Outputs (1181)

A study of social relations in the recording of popular music
Thesis

The production of recordings is examined from a social production perspective. It is argued that "conventional sociology of art" presents a partisan view of creative activity which prevents it acknowledging the reality of cultural production today as... Read More about A study of social relations in the recording of popular music.

Miners and social character: a case study of a face team in mining, the work group and their social relationships
Thesis

In this thesis I present an interpretation of the social situation of a face team in coal mining. My central theoretical focus is the idea of social character, as elaborated most extensively in the work of Erich Fromm. The relationship of social char... Read More about Miners and social character: a case study of a face team in mining, the work group and their social relationships.

Training in counselling: the development, implementation and evaluation of 'listening and responding', an approach to teaching communication skills to nurses
Thesis

A model for training nurses in the skills of communication and counselling was developed from microcouselling and problem management approaches. The model was used with twenty trainee nurse teachers during a course of one day per week, for ten weeks... Read More about Training in counselling: the development, implementation and evaluation of 'listening and responding', an approach to teaching communication skills to nurses.

The United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) 1948-1965, with postscript on the impact on UNMOGIP of the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971
Thesis

In January 1949 the first UN Military Observers arrived in Kashmir to supervise a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, following hostilities arising from Kashmir's disputed status after Independence. In-accepting the resolutions of a UN Commission w... Read More about The United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) 1948-1965, with postscript on the impact on UNMOGIP of the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971.

Struggle and resistance: Punjabi women in Birmingham
Thesis

The thesis examines the relationship between race, gender and class and argues that any one of these aspects cannot be studied in isolation whilst examining the social position of Asian women. The connection between these aspects is established by l... Read More about Struggle and resistance: Punjabi women in Birmingham.

Arms and influence in Saudi Arabia/United States relations, 1973-1983
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This thesis investigates empirically the realist argument that the United States arms transfers produced political influence on Saudi Arabia's foreign policy behaviour between 1973 and 1983. Within six chapters I set out the conditions and interactio... Read More about Arms and influence in Saudi Arabia/United States relations, 1973-1983.

Presidents and legitimacy in U.S. foreign policy: Cold War and Post-Cold War intervention in Latin America
Thesis

The legitimacy of presidential actions in United States interventions in Latin America is examined. The key questions are to consider the legitimacy of the interventions in terms of the constitutional legitimacy, international legitimacy, including t... Read More about Presidents and legitimacy in U.S. foreign policy: Cold War and Post-Cold War intervention in Latin America.

Women, nature and the Kantian sublime: can a reconciliation be found?
Thesis

This thesis will investigate the relationship between Immanuel Kant, women and the natural world. Using mainly Kant’s third critique, The Critique of Judgement and his Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime, I will seek to establish... Read More about Women, nature and the Kantian sublime: can a reconciliation be found?.

The appearance of God: A defense of the argument from religious experience
Thesis

Should we trust religious experience? Discussions of religious experience in analytic philosophy have, over the last fifty years, focussed primarily on whether such experiences can serve as non-inferential evidence for the existence of God. Richard S... Read More about The appearance of God: A defense of the argument from religious experience.

The effects of financial liberalisation on access to credit by Ghanaian households
Thesis

This research specifically investigates the factors that influenced access by households and individuals to credit in the financial sector in Ghana, using the Ghana Living Standards Survey for years 1988/89, 1991192 and 1998/99. The research sheds li... Read More about The effects of financial liberalisation on access to credit by Ghanaian households.