Browsing by Author "Knottnerus, John David"
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Challenges of Women Volunteers and Activists in Women's Ngos in India: a Feminist Standpoint Analysis
Mitra, Aditi (Oklahoma State University, 2005-07-01)This dissertation is situated in the context of post-colonial understanding of feminism and the spread of the women's movement as a global phenomenon. It analyzes how urban middle and upper class women working in ... -
Ethnic Organizations and Ritual Dynamics: Exploration of an Asian Indian Community
Dasari, Adam Stephen (Oklahoma State University, 2008-07-01)This dissertation explores the ethnic identity among the Asian Indian Community in the city of Springfield, a large metropolitan area in south central United States. This research tries to understand the ritual dynamics ... -
Missing Links: an Examination of Collective Identity and Ritual in the American Militia Movement
Petrin, Daniel Thomas (Oklahoma State University, 2011-07-01)Qualitative Analysis of Militia Forum Members' internet postings over the course of one month in a search for empirical evidence support a new theory of collective identity construction, rituals, and behavior. The theory ... -
Proud Voices : an Analysis of First Nation Oppostiion to the Northern Gateway Pipeline Project
Johnson, Kevin (Oklahoma State University, 2013-05-01)This thesis examines dynamics between indigenous populations and modern industrial development by examining sociocultural impacts that development of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project (ENGP) poses to First Nations. The ... -
Ritualization of Communication Developments: Institutions and McDonaldized Communication of Everyday Life
Schmidt, Timothy William (Oklahoma State University, 2011-12-01)Communication developments obviously impact individuals and society as they allow increased communication and information sharing over a distance. Today many individuals carry cell phones on their person at almost all ... -
Twisters in Two Cities: Structural Ritualization Theory and Disasters
Johnson, Kevin M. (2019-05-01)The sociological study of disaster has increased in methodological and conceptual complexity since its inception, but despite this progress there persists a need for further theoretical development in order to advance ...