Browsing Rural Sociology electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2011 Spring"
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Factors effecting Black natural resources professionals' decisions to relocate
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)This research focuses on Black Natural Resources Professionals (BNRPs) career advancement opportunities and factors effecting their decisions to relocate when moving to rural or remote communities. The purpose of this study ... -
Investigations from the ribcage : the (dis)embodied order of safety, children, and the problematics of public school policy practice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)This dissertation endeavors to explore the ways in which policies of safety in the public school order the everyday lives of student-children. Using varying feminist methodologies, I explore the experiences that children ... -
Value chain integration, cluster cooperation, and sustainable livelihoods : bridging small farmers to high value markets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)This study explores the conditions for the possibility of an effective participation of small vegetable farmers in the modern value chains and the effects of this participation on the farmers' livelihood sustainability. ...