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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"Ethnic Community"”.
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Intimate partner violence and the black and minority ethnic community.
… with a particular focus on the South Asian community. Chapter one presents a generic review of treatment on IPV victims. By examining nine studies, seven studies did not examine ethnic differences and findings suggest that interventions are more effective when there is a combination of CBT …
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Latinidad in London: An ethnographic study exploring how Latin American Londoners represent their ethnic community discursively
… America - especially Colombia - represent their ethnic community discursively. It examines how the notion of latinidad is articulated in relation to local and global cultural narratives, and how the London Latino community is constructed strategically and hierarchically. It is guided by a social …
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Exploration of Communicative Social Capital, Civic Engagement and Political Engagement of the Korean Diaspora
… in the Washington, DC, area make meaning of ethnic community, social capital, and civic and political engagement. More specifically, the study examined how communicative social capital influences civic and political engagement as well as other factors that influence or inhibit civic and …
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"Yn eu hiaith eu hunain" / "In their own language." The settlement and assimilation of the Welsh in Iowa County, Wisconsin, 1840-1920.
… the Welsh established a small but influential ethnic community in Iowa County, Wisconsin, in the mid-nineteenth century. However, it is a community that has so far escaped detailed historical study. This dissertation examines the settlement and assimilation of the Welsh between their arrival in …
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The urban economic development impacts of ethnic entrepreneurship : a case study of Dominican entrepreneurs in Lawrence, Massachusetts
This thesis examines the process through which ethnic entrepreneurship impacts urban economic development. In many urban places across the United States, demographic change has led to the rise of ethnic communities and the rise of ethnic entrepreneurs. In cities with sustained economic decline, the …
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Polish-American Music in Detroit: Negotiating Ethnic Boundaries
… metropolitan area this pattern has produced an ethnic community which includes third and fourth generation Polish-Americans as well as post-World War II emigres. The disparate backgrounds and political orientations of the pre- and post-World War II immigrants and their descendants have resulted …
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Political violence and inter-ethnic conflict: an analysis with reference to Chechnya and Northern Ireland
… in the emergence and continuation of inter-ethnic violence and division. A willingness for one ethnic group to engage in political violence against another requires the acceptance of ideological constructs that stress difference - political movements that position other ethnic groups as `the …
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Ethnic minority churches: The case of the Canadian Chinese Christian churches in Ottawa.
… contributed to the rise of the Chinese Christian community in Canada, and more specifically the capital region, and the kind of religious life that evolved within that community. The author draws on extensive fieldwork, offers insights into the beliefs and practices of this little-documented …
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The reawakening of the Chinese heritage through a cultural embassy : transformation of the Chinese architectural language
… resolution to prevent a strong tight-knit ethnic community from diminishing is through a reawakening to the heritage of the people. In this thesis I propose the creation of a CULTURAL EMBASSY to instill pride and arouse self-awareness of the well-educated Chinese first, and eventually the …
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French nationals in Montreal : post-colonial, transnational projects
… this group does not fit the usual concept of an ethnic community as they do not know each other and the French institutions serve the local community as well. I argue that the concept of transnational is a more appropriate term to describe these people as they invest much time and money in …
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"Little Madeira": the Portuguese in Woodstock c.1940-c.1980
… or the Portuguese or Madeiran immigrant community of Woodstock between the 1940s and 1980s. As the majority of Portuguese in Woodstock came from Madeira the terms, Portuguese and Madeiran, will be used interchangeably when referring to the immigrants. Throughout this period, Woodstock …
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The third generation of Indians in Britain : cultural identity and cultural change
Over the last decades Britain´s ethnic minorities have successfully established themselves in a multicultural society. In particular, Indian – Hindu communities generally improved their social and economic situation. In this context, the third generation of British Indians is now growing up. In …
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Resisting the Melting Pot Through Ethnic Newspapers: A Case Study of the Irish Echo
… is a case study of the Irish Echo, an Irish ethnic weekly newspaper that began publishing in New York City in 1928. The Irish ethnic community is unique because it operates within two cultural spheres: Irish society and American society. The purpose of this case study is to identify how …
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Molding the unshapely structure : rebuilding Boston Chinatown
… the development pattern of urban form in an ethnic community, in this case Boston Chinatown. The study does not propose a detailed urban design framework but calls for a sensitivity in future design interventions for strengthening the cohesive character of the district. . Contrary to …
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Human Rights Education through Community Radio: The Promotion of Afro-Colombian Women’s Identity and Rights
… Constitution recognized that Colombia is a multiethnic and culturally diverse country. Since then, a number of organizations have emerged to promote and reinforce the right to difference of the Afro-Colombian ethnic community, as well as to claim and defend their rights. This thesis project …
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Die deutschen Enwanderer in Sacramento: German immigrants in Sacramento, 1850--1859
… small nucleus of permanent residents created an ethnic community where they practiced the German tradition of Vereinswesen, supported each other economically through loans and ready employment and, led by their Turnverein, continued practicing their customs and rituals emphasizing frivolity and …
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Gambling and the Law: A Study of the Utility of Gambling and Its Prohibition in an American Chinatown
… prohibitions, as well as their application in an ethnic community. In an overview of gambling in the United States, the development of and politics underlying gambling laws and the claims and documentation of harms from gambling were examined. Some positive functions of gambling, such as to …
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The Life and Death of Urban Ethnic Enclaves: Gentrification and Ethnic Fragmentation in Brooklyn's 'Polish Town'
… and market-led gentrification in a fragmenting ethnic neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn– once home to a vibrant Polish community, now at risk of losing its social character as a traditional ethnic enclave. Extending Albert O. Hirschman’s theory of action to the Polish community in Greenpoint, …
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The Antiochian Orthodox Syrians of Montreal, 1905-1980 : an historical study of cultural and social change over three generations
… this thesis concludes that the Orthodox Syrian community in Montreal has undergone slow but substantial cultural and social change over three generations. The first-generation immigrants were characterized by cultural preservation and continuity. They established a vibrant ethnic community …
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Identities and perceptions: gender, generation and ethnicity in the Italian Quarter, Birmingham, c1891-1938
… historians- have chosen to do so. Instead, the ethnic population and its contributions to the development of Britain have been only fleetingly acknowledged. Their marginalisation from British mainstream history is difficult to understand, yet it could be justified on the grounds that the ethnic …
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