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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Agency and structure"”.
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Labor activism and industrial relations in the coal-mining industries of the United States, Great Britain and Poland
… case study of labor activism and changes in industrial relations in the coal mining industries of the United States, Great Britain and Poland. This research addresses the debate between system- and action-oriented approaches to social change by analyzing the adequacy of two …
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The Persistent Involvement of Chinese Migrants in Small-Scale Mining in Rural Ghana: Role of the “Men” and the “Boys”
… focused on factors that motivate Chinese miners and the impacts of their involvement in Ghana’s SSM, there is relative dearth in examining the factors that sustain Chinese participation, and the responses of Ghanaian actors to Chinese miners’ involvement in the small-scale mining sector. This …
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A Qualitative Analysis of the Narratives of Women Imprisoned for Killing in a Prison in Lahore, Pakistan
… three key questions in the criminological understandings of gender and violence: Why do women convicted of murder kill? What are the particularities of the circumstances of the women charged or convicted of murder? Which particular structural constraints influence women’s decision to kill and in …
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A study of women who are headteachers and mothers
… the experience of identity through gathering and studying accounts of the personal and professional lives of twenty women who are headteachers and mothers in the North Midlands of England. The enquiry is shaped by a conceptual framework which grows out of an in depth review of the UK and …
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An inductive investigation into relationships between geographically co-located actors : the contribution of relationship marketing to regional competitiveness
… is grounded in the discipline of marketing and draws, substantively, on literature from within the regarded sub-discipline of relationship marketing. However, the literature drawn upon is firmly interdisciplinary, drawing heavily on theories from economic geography. The crucial construct …
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Best of both worlds : issues of structure and agency in computational creation, in and out of school
… which we are surrounded by computational systems and interfaces, from social networks to banking infrastructure, to entertainment platforms, to transportation systems. This culture introduces new expectations and new opportunities for learning, creating new demands for what to learn and offering …
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Contention under Consociationalism: The Selection of Strategies by Postethnic Protest Movements in Lebanon and Bosnia and Herzegovina
… on the effectiveness of power-sharing agreements and their potential to foster peace. However, the growing mobilization around non-ethnic issues has redirected attention toward the agentic role of citizens. Interested in this shift, this thesis asks: Under which conditions do postethnic protest …
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Untold Narratives: Realizing Personal Design Identities
… It was motivated by personal experiences and a series of observations and case studies recorded and conducted at MIT’s graduate and undergraduate architecture and design studios. My study examines a crucial set of dialectics: subjectivity and objectivity, agency and structure, and …
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Perspectives from below the ceiling : academic women and the transition from Senior Lecturer to the Professoriate - a case study
… on promotion just when they have the experience and qualifications to be successful? From a critical realist perspective, a central assumption is that the interactions between agency and structure simultaneously operate to create the possibilities for individual action. This relationship is …
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Power, stakeholders and the theory of planned behaviour : understanding stakeholder engagement in an English seaside context
In destination development and planning literature much emphasis has been placed upon structural and geographical interpretations of how destinations can be viewed. There is a lack of attention to agency and stakeholder perspectives in destination development and planning. This research has sought …
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'I'd be unhealthy if nobody wanted me anymore': a sociological analysis of the relationship between ageing and health beliefs
This thesis is based upon life history and focus group interviews on the health beliefs of 26 older adults from Hull and surrounding areas. The research rationale is twofold. First, the area is relatively neglected. Second, it is posited that, whilst existing research reflects the idea that beliefs …
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Māori transitions into tertiary education
… students in the Bay of Plenty region. Historical and contemporary factors in Aotearoa influencing effective Māori student transitions into tertiary education were investigated. Data were collected and analysed through repeated semistructured interviews and focus groups over the 2016-2018 period …
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The embody-ment of power? : women and physical activity
… the connections between being physically active and becoming empowered. It centres on the experiences of women and investigates their involvement in physical activity and how this relates to the rest of their lives and their subjectivities. In so doing the research explores the relation between …
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Speaking into the Abyss: An Exploratory Study of Academics’ Use of Educational Technology and its Impact on Practice.
… ‘state-of-the-actual’, examining the actuality and consequences of technology use on academic practice and identity. Efforts to understand the socially constructed nature of technology use draw upon the researcher’s own varied experiences as an educational technologist, academic, and academic …
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Between Shadow and Solace: The Spiritual Lives of Street Children in Bukavu, The Democratic Republic of Congo
… in the everyday lives of street children and youth (aged 14-20) in Bukavu, The Democratic Republic of Congo. Despite growing scholarly attention to street children’s everyday lives and lived experiences, the topic of spirituality has remained underexplored. This study’s focus on …
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Writing for numbers: The Cultural Production of Good Writers in the Time of High Stakes Writing Assessments
… studies have looked at the consequences of standardized writing tests to students' understanding of what it means to be a competent writer. Using research techniques drawn from performance studies and art therapy, this qualitative study of middle class, honors students invited them to explore …
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Narrators, Navigators and Negotiators: Foreign Service Officer Life Stories from Canada's Africa Refugee Resettlement Program, 1970 to 1990
… to tell a history about how officers "heard" and decided on the claims of refugee applicants who sought admission and resettlement to Canada through its Africa Refugee Program from the early 1970s to 1990. This focus allows the study to explore the relationship between officers' individual …
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Youth employability in ghetto neighbourhoods: The role of personal agency in reproducing or transforming social structures
… under similar structural conditions of poverty and unemployment in ghetto neighbourhoods. It challenges structuralist accounts that ignore the role of personal agency and hold that structures alone determine action. The critical realist framework offers a helpful understanding of social …
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