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  • A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out : Negotiations of Poverty and Class Among Low-Income Oregonians

    Creator:
    Montañez, Morgan
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    The Linn and Benton County Gleaner network has helped the low-income families of urban and rural Oregon reclaim moral, social and cultural capital that is lost in the act of being poor in America. Rather than participating solely in government safety nets, these people reject “hand-outs” in favor of exchanging...
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    Masters Thesis
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    -income families of urban and rural Oregon reclaim moral, social and cultural capital that is lost in

  • Expressions of modernity in rural Pakistan : searching for emic perspectives

    Creator:
    Niazi, Amarah
    Abstract:
    This dissertation examines women's lives in a rapidly urbanizing rural community in Southern Pakistan to understand their responses to modernity in developing societies. Applying a mixed-methods approach, socio-demographic data is collected and contrasted with oral history and personal narratives to analyze social change through women's access to education and reproductive...
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    Dissertation
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    family had considerable social and political clout. It was in this contrast that I always observed the