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Showing 1 to 20 of 211 for “"social changes"”.
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Blogonomics : business and social changes from the blog
… the blogonomics - the business, as well as social, changes blogs have brought to us. It applies system thinking to analyze blogs, from blog elements (forms) to blog systems, and then to major components in the blog ecosystem. This paper focuses on the returns on blogs (ROB), mainly the …
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A study of education and social changes in Afghanistan
… served as cultural tools for maintaining social control by the ruling authorities and to what extent educational institutions served as elements of change and development.The study was based on the theory that, in the presence of social inequality, formal education and other …
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China Twenty Years After: Substance Use Under Rapid Social Changes
… discusses how China’s rapid modernization and social transformation over the last twenty years since a series of reforms at the end of 1980s contribute to the changes in substance use behaviors. Specifically, there are three individual empirical chapters in this dissertation, each exploring one …
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Gender, migration decision-making and social changes in Roi-et Province, Northeastern Thailand
… the process of migration decision-making and social change through the combination of household relations and gender relations. The rationale underpinning this objective was that such changes have brought about considerable adjustments to livelihood strategies when faced with some social and …
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Middle School Transition: faculty and parent perceptions of the academic, procedural, and social changes that occur between elementary and middle school
… both the interviews and questionnaire processes. Social competence, academic competence, procedural challenges, maturational readiness and program planning were dominant themes in this study. The study examined the academic, procedural and social changes that occur in middle school from the …
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Economic and social changes in the 1980's : a study of the effects of redundancy on a group of South Yorkshire steelworkers and their families.
… in sociology. Section II examines economic and social change in contemporary Britain, paying particular attention to the recent histories of B. S. C. and South Yorkshire.</p> <p>Section III analyses the various effects of redundancy and unemployment on the nation, the local area, the family and …
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Designing for cultural migration : methods for designers confronted with social change.
The effect of the cultural and social changes that accompany consumers' relationship with goods presents designers with a challenge. Although current design-related research often centres on the non-physical aspects of products, such as aesthetics, emotions and pleasurability, these factors may …
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Factors of seeking professional help by the bereaved by suicide /
… physical, cognitive, emotional reactions and social changes. As a result, the bereaved might be in need of support from their social network and help from professionals. As we know very little about the peculiarities of help-seeking behaviors of people bereaved by suicide, this study was aimed …
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Pathways to underage prostitution among female youth in South Korea
"The recent rapid social changes in South Korea have created a context that produced large increases in the number of girls involved in prostitution. By using in-depth interviews with 25 girls in South Korea, this study provides a narrative and life history analysis of girls' pathways into underage …
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On the Verge of Change: Eudora Welty's <em>Delta Wedding</em>
… the novel, and the women must adapt to the new social changes that are encroaching upon the plantation. The chapters explore each individual reaction of female characters in the novel. The female characters in <em>Delta Wedding</em> represent varying wars of reacting to shifting social norms …
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The Bounty of the Suburbs. Home Food Production and Preservation in Adelaide Suburban Yards 1945–1995
… that occurred in home production due to broader social changes but identifies a vibrant and dedicated continuation of such production at a previously untapped micro level. The continued demand for information ranging from broad, media driven sources to the intergenerational exchange of gardening …
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German Literary Travelogues Around the Turn of the Century, 1890-1914
… The discussion focuses on the rapid cultural and social changes of the period in order to determine which might or might not have been favorable to the development of the genre in general.
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"Teaching ""Europe"" in Turkey: An Analysis of Secondary History Textbooks, 1956--2005"
… ""nation"" is affected by politics, cultural, social changes, economic circumstances and the nation's relationships to the world at large. This thesis explores these changes in the portrayal of ""Europe"" in history textbooks of 1956-58, 1975-78, 1996 and 2005 as a way of demonstrating the …
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Reinforcing social infrastructure : the role of physical interventions in revitalizing Hyde Square in Jamaica Plain
… neighborhood turnaround that linked physical to social changes. In the past, planners, architects, and government have tried to transform distressed urban neighborhoods unsuccessfully through either social or physical agendas. Hyde Square is an important case study in that it shows a successful …
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Nutrition and social scale: the impact of social differentiation on dietary intake
… is that a group of households having higher social characteristics, in terms of the level of household income, occupation and education, is associated positively, and in terms of household size, is associated negatively, with adequate food intake. To determine the existence of such …
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Desire vs. Feasibility: EdTech in the Texas Public School System
… technology-based curriculum, and observation of social changes in education. Throughout this research, it has been identified that the growth of societal dependence on technology does not parallel with the growth of technological public school curriculum in the state of Texas. This study embodies …
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Cuba's tourist industry: Parallel economies and social stratification
… has played an important role in unintended social changes in socialist countries. These social and cultural changes affect not only the economic, political and cultural genre of the government, but also of its citizens; This thesis asks the question, "Has the re-introduction of international …
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Cultural change and urban design: Women's privacy in traditional and modern Damascus
… are undergoing major economic, political, and social changes; the women's domain has shifted from private (home) to public (school and work). These cultural changes and the sharp differences in the two environments (the inwardly traditional as opposed to the outwardly modern) raised important …
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Da pesca e outras artes: memórias de Antônio de Gastão
… starting-point seems tobe the tensions caused by social changes that disconnect and connect again his social context.
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