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

    Creator:
    Bruno, Mark P.
    Abstract:
    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
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    . I thank my parents, Mark and Helen Bruno, for a lifetime of support and concern on my behalf. Though

  • Mi Corazon Dice No, ¿el tuyo? The Anti-Central American Free Trade Agreement Social Movement in San José, Costa Rica

    Creator:
    Pride, Samantha and Pride, Samantha F.
    Abstract:
    The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) is between the United States and Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic. CAFTA was decided in Costa Rica by a national referendum in 2007, after years of delay that left Costa Rica as the only country to have...
    Resource Type:
    Undergraduate Thesis
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    Mark was as excited about this project as I was and was a constant source of help, advice and

  • Social change and children’s well-being in Chile

    Creator:
    Iwanaga, Kanako
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    Chilean society has been changing rapidly for the last few decades during a time of rapid economic growth. Some sociological and economical analyses state that when a nation grows, inequality between the rich and poor grows too, leaving the poor behind. The Chilean economy is the most rapidly growing in...
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    Undergraduate Thesis
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    Social Change and Children’s Well-being in Chile by Kanako Iwanaga A THESIS

  • Food Insecurity Among Oregon Food Bank Clientsover the Course of the Great Recession

    Creator:
    Schoblom, Arielle
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    This thesis examines food insecurity in Oregon among food bank users over the course of The Great Recession. Analyzing data from the Oregon Food Bank, this thesis tells the story of the change that the recession brought upon low-income families. In examining the regional differences in food insecurity, the local...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    : Mark Evan Edwards This thesis examines food insecurity in Oregon among food bank users over the

  • The Promise and Unfinished Business of Title IX

    Creator:
    Mannen, Noelle
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    The law commonly referred to as Title IX, which was passed in 1972, called for an end to sex-based discrimination in educational and federally-funded settings. Before long, it became particularly associated with the quest for equality for women’s sports. As Title IX was a major catalyst in advancing and even...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    became particularly associated with the quest for equality for women’s sports. As Title IX was a major

  • 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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    A sociological analysis of fishing regulation conflicts : an

  • A Comparative Study of the Relation Among Religion, Development and Population Policy in Three Muslim Countries : Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia

    Creator:
    Rihani, Ina Lee
    Abstract:
    This is an interdisciplinary study combining the areas of Sociology, Religious Studies, and Adult and Community Education. Drawing from these disciplines, an investigation was made into the religious and socio-economic variables of development and their relation to family planning policies in the Muslim world. The primary focus in this study...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    A comparative study of the relation among religion

  • Earth First! : An Ethnography of Communication

    Creator:
    Vondracek, Julie A.
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    This study examined the culture of Earth First!, an environmental activist movement. The study was limited to two groups of Earth First! in the Northwest, Corvallis and Eugene. The goal was to discover what it is to be a communicatively competent member of Earth First! The method used to address...
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    Masters Thesis
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    what it is to be a communicatively competent member of Earth First! The method used to address issues

  • Climate Changers: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Reducing Personal Carbon Emissions

    Creator:
    Johnson, Carly A.
    Abstract:
    In an era of human-induced climate change, there is increasing interest in encouraging people to reduce their carbon dioxide (carbon) emissions by adopting low-carbon behaviors, or behaviors that reduce a person’s use of fossil fuels. I designed the Campus Carbon Challenge as a research and outreach project to gain a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Carly A. Johnson for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

  • The natural history of public works development

    Creator:
    Robertson, Robert A.
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    A case study of the Eugene Water and Electric Board's planning for the Minto Hydroelectric is examined in terms of social movement theory. It is hypothesized that public works projects have a significant likeness to a social movement and they conform in their essential ingredients to social movement explanations. The...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Robert A. Robertson for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary