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Caging the Underclass : America and Mass Imprisonment

Morton, Brittany (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2013)

The prison population in the United States has skyrocketed at a rate no comparable nation can match. In light of this unprecedented growth, this project explores how a host of factors have contributed to immense disparities ...

Caging the Underclass: America and Mass Imprisonment

Morton, Brittany (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)

The prison population in the United States has grown at a high rate since the 1960s, with immense disparities occurring along lines of race and class. This is due to practices like race and class based profiling, policies ...

CAM Academy: A Philosophy in Action

Dean, Susan Elizabeth (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1968)

The original purpose of this study was to evaluate the academic success of CAM Academy and determine as far as possible the relative contributions of the factors responsible for whatever degree of success was found. ...

The Canadian Urban Indian in Southwestern Ontario

Allan, Barbara L. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1966)

There has been a recent surge of enthusiasm for and interest in the Canadian Indian in the last five years. Dr. Charles M. Johnston, Professor History at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, accounts this to the ...

The Cannabis Action Network: A Structural Analysis of a Grassroots Organization

Henrickson, Heidi Allene (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1992)

This is a study of the Cannabis Action Network (CAN hereafter), one of the many organizations and one of the most active in the Marijuana Movement CAN is a unique organization based purely on volunteers, or full-time and ...

Capital, Society and Dehumanization

Chambers, Savanna (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2014)

Although there are many ways to view the oppression of those with less capital, this project is going to focus on the lens of different forms of capital and how they influence the perceptions and treatment of those who do ...

Capitalist Corporate Surveillance in a Postindustrial State : Privacy Concerns, Social Categorization, and Power Imbalances

Scott, Mae (Scott U., Patricia M.) (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2022-09-01)

Mass data collection through smartphones and smart devices for corporate profit, or capitalist surveillance, is a relatively new concept to scholars. In the digital age, our societies rely on technology more than ever ...

A Case Study of one Youth Development Organization: How Camp Fire Boys and Girls is meeting its goals and objectives within the context of the summer youth program

Lawton, Jodie Suh-Ann (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1998)

Today' s youth have a plethora of choices to make ranging from the simple (Do I want to eat breakfast today?) to the more difficult (Who will I make friends with? Will I try drugs/alcohol?). It is the more difficult ...

A Case Study of the Characteristics that Shape Learning Disabled Policy in Higher Learning Institutions

Arends, Albert M. (Mike) (1995)

Upon researching the subjects of policy implementation and college policy and the college hierarchy, I began to notice a great lack of information. Almost nowhere was there information readily available on the subject ...

Cash Rules Everything Around Me : Conceptualizing Universal Basic Income Within Capitalism and Across Political Ideology

Edery, Adam (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2018)

One of the most prominent ideas currently being tossed around in the public policy arena is that of a Universal Basic Income (UBI). Defined as "an income paid by a political community to its members on an individual basis, ...

The Cause and Effects of Infant Mortality in Kalamazoo, Michigan: A Focus on Socioeconomic, Sociological, and Psychological Causes and Effects on Infant Mortality

Prude, Eeka Wendella (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1999)

In the summer of 1996, I was blessed with the opportunity to work with a very prestigious Obstetrician Gynecologist at Borgess Hospital, named Dr. Arthur R. James. Supporting my eagerness to fulfill my requirements at ...

Cerebral Palsy: A Case Study at The Van Buren ISD

Decker, Hillary (2006)

During the summer of 2005, from June-August, I worked with Frank Lima, a physical therapist, at the Bert Goen’s Learning Center. The school is designed to serve “children with severe cognitive and physical impairments. ...

The Challenge of Change in American Social Welfare

Jenkins, Cathy (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1968)

If the reader of this thesis accepts its contents at only face value, he is failing to recognize its main point. There is no ready and immediate solution to the social welfare problems o£ today. Because it has taken ...

Change and Strain within the French Far Right: The Political Careers of the Union de Defense des Commercants et Artisans and the Front national

Haedicke, Michael Anthony (1998)

This essay will compare two social movements which adhere to the extreme-right tradition in French politics: the Union de Defense des Commercants et Artisans (U.D.C.A.) and the Front national (F.N.). In the first section, ...

The Changing Faces of Chiang Mai: Hybrid Vernacular Architecture and Identity Reclamation in the Urban Environment

An, Jasmine (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2014)

In the 21st century, the urban centers of the world are growing rapidly. This changing social and geographical landscape leads to both a need for more livable housing in urban environments for workers migrating from rural ...

Changing Perceptions of a Stable Condition: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in contemporary United States society

Rone, Jennifer M. (Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2004-12-07)

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been growtng tn popularity, both in terms of its prevalence and in terms of how well it is known by the general public. Likewise, the amount of literature on the disorder, ...