Max Stephenson
Virginia Tech
63 Papers
326 Citations
Max Stephenson is an academic researcher from Virginia Tech. The author has contributed to research in topics: Peacebuilding & The arts. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 54 publications. Previous affiliations of Max Stephenson include Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance & University of Virginia.
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Papers
Right Answers, Wrong Questions: Environmental Justice as Urban Research:
Lisa Schweitzer,Max Stephenson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore what previous studies have established about environmental justice as an urban phenomenon and critique the focus and methodologies of those efforts within the larger context of urban inquiry.
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Community cultural development: Exploring the connections between collective art making, capacity building and sustainable community-based tourism
TL;DR: In this article , the connections among community-based cultural practices, individual and community capacity and sustainable tourism were explored, along with personal observation and review of relevant archival data, and interviews with a sample of individuals from a community cultural development organization in a single industry town in Central Appalachia.
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Whither the Public-Private Partnership A Critical Overview
TL;DR: The conceptual underpinnings of the public-private partnership idea are examined from the vantage point of whether such entities can produce economically efficient outcomes, can be considered politically effective, can prove administratively feasible, and can equitably distribute the benefits that they purchase as discussed by the authors.
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Toward a Descriptive Model of Humanitarian Assistance Coordination
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the operating environment of humanitarian assistance is best conceived as an interorganizational social network or regime and that the problem of power and authority in such situations must be re-founded or reconceived accordingly.
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Charting the challenges and paradoxes of constructivism: a view from professional education
Lisa Schweitzer,Max Stephenson +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examines the implications of constructivist theory for university-level professional education and suggests how constructivist approaches might be reframed to promote a more authentic student-centeredness in higher education professional programs.
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