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- Creators: Hasaley, Hilary
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Drawing upon the data from in-depth interviews, participatory observations, and secondary data gathering, I examined the diffusion of the Western-centric concept and phenomena of social capital building in order to answer the question how Chinese women's life was inscribed in the larger context of China's relationship to global capitalism. My research findings manifested that the respondents considered affections (e.g., inter-dependence, obligation, and mutual trust) to be the foundation of establishing and maintaining their social networks regardless of the government's emphasis on market principles and the utility-based social capital conception. This opened up a new way of re-theorizing social capital. This dissertation also focused on how China’s integration with the global economy has affected women’s social identity construction. It emphasized the interaction between gender and class as one of the most salient sites where ideal citizens of China are imagined. Drawing from the perspectives of the respondents, I found that femininity has never been eliminated by the Chinese government. It has existed in China’s MD to challenge the government’s attempt of promoting the agendered (gender-neutral), universal model of women’s participation in self-employment. Moreover, I asserted that class was individualized while penetrating into other dimensions of identity (especially gender). The transformed dimensions of identity constituted a set of stratification schemes that constantly reshuffled social stratifications for maximizing the state’s profits from the control of citizens.
Missing children are very sensitive cases where any kind of help is needed from the community and authorities. The definition is a child under 17 years of age where guardians or family are not aware of their whereabouts requires much effort and resources to bring them home. However, what happens when those efforts are not to the same extent as other missing children? This has been seen among missing children of different races that have similar cases and circumstances. The different tools and resources needed such as AMBER Alerts, social media, journalism, and police reaction have resulted in vastly different endings for these children. Different states and communities have been faced with the same issue and have only grown. Statistics show that Black children have been at a disadvantage of these resources and have stayed missing all too often. This issue has been brought to attention by many outlets and members of the community questioning why this is happening to their children. To counteract this issue, organizations and platforms have emerged to raise awareness for these disadvantaged children and hope to bring them home to put an end to this.