Christopher A D Charles
Biographic Data
| ID | 629899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher A D Charles |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher A D |
| FAMILY NAME | Charles |
| SIGNATURE | CHARLES C A D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Schlumberger (Ireland) |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0297-5111 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Election forecasting in the Caribbean: Evidence from Jamaica 2015–2020
This study looks at election forecasting in Jamaica. The first Caribbean election forecast, recorded, was the inaccurate 1962 poll that stated that the PNP would win the referendum and Jamaica would remain in the regional federation. Polling lost credibility until Carl Stone restarted the practice in 1972. Stone accurately predicted the 1976, 1980 and 1989 general elections, unlike rival pollsters. Polling floundered in Jamaica after Stone died. …
Creating Cannabis Identity through Cannabis Use
To Di World: Jamaican soccer, poiesis and post-colonial transformation
This article presents a case study of an innovative culturally based therapeutic approach using collective poiesis to improve the functioning of a youth sports team in Jamaica. In recent decades, Jamaica has endured high levels of violence and corruption, and has been ranked among the top four countries in the world in terms of murder rate per capita. We conjecture that a high prevalence of personality disorder linked to the legacy of slavery and…
The Role of the Economy, Security and Party Leader Acceptance in Forecasting the 2020 General Election in Jamaica
Three econometric models were built between January and March 2020 to predict the September 3, 2020 General Election in Jamaica. These are the economics and security model (model1), the economics and security model with JLP leader acceptance (model 2), and the economics and security model with PNP leader acceptance (model 3). All three models accurately predicted a win for the Jamaica Labour Party. A Jack-knife resampling was performed for cross …
The Impact of the Trump Presidency on the Commonwealth Caribbean
The small states of CARICOM operate within the sphere of US influence guided by its national interests. This geopolitical reality can become daunting when the major power is led by an ultra-conservative president who puts his country first at all times and has dubbed some developing countries ‘shit holes’. The domestic and foreign policies of the Trump Administration may affect CARICOM in the areas of tourism, trade, climate change, migration, re…
Body image disturbance and skin bleaching
This study looks at body image disturbance among Jamaicans who bleach their skin. The hypothesis states that there is a positive relationship between skin bleaching and body image disturbance. The study used a convenience sample of 160 participants with a skin bleaching group (n = 80) and a non-bleaching comparison group (n = 80). The instrument included demographic questions, the body image disturbance questionnaire (BIDQ), and questions about s…
Forecasting the 2016 General Election in Jamaica
The objective of the article is to explain the methodologies and the findings of the 2016 Jamaican General Election forecasts. The Good Judgment Project’s CHAMPSKNOW system was applied using qualitative and quantitative methods. The research question was: what were the probabilities of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) or the People’s National Party (PNP) winning the 25 February 2016 General Election? The data were drawn from election results and ma…
Opportunities or Challenges for the Caribbean after Brexit
After the ‘Leave’ bloc won 52% of the Brexit vote on 23 June 2016 in the UK, there was immediate anxiety within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The political elite in the various countries artic
Newspaper Representation of the Debates in the 2007 Jamaican General Election Campaign
This article deconstructs the newspaper representations of three debates held in 2007 during the Jamaican General Election campaign. The theory of social representation is used in this article to explain political behaviour and outcomes. Representations are the images, words, symbols or phrases that are generated from people's dialogic interaction that signify meanings. Content analysis of relevant articles covering the electoral campaign in the …
Skin Bleaching and the Prestige Complexion of Sexual Attraction
The reintegration of criminal deportees in society
Skin Bleachers’ Representations of Skin Color in Jamaica
This article deals with skin bleachers’ representations of skin color and the reasons that inform their representations. A content analysis was done of the reasons the participants give for bleaching their skin. The participants bleach their skin to remove facial blemishes, to make their faces “cool,” as a result of peer influence, to lighten their complexion, to appear beautiful and to attract a partner, to follow a popular fad, and to have the …
Modern Blackness in Jamaica
An Analysis of the Type and Content of TV Ads in the 2002 Jamaican General Election
This exploratory study deals with the type of television campaign ads aired by the PNP and the JLP in the 2002 General Election and the salient issues in the ads. The content of the ads were unpacked to understand some of the important issues for the political parties in their campaign. The parties differed significantly in the number of contrast, attack and positive ads they aired. The political parties used the type of ads that they believed wo…
Skin Bleaching, Self-Hate, and Black Identity in Jamaica
The Afrocentric view concerning Jamaicans who bleach their skins is that they suffer from self-hate, a result of the lingering psychological scars of slavery. The self-hatred thesis is tested by comparing the self-esteem scores of a small convenience sample of skin bleachers with the scores of a control group. The two groups have almost the same average scores above the median, which indicates that skin bleaching did not occur because of low self…
Skin Bleaching and the Prestige Complexion of Sexual Attraction
Creating Cannabis Identity through Cannabis Use
To Di World: Jamaican soccer, poiesis and post-colonial transformation
This article presents a case study of an innovative culturally based therapeutic approach using collective poiesis to improve the functioning of a youth sports team in Jamaica. In recent decades, Jamaica has endured high levels of violence and corruption, and has been ranked among the top four countries in the world in terms of murder rate per capita. We conjecture that a high prevalence of personality disorder linked to the legacy of slavery and…
Body image disturbance and skin bleaching
This study looks at body image disturbance among Jamaicans who bleach their skin. The hypothesis states that there is a positive relationship between skin bleaching and body image disturbance. The study used a convenience sample of 160 participants with a skin bleaching group (n = 80) and a non-bleaching comparison group (n = 80). The instrument included demographic questions, the body image disturbance questionnaire (BIDQ), and questions about s…
Skin Bleaching, Self-Hate, and Black Identity in Jamaica
The Afrocentric view concerning Jamaicans who bleach their skins is that they suffer from self-hate, a result of the lingering psychological scars of slavery. The self-hatred thesis is tested by comparing the self-esteem scores of a small convenience sample of skin bleachers with the scores of a control group. The two groups have almost the same average scores above the median, which indicates that skin bleaching did not occur because of low self…
An Analysis of the Type and Content of TV Ads in the 2002 Jamaican General Election
This exploratory study deals with the type of television campaign ads aired by the PNP and the JLP in the 2002 General Election and the salient issues in the ads. The content of the ads were unpacked to understand some of the important issues for the political parties in their campaign. The parties differed significantly in the number of contrast, attack and positive ads they aired. The political parties used the type of ads that they believed wo…
Skin Bleachers’ Representations of Skin Color in Jamaica
This article deals with skin bleachers’ representations of skin color and the reasons that inform their representations. A content analysis was done of the reasons the participants give for bleaching their skin. The participants bleach their skin to remove facial blemishes, to make their faces “cool,” as a result of peer influence, to lighten their complexion, to appear beautiful and to attract a partner, to follow a popular fad, and to have the …
Modern Blackness in Jamaica
The reintegration of criminal deportees in society
Skin Bleaching and the Prestige Complexion of Sexual Attraction
Newspaper Representation of the Debates in the 2007 Jamaican General Election Campaign
This article deconstructs the newspaper representations of three debates held in 2007 during the Jamaican General Election campaign. The theory of social representation is used in this article to explain political behaviour and outcomes. Representations are the images, words, symbols or phrases that are generated from people's dialogic interaction that signify meanings. Content analysis of relevant articles covering the electoral campaign in the …
Forecasting the 2016 General Election in Jamaica
The objective of the article is to explain the methodologies and the findings of the 2016 Jamaican General Election forecasts. The Good Judgment Project’s CHAMPSKNOW system was applied using qualitative and quantitative methods. The research question was: what were the probabilities of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) or the People’s National Party (PNP) winning the 25 February 2016 General Election? The data were drawn from election results and ma…
Opportunities or Challenges for the Caribbean after Brexit
After the ‘Leave’ bloc won 52% of the Brexit vote on 23 June 2016 in the UK, there was immediate anxiety within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The political elite in the various countries artic
Body image disturbance and skin bleaching
This study looks at body image disturbance among Jamaicans who bleach their skin. The hypothesis states that there is a positive relationship between skin bleaching and body image disturbance. The study used a convenience sample of 160 participants with a skin bleaching group (n = 80) and a non-bleaching comparison group (n = 80). The instrument included demographic questions, the body image disturbance questionnaire (BIDQ), and questions about s…
The Impact of the Trump Presidency on the Commonwealth Caribbean
The small states of CARICOM operate within the sphere of US influence guided by its national interests. This geopolitical reality can become daunting when the major power is led by an ultra-conservative president who puts his country first at all times and has dubbed some developing countries ‘shit holes’. The domestic and foreign policies of the Trump Administration may affect CARICOM in the areas of tourism, trade, climate change, migration, re…
The Role of the Economy, Security and Party Leader Acceptance in Forecasting the 2020 General Election in Jamaica
Three econometric models were built between January and March 2020 to predict the September 3, 2020 General Election in Jamaica. These are the economics and security model (model1), the economics and security model with JLP leader acceptance (model 2), and the economics and security model with PNP leader acceptance (model 3). All three models accurately predicted a win for the Jamaica Labour Party. A Jack-knife resampling was performed for cross …
Election forecasting in the Caribbean: Evidence from Jamaica 2015–2020
This study looks at election forecasting in Jamaica. The first Caribbean election forecast, recorded, was the inaccurate 1962 poll that stated that the PNP would win the referendum and Jamaica would remain in the regional federation. Polling lost credibility until Carl Stone restarted the practice in 1972. Stone accurately predicted the 1976, 1980 and 1989 general elections, unlike rival pollsters. Polling floundered in Jamaica after Stone died. …
Creating Cannabis Identity through Cannabis Use
To Di World: Jamaican soccer, poiesis and post-colonial transformation
This article presents a case study of an innovative culturally based therapeutic approach using collective poiesis to improve the functioning of a youth sports team in Jamaica. In recent decades, Jamaica has endured high levels of violence and corruption, and has been ranked among the top four countries in the world in terms of murder rate per capita. We conjecture that a high prevalence of personality disorder linked to the legacy of slavery and…
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