College of Arts: Recent submissions
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Naive Melody
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The Green Party
(Oxford University Press, 2015)The natural environment features strongly in the ways that New Zealanders think about New Zealand. A recurring idealisation of the natural landscape, what Bell calls the ‘nature myth’, is reflected outwards in the ‘clean ... -
Rethinking lay people’s theories of the economy
(University of Canterbury, 2018)Renewed scholarly interest in lay people’s economics (Leiser & Kril, 2017; Darriet & Bourgeois-Gironde, 2015; Sapienza & Zingales, 2013a; Dixon, Griffiths, & Lim, 2014), a tradition of research typically associated with ... -
Review: The Capetian Century, 1214 to 1314, ed. by W. C. Jordan and J. R. Phillips (Turnhout: Brepols, 2017)
(ANZAMEMS, 2018)This collection originates in a conference held at Princeton in 2014 to mark two anniversaries in French history: the famous Battle of Bouvines and the death, a century later, of King Philip IV. As William Chester Jordan ... -
Exploring youth activism on climate change: dutiful, disruptive, and dangerous dissent
(2018)The policies and decisions made today will influence climate and sustainability outcomes for the remainder of this century and beyond, and youth today have a large stake in this future. Many youth are expressing dissent ... -
Herodotus the ΣΟΦΌΣ - theology and the claim to knowledge
(University of Canterbury, 2018)As remarked by John Gould, ‘Herodotus and religion’ is a vast subject that has provoked much discussion amongst scholars. Thomas Harrison has made a strong contribution to this area with his Divinity and history (2000), ... -
Feeling Lucky: The Serendipitous Nature of Field Education
(2018)Field education and the supervision that occurs during this process cements learning and enhances preparedness for a career in social work. Graduate readiness for social work practice is however a contested subject in ... -
Maori occupation sites in back beach deposits around Tasman Bay.
(University of Canterbury, 1966)The study of New Zealand's prehistory is beset by a number of problems. Chief among them are the lack of confident indicators of cultural change, and the lack of sufficient detail about sites over a wide area. Insufficient ... -
A comparitive study of copyright. An analysis of the effects of a laxer system of copyright law on the reception of english popular books in Russia and the implications thereof to copyright laws and their success in achieving the aims of copyright.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)The copyright system in Russia has historically been much more liberal on the matter of derivative works than western copyright systems such as those that prevail in the EU or America. It more closely resembles older ... -
Through a Euro lens : exploring the roles of NGOs and non-NGOs and the impact they have on child sex tourism in Thailand.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)As the child sex tourism industry in Thailand has increased in the last 30 to 40 years, so too has the demand for trafficking children from other parts of Southeast Asia and into Thailand for prostitution. This research ... -
An investigation of end-of-life care experiences of migrant peasant workers in China through discourses of filial piety.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This research examines the experiences of migrant peasant workers in China who care for parents diagnosed with cancer, and explores to what extent contextual changes after economic reforms initiated in 1978 impacted practices ... -
In defence of freedom consequentialism.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)Freedom consequentialism is a new consequentialist normative theory that puts personhood at the heart of morality. This theory’s measure of value is the ability of persons to understand and make their own choices, which I ... -
Māori: revitalization of an Endangered Language
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Recommendatory Report on a Tikanga Framework for the Taxation System
(The Treasury, 2018)This document summarises responses from a process designed to test the suitability of the draft tikanga framework for the taxation system. The central themes in the responses were: • That Treasury is to be commended for ... -
Biculturalism in New Zealand Parliament: a corpus-based approach
(University of Canterbury, 2018)New Zealand is a bicultural country, with, some say, an obligation to recognise the language of the indigenous peoples, te reo Māori. Politicians, as representatives of the people and the country, are individuals who ... -
Seizing on a mirage? : an analysis of public participation in Kenya in the constitutional transition period 2010-2016.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This thesis examines how the constitutional principle of public participation was actualised in Kenya under the 2010 Constitution. It uses a case study approach to examine the 2010-2016 constitutional transition period. ... -
Social work with older sexual and gender minorities in New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)Social workers aim to support all individuals within society, but not every individual or community is afforded the same recognition, validation, and protection. One such group of individuals are older members of the ... -
Paupertatem voluntariam possidete : ‘possessing poverty’ and the development of devotional narratives in the medieval Dominican Order, 1221-1363.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This thesis explores the response of the Dominican Order to enduring questions regarding the meaning, purpose and presentation of religious poverty. From Christianity’s inception, the Church has struggled with the question ...
