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Identity, place and health reform : a case study of nurses' professional identity in a New Zealand town.
(University of Canterbury, 2001)This research is a critical study of small town nurses in light of the recently introduced market model in health management and services. I examine the professional identity of Registered Nurses by looking at how this ... -
Land to the tiller? land reform in Asia following the Second World War.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This research seeks to understand why land reform, which has been found to reduce poverty and provide a basis for equitable growth, has not been effectively implemented in many parts of the world. Comparing South Korea, ... -
Positive images of war : a study of British First World War newsreels.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)The First World War represents a monumental and defining moment in the twentieth century, where historians continue to argue over its significance and impact on contemporary social and political culture in modern scholarship. ... -
Journalism and risk: the impact of Boko Haram attacks on news content and journalists’ patterns of news gathering and reporting in Nigeria (2011-2012).
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Journalists reporting on conflict have always faced risk in their work. In recent times, the risks have changed to deliberate targeting and systematic killing of journalists by terror groups. Many reporters in Nigeria ... -
The campaign to abolish imprisonment for debt in England, 1750-1840.
(University of Canterbury, 1974)In the Common Law of England, a writ of capias could be used to arrest a debtor and hold him on bail or in prison until he was brought to trial, and thereafter until he paid the debt. This thesis studies the development ... -
The coverage of the multi-sided war on IS in Syria by AJA and RT.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)International divisions over Syria’s internal crisis have shaped the map of the war against international terrorism which has erupted amid anti-government protests. Since September 2015, Syria has witnessed a multi-sided ... -
The agency of women in Frank Herbert’s Dune series.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This thesis examines the extent to which Frank Herbert’s best-selling science fiction series, the six-book Dune saga, can be considered feminist by studying the representation of women across the series. It analyzes the ... -
Development funding and policy : the importance of information and capability building with particular reference to Tonga.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This thesis is concerned with international development theory and practice, and the processes of financing aid and development programs. The need for communities to have access to information in order to develop sustainable ... -
‘An eye for an aye’ : linguistic and political backlash and conformity in eighteenth-century Scots.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This study examines the effects of social and political changes that were occurring during the eighteenth century in Scotland on the use of written Scots, focussing in particular upon authors who were known to have been ... -
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 ... -
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), ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
