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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"HQ The family. Marriage. Women"”.
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The artist interrogates violence: A Practice-as-research project considering the efficacy of different forms and styles of theatre through a portfolio approach which articulates and animates narratives of violence in private and public domains.
A creative and theoretical interrogation into the symbiosis between violence as a matrixed systemic and individual act. My practice-as-research involves using the relationships founded in live performance to interrogate the interdependence of private and public displays of violence, generating an …
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A sociological analysis of associations between the family and well-being: roles, responsibilities, and relationships
Asking people about their state of emotional well-being or their self-evaluations of life satisfaction represents a resource which can be used to contribute to knowledge concerning overall well-being and social progress, helping to avoid a narrow focus on purely economic indicators. Whilst concerns …
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The Impact on the Family of Young Onset Dementia
… phenomenon and refers to people under the age of 65 with dementia. There are currently 44,000 people living with YOD in the UK and rates are projected to continue rising. Specialist age-appropriate services for people with YOD are scarce, although it is known that they have different …
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Parenting in an Uncertain Future: the experiences of parents in the “PFLAG China” community
Based on fieldwork in the “PFLAG China” community where parents accept their children’s lifestyle of practising same-sex love and rejecting conventional marriage, this thesis analyses these parents’ family practices and further, discusses the experiences of dealing with intergenerational …
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Response to Domestic Abuse in Turkey: A feminist analysis
… examine domestic abuse in Turkey. Specifically, the research focuses on three key areas in the field of domestic abuse: women’s experiences of domestic abuse by their husbands, women’s experiences with the shelters, and the service providers’ perspectives on domestic abuse in Turkey including …
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Capturing a gendered transformation in society through corporate disclosures
This thesis explores Corporate Social Responsibility disclosures related to gender equality and female empowerment in a developing country context. The study identifies Saudi Arabia as a country undergoing a State-driven gendered transformation in its society, in which laws and regulations …
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An exploration of how childlessness and the decision whether to parent is understood by psychoanalytic practitioners.
… childlessness (VC) is a growing phenomenon in the 21st Century in western societies with the Office of National Statistics (ONS) in 2013 showing that one-fifth of women are childless at the age of 45. Sociological literature highlights how VC is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon and is often …
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Sexual Objectification: From Complicity to Solidarity
This thesis defends the diagnostic accuracy and political usefulness of the claim that women are complicit in their sexual objectification. Feminists have long struggled to demarcate the appropriate limits of feminist critiques of sexual objectification, particularly when it comes to objectifying …
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An exploration of young children's interpretation and understanding of well-being
… interpretation and understanding of well-being. The majority of research on well-being has been with adults and older children, with a distinct gap in younger children’s perspective being included. Where subjective well-being has been part of research, it has tended to be an add-on to the more …
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Connected Disconnections Negotiating family separation, membership and conflict: A discourse analysis
Parental separation affects family forms and creates challenges around managing co-parenting relationships. The literature has identified a change in how western families are viewed, moving away from traditional identifiers to a role-based and social practices construct which includes the growing …
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Psychosocial dimensions of change: An application of attachment theory and analytical psychology to family life in post-war Kosovo
… empirical study attempted to develop an original theoretical framework aiming at understanding the psychosocial changes that occurred in the long - term among families living in a post conflict setting. During the last fifteen years, Kosovo has been transitioning from warfare and organized …
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Surviving loss of a twin in childhood: a case study
My research investigates the impact on the survivor of loss of a twin in childhood. Using the qualitative method of thematic analysis applied to a single case, I analyse a published biographical account of surviving this traumatic loss. My findings point to the extreme emotional suffering involved. …
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A constructivist grounded theory study of the decision-making processes of professionals in a Children’s Service, mixed multi-disciplinary assessment team
… of different disciplinary backgrounds who might otherwise follow independent forms of practice. This is believed to enhance efficacy and reduce inequality in providing for vulnerable children (Boddy, Potts, & Statham, 2006; DCSF, 2003). Evidence that this improves child outcomes is mixed, however. …
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Intergenerational and Occupational Mobility
This thesis is divided into three main chapters. The first chapter provides an analysis of intergenerational mobility across countries, across cohorts and over the income distribution. It compares the patterns of intergenerational income mobility between fathers and sons in Germany, Italy, the …
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Culture and Diet: Food Choice among Black African and African-Caribbean Women with Type 2 Diabetes
People of Black African heritage in the UK have increased susceptibility of being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) compared to the general White population. Nutrition is central in halting T2DM and the progression of complications such as cardiovascular diseases. However, little is …
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Gender, Community and the Memory of the Second World War Occupation of the Channel Islands
This thesis examines the construction of frames of Second World War memory in the post-occupation Channel Islands, and considers the impact of gender on both this memory-making process and the resulting popular representations of their shared past. It first explores the gendered tensions and …
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Legacies of displacement (:) the memories and meanings of home among an extended Greek Cypriot family
This study explores the memories and meanings of home in my extended family, who were internally displaced following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. It is based on oral history interviews and field research in the houses of participants and of my own crossing to the family’s place of …
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From Wronged to Rights: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Freetown, through the lens of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
… gender-based violence against girls and young women is an entrenched and widespread problem in Sierra Leone. In this qualitative research, conducted in two Freetown slum communities, girls and young women faced sexual and gender-based violence in both their private and public spheres: in their …
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Prevention of Domestic Violence against Women in sub-Saharan Africa: a library based evaluation of the effectiveness of health promotion strategies
Background: Domestic violence against women is a major public health problem that affects the physical, sexual, mental, and social wellbeing of more than one third of all women globally. Women in low resource settings including sub-Saharan Africa are at higher risk for domestic violence mainly due …
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