All Outputs (8)

The impact of principal party strategies on the radical right: In search of a silver bullet? (2021)
Thesis
Mitchell, G. (2021). The impact of principal party strategies on the radical right: In search of a silver bullet?. (Thesis). Keele University

Since the 1980s, many Western European countries have witnessed the rise of the radical right. Much has been written on the ideology of these parties, the tactics they adopt, the sorts of people that vote for them, and the reasons behind their electo... Read More about The impact of principal party strategies on the radical right: In search of a silver bullet?.

Kant's 'World': an interpretation of a central idea in the Three Critiques (2021)
Thesis
Orlander, S. O. J. (2021). Kant's 'World': an interpretation of a central idea in the Three Critiques. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis examines the idea of world in Kant’s Critical philosophy. This is a central idea in the Kantian corpus and plays an important role in different contexts. While interpretations of Kant’s philosophy tend to emphasize the theoretical aspect... Read More about Kant's 'World': an interpretation of a central idea in the Three Critiques.

The New Vanguardists: an analysis of Militant Tendency and its involvement in Liverpool in the 1970s and 1980s (2021)
Thesis
Ferguson, J. (2021). The New Vanguardists: an analysis of Militant Tendency and its involvement in Liverpool in the 1970s and 1980s. (Thesis). Keele University

The case study describes and analyses the taking of power by a Trotskyist entryist group in the Liverpool Labour Party and subsequently Liverpool City Council in the 1980s. The case study looks at the model of a vanguardist party and how it takes pow... Read More about The New Vanguardists: an analysis of Militant Tendency and its involvement in Liverpool in the 1970s and 1980s.

Environmental virtue ethics and the plastic pollution crisis: finding the missing exemplars (2021)
Thesis
Wynne, H. S. (2021). Environmental virtue ethics and the plastic pollution crisis: finding the missing exemplars. (Thesis). Keele University

Plastic pollution has reached a crisis point, with scientists estimating that, by 2050, there could be more plastic in the oceans than fish by weight. This presents a major issue in the subject of environmental ethics and shows that our relationship... Read More about Environmental virtue ethics and the plastic pollution crisis: finding the missing exemplars.

‘Social worker’ perceptions of organisational and professional changes to their work in Canada, England and South Africa (2021)
Thesis
Spolander, G. C. (2021). ‘Social worker’ perceptions of organisational and professional changes to their work in Canada, England and South Africa. (Thesis). Keele University

Growing global inequality, austerity and retrogressive social policy (Basu et al., 2017) provide the context for social work practice. The profession is committed to empowering people and addressing social justice, inequality and social cohesion but... Read More about ‘Social worker’ perceptions of organisational and professional changes to their work in Canada, England and South Africa.

Balancing value and effort: a classic grounded theory of frontline police practice (2021)
Thesis
Ash, D. P. (2021). Balancing value and effort: a classic grounded theory of frontline police practice. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis seeks to explain the behaviour of frontline police officers engaged in incident work. Policymakers try to improve police legitimacy by changing how individual police officers interact with the public at police incidents. However, police p... Read More about Balancing value and effort: a classic grounded theory of frontline police practice.

The meaning of life: a defence of the question’s legitimacy and routes towards ultimate meaning (2021)
Thesis
Fox, J. (2021). The meaning of life: a defence of the question’s legitimacy and routes towards ultimate meaning. (Thesis). Keele University

This dissertation establishes and defends three positions: (1) The question ‘What is the meaning of life?’ is a request for a global-metaphysical explanation for life and existence that narrates across those elements of most existential import to hum... Read More about The meaning of life: a defence of the question’s legitimacy and routes towards ultimate meaning.

The formation of a cross-town Multi-Academy Trust: A case of policy enactment in the local organisation of education (2021)
Thesis
Hay, A. L. (2021). The formation of a cross-town Multi-Academy Trust: A case of policy enactment in the local organisation of education. (Thesis). Keele University

This research investigates two high schools and one middle school in the grip of a seismic policy change as they set aside generations of rivalry to work together as a newly formed Multi-Academy Trust (MAT). It adopts an insider case study approach;... Read More about The formation of a cross-town Multi-Academy Trust: A case of policy enactment in the local organisation of education.