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A Theoretical Exploration Of The Modern Health Care Crisis In The United States And The Lack Of Universal Health Care Coverage.
(Sociology, 2009-09-16)
The United States is unique amongst industrialized wealthy nations in not providing health care to all of its citizens. The purpose of this thesis is to provide a theoretical explanation as to why the United States does ...
Gender Differences In Family Values: The Case Of Taiwan
(Sociology, 2007-08-23)
Marx claimed that the change of an economic base brings shifts to cultural organizations. Such shifts affect the social relations among different groups such as men and women. In order to ascertain whether gender differences ...
A Contextual Analysis Of A Preclassic Problematic Deposit At Blackman Eddy, Belize
(Anthropology, 2008-09-17)
This thesis examines Problematic Deposit #3 from two operations in Plaza B at Blackman Eddy, Belize through a detailed contextual analysis. Due to the ambiguous nature of problematic deposits, several methods of analysis ...
Maxim-izing Profit: New Men's Magazines And The Rise Of Consumer Masculinity
(Sociology, 2007-08-23)
This is content analysis of Maxim magazine, published by Dennis Publications, and first appearing in American newsstands in 1997. Maxim is the most widely circulated men's magazine in the United States, with an estimated ...
Conversations In Private Spheres: Reconstructing Habermas's Universal Pragmatics And Ideal Speech Situation In Private Spheres
(Sociology, 2007-08-23)
The author makes the argument that "public spheres" do not exist and demonstrates how Habermas's communicative actions, specifically Habermas's concepts of universal pragmatics and the ideal speech situation, can be ...
Music Piracy Or A Permanent Passive Revolution
(Sociology, 2007-09-17)
The goal of this thesis is to examine a classic interpretation of Antonio Gramsci's notion of hegemony in the modern era and the emergence of counter-hegemonic forces through technology. The individualization of modern ...
Intersections Of Special Education Law And Juvenile Justice Policy And Practice
(Sociology, 2007-08-23)
The purpose of this research is threefold: to summarize law as it relates to youth with disabilities in juvenile justice facilities; to synthesize existing literature hypothesizing explanations for the disproportionate ...
Kachin Refugee Women's Work Identity: Narratives In Transition
(Sociology, 2008-09-17)
My work focuses on the Kachin women's experiences of work in the American workforce in comparison to their experience of work in Burma. Through in-depth interviews with twelve Kachin women in the North Texas area, I analyze ...
An Examination Of United Methodist Clergy
(Sociology, 2008-04-22)
Research on occupational sex segregation and the gender wage gap has
consistently shown differences between male and female workers with regards to both
position and salary with males segregated in higher positions within ...
Balancing Safety And Normalcy: A Study Of Parents' Management Of Young Children's Severe Food Allergies
(Sociology, 2008-08-08)
While severe food allergies have been extensively studied by physicians, sociologists have not yet examined the parental management of children's severe food allergies. In this thesis, I examine how parents negotiate ...