Browsing PhD Dissertations - DO NOT EDIT by Author "Arvidson, Enid"
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A comparison of magnet schools to traditional schools: Application of critical education theory
Cartwright, Gregory Dale; 0000-0003-2231-3326 (2016-05-10)After considerable research, it was determined that a research gap exists that examines the overall impact of school choice concerning magnet and traditional high schools. The timing is especially critical in Texas with ... -
At the Nexus of Dallas' Neighborhood Arts Districts and Tax Incremental Financing Zones: the Question of Affordable Housing in a Socially Just Economy
Kosut, Katherine M.; 0000-0003-1210-1776 (2019-12-06)This dissertation examines the effects of urban economic development policies on affordable housing and the resident working-class populations within neighborhood arts district (NAD) and the Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) ... -
Communihood: Being a planning activist in the twenty-first century
Tayebi, Ali (2014-09-17)Introducing communihood as a hybrid concept and defining planning activism as a planners' role outside the dominant planning power structure are two main contributions of this dissertation in scholarly debates among planning ... -
Evolving Telephone Policy: Universal Service
Behrens, Phyllis Irene (Urban & Public Affairs, 2007-08-23)Important public policy decisions are commonly made that depend upon short, medium, and long term time periods to achieve success or widespread adoption. Universal Service and telephone penetration among underserved ... -
Housing, Capitalism And Underdevelopment In Sub-saharan Africa: An Analysis Of Sierra Leone's Housing Market And Its Developmental Challenges
Rogers, Steven Nabieu (Urban & Public Affairs, 2012-07-25)The issue of available and affordable housing in Sub-Saharan Africa poses an overwhelming problem, and yet receives weak policy responses. Since independence, housing policies have shifted from ambitious schemes of state ... -
The Irony Of Proving Discrimination
Wilson-Green, Rosalyn (Urban & Public Affairs, 2008-09-17)Currently America courts require plaintiffs alleging discrimination to not only prove the existence of present day discrimination but to also prove the "discriminatory intent." This dissertation contains two applications ... -
Landscapes of Environmental Justice: A Post-Structural Analysis of Ecological Structures and Environmental Discourses
Namin, Sima (2016-08-22)Although application of ecological concepts and looking at the city as an “ecological space” or ecosystem is not new in planning (e.g. Chicago school), in the context of environmental justice research there is a need for ... -
POLICY ENTREPRENEURS, NARRATIVES, AND POLICY CHANGE
Cartwright, Victoria; 0000-0002-7563-170X (2017-08-21)The goal of this dissertation is to uncover how policy entrepreneurs use narratives to influence policy change. Prior studies have attributed scientific evidence to policy change and neglected narratives as an attributing ... -
Vital Publics: DIY Urbanism and the Right to the City
Foster, Nicole; 0000-0003-3888-3198 (2016-08-24)Lefebvre’s concept of Right to the City has been predominantly employed by critical theorists to analyze resistant spatial practices such as Occupy Wall Street (e.g. Marcuse 2009). However, influenced by Nietzsche, Lefebvre’s ...