Georgia College & State University

About: Georgia College & State University is a education organization based out in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 950 authors who have published 1591 publications receiving 37027 citations.

An Exploration of the Juxtaposition of Professional and Political Accountability in Local Law Enforcement Management

Abstract: This study focuses on one arena of public administration in which the balancing act between various accountability considerations is especially visible: local law enforcement management, and one of...

Examining the Role and Methodology of Strategic Culture

Abstract: Strategic culture has become a concept of significant debate within security studies over the last decade. It represents an attempt to integrate cultural influences about how actors within the international system made decisions regarding the use of force. Learning more about how and why actors use force in the system is an important topic to which strategic culture may provide some answers but the process of applying it is difficult. This article examines some of the trends in the work on strategic culture including definitional and methodological and proposes some approaches which may make the concept more accessible for researchers within the field.

Seedbeds of insurgency Structure and dynamics in the Egyptian Islamist insurgency, 1986–99

Abstract: Studies of insurgency and collective action are divided between structural and dynamic explanations. Structural theories address the presence of insurgency while dynamic theories focus on the frequency of insurgent actions. Yet prior studies often treat these arguments additively, leaving unclear how structural and dynamic processes affect these different aspects of insurgency. This study addresses this division by using zero-inflated negative binomial regression to examine in a single equation both the presence and the count of Islamist insurgency in Egyptian governorates between 1986 and 1999. We test political economy, moral economy, and cultural clash explanations of the presence of insurgency alongside political dynamics arguments about repression and exclusion to explain the count of attacks. Looking at the structural side of this equation, we find that communities with high rates of poverty, child mortality, cultural conservatism in terms of low contraceptive prevalence, and greater urban density a...

Synthesis of benzobisoxazole-based D-π-A-π-D organic chromophores with variable optical and electronic properties

Abstract: A series of symmetrical D-π-A-π-D molecules comprised of benzo(1,2-d;4,5- d')bisoxazole (BBO) and various arylenevinylenes was synthesized via a Knoevenagel con- densation of 2,6-dimethyl BBO and the corresponding aryl aldehydes. The resulting com- pounds had energy levels that were easily modulated and broad absorptions in the visible spectrum. They also demonstrated high fluorescence quantum yields in solution. The solva- tochromism of several derivatives was examined in a number of solvents, and it was found that the emission of the triphenylamine derivative varied by almost 100 nm, depending on the polarity of the solvent. Collectively, these results indicate that the optical and electronic prop- erties of benzobisoxazoles are readily tuned through the choice of aryl co-monomer.

Personifications of Personal and Typical Death as Related to Death Attitudes

Abstract: The present article examined differences in personifications of personal and typical death as a function of attitudes about death. Ninety-eight students enrolled in psychology classes were randomly...