Browsing Programs, Centers, and Institutes by Department "Sociology"
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(2011-04-26)Since the introduction of colonialism, African women have frequently been ignored in and excluded from political life in southern Africa. However, many women participated as freedom fighters and activists in southern ...
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This paper showcases negative results of two common theories surrounding United States cotton literature. It has been proposed that the amount of land available to the U.S. South allowed for lucrative expansion that other ...
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(1983)Murray Straus is the leading researcher in the area of family violence. He conducted a study in 1976 of 2,143 American families. Following the study, Straus and his co-workers wrote the book �Behind Closed Doors� in which ...
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(1998)A large gender difference exists in the percentage of male and female students enrolled in architecture schools. Roughly one-third of architecture students are females while about half of the student population at large ...
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(2012-07-11)In the past, research has considered what types of structures and settings influence cooperation and emotions in social dilemmas. However, there is little examination about how a crisis or change in the situation affects ...
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Literature Review: David Riesman’s ([1950] 2002) concept of other-directedness characterizes the majority of society today. He labeled other-directed the tendency of post 1950 American society to be more influenced by the ...
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(2021-05-04)Background: This study aims to analyze how contemporary films employed the #MeToo movement for plot inspiration. I hypothesize that films produced between 2016-2020 will depict a diversified, nuanced representation of ...
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(2013-04-15)The purpose of this research is to measure the effect of education on economic development. Economists use education to explain growth unexplained by capital, and argue that it is a fundamental determinant of technological ...
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(1986)Congress established the National Sea Grant College Program in 1966 to hasten the development, use and conservation of America's marine resources. The inspiration for Sea Grant was the land-grant colleges established by ...
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(2010-07-14)The twentieth century has been called the bloodiest century in human history. In two world wars and various other conflicts spanning across decades, man was more combative than ever before. Yet despite this century of ...
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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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(2017-05-04)The United States southern border is expanding rapidly. Already home to over 7.2 million people, this region also contains two of the nation's top ten fastest growing cities (McAllen, Texas and Laredo, Texas) (DHHS 2009; ...
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(1991)This is a study that investigates the minority student retention problem at Texas A&M. In this study, both qualitative and quantitative data are taken into account. In the quantitative portion, six variables are related ...
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(1986)The purpose of this study will be to examine the change in the level of religious commitment of members of the Campus Crusade for Christ after graduation from college, and to assess whether or not they are meeting their ...
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(2014-09-29)In this project, I will look at the literacy rates of Whites, Hispanics, and Blacks in Houston based on Census data from 1930. This data will allow me to draw conclusions about literacy and education based on race. In ...
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(2010-07-14)This thesis explores the relationship between individuals? memories of experiences with children from different racial backgrounds and their present racial identity. After generating data by collecting responses to an open ...
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(1996)How are males and females portrayed in full-length animated features? This research analyzes gender portrayal in five Disney films released in the 1990s: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Snow White and ...
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(2012-07-11)This study seeks to examine the effects of cooperation on social identity in group work. I posit that members of groups which are cooperative and therefore successful will be more likely to identify with the group, than ...
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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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(2011-04-27)The prevalence and causes of intimate partner violence have been discussed for years,and conclusions vary greatly often because the findings are contradictory. Through the use of online survey methods, this research studied ...