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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Positive social change"”.
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Towards Positive Social Change: the evolution of transformation in the South African Financial Services sector
South Africa's democratic transition towards social and economic equality is under constant scrutiny, challenged by rising levels of unemployment, poverty and inequality. Since 1994 the African National Congress government has enacted various legislative interventions to change long-established …
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///COUNTER : an artistic system for the transmission of cultural energy
… student in the MIT Visual Arts Program. MIT's social and technological environment is the engine from which ///COUNTER as a hybrid system of art and science has been created. ///COUNTER was incorporated in the Spring of 2009 and headquartered at One Broadway in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As a …
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It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's...a Girl?!: Analyzing Representations of Femininity on The CW's Supergirl
… more than diverse media representation to create positive social change, representation is still important in normalizing identities and discussing social issues. However, representations of minority groups are often either flawed or absent in media. This is true for the genre of superhero …
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The Hapathetic Generation
… known as the Millennials, are the most socially concerned demographic to date; yet they are also the least likely to involve themselves in solutions that address their concerns. One cannot help but wonder how a generation whose social concern is so well documented is also incredibly …
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Opening Gates: Elevating Corporate Social Responsibility Communication and Strategic Philanthrocapitalism for Social Change
… in myriad terms and meanings: corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship, social entrepreneurship, venture capitalism and philanthrocapitalism, to name a few. Now, nonprofit organizations and foundations are building on the social and financial capital of successful business …
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How can brands try to influence social norms?
This thesis explores how brands can influence social norms. Through detailed case studies of the American Tobacco Company, Nike, Patagonia, Yves Saint Laurent, and Viagra, it examines the various tactics employed by these brands to challenge and reshape societal perceptions and behaviors related to …
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Impotence and omnipotence : problematising the articulation of anthropological perspectives within the land restitution process
… in order to contribute towards effecting positive social change. In order to explore the above thesis, I have reflected upon and analysed my role as an applied anthropologist in an effort to inform and advance an understanding of the strengths and limitations of this role. Accordingly, I …
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Design Education for Ugandan Secondary Schools
… have the ability and the capacity to drive positive social change andeconomic growth, if given the appropriate resources and opportunities” (International YouthFoundation, 2011). There is a high demand for qualified individuals in design-relatedprofessions with competitive salaries. However, …
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Peace and conflict resolution activities in support of strengthening civil society's democratic capacity in South Korea. Case studies on three civil society organisations working on peace and conflict resolution in South Korea.
… a collaborative, problem-solving approach to social conflicts, was introduced to new democracies in an attempt to develop civil society¿s capacity for conflict management (Mayer, 2000). Conflict resolution provides people with an opportunity to advocate effectively for their own interests in a …
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A Mixed Methods Study of Middle School Teachers’ Perceptions of Schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports and Its Influence on Effective Implementation
… of their efforts toward implementing Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports with fidelity in two middle schools within an urban school district located in Georgia. Data analyses included descriptive statistics, homogeneity of variance Levene’s test, t-tests, factorial analysis, …
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‘Non-sporty’ girls take the lead: A feminist participatory action research approach to physical activity
… relations. FPAR's, explicit aim is to affect positive social change. It is: participatory; defined by the need for action; and creates knowledge but not for the sake of knowledge alone. FPAR combines the sharing of common experiences of oppression with collective action. By using FPAR within …
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Feminist Solidarity Building And Working With Difference: The Case Of The Fiji Women’s Forum
… remedies in the process of instigating a positive social change, such as gender equality. The theoretical framework used draws on the work of Nira Yuval-Davis on ‘Intersectionality and Belonging’. Intersectionality is a theory which seeks to examine the complex interweaving of material …
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Embedding sustainable strategies for competitive advantage in the UAE sports sector
… and raise environmental awareness and to inspire positive social change amongst fans and spectators. Despite the growing popularity given to sports industry lags behind other forms of facilities with reference to sustainability strategies. Therefore, this study aims to investigate how the United …
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Internationalization of Higher Education and Imported Universities in Post-conflict Iraq through a Policy Borrowing Lens
… manpower to participate in the economic and social development of the post-2003 democratic Iraq, the Ministry of Higher Education and some of the universities’ administrators framed the rationales around rebuilding the reputation of higher education institutions. At the institutional level, …
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Identity as ethical responsibility: A manifesto for social change in Toni Morrison's fiction
… that can advocate for a manifesto for positive social change. Analysis focused on the investigation of identity construction in Morrison’s The Bluest Eye (1970), Tar Baby (1981), Paradise (1997), and A Mercy (2008). Through her fiction Morrison can be argued to construct identity in a …
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Effects of Health Information Technology Adoption on Nursing Home Quality Rating Scores in Minnesota Nursing Homes
… inspection scores. These findings contribute to positive social change by assisting to inform stakeholders of nursing homes that HIT adoption may have some relationship to quality of care and services as indicated by the CMS rating system and MDH inspection ratings. Policy makers and legislators …
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Cultivating Compassion in Undergraduate College Students: Rhetoric or Reality?
… methods about which they are learning to create positive social change has lagged. Aware of the magnitude of today's global issues and dissatisfied with the current disparity between the world's reality and university curricula, scholars have begun to re-imagine the role of higher education in …
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American Dreams: Portrayals of Race, Class, and 21st Century Capitalism in David Simon and Ed Burns’ The Wire,
… a particular focus on the drug trade and its social and psychological effects on Baltimore’s black underclass. This dissertation values The Wire as a major achievement in television, for its sophisticated and intricate approach in exposing and critiquing systemic problems of inequality, …
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A Study of the Principle of Subsidiarity in Catholic Social Thought: Implications for Social Justice and Civil Society in Nigeria
… of the principle of subsidiarity in Catholic social teaching, in bringing about social and moral reconstruction of society and in particular the Nigerian social context. The origin of this principle has been traced to the natural human inclination to build a healthy relationship between the …
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Social infrastructures: a shift to decentralized infrastructure as a means of rejuvenating blighted Lagosian contexts and places of similar genus
… central infrastructure. The effects of climate change on the low-lying coastal plains further exacerbate the degeneration experienced in these contexts. Therefore this research examines how people live independently of central infrastructure in informal contexts such as Makoko and whether this …
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