Browsing by Subject "politics"
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The Witcher series, by Andrzej Sapkowski, has recently become an international phenomenon. On top of its international pop-cultural success, one of the most interesting aspects about the series is the political landscape ...
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(2012-02-14)Many scholars believe in order to have democratic legitimacy, females should be represented in governing bodies at all levels. Significant literature on female descriptive representation in the U.S. for women’s policy ...
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This thesis will be examining the policies enacted in the contemporary period - contemporary defined as the time period after the events of the Cold War - and will do so empirically. This thesis will analyze contemporary ...
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(2015-08-12)This thesis analyzes the political, social, legal and metaphysical aspects of the “black experience of incarceration” through Angela Davis’s controversial work, Are Prisons Obsolete? (2010). By concentrating on the ‘nature ...
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(2020-06-08)This essay describes a transfer of survival and coping strategies developed under one type of crisis (a demise of a political system) to the situation of the pandemic and shelter-in-place orders.
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(2012-12-03)Pneumonia is the main killer of under-five children worldwide. The developing nations suffer the most. But within such countries, the spatial and temporal distribution of pneumonia cases is not uniform; yet little is known ...
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(2022-04-19)Research in this dissertation is a recontextualization of social and cultural theories into the rich world of symbols and their meanings within sports as a totemic phenomenon. The purposes of this dissertation are to ...
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(2009-06-02)Few debates spark as much interest as the controversy over how to increase access to higher education, particularly for racial minority groups. Despite the knowledge accumulated on the benefits of diversity, the higher ...
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(2021-06-29)Inheriting the Stage: Pre-Interregnum Drama in the Restoration is a study of the intersection of Restoration politics and the appropriation of early modern drama on stage and in print. I examine how publication, performance, ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)Many scholars of the Reconstruction era have examined James Webb Throckmorton??s political career between 1860 and 1867 and have revealed that his racist views helped hasten the end of Radical Reconstruction in Texas. ...
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(2011-02-22)Bilingual education in the United States has been at the forefront of educational politics and debates since its inception. Arguments over language of instruction and program goals overshadow the deeper philosophical, ...
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This study explores the political sociological theory of Emile Durkheim to demonstrate that political anomie has resurfaced in American society. Symptoms of anomie are identified by relating sudden regime changes affecting ...
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(2018-06-27)In the contemporary United States, politics often seems to dominate the conversation surrounding scientific topics and related technologies. At a time rich in scientific discoveries, the public is more interested than ever ...
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(1997)This research investigates Martin Luther King, Jr.' s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the political and religious context of the letter. The methodological approach was interdisciplinary, including oral historical and ...
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(2021-05-10)The political efficacy of women of color is limited in various forms; efficacy is negatively affected by factors such as increased political unrest and racial prejudice within media representations (Richie B. 2000). ...
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(2015-11-17)The Arab World is notorious for its poor track record on issues of women’s rights and women’s representation in society, particularly in the public sphere. Yet women are making gains, particularly in countries such as ...