Browsing by Subject "sociology"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, )The purpose of this investigation was twofold. First, an explanation was sought for the observed slow rate of upward mobility among Mexican Americans, Secondly, and the more salient focus of the investigation, was the ...
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(2013-09-24)In this project I will create a philosophically rigorous assessment of what it means to be in the 21st century. I will conceptualize the human subject in relation to the primary signifier of the contemporary age: rapid ...
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(2016-08-30)The prosperous nations of today have a history of economic growth based on flourishing agricultural activity. This project aims to investigate causes of agricultural-based growth in the United States of America and Canada ...
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(2019-04-04)In recent years, volunteer tourism has emerged as not only a meaningful way to spend a vacation, but also as an intriguing area of empirical inquiry. This phenomenon, which began as wealthy westerners sought to give a ...
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(2016-08-01)Utilizing data from the National Comorbidity Survey – Adolescent Supplement and a mediated moderation analysis in structural equation models, this research examines the relationship between socioeconomic status, race, ...
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(2015-08-17)Postmodern sociological theory surfaced in the 1960’s and has remained a dominant field of study among cultural theorists up to present day. Postmodernism serves as the basis for an examination of “collective opinions” in ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)This dissertation seeks to evaluate and reformulate the sociology of religion through an integration of the work of Carl G. Jung and others. The purpose of such a reformulation is to develop a "new" theoretical framework ...
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This analysis investigated the effects and implications of Hungary’s Communist legacy in the context of Hungarian socio-political landscapes during and after Communism. For this investigation, I relied upon Emile Durkheim’s ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, )Purposes: The purposes of this study were to ascertain areas of university decision-making in which students at three Texas universities most desire other students to participate, to investigate the relationships existing ...
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(2014-10-01)The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between fashion and rebellion within the social construct, in its historical context as well as with its current and future patterns. To identify how fashion is ...
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(2016-08-02)This dissertation investigates the transitional and educational activities of undergraduate Latina/o/x university students attending historically or traditionally white university and college campuses. Based on student ...