Canan, Penelope, 1946-
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- Usage: approximately 1971 - 1980
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Dr. Canan joined the University of Central Florida Department of Sociology in 2006, having served on the faculty of Sociology at the University of Denver from 1983-2006, and the faculties of Sociology and Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawaii from 1978-1983. Prior to her arrival at UCF, Canan worked in Tsukuba, Japan as the Executive Director of the Global Carbon Project, one of the Earth Systems Science Partnerships of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP), the International Program on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (IHDP), the World Climate Research Program (WCRP), and Diversitas. This two-year appointment was sponsored by Japan’s National Institute for Environmental Studies.Dr. Canan graduated with Honors in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969 and was granted an M.A. (1972) and a PhD in Sociology (1977) from the University of Denver. Dr. Canan retired from the UCF Sociology Department in December 2012. VitaFound in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Political Claims, Legal Derailment, and the Context of Disputes, 1990
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Identifier: M204.0024.0002.00005
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This article is about claims manipulation and the influence of context on the careers and outcomes of disputes. We exlore eleven cases in which civil tort action was used when citizen opponents petitioned the government (lawsuits called SLAPPs or "strategic lawsuits against public participatiom"). Rather than being totally contingent on interactional and situational factors, these disputes followed two general trajectories of transfomations, depending on whether they arose from an "internal"...
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Publication: 1990
"SLAPPs" -- "Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation" in Government -- Diagnosis and treatment of the Newest Civil Rights Abuse, 1993
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Identifier: M204.0024.0001
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The SLAPP collection at the University of Denver includes are materials describing the nature of a SLAPP lawsuit, research materials on SLAPP lawsuits throughout the United States, and research on possible future subjects of lawsuits.
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Publication: 1993
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, 1988 December
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Identifier: M204.0024.0002.00004
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This is a study of attempts to use civil tort action to stifle political ezpression. These lawsuits claim injury resultin from citizen efforts to influence the government or sway voters on an issue of public significance. We call these cases "strategic lawsuits against public participation" (SLAPPs). We examine data from 100 lawsuits and divide them into three stages to highlight the moverment of the dispute between political and judicial arenas. In each phase, claims are made that reflect...
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Publication: 1988 December
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) : Publications, Journalistic Coverage and Conferences, 31 1994 May
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Identifier: M204.0024.0002.00005
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Project bibliography of research publshed in academic journals, plus television, radio, newspaper, magazine, newsletter, book, thesis, colloquia, workshop and governmental report coverage, 1986-1994.
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31 1994 May
Studying Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation : Mixing Quatitative and Qualitative Approaches. Research Note, 1988
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Identifier: M204.0024.0002.00003
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The SLAPP collection at the University of Denver includes are materials describing the nature of a SLAPP lawsuit, research materials on SLAPP lawsuits throughout the United States, and research on possible future subjects of lawsuits.
Dates:
Publication: 1988
The Chilling Effect of SLAPPs: Legal Risk and Attitudes Toward Political Involvement, 1993
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Identifier: M204.0024.0002.00001
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SLAPPs, or "Strategic Lawsuits Against Pubic Participation," refer to the unconstitutional use of civil litigation as a tool to eliminate opposition in public policy debates. This paper looks at the chilling effect of SLAPPs on the encouragement that activists who know about SPLAPPS would giver others interested in becoming politically involved. Factorial survey data (vignette studies) suggest that SLAPP-savvy activists would advise other citizzens against speaking out. The results emphasize...
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Publication: 1993