Unconventional Threats to China's National Security: A teaching note

This teaching note has two objectives: first, to describe a particular type of teaching method and its special benefits; and second, to provide a substantive example of the kind of intellectual insights (in this case, understandings of Chinese national security) that can be achieved by using this method. The teaching situation described was an introductory graduate seminar on Chinese foreign policy, taught at the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver in 1998. Critical comments on either the teaching method or the substantive arguments presented here would be welcome at pvan@coombs.anu.edu.au.     

Conference on Business Crime,Fraud and Corruption England,March/April 1991 Preliminary Call for Papers

Conference on Business Crime, Fraud and Corruption England, March/April 1991 Preliminary Call for Papers     

Assessment of assertion and problem-solving skills in wife abusers and their spouses

The present study provided an assessment of assertion and problem solving skills in couples characterized by wife abuse. A role play test and problem solving interaction task were administered to couples who were (a) physically abusive, (b) maritally discordant but nonviolent, and (c) satisfactorily married. Results indicated that members of abusive dyads exhibited deficits on selected behavioral components of assertion. However, few differences were observed between these dyads and the maritally discordant, nonviolent condition. Findings are discussed in terms of (1) the need for further evaluation of interpersonal skill variables in physically abusive males, (2) issues in selection of measures and subjects, and (3) the need to consider the possible interactive effects of multiple factors in family violence research.