Browsing College of Arts and Sciences (UMKC) by Thesis Advisor "Garcelon, Marc, 1958-"
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Barriers to Social Change: Neoliberalism and the Justification of the Status-Quo among Low-Income African Americans
(2016)Neoliberalism has been the dominant political-economic model in the United States since Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980 (Harvey, 2005). Few studies have shown how the political-economic model of neoliberalism influences ... -
"Defective childhoods": television news and the social construction of the 'child in need'
(2013)The modern media, particularly television news, produces and airs news reports and special programs presenting social justice and human rights stories. Some of these news reports feature children with identified emotional, ... -
Detrimental Determinants: The Impacts of Neoliberalism on Pro-Environmental Behaviors
(2015-07-28)The mounting evidence of anthropogenic climate change in the past 30 years has beckoned the social sciences to illuminate and address the complex phenomena underlying actions that impact the environment. While many studies ... -
Distinction in death: an analysis of individuality, sociality, and brand consumption in contemporary American funeral practices
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)To date, a growing number of contemporary Americans have come to trust that recognizable commodity brands and personal consumer preferences now provide the best means of personalizing funerals and communicating individualized ... -
Trust and Inequality: Are Perceptions of Inequality Influencing Trust?
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)Previous research has demonstrated a significant relationship between trust and inequality at both the individual and national levels (Wilkinson and Pickett, 2010), but it is unclear whether the absence of trust produces ...