Books written by Jennifer Kavanagh

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  Implications of Integrating Women Into the Marine Corps Infantry

  Because we identify infantry personnel based on their MOS, the manner in which MOSs are assigned in the Marine Corps is relevant to our analyses. Newly enlisted personnel (those in boot camp) hold a general training MOS.10 At this point ...

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  News in a Digital Age: Comparing the Presentation of News Information Over Time and Across Media Platforms

  News in a Digital Age: Comparing the Presentation of News Information Over Time and Across Media Platforms

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  Management Perspectives Pertaining to Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches: Program Manager Tenure, Oversight of Acquisition Category II Programs, and...

  Concern with cost overruns in major defense acquisition programs led Congress to direct investigation of the root causes of overruns in programs that have breached Nunn-McCurdy thresholds.

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  Implications of Integrating Women into the Marine Corps Infantry

  Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Jennie W. Wenger, Jennifer Kavanagh, Jonathan P. Wong, Gillian S. Oak, Thomas E. Trail, Todd Nichols. Kanter's study assumed that skewed groups transitioned to tilted groups5 when the minority group comprised 15 ...

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  Quaker Quicks - Practical Mystics: Quaker Faith in Action

  Perhaps the moment when one is “taken out of oneself” is the moment of eternity experienced in the here and now; the isolated self is reincorporated into the larger Self. This may be expressed both as a losing of self or as a finding of ...

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  Are U.S. Military Interventions Contagious Over Time?: Intervention Timing and Its Implications for Force Planning

  Finally, there is evidence that the level of domestic support and the existence of an international coalition also increase the likelihood of an intervention (Regan, 1998; Regan and Stam, 2000; Kanter and Brooks, 1994).

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  Let Me Take You by the Hand: True Tales from London's Streets

  Lower Marsh Market, near Waterloo station, is one of London's most ancient. According to its website, the first references to Lower Marsh date from 1332 when the name of the road was first given as Lambeth Marsh.

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  Retention, Incentives, and DoD Experience Under the 40-Year Military Pay Table

  In a multimethod analysis, RAND researchers assess whether the military should continue using its 40-year pay table to retain experienced personnel or whether such retention could be equally achieved with a 30-year pay table.

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  Workforce Downsizing and Restructuring in the Department of Defense: The Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Program Versus Involuntary Separation

  Assesses the cost-effectiveness for the U.S. Department of Defense of using incentives for voluntary separations, together with or instead of imposing involuntary separations, to reduce the size of its civilian workforce.

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  Attracting the Best: How the Military Competes for Information Technology Personnel

  During the 1990s, the burgeoning private-sector demand for information technology (IT) workers, escalating private-sector pay in IT, growing military dependence on IT, and faltering military recruiting led to a concern that the military ...

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  The Extent of Restrictions on the Service of Active-Component Military Women

  The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 mandated a review of gender-based assignment restrictions.

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  Characteristics of Successful U.S. Military Interventions

  Using an original data set of 145 ground, air, and naval interventions from 1898 through 2016, this report identifies those factors that have made U.S. military interventions more or less successful at achieving their political objectives.

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  The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Ground Interventions: Identifying Trends, Characteristics, and Signposts

  "In recent years, the frequency of U.S. military interventions in overseas areas, including not only those involving conventional war but also peacekeeping and humanitarian relief operations, has risen.

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  Constitutional Law in Ireland

  This book is written primarily for third level students who are covering Irish Constitutional Law as part of their law degree or related studies.

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  Assessing the Implications of Allowing Transgender Personnel to Serve Openly

  The U.S. Department of Defense is considering a change in policy to allow transgender military personnel to serve openly.

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  Drivers of Institutional Trust and Distrust: Exploring Components of Trustworthiness

  Trust in many institutions, such as government and media, has declined in the past two decades.

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  An Assessment of State Voting Processes: Preparing for Elections During a Pandemic

  The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has presented a severe threat to state election plans in 2020 for primaries and for the general election.

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  Assessing Trade-Offs in U.S. Military Intervention Decisions: Whether, When, and with What Size Force to Intervene

  In this report, the authors create a framework that can be used to rigorously consider the trade-offs involved in U.S. military intervention decisions following the outbreak of a war or crisis.

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  U.S. Presence and the Incidence of Conflict

  "There is an ongoing debate about the effects of U.S. military presence on conflict around the globe.

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  Forecasting Demand for U.S. Ground Forces: Assessing Future Trends in Armed Conflict and U.S. Military Interventions

  This report identifies potential future demands for U.S. ground forces under different scenarios, including size, location, and capabilities, to inform Army decisions regarding future force planning, posture, and investments.