In four parts, this dissertation analyzes the development U.S. public administration, its subsequent critique and transformation within a neoliberal political economy, and finally, the liberatory potential of the nascent fourth Industrial Revolution. Part I develops the ontologi…
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Jesse is in his early twenties and stuck in Salinas, California. He works at Lenscrafters, making glasses, making decent money and he is comfortable. The novel opens when Jesse.s high school friend, Ben, is visiting from Los Angeles, where he is a screenwriter. The two go to a p…
Moderation does not constitute a monolithic model and the difference in the moderation process will influence the way a political party manages its internal dynamics. The cases of the AKP and the PKS show that both have different levels of moderation due to the different context…
Since the mid-1990s, Somali refugees have been resettling in Columbus, Ohio, which is a large city in the Midwest of the United States. In 1990, there were less than 100 Somalis living in the Columbus metropolitan area, while the current estimate is that between 40,000 and 60,00…
Over the last several decades, the practices and philosophy of Sufi mystics from former Soviet Republics Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have spread into Russian society, and from there to much of Eastern Europe. Through the efforts of individuals such as Mirzakarim Sanakulovich Norbe…
The numerous images of violence perpetrated by radicalized followers of Islam, has highlighted the complexities surrounding assimilation and integration of Muslims in Western society. Since the guest worker recruitment from French African colonies initiated after World War II, F…
Throughout the last three decades, the Arab region has attracted the unwanted attention of the rest of the world because of its spiralling political upheaval. This unrest has caused migration, economic and cultural changes, and eventually a spring of revolutions and protests in …
Given the current juncture in history, humanity is faced with the herculean task of adapting to a tumultuous present and a gimmer future. Should climate projections be accurate, there is little time to waste. This work makes the claim that we are not only in a political gridlock…
Tiny houses—stand-alone, fully functional dwellings generally between 100 and 400 square-feet—are increasingly popular in the United States. The degradation of working class life wrought through neoliberal policy and then punctuated by the Great Recession propels this popularity…
“Reimagining Fathers and Sons: Race, Labor, Alienation, and Asian American Drama” analyzes how works of Asian American drama illuminate conflicted father-son relationships, labor, and states of alienation. Dramatic works by Asian American writers from the 1970s to the 2010s pres…
Cosmopolitanism is generally understood as the theory that we all belong to a universal moral community by virtue of our shared humanity and the shared space of the world. As such, it would seem to be uniquely poised to answer the challenges of contemporary politics, which have …
Conrad juxtaposes Western culture with its native counterpart in order to formulate a vision that can guide the alienated individual who has lost his connection with his own nature, his family, and his society. Unlike many of his contemporaries who only describe this miserable h…