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COMPETING RATIONALITIES: CAPITAL, POWER, GENTRIFICATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
Title
COMPETING RATIONALITIES: CAPITAL, POWER, GENTRIFICATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
Author
Howarth, Thomas
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Geography
Description
This dissertation sought to understand uses of power embedded in gentrification processes that threaten affordable housing. Rather than an abstract force acting on its own volition, gentrification is driven by dominant powerholders who employ stra...
DECISION SUPPORT FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RECOVERY
Title
DECISION SUPPORT FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RECOVERY
Author
Pala, Okan
Date Created
2014
Subjects--Topical
Geodesy, Information science
Description
Protecting critical infrastructure systems, such as electrical power grids, has become a primary concern for many governments and organizations across a variety of stakeholder perspectives. Critical infrastructures involve multi dimensional, highl...
Getting Schooled on Resistance: Dominant and Counter Narratives of Writing and the Circulation of Power in Urban School Reform
Title
Getting Schooled on Resistance: Dominant and Counter Narratives of Writing and the Circulation of Power in Urban School Reform
Author
Urbanski, Cynthia
Date Created
2012
Subjects--Topical
Education
Description
Michel Foucault argues that power is everywhere, all of the time. He describes it as concrete, "capillary," acting in, on and through the actual body. All "knowledge" and "truth" is an effect of that power which is why power and knowledge are inte...
Skin Effect in Large Bi-Media Power Conductors
Title
Skin Effect in Large Bi-Media Power Conductors
Author
Liu, Cory
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Electrical engineering
Description
This dissertation work presents the development of a novel closed-form mathematical solution for calculating AC resistance in conductors of two different media using current density. Current density is non-uniform under AC current, and is directly...
Social Class in The Organizational Sciences: A Meta-Analysis
Title
Social Class in The Organizational Sciences: A Meta-Analysis
Author
Loignon, Andrew
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
Sociology, Psychology, Industrial management
Description
Social class has become increasingly popular in the organizational sciences. Recent studies have found that one’s social class influences phenomena ranging from decision-making, to pro-social behavior, and interpersonal interactions. Despite the b...