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Existing research on LBGTQ youth has focused on problem behaviors and considerably less attention has been devoted to positive developmental processes. However, positive youth development knowledge is critical to enabling researchers and practitioners to conduct work that might facilitate a successful transition to adulthood. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore the transition to adulthood among LBGTQ youth. Data were generated through ethnographic techniques at an organized leisure program designed to serve LBGTQ youth and their heterosexual allies. Thematic analysis yielded three manuscripts designed for journal submission. Results of the first study enhanced understanding of the similarities and differences between queer and heterosexual development. In particular, findings indicated that traditional assumptions about markers of success and developmental assets were highly relevant to most participants. The key difference between queer and heterosexual development was that LBGTQ populations must contend with compulsory heterosexuality or the network of normative expectations and sanctions which compel individuals to be heterosexual. For instance, participants shared how they hid their sexuality often for years to avoid being labeled as different or facing harassment. I explored resistance and oppression in the leisure experiences of LBGTQ youth in the second study to further expand understanding of positive developmental processes among queer young people. Results indicated that participants resisted oppression in several ways, including creating spaces that preserved their autonomy. Others deconstructed the privilege in their lives, which enhanced their understanding of how their actions intersect with the oppression of others. In the third study, I explored features of positive developmental settings for LBGTQ youth to explore how leisure contexts might facilitate the transition to adulthood for queer youth. Two features emerged as particularly relevant: support for efficacy and mattering and integration of school, family, and community efforts. Results indicated that staff promoted social norms that respected the capabilities of all people. Further, the integration of program activities within the broader queer community led to important successes related to celebrating the heterogeneity of queer and promoting communion. I hope these manuscripts will enhance the capacity of leisure professionals to work with LBGTQ youth.

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The state is the most significant agent, which designates the characteristics of transition of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in the post-Soviet era. The powerful state is the legacy of the former Soviet regime, which had already created state&amp / #8217 / s autonomy from the society. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan differ from other transition economies because of their rich reserves of hydrocarbons. The transformation of these countries can be best analyzed by referring to the attitude of the state toward the issues related to hydrocarbons. The responses of the state to the demands of Russia, multinational oil companies, international organizations coexist with different domestic policies shaped along national peculiarities. In Azerbaijan, state attempted to open the energy sector to foreign capital as much as possible by following a policy of competitive accelerated adjustment in order to balance the external pressures and the national interests. Kazakhstan&amp / #8217 / s transition period coincided with state&amp / #8217 / s defensive market response, which allowed markets work under an autocratic political regime, whose main concern was to sustain the equilibrium among Russia, multinational companies and international organizations. In Turkmenistan, state gave priority to national interests and undermined the demands of Russia, multinational oil companies and international organizations by its neomercantilist attitude, along which the principal goal was to sustain state&amp / #8217 / s absolute power and increase the flow of revenues extracted from oil and gas trade.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-153). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- McMaster University, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-109). Also available via World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- McMaster University, 1997 / Includes bibliographical references Also available via World Wide Web.

Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögsk.

Thesis (Ph.D. )--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, 1966. / [Typescript]. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, 1962. / Typewritten.