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Social conflicts in rural communities of Oregon

Creator:

Jackson, Virgil Davis

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Masters Thesis

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A sociological analysis of fishing regulation conflicts : an ethnographic study

Creator:

Dwyer, Jennifer A.

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This is an investigative, descriptive study that explored fishing regulation conflicts between commercial fishermen and fishery resource management agencies. The purpose of the study was to develop a rich picture of the conflict phenomenon and apply sociological theory in order to illuminate the underlying structures and functions which contribute to...

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Masters Thesis

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Turnover, Memory, Persistence: Four Decades of Ecological Community at Lost Valley

Creator:

Bruno, Mark P.

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This study is an ethnographic investigation of residential turnover, organizational memory, and the persistence of Lost Valley, an Oregon ecovillage founded in 1989. Literature on organizational turnover, memory, and persistence is reviewed and integrated with scholarship on intentional communities and ecovillages, generating a theoretical framework for data collection and analysis....

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Masters Thesis
From sister to sister to woman : the role of sororities in the social transmission of gender

Creator:

Gilmore, Jennifer

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Sororities play an important role in the process by which sorority women become gendered by influencing members' ideas about what it means to be a woman. Women and men become gendered through regular social interaction with other women and men, and sororities have a particularly strong impact on their members...

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Masters Thesis