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The Labour Party in opposition and in government, 1970-79; the effects of the government-opposition cycle upon intra-party stability
Thesis
Stallard, W. The Labour Party in opposition and in government, 1970-79; the effects of the government-opposition cycle upon intra-party stability. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/415354

This thesis considers the continuing ability or inability of a political party within the British framework of party government, to adapt to the challenges posed by the regular move from office to Opposition and back again. We will therefore examine... Read More about The Labour Party in opposition and in government, 1970-79; the effects of the government-opposition cycle upon intra-party stability.

A transformational theory of socialisation and cultural reproduction
Thesis
Webster, D. C. H. A transformational theory of socialisation and cultural reproduction. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/415367

The thesis begins with two apparently empirical questions:
(1) why do those in subordinate positions within the social order acquiesce?
(2) how does the existing cultural order persist?
The thesis is an attempt to provide a single coherent framew... Read More about A transformational theory of socialisation and cultural reproduction.

An analytical ethnography of sickness absence in an English primary school
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Prout, A. An analytical ethnography of sickness absence in an English primary school. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/415522

Medical sociology has characteristically dealt with children as inactive In the processes of their own illness and health. In part this reflects the treatment of children in sociology generally. It Is intensified by typically studying childhood sickn... Read More about An analytical ethnography of sickness absence in an English primary school.

A study of the policy implications arising from a local survey of perinatal mortality
Thesis
Robinson, J. J. A. A study of the policy implications arising from a local survey of perinatal mortality. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/415527

In this study the policy implications arising from a locally commissioned survey of perinatal mortality are analysed at several levels, and are examined in relation to factors associated with the policy process.
Part I contextualises perinatal mort... Read More about A study of the policy implications arising from a local survey of perinatal mortality.

The sociology of friendship: historical, literary & empirical perspectives
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Skidmore, D. The sociology of friendship: historical, literary & empirical perspectives. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/415665

Friendship has been extensively examined over recent years, particularly in the field of social psychology. I argue that, rather than friendship, other relationships implying friendship, which I term 'association', have been the focus of attention in... Read More about The sociology of friendship: historical, literary & empirical perspectives.

Conflict in Palestine 1917-1948: Palestinian responses to Zionist settlement in Palestine with particular reference to the attempts to solve the conflict
Thesis
Abdalla Al-Soudi, A. M. Conflict in Palestine 1917-1948: Palestinian responses to Zionist settlement in Palestine with particular reference to the attempts to solve the conflict. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/415666

There are two themes contained in this thesis: firstly, the examination of the Palestinian attitude, concept and views towards Zionist settlement in Palestine during the period 1917-1948, secondly, the analysis of their arguments and responses to the... Read More about Conflict in Palestine 1917-1948: Palestinian responses to Zionist settlement in Palestine with particular reference to the attempts to solve the conflict.

A study of social relations in the recording of popular music
Thesis
Struthers, S. J. R. A study of social relations in the recording of popular music. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/415668

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
Walter, M. A. Miners and social character: a case study of a face team in mining, the work group and their social relationships. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/415696

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
Connor, M. Training in counselling: the development, implementation and evaluation of 'listening and responding', an approach to teaching communication skills to nurses. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/415873

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
Dawson, P. 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. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/416099

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.

Arms and influence in Saudi Arabia/United States relations, 1973-1983
Thesis
Ishgi, M. H. Arms and influence in Saudi Arabia/United States relations, 1973-1983. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/416122

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.

Social aspects of production and reproduction in Bonda society
Thesis
Social aspects of production and reproduction in Bonda society. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/416859

As of now there is an enormous empirical material on the
Indian tribes. But an adequate explanation of the present state and status of tribal societies is yet to emerge. Indian tribal studies, however, fall into two different paradigms - cultural an... Read More about Social aspects of production and reproduction in Bonda society.

Marginality, identity and politicisation of the Bhangi community, Delhi.
Thesis
Marginality, identity and politicisation of the Bhangi community, Delhi. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417032

This research is about the Bhangi community of Old City of Delhi. Bhangis are the hereditary sweepers/scavengers in India. They are the ex-untouchables in the traditional caste system. The caste society is a form of stratification system where social... Read More about Marginality, identity and politicisation of the Bhangi community, Delhi..

Imaginary fields: the cultural construction of dream interpretation in three contemporary British dreamwork groups
Thesis
Imaginary fields: the cultural construction of dream interpretation in three contemporary British dreamwork groups. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/420957

Dreams have, SInce time immemorial, both reflected the culture of those who dream them and have been used by them, with or without the help of soothsayers, to shape their personal lives and that of the culture of which they form part. Anthropologists... Read More about Imaginary fields: the cultural construction of dream interpretation in three contemporary British dreamwork groups.

Women, nature and the Kantian sublime: can a reconciliation be found?
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Kings, A. E. Women, nature and the Kantian sublime: can a reconciliation be found?. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/423906

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
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Burns, A. The appearance of God: A defense of the argument from religious experience. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/423912

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.