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Showing 1 to 20 of 1483 for “"Ideologies"”.
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ReportSiberia : deconstructing spatialized ideologies
… elements requires the deconstruction of the ideologies that stand behind them. Thus, a conventional theme is paired with a theoretical theme: within this theoretical framework an interpretation of each object or process is allowed that reveals its ideological insert, historic context and …
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Japanese Worldviews, Ideologies, and Foreign Aid Policy
<p>This project studies the ideational factors influencing Japanese foreign aid policy. It builds on previous research in political science on perception and foreign policy decision-making, Japanese political economy, economic and technological development, foreign aid, and in anthropology on …
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Politics as masquerade: Multiple ideologies in Antigua
Culture emerges from the interpretation of social, cultural, and natural patterns. Similarly, a nation's political culture is the result of individual interpretations of the distribution of power in society. Culture is changeable as a direct function of individual interpretations. This view of the …
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Language Ideologies and Decoloniality in Vernac News
This study examines the language ideologies constructed in the publication Vernac News produced by students at the University of Cape Town. These language ideologies seek to challenge and subvert dominant language practices within the university community. These dominant language ideologies are …
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Extreme Ideologies, Situational Factors, and Terrorists’ Target Selection
<p>The purpose of the current study is to examine how ideology and situational factors shape terrorist target selection in the United States. While a growing number of studies have examined target selection by terrorists, the current study is the first to consider how combinations of factors …
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Ideologies of deafness: Deaf education in Hispanic America
… asserts that there are three different types of ideologies that have co-existed since the beginning of time, and that influence deaf education even today: (1) Deafness as a terminal trait: this is defined as the type of ideology that places deaf individuals on a track that leads to a dead end. …
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Andriesgrond revisited : material culture, ideologies and social change
The original aims of this thesis were to analyze all the material remains from the previous excavations and collate all written reports on Andriesgrond Cave. Only one article has been written on Andriesgrond Cave (Parkington 1978), while several articles have referred to single unpublished reports …
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Ideologies, Histories, and Representations of Work and Labour in Contemporary German-Language Literature: Forced Labour, Sex Work, and State Socialist Labour Ideologies
… twentieth century and now engage with histories, ideologies, and forms of work and labour that exist outside of the realm of conventional wage labour. My specific areas of focus are literary engagements with the forced labour regimes of mid-twentieth century Europe, the phenomenon of sex work and …
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Religious Land Ideologies and Violence: Gush Emunim and Hamas
A comparison of the competing religious land ideologies of Gush Emunim and Hamas, which are used to motivate and legitimate violence.
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A phenomenological analysis of masculinity ideologies among college males
… is necessary in order for current masculinity ideologies to be fully documented. The 245 male, undergraduate student participants completed the Male Role Norms Inventory (MRNI) of Levant et al. (1992) and the Gender Role Conflict Scale of O'Neil et al. (1986). Of these, 29 also participated in …
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Ideologies of Nature and Sustainability: A critical discourse analysis
In exploring ideologies of nature, sustainability and EE, I have had several goals in mind. Firstly, I want to trace the continuities and disruptions in Western ideologies of nature, and in particular, to locate them within the material context of the historical trajectory of the capitalist mode of …
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Language socialization in Canadian Hispanic communities : ideologies and practices
… their children into the beliefs, values, ideologies and practices surrounding their languages and cultures. Although there has been some research examining issues of Spanish acquisition, maintenance and loss in Canada, the language socialization ideologies and practices of Hispanic …
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Wild Music: Ideologies of Exoticism in Two Ukrainian Borderlands
… as a medium for challenging and reinforcing ideologies of exoticism, demonstrating how insiders and outsiders in both cases draw upon indigenous musical tropes to express or subvert stereotypes of “wildness.” By analyzing how music energizes social and political agendas for borderland groups …
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Deconstructing ideologies and practices of homeless youth crisis intervention
This study investigates the underlying ideologies behind the “crisis paradigm” of youth homelessness and how these ideologies, in turn, influence the practices of two homeless youth crisis programs, namely the Comprehensive Community Based Youth Services (CCBYS) and the Basic Center in two rural …
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Mobility politics : local ideologies in the multi-jurisdictional metropolis
… the form of partisan affiliations and personal ideologies--influences political officials' decisions and ultimately the designs of new transportation projects and adjacent development. I develop a new theory for how regional planning works. I first show that, even when deprived de jure …
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Manufacturing Ideologies of the "Bad" Mother in Ontario Child Welfare
… this case study examines how manufactured ideologies of the “bad” mother become synonymous with marginalized mothers. Using the theoretical lens of Pierre Bourdieu and the material-feminist work of Angela McRobbie, the institution, practices, and policies of Ontario child welfare are …
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The Making of Audubon Park: Competing Ideologies for Public Space
<p>The emergence of Progressivism at the beginning of the twentieth century influenced many aspects of American society. One of those aspects was urban parks. In the latter half of the nineteenth century Frederick Law Olmsted led a nationwide implementation of "Victorian" parks. These parks …
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The French troubles thriller: genre, ideologies and representations (1971-1998)
While the English-language cultural response to the Troubles in Northern Ireland is well studied, French representations of the conflict have so far gone unobserved. This thesis aims to address this critical omission by examining examples of the most numerous and commercially successful of such …
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IDEOLOGIES IN PRACTICE : THE CONTEXT OF THE YOUTH TRAINING SCHEME
… the application, effects and impact of official ideologies, expressed in youth policy initiatives and ideologies of the wider society. This in turn is related to the cultural and societal reproduction of young people as gendered and class specific workers in a segmented labour market. The …
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