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Creator:: Daye, Rebecka Rising
Abstract:: Around the globe, an array of alternative agrifood movements has emerged largely in response to the ecological and socio-economic threat caused by industrialized agricultural processes. From organic agriculture, to Slow Food, Locavore, and the Food Sovereignty movement, people around the world are reasserting their right to healthy and culturally appropriate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -cultural, economic, and ecological outcomes. I focus this inquiry on a case study in the Ecuadorian

Creator:: Ostrach, Bayla
Abstract:: Current estimates indicate that between one-third and one-half of women in the United States have at least one abortion in their lifetime, and that many women encounter socioeconomic, logistical, or social obstacles in the process of seeking care (Jones 2005, Guttmacher 2008). The purpose of this study is to critically...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: obstacles and social support identified in the first part of this study, how might clinic staff and

Creator:: Kearney, Emily Q.
Abstract:: Microfinance, or the technique of lending small amounts of money to the world's poor for productive activities, has emerged as a dominant approach to poverty alleviation among international development organizations. However, consensus does not yet exist as to the best mechanism for delivery of loans. While most organizations simply offer...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: education, and offers a case study which could inform this debate. The data presented here were

Creator:: Burns, Heather L.
Abstract:: This study examines the critical pedagogy utilized by the Center for Global Education's study abroad program in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The Center for Global Education (Centro de Educación Mundial en America Latina- CEMAL) facilitates two semester long study abroad programs per year as well as a variety of short term programs,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Elston, Denise E.
Abstract:: Emerging river policy has launched small dam removal as a viable option to meet the ecological and social demands for river restoration. As small dam removals gain precedence as a policy tool in river restoration projects there exists a glaring gap in the social considerations, in particular how small dam...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . The Brownsville case study allows an opportunity to explore the social impacts of a small dam

Creator:: Pickering, Kristin Leigh Morgan
Abstract:: The ecological crisis, recognized by scientists as well as an increasing number of lay people urges a response from a variety of disciplines. The consideration of sustainability requires the help of a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, which can contribute an ability to identify cultural patterns that impede cultural change...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: third element--the suffounding environment, natural or social. He believes that when these three

Creator:: Hall, Alice
Abstract:: The Second Pandemic had a profound impact on the people of Europe. In the few years between 1347 and 1350, a new epidemic disease spread across the entirety of Europe and killed between one third and two thirds of the population. While this initial wave was important, the real significance...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: London: A Case Study of the Biological and Social Pressures Exerted by 300 Years of Yersinia pestis

Creator:: Denis, Armelle
Abstract:: Indigenous languages worldwide are rapidly disappearing, forced out of use by the spread of dominant Western culture and its languages. On the Warm Springs reservation of Oregon, the Culture and Heritage department, the tribal agency in charge of language preservation, is offering instruction in all three languages of the reservation:...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Language Shift: Ethical and Pragmatic Implications from a Wasco Case Study. Abstract approved: Joan E

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