Department of Sociology: Recent submissions
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'Demand management' and injustice in rural agricultural irrigation in western Colorado: an anatomy of ambivalence
The Colorado River is overdrawn. Decisions made a century ago created an institutional framework allowing overuse while climate change has exacerbated it with increasing temperatures and reduced natural flows. 'Demand ... -
Assessment of previously unresolved homicide cases in Colorado to investigate patterned outcomes leading to resolution, An
The purpose of this research is to consider whether specific characteristics of an unresolved homicide impact whether it is likely to be solved and what the implications of the findings mean for the future. First, a review ... -
Resilience for all/resiliencia para todos: achieving justice for Latinx communities following the 2013 Colorado floods
Environmental justice arose out of people's and communities' needs to address concrete problems of inequitable environmental exposures and contamination. However, resilience scholarship has largely failed to engage with ... -
Determinants of deforestation in Vietnam, 2008 – 2015
New methods including satellite data, geographic information systems (GIS), and remote sensing processing have discovered human expansion over forest areas referred as forest degradation. This study acknowledges these ... -
Why organizations matter: certification experiences of coffee producer groups in Guatemala
Coffee producers are just emerging from a long decade of low prices and oversupply. In response to these problems, many producers organized into groups and sought certifications based on social or environmental standards. ... -
How universities participate in agricultural extension: a comparative study of two Chinese agricultural universities
University-based agriculture extension is a system set up to help local farmers access the newest agricultural technology and techniques developed by universities, which is comparatively different from the traditional ... -
Multicultural education & perceptions of racial inequity among White Americans: a cohort analysis
Growing concern over racial injustice in the United States has warranted an investigation into the perceptions of racial inequality among White Americans. The phasal introduction of multicultural education (ME) in the ... -
Serene tea: understanding contemporary conservative environmentalism in the United States using a mixed methods approach
Climate change will require action that transcends political divides, yet environmental politics in the US appear as polarized as ever. This thesis investigates conservative environmentalism using a mixed methods approach. ... -
Qualitative case study of community corrections case managers' experiences with TGNC clients, A
This thesis seeks to understand how community corrections case managers work with transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) clients within the context of a facility that relies on the gender binary in its physical structure ... -
No como veneno: strengthening local organic markets in the Peruvian Andes
Economic and social development in Peru can partially be achieved through the promotion of local organic Farmers’ Markets. Local markets provide unique spaces in which producers and consumers interact and foster relationships ... -
Citizens, experts and the environmental impact statement: procedural structures and participatory boundaries
This thesis is a qualitative case-study of environmental management and decision-making as practiced by the Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) in accordance with the environmental impact statement (EIS) process. Because ... -
Exploring the cybercrime capacity and capability of local law enforcement agencies in the United States
The relentless pace of technological innovation has changed how people communicate, interact, and conduct business, creating new pathways and opportunities for people to commit crimes or engage in harmful behavior via the ... -
Victimhood and actorhood: constructions of agency in anti-trafficking advocacy
This study seeks to advance understanding of how anti-trafficking organization websites construct victims' agency, and to engage in critical analyses of these constructions. Using content analysis of 264 websites for ... -
Rise of social network based seafood industrial cluster and rural community transformation in Zhoushan Islands of China
This thesis reviews the historical, political, and cultural foundations for establishing seafood industrial clusters at Zhoushan Islands, explaining the organizational level management, operation, and regulatory strategies ... -
Women's support group, A: addressing gaps in community services
Support groups and self-help groups have been studied in the field of psychology to understand the individual effects of these groups but minimally studied in sociology on how support groups create a community and their ... -
One country, two perspectives: social control through news media framing during the 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong
In 2014, Chinese citizens living in mainland China and Hong Kong received different narratives and interpretations of the Umbrella Movement's events based on the administrative regions they lived in and the news sources ... -
Tiny house communities: a model for sustainability
At a time when the human population faces extreme environmental risks from the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, a search for environmentally sustainable solutions is necessary. A recent iteration of the ... -
Green crime, space, and place: an examination of the role of environmental victims in the treadmill of crime
This project uses the concepts of "place" and "space" as defined by the geography field to examine the role of environmental victims in the treadmill of crime theoretical framework. The current roles of environmental victims ... -
Risk society and the fight for kratom use
This research argues that the rise of alternative medicine and health supplements is best understood within the context of the 'risk society'. The dual pressures of deregulation in the health sector of the economy and the ... -
Data associated with "Interpersonal relationships drive successful team science: an exemplary case-based study"
Team science, or collaborations between groups of scientists with varying expertise, is required for researching solutions to complex problems of the 21st century. Despite the essential need for such transdisciplinary ...
