Browsing by Subject "Sociology"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1989)The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between aging and anomia among blacks as influenced by selected independent variables. These variables are: gender, socioeconomic status, place of residence, ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1975)Almost without exception, students of urban stratification have held that the residential area is highly segregated along class lines. The modal characteristics of an area have been the major focus-as represented by median ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)Traditionally, social control in prison has been described as the result of a single cause such as formal rules, inmate elites, or the informal compromises made between the guards and inmates. This case study, of one prison ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1975)The objective of this study was to ascertain whether extant theoretical models of the educational status attainment process had general applicability within American society. Specifically, the purpose was to determine if ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, )The primary objective of this dissertation is an empirical evaluation of sociology's paradigmatic structure. The research was conceptually organized in terms of Thomas S. Kuhn's (1962) model of scientific development and ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)The goals of this research were to demonstrate the applicability of human ecology theory for the study of energy-society relationships, to develop hypotheses from the human ecology theoretical framework about the nature ...
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(2014-02-14)The identity of a community is shaped by socio-economic factors as well as history. The Caribbean island of Trinidad is characterized by a weak economy, high unemployment, and a variety of ethnic, class, and religious ...
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(2009-05-15)The majority of research investigations into the meaning and implications of the lesbian label within the sport context have primarily focused on coaches, athletes, and physical education teachers. Generally overlooked, ...
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Geography of Historical Racial-Ethnic Segregation: Comparing Charleston, SC and Buffalo, NY in 1940 Spatial distribution patterns of social groups can be studied through the use of digital “boundary” files, or “shapefiles,” and data from the U.S. Census. Shapefiles are readily available for recent decades but they are ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Using the concept of social anchorage, this study attempts to find commonalities between the importation and deprivation models of prisonization. The basic issue addressed in this effort is the question of using social ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)The major goal of this research is to analyze the labor experiences of mature women through the empirical examination of their mobility between occupational sectors defined on the basis of sex composition. The basis of ...
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(2023-04-09)This paper uses a life course perspective to examine the association between intimate partner victimization of women (particularly sexual victimization) after adolescence and economic attainment in adulthood. It hypothesizes ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981)Although traditionally characterized by poverty and economic stagnation, the Texas border region has become one of the nation's fastest growing areas. This case study, based on Brownsville, examines community conditions ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)This study aims to examine the quality of working life of Chinese American professionals in American work organizations. It applies the grounded theory approach to collect and analyze the data. Data were collected through ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981)The primary objective of this dissertation was an assessment of intergroup perceptions and institutional discrimination in the Army Reserve. This research analyzed the perceptual differences between white and minority ...
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(2005-12-07)Sax Rohmer (the pseudonym of Arthur Sarsfield Ward, 1883-1959) was one of the most widely read pop authors in the English-speaking world in the 20th century. His Fu Manchu first appeared in "The Zayat Kiss," in the British ...
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(2014-12-16)This study engages a debate among those who study teams in organizations. More specifically, it addresses the managerial hegemony thesis by examining self-managing teams and traditional teams. Two main questions are ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)The voluntaristic theory of expenditures is developed to examine the incremental contribution of social structural, economic, and demographic influences on U.S. household food expenditures. Based on data from 14,007 ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1976)The major objective of this research was the development and analysis of an integrated causal model for predicting crime rates, prison admissions, and prison releases at the macro (state) level of analysis. These dependent ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)This dissertation proposes a synthesized theory for explaining population suburbanization in the United States. This synthesis contends that population suburbanization is more than simply an economic or an ecological ...