Andrew Savage
Biographic Data
| ID | 336956 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Savage |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Savage |
| SIGNATURE | SAVAGE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middlebury College |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-3992-1388 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Writing Tuareg - the three script options
The Tuareg today face three options for choosing a script: Arabic, Roman, and their own traditional Tifinagh (or Shifinagh). This article examines the sociolinguistic factors involved in the choice of script for writing the Tuareg language. The situation of the Tuareg and their language is first presented. Then some of the cultural influences exerted on the Tuareg society are outlined. The direct relationship of these conflicting influences on th…
Local Environmental Groups and the Creation of Social Capital
Scholars who have studied local environmental groups in the United States have tended to agree about three related, stylized facts: that such groups are widespread, that they are pursuing a diverse set of activities, and, at least implicitly, that they are creating social capital that significantly affects environmental policy. However, a healthy skepticism about these claims among academics and within the policy com-munity exists due to a lack o…
The Greening of Social Capital
By undertaking a census of all agricultural, outdoor recreational, and environmental groups (land-based groups) in two adjacent counties in Vermont, we demonstrate the dramatic increase of local environmental groups in the last 15 years. Building on the methodologies of Kempton et al. (2001), we first show that official lists of nonprofit groups-from the Vermont Secretary of State, the Internal Revenue Service, and local grassroots directories-si…
Local Environmental Groups and the Creation of Social Capital
Scholars who have studied local environmental groups in the United States have tended to agree about three related, stylized facts: that such groups are widespread, that they are pursuing a diverse set of activities, and, at least implicitly, that they are creating social capital that significantly affects environmental policy. However, a healthy skepticism about these claims among academics and within the policy com-munity exists due to a lack o…
The Greening of Social Capital
By undertaking a census of all agricultural, outdoor recreational, and environmental groups (land-based groups) in two adjacent counties in Vermont, we demonstrate the dramatic increase of local environmental groups in the last 15 years. Building on the methodologies of Kempton et al. (2001), we first show that official lists of nonprofit groups-from the Vermont Secretary of State, the Internal Revenue Service, and local grassroots directories-si…
Writing Tuareg - the three script options
The Tuareg today face three options for choosing a script: Arabic, Roman, and their own traditional Tifinagh (or Shifinagh). This article examines the sociolinguistic factors involved in the choice of script for writing the Tuareg language. The situation of the Tuareg and their language is first presented. Then some of the cultural influences exerted on the Tuareg society are outlined. The direct relationship of these conflicting influences on th…
The Greening of Social Capital
By undertaking a census of all agricultural, outdoor recreational, and environmental groups (land-based groups) in two adjacent counties in Vermont, we demonstrate the dramatic increase of local environmental groups in the last 15 years. Building on the methodologies of Kempton et al. (2001), we first show that official lists of nonprofit groups-from the Vermont Secretary of State, the Internal Revenue Service, and local grassroots directories-si…
Local Environmental Groups and the Creation of Social Capital
Scholars who have studied local environmental groups in the United States have tended to agree about three related, stylized facts: that such groups are widespread, that they are pursuing a diverse set of activities, and, at least implicitly, that they are creating social capital that significantly affects environmental policy. However, a healthy skepticism about these claims among academics and within the policy com-munity exists due to a lack o…
Writing Tuareg - the three script options
The Tuareg today face three options for choosing a script: Arabic, Roman, and their own traditional Tifinagh (or Shifinagh). This article examines the sociolinguistic factors involved in the choice of script for writing the Tuareg language. The situation of the Tuareg and their language is first presented. Then some of the cultural influences exerted on the Tuareg society are outlined. The direct relationship of these conflicting influences on th…
Sociology (3 works) · Economic geography (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (2 works) · Social capital (2 works) · Social Capital and Networks (2 works) · Social science (2 works)