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Intergovernmental cooperation in science and technology: the experience of the European Space Research Organisation and the European Space Vehicle Launcher Development Organisation 1960-1970
Thesis
Cairns, D. W. (1977). Intergovernmental cooperation in science and technology: the experience of the European Space Research Organisation and the European Space Vehicle Launcher Development Organisation 1960-1970

In 1960 the first soundings were taken which were to lead to the foundation of the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) and the European Space Vehicle launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) some four years later.
In Part I, the growth of t... Read More about Intergovernmental cooperation in science and technology: the experience of the European Space Research Organisation and the European Space Vehicle Launcher Development Organisation 1960-1970.

Psychiatric in-patients from a mixed community: a statistical examination and an assessment of the patient records of two hospitals
Thesis
Clarke, M. (1977). Psychiatric in-patients from a mixed community: a statistical examination and an assessment of the patient records of two hospitals

The thesis presents results and conclusions from an examination and analysis of the hospital records for a year's intake of psychiatric in-patients to St. Edwards mental illness Hospital, Cheddleton and the City General Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, whic... Read More about Psychiatric in-patients from a mixed community: a statistical examination and an assessment of the patient records of two hospitals.

The politics of industrial change: government involvement in the U.K. shipbuilding industry 1959-73
Thesis
Hogwood, B. W. (1977). The politics of industrial change: government involvement in the U.K. shipbuilding industry 1959-73

This study uses a policy analysis approach to examine the development of government policy towards the UK shipbuilding industry in the period 1959-73 as a case study of government involvement in an industry undergoing change. The focus is primarily a... Read More about The politics of industrial change: government involvement in the U.K. shipbuilding industry 1959-73.

The development of labour colonial policy, with special reference to Africa between 1918 and 1939
Thesis
Wright, D. I. (1977). The development of labour colonial policy, with special reference to Africa between 1918 and 1939

The Labour party's colonial policy, particularly towards Africa, has not been as extensively studied as its international or its domestic policy. However, colonial policy is important in indicating the nature of the Labour party in its formative year... Read More about The development of labour colonial policy, with special reference to Africa between 1918 and 1939.

Public policy and local interest groups in Britain: three case-studies
Thesis
Jacobs, B. D. (1978). Public policy and local interest groups in Britain: three case-studies

The themes developed in this study address themselves to the following questions:
1) The degree to which local interest groups are able to gain access to decision-makers and participate in the making and implementation of public policy.
2) The nat... Read More about Public policy and local interest groups in Britain: three case-studies.

An analysis of the ideology of woman's domestic role and its social effects in modern Britain
Thesis
Charles, N. (1979). An analysis of the ideology of woman's domestic role and its social effects in modern Britain

This thesis applies the concepts of historical and dialectical materialism to an analysis of the position of women in contemporary Britain.
A critique of feminist and marxist-feminist theories leads to a theorisation of ideology elaborating its rol... Read More about An analysis of the ideology of woman's domestic role and its social effects in modern Britain.

The organisation of work and the occupational strategies of hospital nurses
Thesis
Oribabor, P. E. (1979). The organisation of work and the occupational strategies of hospital nurses

Hospital nurses occupy a contradictory position in the mode of control and delivery of health care. Their ambiguous posi­tion and the way that this has manifested itself in the occupational strategies adopted by British hospital nurses is the focus o... Read More about The organisation of work and the occupational strategies of hospital nurses.

The family seen through the beveridge report, forces' education and popular magazines: a sociological study of the social reproduction of family ideology in world war II
Thesis
Allatt, P. (1981). The family seen through the beveridge report, forces' education and popular magazines: a sociological study of the social reproduction of family ideology in world war II

The research explores the mechanisms which structurally support and culturally sustain conceptions of the normal family, variations within and articulation between such conceptions, and disjunctions between reality and beliefs about that reality. Thr... Read More about The family seen through the beveridge report, forces' education and popular magazines: a sociological study of the social reproduction of family ideology in world war II.

Gender and class consciousness in the home and work situation in a North Staffordshire village
Thesis
(1978). Gender and class consciousness in the home and work situation in a North Staffordshire village

The interdependence of industrial production and domestic production, and socialisation into gender and work roles constitute the central themes of this work.
The investigation aims to clarify the relationship between ideology and practice, concentr... Read More about Gender and class consciousness in the home and work situation in a North Staffordshire village.

Community as meta-physician: perspectives and meta-perspectives on a therapeutic community
Thesis
(1979). Community as meta-physician: perspectives and meta-perspectives on a therapeutic community

The dissertation attempts to use the theory and practice of social phenomenology to reconstruct the lived experience of a seven month stay in an ’anti-psychiatric’ therapeutic community. First, the historical background of the therapeutic community m... Read More about Community as meta-physician: perspectives and meta-perspectives on a therapeutic community.

Theories and practices: studies of practical reasoning in everyday life and in the construction of theory
Thesis
(1979). Theories and practices: studies of practical reasoning in everyday life and in the construction of theory

This thesis subjects the relation between professional theory and everyday practice to examination. It inquires into the social reflexivity of theorising and practical action, and their essential engagement. The areas of practice which are inquired i... Read More about Theories and practices: studies of practical reasoning in everyday life and in the construction of theory.

Studies of decision-making in a renal dialysis unit and a special education establishment using talk as a resource
Thesis
(1979). Studies of decision-making in a renal dialysis unit and a special education establishment using talk as a resource

This thesis comprises of studies of decision-making in two organizational settings: namely a renal dialysis unit and schools for maladjusted children. More specifically, the orientation to decision-making is one which deals with decision-making "glos... Read More about Studies of decision-making in a renal dialysis unit and a special education establishment using talk as a resource.

Personal identity (a critical survey of the problem from John Locke to the present day)
Thesis
(1979). Personal identity (a critical survey of the problem from John Locke to the present day)

The problem of personal identity, as I propose to discuss herein, is the problem of what, if anything, makes a person the same person at different times. It is a problem because although many things about a person go on changing - his physical featur... Read More about Personal identity (a critical survey of the problem from John Locke to the present day).

Involuntary change of professional careers: a study of the reorganisation of the colleges of education
Thesis
(1979). Involuntary change of professional careers: a study of the reorganisation of the colleges of education

This study approaches the recent reorganisation of the Colleges of Education through an examination of the involuntary change of the careers of the college lecturers. It is thought that -this apparent contradication of commonplace views of the almost... Read More about Involuntary change of professional careers: a study of the reorganisation of the colleges of education.