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1 Richardson, John R.Religious Liberty, Equal Protection, and the Utah CompromiseThe conflict between religious freedom and civil rights for LGBT Americans is often seen as a zero-sum game. Legal battles over wedding cakes and floral arrangements have garnered national attention and result in a court-sanctioned winner and loser. States and local governments across the country ha...2018
2 Meza, FranciscoEmpowering inclusivity: assessing the necessity and impact of language access plans in local governmentsThis study investigates the critical role of language access plans in local governments to ensure equitable access to public services and foster civic participation among linguistically diverse communities. The research aims to shed light on the responsibilities of local government and the broader i...2024
3 Edgette, AshleyIndividual, collective, and neighborhood political capital : relationships of change, power, and love in Salt Lake CityIn this study, I examine how three Latina community leaders from the Riverbrook neighborhood of Salt Lake City enact their political capital. My three measures of political capital are perceptions of individual power, community relationships, and influence in the larger school-community setting. Mot...Community leadership - Utah - Salt Lake City; Hispanic American mothers - Utah - Salt Lake City2013-08
4 Sablan, Mariana SerenaPacific islanders: students left behind or forgottenThe term "Pacific Islander" encompasses a very broad, very diverse and very small population. The unique size and composition of the Pacific Islander (PI) community in the United States leads to two major consequences for Pacific Island students: they are often not catered to in educational environm...
5 Morgan, ConnorSecuritizing Climate Change Examining the Impact of the National Security Frame on Utah Political ElitesThe partisan divide over climate change in the United States has led to long-term inaction in creating policies aimed at mitigating and adapting to the changing climate. This study explores one option for bridging the gap: reframing the discussion of climate change to better appeal to those who do n...2019
6 Sadler, AlexandriaOrganizational structure and framing process in the Chilean University student movementThe 2011-2015 Chilean university student movement for free, public and quality education has brought education to the forefront of Chilean politics. In 2015 students continue to mobilize through student federations at each university, even as the government beings to implement free higher education....Student movements - Chile2015-05
7 Jochim, JordanForging a truce, forcing an encounter: James Baldwin and the paradox of injuryIn States of Injury, Wendy Brown argues that emancipatory projects premised upon the "injured identity" of oppressed groups work inadvertently to solidify hierarchical social structures and generates forms of resentment that are ultimately self-defeating. As such, she urges the abandonment of injure...Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 - Criticism and interpretation; Political science - Philosophy; Power (Social science)2014-05
8 Pozernick, AudreyThe house, the ghost, and the grave presentations of the racial hybrid and mixed raced phenomenologies in literature and in creative writingCreative writing communicates social experiences, worlds, and histories from one source to another. As stories are interconnected with the storyteller, the fictions often told are intertwined with identity politics and are more deeply understood through the socio-political context in which the autho...2024
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