Browsing W&L University Student Scholarship by Subject "Capabilities approach (Social sciences)"
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Addressing Migrant Children's Education in the United States
Although the U.S. has prioritized universal education to all residents, only ten percent of migrant students graduate from high school. This paper explores specific barriers migrant farmworkers' children face to educational ... -
The Art of Oppression: How Art Museums' Practices and Collections Perpetuate Inequality
Since positive museum representations within audiences and art further the development of capabilities of play, affiliation, and senses, imagination, and thought, it is not only important to include marginalized communities ... -
Arts for All: An Analysis of Arts Access as it Relates to Socioeconomic Status and other Demographic Factors
This paper provides empirical evidence on the benefits of arts education. Building on this, I draw from moral philosophy to advance the claim that all children should receive arts education. However, this paper includes a ... -
Assessing Philosophical Approaches to Combating International Poverty
This paper will examine several philosophical approaches to poverty, and attempt to find the one among them that will be most effective in the fight against international poverty. The four major approaches that will be ... -
Bound: How Elimination of Forced Labor Will Reduce Poverty
In Part I, this paper will illustrate the presence of forced labor in the U.S. and globally. Part II will introduce current laws and mechanisms in place for fighting forced labor, and examine their efficacy, or lack thereof, ... -
Bounded: Comparative Study of the Italian Roma and the Navajo American Indian
First, I offer a brief history and background of each group, providing the reasons for their boundedness in the first place, a taste of their culture, and their origins as a group as we see them today. Second, I compare ... -
Breastfeeding and Socioeconomic Status An Analysis of Breastfeeding Rates Among Low-SES Mothers
This paper focuses on the implications of the previous data for low-income women and their infants. It provides an overview of the science behind breastfeeding—including the physical and psychological benefits for both ... -
The Case for a Culturally Appropriate Empowerment-Based Measurement Tool for Social Businesses
Anti-poverty social businesses which aim to assist disadvantaged groups by offering them employment opportunities emerged as a better alternative to classical top-down international development programs. While their main ... -
Chinese Economic Reform and the Growth of Inequality
This paper examines the effects of Chinese economic reforms on poverty: first, by considering the net reduction of poverty as measure by the $1/day measure; second, by analyzing the trend toward income disparity. Income ... -
Chronic Stress: How the Boys and Girls Club of America Can "Be Great" in the Promotion of Mental Health
I will introduce you to the Boys and Girls Club of America (BGCA), explaining why it is a particularly robust venue for improving the lives of its beneficiaries. I will detail for you precisely what is happening to the ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility as a Tool for Poverty Alleviation
The purpose of this paper is to argue that there is tremendous potential through CSR (corporate social responsibility) to improve the relations between the private and public spheres of society. It is from the actions of ... -
Decarceration: A Promising Approach to Closing the Incarcerated Youth Educational Attainment
While many juvenile detention facilities may reach the general public school standards, the education that incarcerated juveniles receive is inequitable. The centers do not provide youth with the resources that they need ... -
Dignified Healthcare for Immigrants: The Need for Cross-Cultural Efficacy in America’s Medical Community
The diversification of the American population changes the healthcare landscape. Patients with different cultural belief systems and the increased incidence of tropical diseases in the United States requires reform in the ... -
Disaster Aid in Pakistan: An Opportunity for Maternal and Child Health Reform
This paper first examines the health concerns in Pakistan before and after the 2010 flooding and then proposes a model for meeting Pakistan's most severe health needs. The model emphasizes supporting the goals and requirements ... -
The Effects of Just Land Distribution on Public Health in Latin America
In this paper, I will illustrate how urban and rural land reforms each affect public health. The term "land reform" can take on a multitude of meanings, but for the purposes of this paper I have defined it as the redistribution ... -
Employment Capability for Individuals with Barriers to Labor Market Entry: The Case of Work-Integration Social Enterprises
In this paper, I will begin by defining social entrepreneurship and giving a brief overview of the rise of the field, both for the sake of clarity and for the relative novelty of the concept. The following section will ... -
[English Language Learners]
In the 1974 landmark case Lau v. Nichols, the Supreme Court ruled that the government has an additional responsibility to assist English-learning students above and beyond expectations for traditional students. For the ... -
Equal Opportunity and the Elderly
America currently fails to provide total health to its elderly population. America provides the elderly with vital, albeit modest financial, assistance through Social Security and Medicare, but makes little provision for ... -
The Ethical Implications of Juvenile Detention Centers and the Role of Mental Health and Education in Reducing Recidivism
. . . If the nationally accepted [juvenile detention] system continues in the path it is headed on, the recidivism will continue to rise. Due to a lack of funding and often severe over-crowding, it is difficult to assist ... -
Execution Workers Mental Health Policy Recommendation
Conversations around the Death Penalty often focus on its morality and concepts such as retribution and deterrence. This paper considers the people who perform executions and how their work impacts them. Execution workers ...