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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 ...
Investigating trustworthiness and tolerance of others and shared power within youth-adult partnerships
(University of Mssouri--Kansas City, 2000)
The purpose of this study was to broaden the limited body of research concerning the relationship between trustworthiness and tolerance of others and shared power within a youth-adult partnership. The theoretical models ...
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 ...
A Narrative Inquiry and Self–Study of Practice Investigation into Experiences with Older Adults and Aging via an Online College–Level Gerontology Course
(2016)
The population of older adults in the United States is increasing to new heights.
Society members trained in gerontological education, health care of elders, and service
providers for older adults will be needed in the ...
"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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
"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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Health care access of Hispanic immigrants in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)
The purpose of this study is to discover what factors affect health care access for Hispanics in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The Hispanic population is the largest and fastest growing immigrant groups in the US and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Governing Corporations: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Expanding Role of Business in Society
(univ, 2018)
This thesis explores the evolving role of business in society and the recent
development of corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, in order to form a greater
understanding of the changing nature of contemporary ...