Cheryl Shanks
Biographic Data
| ID | 4123587 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cheryl Shanks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cheryl |
| FAMILY NAME | Shanks |
| SIGNATURE | SHANKS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Williams College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 92 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
International Relations in the Liberal Arts
The international relations subfield within political science does some of the same work in furthering the liberal arts that the other subfields do, and it does some unique work. Like other political science courses, international relations courses teach competing explanations for the same event or process. Indeed, international relations courses are about the way in which the relevance of acts depends on assertions and assumptions about causatio…
Tourism and responsibility
The global compact
Immigration and the Politics of American Sovereignty, 1890 to 1990
What does it mean to be an American? The United States defines itself by its legal freedoms; it cannot tell its citizens who to be. Nevertheless, where possible, it must separate citizen from alien. In so doing, it defines the desirable characteristics of its citizens in immigration policy, spelling out how many and, most importantly, what sorts of persons can enter the country with the option of becoming citizens. Over the past century, the U.S.…
Inertia and change in the constellation of international governmental organizations, 1981–1992
Hardly anyone expects public institutions to die. Yet a census reveals that fully one-third of the international governmental organizations (IGOs) in existence in 1981 had in fact become defunct by 1992. Most Eastern bloc and many regional developing country organizations vanished or became inactive. During this period a slightly larger number of new organizations was born. Not governments but other IGOs spawned most of the new offspring. Wealthy…
An International Social Science Research Program on Global Change
National Urban Policy Issues. In several countries, and especially the U.S., fiscal austerity for cities is compounded by reductions in national government funding for local programs, as well as by inflation and recession. How are cities of different sorts weathering these developments? Scattered evidence suggests that cities are undergoing some of the most dramatic changes in decades. When city officials come together in their own association, t…
Inertia and change in the constellation of international governmental organizations, 1981–1992
Hardly anyone expects public institutions to die. Yet a census reveals that fully one-third of the international governmental organizations (IGOs) in existence in 1981 had in fact become defunct by 1992. Most Eastern bloc and many regional developing country organizations vanished or became inactive. During this period a slightly larger number of new organizations was born. Not governments but other IGOs spawned most of the new offspring. Wealthy…
The global compact
An International Social Science Research Program on Global Change
National Urban Policy Issues. In several countries, and especially the U.S., fiscal austerity for cities is compounded by reductions in national government funding for local programs, as well as by inflation and recession. How are cities of different sorts weathering these developments? Scattered evidence suggests that cities are undergoing some of the most dramatic changes in decades. When city officials come together in their own association, t…
Inertia and change in the constellation of international governmental organizations, 1981–1992
Hardly anyone expects public institutions to die. Yet a census reveals that fully one-third of the international governmental organizations (IGOs) in existence in 1981 had in fact become defunct by 1992. Most Eastern bloc and many regional developing country organizations vanished or became inactive. During this period a slightly larger number of new organizations was born. Not governments but other IGOs spawned most of the new offspring. Wealthy…
Immigration and the Politics of American Sovereignty, 1890 to 1990
What does it mean to be an American? The United States defines itself by its legal freedoms; it cannot tell its citizens who to be. Nevertheless, where possible, it must separate citizen from alien. In so doing, it defines the desirable characteristics of its citizens in immigration policy, spelling out how many and, most importantly, what sorts of persons can enter the country with the option of becoming citizens. Over the past century, the U.S.…
The global compact
Tourism and responsibility
International Relations in the Liberal Arts
The international relations subfield within political science does some of the same work in furthering the liberal arts that the other subfields do, and it does some unique work. Like other political science courses, international relations courses teach competing explanations for the same event or process. Indeed, international relations courses are about the way in which the relevance of acts depends on assertions and assumptions about causatio…
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