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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 ...
Participation, Identity, And Social Support In A Spiritual Community
(Sociology, 2007-08-23)
Paganism is a loosely organized community whose religious ideology incorporates the immanence of Deity. As a religious association with an ideology different from traditional Judeo-Christian faiths, members are often labeled ...
Burger Cultures: McDonaldization And De-McDonaldization In Croatia And The U.S.
(Sociology, 2012-07-25)
The primary goal of this thesis is to contribute to critical/ social theory through food theory by examining the interactions between local (i.e., internal food trends) and delocalization/ globalization, which are external ...
An Explanation For The Non-integration Of Gay Men Into Retirment Communities
(Sociology, 2012-07-25)
This qualitative research paper explores the reasons why gay men are not integrating into retirement communities. Through extensive interviews, three major themes emerged- "not out but hiding", "the need to pass at work", ...
Ethnicization Of Politics In Afghanistan
(Sociology, 2012-07-25)
This thesis project examines the relationship between ethnic identity and politics and to explore how ethnicity has influenced the post-Taliban state building, the electoral system, and ethnic manipulations in presidential ...