http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/103 Electronic Theses and Dissertations by graduates of The George Washington University 2013-05-22T18:50:31Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/5297 The evolution of offsets and the dawn of emissions trading markets Ketzback, Thor William 2009-05-15T13:22:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/5157 Judicial review, a tool for judicial activism : a comparative study of France, the United States and the European Union Linden, Bénédicte Thesis (LL.M.)--George Washington University, May 1998. 2009-04-23T14:31:17Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/4381 The importance of being English: anxiety of Englishness in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea Whittemore, Sarah Undergraduate thesis 2008-05-12T13:55:20Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/4344 Impacts of the 9/11 Attacks on the Financial Performance of the Business Continuity Industry in the United States Kim, Youn Hee The 9/11 attacks made profound impacts on corporate America. This thesis focuses on the strategy changes of information technology systems in private corporations, and the economic impacts on the information technology industry as a result of the changes of the private corporations after the 9/11 attacks. A two-chase research design is presented. In research phase one, a series of interviews were conducted with the chief information officers and the information technology decision makers from large private corporations, in order to investigate the common success factors and lessons learned from recovery activities after the 9/11 attacks. Research phase two aims to test the hypothesis that the awareness of the importance of the business continuity and its efforts to ensure the critical business functions in large private corporations after the 9/11 attacks resulted in positive economic impacts on the Business Continuity Industry (BCI). A definition of the BCI is presented and a total of five business growth indicators are used to determine the BCI's economic performance compared to the overall IT industry after the 9/11 attacks. Data was collected through the DataStream application to retrieve the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) information. A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the School of Engineering and Applied Science of the George Washington University in Partial Satisfaction of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Science 2008-03-07T19:33:02Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/4343 Avon collectors: middlebrow aesthetic expression of the Twentieth-Century self Fackel, Kelly In the United States there is a fairly large group of people who collection Avon bottles and other Avon memorabilia as a hobby. For some of these people this hobby is much more than a means of recreation; their collections are deeply entangled with their identities and affect their perceptions of the world. The act of collecting and the resultant, ever growing collection, or physical manifestation of the collecting process, allows Avon collectors to express themselves aesthetically. A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of the George Washington University in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts within American Studies and Folklore. 2008-02-22T19:36:17Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/4317 Methods of measuring animal drives Moss, Fred A. Basic thesis: the behavior of any animal is the result of his drives to action and the opposing resistance. Ph.D. Thesis, 33 l. 1923-06-01T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/4313 White males in transition: describing the experience of a stalled career Kormanik, Martin B. Conditions of the contemporary United States workplace have created a social phenomenon in which some middle age white males perceive they are experiencing a stalled career; they perceive they have plateaued in their career progression while at the same time perceive that women and minorities in their professional cohort continue advancing. This study uses phenomenological research methods to investigate the phenomenon by asking individuals who have experienced a stalled career to describe the experience and its impact. The primary finding from the phenomenological reduction is the description of the essence of the stalled career experience. Five conclusions emerge from the analysis. First, the contemporary environment plays a substantial role in precipitating the stalled career. Second, the stalled career is about some white males comparing their situation to women and minorities, while not blaming women and minorities for the situation. Third, the stalled career experience includes a substantial shift toward externality, both from the perceived lack of control over the situation and the white male’s choice to relinquish control as a coping strategy. Fourth, the undiscussable nature of the experience impedes making sense of the situation. Fifth, the experience has a negative impact on the organization, as well as the white male having the experience. Secondary evidence to enhance understanding of the stalled career experience comes from analysis of the data using transitions theory. Three conclusions emerge. First, the data confirms that the nature of the stalled career is a non-event work transition. Second, while support systems are used as a coping resource, the primary form of support is other white males whose support tends to reinforce being in the transition rather than encouraging successful navigation through the transition. Third, the stalled career provides an example of a transition in which the duration may be sustained or the outcome uncertain due to the balance in coping assets and liabilities being in a state of equilibrium. The discussion includes implications for theory, practice, and further research. 2005-08-31T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/4312 China's participation in the United Nations peacekeeping regime Staehle, Stefan In the past, China analysts have accused Beijing of playing an overly conservative and cost-evading role in the U.N. peacekeeping regime. They complained that China would defend the concept of traditional peacekeeping against a more robust and intrusive way of keeping the peace and that it would send only a minimal number of Chinese peacekeepers abroad. Recently, however, Beijing has increased its contribution to U.N. peacekeeping operations despite the fact that their mandates authorized the use of force and interfered in the internal affairs of the host countries. By analyzing China’s voting behavior in the U.N. Security Council and the Chinese participation rate in certain missions, this study explores how and why China has become more involved in the U.N. peacekeeping regime in the past few years. It will argue that two interrelated developments of a socialization process have contributed significantly to China’s increasing participation in U.N. peacekeeping since 2000. On the one hand, Beijing has managed to adapt its normative position to the international standard during the 1990s and learned from its own experience in U.N. peacekeeping operations. On the other hand, the way U.N. peacekeeping missions are conducted has changed after the Brahimi Report in 2000, which made U.N. peacekeeping more agreeable to the Chinese leadership. Other important factors for China’s new engagement in U.N. peacekeeping were changes in its foreign and security policy: Beijing’s drive to shape its image as a responsible and peaceful great power, to balance against U.S. hegemony, to prevent emerging security threats from failing states, and to isolate Taipei diplomatically. 2007-12-07T20:07:31Z