Theses - Sociology
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The Cost of Leaving: A Cultural Sociology of Exiled Syrian Intellectuals
This dissertation examines exiled Syrian intellectuals’ interaction with the 2011 revolutionary movement and the social phenomena they have been forming during that process. Following a two-tiered research question, it ... -
Motherwit through the Lives of Alberta King, Berdis Baldwin, and Louise Little
This project explores the lives of Alberta King, Louise Little, and Berdis Baldwin, the mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin respectively. Through an in-depth exploration of their lives I seek ... -
Making American television series: A study of experts in the production process
This thesis addresses the question of why and how makers of contemporary American television series obtain knowledge about social and political issues from people who have expert knowledge about these issues. I divide this ... -
Gatekeepers for global wealth: Transnational legal orders of the Cayman Islands offshore financial centre
This thesis takes a transnational legal orders and ethnographic approach to the study of Cayman Islands professionals to understand how an offshore financial centre operates from the perspective of professionals who work ...
