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• Utilizing the non-profit sector to advance social and environmental justice 

  Fernandez, Mariela (2015-07-16)

  Local parks and recreation provisions have been instrumental in meeting residents’ recreational needs, increasing community engagement and social capital, promoting positive health outcomes, and improving property values. ...

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• Representational Politics of Plantation Tourism: The Case of the Hampton Plantation 

  Buzinde, Christine N. (2006)

  Through the examination of promotional brochures, the commemorative inscriptions and the docent narratives that findings indicated that the plantation past was mediated and constructed as heritage through deflective ...

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• Leisure and Women Who Are Homeless: An Exploratory Study 

  Klitzing, Sandra Wolf (2000)

  In relation to leisure theory, the present study found that over half of the women were unfamiliar with the word "leisure". The study also questioned perceived freedom as a central construct of the leisure experience, and ...

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• The Working Poor: Negotiating Life 

  Bowling, Christopher (2000)

  This project offers a synthesis of the leisure and poverty research. It reveals some of the creative responses that people use to negotiate balance in their struggles with poverty. Although the participants used a number ...

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• Representations of Place: Perspectives From Seasonal Homeowners, Local Residents, and Mass Media 

  Van Patten, Susan Rae (1999)

  This dissertation is an attempt to bridge the gap between place theories and more narrative approaches. To this end, a mixture of quantitative and qualitative approaches were used. This diversity in methods allows for a ...

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