A Shock to the System: Analyzing Ethnocentric Populist Support Before and After Crises

Using the question of what is driving the support for populists in the mid-late 2010s in Western Europe and the United States as the starting point, this dissertation attempts to answer a number of different questions related to populists: Were the reasons behind support for populists in countries that saw an increase in support for populisms similar to those that saw a decrease in support? Are the reasons for supporting right-wing populists different from more general ethnocentric populists? Are the reasons that Americans supported Donald Trump similar or different from the reasons behind support for Western European populists? Following migration-related crises in the 2014-2015 time period, many parts of Western Europe and the United States saw an increase in electoral support for populist actors. This dissertation argues that the activation of status threat, or the perception that a dominant social and/or ethnic group’s position is being threatened by an influx of newcomers, along with ingroup salience and outgroup bias, are key factors that helped increase electoral support for populist actors. The results provide a complicated picture on the state of populism in Western Europe and the United States; while there is evidence of a growth in outgroup bias in Western Europe, this is not the case in the United States. However, there is evidence of a convergence between Trump supporting Republicans and Western European populists

When grievances matter: public service evaluations and protest in Latin America

[EN] The contentious politics literature has long been divided on the extent to which grievances –or “dissatisfaction caused by deprivation” (Dalton et al., 2009)– drive citizen participation in protests. Do grievances motivate citizens to take to the streets? To shed light on how grievances affect protest, we focus on citizen evaluations of public service provision in Latin America. Scant research has examined the effect of poor public service delivery on contentious participation in emerging democracies. We highlight two mechanisms associated with public service evaluations that facilitate mobilization: 1) firsthand experience with poor governance and 2) clear attribution of responsibility for poor service provision. To test our argument, we utilize data from the 2012 and 2014 AmericasBarometer national surveys of Brazil, and then generalize to Latin America in multilevel models of protest drawing from 18 countries. The results are consistent: where firsthand experience with state incompetence fuels declining system support and specific attribution of blame for underperformance, as in the case of public service evaluations in Latin America, grievances fuel participation in protest

A Case Study on Safe Blast Design with Vibration Analysis

Safe delicacy blasting is necessarily to decrease safe problems resulting from blasting but if designs to consider only safety, it is a problem not to ensure economical gains because the effect of blasting is decreased. Therefore, blasting vibration must be predicted to consider given circumstances and ground conditions before blasting work, and then a design based on predicted result must be done. In this study, the testing blasting was carried out in two fields within a country, and then measured data for testing blasting were collected. The effect for blasting vibration was analyzed as the property of distance, charging gunpowder capacity, surrounding conditions, and measured points. The test results were performed by back-analysis, and compared with previous research results. Therefore, it will be proposed an effective prediction and design

MR Imaging and Histopathologic Findings of A Case of Cerebral Ganglioneurocytoma

We report a case of ganglioneurocytoma manifesting as a complex partial seizure in a young adult male. MR images depicted a well-marginated cystic mass with a heterogeneous solid portion abutting the dura in the parietal lobe. The solid portion showed minimal heterogeneous enhancement, and pressure erosion of the overlying calvarium had occurred. Following gross total resection, the clinical outcome was satisfactory, with no further seizures, and during the five-year follow-up period, the tumor did not recur

The Grizzly, April 14, 2011

Ursinus Enjoys Sixth Annual CoSA Event • Students Participate in 30 Hour Famine • Haverford Professor Guest Lectures on Physics Theory • Dr. Ruth Rosenberg Speaks on Holocaust Remembrance • Ursinus Welcomes Patti Smith • Tips on Surviving and Salvaging Bad Internships • Hypnotist Brings Laughs • How to Avoid Allergy Season • Linking Up with LinkedIn • Internship Spotlight: Lindsay Budnick • Opinions: Response to Article Segregation in the 21st Century ; Verizon\u27s DroidX-R2D2 has Cool Features But is Not for Me; President Obama Sends CIA Agents to Libya • How Far Ursinus Goes to Keep Students Safe on Main Street • New Coach and New Outlook Lead UC Softball • Gymnasts Named All-Americans at Championshipshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1834/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, February 17, 2011

Over 45 Businesses Visit Career Fair • Alcohol Incidents on Campus Raise Concern for Administration • Dance Organizations Promise Exciting Spring Performances • UITA to Bring W. J. T. Mitchell to Campus Today • Urbano Cheers and Sings Her Way Through Senior Year • Valentine\u27s Day: Memories of Puppies and Passing Out • To Write Love on Her Arms Comes to Ursinus • Internship Profile: Jordan Oliver • Opinions: Like-a-Little Provides a Fun, Flirtatious Environment; Like-a-Little Could be Detrimental to Ursinus; Snow and Ice Cause Problems in Ursinus Parking Lots • UC Baseball Looks to Bounce Back in Season • Men\u27s Lacrosse is Young, Deep, and Hungryhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1830/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, January 26, 2012

Ursinus Celebrates Dr. King\u27s Life • CAB Sponsoring New Spring Events • Alumnus Loses Battle with Cancer • Grizzly Update • Psychology Major Interns at Yale • Student Organization Raises Awareness About Safe Sex • UTD Finale Event Tonight • Collegeville Area Offers Dining Variety • Opinion: Facebook and Cell Phones Impede Learning; Mitt Romney Favorite for GOP Nomination • Life on the Road: Men\u27s Basketball Travels to Las Vegas • Graduating Athletes Focus on Healthier Lifestylehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1849/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, April 28, 2011

New U Hosts Spring Into Wellness Month • College Campuses are a Hotbed for Theft • Take a Little Break with Activities from Around Collegeville • Relay for Life Benefits American Cancer Society • Active Minds Hosts Art Festival • Senior Reflection: The Past was Worth the Future • Students Uncover Papers from the Third Reich • Internship Spotlight: Sierra Guerin • Opinions: The Magic is in the Turning of the Page; Books and Electronic Books can Coexist; A New (Satirical) Take on Racial (In)equality at Ursinus • Looking Past Senioritis: Importance of Giving Back to UC • Senior Spotlight: Runner Jeremy Garavelhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1836/thumbnail.jp

The Grizzly, September 16, 2010

Activities Fair Brings Light to Organizations • Computer Science Students Begin Exciting New Projects • UC United Society of Leaders Emerges on Campus • Brandon Kamin Launches into MC Role for ABC\u27s Show Eaglemania • Calorie Counting Hits Zack\u27s • Theater Preview • Meet up with Two New Professors on Campus • Blend Cafe Hosts Open Mic Night for Students and Community • Opinions: Primaries are More Overrated Than They are Important; Unpredictable Turmoils of the Unreliable Ursinus WiFi • Ursinus Women\u27s Volleyball Heads Into Promising Seasonhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews/1817/thumbnail.jp