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The "Projective" Unconscious: Charles Olson and Carl Jung
Charles Olson ( 1910-1970), writing the bulk of his most influential works in the late forties through mid sixties, is an American poet who gained fame as a teacher in the Black Mountain College, a successor of Ezra Pound, ... -
The Proletarian Novel in America, 1900-1940
In this thesis I have tried to give what I think is an accurate picture of the proletarian novel. I have tried to trace the origins, motives and developments of this form in the years from 1900 to 1940. It has been necessary ... -
The Prosperity Gospel and the Plight of the Poor: Considering increased financial accountability for tax exempt churches
This paper seeks to examine the tax exempt status of churches, their lack of accountability, and the potential for abuse that exists as a consequence. It seeks to answer whether, on the basis of the public policy goals ... -
Protecting Essential Human Capabilities of Elders in Institutional Care
The world has moved past the traditional definition of health, while institutional care in America has not. The Word Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a state of complete well-being, and not just the absence of ... -
Protecting Women on the Rolls: Emphasizing Consistency and Empowerment in TANF’s Family Violence Option
Domestic violence is an experience that threatens the health and well-being of all victims, but perhaps none more so than women who depend on government aid. Studies suggest that a culture of empowerment lessens instances ... -
Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, and the Third Reich, 1933-1939
There have been many who have claimed that the paganism of the Third Reich was the final blow at the ineffeotive Protestant Church in Germany, but such a view is narrow and negleots one very important aspect of the problem ... -
Protestants and the Poor: How Religiosity Affects Support for Social Welfare Policy
This article first examines the question: Does degree of religiosity affect support for social welfare policy among Protestants and Catholics, and does this effect change over time? I first review various theoretical ... -
Prussian Liberalism in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Conservatism in Prussia was r etained and liberalism defeated. What caused this defeat? What were the weaknesses of liberalism which doomed it in Bismarck's empire? To me the most important factor was that the dichotomy ... -
PRWORA 115: The Devastating Impact of a Little-Known Provision
Six years ago, Congress enacted the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 and dismantled a sixty-year old social welfare program. Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) was replaced with Temporary ... -
PRWORA and Social Work: Changes in the Social Worker/Client Relationship
The 1996 welfare reform law, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), alters the nature of welfare and in turn, the nature of service provision. The general attitude of service provision ... -
Public Involvement and the Formation of Public Policy: The Case of European Monetary Union
European Monetary Union (EMU) represents a complex and technical issue which has been surrounded by controversy since its beginnings. Thus, disagreement on this issue has been widespread. This study examines the disagreement ... -
Public Roads: Their Construction and Maintenance, Also, the Effect of Automobile Traffic on Them
Perhaps never before has there been such concerted and well directed action by the people of our country in the interests od better roads than there has been within the past year or two . The advent of tlie motor car may ... -
The Publicity of Female Sexuality in the Early Modern Period: An Analysis of Reproductive Intervention Techniques (thesis)
This thesis is an attempt to define the ways in which actions such as infanticide, child abandonment, abortion, and contraceptive use existed as methods by which women could take control of their sexuality in early modern ... -
'Pure Dew' on the Garden of Nations: Unearthing Johann Gottfried Herder's Religious Vision of German Nationalism (thesis)
This paper seeks to investigate and provide renewed clarity to the ways Johann Gottfried Herder's (1744-1803) theory of nationalism is contested by using more modern theories of 'nation' and 'religion.' Using Benedict ... -
The Pursuit of Happiness: How Wealth Inequality Undermines Core American Values
Throughout the course of American history, the right to the pursuit of happiness provided the foundation for ideas such as the American Dream which preaches that Americans can "pull themselves up by their bootstraps" and ...