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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"critical social theory"”.
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Critical social theory and the end of work
… having so-far looked atthe end of work as a social phenomenon, the project will survey the argumentsaround the move away from work as a sociological category; this chapter engageswith postmodernism and the supposed move from the 'metaphysic of labour' tothe 'metaphysic of consumption'. The …
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The psychasthenia of deep space: evaluating the ‘reassertion of space in critical social theory’
… the claimed ‘spatial turn’ in geographical and social theory. Section 1 examines this theoretical literature, drawing heavily on Soja as the self declared taxonomist of the genre, and also seeks parallels with more populist texts on cities and space, to suggest, following Williams, that there is …
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A comparative case study of female literacy and development in Guatemala and Bolivia
… literacy strategies that emphasize elements of critical social theory. The new education laws in Bolivia deviates from the dominant human capital theory methods used and promoted by various international development programs. This paper will argue that education methods and policies based on …
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Linking the Academy and Activism: From constructed subjectivities to participatory, communicative agency.
… published work with reflections on methods and theory within a critical sociological context. This analysis of my publications is extended by a critical engagement with communicative action theory to consider its relevance for thinking about service user involvement activity in university …
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The Desire for Utopia in the Critical Study of Religion
<p>This dissertation argues that the critical methods developed by and used within the field of religious studies can be reimagined as an expression of the modern desire for Utopia. It investigates how applications of critical social theory occlude the category of experience either deliberately or …
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Social Discourse in the Savoy Theatre's Productions of The Nautch Girl (1891) and Utopia Limited (1893): Exoticism and Victorian Self-Reflection
… contexts to understand why this situation arose. Critical social theory makes it possible to read the two documents as overt reflections on British imperialism. Examined more closely, however, the operettas reveal a great deal more about the highly introverted nature of exotic representation and …
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Families in San Francisco’s SROs: Community Caseworker’s Guide to a Narrative-Based Intake
… for community based workers that incorporates a Critical Social Theory and Intersectionality lens in the first steps of getting to know a community member and their everyday reality. This project aims to develop an intake form that incorporates narratives of families living in SROs and provides …
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An action research study with health care professionals aiming to improve preparation for childhood hospitalisation
… for childhood hospitalisation. Applying critical social theory as a model of change helped the action group to understand how to negotiate the bureaucratic structures that can inhibit but also enable change in a hospital setting. The processes of engaging as a group with a shared goal of …
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Restorative Care Unit: A Focused Ethnography of Leadership in a 20- Bed Hospital
… factors that impacted the culture of the RCU. Critical Social Theory and intersectionality (Hankivsky & Christoffersen, 2008) provided the theoretical basis for the study design, data collection and data analysis for understanding the experiences on the RCU. This study found four themes: (1) …
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Economic Independence For Mothers of Young Children: Impossible Dream or Agenda For Change?
… examines ideas for change in Australia's social arrangements for care of young children. It focuses on mothers who, in spite of the impact of second-wave feminism, continue to provide most of the care of young children. The central thesis of this work is that Australia's arrangements …
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The Death Drive Revisited: A Reexamination of Psychoanalytic Drive Theory and its Implications for Critical Theory
… a reexamination of Sigmund Freud's mature drive theory, also known as his theory of the death drive, and its relevance for critical social theory, and in particular that of the so-called "Frankfurt school." By tracing the emergence of Freud's theory in his enigmatic Beyond the Pleasure Principle …
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Decolonising Cosmopolitanism
… is now widely used across the humanities and social sciences, opening cosmopolitanism as theory and practice up to conceptual contestation and the revision of its political and intellectual history – both from within by internal critics and from without by Indigenous, Muslim, non-Western, …
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Lecturers and students’ perceptions of decolonisation at a selected rural university in Limpopo
… South Africa. The researcher was guided by critical social theory, qualitative method was applied and a case study design was used. Sampling for psychology lecturers and students was done purposively. Twelve participants (two lecturers and ten students) formed the sample from the Department …
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Inheriting Nietzsche: The Frankfurt School and Foucault on the Foundation of Critique
… a metaphysical foundation has for providing critical and normative resources. While commentators often dismiss post-metaphysical philosophies as contradictory variants of anti-metaphysics, I demonstrate using the work of Nietzsche that they proceed from a deliberate "methodological decision" …
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Alternative media for public pedagogy: "Chief" concerns and human agency
… in civil society correlates with the rise of social movements and their influence on contemporary manifestations of resistance, this research uses critical ethnographic methodologies to document the narratives of alternative media producers in the pro-Indigenous and anti-“Chief” campaigns at …
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A case study of professional role transition for occupational therapists in specialised education in post-apartheid South Africa : a critical narrative perspective
Background: This study is a critical description and explanation of the situated nature of the professional role transition process experienced by occupational therapists working in specialised education in post-apartheid South Africa. The study posed the research question: How do occupational …
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A feminist investigation of gender performance through a reflection on the process of certification in a nontraditional educational leadership program
… concepts of gender performance, feminism, and critical social theory were used as lenses through which decisions and actions of participants were examined. The findings indicated that participants entered into school leadership as a result of an external catalyst, a mentor, which inspired a …
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The Experience of Elderly Immigrants of Mexican Origin with Life-Limiting Illness: A Critical Ethnography
… life-limiting illness in the U.S. The study, a critical ethnography, was philosophically informed by Jürgen Habermas’s critical social theory and guided by Urie Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model. Thirteen first and second generation immigrants of Mexican origin were interviewed who were aged 65 …
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A critical analysis of the assessment of overseas - qualified nurses
… in this study. The aim of the study was, to critically analyse the policy development and policies relating to assessment of overseas - qualified nurses in thirteen nurse regulatory authorities from Australia and overseas. Using Critical Social Theory as the theoretical underpinning a …
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