Browsing Electronic Dissertations and Theses - Sociology by Title
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Measuring Public Perceptions of Water Governance in Nebraska and Washington
(2013)Complex water governance systems are considered more effective when they build trust among their stakeholders. State-wide surveys of the general public can provide important insights into how trust influences stakeholders' ... -
MEXICAN MIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES: FACTORS INFLUENCING EARNINGS, REMITTANCES, AND RETURNING TO THE MOTHERLAND
(2017)This dissertation includes three journal-length articles with introductory and conclusory chapters. These articles examine the effect U.S. immigration policy periods, particularly the Immigration Reform and Control Act ... -
Mexican Origin Parenting in Sunnyside
(2015)Over the last several decades, Mexican origin immigrants have dispersed across the United States (Massey, Durand and Malone 2002). One community that has experienced particular growth in its Mexican origin population is ... -
PARENTAL SUPPORT OF MILLENNIALS AND THE POST-GRADUATE JOB SEARCH
(2018)Many parents of millennials (born between 1981 and 1998) who have fostered a close and supportive parent-child relationship through intensive parenting practices have watched their children graduate from college and enter ... -
Parental Union Type and Families' Institutional Engagement
(2012)Despite large increases in the number of cohabiting families, much about whether and how cohabitation shapes family processes remains unknown. To further awareness on this issue, this research examined whether cohabiting ... -
Parenting and Working in the Digital Age: A Qualitative Examination of Intensive Parenting and Ideal Worker Norms
(2019)This dissertation presents the results of three qualitative studies that explore the ways in which individuals interact with digital technologies in the realms of family and work. Past literature in sociology demonstrates ... -
Pills, Patches, and Syrups, Oh My: An Exploratory Study of College Men's and Women's Non-Medical Prescription Drug Use
(2013)National surveys on substance use indicate that the prevalence of non-medical prescription drug use is now greater than the prevalence of illicit drugs other than marijuana (National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2008). ... -
Predicting Race-Specific Drug Arrests: The Underexplored Role of Police Agencies
(2015)This study builds on research that explains why differences in drug arrest rates exist across space and by race, and sheds light on how these differences are produced. By identifying police organizational arrangements and ... -
Probability of arrest based on sex: A longitudinal analysis of simple assault, aggravated assault, and robbery from 1996-2010
(2015)It is clear that statistics show vast differences in arrest rates between males and females for criminal behavior, with the most drastic differences found among violent offenses. However, the extent to which sex impacts ... -
Proud of the Cloud: Social Factors that Influence Perceptions of the Hanford Nuclear Complex
(2017)Clean-up at the Hanford Nuclear Complex is incredibly complicated and presents some of the greatest technological challenges of any contaminated site. The relationship between Hanford, the Tri-Cities (where Hanford is ... -
Pushing Households to the Web: Experiments of a 'Web+Mail' Methodology for Conducting General Public Surveys
(2012)Previous research found that a web+mail survey design, in which a web survey request is mailed to an address-based sample of households, followed by a paper questionnaire at a later date, can be effective at obtaining ... -
Recreational Cannabis Legalization in Washington State: Residents’ Opinions and Perceptions of Effects Five Years After Implementation
(2019)Washington became one of the first states to legalize recreational cannabis in 2012. Its residents are now in a unique position to evaluate the lived effects of a monumental shift in the state’s drug law. This project ... -
STRUCTURES AND MEANINGS IN SUBSISTENCE FOOD PRODUCTION: A PLURALISTIC, HORIZONTAL, POST-CAPITALIST SOCIAL MOVEMENT IN THE GLOBAL NORTH
(2018)Set in three distinct geographic field sites – urban, suburban and rural – in and around the larger Chicago metropolitan area, this dissertation explores how environmental sociology can be used to understand populations ... -
THE BOUNDARIES OF WASTE, WANT, AND REUSE: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THRIFT STORE SHOPPING AND DUMPSTER DIVING IN WASHINGTON STATE
(2019)Being a consumer in the contemporary United States is a complicated endeavor. As consumption choices have been linked with issues from declining stocks of natural resources to grievous harm to workers and resource-based ... -
The Growth of the Design Disciplines in the United States, 1984-2010
(2013)Everything we touch, sit on, use and lean against is designed. Design disciplines (e.g. architecture, landscape architecture, city/urban planning, interior design and industrial design) play an extremely significant role ... -
The Impact of Community Colleges on Rural Economies and Populations
(2015)Economic activity in the United States continues to be spatially compressed into urban and suburban agglomeration economies. As a result of this spatial compression, rural economies across the United States are experiencing ... -
THE IMPACT OF SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND COGNITIVE TRANSFORMATION ON DESISTANCE FROM HIGH RISK BEHAVIORS
(2015)According to social control theorists, high-risk adolescents who find stable jobs and spouses may be less likely to engage in future criminal behaviors. Although there are several socio-demographic variables that are likely ...