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The natural history of public works development

Creator:: Robertson, Robert A.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Robert A. Robertson for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

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

Creator:: Zarins, Eriks
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Robert C. Sahr In recent times, public policy debates in the United States have been very

Everyday Movement Against Capitalism : Prospects for a Prefigurative Strategy toward Open Utopia

Creator:: Riccio, Alexander
Abstract:: Across the U.S. social activism is on the upsurge, offering possibilities for a revolution against capitalism. However, these possibilities are potentially undermined by entrenched factionalism amongst the left. At root, such in-fighting is fostered by the creation of false dualistic frameworks on the transition out of capitalism and into the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Robert D. Thompson, Jr. Across the U.S. social activism is on the upsurge, offering

A comparative analysis of aggression by active male participants in intramural and open recreation basketball at Oregon State University

Creator:: Harty, Robert A. (Robert Alvin), 1962-
Abstract:: As an increase in Americans seek their leisure experience in rationalized forms of play, certain symptoms of non-enjoyment, non-flow achievement are present; i.e., aggression. This relationship between aggression and rationalized play has widely manifested in university intramural sports settings. The review of literature provides the logical development for this relationship...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Robert A. Harty for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in the co

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

Creator:: Gilmore, Jennifer
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Influence of Political Liberalism on Contracting Prison Health Care

Creator:: Yarnall, Robert G.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Robert G. Yarnall for the

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
Full Text:: , and Tunisia Abstract Approved: Redacted for Privacy Charles C VLangford This is an interdisciplinary

Sex stereotypes in Thai elementary school textbooks

Creator:: Pobsook, Thanitthar
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: Redacted for Privacy Dr. Charles C. 191hgford This study analyzed Thai textbooks as a dimension

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

Creator:: Eshbaugh, Dorothy L.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Thomas C. Hogg Three keykey variables are examined to determine their influence on the process of

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

Creator:: Fuhr-Dunn, Susan D.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Birthing Alternatives in Western Oregon Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Dr. Thomas C

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The natural history of public works development

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

Everyday Movement Against Capitalism : Prospects for a Prefigurative Strategy toward Open Utopia

A comparative analysis of aggression by active male participants in intramural and open recreation basketball at Oregon State University

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

Influence of Political Liberalism on Contracting Prison Health Care

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

Sex stereotypes in Thai elementary school textbooks

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

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

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