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Showing 1 to 20 of 139 for “"social inequality"”.
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Essays on Crime and Social Inequality
… studies. Each chapter explores how structural inequality, socioeconomic shocks, or institutional responses shape criminal behavior and disparities across demographic groups. Together, the studies provide new evidence on the persistent interaction of crime and discrimination in historical, …
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Redressing Social Inequality through Transitional Justice
By questioning whether addressing social inequality can be considered a form of transitional justice, this dissertation leads a critical discussion on the assumptions of traditional or narrow understandings of transitional justice, how these obscure the potential for transitional justice to tackle …
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Three Essays on Public Housing and Social Inequality
<p>This dissertation consists of three essays that examine the impact of housing policies and the surrounding neighborhoods on socioeconomically disadvantaged populations living in public housing. In the first chapter, titled "The Spillover Effects of Source of Income Anti-Discrimination Laws on …
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Social inequality, reproductive health and child development : a Chhattisgarh village study
… is determined complexly, having biomedical and social roots, positions from a policy perspective are oftentimes competing – on whether key barriers are primarily economic or essentially cultural. Additionally, an argument explaining the South Asian nutrition ‘enigma’ emphasises the mediating …
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The Role of Social Inequality in the “Feminization” of Borderline Personality Disorder
… no research to date has examined the role of social status in the overdiagnosis of women with BPD. There is merit in examining BPD through a class lens as low SES is a risk factor for BPD, poverty and income inequality disproportionately affect women, and low status is associated with …
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The Ties That Do Not Bind: Social Capital, Minority Female Representation, and Social Inequality in the United States
… is comprised of three studies on how social capital and the representation of members of traditionally under-represented groups affect health inequality in the US. A consequence of racial and ethnic diversity in America has been increased social inequality. Social inequality in health …
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...written by a angry woman or a #Soyboy? So hard to tell sometimes.: Investigating the Reinforcement of Social Inequality Through the Soyboy Discourse
… to online interactions. Component I details how social inequalities are a part of the soyboy discourse and Component II identifies how that discourse shapes and influences human interactions. The final section of this project outlines how the soyboy discourse reifies existing inequalities through …
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Subsistence Change and Emergent Social Inequality in an Early Complex Hunter-Gatherer Winter Village: A Zooarchaeological Assessment of the Bridge River Site (EeRl4), Middle Fraser B.C.
… Anthropology Subsistence Change and Emergent Social Inequality in an Early Complex Hunter-Gatherer Winter Village: A Zooarchaeological Assessment of the Bridge River Site (EeRl4), Middle Fraser B.C. Chairperson: Dr. Anna Marie Prentiss Analyses of faunal material from the 2008 excavations at …
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Subsistence Change and Emergent Social Inequality in an Early Complex Hunter-Gatherer Winter Village: A Zooarchaeological Assessment of the Bridge River Site (EeRl4), Middle Fraser B.C.
… Anthropology Subsistence Change and Emergent Social Inequality in an Early Complex Hunter-Gatherer Winter Village: A Zooarchaeological Assessment of the Bridge River Site (EeRl4), Middle Fraser B.C. Chairperson: Dr. Anna Marie Prentiss Analyses of faunal material from the 2008 excavations at …
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Socialinės nelygybės profiliai Rytų ir Vidurio Europos valstybėse /
Social inequality is a phenomenon which exists in every society. The analysis of social inequality is often based on different theories of stratification, emphasizing different aspect of social inequality. However, researches of social inequality are related not only to measurement of the actual …
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Organizations, Occupations, and Inequality
… the organizational and occupational dynamics of social inequality. It explores how organizations and occupations contribute to and can help address patterns of social inequality. Each paper investigates a different aspect of social inequality within the workplace – from the micro-dynamics of …
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Growth and poverty in the urban fringe : decentralization, dispersion, and inequality in greater Buenos Aires
… below the poverty line. This thesis explores why social inequality within municipal boundaries increased after the municipalities acquired autonomous planning powers. It counts with three sections: Section I investigates how the decentralized planning practices of the municipalities of Greater …
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'Social exclusion' and resistance: a study of gypsies and the non-governmental sector in Bulgaria 1989-1997
This thesis uses theories of social exclusion and resistance to investigate the survival strategies of Bulgarian Gypsies and their involvement within the non-gover=ental organisation (NGO) sector. It addresses the relevance of these theories to our understanding of social inequality in the light of …
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Towards a transdisciplinary model for social change: feminist art research, practice and activism
… tradition have critically addressed social inequality in the arts. However, even research, practice and activism that challenge dominant norms can serve an economic system that thrives on perpetuating inequality. The production of ‘art’ does not escape, and often contributes to, …
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"Examining the Effect of Academic ""Mismatch"" and Campus Racial Composition on College Students' Early Attrition"
… of considering race in admission to reduce social inequality and to ensure other benefits that require a diverse student body in higher education institutions.
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Seeing Biomedically: the Routine Grounds of Translation in Patient Oriented Research
… dissertation, I show how two doctors perpetuate social divisions and reproduce biomedicine as an institution of social control when taking a patient oriented approach to translational research. The two doctors collected data directly from patients and privileged patients’ personal experience of …
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Avoiding Tough Policy Choices in an Influenza Pandemic: The Role of Kettl's Rocket Science Model in Public Health
<p>The security and social inequality approaches to public health present distinct answers to policy objectives relative to a pandemic. However, each approach leaves us with tough choices between the most valued objectives. I demonstrate how the networked approach, which Kettl's Rocket Science …
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YOUNG PEOPLE AND HOUSING IN EUROPE: DIMENSIONS AND DYNAMICS OF INEQUALITY
Housing plays a central role in the allocation of social resources and it is a key component of overall social stratification. Since the last decades of the 20th century, the increasing commodification, deregulation and financialisation of housing in Europe has had significant consequences. These …
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Corporate social responsibility: the analysis of the social and ethics committee in terms of the Companies Act 71 of 2008
… important it is for businesses to use corporate social responsibility (hereinafter referred to as ‘CSR') programmes to give back to the community in South Africa. The stressed relationship that companies have with society and the environment in today's interconnected world highlights urgent …
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What are the effects of Globalization on Economic Growth and Inequality?: An empirical global study
… two important indicators, economic growth and inequality. Although the general agreed consensus suggests that globalization activities are beneficial to those that engage, it is often weighted against its negative impacts upon inequality between and in-within countries. Despite this, this …
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