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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Social and economic policies"”.
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Green rebuilding the South Bronx : mapping the capacity to promote sustainable development in New York
… to begin the process of change in development and environmental policy in New York City with the promotion of green building practices. I focus on the low-income minority communities of the South Bronx to ensure all of NYC-even historically marginalized neighborhoods-is part of the journey …
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Juggling Demands and Resources: Low Wage Women Making Sense of Bill-Paying Hardships
… bill-paying hardships. Two themes with subthemes and corresponding meaning making processes emerged into a conceptual framework. The first theme is caring for others with subthemes of responsibility, isolation, and survival and a meaning-making process called the daily grind. The second theme is …
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Towards formulating a comprehensive social security scheme for Lesotho
In most African countries, social development continues to raise grave concern as the majority of the population is afflicted by a litany of inexhaustible social risks. These social risks include: lack of social welfare services, social marginalisation, the HlV and AIDS pandemic, ill-health, …
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The socio-economic legacy of French colonialism in Morocco: The lasting impact of the French protectorate on Morrocan trade, agriculture and education
… purpose of this research is to examine the socio-economic legacies of the French Protectorate in Morocco and the attitude of modern-day Moroccans to that legacy, through a series of in-depth interviews with a wide range of people who lived through colonialism and came after it. I use these …
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Challenges and Possibilities of Emigrante Epistemology: Mexican Immigrants Caught in the Crossfire of Neo-liberalism within Post 9/11 United States
The current political, economic, and social conditions facing Mexican immigrant families within post 9/11 United States have a direct effect on their daily lives. The current climate of anti-immigrant, xenophobic, and racist discourse is perpetuated through mainstream media, political agendas, and …
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COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL POLICIES AND NOMADIC PASTORALISM: A CASE STUDY OF THE BORANA OF NORTHERN KENYA, 1890-1990
… of Northern Kenya experienced relative changes and transformation in their social, political and economic life. During their almost seven decades rule (1890-1963), the British introduced a number of policies to facilitate political control and economic exploitation. In the subsequent three …
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The effects of socio-demographic factors on depression and perceived health status among a cohort of young people (15-24) in South Africa: evidence from the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) waves 1-5
… The prevalence of bad perceived health status and depression, their sociodemographic determinants (education level, employment status, relative household income, race, age and gender) and the modifying effect of depression on PHS have been investigated among a cohort of young adults using data …
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Chilean Arpilleras, Social Reproduction and the Struggle Against Coloniality
… explores the relationship between art, social reproduction, and resistance in Geography by interrogating the power of political art to challenge colonial/capitalist spatial dynamics through collective and public practice. To do this, I look at the tradition of Chilean arpilleras, a type …
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Princes, diwans and merchants : education and reform in colonial India
Scholarship on education and social reform has studied how communities with a history of literacy and employment in pre-colonial state administrations adjusted to the new socio-political order brought about by the British Empire in India. My work shifts the attention to the Indian aristocracy and …
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An empirical investigation of employee training and development in Greek manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
… by policy makers as a central means to address social and economic challenges at national and supranational levels. The present study looks specifically at the Greek economy and explores the determinants, nature and extent of skills development in Greek manufacturing SMEs, notably in the textile …
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"Motherhood brings Joy and Happiness", Discourses of the Ideal Mother in South Africa
… have on South African women's experiences, and practices of mothering will be explored. This research draws on 12 interviews with first-time mothers in low-income areas in Cape Town, exploring first-time mothers' experiences of motherhood. There is limited research on how patriarchal values …
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"Motherhood brings Joy and Happiness", Discourses of the Ideal Mother in South Africa
… have on South African women's experiences, and practices of mothering will be explored. This research draws on 12 interviews with first-time mothers in low-income areas in Cape Town, exploring first-time mothers' experiences of motherhood. There is limited research on how patriarchal values …
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Essays in Labor and Development Economics
… <p>In the first chapter, "Political Inclusion and Educational Investment," I investigate whether political empowerment can affect the human capital investment decisions of children. By using exogenous variation in the implementation of the policy, nationally-representative survey data allow me …