Arts: Theses and Dissertations
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Why were the Sikhs loyal to the British, if indeed they were, during the Indian Mutiny of 1857?
(University of Canterbury, 1993)This thesis will endeavour to ascertain the nature and extent of Sikh support for the British during the Indian "Mutiny" of 1857. It will analyse the importance of this support. The thesis will maintain that without the ... -
An analysis of the role of the EU as a parliamentary democracy promoter in improving federal parliamentary performance in Pakistan : a case study of the IP3 project
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis attempts to contribute to the knowledge of parliamentary democracy promotion in the 21st century. Parliamentary democracy promotion is a small but growing component of international democracy assistance. The ... -
Beyond ‘the limits and the terms’: narrative technique and ethical reading in the fiction of Ian McEwan.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)In this thesis, I explore the link between narrative technique and ethical reading in the fiction of Ian McEwan. Specifically, I use narratological concepts to examine the way in which McEwan encourages an ethical approach ... -
'Freaks', 'wackos' and 'terrorists'? : the militia movement, legitimacy, and right wing extremism in the United States : a case study analysis of the Militia of Montana and the Michigan Militia Corps
(University of Canterbury, 1999)This thesis seeks to understand the militia movement in the United States as a political protest movement that challenges the legitimacy of the modern State. This protest reveals the fragmentation of the political culture, ... -
Nomogenesis : a Peircean approach. A thesis on the philosophy of cosmology.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis deals with the age-old problem of the origin of the laws of the universe. I investigate Charles Sanders Peirce’s theory of origins, and place his ‘principle of habit’ into a modern scientific context. Peirce’s ... -
Herstories, gender, culture and trauma : a metaphorical reading of Yan Geling’s fiction.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)This thesis offers a reading of four key fictional works by Chinese American writer Yan Geling from the perspective of metaphor. Rather than understanding metaphor as a rhetorical device in the conventional sense, I ... -
‘Forgotten world highway, forgotten people’ : a qualitative research project exploring the experience of poverty in a rural community.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)Poverty has been an intractable issue in Aotearoa New Zealand throughout this century, particularly for families/whānau with children. The tentacles of poverty spread into all aspects of daily life making it a significant ... -
The good governance agenda for civil society : lessons from the Fa'aSamoa : an analysis of the good governance agenda for civil society and its liberal counterpart as they pertain to civil society institutions based on 'affective ties'
(University of Canterbury, 1999)This thesis sets out to use the case of Samoa to challenge arguments contained in, the good governance agenda, and a liberal prescription, for civil society. The good governance agenda argues that institutions based on ... -
By design or default? The colonisation of a Ngāi Tahu village : Māori Reserve 873.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)The acquisition of Māori land by the Crown and the subsequent on-selling to European settlers rapidly transferred economic wealth from Māori tribes to Pākehā (non-Māori). The largest tribe in the South Island, Ngāi Tahu, ... -
Towards a PLAY model of youth participation in sustainable urban decision making : investigating young people’s experiences, expectations and empowerment in green space and public transport planning in Dhaka city.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)This thesis examines youth engagement in sustainable planning for transport and green space in Dhaka city Bangladesh. Despite increasingly large numbers of young people living in urbanising areas in the Global South (Mayo, ... -
The dilemma of power relations in Samoa : a study of cultural hegemony in a developing democracy
(University of Canterbury, 2021)This thesis sought to explore the dilemma of power relations in Samoa from a holistic perspective, focusing largely on power’s major stakeholders that include the political state, traditional culture, and the church. The ... -
The influence of political and economic conditions on how tertiary students use facebook : a comparative study between Iran and New Zealand.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis examines the influence of political and economic conditions on how tertiary students use Facebook in Iran and New Zealand. The review of previous studies on social media, and specifically Facebook, shows that ... -
Crimea in a time of change: urban everyday life, 1954-1964
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Many of the attitudes that culminated in the Crimean referendum of 16 March 2014 are deeply rooted in the vagaries of an exceptional decade of Soviet history, namely 1954-1964. Thus, an investigation of the Crimean Soviet-era ... -
Kaupapa Māori in the education curriculum : kaupapa waka as a case study.
(University of Canterbury, 2021)Using kaupapa waka as a case study this thesis explores ways that kaupapa Māori can be included more effectively within New Zealand education curriculum and resources that support curriculum. This study suggests that the ... -
Indigenous self-determination within the liberal democratic state : Ngai Tahu rangatiratanga in the post-settlement era.
(University of Canterbury, 2004)Ngāi Tahu are an indigenous people who have utilised the tools of the liberal democratic state in order to sustain and grow their culture. Interview material from members of Ngāi Tahu, indigenous self-determination literature ... -
“isn’t all violence bad, though?” : an investigation into the role of violence in nonviolent resistance
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis examines the role that violence plays in the practice and theory of nonviolent resistance. The project investigates not only the occurrence of violence in movements and movement dynamics, but also the role of ... -
Public opinion formation on social media in a big data perspective : measuring political homophily and cross-cutting agreement
(University of Canterbury, 2020)The establishment and constant development of social media technologies over the last two decades have left media scholars with a burning desire to understand their contribution to the formation of public opinion and its ... -
Trustworthiness of tweets in post disaster events : a case study of Nepal Earthquake 2015
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This research focuses on the trustworthiness of information shared through Twitter in a post- disaster event, particularly focusing on the Nepal earthquake, 2015. It explores how Twitter users access and verify tweets by ... -
Racialist thinking in the life and work of Francis Galton (1822-1911).
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This research paper focuses on the racialist thinking of Francis Galton and how this impacted on his work on eugenics and for a eugenic society. Whereas the focal point for most of the historiography is class and its impact, ... -
“Fascism alone will save this country” : presentations of decline, rebirth and the enemy in the newspapers of the British Union of Fascists.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This dissertation examines the ways in which the two main newspapers of the British Union of Fascists (‘BUF’), Action and the Blackshirt, presented ideas of social decline, the need for regeneration and the enemy. It builds ...
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