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Delaware identity in a Cherokee nation: An ethnography of power.
(2003)
The unequal relationship explored here can also provide a perspective for the anthropological study of power and why it appears that people participate in their own domination. Michel Foucault understands power to exist ...
State ownership and investor protection: Dynamic model of the cost of capital; empirical investigation of a worldwide panel of firms.
(2003)
The empirical part of this work uses a worldwide panel dataset to document the effect of state and insider ownership on the firm's cost of capital. Using panel data allows me to resolve some of the econometric problems ...
From orality to literacy: The intellectual traditions of black South African women.
(2003)
Black women in South Africa have a long history of intellectualism as evidenced by their expertise as oral performers, rehearsing and revitalizing vibrant storytelling traditions that have been inherited by matrilineal ...
Anomie, institutions, and crime: The role of social institutions in the relationship between socioeconomic change and crime in Russia.
(2003)
This dissertation examines social change, social institutions, and crime in Post-Soviet Russia. Russia has experienced rapid social and economic change following the collapse of the Soviet Union, creating anomic conditions ...
Biosystematics of North American species of Nuttallanthus (Lamiales).
(2003)
The native North American toadflaxes comprise a morphologically-variable complex of herbaceous plants that have been collectively recognized as a section of Linaria (Linaria section Leptoplectron ) or a distinct genus ...
Automated classification of rainfall systems using statistical characterization.
(2003)
A general, completely automated procedure for classifying rainfall systems is developed. The technique is flexible and universally applicable, in that any rainfall system can be classified regardless of size, location, ...
The emergence and development of mallet ensemble literature in the United States: 1894--2001, with analyses of selected works.
(2003)
The study's objective was to supplement the available information regarding the development of mallet ensemble literature in the United States. Methods employed relied on historical inquiry through both quantitative and ...
An investigation into the effects of birth order, sex, and personality on the likelihood of engaging in unethical behavior.
(2003)
Recently revived interest in the role of birth order in the development of personality has resulted in research investigating the relationship between birth order and the five-factor model (FFM) of personality. One ...
Learning strategies, cognitive strategies, and process variables used by high school students in social studies classes.
(2003)
This grounded theory study sought to understand how tenth grade public school students in average and advanced classes used strategies for learning material in their high school social studies classes. This study sought ...
Educator concerns about computer technology implementation in a southwestern Oklahoma school district.
(2003)
To investigate the research questions for the study, both analysis of existing district data and a quantitative method to isolate educator concerns, the Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SoCQ), were used. This study looked ...