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Empowerment or a 'citizenship project'? : microcredit with education in Cuzco, Peru

Creator:: Kearney, Emily Q.
Abstract:: Microfinance, or the technique of lending small amounts of money to the world's poor for productive activities, has emerged as a dominant approach to poverty alleviation among international development organizations. However, consensus does not yet exist as to the best mechanism for delivery of loans. While most organizations simply offer...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1970 by Ester Boserup, who argued in her landmark book, Women’s Role In Economic Development, that

The women's movement in Japan and its effect on the workplace

Creator:: Madden-Bethune, Gwyn D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of women in the Japanese workplace. Data obtained from in-depth interviews and questionnaires, shows that the Japanese workplace is in a state of change moving toward a higher level of opportunity for female workers. While similar to the circumstances experienced...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: harassment were brought into the public eye. Although there have been court cases and numerous books

Imagining them, reimagining ourselves : a case study of cultural appropriation and the politics of identity

Creator:: Smith-Nolan, Mary K.
Abstract:: Several popular cultural movements emphasizing indigenous spirituality have arisen in the United States and Europe within the past thirty years. Spiritual discourses attributed to Native Americans, among other groups, are borrowed by Euro-Americans in search of alternatives to dominant ideologies. In such a circumstance, Native Americans become part of a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: generated for and by practitioners of Native American New Age activities. Several journals, books, and

Ecotourism, community development, and local autonomy : the experience of Shan-Mei aboriginal community in Taiwan

Creator:: Lee, Pei-Yao
Abstract:: Shan-Mei, a Tsou aboriginal village in Taiwan, is widely known as a legend of environmental conservation, where ecotourism has been successfully combined with integrated community development. Indigenous knowledge containing "ecological wisdom" and decision-making based on consensus are perceived to be the greatest contributors to this achievement. I conducted three months...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: local people, but cases of ecotourism planned and managed by an aboriginal community are rare. As for

Cooperation and small to medium sized enterprises in Oregon's forest product industry

Creator:: Brown, Nicole A.
Abstract:: This thesis examines perceptions of cooperation among small to medium sized enterprises (SME) in western Oregon's forest products industry. Recent changes in the industry, such as corporate consolidation, global marketing, and government regulations have created an environment in which many SMEs find it difficult to stay competitive. Cooperation among SMEs...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: mills, however, has not been left unspoken. Rows of books line the shelves at community and university

An analysis of local Karang culture, knowledge, and natural resource use patterns in the Kaengkrachan National Park, Phetchaburi, Thailand

Creator:: Rojanasaeng, Nonglak
Abstract:: This study analyses the culture, knowledge and resource use patterns of the Karang tribe in Phong-Luk village, which is located at the Kaengkrachan National Park. The goal of this project is to reveal the culture-based local wisdom of the Karang tribe that is consistent with sustainable environmental resource management and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Perceptions on informal performance feedback in Japanese subsidiary organizations : Japanese supervisors and U. S. subordinates

Creator:: Kinefuchi, Etsuko
Abstract:: This study explored perceptions of performance feedback communicated by Japanese supervisors to their U.S. subordinates in Japanese subsidiaries in the U. S. Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted with both Japanese supervisors and U.S. subordinates and their responses were tape-recorded. The purpose of the study was to assess perceptual similarities and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: most frequently cited is Ouchi (1981). Ouchi, in his popular book, Theory Z, contrasts the principal

To restore what once was : a mixed methods approach to understanding the shoe repair transaction

Creator:: Giulietti, Michael P.
Abstract:: The shoe repair transaction, as it occurs in the 5000 or so remaining shoe repair shops in the United States, is currently unexamined in academic literature for the significance it holds for either shoe repairers or their customers. Making use of both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection, this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: higher status among populations where actual shoe ownership was rare (Wright 1922; Heyman 1994). The

"They said I would never amount to anything" : the life of a Kootenai woman

Creator:: Wheaton-Abraham, Jyl M.
Abstract:: There is a fundamental distortion in our understanding of Native people, especially Native women. This distortion is rooted in imperialism and the colonization of Native lands and has created a dominant/subordinate relationship between Non-Native/Native people. Anthropological life history research has traditionally reflected this relationship. As a Native woman, the author...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: human beings in research and literature are rare. Because of this, Bea Medicine (2001) has called on

Neo-Ottoman perspectives : Turkish identity and culinary culture in a sociopolitical context

Creator:: Kinoğlu, Sera D.
Abstract:: As Turkey's cultural and economic climate has experienced dramatic shifts in accordance with its changing role in global society, a neo-Ottoman movement has taken root in recent years which can offer insight into the new Turkish identity. This sociopolitical movement captures a diverse set of cultural attributes through a contemporary...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ). Sutton’s book on the anthropology of food and memory (2011) may be the most comprehensive of its kind to

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Empowerment or a 'citizenship project'? : microcredit with education in Cuzco, Peru

The women's movement in Japan and its effect on the workplace

Imagining them, reimagining ourselves : a case study of cultural appropriation and the politics of identity

Ecotourism, community development, and local autonomy : the experience of Shan-Mei aboriginal community in Taiwan

Cooperation and small to medium sized enterprises in Oregon's forest product industry

An analysis of local Karang culture, knowledge, and natural resource use patterns in the Kaengkrachan National Park, Phetchaburi, Thailand

Perceptions on informal performance feedback in Japanese subsidiary organizations : Japanese supervisors and U. S. subordinates

To restore what once was : a mixed methods approach to understanding the shoe repair transaction

"They said I would never amount to anything" : the life of a Kootenai woman

Neo-Ottoman perspectives : Turkish identity and culinary culture in a sociopolitical context

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