Salt is a ubiquitous substance that has played a significant role in the development of human culture. It is a recognizable universal human need that over time has adapted symbolic and practical significance across cultures ...
McMullen, Bradford(University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)
This thesis examines the ways in which masculinity is constructed and performed by commercial fisherman poets. Focusing on the writings of cisgender male poets, this thesis examines the ways in which competence and credibility ...
Qualtere-Burcher, Paul, 1963-(University of Oregon, 2008-12)
This work argues that the principle of autonomy set forth in the Principalist theory
of biomedical ethics should be replaced by "the just distance"-a concept first suggested
by Paul Ricoeur. Beginning with the prevailing ...
Doppelt, Bob; Watson, Lisa(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 2000)
This report describes how over 160 companies and organizations have adopted practices and programs that generated savings of over $55 million annually while dramatically reducing their environment impacts. It follows the ...
Hooks, Molly M.(University of Oregon School of Law, 2024-05-01)
Pollution from shipping ports disproportionately harms low-income communities and communities of color. With an eye toward environmental justice, the Inflation Reduction Act will help mitigate this disparity. Specifically, ...
Divisiveness routinely turns violent, thus making research into alternative means of dealing with conflict an urgent necessity. This dissertation focuses on the politics of divisiveness and the techniques of conflict ...
American society is constructed atop an inveterately racist foundation. Oppressive institutions - including slavery, Jim Crow laws, and mass incarceration -have instituted the legal subjugation of People of Color, thus ...
Bahadue, Suria M.(University of Oregon School of Law, 2016-05-09)
On January 13, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) made history. The EPA issued its thirteenth veto in nearly half a century to shut down portions of the largest mountaintop removal mining project ever ...
Joshi, Shangrila, 1981-(University of Oregon, 2011-09)
Global climate negotiations have been at a standstill for over a decade now over the issue of distributing the responsibility of mitigating climate change among countries. During the past few years, countries such as India ...