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  • Going somewhere or getting stuck : transitions to adulthood in rural Oregon

    Creator:
    Cunningham, Sarah E.
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    This dissertation explores the real world problem of rural youth out-migration and finds that the central problem is one of persistent class difference in this rural Oregon town. The research that informs this dissertation was conducted in a rural community of approximately 2300 residents in Eastern Oregon, here called Talltown....
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    more urban settings, rural places are left with less representation in the global political economic

  • Latinos, loggers and old hippies : rural revitalization in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Kubein, Adele
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    This ethnography looks at the processes a rural Oregon community is undergoing as some members attempt to re-animate the community by creating a community center after the loss of its school and market, two vital services that provided venues for social interaction and engagement. The methodology for this research includes...
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    rural areas exceeded those in urban areas for the first time in 150 years (Johnson 2003, Lewis 1998

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

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    Brown, Nicole A.
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    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...
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    . Cooperation among SMEs is one method for alleviating the situation; however, few SME owners are engaging in

  • Changing pastoral lifeways in the land where the horse was king : the effects of China's Grassland Contract Policy on Mongolian herders' attitudes towards grassland management and cooperation

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    Conte, Thomas J.
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    This thesis explore the effects of China's Grassland Contract policy on sedentary and mobile Inner Mongolian pastoralists' attitudes towards cooperation, current grassland management practices, and the future viability of livestock herding in New Barag Right Banner, Inner Mongolia. Semi-structured interviews, a scaled survey instrument, and participant observation were carried out...
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    villages in 2011 was 8,369 CNY (~$1,300), roughly equivalent to the 2012 national mean rural income for

  • Making ends meet : hunger survival strategies in two rural Oregon communities

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    Abel, Talya Shuler
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    Food insecurity and hunger have become persistent problems resulting from an increase in impoverished segments of populations worldwide. For those not affected, the problem seems unnoticeable – it is happening somewhere else far away from them. However, in the United States, the number of people living below the poverty level...
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    Coordinator in the Oregon Office of Rural Health at Oregon Health & Science University for his continued

  • Negotiating purpose : Oregon's gleaning organizations and their roles in relieving hunger and poverty

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    Drage, Kimberly T.
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    For over 25 years organized groups of low-income families in Oregon have been gathering food that would otherwise go to waste and distributing this food among organization members. The purpose of this research study is to explore the potential for these organizations (gleaning groups) to contribute not only to food...
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    . Rosenberger For over 25 years organized groups of low-income families in Oregon have been gathering food

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

    Creator:
    Niazi, Amarah
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    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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    old explanation for difference in rural and urban customs—even those pertaining to women in the same

  • Climbing the mountain within : understanding development impacts and overcoming change in rural southwest China

    Creator:
    Clark, Marco
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    Development in China over the last thirty years has emphasized infrastructural and economic advancement. Despite enormous gains in living standards in the industrialized eastern provinces, much of China's interior and western provinces remain relatively underdeveloped. Populated mostly by ethnic minorities, the southwest province of Yunnan (meaning south of the clouds)...
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  • Nature and culture in two Pacific Northwest timber-dependent communities

    Creator:
    Six, Amanda
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    Timber-dependent, rural communities in the Pacific Northwest face dramatic economic, political, and cultural change. New philosophies of forest management, primarily formulated in urban communities, require new approaches to the use and extraction of resources. What are the roles of rural communities that wish to adapt and sustain themselves? Two rural...
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    metaphors of feudalism and colonialism to articulate the rural-urban relationship in the United States today

  • Is "Smart Growth" smart? : health effects of urban renewal in Portland, Oregon

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    Buerger, Catherine F.
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    This thesis examines the impact of urban renewal on individual health, specifically focusing on an urban planning model called Smart Growth that is being used in Portland, Oregon. Findings are based on qualitative and quantitative analyses of interview and survey data from study participants living in a community where renewal...
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    community as a model city for innovative urban design (Mayer and Provo 2000: 9). 2 What works in