Gerard Huiskamp
Biographic Data
| ID | 4282553 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerard Huiskamp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerard |
| FAMILY NAME | Huiskamp |
| SIGNATURE | HUISKAMP G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida Atlantic University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Watching War Movies in Baghdad: Popular Culture and the Construction of Military Policy in the Iraq War
This article investigates the use of popular culture films by the United States military during the Iraq War. We first examine why the 2003 mission to capture Saddam Hussein was named after Red Dawn, the 1984 film about the Soviet invasion and occupation of the American heartland, and how it helped define U.S. soldiers’ understanding of their mission in Iraq. We then consider how and why in 2006 military planning groups screened films, including …
Support the Troops!”: The Social and Political Currency of Patriotism in the United States
This article explores the meaning of patriotism in the lives of United States citizens, and specifically how and why patriotism is mobilized as a social force, particularly in times of perceived crisis. Identifying two principal patriotic styles—“deferential” and “inquisitive”—it is argued that the distribution of these styles reflects relational social and political structures of claim making in a democracy, interconnected to individuals’ desire…
As Development Seeks to Empower: Women from Mexico and Niger Challenge Theoretical Categories
Through analysis of original fieldwork conducted in Mexico and Niger, this article examines women's participation in local development initiatives. It is argued that poor women are motivated to collective action by both materialist and postmaterialist aspirations. Political participation and self-actualization are an integral part of strategizing to address poverty and material deprivation (or the satisfaction of basic needs). The realization tha…
New Approaches to Comparative Politics: Insights from Political Theory
New Approaches to Comparative Politics: Insights from Political Theory
Minority Report on the Bush Doctrine
This essay provides a framework for understanding the implications of the Bush administration’s War on Terror, through an analysis of Stephen Spielberg’s 2002 futuristic film, Minority Report. In brief, the film explores the trade-offs between security and freedom, overlaid upon intersections between free will and external determinism, by following the fate of John Anderton, an anti-crime crusader in the US government’s Department of Precrime. An…
Identity politics and democratic transitions in Latin America: (Re)organizing women's strategic interests through community activism
Cultural Politics in Revolution: Teachers, Peasants, and Schools in Mexico, 1930-1940 . Mary Kay Vaughan
Support the Troops!”: The Social and Political Currency of Patriotism in the United States
This article explores the meaning of patriotism in the lives of United States citizens, and specifically how and why patriotism is mobilized as a social force, particularly in times of perceived crisis. Identifying two principal patriotic styles—“deferential” and “inquisitive”—it is argued that the distribution of these styles reflects relational social and political structures of claim making in a democracy, interconnected to individuals’ desire…
Minority Report on the Bush Doctrine
This essay provides a framework for understanding the implications of the Bush administration’s War on Terror, through an analysis of Stephen Spielberg’s 2002 futuristic film, Minority Report. In brief, the film explores the trade-offs between security and freedom, overlaid upon intersections between free will and external determinism, by following the fate of John Anderton, an anti-crime crusader in the US government’s Department of Precrime. An…
Watching War Movies in Baghdad: Popular Culture and the Construction of Military Policy in the Iraq War
This article investigates the use of popular culture films by the United States military during the Iraq War. We first examine why the 2003 mission to capture Saddam Hussein was named after Red Dawn, the 1984 film about the Soviet invasion and occupation of the American heartland, and how it helped define U.S. soldiers’ understanding of their mission in Iraq. We then consider how and why in 2006 military planning groups screened films, including …
Cultural Politics in Revolution: Teachers, Peasants, and Schools in Mexico, 1930-1940 . Mary Kay Vaughan
Identity politics and democratic transitions in Latin America: (Re)organizing women's strategic interests through community activism
New Approaches to Comparative Politics: Insights from Political Theory
New Approaches to Comparative Politics: Insights from Political Theory
Minority Report on the Bush Doctrine
This essay provides a framework for understanding the implications of the Bush administration’s War on Terror, through an analysis of Stephen Spielberg’s 2002 futuristic film, Minority Report. In brief, the film explores the trade-offs between security and freedom, overlaid upon intersections between free will and external determinism, by following the fate of John Anderton, an anti-crime crusader in the US government’s Department of Precrime. An…
As Development Seeks to Empower: Women from Mexico and Niger Challenge Theoretical Categories
Through analysis of original fieldwork conducted in Mexico and Niger, this article examines women's participation in local development initiatives. It is argued that poor women are motivated to collective action by both materialist and postmaterialist aspirations. Political participation and self-actualization are an integral part of strategizing to address poverty and material deprivation (or the satisfaction of basic needs). The realization tha…
Support the Troops!”: The Social and Political Currency of Patriotism in the United States
This article explores the meaning of patriotism in the lives of United States citizens, and specifically how and why patriotism is mobilized as a social force, particularly in times of perceived crisis. Identifying two principal patriotic styles—“deferential” and “inquisitive”—it is argued that the distribution of these styles reflects relational social and political structures of claim making in a democracy, interconnected to individuals’ desire…
Watching War Movies in Baghdad: Popular Culture and the Construction of Military Policy in the Iraq War
This article investigates the use of popular culture films by the United States military during the Iraq War. We first examine why the 2003 mission to capture Saddam Hussein was named after Red Dawn, the 1984 film about the Soviet invasion and occupation of the American heartland, and how it helped define U.S. soldiers’ understanding of their mission in Iraq. We then consider how and why in 2006 military planning groups screened films, including …
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