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Containment in the City: Boundaries, Bodies, and the Politics of Urban Space
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)
The organization of urban space accommodating the rapid movement of the automobile facilitates a kind of forgetting, through the act of driving, and creates a sense of containment, through the built environment itself. ...
Online Vaccine Opposition: Identifying Trends and Contextualizing Criticism
(2015-05-26)
While there are studies that that have been done to show how content attributes of vaccinecritical
websites have changed over time, there is very little discussion about the social and
historical context of that criticism ...
"Here's me in a nutshell": the textual performance of self in male online dating profiles
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-03-13)
Online dating has fast become an acceptable avenue through which to pursue romantic partners in the United States. Approximately one it ten American internet-using adults--16 million people--have personally visited dating ...
Dance as a Community of Practice: Exploring Dance Groups in the Kansas City Area through the Lifespan
(2015-08-04)
This dissertation examines the embodied cultural practice of dance among several
groups in the Kansas City area. The dance groups were studied as Communities of Practice
(CoP), as outlined in the Lave-Wenger model of ...
Understanding the partners in policymaking program and the impact of participation on parents of children with developmental disabilities
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-09)
Parents are critical partners in the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities; however, they often lack an understanding of available resources or they do not know how to navigate the disability service system ...
Fixing "the man problem": masculine discourse in Christian men's ministries
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-15)
"The Man Problem" according to Christian evangelist Patrick Morley, is the result of
men's lack of knowledge towards their rightful gender role within their family and
community and is "the root cause behind virtually ...
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 ...
Neo-paganism: ritual forged by the Burning Times
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-10)
The Burning Times has been of interest to both scholars and practitioners alike
over the past few decades. The interest typically focuses on those that died and the
discrepancy of the number of those who perished. While ...
Motives Relating to Internet Usage Among Korean Adolescents
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)
Previous studies have shown that the Internet influences adolescents' development and their lives. Adolescents' Internet usage is simultaneously affected by variables such as demographics, personal characteristics and ...
Consumer holiday structure: an analysis of Christian holiday patterns and consumer ritual practice in America
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)
This thesis explores the rituals that reinforce American capitalist consumerism, specifically focusing on the Christian holiday calendar structure. Major Christian holidays are viewed as complex sets and repeated patterns, ...
Determinants of Earnings for Asian Immigrants in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)
This thesis examines the determinants of earnings for Asian immigrants in the Midwest of the United States. It tests simultaneously three theoretical explanations--assimilation, human capital, and job competition--for the ...
The effect of social service agencies on crime rates in Kansas City, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-13)
This thesis examines whether social service agencies mediate the effects of social
disorganization and subculture on crime in Kansas City, Missouri. Variables from social
disorganization and subculture theory are combined ...
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 ...
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 ...
Modernizing the public space: gender identities, multiple modernities, and space politics in Tehran
(2013)
After the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran, surprisingly, the presence of Iranian
women in public spaces dramatically increased. Despite this recent change in women's
presence in public spaces, Iranian women, like in ...
"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, ...
Aspiration Differences in Female High School Students Based on Parents' Education Level
(2015-05-26)
This study uses data from 61 in-depth interviews with high school junior and
senior girls to examine differences in educational aspirations by parental education level.
By examining how young adults’ aspirations are ...
A Tale of Two Risks: The Framing of HIV Transmission Risk in Health Brochures
(2014)
The framing of a health issue such as HIV transmission risk may directly impact
public opinion, which plays a significant role in the formation of health policies. Brochures
are an important piece of HIV treatment and ...