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The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations (NGO's) and Their Relationship With Recipient Governments
(2008-03-06)The number of Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) and their importance has increased dramatically over the last few decades. Along with the increase in NGO presence and notoriety, aid channels have shifted, sending ... -
The Role of the Traditional Birth Attendant in Rural Jamaica
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1996)According to the World Health Organization, a Traditional Birth Attendant is an individual"who assists the mother at childbirth and who initially acquired her skills in delivering babies by herself or by working with other ... -
Romania: Before, After and Beyond
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1995)This paper is the result of my interest in the issues related to children in the institutions of Romania. My interest began when my brother, Michael Castlen, took a job with Holt International Children's Service, Inc. ... -
Rural Adolescent Disadvantage: An Ecological Systems Perspective
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2008)Life in a small rural community can be difficult for all of its residents, but particularly rural youth. Much research in the last few decades has been devoted to the troubles of urban youth and the specific disadvantages ... -
Rural Adolescent Disadvantage: An Ecological Systems Perspective
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009-04-29)Life in a small rural community can be difficult for all of its residents, but particularly rural youth. Much research in the last few decades has been devoted to the troubles of urban youth and the specific disadvantages ... -
Russia's Care for the Urban Elderly
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The Salem Hysteria: Dispelling the Myths
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1987)When I originally began my SlP, it was with great enthusiasm and a sense of adventure. Now, nine months and several unfortunate circumstances later, I have mixed emotions, perhaps the strongest of which is anxiety. I ... -
The Samish Situation in Norwegian Society
(1967)If you are not a current K College student, faculty, or staff member, email dspace@kzoo.edu to request access to this SIP. -
Saul Alinsky's Power Play in Rochester, New York: Its Character and Future
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1966)The original purpose o£ this paper was to encompass the activity of F.I.G.H.T. and adjudge it harmful or helpful, foolish or wise, and good or bad. After only the slightest entry into the research, it became certain ... -
Save The Children In War Zones: A Scope On The U.S. Inner City Youth Gangs and Liberian Child Soldiers.
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1996)Twentieth century children living and growing up in U.S. poor inner-cities or war zones around the world share the same dynamics of injury and danger. ln the U.S. inner-cities, one still continues to witness the development ... -
Schooling Your Body: The Role and Ability of Public Schools in Promoting Student Wellness
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2006)This study examines the role of schools in promoting student health and the ways in which the government's Child Nutrition and WIC Act of2004 will affect that role. It looks specifically at Fitzgerald Public School ... -
Screaming Xicago : How Identity Built the Lower West Side
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2018)This report utilizes the majority Mexican Chicago Neighborhoods of Pilsen and Little Village alongside the majority suburb of Cicero to examine the relationship between space and power. Specifically, the communities within ... -
Screaming Xicago: How Identity Built the Lower West Side
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2018)This report utilizes the majority Mexican Chicago Neighborhoods of Pilsen and Little Village alongside the majority suburb of Cicero to examine the relationship between space and power. Specifically, the communities within ... -
The Search for Shelter: Homelessness in the United States
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1998)The structure of this Senior Individualized Project reflects my goals in writing it after having answered many of my personal questions. First, it is an opportunity to consolidate, for myself, what I have learned so that ... -
The Secret Ingredient: Sexuality in Kitchen Culture and Traditional Gender Roles
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009)Recipes can be reproduced, altered, modified, and perfected. Some even have secret ingredients that make them particularly special and unique. Those secret ingredients are at times not shared, nor passed on, or not even ... -
The Secret Ingredient: Homosexuality in traditional kitchen culture
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)The way we learn the recipe to gender roles is embedded in the labor that we see being performed in the kitchen. Over time, gender roles in the kitchen have transformed into recipes found in cookbooks on how to be a domestic ... -
The Seeds of Change: How the 9 to 5 Women's Labor Movement Rooted a Labor Revolution
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2010)The progression of women's rights in the workplace are inextricably linked to the formation of the first women's labor union and the growth of unions in the United States. While research in the labor studies and women's ... -
Self- and Other- Agreement of Personality in Recently Married Couples: A Longitudinal Examination of Intimate Relationships
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2001)In this proposed longitudinal study, self-other personality and satisfaction ratings are used to measure distortion in personality judgment in intimate relationships. Higher ratings on positive attributes by the spouse ... -
A Series of Unfortunate Essays : A Critique of Women and Gender Studies and Its Effects on the Transgender Narrative
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2016)In the following collection of essays, the author uses the transgender and non conforming narrative in order to critique the mainstream concepts and ideas found within the Women and Gender Studies discipline. The author ... -
Sexual Assault Prevention and Detection Trainings In United States’ Summer Camps
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2020-01-01)One of my main methods of research was interviewing counselors and directors from summer camps throughout the United States. I was able to interview four camp directors and five camp counselors. The main focus of the ...