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  • The Emotional Consequences of Activism

    Creator:
    Robertson, Sydney
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    This thesis investigates the effect of participating in political activism on mental health. Participants (N = 187, 72% female, N = 135, 77% female) from an Oregon university were randomly assigned to one of three or four conditions (depending on the study) in which they participated in activism related to...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Sarah Henderson, Committee Member, representing Political Science

  • Household Determinants and the Resource Consumption: A Case Study of Baghmara Community Forestry in Nepal

    Creator:
    Timilsina, Dinesh
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    This study examines the association of household characteristics with forest product consumption and other benefits derived from community forest in Nepal. The analysis is based on random sample data of 80 households from a Community Forest User Groups of Baghmara Community Forestry (BCF) in Nepal. Using an OLS regression to...
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    Capstone Project
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    APPROVED: Prof. Todd M. Pugatch, representing Economics Prof. Brent Steel, representing

  • Evaluating Equity in the Provision of Primary Health Care in Tanzania

    Creator:
    Babbel, Breannon
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    Equitable access to primary health care is vital to the overall health and development of a country. Since its independence in 1967, Tanzania has established a clear objective of achieving primary health care for all. Yet achieving the goal of health care for all is especially difficult considering Tanzania’s poverty...
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    Capstone Project
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    : Stephanie Bernell, representing Public Health Sarah Henderson, representing Political Science

  • Child Poverty in the US and Europe: From Conceptualization to Policy Action

    Creator:
    Mazhinyan, Arpine
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    Definitions of child poverty and measurement approaches are directly linked to poverty reduction strategies. The definition determines the measure and the measure, in turn, informs policies, which can subsequently reshape measurement approaches. Applying human rights approach and using method of document analysis, this research explores how the conceptualization and measurement...
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    Capstone Project
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    ____________________________________________________________________________ Sarah Henderson, representing Political Science

  • Militant and nonviolent social movements

    Creator:
    Robinson, Blake
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    While much has been written about why people join social movements in general, little has been written about why people specifically join either militant or nonviolent social movements. Using the Black Panther Party as an example of a militant social movement and the mainstream Civil Rights Movement as an example...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    Thompson and Dr. Sarah Henderson. You both looked at my paper from a different perspective and gave advice

  • Could Oregon Replicate Finland's National Housing First Program?

    Creator:
    Francis, Michelle R.
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    There are moral, ethical, and economic reasons supported by empirical research as to why governments and institutions need to take a greater stance on housing the homeless. The Finnish government with the collaboration of various institutions such as the NGO Y-Foundation, has made tremendous strides in reducing the homeless population...
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    Capstone Project
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    , School of Public Policy Professor Sarah Henderson, School of Public Policy

  • Gender Inequality in Food Insecurity: An Examination of Single Adults without Children in the United States

    Creator:
    Osborne, Megan
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    Using Current Population Survey data from 2008, 2009 and 2010 this paper explores the extent to which there is gender inequality in food insecurity among employed single adults without children. Gender inequality in the U.S. is well documented in a wide variety of spheres from the home to the world...
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    Capstone Project
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    _____________________________________________________________________________________   Sarah Henderson, representing Political Science

  • Balancing impact and efficiency in microfinance administration : the importance of attention to program design

    Creator:
    Kearney, Emily Q.
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    Microfinance, or the technique of lending small amounts of money to the world’s poor for productive activities, has become a popular strategy for poverty-alleviation, achieving legislative status as a development strategy in the U.S. in 2000 with the Microenterprise for Self-Sufficiency Act. However, microfinance has increasingly failed to achieve the...
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    Capstone Project
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    , Joan Gross, and Sarah Henderson, I offer a sincere and heartfelt appreciation for showing genuine

  • Microfinance as a Policy Tool for Women's Empowerment

    Creator:
    Ghimire, Narbada
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    Microfinance has been extolled by donor agencies, development practitioners and policy makers as a tool for alleviating poverty and empowering women. Yet little systematic research has been done to assess the conditions and extent to which microfinance programs accomplish these goals. This essay provides an assessment of that research. Based...
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    Capstone Project
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    , representing Sociology Sarah Henderson, representing Political Science Elizabeth

  • Examining an Empowerment Framework: A Look at Female Artisans Within a Ghanaian NGO

    Creator:
    Boyd, Heather
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    This essay examines the processes of empowerment within an artisan NGO in Ghana. An empowerment framework focusing on the concepts of ‘agency’, ‘resources’ and ‘achievements’ are examined through interviews with women weavers, batikers and seamstresses. Their narratives reveal that a complex set of structural and cultural inequalities shape women’s specific...
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    Capstone Project
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    Gallagher, representing the School of Public Policy Sarah Henderson, representing the School