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Marital Strategies And Elder Care Arrangements Among Single Men In Rural China, Kun Zhang 
Western University
Marital Strategies And Elder Care Arrangements Among Single Men In Rural China, Kun Zhang
University of Western Ontario - Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
In China, the distorted sex ratio at birth and its subsequent masculinization in the marriage market has raised significant concern. It is speculated that the large population of ‘surplus men’ will increase discordance within households and shift elder care burdens to local communities and the state. This thesis is based on a qualitative research conducted in Shannxi and Jiangsu Provinces of China in 2012. Based on 30 in-depth interviews with single men and their family members and narratives from many other locals, it examines single men’s spouse-seeking strategies; elder care arrangements among households with single men; and the relationship ...
Manual Transmission: The Do-It-Yourself Theory Of Occupy Wall Street And Spain’S 15m, Justin AK Helepololei 
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Manual Transmission: The Do-It-Yourself Theory Of Occupy Wall Street And Spain’S 15m, Justin Ak Helepololei
Justin AK Helepololei
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The Scholars' Initiative, Charles Ingrao 
Purdue University
The Scholars' Initiative, Charles Ingrao
Global Policy Research Institute (GPRI) Policy Briefs
The Scholars’ Initiative addresses the need to break the cycle of nationalist discourse that perpetuates divisions between ethnic groups by (1) creating a common narrative that discredits proprietary myths, while validating “inconvenient facts” that must be acknowledged before mutual recognition and reconciliation can begin, and (2) enlisting regional media and political leaders to acknowledge (and hopefully) endorse) the existence of a common account co-authored by their own scholars.
Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Erika Wong Zhang 
Pace University
Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Erika Wong Zhang
Community Action Forum: Seidenberg School
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Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Juliette Nieves Pace University
Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Juliette Nieves
Community Action Forum: Seidenberg School
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Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Karen Mendoza Luis Pace University
Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Karen Mendoza Luis
Community Action Forum: Seidenberg School
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Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Cindy Guerrero Pace University
Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Cindy Guerrero
Community Action Forum: Seidenberg School
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Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Dominic Dibiase Pace University
Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Dominic Dibiase
Community Action Forum: Seidenberg School
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Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Olivia Bustos Pace University
Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Olivia Bustos
Community Action Forum: Seidenberg School
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Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Adriana Arias Pace University
Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Adriana Arias
Community Action Forum: Seidenberg School
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Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Md Alam Pace University
Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Md Alam
Community Action Forum: Seidenberg School
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“It Feels Like Home”: The Impacts Of Supportive Housing On Male Youth – Perspectives Of Youth And Service Providers At Five Beds To Home, Sarah Michelle Ogden 
Wilfrid Laurier University
“It Feels Like Home”: The Impacts Of Supportive Housing On Male Youth – Perspectives Of Youth And Service Providers At Five Beds To Home, Sarah Michelle Ogden
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
This study identifies the impacts of supportive housing on the lives of male youth. The researcher studied the Five Beds to Home (Five Beds) supportive housing facility for male youth, located in Cambridge, Ontario. The study focused on two areas: one, the current engagement of tenants and second, the long term impacts on past tenants. Impacts include areas such as progress on or achievement of goals/overcoming challenges, employment and education status, happiness and health, and housing stability. The general research questions were as follows: 1) What are the impacts of supportive housing on the lives of male youth?, 2 ...
Volunteerism In Context: A Comparison On Habitat For Humanity Canada Programs, Leslie Cove 
McMaster University
Volunteerism In Context: A Comparison On Habitat For Humanity Canada Programs, Leslie Cove
Open Access Dissertations and Theses
This thesis applies a Bourdieuian analysis to a qualitative study of volunteerism that focuses on the question of how ‘doing good’ relates to social change overall? - in particular, the ways that social class influences the volunteer experience and the overall culture of volunteerism. I argue that the leading theoretical research models of volunteerism need to recognize the evolving nature of the activity and theorize the influences that are structuring the culture of volunteerism. What emerges is a model of volunteering where motivation is understood as a complex set of factors that are structured by social class identities and volunteering is ...
A Sociological And Statistical Analysis Of Fraternity Men's Attitudes On Rape And Sexual Assault, Cierra Ensign 
California Polytechnic State University
A Sociological And Statistical Analysis Of Fraternity Men's Attitudes On Rape And Sexual Assault, Cierra Ensign
Social Sciences
Hostility, aggression, and empathy levels of 488 fraternity men were measured using portions of the Burt Rape Myth Acceptance Scale, Malamuth’s Behavioral Intent to Rape Question, Hostility Toward Women Scale, and Survey Measure of Emotional Empathy. Thirteen out of the fifteen Interfraternity Council (IFC) chapters at a west coast public university campus volunteered to participate in the study. The survey consisted of thirty-five questions aimed at finding a correlation between the respondents housing location, year in school, position of office in his fraternity, and number of siblings and hostility, aggression, and empathy. Although no significant findings relating hostility, aggression ...
Public Housing: An Introspective Study On Public Housing And Its Effects On Health And Well-Being, Janna Traeger, Victoria Phillips California Polytechnic State University
Public Housing: An Introspective Study On Public Housing And Its Effects On Health And Well-Being, Janna Traeger, Victoria Phillips
Social Sciences
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An Examination Of The Motivations Of Attendees At Cal Poly's "Change The Status Quo" Conference, James Statton California Polytechnic State University
An Examination Of The Motivations Of Attendees At Cal Poly's "Change The Status Quo" Conference, James Statton
Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration
The social activism community exists to address the collective responsibility of meeting needs and fighting for the rights of the disadvantaged and/or marginalized populations. The Change the Status Quo conference aims to educate, motivate, and activate attendees. The purpose of this study was to measure the motivations of attendees at the Change the Status Quo conference at Cal Poly to become involved in social activism. The study was conducted through a questionnaire distributed and collected during the final workshop of the conference. The findings from 72 participants indicated that most were female and college students. Most were also frequently ...
An Examination Of Summer Bridge Programs For First-Generation College Students, Emily Christine Otewalt California Polytechnic State University
An Examination Of Summer Bridge Programs For First-Generation College Students, Emily Christine Otewalt
Psychology and Child Development
During the last fifty years, nearly half of all students who entered a two- or four-year university withdrew without obtaining a degree. Students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, ethnic minority students, and students who were the first in their family to attend college were particularly vulnerable to this attrition. The following senior project examines current research on the backgrounds and attrition rates of first-generation college students, how "Summer Bridge Programs" aim to assist these students, and where shortcoming exist in current "Summer Bridge Program" assessments.
Cultural Exposure For Cal Poly Orientation Programs: Training Orientation Leaders To Promote An Inclusive Enviroment And Creating Respect And Diversity Programming For Incoming Students, Sofia Rodriguez Mata California Polytechnic State University
Cultural Exposure For Cal Poly Orientation Programs: Training Orientation Leaders To Promote An Inclusive Enviroment And Creating Respect And Diversity Programming For Incoming Students, Sofia Rodriguez Mata
Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies
California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo is home to the largest student run orientation program in the nation. The success of the program is due to a combination of student volunteer involvement, comprehensive topic coverage, campus and community involvement, and dedicated leadership. Topics to ensure student success are carefully researched, conceptualized, and implemented to construct programming for Soar and Week of Welcome. As an Executive Board Member, supervising a committee focused on student and student supporter transition and awareness topics, one has the option to specialize on projects. Improvement of respect and diversity training and programming needed to ...
Eliciting Maternal Subjective Expectations About The Technology Of Cognitive Skill Formation, Flávio Cunha, Irma T. Elo, Jennifer F. Culhane 
University of Pennsylvania
Eliciting Maternal Subjective Expectations About The Technology Of Cognitive Skill Formation, Flávio Cunha, Irma T. Elo, Jennifer F. Culhane
PSC Working Paper Series
In this paper, we formulate a model of early childhood development in which mothers have subjective expectations about the technology of skill formation. The model is useful for understanding how maternal knowledge about child development affects the maternal choices of investments in the human capital of children. Unfortunately, the model is not identified from data that are usually available to econometricians. To solve this problem, we conduct a study where mothers were interviewed to elicit maternal expectations about the technology of skill formation. We interviewed a sample of socioeconomically disadvantaged African‐American women. We find that the median subjective expectation ...
Examination Of The Use Of Online And Offline Networks By Housing Social Movement Organizations, Jessica N. Kropczynski 
University of Kentucky
Examination Of The Use Of Online And Offline Networks By Housing Social Movement Organizations, Jessica N. Kropczynski
Theses and Dissertations--Sociology
Resource mobilization theory and political opportunity theory are often used to describe separate portions of social movements. This dissertation proposes a combined model of these two theoretical perspectives which describes how social movement organizations effectively engage in social marketing both online and offline. The field of social marketing highlights the utility of standard commercial marketing practices to achieve non-commercial goals. I argue that, while commercial marketing practices may benefit social movement organizations and are more cost effective given emerging technology, momentum for gathering resources, will be stifled unless a political opportunity presents itself. Guided by theory about the ways that ...
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