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Showing 1 to 20 of 458 for “"Social issues"”.
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Economics of Social Issues
This thesis deals with the analysis of various social issues from an economic perspective. Chapter one looks at the issue of gun crime from a game theoretical perspective, analysing the differing effects of concealed carry of handguns and open carry of handguns on the number of crimes committed. It …
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Anthropomorphism and social issues in selected Namibian children’s literature
… use of anthropomorphised animals to address social issues in the Namibian society. The stories analysed were from different tribes such as the Khoisan people, the Ovambo, the Kavango the Herero, Nama and the Damara. The stories are of a folklore nature; thus, they tell the stories from the …
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Using Empathy in Design to Foster Interest in Social Issues
… to develop effective solutions. Designing for social change presents the interesting challenge of reaching audience members who may not be directly affected by an issue to become invested in communityled transformations. My thesis uses the context of homelessness to examine how empathic …
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Effective Administration and Implementation of External Programs Addressing Social Issues Operating Within Schools
… pregnancy, AIDS, substance abuse, or any other social issue. Questions arise as to which administrative factors impact decisions to use an external program and also what indicators influence successful program implementation. The effects of central office support for a program, staff training, …
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Pseudo-Democracy in America, 1945-1960: Anticommunism versus the Social Issues of African Americans and Women.
… ignored or responded inadequately to key social events at home affecting both women and African Americans. This thesis will explore the extent of the active involvement in Indochina to prevent the spread of communism and the effects of that involvement on major social issues at home …
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Teaching for transformation : engaging a Christian worldview in teacher education courses to address K-12 social issues.
… in teacher education courses in order to address social issues. This researcher operated under the assumption that the Christian worldview underscores the way Christian educators teaching in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools engage their profession. To better understand how the …
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Investigating Kuwaiti television serial dramas of Ramadan : social issues and narrative forms across three transformative production eras
… are designed to address culturally specific social issues and pervade television during Ramadan. This research identifies the development of Kuwaiti television serials and establishes a framework for distinguishing television productions in the Middle East. While researchers have prioritized …
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Virginia Counselors' Engagement with Social Issues Advocacy for Black/African American Clients/Students in Various Workplace Settings
… of how Virginia counselors engage in social issues advocacy, specifically advocacy for Black/African American clients/students. Racial Identity (Helms, 1993) and Multicultural Social Justice Counseling Competencies (Ratts, Singh, Nassar-McMillan, Butler, and McCullough, 2016) are used …
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What are you? Queer?! Data Visualization of Contemporary Queer Political and Social Issues through the medium of Textile Art
… interest in creating a body of work around these issues lead to further research and study of statistical data around queer political issues of the present day. The body of work supported by this paper and presented in the exhibition What are you? QUEER?! were all designed and created using data …
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Why Use Agent-Based Models To Explore Social Issues? The Case Of Intimate Partner Violence and Social Support Systems
Intimate partner violence is a major social problem, and while both men and women can be victims of abuse, the percentage of affected women, especially from low-income, immigrant and African-American communities appears to be higher due to structural inequalities. Women from various socio-cultural …
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Studying literacy as situated social practice : the application and development of a research orientation for purposes of addressing educational and social issues in South African contexts
… a study of the application in South Africa of a social practices approach to the study of literacy. A social practices approach conceptualizes literacy practices as variable practices which link people, linguistic resources, media objects, and strategies for meaning-making in contextualized ways. …
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Human and social aspects of software development for complex organisations: an online ethnography of software developers
This thesis addresses the problem of human and social issues that affect software development. It is situated within the field of Information Systems and focuses on the processes of software production used within complex organisational processes: particularly decision-making, collaboration and …
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Mercury River Blues
… which explores contemporary Appalachian history, social issues, aesthetics, and politics.
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Psychogeographical displacement: Responses to exploitation of urban space in the visual arts
… the interconnectedness among space, people, and social issues. Social issues manifest themselves in urban decay, and the inhabitants react to this phenomenon emotionally and artistically. Some inhabitants demonstrate their relationship with space by responding with material production of housing …
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Underachieving Profoundly Gifted Adolescents
… underachievement. In addition to expectations, social issues, mental health issues, rebellion, and motivation also emerged as contributing to underachievement in profoundly gifted individuals. All five of these contributing factors; expectations, social issues, mental health issues, rebellion, …
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The Effect of the Education Realignment on Party Position Taking in the United States
… united yet further apart from one another on social issues; and to become more internally divided yet closer together on economic issues. This is based on research which finds greater education is associated with more liberal positions on social issues and more conservative positions on …
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The Hapathetic Generation
… known as the Millennials, are the most socially concerned demographic to date; yet they are also the least likely to involve themselves in solutions that address their concerns. One cannot help but wonder how a generation whose social concern is so well documented is also incredibly …
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Beyond Virus
… a global public health emergency but also other social crises, such as anti-Asian racism, the Black Lives Matter movement, etc. The pandemic has created an environment for potential social crises and has exacerbated existing social crises. However, when social and cultural crises explode, art …
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