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  • Illegal to Exist : The Criminalization of Houselessness in the United States

    Creator:
    Waite, Mariah E.
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    In the United States, the state of housing and the lack thereof has been declared a national crisis. In response, cities have taken measures to police behaviors that are associated with what they perceive to be disorder and decay. These behaviors are also commonly associated with houselessness. Laws that criminalize...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    United States by Mariah E. Waite A THESIS submitted to Oregon

  • The decision to pursue education in an Oregon community college : a study of Latino credit and non-credit students

    Creator:
    Daniels, Rachelle E.
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    A historical overview of Latino enrollment in the community college is resented. Thirty Latino occupational, transfer, and non-credit students attending an Oregon college were interviewed, examining educational and familial background, and college services as indicators of their decision to pursue postsecondary studies at the two-year institution. Results are analyzed, supplemented...
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    Masters Thesis
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    college : a study of Latino credit and non-credit students AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Rachelle E

  • 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...
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    utilizes food assistance programs; however:   [e]fforts to identify the impact of food assistance

  • The resistance and survival of old women : striving for empowerment in the face of oppression and violence

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    Mau, Sindy Kay
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    Old women face a unique set of obstacles in their quest for empowerment. In this study the concept of empowerment is explored by politicizing issues of personal safety. The most significant factors that impede an old woman's sense of safety and control include oppression, primarily ageism and sexism, along with...
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    Masters Thesis

  • 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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    , and suggestions made in relation to, the study. Appreciation is extended to Dr. Gwyneth E. Britton

  • Influence of Political Liberalism on Contracting Prison Health Care

    Creator:
    Yarnall, Robert G.
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    Studies on prison contracting have typically focused on the privatization of entire facilities and carceral services offered to inmates. There has been limited research, however, as to how political ideology influences the extent to which state prisons contract out health care services. There also appears to be a need for...
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    unparalleled. I think about you every day. Aunt Margaret, thank you for being such an uncompromising

  • Feminist and Mormon: Reconciling Ideals of Equality and a Culture of Patriarchy

    Creator:
    George, Julie A. (Julie Ann)
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    The aim of this study is to explore how women who identify as both active, believing Mormons and as feminists negotiate the contradictions between an ideology that values equality (feminism) and a religion that values patriarchy (Mormonism). Data were gathered through recorded and transcribed interviews with women who identify as...
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    ……………………………………………………………………..166 Appendix E – Demographics: Socioeconomic……………………………………………………..166 Appendix F – Demographics

  • "Pushing for the Highline" : The Diffusion of Innovations in the Oregon Otter Trawl Fishery

    Creator:
    Stephenson, Garry Owen
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    Implementation of. the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 affords opportunities for fishery expansion and economic development in the Oregon otter trawl fishery. The changes stimulated by the Act should occur, according to social science theorists, by the diffusion of innovations from innovative fishermen to less innovative fishermen, with...
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    the fishery took hold and began'to expand. The trawler E. L. Smith was used by Coast Fisheries of

  • Community planning and adaptation : a case study at Corvallis, Oregon

    Creator:
    Eshbaugh, Dorothy L.
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    Three kkeeyy variables are examined to determine their influence on the process of community planning at Corvallis, Oregon. These are (1) the setting of priorities, (2) organization and (3) external reference. Interactions of goals program participants were recorded as the community responded to comply with Oregon Senate Bill #100's requirement...
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    by Committee D. Summary Questionnaire Responses E. Questionnaire & Community Comments F. Frequencies

  • A Qualitative Study of Women in Modern Day Polygamous Households in the United States

    Creator:
    Wilson, Suzanne M.
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    This study will show that polygamy is not a religious freedom protected under the U.S. Constitution, but a power system in which men use economic, political, social and physical force to control the behavior of others. This thesis will use a feminist perspective theory to provide a theoretical outline for...
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    around my school schedule, Susan Shaw for her guidance, Margaret Erickson for "comma" patrol, and my