• The politics of development : neo-Marxist approaches to New Zealand history 

  Reid, Charles Edward (University of Canterbury, 1990)

  This thesis will critically evaluate the nee-Marxist interpretations of New Zealand history propounded by David Bedggood, Rob Steven and Warwick Armstrong. This critique finds that the theoretical models adopted by these ...

• Measuring Currency Power from 2005 to 2018: Greenback Still Unrivaled or Increasingly Constrained by Its Rivals? 

  Kotarski K; Tan AC (2020)

  The main research goal of this paper is to empirically assess the state of US currency power relative to its main rivals in the period between 2005 and 2018. The most novel aspect of our inquiry is the design of three ...

• Mapping Languages: The Corpus of Global Language Use 

  Dunn J (2020)

• “One step beyond the line” : the sensory experience of the battlefield in Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace”. 

  Morrison, Justine Vanessa (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  War and Peace is Tolstoy’s harrowing indictment of the Napoleonic Wars, laying bare the shattered expectations, illusions, and lives of a generation of young Russians. In this thesis I show how the methods employed by ...

• Language maintenance, shift and variation evidence from Jordanian and Palestinian immigrants in Christchurch New Zealand. 

  Dagamseh, Mohammed M. (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  There has been a substantial amount of research on language maintenance and shift (LMLS) and language variation and change (LVC) in New Zealand in the last four decades and most of this research has concentrated on exploring ...

• A man’s world : female correctional officers in New Zealand men’s prisons. 

  Dowd, Olivia (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  As an influx of women entered the workforce in the 1960s, many began to emerge in what were considered traditionally male occupations: as policewomen, military personnel, and as correctional officers. In New Zealand, female ...

• Food and identity : the Iranian diaspora of New Zealand. 

  Sayadabdi, Amir (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  In this thesis, I investigate and critically analyze the relationship between foodways and identity for diasporic Iranians in New Zealand. My main objective is in-depth exploration of the role of food and foodways in ...

• Growing resistance : taro as the symbol of postcolonial Hawaiian identity. 

  Pipes, Charles (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  Taro is a root vegetable that has held important dietary, spiritual, and social roles with Native Hawaiian culture for centuries. The cultivation and management of the taro plant was a significant foundation of ancient ...

• Conceptualising EU development in the African Union : will Brexit matter? 

  Gumbo, Cashias (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  Scholars have asked whether the European Union (EU) should be referred to as a civilian power (Duchêne, 1973) rather than a military power (Bull, 1982). Others have argued that the EU is neither a civilian nor a military ...

• Imaging Antarctica : responses from contemporary artists. 

  Litten, Harriet (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  Antarctica has been represented by countless different agents for a multitude of reasons, even before its official discovery in the eighteenth century. Whether in attempts to understand and locate an imagined southern ...

• An analysis of the 2014 New Zealand general election: do Internet use and online party mobilisation matter? 

  Tsai C-H; Tan AC; Jung K (2019)

  Like many advanced industrial democracies, New Zealand has been experiencing relatively stagnant voter turnout levels. Much of the blame for low voter turnout has been directed towards voter apathy. The rapid development ...

• Monitored mothering : the experience of mothers who parent within New Zealand women’s prisons. 

  Johnson, Jacqui (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  While New Zealand previously allowed babies up to six months old to reside in prison with their mothers in self-care units, in 2008 the Corrections (Mothers with Babies) Amendment Act was introduced allowing children under ...

• Shaved heads and sonnenrads: comparing white supremacist skinheads and the alt-right in New Zealand 

  Gilbert, Jarrod; Elley, Benjamin (Informa UK Limited, 2020)

  This article looks at two periods in the history of white supremacy in New Zealand: the short-lived explosion of skinhead groups in the 1990s, and the contemporary rise of the internet-driven alt-right. It looks at ...

• Nelson and the Taranaki War, 1860-1861 : a case-study of opinion in the South Island on the origins and nature of the Anglo-Maori Wars in New Zealand. 

  Chan, H. D. M-h. (University of Canterbury, 1969)

  Though the origins of the Anglo-Maori wars, their influence on Imperial relations, and their effects on the Maoris have been studied by Professors Sinclair, Dalton and Sorrenson, and by Dr Alan Ward, there has been very ...

• The poetry of the numinous : a study of imagery in the poetry of Ursula Bethell. 

  Hillock, Margaret Wishart (University of Canterbury, 1981)

  In this study of the use of imagery in the work of Ursula Bethell, I have set out to examine the two aspects of her poetry: the visual and the visionary. Both of these aspects play a vital role in her exploration of ...

• The life of Thomas Edward Taylor, M.P., 1863-1911. 

  Billcliff, Charles F. (University of Canterbury, 1948)

  The thesis I advance for his place in the political life of this democracy is that he, essentially a self-taught man, entered the political life of the country from a strong sense of public duty and served as a spearhead ...

• Terrorists' use of social media : a case study of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State. 

  Bandopadhyaya, Suvojit (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  This thesis analyses Islamic State’s (IS) e-magazines, Dabiq and Rumiyah, and Al Qaeda’s (AQ) e-magazine, Inspire, to identify terrorist propaganda and radicalisation arising from social media platforms – Facebook and ...

• Artists' Books in UC Collections: A Scoping Study 

  Garrie, Barbara; Davis, Sophie (2014)

  Artists' Books in UC Collections: A Scoping Study, undertaken as part of the University of Canterbury Summer Scholarship Scheme, provides the foundation for a larger project by the Department of Art History and Theory. ...

• Self-Citation in Cicero's De Divinatione 

  Sciarrino, E. (2020)

• Thomas Habinek and Cynthia's bones 

  Sciarrino, E. (2020)

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