Sociology Department Student Theses 2011-12

This paper discusses the relationship between the type of welfare system, selective or universal, practiced by a state and the public attitudes toward the poor. How publi [...]

No two cities are alike: differences in demographics, such as ethnic populations, socioeconomic class, and population density can have extensive impacts on the city's [...]

Despite extensive scholarship exploring relationships between space, gender, and sexuality, little attention has been given to lesbian/queer subjects in everyday heterose [...]

Unitarian Universalism (UUism), which began in 1961, is a liberal religion built on covenant rather than creed; its members are not required to subscribe to one specific [...]

The social movement to end violence in the home has always been characterized by discursive struggles, both within the movement and in its engagement with wider society. [...]

Rates of domestic violence remain high in America despite many actions being taken against it. Though both men and women can be perpetrators of domestic violence, most of [...]

This thesis explores the relationship between media regulation and social status by conducting comparative study between Australian and American college students. The the [...]

In this thesis, I studied differences in conceptions and practices related to food and gender between males, females, vegetarians, and meat-eaters, with the key focus sur [...]

In this paper, I explore the process of meaning-making around alcohol consumption in two contexts: Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and a college campus. Drawing on ethnogra [...]

My thesis examines the role that think tanks play in the immigration policy debates. Drawing from Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of social space and fields of power, I critic [...]