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Three essays on Platform Capitalism and its alternative
(2023)
This dissertation delves into the intricate landscape of platform capitalism and its
multifaceted relationship with labor dynamics, bringing forth a nuanced understanding of the
evolving economic terrain. The first ...
Money, Work, and Mass Extinction: Transformational Degrowth and the Job Guarantee
(2020)
of mass extinction thus involves developing a more anthropocentric economy. A JG presents a radical possibility for transforming for the world by reclaiming the human meaning and value of work....
The Risk of Recidivism and the Positive Achievement Change Tool Pre-Screen (PACT-PS): An Initial Validation and Basic Program Implementation Evaluation
(2014-04-02)
The juvenile justice system has long been challenged to provide security for communities, while also providing treatment and sanctioning youthful offenders. This task includes the process of determining which offenders pose a low...
Former Inmates’ Perceptions and Beliefs About The Value of Earning a High School Diploma
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Previous studies on correctional education have focused on recidivism. There is
limited research from a qualitative perspective on the perceptions of education prior to
incarceration. This constructivist narratological ...
African American female millennials' sense of self in higher education support roles
(2020)
, including an online mixed questionnaire, in-depth interviews, and a job-profile document review. With the social media hashtags #BlackGirlMagic #MelaninPoppin, and evolved images in the media of Black womanhood, such as, awkward Black girl, Black women...
A Narratological Inquiry into U.S. African Refugee Youths’ Educational Experiences
(2023)
experiences of African refugee youth (aged 18 and above) attending public high school in the MidwestUnited States. Based on current and recently arriving African refugee populations, 10 participants originally hailed from Somalia, Congo, Liberia, Sudan...
Some Alternatives to Model Selection and New Approaches to Computing for the Economics. 12/6/2014
(2014)
This interdisciplinary dissertation in statistics, economics, and social science
methodology derives a methodological approach for economics from philosophical
principles, identi es barriers to its adoption, and presents ...
An Educational History of Immigrant and Refugee Children in Kansas City
(2023)
This is an educational historiography of immigrant and refugee children who resettled
with their families in Kansas City, Missouri, after the Immigration and Naturalization Act of
1965. The dissertation concludes with a ...
A 100-Year Historical Study of East High School in Kansas City, Missouri
(2023)
with over forty languages and countries represented in its population. During the first decades of its existence, East High School was a model suburban school with a variety of course offerings and a diverse assortment of extracurricular activities. After...
A Semiotic Approach to Russian Military Map Symbology and Terms
(2021)
cognition and the basic processes of how humans interpret information. A potential pathway to answering these questions is through the application of semiotics—the study of signs and the process through which they produce meaning. This study has leveraged...
Urban Riparian Areas: Ecological And Streamside-Ordinance Assessments
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Streamside protection ordinances have been established in many urbanizing areas;
however, there has been a paucity of assessments of the effectiveness of such ordinances. A
quantitative assessment of the ecological ...
An empirical analysis of alternative explanations for the female wage gap
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2011-05-20)
argue the wage gap is caused by women crowding into a small number of occupations. Power theorists contend men use their socioeconomic superiority to maintain a two-tier wage system that discriminates against women. Socialization theorists note women...
Unfolding Untapped Stories: A Narrative Inquiry of Teachers' Experiences of Working With Students Who Have Faced Trauma or Traumatic Events.
(2021)
, which was used to construct a narrative profile for each participant. One hundred seventeen survey links were sent to teachers, out of which 76 surveys were sent back. The surveys revealed 22 participants who were interested in face-to-face interviews...
Soy El Primero: First-Generation Latino/a College Students' Experiences of Acculturative Stress and Coping Response in College
(2019)
First-generation Latino/a student enrollment in U.S. Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) is increasing. However, first-generation Latino/a students' ability to persist and graduate from PWIs has been and continues to be a pressing concern...
The historical transformation of indigenous and colonial institutions of Central Mexico: monetary and production systems
(2013)
Based on a critical analysis of the mainstream development discourse, the subaltern's
history, and hybrid theoretical models, this dissertation is focused on studying the
transformation of the Pre-Hispanic state and the ...
An Original Institutionalist Approach to the Structure, Conduct, and Performance of the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Importance of Intangible Assets
(2016)
This dissertation presents an examination of the pharmaceutical industry with a
primary focus on the importance of intangible assets from the original institutional
economics perspective. This is done in three main ...
Agro-pastoral Landuse Transformation: Implications and Perspectives in the Northwest Region of Cameroon
(2015-08-11)
This dissertation centers on the human-environmental problem of agro-pastoral
landuse transformation in Northwest Cameroon, identifying population pressure, climate
change, environmental degradation, land grabbing, change ...