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The teaching of community civics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text taken from page ii: "This thesis is the outgrowth of a feeling that our present day civics is, in a large measure, inadequate to the needs of our citizenship. During my four years' experience in teaching civics in ...
The work of the Board of public welfare of Kansas City, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
The Board of Public Welfare idea is a universal one, by which we mean that such an institution is applicable to other communities. Its spirit, aim, and principles have been tested, and found not wanting; they meet the fundamental needs of a growing...
Normative political community : the necessary condition for justice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
In this dissertation, I develop a theory of political community through an analysis of human needs for fellowship on the one hand, and a synthesis of numerous critiques of the liberal state on the other. My thesis is that ...
The foundations and normative parameters of a political philosophy of education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
with the claims and aspirations of traditional educational philosophy. This dissertation develops a theory which shows normative reasoning to be a form of discourse which is completely public and objective and which is capable of reaching conclusions having...
The poverty of place : a comparative study of five rural counties in the Missouri Ozark
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1999)
to further the understanding of the dynamics driving this phenomenon or to discover what types of public policies are likely to be successful at breaking up these areas of persistent poverty. The existence of a five county group in the south central Missouri...
Friendship : the forgotten meaning of a vital nexus in political life
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
This dissertation will demonstrate that men have aesthetic, ascetic, and therapeutic capacities with public ramifications. It will demonstrate that these capacities enable men with different values, goals, rules, and expectations to live together...
Identification of the Missouri public's perception of natural resource problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1974)
. In such cases, the general approach has been that of government provision of public goods and services. Theoretically, the avenue for initiating or controlling the quantity and quality of public goods and services has been through the political process...
The radio broadcasting enterprise of Free China
(University of Missouri., 1958)
as Free China. Present day radio broadcasting enterprise in Free China serves as one of its effective tools for social education, as one of its most popular means for public information and entertainment and, above all, as one of its most powerful weapons...
Edwin Sutherland and the origins of differential association theory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1984)
. Lindesmith. Second, by the mid-1920s Sutherland’s professional identity had centered on the development of American sociology. He worked to advance the field both as a system of ideas and as a profession. The theory of differential association, determinedly...
Rural southern residents and the incentive to work
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
"There has been much interest in the past few years in welfare reform. This interest is a result of the rising criticisms of the many relief measures which comprise the welfare, or public assistance, program. Two of these criticisms are that public...
The Democratic Party Midterm Conference, 1974 : an assessment of utility and impact
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1976)
""Of all the major in stitutions of American society, the parties seem to be the most resistant to reform and modernization. ...Perhaps all this is true because nobody has much cared about what happened to the parties." ...
Interpreters of Chicago : a study in American regionalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1932)
The second discovery of America came when the writers discovered the interesting elements in the varied communities which made each of them unique. A like discovery had been made in England years before by George Eliot, ...
Supervision in the extension service in Helmand Arghandab Valley Authority, Afganistan
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1969)
Supervision is a process by which subordinates are assisted to perform their activities with increasing satisfaction to themselves, to people with whom they work and to the organization. The principal aim of Extension ...
The Office of Governor of the State of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1963)
the office. Professor Coleman B. Ransone, Jr., sees the modern American governor as being primarily concerned with three broad areas of operation—policy formation, public relatlons, and management. The governor, he says further, operates as a policy maker...
A critical history of the Texas Christian Advocate, 1849-1949
(University of Missouri., 1952)
Banner. Later, the name was changed to The Texas Christian Advocate and still later it became The Southwestern Advooate. But the auspices. the purposes. the characteristics and the methods of the publication remained the same for almost a century. Purpose...
Roy Wilkins as a journalist
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1970)
"This study is primarily concerned with an observation of Wilkins' journalistic image as reflected in his newspaper, magazine and syndicated columns concerning the racial and economic problems of the Negro American. A ...
Hou-Jin : a case study of external assistance in community action
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1991)
The protest of the Hou-jin community in Kaohsiung Taiwan against Chinese Petroleum Corporation's erection of the fifth naphtha cracker (FNC) plant lasted for more than three years, from July 1987 to September 1990, when ...
A method of sociological investigation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
"It is the purpose of the author of this thesis to present, from his limited experience as a social surveyor and from a rather extended study of social surveys, the meaning and value of the survey method to the science of ...
Politics and ideology in the Kingdom of Callaway
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1963)
, with particular attention being centered on political perspectives and values as they are expressed in the community of Fulton and the county of Callaway."--Introduction....
The theory of the social forces
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
Text from page 1: "Professor Ross has well said that "the corner stone of sociology must be a sound doctrine of the social (1) forces." While this is true sociologists seem to be at loggerheads when it comes to making a ...