Emerging From the Shadows : the Life of Captain John (Deserontyou), Circa 1742-1811, Founder of the Bay of Quinte Mohawk Village

This thesis is a biographical examination of the life of Mohawk leader Deserontyou (Captain John) and covers the years from the 1730's up to, and briefly following, 1811. The social, economic and political position of the Mohawk people and Deserontyou's position within the Fort Hunter community prior to the Revolution are addressed first. The Revolutionary War years are then covered with emphasis placed on Deserontyou's military role, the unpleasant conditions at Lachine and the painful reality for the Mohawk people in the aftermath of Britain's defeat. The post-war settlement on the Bay of Quinte is then explored, including the difficulties that Deserontyou experienced with the land, with the British Government, and with his own people. The documents upon which this examination are based come from many primary collections including: The Draper Manuscripts, the Haldimand Papers, the Stuart Papers, Ontario Lands & Forest Survey Records, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Episcopal Records, the Bell Papers, the File Collection, the Claus Papers and Indian Affairs Papers.

A Mixed Blessing: Market-Mediated Religious Authority in Neopaganism

This research explores how marketplace dynamics affect religious authority in the context of Neopagan religion. Drawing on an interpretivist study of Wiccan practitioners in Italy, we reveal that engagement with the market may cause considerable, ongoing tensions, based on the inherent contradictions that are perceived to exist between spirituality and commercial gain. As a result, market success is a mixed blessing that can increase religious authority and influence, but is just as likely to decrease authority and credibility. Using an extended case study method, we propose a theoretical framework that depicts the links between our informants’ situated experiences and the macro-level factors affecting religious authority as it interacts with market-mediated dynamics at the global level. Overall, our study extends previous work in macromarketing that has looked at religious authority in the marketplace) and how the processes of globalization are affecting religion.

Toledo, locus terribilis. Iglesia y milagro en el De viris illustribus de Ildefonso de Toledo

A mediados del siglo VII, el obispo Ildefonso de Toledo (657-667) elaboró su propio catálogo de hombres ilustres, continuando una tradición cuyos orígenes cristianos se remontaban a Jerónimo en el siglo IV. Sin embargo, en lugar de reproducir los modelos de sus antecesores cristianos, entre los que se incluyen además a Genadio de Marsella e Isidoro de Sevilla, el De viris illustribus de Ildefonso incorporaba cambios significativos en el género. Este artículo estudia el tópico del milagro en el opúsculo toledano con el objetivo de indagar qué tipo de relación estableció la Iglesia visigoda de la segunda mitad del siglo VII con este tipo de fenómenos y qué estrategias elaboró en función de él.

Whose Corruption? Which Law? Law’s Authority and Social Power

This paper focuses on the concept of ‘legal but corrupt’ from a pluralist perspective. I argue that the naming and ‘discovery’ of corruption relies on an authority to scrutinise and investigate institutional conduct. The plurality of state and non-state laws under which we are governed sets limits however on any institutional capacity to name and so discover misconduct. The paper focuses on the scandals involving the Catholic Church both in Ireland and in the United States and from there I examine how the state’s power to intervene in alternate institutions is conceived.

Audit report on the Great River Regional Waste Authority for the year ended June 30, 2015

Audit report on the Great River Regional Waste Authority for the year ended June 30, 2015

Audit report on the Iowa State Fair Authority for the year ended October 31, 2015

Audit report on the Iowa State Fair Authority for the year ended October 31, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the Lucky for Life game administered by the Iowa Lottery Authority for the period January 25, 2016 through March 31, 2016

Agreed-upon procedures report on the Lucky for Life game administered by the Iowa Lottery Authority for the period January 25, 2016 through March 31, 2016

Report on the High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP) and the Grow Iowa Values Fund (GIVF), administered by the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA), previously known as the Department of Economic Development, for the period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2014

Report on the High Quality Jobs Program (HQJP) and the Grow Iowa Values Fund (GIVF), administered by the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA), previously known as the Department of Economic Development, for the period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2014

Report on the Iowa Economic Development Authority for the year ended June 30, 2015

Report on the Iowa Economic Development Authority for the year ended June 30, 2015

Audit report on the Iowa Water Pollution Control Works Financing Program and the Iowa Drinking Water Facilities Financing Program, joint programs of the Iowa Finance Authority and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the year ended June 30, 2015

Audit report on the Iowa Water Pollution Control Works Financing Program and the Iowa Drinking Water Facilities Financing Program, joint programs of the Iowa Finance Authority and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the year ended June 30, 2015

Administrative justice and the control of bureaucratic decision-making: A study investigating how decision-makers in local authority education departments respond to the work of redress mechanisms

This socio-legal thesis has explored the factors responsible for explaining whether and how redress mechanisms control bureaucratic decision-making. The research considered the three principal institutions of administrative justice: courts, tribunals, and ombudsman schemes. The field setting was the local authority education area and the thesis examined bureaucratic decision-making about admissions to school, home-to-school transport, and Special Educational Needs (SEN). The thesis adopted a qualitative approach, using interviews and documentary research, within a multiple embedded case study design. The intellectual foundations of the research were inter-disciplinary, cutting across law, socio-legal studies, public administration, organization studies, and social policy. The thesis drew on these scholarly fields to explore the nature of bureaucratic decision-making, the extent to which it can be controlled and the way that learning occurs in bureaucracies and, finally, the extent to which redress mechanisms might exercise control. The concept of control was studied across all its dimensions – in relation both to ex post control in specific cases and the more challenging notion of ex ante or structuring control. The aim of the thesis was not to measure the prevalence of bureaucratic control by redress mechanisms, but to understand the factors that might explain its presence or absence in a particular area. The findings of the research have allowed for a number of analytical refinements and extensions to be made to existing theoretical and empirical understandings. 14 factors, along with 87 supporting propositions, have been set out with the aim of making empirically derived suggestions which can be followed up in future research. In terms of the thesis’ contribution to existing knowledge, its comparative focus and its emphasis on the broad notion of control offered the potential for new insights to be developed. Overall, the thesis claims to have made three contributions to the conceptual framework for understanding the exercise of control by redress mechanisms: it emphasizes the importance of ‘feedback’ in relation to the nature of the cases referred to redress mechanisms; it calls attention to the structure of bureaucratic decision-making as well as its normative character; and it discusses how the operational modes of redress mechanisms relate to their control functions.

Fast-Track Authority and International Trade Negotiations

Fast Track Authority (FTA) is the institutional procedure in the Unites States whereby Congress grants to the President the power to negotiate international trade agreements. Under FTA, Congress can only approve or reject negotiated trade deals, with no possibility of amending them. In this paper, we examine the determinants of FTA voting decisions and the implications of this institutional procedure for trade negotiations. We describe a simple two-country trade model, in which industries are unevenly distributed across con- stituencies. In the foreign country, trade negotiating authority is delegated to the executive, while in the home country Congress can retain the power to amend trade agreements. We show that legislators’ FTA voting behavior depends on the trade policy interests of their own constituencies as well as those of the majority of Congress. Empirical analysis of the determinants of all FTA votes between 1974 (when fast track was first introduced) and 2002 (when it was last granted) provides strong support for the predictions of our model.

Modelo de gestión del talento humano y su incidencia en el desarrollo administrativo del personal de la vicaría episcopal de promoción humana-caritas de la Arquidiócesis de San Salvador.

La Vicaría Episcopal de Promoción Humana-Caritas, es una institución designada para combatir la pobreza y las consecuencias que genera, trabajando en nombre de todos los hombres y mujeres de buena voluntad en la Arquidiócesis de San Salvador, guiados por la enseñanza social católica, como ha sido instruida por el pastor Mons. José Luis Escobar Alas, Arzobispo de San Salvador. Hablar del talento Humano y de las incidencias que las personas tienen en las empresas como sus conocimientos, habilidades, experiencias, aptitudes, pero sobre todo la creatividad posibilita dar soluciones a los problemas que las organizaciones enfrentan. Por tal razón se ha detectado que el ambiente interno de la organización no cuenta con procesos organizados en la eficiente administración del talento humano, tomando en cuenta que las personas son el pilar de toda institución. El desarrollo de un modelo de gestión del talento humano, para el buen desempeño administrativo del personal de la Vicaría Episcopal de Promoción Humana-Caritas, beneficiará a los empleados el poder contar con una administración que contribuya a la mejora del personal y a la aplicación de proyectos que se realizan, basándose en la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia y apoyando así a las comunidades que se benefician de dichos proyectos. Los objetivos que se perciben alcanzar con la elaboración del trabajo de investigación son los siguientes: OBJETIVO GENERAL: Proponer un modelo de gestión del talento humano que incida en el desarrollo administrativo del personal de la Vicaría Episcopal de Promoción Humana-Caritas de la Arquidiócesis de San Salvador. OBJETIVOS ESPECIFICOS: 1. Determinar la información bibliográfica necesaria para tener de base un marco de referencia que permita ampliar la investigación. 2. Analizar cómo se encuentra actualmente la institución para realizar un diagnóstico de la situación problemática a fin de poder encontrar una solución viable. Elaborar una propuesta para la Vicaría Episcopal de Promoción Humana-Caritas que permita mejorar el desarrollo de las funciones administrativas del personal.