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Assessing President Obama's Climate Change Record (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Assessing President Obama's Climate Change Record. Environmental Politics, 847-865. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2018.1494967

This essay assesses President Obama’s climate change record by looking at his success in translating policy goals into policy outputs (laws or regulatory action) during his time in office. It begins by using Obama’s campaign speeches to identify spec... Read More about Assessing President Obama's Climate Change Record.

Change in the Political Economy of Land Value Capture in England (2019)
Journal Article
Catney. (2019). Change in the Political Economy of Land Value Capture in England. Town Planning Review, 339-358. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2019.24

Variations in the character, performance and impact of policies and practices to capture land value for the community are usually examined by analysing experience in different countries. Such international comparative research is cross-sectional and... Read More about Change in the Political Economy of Land Value Capture in England.

Diversification and internationalization in the sociological study of science and religion (2019)
Journal Article
Catto, R., H. Jones, S., Kaden, T., & Elsdon‐Baker, F. (2019). Diversification and internationalization in the sociological study of science and religion. Sociology Compass, 13(8), Article e12721. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12721

Classical sociology addressed the relationship between science and religion, but interest in the topic waned during the 20th century. A second wave of research has emerged in the 21st century, focusing on scientists' (ir)religiosity, evolution, and t... Read More about Diversification and internationalization in the sociological study of science and religion.

The dynamics of community participation: evidence from practice (2019)
Thesis
Mawomo, K. (2019). The dynamics of community participation: evidence from practice. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414217

This study investigated the dynamics of community participation (CP) manifest in participatory processes, both formal (‘invited’ or ‘induced’) and informal (‘created’ or ‘organic’), in two Tswana speaking rural communities in Botswana, namely Mogonye... Read More about The dynamics of community participation: evidence from practice.

Ghana’s Health Policy: Human Resources and Health Outcomes Inequality in Northern and Southern Ghana (2019)
Thesis
Dery, L. G. (2019). Ghana’s Health Policy: Human Resources and Health Outcomes Inequality in Northern and Southern Ghana. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413811

Despite evidence of widening geographical inequalities in maternal and child health (MCH) coverage and outcomes between the Upper West region (UWR) in the north and the Ashanti region (AR) and Greater Accra region (GAR) in southern Ghana, the relativ... Read More about Ghana’s Health Policy: Human Resources and Health Outcomes Inequality in Northern and Southern Ghana.

Perceptions of climate change as a security issue in the case of Greece: an application of Q-methodology in security studies (2019)
Thesis
Gerosideris, C. (2019). Perceptions of climate change as a security issue in the case of Greece: an application of Q-methodology in security studies. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413816

This study establishes the stakeholders’ perceptions of environmental and energy security through the application of Q methodology in the case of Greece. It explains in detail the essentiality of including individual viewpoints and the opinions of ac... Read More about Perceptions of climate change as a security issue in the case of Greece: an application of Q-methodology in security studies.

‘Lowering your standards’?: assessing the procedural legitimacy of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) (2019)
Thesis
Mason, S. (2019). ‘Lowering your standards’?: assessing the procedural legitimacy of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413817

Today technical web standards have become one of the most important mechanisms of internet governance, impinging on a wide range of areas of public policy from privacy and to freedom of speech. Despite their importance, however, the processes through... Read More about ‘Lowering your standards’?: assessing the procedural legitimacy of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Between a rock and a hard place: exploring the views and accounts of undergraduate student writers in a consumer-led Higher Education system (2019)
Thesis
Aiken, V. J. (2019). Between a rock and a hard place: exploring the views and accounts of undergraduate student writers in a consumer-led Higher Education system. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414220

This thesis problematizes the student-as-consumer mantra from the perspective of students’ academic writing. It is beginning to be argued that a consumer-led higher education sector reducing the value of a degree to employability credentials leaves l... Read More about Between a rock and a hard place: exploring the views and accounts of undergraduate student writers in a consumer-led Higher Education system.

Freedom as the pursuit of self-realisation: T. H. Green and the contemporary debate on the nature of freedom (2019)
Thesis
Swinbank, A. D. (2019). Freedom as the pursuit of self-realisation: T. H. Green and the contemporary debate on the nature of freedom. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414416

This dissertation explores Green’s theory of freedom, it discusses where it sits in the contemporary debate on the nature of freedom, and what it contributes to it. I argue that Green presents us with a nuanced notion of freedom, informed by his robu... Read More about Freedom as the pursuit of self-realisation: T. H. Green and the contemporary debate on the nature of freedom.