Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: This paper describes the U.S.-China relations and its impact on the Korean Peninsula. It outlines the key motivations behind the making of Chinese foreign policy and then reports on the current stability and uncertainties between Beijing and Washington. As a result of its overall objectives in diplomacy, Beijing is seeking a shared strategic interest with the United States on the Korean issue. The PRC prefers the continued survival of the DPRK regime and develops ever-closer relations with the ROK; it's basic policy towards the Korean Peninsula remains pro-status quo and anti-nuclearization. However, the uncertainties and complications of the Sino-American relations profoundly affect China's strategic calculation about Korean Peninsula and indicate changes and problems in the Chinese Korea policy.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: Paper Proposal
Policy makers and scholars alike are directing increased attention to
water policy in the U. S. Questions of commercial, agricultural, and
residential supply and demand of water, property rights, and pollution
require analysis and solutions. Past analyses have dealt with specific
issues with varying effectiveness, but little has been done to
acknowledge the fundamental complexity of water policy in the U. S. At
root, there is no single water policy. Instead, there are numerous
water policies organized around the problem at hand and its geographic
location. Government at all levels have jurisdiction over
water--sometimes inclusive, sometimes shared, frequently conflicting.
Moreover, water has become a transboundary issue, as subnational
governments reach across international borders to define and solve
problems. Useful analyses of water policy require first an
understanding of the complexity of the different political dynamics of
these issues. For scholars and practitioners alike, the first step
should be to acknowledge and to understand that water involves several
different policy types, located in different parts of government, and
that looking for a single, overarching policy or political dynamic is
likely to prove frustrating.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: An historical and theoretical exploration of the relationship of political parties to social forces in the United States, and of the role of parties in social change.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: As employers, schools, and sports organizations are increasingly mandating drug testing, we are witnessing a concomitant rise in sales of steroids and detoxifying products. It seems drug testing may be spawning new markets. This has been documented by Tunnell (2004) in his exploration of the detox industry. What is perhaps unique is the use of the Internet to market these products. A simple search for "steroids" using the search engine google.com reveals a number of sources to purchase allegedly legal steroids, including information on usage cycles, side effects, and often offering free items like newsletters and magazines. Most sites present themselves as legitimate health authorities, regardless of their actual credentials. Similarly, it is not difficult to find purveyors of detoxification products or of masking agents. One site, dmoz.org, provides links to a number of sources where interested persons can purchase an array of products to clean their systems or mask drug use so as to beat drug tests.

This paper will first chronicle the recent increase in drug testing. Next, it will present an analysis of Web Sites used to sell performance enhancing drugs, as well as sites offering detox products or masking agents. It will provide a description of the number of sites readily available, as well as the claims made by the sites analyzed.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Abstract
This paper discusses how British NGOs used a range of activist strategies to elicit greater corporate social responsibility (CSR) in support of U.K. regional and national cultures, culture-specific representations in electronic communication, and in particular, “endangered genres” in that country. It explores some of the prescient issues in this field and the .technological and industry changes that have catalyzed U.K. activists. Its primary focus is on the strategies and impact of NGO viewer and listener broadcasting advocacy groups, community media associations, coalitions, and informal groups that seek to advance indigenous culture and get government and media corporations to both respond to these stakeholders and commit to policy and regulatory changes. The chapter also references pressure group activities with respect to the current crisis in children’s television throughout the U.K.’s nations. Particular emphasis will be placed on CSR structures and vehicles for cultural expression in Scotland, Wales, the North, and other underrepresented regions and on an examination of if, and how, political devolution is intertwined with cultural agendas.