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Showing 1 to 20 of 112 for “"Social consequences"”.
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The economic and social consequences of housing tenure
This thesis explores the consequences of housing tenure in three separate yet interlinked domains that entail economic and social dimensions: portfolio choice, mental health, and voting behaviour. It does so by crystallising the fundamental features of housing tenure and by characterising …
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Negotiating the social consequences of stopping or reducing alcohol consumption
… playing an important role in the rituals of many social occasions. This can make reducing or stopping alcohol consumption challenging, as one risks rejecting, not just a drink, but also the valued social meanings that drink represents. In this thesis, I aimed to identify how Australians who stop …
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Time Is Money: The Social Consequences of Economic Change in Seretunin, Kenya
… deals with the emergence of class, a relation of social categories based in differential access to the means of production, in Seretunin, a Tugen community in the Baringo District of Kenya.
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Modelling the economic and social consequences of drought under future projections of climate change
Drought events and their consequences pose a considerable problem for governments, businesses and individuals. Superimposed on this risk is the danger of future anthropogenic climate change. Climate models are increasingly being used to understand how climate change may affect future drought …
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Economic and social consequences of human african trypanosomiasis in Muchinga, Lusaka and Eastern provinces of Zambia
… have been conducted to establish the economic consequences of the burden of the disease on the affected populations. This study therefore aimed at determining the economic and social consequences of HAT in Lusaka, Muchinga and Eastern provinces of Zambia. This was achieved by a cross sectional …
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Economic and social consequences of human african trypanosomiasis in Muchinga, Lusaka and Eastern provinces of Zambia
… have been conducted to establish the economic consequences of the burden of the disease on the affected populations. This study therefore aimed at determining the economic and social consequences of HAT in Lusaka, Muchinga and Eastern provinces of Zambia. This was achieved by a cross sectional …
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The Global Impact of Brain Drain and its Economic and Social Consequences in Relation to the United States
… and their importance in terms of economic and social development will also be examined.
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An assessment of the social consequences of water management devices on the poor in Samora Machel, Cape Town
This study assesses the social consequences of water management devices in poor households in Samora Machel, a poor urban area characterised by high levels of unemployment and poverty. South Africa is currently faced with an increase in the roll out of water management technologies, mainly in poor …
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Women as industrial labour: an enquiry into economic and social consequences of growth of garments manufacturing in Bangladesh
… hours of market work and home production. Other social impacts such, as changes in decision-making roles and independence of action have been limited. Employment and education are the most important determinants of the positive impacts on the women themselves and their households. Future policy …
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Miracle from the Rhein to the Han River : heavy industrialisation of South Korea and its social consequences under Park Chung Hee
… accounted for heavy industrialisation, and the social consequences of these policies. To overcome developmental backwardness due to the country’s very late industrialisation, Park adopted Gerschenkron’s catch-up strategy in his pursuit of rapid industrial development. Park then deployed German …
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Effects of Variable Payoff Structures on Cooperative Behaviors in a Repeated Prisoners Dilemma Game
… to examine payoff variations along with the social consequences that may occur when participants are not anonymous.Keywords: cooperation, prisoners dilemma game, payoff, social consequences
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The Effects of Pre-session Access to Competing Stimuli on Motor Stereotypy
… invariant behavior that occurs independent of social consequences – is a common behavior of individuals with autism and can be detrimental, as it may negatively impact learning opportunities and interfere with social inclusion. Stereotypy is often maintained by automatic reinforcement …
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Controversial advertising in the UK : its regulation and practitioner ethical decision making
… advertising is often criticised for its negative social consequences. Controversial advertisers utilise content or tactics that breach acceptable standards of society (Harker et al., 2005). Controversial advertising practices include: shocking, offensive or distressing content or tactics (Waller …
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Three essays on the welfare and social impacts of external shocks and public policies in Mexico
In this thesis I examine the welfare and social consequences associated with one economic shock and two policy interventions in Mexico. I use non-experimental approaches that exploit increased data availability as well as in-depth knowledge of the institutional background and show how germane …
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The Haus of Frau: Radical Drag Queens Disrupting the Visual Fiction of Gendered Appearances
… between appearance and identity apparent in the social experience of five gay male drag queens. Appearing at variance with gender norms that underwrite male appearance in mainstream society and among gay men prompted social consequences that impacted their identities and world views. One aim is …
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN PUBLIC WELFARE POLICIES: ADOPTIONS, PERCEPTIONS AND TRUST
What consequences will the widespread adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the public sector have on society? I was inspired by this question to conduct five studies using multidisciplinary and multi-methods research designs. While most research focuses on the private sector or pioneering …
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Testosterone and competition in women and men
… to compete because they may suffer negative social consequences for behaving dominantly. We hypothesized that women in general would perform better in a prosocial or cooperative competition vs. a traditional head-to-head condition, and that high testosterone women would perform particularly …
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They Blush Because They Understand: The Performative Power of Women's Humor and Embarrassment in Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma
… direct antagonistic speech act would have severe social consequences. When those socially-sanctioned and highly-regulated speech acts--marriages, wills, introductions, invitations, letters, titles--are less accessible or less beneficial to women, only indirect speech acts remain a viable option.
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Prototypicality and Ingroup Perceptions: The Role of Identity Denial
… between target prototypicality and negative social consequences. Especially, when presented with lighter-skin or darker-skin targets, Hispanic/Latinx individuals are more likely to see them as less likable, and less warm when compared to a prototypical target. There was no evidence to support …
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An ethnographically-based critique of sustainable tourism and cruise-boat eco-tourism practices in Galápagos, Ecuador
… sustainable eco-tourism as also to deal with the social consequences its practices have on people living in the archipelago. My dissertation fieldwork was conducted aboard one of the many catamarans in Galápagos providing eco-tourism opportunities and among terrestrial and marine entry points to …
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