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Showing 1 to 20 of 338 for “"H Social Sciences"”.
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Econometric assessment of the impact of power sector reforms in Africa: A study of the generation, transmission and distribution sectors
The objective of the thesis is to use econometric analysis to assess the impact of power sector reforms in Africa during the period 1988-2005, using panel data analysis. The study uses fixed effects model, where all the reform variables are assumed to be strictly exogenous, but goes a step further, …
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Stretching the Limits: journalism and gender politics in women’s sport
… inter-linked analysis of women‘s sport in the social sciences and in sport and women's studies, and has been cited in the literature. Contravening conventionalist journalistic stereotyping of female champions, it documents and evaluates how champions have attempted to gain opportunity for …
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Satanic abuse, false memories, weird beliefs and moral panics
… an ‘explosive amplification’ of anecdote, social and official concern about issues such as child abuse, spread by ‘claims-makers’ and a globalised mass media. Although sporadic claims of Satanic abuse continue I conclude there is still no corroborating evidence.
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The office secretary a study of an occupational group of women office workers
… between the secretary's job and occupational and social mobility. Information was obtained from two separate' sources: a) a sample of employers in central London and all the secretaries they employed, using As a sample frame Thomson's London Yellow 4 Pages Classified telephone directory, and, b) …
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Aspects of morphology and syntax of negation in Greek sign language
This thesis investigates aspects of the morphophonology, syntax and scope of negation in the Greek Sign Language with emphasis on the means and mechanisms that this sign language employs in order to express negation. The data analysis presented is based on natural data provided by Deaf informants. …
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The coverage of Latin America by the British press
An analysis was made of the overall character of the British press coverage of Latin America. This analysis was broadly divided into' quantitative and qualitative. The aim of the research was to examine the relationship between the reporting on the region and the historical, political and economic …
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Black Deaf or Deaf Black? An investigation of identity in the British Black Deaf community
This thesis explores some of the life experiences of a group of Black1 Deaf2 individuals and the influences affecting their identity development. It also investigates the different attitudes to deafness within the Black hearing community. A quantitative survey was conducted with 57 respondents to …
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Organisational developments in contemporary primary care
Organisational developments in contemporary primary care are the principal subject of the ten studies selected to support this PhD application on the basis of published works. The local practice and central policy determinants of these developments are discussed as a critical interaction, which is …
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The Gulf War myth: a study of the press coverage of the 1991 Gulf conflict
This thesis examines the UK and US press coverage of the 1991 Gulf conflict. It outlines the propaganda model of the press identified by Herman and Chomsky and, through a qualitative study of press content, examines the extent to which the predictions of the model are fulfilled in the coverage. The …
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The social and economic history of The Standard and Fleet Street 1653-1900
This dissertation examines the political, social and economic development of Fleet Street 1653-1900, using The Standard (1827-1900) as its model. The opening chapter traces the early fortunes of the Baldwin Family, the founders of The Standard and the struggle which the Baldwins and their …
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The deregulation of television and policies for new media development: a comparative study of the United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg and the broadcasting policy of the European Community during 1981-86
This study describes and assesses the problems associated with the development of the new broadcasting media in the United Kingdom, France and Luxembourg in 1981-1986. It also examines the implications associated with the new broadcasting media in both the audiovisual landscape and the public …
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Systems evolution: the conceptual framework and a formal model
This research addresses to some of the fundamental problems in systems science.T he aim of this study is to: (1) provide a general conceptual framework for systems evolution; (2) develop a formal model for evolving systems based on dynamical systems theory; (3) analyse the evolving behaviour of …
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Family networks and life in Southeastern China
This thesis examines social relationships and patterns of social interaction in contemporary rural China with a network perspective. Based on first hand data collected in southeastern China by the method of anthropological fieldwork, it tries to understand peasants' social behavior in the context …
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Development of a model to integrate patient, staff & doctor satisfaction attributes and predictors into senior level healthcare management decisionmaking & policy development
This thesis addressesth e question of the significance or addedv alue derived from directly integrating client (defined as patients, doctors, and staff) satisfaction level predictors and attributes into senior level healthcare decision-making and policy development processes. It poses the …
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Grub Street and academia : the relationship between journalism and education, 1880-1940, with special reference to the London University Diploma for Journalism, 1919-1939
This thesis surveys the origins and development of the moves to introduce journalism education courses into British universities between 1880 and 1970. It examines the arguments presented for, and against, such moves and describes the various courses introduced to meet the demands of education for …
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Conflict and communication in the Third World : A study of class and ethnic bases of conflict, and relationship between these and the mass media in Pakistan and Nigeria
… This competition occurs all the way through the social hierarchy but reaches its climax at the top. Because of the scarcity of resources one of the main means of access to them is through power. The struggle for power between the various 'elite' (but basically bourgeois) fragments is, therefore, …
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Psychological functioning in couples undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or donor insemination (DI) treatment for infertility
This study was designed to investigate the emotional, marital and sexual functioning of female infertility patients and their male partners, to examine factors influencing psychological functioning, and to assess ways that patients cope with their infertility. Patients attending one of two London …
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The makeshift settlement: colonial policy in British West Africa
This thesis examines the evolution of colonial policy within British West Africa, and is based largely on unpublished correspondence between the Colonial office and colonial governors, held in the Public Record Office in London. It argues that the colonial states were unable to generate or …
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The requirements analysis & design for a clinical information system: a formal approach
Following a number of recent far-reaching reforms to the UK NHS, St Thomas' Hospital (where this work was based) introduced a management structure based on the 'Clinical Directorate'. In order to lessen the increased workload commensurate with this measure, it was decided at St Thomas' that a new …
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Telecommunications and underdevelopment: a policy analysis of the historical role of Cable and Wireless in the Caribbean
The foundation structures for telecommunications in the English-speaking Caribbean were laid during the period of direct colonial control of the region by Britain. They formed part of the global communications network of a large empire requiring quick and efficient links with a remote imperial …
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