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Showing 1 to 20 of 68 for “"Social injustice."”.
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New problems in queues--social injustice and server production management
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1987.
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Human rights and social injustice in Nadie me vera llorar's Mexico of 1880-1930.
Through her acclaimed novel, Nadie me vera llorar, Cristina Rivera Garza, prolific Mexican author, and feminist literary icon, explores the conflicted history of vanilla as it is intimately intertwined with the history of Mexico and its people. This thesis offers a deep dive into the history of …
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Justice and Righteousness in the Prophecy of Amos and their Relevance to Issues of Contemporary Social Justice in the Church in Ghana
The thesis focuses on protest against social injustice in the prophecy of Amos and their implication for social justice in the world today, using examples from contemporary Ghana. It identifies social justice concerns in Amos, by carefully analysing the text and context. It also identifies pressing …
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The development and validation of a conditional reasoning test of withdrawal
… (revocable commitment), and fairness/equity (social injustice bias) domains. As part of the empirical validation design, college students enrolled in an Introductory Psychology course completed the conditional reasoning measure, and corresponding behavioral withdrawal criteria were collected …
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Anti-Racist Video Activism: Framing and production of new knowledges that challenge the post-truth hegemonic project
… migrating to the United Kingdom, replicating social injustice. Several activist groups within the broader anti-racist movement are engaging in contemporary forms of video activism alongside protest action to resist and challenge these frames and framing processes. This thesis makes the …
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How can I utilise meaningful partnerships with parents as a tool to engender social justice within my Early Years Setting?
… educational journey in a hope to combat the social injustice which occurs on educational platforms (Bunreacht na hEireann, 1937 and Bordieu, 1997). I felt this was important as Ireland’s constitution recognises a child’s parents’ as their primary educators of their children (Bunreacht na …
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Moments When the Weak Gained Ground: Viral Video as a Curriculum of People
… of school via shared online media between social networks. This new curriculum, identified by a relatively wide viewership and its challenge to social injustice, oppressive conventions or hegemonic forces, is a curriculum of viral videos shared because of their meaning and cogence in the …
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Principles for Education of The Social Reconstructionists and Critical Theorists: A Yardstick of Democracy
… has the potential to diminish inequity and social injustice in society. The study presents an intense review of the development of democracy from Plato to the present day. The progressive principles for democracy of the Social Reconstructionists and Critical Theorists form the theoretical …
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Structure Stories
… among these narratives might suggest spatial and social futures that translate into the language of architecture. This thesis investigation will comprise three layers: 01 Reading and analysis of current events journalism, with a focus on social injustice and inequity. 02 Critical reflection about …
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Pedagogy of the Amused: An Exploration of Writing Education for a Critical Sense of Humor
… spaces from which students can recognize social injustice and re-envision a more equitable society, I argue that the distance humor generates can be used to emancipate people from empathic responses that would otherwise motivate action. I offer three cases that serve as examples of how …
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Crime organizado transnacional: a relação entre tráfico de drogas e violência estrutural no Brasil
… appears as one of the main threats to peace and social cohesion, driven by the high profitability of drug trafficking and a set of structural conditions such as social exclusion, marginalization, inequality, unemployment, lack of access to quality education and impoverishment. As an important …
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Abyssal Ideology and the Amerindians of Guyana: An Eco-Crimes Analysis of Power, Discourse and Cognitive Injustice
Cognitive injustice- that is, the failure to recognize the plurality of epistemologies and the manner in which people across the globe provide meaning to their existence- should be the subject of critical criminological inquiry because it is directly linked to both environmental and social …
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Empowering YOUth: The Contemporary Jewish Museum's Social Justice Program for At-Risk Eighth Graders
… communities. The program theme is of social responsibility and unity, with an artistic, creative exploration component. I conceived this program for The Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM), located in downtown San Francisco. The organization was founded in 1984, and moved to its current …
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Gender Equity in High School World History Curriculum Support for a Balanced Perspective
… view of world history, This can lead to greater social injustice. The purpose of this paper is twofold. 1) examine the reasons for and issues with providing a gender balanced view of history in order to lead to a more well rounded illustration of history; 2) demonstrate how this can be done in a …
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JAZZ’S HIDDEN TRANSCRIPTS: BETWEEN CALIBAN AND COLTRANE CRITICAL IMPROVISATIONAL PEDAGOGY AS PRAGMATIC POLITICS
… addresses problems of political disengagement, social exclusion, multi-generational poverty, and social injustice in communities left behind by an incomplete democracy, now in acute crisis. Using jazz improvisation as a metaphor for Dewey’s ideals for a thriving and creative American democracy, …
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Stonewall: Developing A Historically-and-Culturally Based Empowerment Narrative Modality For Therapeutic Treatment With LGBTQ+ Youth
<p>Despite more recent advancements in social acceptance and legislative advancements, LGBTQ+ peoples have continued to suffer from institutional and cultural oppression which has resulted in disproportionately higher levels of negative psychological outcomes, particularly for youth. The behavioral …
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The Dictator Novel in YA Latinx Fantasy
… that reach beyond the cycle of oppression and injustices that have silenced generation after generation. These YA Latinx fantasy novels use the role of the authoritarian presence as a means to fight against social injustice, redefine identity and self- acceptance, find community, and …
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Framing land expropriation: a comparative content analysis of SABC and eNCA's coverage of the LEWC public hearings
… distinctions: eNCA focused more heavily on social justice (42% vs. 29% for SABC), while SABC emphasised land as a cultural right (20% vs. 12%) and highlighted social injustice more prominently (27% vs. 17%). These variations underline how each channel constructed distinct narratives …
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A Descriptive Policy Analysis of State-Level Universal Preschool Adoption
… and piecemeal approach to providing ECE creates social injustice and inequity for many young children (Kagan & Roth, 2017; Kagan, 2009). With the absence of comprehensive and streamlined federal ECE policy, several states have attempted to at least provide universal preschool to all four-year-old …
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'Challenging the Status Quo' Mothers of Children with Disability and their Relationships with Professionals: Counselling Psychology and its Social Justice Agenda
… as being influenced at personal, systemic and social levels and explores the implications of these findings with regard to Counselling Psychology. The third section is the clinical component and describes professional engagement with the mother bereaved of her disabled son. This piece reflects …
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