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  • 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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    : _____________________________________________ Professor Mark Edwards Chilean society

  • 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.
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    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...
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    Undergraduate Thesis
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    logy X Mark Edwards Ph.D Acting Chair of Sociology Department X Dr. Joseph Hoff Academic

  • 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
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Mark P. Bruno for 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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    McKiel, Mark Edwards, and Stacey Smith – have dedicated their time and attention, and have shown

  • Factors in the Selection of Home Birth : A Comparative Study of Birthing Alternatives in Western Oregon

    Creator:
    Fuhr-Dunn, Susan D.
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    Increasing demand for home birth has created an upheaval in the American medical profession and, is a controversial political and legal issue as well. This research, utilizing ethnographic, historical, and survey data analyzes contemporary home birth. A review of the so called "medicalization" of childbirth is presented noting that the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    study of birthing alternatives in western Oregon AN ABSTRACT CF THE THESIS OF Susan D. Fuhr-Dunn for

  • Public Participation in Urban Policy – Solution Papers Founded on Objectivity and Mutual Respectfulness

    Creator:
    Zarins, Eriks
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    In recent times, public policy debates in the United States have been very contentious and dysfunctional. To help improve this situation, a multi-discipline research effort was conducted to look at "solution papers" as a form of public participation. Specifically, the roles of objectivity and mutual respectfulness were under consideration. Foundational...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Analysis…………………………………………. 48 6.1 Mark-the-Box Section………………………………... 49 6.2 Written Comments

  • Sex stereotypes in Thai elementary school textbooks

    Creator:
    Pobsook, Thanitthar
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    This study analyzed Thai textbooks as a dimension of research on sex-role stereotypes in Thailand. One hundred and sixty-two stories in Thai elementary school textbooks were investigated, using both quantitative and qualitative methods of content analysis. This study was a modified replication of Britton and Lumpkin's study (1977) and partly...
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    Masters Thesis
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    other members of my committee. I thank Dr. Alan I. Sugawara and Dr. Dale D. Simmons for their help with

  • Attitudes Toward Political Participation and Preference for Violence

    Creator:
    Yatani, Choichiro
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    This study was designed to assess the effects of political participation upon hostility and the preference for violence. To investigate this problem a political participation scale was developed. 148 male subjects (mean age 22.6 years) and 93 female subjects (mean age 20.7 years) responded to the Political Participation Scale, the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Internal Consistency Study d. Reliability Study e. Validity Study 1 1 10 14 14 17 17 19 21 III

  • Gender role attitudes among Thai college students : traditional or egalitarian?

    Creator:
    Surinya, Tippavan
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    The purpose of this investigation is to explore gender role attitudes among Thai college students and to determine whether differences in gender role attitudes among Thai college students are related to the sex of students, college major and family structure. To investigate this problem a Gender Role Attitude Inventory is...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Contemporary approaches to depression

    Creator:
    Choi, Junghee
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    Depression is one of the most important psychiatric disorders. It does not only affect the patients themselves but also influences their family members, friends, and society as a whole. The primary purpose of this paper is to discuss the general characteristics of depression in terms of the explanations provided by...
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    Masters Thesis