國立虎尾科技大學 |

Young urban Bulgarians : = Transition and disempowerment.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Young urban Bulgarians :/
Reminder of title:	Transition and disempowerment.
Author:	Hewitt, Sara Ann.
Description:	1 online resource (220 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 74-08(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International74-08A(E).
Subject:	Cultural anthropology. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9781303080395

Young urban Bulgarians : = Transition and disempowerment.
Hewitt, Sara Ann.

Young urban Bulgarians :Transition and disempowerment. - 1 online resource (220 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 74-08(E), Section: A.

Thesis (D.Miss.)

Includes bibliographical references

Bulgaria has repeatedly been ranked as 1 of the most pessimistic and unhappy nations in the world in surveys conducted over the last 15 years. The transition to a democratic form of government and a free market economy that began in 1989 has been difficult, even traumatic. Young urban adults who have grown up during this period of uncertainty were the focus of this study. Because of Bulgaria's extremely low birth rate and high rate of emigration, this generation is small in demographic terms, but their contribution to the country's future is critical.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9781303080395Subjects--Topical Terms:

1179959
Cultural anthropology.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

Young urban Bulgarians : = Transition and disempowerment.
LDR:03498ntm a2200373Ki 4500 001 910675
005 20180517123959.5
006 m o u
007 cr mn||||a|a||
008 190606s2013 xx obm 000 0 eng d
020 $a 9781303080395
035 $a (MiAaPQ)AAI3561128
035 $a (MiAaPQ)biola:10032
035 $a AAI3561128
040 $a MiAaPQ $b eng $c MiAaPQ
099 $a TUL $f hyy $c available through World Wide Web
100 1 $a Hewitt, Sara Ann. $3 1182088
245 1 0 $a Young urban Bulgarians : $b Transition and disempowerment.
264 0 $c 2013
300 $a 1 online resource (220 pages)
336 $a text $b txt $2 rdacontent
337 $a computer $b c $2 rdamedia
338 $a online resource $b cr $2 rdacarrier
500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 74-08(E), Section: A.
500 $a Adviser: Douglas Hayward.
502 $a Thesis (D.Miss.) $c Biola University $d 2013.
504 $a Includes bibliographical references
520 $a Bulgaria has repeatedly been ranked as 1 of the most pessimistic and unhappy nations in the world in surveys conducted over the last 15 years. The transition to a democratic form of government and a free market economy that began in 1989 has been difficult, even traumatic. Young urban adults who have grown up during this period of uncertainty were the focus of this study. Because of Bulgaria's extremely low birth rate and high rate of emigration, this generation is small in demographic terms, but their contribution to the country's future is critical.
520 $a The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore and describe the sources of hope that enable these young Bulgarians to survive and cope. Data were gathered through focus group discussions that involved the viewing of a contemporary Bulgarian film. 3 major themes emerged from the focus group data: power, the nature goodness, and the act of believing (as opposed to belief in a supernatural or religious object). Analysis of these themes and an extensive review of available literature, including many local Bulgarian-language sources, led to the development of a theory of disempowerment as the best explanation of participants' perception their environment, themselves, and how they choose to cope. Participants' primary coping strategy is withdrawal. Because they are convinced that their environment is hostile and unjust and that they do not possess sufficient power to protect themselves, their primary source of hope is to avoid further loss through maintaining a limited number of close personal relationships, avoiding civic involvement, and utilizing the act of believing as a form of rationalization. Participants show virtually no interest in or reliance on religious faith, belief in supernatural power, or existential meaning as sources of hope for their lives.
520 $a Though the theory of disempowerment is helpful in describing and understanding participants' lives, the sources of hope identified are ineffectual. This study suggests potential paths of application for churches and Christian organizations and recommends further research concerning the form that the search for existential meaning may take in the Bulgarian context.
533 $a Electronic reproduction. $b Ann Arbor, Mich. : $c ProQuest, $d 2018
538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web
650 4 $a Cultural anthropology. $3 1179959
650 4 $a East European studies. $3 1179149
655 7 $a Electronic books. $2 local $3 554714
690 $a 0326
690 $a 0437
710 2 $a ProQuest Information and Learning Co. $3 1178819
710 2 $a Biola University. $b Cook School of Intercultural Studies. $3 1182089
773 0 $t Dissertation Abstracts International $g 74-08A(E).
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3561128 $z click for full text (PQDT)