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Boffin's Books And Darwin's Finches: Victorian Cultures Of Collecting, Michael W. Hancock '89
Boffin's Books And Darwin's Finches: Victorian Cultures Of Collecting, Michael W. Hancock '89
Doctoral Dissertations
Although wealthy continental virtuosos had passionately and selectively accumulated a variety of natural and artificial objects from the Renaissance onwards, not until the nineteenth century did collecting become a conspicuous national pastime among all classes in Britain. As industry and empire made available many new and exotic goods for acquisition and display, the collection as a cultural form offered the Victorians a popular strategy of self-fashioning that was often represented in the literature of the age as a source of prestige and social legitimation. Through interdisciplinary readings of Victorian fiction, narrative nonfiction, and poetry, my study examines how textual representations …
Understanding Environmental Concerns And Contexts: A Multilevel Exploration Of Economic, Social And Natural Environment Contexts On Environmental Concerns, Sean Thomas Huss
Understanding Environmental Concerns And Contexts: A Multilevel Exploration Of Economic, Social And Natural Environment Contexts On Environmental Concerns, Sean Thomas Huss
Doctoral Dissertations
That social, economic, and environmental context affect human attitude and agency is a central yet untested assumption in much of sociology. The effect of context on individual attitudes is particularly important when considering how and when environmental policy gains support from the public. Drawing on Ecological Modernization and Economic Contingency theories, this dissertation investigates the influence of economic, social, and pollution contexts on environmental concerns. These theoretical perspectives suggest that failure to protect the environment is a function of political processes that privilege economic concerns over environmental concerns. Drawing on literature indicating that periods of economic growth function as windows …
Multiculturalism And The State: Globalization, National Protection, And The Role Of Social Policy In Québec And Canada, Corey Allen Blad
Multiculturalism And The State: Globalization, National Protection, And The Role Of Social Policy In Québec And Canada, Corey Allen Blad
Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation is an historical comparative examination of economic globalization (i.e., global market integration) effects on state political economic capacities in Québec and Canada. The central goal of the project is to understand how global market integration has altered the policy capacities of state institutions. Specifically, this dissertation examines Canadian multiculturalism and Québec interculturalism as social policy responses to ethno-cultural diversification resulting from increased global market integration. I argue that increased global market integration decreases state capacity to enact economic protections, but not the demand for protections from national populations. The result of these changes (ethno-cultural diversification and decreased economic …
Exploring Sexual Scripts: College Students’ Perceptions Of Seduction And Rape, Nicole Corsaro Cravens
Exploring Sexual Scripts: College Students’ Perceptions Of Seduction And Rape, Nicole Corsaro Cravens
Doctoral Dissertations
Previous research has utilized script theory as an important tool for social scientists in understanding people’s attitudes and beliefs regarding problematic events, e.g., rape and violence. A study conducted by Ryan (1988) has shown the different scripts for rape and seduction scenarios perceived by introductory level college students. The present study is an extension of Ryan’s research on rape and seduction perceptions. Data will be collected from students currently enrolled at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, instructing them to describe a "typical" rape and "typical" seduction scenario. These will be analyzed to: identify common stories of rape and seduction among …