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Social Change And Attitudes Of Educated Elite Toward The Role Of Women In Qatari Society, Jassim Al-Nassr

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate attitudes of educated elite toward \ the role of women in Qatari society. Attitudes were viewed as reactionary, traditional, and liberal.

A questionnaire technique was used to gather data for this study. Five hundred eighty-two questionnaires Were distributed at eighteen Qatari ministries and official establishments. The response rate was 62.37%.

The six hypotheses tested in the study examined the relationships between the independent variables of gender, level of education, major and place of study, religious commitment, and job status, and the dependent variable of attitudes of Qatari educated elite toward the role …

Human Rights In Egypt: The Practical Experience, Naila Gabr

Faculty Book Chapters

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"

State, Society And Violations Of Human Rights In Egypt, Mustapha K. Al-Sayyid

Faculty Book Chapters

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"

The Human Rights Movement In Arab Countries: Problems Of Concept, Context And Practice, Nader Fergany

Faculty Book Chapters

"First presented at the 1994 Cairo Papers Annual Symposium"

'Environment' As A Social Concern: Democratising Public Arenas In Singapore?, Lily Kong

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

This paper explores the question of who defines the agenda of environmental concerns in Singapore. It argues that the state plays an inordinately large role in defining the agenda and implementing the solutions. Few other competing environmental agendas have been set in alternative public arenas. While this has worked generally well in Singapore, there are larger roles for environmental groups, businesses and industries, and other bodies to play. It is in the enlarged roles of these bodies that the hope for a greater democratization of public arenas in Singapore lies.

Urban Constraints, Political Imperatives: Environmental 'Design' In Singapore, Victor R. Savage, Lily Kong

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

What lies at the heart of the continuing efforts at social education and engineering? We argue that they stem from a political elite which recognises the constraints facing Singapore and the need to deal with them at national level. Specifically, the government in Singapore has recognised the spatial constraints of an island-state and the dangers of a burgeoning population, particularly in relation to the need to sustain a viable urban ecosystem. They have therefore been conscientious in planning and population control. They have also stressed the importance of remaining economically viable in order to survive and an entire survival and …

Study On Street Children In Four Selected Towns In Ethiopia, Kevin Lalor, Angela Veale, Azeb Adefrisew, Unicef, University College Cork

Reports

The child is the most precious asset and the focal point of development for any country. However, unless children are brought up in a stimulating and conducive environment getting the best possible care and protection, their physical, mental, emotional and social development is susceptible to permanent damage. Ethiopia, being one of the least developed countries of the world due to interrelated and complex socio-economic factors including man-made and natural calamities, a large portion of our population - especially children - are victimized by social evils like famine, disease, poverty, mass displacement, lack of education and family instability. Owing to the …

Urban Refugees: Ethiopians And Eritreans In Cairo, Dereck Cooper

Faculty Books

No abstract provided.

Scenes Of Schooling: Inside A Girls' School In Cairo, Linda Herrera

Faculty Books

No abstract provided.

(Review) Hierarchy And Trust In Modern Mexico And Brazil, Robert Gay

Sociology Faculty Publications

Reviews the book "Hierarchy and Trust in Modern Mexico and Brazil," by Luis Roniger.

Environmental Action At The Community Level, Salah Arafa

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]

Laubach In India: 1935 To 1970, S. Y. Shah

The Courier

Dr. Frank C. Laubach, missionary and adult educator, dedicated his life to the cause of literacy for development and world peace. During his travels to 103 countries, he worked toward helping some 60 to 100 million people become literate. In addition, he founded or helped found four literacy organizations, including Laubach Literacy International; wrote forty books on adult education, Christian religion, world politics, and culture; and co-authored literacy primers in more than 300 languages. He was awarded four honorary doctorates—one of them from Syracuse University.

Although Laubach worked in many other countries, it is said that his heart was always …

The Effect Of Urbanization And Modernization On Family Structure In Oman, Sultan M. Al-Hashmi

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis was designed to describe family change in Oman as it undergoes urbanization and modernization. A survey questionnaire to measure these changes was developed. Some questions were developed in two forms for a comparison of family change across two generations. Respondents were asked to answer the questions as they applied to their current family situation. They were then asked to consider, according to their best recollections, what the situation was in their parents' generation.

Experience And Expression: Life Among Bedouin Women In South Sinai, Deborah Wickering

Faculty Books

No abstract provided.

Political Perspectives In Encyclopedias: Portrayal Of The Nicaraguan Revolution, Brian B. Smith

Masters Theses

Encyclopedia text is most often presented as objective, factual, authoritatively documented truth. To examine this knowledge claim, this thesis analyzes the portrayal of the 1979 Nicaraguan revolution in editions of the four major U.S. encyclopedias. A qualitative content analysis is employed to determine the political perspectives present in encyclopedia coverage of the Nicaraguan revolution and the subsequent changes in Nicaraguan political economy brought about by that revolution.

The findings indicate that significant differences among and within the encyclopedias existed in the text analyzed. A variety of political perspectives were found to have influenced the content of the text, and to …

Doug Munro's Review Of Nancy Y. W. Tom's The Chinese In Western Samoa, 1875-1985, Doug Munro

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 66, No. 34, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald regarding the Persian Gulf War.

• Howard, Laura. Campus Calm As Protests Hit D.C. – Persian Gulf War, 1991
• Garcia, Joseph & Barry Williams. Protests in the Park Photospread - Demonstrations
• Poynter, Chris. Family Life is Among Conflict’s Causalities
• Dorris, Donna. Newlyweds Await End of War – Tiffany McKeel, John Boucher
• Support Groups to Combat Gulf Concerns Tomorrow
• Some of the Students Called to Duty

The Informal Dimension Of Urban Activity In Egypt: Some Recent Work, Mostafa Kharoufi

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]

Urban Street Food Vendors: Case-Study From Egypt, Sarah F. Loza

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]

The Informal Sector In Egypt: Towards An Anthropology Of Work, Nicholas S. Hopkins

Faculty Book Chapters

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Employment And Income In The Informal Sector Of The Maghreb And Mashreq Countries, Jacques Charmes

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]

Economic And Social Change In A Village In Giza, Judy H. Brink

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]

Organizing Migrant Workers: The Egyptian Experience, James Toth

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]

Markets, Marketing, The Market: Informal Egypt, Nicholas S. Hopkins

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]

Social Background And Bureaucratic Behavior In Egypt, Earl L. Sullivan, El Sayed Yassin, Ali Leila, Monte Palmer

Faculty Books

This study of the role of gender and religion in the Egyptian bureaucracy provides general background information pertaining to the three major topics of this book: bureaucratic behaviour, the role of women in Egyptian society and relations between Egypt's religious groups, the Muslims and the Copts. The author hypothesizes that the attitudes and behaviour of Egyptian bureaucrats will differ markedly on the basis of sex, but that the attitudes and behaviour of Coptic bureaucrats will not differ significantly from those of their Muslim counterparts. The two hypotheses were tested in reference to eight sets of attitudes and behaviour, viz. media …

The Sub Culture Of Hashish Users In Egypt: A Descriptive Analytic Study, Nashaat Hassan Hussein

Faculty Books

No abstract provided.

Nelson Mandela's Detroit Visit Commemorative Edition, John Green

Detroit Area Peace and Justice Groups

A 25 page Commemorative Collector's Edition of Nelson Mandela's visit to the City of Detroit 3 months following his release from jail in South Africa for over 27 years.

Book Review Essay: Brazilian Race Relations In Hemispheric Perspective, Rhett S. Jones

Trotter Review

The late Oliver C. Cox, one of the most insightful black Americans from the leftist tradition, was not often fooled. In his classic 1948 work, Caste, Class, and Race, Cox, a long-time professor of sociology at Lincoln University in Missouri, revealed the nonsensical underpinnings of what then passed for the serious study of comparative race relations among sociologists in the United States. So successful was Cox that his book was thoroughly and deeply buried by the sociological establishment. When Pierre L. van den Berghe published Race and Racism: A Comparative Perspective in 1967, sociologists hailed his work as the …

Squatter Markets In Cairo, Helmi R. Tadros, Mohamed Feteeh, Allen Hibbard

Faculty Books

No abstract provided.

(Review) Revolution At The Grassroots: Community Organizations In The Portuguese Revolution, Robert Gay

Sociology Faculty Publications

Reviews the book "Revolution at the Grassroots: Community Organizations in the Portuguese Revolution," by Charles Downs.