Women's stories of the immigration journey illustrate the high stakes of getting to the US in the first place. These show how national and transnational policies and consequential experiences of risk and vulnerability are ...

This dissertation examines the evolution and role of land as a fiscal asset in China since the onset of reforms in 1978. Research presented in this dissertation specifically examines: 1) the role of land markets and land ...

The global connections of climate change produce profoundly uneven geographies across social and physical space at many scales. In general, however, those who have benefited most from climate-changing fossil-fueled ...

Universities around the world are increasingly looking to international students to make up for dwindling state support. The past four decades have seen increased numbers of Chinese students seeking education abroad. ...

Due to wide-ranging demographic shifts over the last forty years, the United States has experienced increasing ethnic and racial diversity at the national level. This diversity, however, has not been expressed evenly across ...

The recent development experience of modern economies demonstrates the increasing role and impacts of financial activities on regional and national economic systems, effects which remain largely overlooked by current theory ...

In many sub-Saharan African countries, HIV seropositive women intentionally shun life-saving medical technologies like antiretroviral drugs or only engage inconsistently with treatment regimens. These self-destructive ...

This thesis comprises two components. The first is an analysis of the relationship between hospital "retail" price lists as described in charge master lists, normalized to Medicare payments, and socio-economic and demographic ...

While it is typically considered a universal public good in contemporary liberal states, public space is a scarce and hotly contested resource. This study explores Seattle, Washington's experiences attempting to politically ...