Ratification and Reliability: The Strategic Logic of Formal Treaties

This thesis evaluates the connection between ratification and alliance structure, formation, and reliability. It hypothesizes that as ratification requirements become more rigorous, alliance formation becomes less likely and alliance structures become more likely. In the mean time, ratified alliances will be more reliable. This thesis tests these theories using both qualitative and quantitative evidence. Applying case studies on the League of Nations, it illustrates how the increased rigor of ratification rules makes alliance formation more difficult. Meanwhile, member-level data from the Alliance Treaties and Obligations dataset between 1815 and 2000 suggests that ratification makes alliances more reliable. Overall, then, ratification does seem to have an impact on alliance politics

Awaiting the Heavenly Country: the Civil War and America\u27s Culture of Death

Death and Dying in the Civil War Awaiting the Heavenly Country: The Civil War and America’s Culture of Death By Schantz, Mark S. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War By Faust, Drew Gilpin One of the most memorable scenes in Gone with the Wi...

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War

Death and Dying in the Civil War Awaiting the Heavenly Country: The Civil War and America’s Culture of Death By Schantz, Mark S. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War By Faust, Drew Gilpin One of the most memorable scenes in Gone with the Wi...

A People at War: Civilians and Soldiers in America\u27s Civil War

Surveying the Civil War The War\u27s Impact on Soldiers and Civilians This is not your parents\u27 Civil War textbook. Indeed, Scott Nelson and Carol Sheriff, historians at the College of William and Mary, likely would shy away from the word textbook to describe their study of Civil W...

Railroads in the Old South: Pursuing Progress in a Slave Society

The Influence of Railroads on Southern Society Given the vast scholarship on antebellum railroads, is there really a need for another book on this topic, particularly one largely focused on just the South? Aaron W. Marrs believes there is, especially one that “can help illustrate the t...

Pediatric Feeding Disorder: Consensus Definition and Conceptual Framework

Pediatric feeding disorders (PFDs) lack a universally accepted definition. Feeding disorders require comprehensive assessment and treatment of 4 closely related, complementary domains (medical, psychosocial, and feeding skill-based systems and associated nutritional complications). Previous diagnostic paradigms have, however, typically defined feeding disorders using the lens of a single professional discipline and fail to characterize associated functional limitations that are critical to plan appropriate interventions and improve quality of life. Using the framework of the World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health, a unifying diagnostic term is proposed: “Pediatric Feeding Disorder” (PFD), defined as impaired oral intake that is not age-appropriate, and is associated with medical, nutritional, feeding skill, and/or psychosocial dysfunction. By incorporating associated functional limitations, the proposed diagnostic criteria for PFD should enable practitioners and researchers to better characterize the needs of heterogeneous patient populations, facilitate inclusion of all relevant disciplines in treatment planning, and promote the use of common, precise, terminology necessary to advance clinical practice, research, and health-care policy

Prosocial development in the context of organized youth activities

The purpose of this study was to determine the types of prosocial behaviors youth engage in within organized youth activities, and determine if these behaviors are related to developing increased prosocial reasoning and behavior in other contexts of their lives. A sample of youth participating in a longitudinal study of organized youth activities were interviewed about their experiences within youth programs and these responses were utilized to determine what types of prosocial behavior youth engage in within their organized activity, and how this behavior influenced their prosocial attitudes and behaviors both within the activity and in other contexts of their lives. Results suggest that youth take on a number of prosocial roles within organized youth activities, and they perceive that these roles are related to thinking and behaving more prosocially with peers and others