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How Does The Sudden Impact Of A Disability Within The Immediate Household Affect Siblings?
(Sociology, 2014-07-14)AbstractThis paper examines the relationship amongst siblings when they are impacted with a crisis. The crisis in this paper is a spinal cord injury. The theoretical framework for the paper is based on family systems theory. ... -
The Idols Of Modernity: The Humanity Of Science And The Science Of Humanity
The Idols of Modernity draws upon the work of early thinkers in the sociology of knowledge such as Karl Mannheim in an effort to delineate the history of--and unmask the ideology behind--many of the formative aspects of ... -
"If The Hells Are Not Empty": A Framework For A Buddhist Critical Social Theory
Marx's eleventh Thesis on Feuerbach, which stands immortalized as his epitaph, draws a clear line in the sand between the descriptive philosophy of antiquity and the necessarily prescriptive character which he hoped would ... -
Informal Labor in the Sharing Economy: Everyone Can Be a Record Producer
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Intersections Of Special Education Law And Juvenile Justice Policy And Practice
(Sociology, 2007-08-23)The purpose of this research is threefold: to summarize law as it relates to youth with disabilities in juvenile justice facilities; to synthesize existing literature hypothesizing explanations for the disproportionate ... -
Investigating Juvenile Supervisory Officers' Attitudes At A Texas Juvenile Detention Center
(Anthropology, 2011-10-11)Punitive and rehabilitative ideologies have traditionally competed to influence correctional policy. The growing emphasis on prisoner rights however, has subtly transformed the mindset of the carceral institution. Juvenile ... -
Is It a Boy or a Girl? Constructing a Gendered Identity for our Companion Animals
(2021-12-17)A qualitative study of the differences in how we gender our cats and our dogs. Fifty women between the ages of 18 and 50 were interviewed, who kept cats, dogs, or both cats and dogs. Differences were found in how naming ... -
It takes two: A dyadic model of recruitment to civic activity
(ElsevierDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, the University of Texas at Arlington, 2016-11)Why are some people, but not others, asked to engage in civic activity? Rather than focus on the personal traits of either potential recruits or recruiters for this initial stage of recruitment, we develop and test a ... -
iTunes: Breaking Barriers and Building Walls
(Taylor & FrancisDepartment of Sociology & Anthropology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2013-04-18)With the development of online music distribution, a number of authors argued that independent musicians could compete on equal ground with major record labels. In this article, I explore the effects that online distribution ... -
IT’S NOT ALL PARTISAN POLITICS: THE INTERACTION BETWEEN RELIGION AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IN SHAPING ATTITUDES TOWARD ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE GREATER HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA
(2019-12-02)This study investigates the effect that Pope Francis’ 2015 Encyclical Laudato Si had on Catholic beliefs about climate change using a Houston area case study, and presents a model for how religious affiliation and religious ... -
Kachin Refugee Women's Work Identity: Narratives In Transition
(Sociology, 2008-09-17)My work focuses on the Kachin women's experiences of work in the American workforce in comparison to their experience of work in Burma. Through in-depth interviews with twelve Kachin women in the North Texas area, I analyze ... -
Late And Terminal Classic Maya Subsistence: Stable Isotope Analysis At Chac Balam And San Juan On Northern Ambergris Caye, Belize
(Anthropology, 2011-07-14)Skeletal populations from several Maya sites during the Late and Terminal Classic periods exhibit pathologies indicative of poor health and malnutrition, while populations from other sites appear comparatively healthy. ... -
Legislating Innovation: Why Charter Schools Can't Fix Public Education
(Sociology, 2014-07-14)How do we account for the fact that, despite myriad school reform and counterbalancing resistance efforts, the education system in America seems to be in a constant state of disrepair? Some observers attribute this to the ... -
Maxim-izing Profit: New Men's Magazines And The Rise Of Consumer Masculinity
(Sociology, 2007-08-23)This is content analysis of Maxim magazine, published by Dennis Publications, and first appearing in American newsstands in 1997. Maxim is the most widely circulated men's magazine in the United States, with an estimated ... -
Media Framing And Social Movements: A Case Study Of The Red Shirt Movement In Taiwan
(Sociology, 2010-11-01)In my thesis, I use the social movement literature and framing theory to examine the rapid rise and fall of Taiwan's Red Shirt social movement in 2006. The movement was against President Chen Shui-bian, who was accused ... -
The Mobilizing Power Of Grievances: Applying Loss Aversion And Omission Bias To Social Movements
(MobilizationDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2014)This study investigates how the nature of grievances can provide advantages or disadvantages to social movements. I use an experimental design to test the effects of loss aversion and omission bias on people’s reactions ... -
Modeling Collapse: Analysis Of The Bronze Age-iron Age Transition At Two Near Eastern Sites
(Anthropology, 2014-07-14)This project tests a three-step model for archaeological collapse, by analyzing assemblages from two museum collections, Alişar Hüyük and Tell el Fakhariyah. Focusing on three categories of artifacts, namely biological ... -
Motivating Martial Artists: An Examination Of The Drives And Lessons Learned Among Taekwondo Students
(Anthropology, 2014-12)There are a large number of martial art schools operating in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area, teaching a variety of martial arts. Of all of those schools the students at the Texas Black Belt Academy chose their school, despite ... -
Music Piracy Or A Permanent Passive Revolution
(Sociology, 2007-09-17)The goal of this thesis is to examine a classic interpretation of Antonio Gramsci's notion of hegemony in the modern era and the emergence of counter-hegemonic forces through technology. The individualization of modern ... -
“My Mother Hates Her Body, She Swears She Loves Mine”: The Effects of Socialization Through Mothering on Daughters’ Body Talk and Intuitive Eating.
(2023-08-10)This study examines the effects of early socialization about the body within mother/daughter relationships and its impact on the practice of Intuitive Eating (a practice of listening to one’s own body regarding food, rather ...