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  • A Look into Spillover : The Effect of Supervisor Leadership on Subordinate Family Life

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    Hood, Jacob T.
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    According to Wang and Repetti (2013), American adults are working more hours per week than in decades past. Additionally, more people in each family must work to support their families (Patten, 2015). This has led to an increase in stress levels due to the strain that is placed on balancing...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jacob T. Hood for

  • Examining if and how the Sandinistas Democratized Nicaragua Between 1979 and 1990

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    Bolotin, Jacob L.
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    The Sandinistas embarked on a unique and controversial path of democratization between 1979 and 1990 that focused first on expanding human development due to Nicaragua's historical underdevelopment before holding elections. This differs widely from methods advocated still today that emphasize expanding civil and political liberties and holding elections. The purpose...
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    THESIS OF Jacob L. Bolotin for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Political

  • Governing By Nature

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    Rhodes, Mericos H.
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    The choice of what to eat is political, and food systems shape and are shaped by political and economic power. During the last several hundred years, agricultural and food power has been consolidated to an unprecedented degree, and this consolidation continues today. This paper will describe this process as “Governing...
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    been articulated by Mark Andrejevic, Michel Foucault, and James C. Scott. Second, we will synthesize

  • Modern Piracy: Regional Cooperative Security: Southeast Asia and the Middle East

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    Christensen, Adam K.
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    Over the past ten years, reports of piracy and other forms of maritime violence have been dramatically on the rise. As these reports increase, so too does international attention toward how to solve this. This thesis examines the development of cooperative maritime security efforts in both Southeast Asia and the...
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  • Simply Simulation: What a Birth Simulator Says About the Birthing Process

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    Nevin, Fiona K.
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    Modern technology has provided many new opportunities in medicine, one of which is improved learning through simulation. One of the newest incarnations of robotic simulation dolls is the Victoria S2200 produced by Gaumard scientific company. With the recent surge of technological advancement in simulation dolls there has been little research...
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  • A Mystical Metamorphosis: Conceptualizing the Extraordinary in the Mundane Through Land Art

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    McClarence, Shoshana H.
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    Mystical experiences are ineffable, thus defining mysticism itself is a difficult feat. To aid in the construction of a definition of mysticism it is imperative to break down the unique elements of a mystical experience and try to give examples of where we can see all of these elements interacting....
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    . Jacob Hamblin has been so kind as to welcome me as a somewhat honorary member of Environmental Arts

  • Public policy competition in water resource planning : a case study of Days Creek Dam

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    Bartel, Marvin I.
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    The Corps of Engineers is in a position to dominate the formulation and implementation of public policy at a given local level. The position is based on the Corps' capability to influence the decision-making process through the exercise of force by means of eminent domain procedures, the assumption and demonstration...
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    the degree of Master of Arts June 1976 APPROVED: Redacted for privacy Thomas C. Hogg, Professor

  • Peace, But Not at Any Price : The Effects of Rapid Military Demobilization on US Foreign Policy and the Progression of the Nuclear Arms Race 1945-1953

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    Jones, Sean G.
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    The research conducted here originated with the question of what caused the massive build-up of nuclear arsenals, which included ever larger and more powerful bombs and delivery systems from them, in the United States and the Soviet Union, even though the consensus beforehand was that nuclear energy should be prohibited...
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    gratitude to Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols, Dr. Jacob D. Hamblin, Dr. Robert M. Figueroa, and Dr

  • The cultural significance of mountain regions : implications for the Calapooya Divide, Oregon

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    Starr, Karen J.
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    Altitudinal variations in upland regions of the earth create variable climatic zones and conditions. Plant and animal communities must adapt to these conditions, and when they reach their tolerance limits for environmental conditions at the upper levels of a zone, they cease to exist in the environment. Humans also utilize...
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    ; IMPLICATIONS FOR THE QALAPOOYA DIVIDE. OREGON Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Thomas C. Hogg

  • Transactional analysis applied to a community development issue

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    Manolescu, Kathleen M.
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    Barth's theory of transactional analysis is applied to the community of Tiller, Oregon and its reaction to a development proposal. Community behavior patterns vis-a-vis the development proposal are examined from a processual point of view to determine how these patterns are generated. The community's history and contemporary situation are described....
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    COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ISSUE Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Thomas C. Hogg Lri Barth's theory of