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Boeing's Behavior in a Liberalized Marketplace: The 787 Dreamliner Project and Impact on Puget Sound Workers
Discourse on the outsourcing of commercial aircraft production has taken place in the fields of economics and labor studies, each with differing observations. Cloud (2011) and Greenberg et al. (2010) argue Boeing's pervasive ... -
Boeing's Behavior in a Liberalized Marketplace: The 787 Dreamliner Project and Impact on Puget Sound Workers
Discourse on the outsourcing of commercial aircraft production has taken place in the fields of economics and labor studies, each with differing observations. Cloud (2011) and Greenberg et al. (2010) argue Boeing's pervasive ... -
Building Sustainable Behavior through Social Marketing: Encouraging Reusable Shopping Bag Use at Stadium Thriftway in Tacoma, WA - A Case Study
(2013-11-14)Strong sustainability represents a paradigm shift that places environmental conservation and social well-being above the economy and hyper-consumption. Building sustainability requires replacing single-use disposables with ... -
Capitalizing on Change: The Influence of Queen Elizabeth I's Marriage Politics on the Lives and Works of Anne Bradstreet and Aphra Behn
The history of women authors has been long understudied. It is only recently that feminists, historians, and literary critics have contributed to the conversation on women writers. My research adds to this conversation by ... -
Critical reflections on and in "the field": The Study of `Religion' and the methodology of true (reflexive) praxis in Puerto Rico
Through a close look at the current debates in the study of religion and a critical analysis of my experiences as a researcher in (neo) colonial Puerto Rico, I illustrate the importance of true reflexive praxis as methodology. ... -
Danza Macabra: The Reevaluation of Antonio Margheriti through His Film Castle of Blood
(2012-09-13)Antonio Margheriti is an Italian film director who has not been the recipient of much academic or critical reassessment. Despite being a director for forty years, single handedly creating Italy's sci-fi genre, and being ... -
David and Goliath: Individualism and Liberty in the Italian Renaissance and the American Revolution
(2013-11-14)Throughout history, specific periods have been catalysts for significant innovations and ideas that have greatly influenced Western Civilization. The rediscovery of the Greco-Roman Classics during the Renaissance contributed ... -
Deliberative Democracy in the Networked Public Sphere: Using Social Media to Talk Politics
Online discussions about politics are commonplace, and could play a large role in the deliberative process that is crucial to the healthy functioning of democracy. Assailed as inferior, dysfunctional, and distracting, these ... -
Digital Activism: How Social Media Prevalence has Impacted Modern Activism
Social media has brought significant changes to all spheres of our social existence, particularly modern activism. While many researchers have analyzed the use of social media in activist movements, there has been little ... -
Double Coded Feminist TV- Overlooked Contradictions within Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(2013-04-17)Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a complex text with multiple levels of coding. I begin by demonstrating that BtVS enjoys favorable reviews from feminist and other scholars. My analysis of BtVS continues by considering a similar ... -
Embodied Cultural Mobility of Religiosity: The Growth of Shiite Culture in Beirut via Rural to Urban Migration
Muslim immigrants’ adaptation to Western values has been a concern by different US governments. Their religious culture and the relationship of their country of origin with the United States have racialized them as a flux ... -
Enclosing the Citizen: The Role of Telos, Areté, and Techniques of Power in Western Social Systems and K-12 Education
This thesis discusses the ways that the evolving notions of the citizen in Western philosophical traditions has been deeply informed by the ancient Hellenic concepts of arete, telos, and logics of categorical thinking. I ... -
Experiences of Lesbian-Parented Children: A Journey of Discovery
(2013-07-25)Conversations around LGBT issues are being held in countries and cities across the globe. Meanwhile important legislation concerning same-sex marriage is being discussed at the state level and argued before the U. S. ... -
Girls, STEM, and Children's Books: A Review of the Literature Concerning Girls' Interest, Motivation and Ability in STEM, Complemented by a Mixed Methods Content Analysis of Award Winning Informational Children's Books
(2013-07-23)This thesis includes an expansive literature review investigating why there is still a lack of women in STEM, concluding that social systems are key factors and also looks at how motivation, interest, and engagement might ... -
Growing a greener Tacoma: The historical roots of Tacoma's urban gardening movement
(2012-09-13)Urban gardens have thrived as part of the social fabric of Tacoma since nearly its founding, and in recent years, have experienced resurgence as committed locals work to improve their neighborhoods.The purpose of this ... -
HIVAIDS Social Stigma and Visual Art
The purpose of this research is to examine the development and progression of HIV/AIDS stigma within a social structure of power and powerlessness from the early 1980s to the 2010s, through a case study of selected visual ... -
Human Rights Enforcement at the International Criminal Court: An Interdisciplinary Proposal for a Multi-level Approach Based on Wendt and Habermas
This paper examines the conditions that must be met in order for the International Criminal Court to develop a more robust structure for human rights enforcement. Drawing upon the proposal of Alexander Wendt and theories ... -
Human Rights Enforcement at the International Criminal Court: An Interdisciplinary Proposal for a Multi-level Approach Based on Wendt and Habermas
This paper examines the conditions that must be met in order for the International Criminal Court to develop a more robust structure for human rights enforcement. Drawing upon the proposal of Alexander Wendt and theories ... -
Immigrant and Refugee Youth Development in Washington’s South Sound: Approaching Local Needs through Holistic Strategies
Positive youth development (PYD) with respect to the immigrant youth population (a rapidly growing segment of the United States population) is paramount to the success of the United States. Unfortunately, the current ... -
Is Cannabis Actually "Legal" In Washington State Following The Passage Of Initiative 502 And, If So, For Whom?
In 2012, Washington state passed Initiative 502 legalizing recreational adult use of cannabis, changing the legal landscape for the citizens of the state that wished to consume cannabis without fear of the legality of ...