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Singh, Shailendra B. - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Shailendra B Singh - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Wood Kenneth - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Patricia Olney - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Article Real and Imagined Extremist Threats in Mexico and along the U.S.–Mexico Border: ‘Colombianization ’ as an Antidote to Leftist and Criminal Extremist Networks
    2016
    Co-Authors: Patricia Olney
    Abstract:

    Abstract The term ‘Colombianization ’ conjures up images of such extreme corruption, violence and Mayhem that it has always been Mexico’s worst nightmare to have it applied to the country. However, given Colombia’s extraordinary accomplishments in its battle against its main extremist threat, this article argues that ‘Colombianization’ is now associated with hope and successful strategies to reduce extremist violence and increase the effectiveness of the state. It advocates recognizing that Mexico, like Colombia, faces leftist extremist threats that, while weak, have the potential to be dangerous if they should become networked with other groups or obtain drug resources. Worries about right-wing extremism at the U.S.–Mexico border, and the fear of strong police due to memories of the Dirty War have been counterproductive. It recommends incorporating local level strategies into the Merida Initiative that combine experiments used successfully in both Colombia and Mexico. The FICLAR strategy stands for Fast, Integrated, Counterinsurgency-centric, Law-based, Alternative development-focused and requiring the Re-establishment of elite consensus

  • Real and Imagined Extremist Threats in Mexico and along the U.S.–Mexico Border: ‘Colombianization ’ as an Antidote to Leftist and Criminal Extremist Networks
    2016
    Co-Authors: Patricia Olney
    Abstract:

    Abstract The term ‘Colombianization ’ conjures up images of such extreme corruption, violence and Mayhem that it has always been Mexico’s worst nightmare to have it applied to the country. However, given Colombia’s extraordinary accomplishments in its battle against its main extremist threat, this article argues that ‘Colombianization’ is now associated with hope and successful strategies to reduce extremist violence and increase the effectiveness of the state. It advocates recognizing that Mexico, like Colombia, faces leftist extremist threats that, while weak, have the potential to be dangerous if they should become networked with other groups or obtain drug resources. Worries about right-wing extremism at the U.S.–Mexico border, and the fear of strong police due to memories of the Dirty War have been counterproductive. It recommends incorporating local level strategies into the Merida Initiative that combine experiments used successfully in both Colombia and Mexico. The FICLAR strategy stands for Fast, Integrated, Counterinsurgency-centric, Law-based, Alternative development-focused and requiring the Re-establishment of elite consensus

Cross, Tracy L. - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • A Comparison of Perceptions of Barriers to Academic Success Among High-Ability Students From High- and Low-Income Groups: Exposing Poverty of a Different Kind
    CSU ePress, 2018
    Co-Authors: Cross, Jennifer Riedl, Frazier, Andrea Dawn, Kim Mihyeon, Cross, Tracy L.
    Abstract:

    © 2017, © 2017 National Association for Gifted Children. In 14 focus group interviews, sixth- to eighth-grade high-ability students from high- (n = 36) and low-income (n = 45) families were asked to describe the barriers they perceived to their academic success. Three themes were identified through the qualitative analysis: Constraining Environments, Integration versus Isolation, and Resource Plenty versus Resource Poor. Students in both groups experienced environments not conducive to learning, inhibiting peers, and teachers as a barrier. Students in the low-income group described Mayhem in their schools, which interfered significantly with learning. These students were highly integrated in their school community, whereas the students in the high-income group were socially isolated from both peers and teachers. Both groups exhibited issues of poor fit within their schools: autonomy and competence for both, relatedness for students in the high-income group. Attention to these issues will help support these students in achieving their potential

  • A comparison of perceptions of barriers to academic success among high-ability students from high- and low-income groups: Exposing poverty of a different kind
    W&M ScholarWorks, 2017
    Co-Authors: Cross, Jennifer Riedl, Frazier, Andrea Dawn, Kim Mihyeon, Cross, Tracy L.
    Abstract:

    In 14 focus group interviews, sixth- to eighth-grade high-ability students from high- (n = 36) and low-income (n = 45) families were asked to describe the barriers they perceived to their academic success. Three themes were identified through the qualitative analysis: Constraining Environments, Integration versus Isolation, and Resource Plenty versus Resource Poor. Students in both groups experienced environments not conducive to learning, inhibiting peers, and teachers as a barrier. Students in the low-income group described Mayhem in their schools, which interfered significantly with learning. These students were highly integrated in their school community, whereas the students in the high-income group were socially isolated from both peers and teachers. Both groups exhibited issues of poor fit within their schools: autonomy and competence for both, relatedness for students in the high-income group. Attention to these issues will help support these students in achieving their potential