEDS data, a medication error in the ED was estimated to result in a $268 increase in total ED costs. The difference in the medication error group and the control group reached a high level of significance [p = 0.0000]. By applying this result to the data on interventions recorded in the ED at UKCMC, cost 4 avoidance attributable to the presence of a clinical pharmacist in the ED was estimated to be$189,208 per year. Discussion/Conclusion The results of this analysis differ from those found in previous literature due in part to differences in methodology and population/facility size. The results of this analysis suggest that the cost avoidance associated with the prevention of medication errors by a clinical pharmacist in the ED would cover a large portion of the expected salary and compensation associated with hiring a clinical pharmacist to work in the ED

Editorial: New research on Japanese Martial Arts

This editorial introduces this guest-edited special themed issue, which focuses on new research on the Japanese martial arts. This collection has been assembled by Michael Molasky from Waseda University, Tokyo, who convened a research group of innovative Japanese scholars to investigate questions of the global spread of Japanese martial arts. In this editorial, we limit ourselves to saying a few words about each contribution, considering some of their connections, and concluding with a reflection on what this special issue suggests to us about the current and future development of martial arts studies in Japan

Editorial

What is the meaning of ‘forms’ practice within the traditional Asian martial arts? Were Bruce Lee’s movies actually ‘kung fu’ films? Was the famous Ali vs. Inoki fight a step on the pathway to MMA or a paradoxical failure to communicate? What pitfalls await the unwary as we rush to define key terms in a newly emerging, but still undertheorized, discipline? The rich and varied articles offered in Issue 3 of Martial Arts Studies pose these questions and many more. Taken as a set, they reflect the growing scholarly engagement between our field and a variety of theoretical and methodological traditions. Many monographs, academic articles, book chapters, conference papers and proceedings that have appeared over the last year have been forced to address the question that Paul Bowman raised in the very first issue of this journal in 2015: Is martial arts studies an academic field

Show, don't tell: Making martial arts studies matter

How can we make martial arts studies matter? Returning to the issues of triviality and legitimation raised in the Spring 2017 editorial, in this essay we explore various strategies for conveying the intellectual importance of our work to a scholarly but non-specialist readership. In recent years the field of martial arts studies has made impressive strides in terms of both growth and public exposure. Yet this success suggests that increasingly gatekeepers in the form of editors, funding bodies and promotion committees will have an impact on the development of our field. Appealing to such readers is a critical next step in the creation of martial arts studies. The first draft of this editorial was presented by Benjamin Judkins as a keynote at the July 2017 Martial Arts Studies Conference at Cardiff University. It has subsequently been edited to reflect the opinions of both authors and the current context

Editorial: Is martial arts studies trivial?

Before introducing the articles comprising this issue of Martial Arts Studies, this editorial first undertakes a sustained reflection on the question of whether the emergent field of martial arts studies might be regarded as trivial. In doing so, it explores possible rationales and raisons d’être of the field in terms of a reflection on the legitimation of academic subjects, especially those closest to martial arts studies, from which martial arts studies can be said to have emerged. The first draft of this reflection was originally written by Bowman in response to certain reactions to his academic interest in martial arts (hence the occasional use of the pronoun ‘I’, rather than ‘we’), but Judkins proposed that the piece form part of this issue’s editorial, because of the importance of thinking about what this ‘martial arts studies’ thing is that we are doing, what the point of it may be, and whether or not it may be trivial

Spring 2020 Editorial

This is the editorial for the Spring 2020 issue of Martial Arts Studies