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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"effects of war"”.
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Liberian Refugee Women's Personal Narratives on the Effects of War on Motherhood
<p>One major effect of displacement by war and subsequently living in a refugee</p><p>camp is the disruption of the social, cultural, economic and legal institutions of</p><p>communities; this affects parenting and a child's development. Few research studies</p><p>address the effects of war, …
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Effects of War Stressors and Life Events on Gulf War Veterans with CFS Symptoms
<p>The present study examines the association of life stressors and the period when they occur, with the development of CFS symptoms in Gulf War veterans. From data collected from Gulf War Health Registry veterans, 113 met CFS criteria and 441 were controls. After hierarchical linear analysis, …
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How Much is that War in the Window? An Investigation into the Costs of War
This thesis examines the effects of war on a state's economy. The Liberal Theory of international relations maintains that there are costs to war in terms of trade; in line with this argument, many researchers have suggested that trading partners are less likely to war with each other out of a fear …
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A Country With No Name
A Country With No Name is a collection of thirty-four poems with a preface explaining the style and influences of the author. The preface defends plain-language techniques in poetry, using W.H. Auden, Wislawa Szymborska, and Paul Simon as examples of poets who take a similar approach. The poems …
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On the Verge of Change: Eudora Welty's <em>Delta Wedding</em>
<p>This thesis discusses the effects of war on the southern plantation lifestyle depicted in Eudora Welty's <em>Delta Wedding</em>. This thesis focuses on the female characters who adapt to the absence of the husbands during wartime. Wars are the catalyst for societal change in the novel, and the …
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Scribe rule
This collection of short stories is set in, or near, the Eastern Townships of southern Quebec, and takes its name from an ancient technique of timber framing used by the early settlers of the region. The characters of the collection are connected by their experiences during the 1960s and 1970s in …
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Remembering Rose Macaulay: Exploring Dangerous Ages and the World My Wilderness
Rose Macaulay was a prominant war writer in Britain during her lifetime. Her writing over time, however, has been neglected and her voice is often forgotten among the many women writing between WWI and WWII. Her novels Dangerous Ages and The World My Wilderness reveal important information about …
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A study of the 2011 floods on human security in Namibia: A case study of the Oshoopala informal settlement in Oshakati
This thesis is a result of a study carried out to determine the extent to which the 2011 floods affected basic human security needs in the Oshoopala informal settlement in the Oshana region of northern Namibia. Northern Namibia experienced severe floods in the seasons 2007-2008, 2009-2010 and 2011. …
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"Is it time we move through or space?": literary anachronism and anachorism in the novels of Elizabeth Taylor
… Taylor’s twelve novels through the lens of the interlinked concepts, anachronism and anachorism, an approach that enables an analysis of the structural, thematic and stylistic engagements with time and place in her fiction. Blending theme with chronology, the study attaches a particular …
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The Complete Poems of Anne Bannerman
<p>Anne Bannerman (c.1780-1829) spent most of her life in Edinburgh, Scotland and published three volumes of poetry in the early nineteenth century. For my dissertation, I have prepared the first fully-annotated critical edition of Bannerman’s complete works, including <em>Poems </em>(1800), …
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The Enduring Role of Conflict in the Perpetuation of Famine: Advancing 'The Right to Adequate Food' for Sustainable Peace
… in global conflict dynamics, global systems of governance, and global hunger. Together, the thesis investigates and upholds the notion that famine is a ‘man-made’ phenomenon and explains how famine persists in a world abundant with food. Through analysis and research the following is found: …
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Recovering Territory: The Thick Geopolitics of Demining in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina and Wartime Ukraine
… non-human life alike, and have enduring material effects on territories and ecologies. They defy the spatio-temporal limits of battlespaces, and entrench the territorial logic of wars by inscribing it on land. They render space dangerous, disrupt land-tenure patterns, and degrade the biosphere. …
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Psychosocial dimensions of change: An application of attachment theory and analytical psychology to family life in post-war Kosovo
… years, Kosovo has been transitioning from warfare and organized violence to stabilization and state building under the supervision and with the support of the international community. Drawing on different contributions from analytical psychology, attachment theory and the systemic family …
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War-Displaced International Students: A Qualitative Study of Factors Influencing the Integration of Ukrainians at a Midwestern Healthcare College
<p>Problem</p> <p>The war in Ukraine has disrupted the country’s higher education system, displacing Ukrainian students and affecting their mental well-being. These students encounter numerous challenges while adapting to new academic and cultural environments abroad. Higher education professionals …
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Peace journalism and Thailand's southern insurgency: a comparative analysis of the conflict coverage in Bangkok Post and The Nation.
Since 2004, Thailand has experienced a resurgence of violence in the three southern border provinces. This conflict has worsened the relationship between the majority Thais and the minority Muslims, with serious ramifications for the education, economy and health care system of the region. The Thai …
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"You chaps mustn't worry when you come back" : Cape Town soldiers and aspects of the experience of war and demobilisation 1939-1953
… written about Cape Town during the Second World War. Indeed, very little has been written about South African society at all during this period. This study is an attempt to contribute towards scholarly discussion of the effects of war on South African society, and to try to understand the largely …
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WAR CRIME VICTIMIZATION EXPERIENCES OF SRI LANKAN TAMIL MAKAL: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
Researchers have given considerable attention to war crimes across nations. Numerous anthropologists, political scientists, and economists have conducted research on the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka; however, there is scant literature exploring violations of international law as experienced by the …
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Sisters Before the Fall
… thesis comprises the first fourteen chapters of a fiction entitled "Sisters Before the Fall", which brings to the forefront extreme, yet, real abuses faced by women in the Middle East and the northeastern countries of Africa. Those abuses are the result of social, political, and cultural …