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When do states experience coup d’états? Previous studies of military intervention have analyzed various social conditions that have been assessed as determinants of coup behavior. Relationships between select social conditions and coup behavior are often determined by how a vari…

This study examines the negotiation of commercialism and professionalism in network news through a case study of the work of NBC News anchor and correspondent Ann Curry during a time of significant achievement for Curry and rapid change across the news landscape. The researcher …

The following paper explores a post 9/11 controversy surrounding "John Walker's Blues," a song by country music artist Steve Earle about John Walker Lindh, an American caught fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan in November 2001. By looking at the history of censorship, comme…

This study sought to examine how and in what manner the pressures of commercial globalization have impacted the traditional and historical heritage of the local national population of the United Arab Emirates. Utilizing a cultural methodology of analysis, it appears that the ver…