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Showing 1 to 20 of 85 for “"Disempowerment"”.
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Simulating Disempowerment: The Rhetoric and Reception of Social Realism in Video Games
… to engage players by simulating experiences of disempowerment and which are notable for their politically cognisant content. Drawing on theoretical frameworks developed in the field of audience reception studies, the study examines the ideological encoding of these games before assessing their …
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Tellin' It Like It Is: Disempowerment and Marginalization of First-generation, Low-income College Students: a Participatory Research
… study examined the origins and outcomes of disempowerment and marginalization in five first-generation, low-income college students who were participants in Student Support Services, a federally funded TRIO program at a large urban commuter state university. Using dialogic introspection and …
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Women's reactions to a realistic rape portrayal and the influence of feminst identity and rape myth acceptance
… rape. Anger, negative affect, and disempowerment were assessed, along with feminist identity and rape myth acceptance. Repeated measures ANOVAs demonstrated a significant interaction effect, in that women reported significantly higher feelings of anger and negative affect after …
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An exploration of empowerment amongst final-yearundergraduate nursing students while onclinical placement in Ireland usingSocial Domain Theory
… nursing students’ empowerment. Conversely disempowerment occurred in ward areas that reflected a hierarchical culture that lacked respect and where nursing student socialisation was inhibited by feelings of powerlessness. Cultural influences, socialisation processes and positive …
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Information without power? Exploring the challenges and opportunities in the usage of the Promotion of Access to Information Act no 50 of 2000 (PAIA) as a potent tool for advancing socio-economic justice in South Africa Langton Miriyoga.
… political and systemic barriers resulting in the disempowerment of the poor from using ATI law as a tool for the realisation of social justice.
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The onset and alleviation of learned helplessness in older hospitalised people
… a valid and reliable measure of empowerment and disempowerment in hospital settings, the Patient Empowerment Scale (PES). This scale evaluated the extent to which hospital environments exposed older hospitalised people to circumstances consistent with the development of LM and LH. Having …
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Stereotypes and Prototypes: An Analysis of the Disempowering and Empowering Portrayals of Asian and Asian American Identity in American Film
… Asian American identity, this thesis depicts how disempowerment in films is connected to negative stereotypes and representations, and how empowerment in films can provide prototypes that are more authentic representations of Asian and Asian Americans.
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Milking anomie: experiencing food safety on Canadian dairy farms
… experience food safety law through forms of disempowerment and alienation involving dairy production products, leading to a partial displacement of responsibility for safe food. The ideas of institutional anomie theory were insignificant or inconclusive for these case studies. More research …
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Gender Equity in Science Education
… opportunities, which effectively counteract the disempowerment of females in science. Identifying aspects that disempower and empower females in K-12 science classrooms should provide a context for creating improvement in the gender equity of science instruction.</p>
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Resisting Lynching: Black Grassroots Responses to Lynching in the Mississippi and Arkansas Deltas, 1882--1938
… necessarily stories of black victimization and disempowerment. Rather, the history of lynching provides a fertile ground upon which to understand black self activity and the social and political dynamics that produce it. Within this context, ""Resisting Lynching"" aims to contribute to a new and …
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"I can't carry on like this": a feminist perspective on the process of exiting sex work in a South African context
… of escapism. This pattern exemplifies their disempowerment and lack of agency, which is symptomatic of the gender oppression pervading their lives. The results of this research will be used to draw up a policy in collaboration with the NGO Embrace Dignity, for parliament, to initiate legal …
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The role of the sociocultural context in explaining variance in incidence of psychosis and higher rates of disorder in minorities.
… experience led to increased psychosocial disempowerment (a lack of control over one’s life), which increased psychosis risk. I also explored if this model could explain any excess risk in those with increased genetic African ancestry in England. Incidence varied substantially between the …
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Dwelling in the districts: the participation and perspectives of mapping traditional communities on Pine Ridge
… to show the potential for empowerment or disempowerment of indigenous worldviews. The thesis concludes that a divestment of power to local communities is necessary for truly sustainable development, and further that the knowledge and perceptions of the traditional Lakota elders needs to be …
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The Effects of Grameen-Model Microfinance Institutions and Self-Help Group Microfinance on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Rural India
… suffer from pervasive gender inequality and disempowerment. One road to equality is economic empowerment through microfinance. Economic empowerment consists of an increase in savings, income, ownership of property or a microenterprise, and access to social services and training. I compile …
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Developing a Professional Working Theory Through Critical Reflection
… themes from reflection upon my projects: disempowerment, knowledge, emancipation and empowerment. These themes appear implicitly in several recent studies in the Republic of Ireland. Ultimately the impetus for my projects was rooted in my own professional disempowerment. Obedience was a …
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Interpersonal Connection As A Vehicle For Empowerment In Mental Health Services
… population, who experience different kinds of disempowerment than those that older individuals have experienced during long term stays in state hospitals, was the focus of the study. The following areas were the focus of research questions: (1) understandings of empowerment, (2) how people …
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A grounded theory approach : inter-organizational relationships in community college fundraising
… with dialectical tensions of empowerment- disempowerment, expressionsuppression, and integration-separation. Implications provide researchers and practitioners alike with the communicative processes embedded in fundraising relationship management by adding to the literature and providing an …
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A critical examination of girls’ (dis)empowerment in sport for development and peace.
… girls or whether participation leads to their disempowerment. As a result, development agencies, policy makers and practitioners have continued to offer unfounded and ambitious claims regarding sport’s potential for empowering women and girls. This qualitative study aimed to provide an in-depth …
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The ambiguities of empowerment: a deconstructive approach to the adult education work of Edward Roux in the 1930s and 1940s and its implications for present conceptions of learner materials for adult basic education and training (ABET)
… subjectifying adult learners and their resultant disempowerment was analysed and some general trends were noted. Roux's intervention suggested a deep but unrealistic conviction that the acquisition of knowledge had the potential to alleviate the social deprivations that Africans suffered under …
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