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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"neoliberal values"”.
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Band-aid on a five-inch gash: policy implications of the alignment between Ottawa’s construction of homelessness and lived experience
… reflect lived experience due to embedded neoliberal values. Consequently, the proposed solutions reinforce the very structures that sustain homelessness, perpetuating the social control and stigmatization of homeless populations. The findings highlight the need for meaningful inclusion of …
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Experiences of YMCA Day Camp Counsellors and their Perceptions of Youth
… the extent to which camp counsellors impose neoliberal values onto youth, and the social and developmental benefits of the camp experience for both campers and counsellors. Drawing on social capital theory (e.g., Putnam, 2000), Tara Yosso’s (2005) concept of community cultural wealth, and the …
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"Hey! They're trying to learn for free!": An Analysis of The Simpsons as a Satirical Portrayal of Neoliberal Influence on Public Education
… thesis examines how The Simpsons has portrayed neoliberalism’s influence on public education. This thesis begins by reviewing literature related to The Simpsons’ ideological thrust. It considers how The Simpsons is rooted in a left-of-centre antagonism towards American hegemony, yet the program …
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A critical discourse analysis of strategies for change in New Jersey’s teacher evaluations: How principals make meaning of the Danielson Framework for Teaching
… change that supported and positively appraised neoliberal values such as objectivity and quantification. It also demonstrated that a principal’s enactment of the discourse was unique to his past experiences and values, dialectically related to both his role as a social agent in the change and …
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Connecting to what matters : how meaning in life is explored and developed in coaching
… this, individualistic aspirations fuelled by neoliberal values of freedom and autonomy promote the pursuit of happiness and success often at the expense of meaning and wellbeing (Wong, 2011b; Becker, Hartwich and Haslam, 2021). Individuals are left to self-manage their success and wellbeing …
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A critical realist exploration of the mother’s subjective experience of her relationship with her baby. The importance of recognising and supporting reciprocity in infant care and the barriers to achieving this
… and in doing so could overlook the infants. Neoliberal values discount the relational and these values affect the experience of the mother-infant relationship. Ideas for improving practice are suggested, as well as acknowledgment of the need for social structural changes.
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“The Girls That Get It, Get It”: An Analysis of Womanhood, Platforms, and Digital Wellness Culture
… is framed as an aesthetic practice with neoliberal values embedded that equate health and womanhood with eternal self-improvement and productivity. Furthermore, in both case studies, young, digitally enabled female content creators are framed as the ideal neoliberal citizen because of …
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"Something You Love And Something More Practical": Undergraduate Anthropology Education In The Neoliberal Era
… case study attempts to understand how neoliberalism, which emphasizes education for employment, contradicts, complements, or coexists with the values of the liberal arts discipline of anthropology. Liberal arts education, the broader type of education that anthropology fits into, is …
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Navigating the neoliberal discursive environment: an inquiry into the experiences of employees in the voluntary and community sector
This doctoral thesis explores how neoliberalism as a mode of governance impacts on the experiences of front-line employees in the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS). The political and economic context, largely underpinned by a neoliberal ideology, has led over the past 30 years to changes in the …
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Who does external quality assurance policy in Sāmoa serve, and who benefits?
… Sāmoa through an examination of the voices and values that determine policy, how these shape policy relationships and how academics respond to external quality assurance policy. The conceptual framework for this research draws firstly on Kabini Sanga’s (2004) conceptualisation of indigenous …
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Ice, Ice, Baby? A Sociological Exploration of Social Egg Freezing
… theory of social domains and concepts of neoliberalism and biomedicalisation, the thesis argues that women’s engagement with this technology is influenced by both macro and micro sociological factors including ideologies of parenthood, an individual’s social location, relationships with …