This book explores how a network of human rights activists emerged in the aftermath of the 1975 Helsinki Final Act and over time fundamentally reshaped East-West diplomacy.
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The world today witnesses increasing recognition and a more positive reception towards disability. Despite this recognition, persons with disabilities continue to share experiences of stigma and discrimination. Based on this observation, I raise the following questions: 1) To wh…
Evangelists are communicators of good news who encourage the adoption of branded innovations by building a network of relationships through outreach and community engagement. Previous evangelism initiatives by companies like Apple and Microsoft have emphasized the importance of …
During the 1950s, animal welfare advocates launched a campaign for the passage of a law to require the use of improved slaughtering methods in packinghouses across America. The campaign ignited a widespread debate between animal welfare advocates, religious communities, and the …
This dissertation integrates the history of Arab, Muslim, Sikh, and South Asian American civil rights advocacy organizations since 1980 into extant sociological knowledge about civil rights advocacy. Beginning with an introduction that reviews sociological thinking on race and r…
The purpose of this study was to expand the research concerning Illinois School Superintendents’ perceptions of the importance of understanding, responding to and influencing the political context of schools in Illinois. The overarching research question for this study asked: Wh…
The dissertation analyzes the intersections between the discourse of adolescence and the discourse of Empire. The adolescent is a major, if not the central, figure in the rhetoric of Empire, specifically as a site of adult anxiety and imperial contestation. Chapter 1 revisits Ho…
How and when do non-state actors matter? To date, the growing political salience of non-state actors has been acknowledged but not assessed. In this dissertation, I argue that non-state actors can impact international processes to the extent that they are able to leverage other …
Advocacy is an essential component of the professional role of the registered nurse and may be an even more critical component of the nursing role in a military operation where soldiers are separated from family. While the nursing literature suggests that advocating for patients…
Feminist theory has demonstrated how boundaries of the political - for example, what is public or private - are themselves political, constructs of power relations in societies. Correspondingly, political theories about sexuality show how it is a political category because sexua…
Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) have increasingly been recognized as influential players in world politics and international development. Despite limited financial resources and having to rely on volunteers who often lack formal training, NGOs’ advocacy work has often been…
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem) are cultural achievements that reflect our humanity, power our economy, and constitute fundamental aspects of our lives as citizens, consumers, parents, and members of the workforce. Providing all students with access to q…
This book presents a collection of ways for individuals and groups to combat specific environmental problems. It is divided into four sections. The first section provides a brief overview of environmental issues including the greenhouse effect, air pollution, ozone depletion, ac…
In this research, I examine the history of child rights using critical discourse analysis as a research methodology and theoretical approach to read, understand, analyze, critique, and contextualize three international child rights texts - the Declaration of Geneva (1924), the D…
En las últimas dos décadas, las comunidades andinas en el Perú han vivido cambios significativos. El crecimiento de la población humana, una mayor movilidad y disponibilidad de telecomunicaciones, así como también un mejor acceso a la educación, mayores recursos económicos, la i…
This study addresses the lack of voices of members of historically marginalized or disenfranchised communities, in shaping dominant cultural narratives by outsiders. Such dominant cultural narratives are often used to justify exclusion of these communities from engagement in dec…
Rhetorical studies are deeply concerned with the way that human beings use language and symbols to interact and persuade others to follow a particular point of view, or plan of action. In the male dominant culture of 15th century France, Christine de Pizan recognized the limitat…
This thesis examines the role of advocacy and social justice in the music of three living American women composers, and the ways their efforts as mentors, patrons, academics, and educators interact with their work as composers. Case studies include Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972),…
This thesis investigates environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) operating in the non-Western setting of the Republic of South Korea by presenting a literature review of the history of Korean NGOs and the environmental movement in Korea, and analyzing data gathered w…