Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iii, [50] p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-48).

Thesis (M.A. (Philosophy))--Rhodes University, 2005. / "A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the department of Philosophy" -T.p.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed September 8, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 675-701).

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-92) Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007. / Title from PDF title page screen. Advisor: Glenn Hudak; submitted to the School of Education. Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-294).

abstract: ABSTRACT This dissertation examines the literate practices of women reading and writing in the press during the civil rights movement in the 1950s/60s. Through a textual analysis of literacy events (Heath) in the memoirs of Sarah Patton Boyle (The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian's Stand in Time of Transition), Anne Braden (The Wall Between), Daisy Bates (The Long Shadow of Little Rock) and Melba Pattillo Beals (Warriors Don't Cry), this dissertation highlights the participatory roles women played in the movement, including their ability to act publicly in a movement remembered mostly for its male leaders. Contributing to scholarship focused on the literate lives of women, this study focuses on the uses of literacy in the lives of four women with particular emphasis on the women's experiences with the literacy they practice. Drawing on ideological views of literacy (Gee, Street) and research focused on the social, cultural and economic influences of such practices (Brandt), the women's memoirs served as the site for collecting and analyzing the women's responses and reactions to literacy events with the press. Through an application of Deborah Brandt's notion of sponsor, literacy events between the women and the press were recorded and the data analyzed to understand the relationship the women had with the literacy available and the role the sponsor (the press) played in shaping the practice and the literate identities of the women. Situated in the racist climate of the Jim Crow South in the 1950s/60s and the secondary role women played in the movement, the women's memoirs and the data analyzed revealed the role the women's perception of the practice, shaped by personal history and lived experiences, played in how the women experienced and used their literacy. This dissertation argues that their responses to literacy events and their perceptions of the power of their reading and writing highlight the significant public role women played in the movement and argues that, although the women remain relatively unremembered participants of the movement, their memoirs act as artifacts of that time and proof of the meaningful public contributions women made to the movement. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. English 2012

250 pages / This dissertation is a narrative account of the life of Minoru Yasui, 1916-1986. Minoru Yasui was a Nisei (second generation Japanese American), born in Hood River, Oregon, and a graduate of the University of Oregon (B.A., 1937) and University of Oregon Law School (L.L.B., 1939). In March 1942, Yasui brought the first constitutional challenge to the curfew imposed upon Japanese Americans. The curfew was the first step in the restriction and internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry, citizens and non-citizens alike. He believed that as a citizen and a lawyer it was his responsibility to oppose, and test, order which distinguished citizens solely on the basis of ancestry. After World War II, Yasui lived all of his adult life in Denver, Colorado, from 1945 until his death in 1986.

The professorial inaugural lecture is for the university an occasion to celebrate - celebrate in the full meaning of the word, i.e. to perform publicly and duly, to observe and honour with rites and festivities, to publish abroad, praise and extol. Through the custom of the inaugural lecture the university celebrates and affirms its basic function, that of creating, preserving, transmitting and applying knowledge, particularly scientifically-based knowledge. The university appoints to the position of professor one who has attained excellence in the handling of knowledge in her or his discipline, and through a jealous watchfulness over the dignity and esteem of this time-honoured position of excellence amongst scholars, defends the capacity of the university to advance human knowledge and human progress. The University of the Western Cape is particularly honoured to celebrate by way of this address the inauguration of its first ever Professor of Human Rights Law. We take pride from both the position and the incumbent: the post demonstrates our commitment to scholarly relevance, the incumbent to the pursuit of excellence. This university has distinguished itself amongst South African educational institutions for the way that it has grappled with questions of appropriate intellectual and educational responses to the demands of the social and political environment. That search involved debates and contests over what constitutes knowledge or valuable knowledge, over the nature of the process of knowledge production, over the relationship between theory and practice, about autonomy and accountability, about the meaning of "community" and about how the activities of a university are informed by the definition and conception of "community". The decision to establish a chair in Human Rights Law was arrived at as part of that process of searching for the appropriate forms of curricular transformation. South African society with its history of colonial conquest and latterly apartheid rule is one bereft of a rights culture; and where the discussion of a bill of rights and the general establishment of an awareness of human rights had been started in recent times, it has often been motivated by a concern with the protection of traditionally advantaged sectors of society. A university like ours has an obligation to contribute to the debate about and the promotion of human rights in ways which will also be concerned with healing, reparation and reconstruction in this severely brutalised nation. In this address marking his formal assumption of the University of the Western Cape’s Chair in Human Rights Law, Kader Asmal gives testimony of the depth of scholarly rigour and the breadth of humane concern brought to and emanating from this position. The integral coming together of Asmal the international scholar, the anti-apartheid activist of long standing, the seasoned international solidarity worker, the spirited publicist is evidenced in this address which is sure to stand as a signal point of reference in our national debate about this complex subject. The University had been privileged to attract to its staff some of the finest scholars from the ranks of the formerly exiled South Africans; this inaugural ceremony provides the institution with the opportunity to welcome into its midst one of those in the person of Kader Asmal. / Publications of the University of the Western Cape ; series A, no. 64

O presente trabalho examina o Programa Bolsa Família, uma política pública redistributiva no Brasil, que proporcionou os direitos fundamentais individuais de liberdade e igualdade inseridos na Constituição Federal de 1988. Este estudo verifica, também, se, por intermédio dessa política pública, conseguiu-se promover emancipação, autonomia e a cidadania dos beneficiários. Para tanto, partiu-se do estudo da Teoria da Justiça de John Rawls, para verificar se há ou não a presença dos princípios desse autor nesse contexto. A pesquisa debruça-se em verificar se com a inserção do Programa Bolsa Família e com a presença dos princípios de Rawls – no que se refere à igualdade e à liberdade – houve uma melhor condição de vida para as famílias brasileiras que vivem em situação de pobreza e/ou de extrema pobreza. O método utilizado é o analítico dedutivo, tendo como referencial de base a Teoria da Justiça, de John Rawls. Os resultados obtidos a partir da dissertação revelaram que existe uma melhora considerável na condição de vida dos beneficiários, isso ressalvado no fato de sua condição de vida anterior. Também, ressalta-se que há a presença dos princípios da justiça de Rawls no programa Bolsa Família no que se refere aos direitos fundamentais individuais de liberdade e igualdade. Por fim, observa-se que há autonomia e emancipação dos beneficiários do programa, tendo em vista sua condição de vida anterior. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2015-09-03T16:56:30Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Cleide Calgaro.pdf: 1489456 bytes, checksum: 110996487a52f55403c61c0533396cfe (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-03T16:56:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Cleide Calgaro.pdf: 1489456 bytes, checksum: 110996487a52f55403c61c0533396cfe (MD5) / The presente work examines the Bolsa Família (Family Allowance), a brazilian redistributive public policy that provided the individual fundamental rights of freedom and equality inserted in the Federal Constitution of 1988. This study checks, too, if its implementation has promoted the emancipation, autonomy and citizenship of the beneficiaries of these policies. Therefore, taking John Rawls and his Theory of Justice as basis, this work aims to verify whether or not are its principles present in this context. This research focuses on checking if the implementation of the Bolsa Família Program and the presence of Rawls‟ principles – with special regards to equality and freedom – have contributed to ensure a better quality of life for brazilian families living in poverty and extreme poverty. The method used is the analytical-deductive, having as basis of reference the "theory of justice" by John Rawls. The work results show that a considerable improvement occurred in the living conditions of the beneficiaries, in contrast with their former life status. Also, it emphasizes the presence of Rawls‟ justice principles in the program Bolsa Família, especially on the matter of individual fundamental rights of freedom and equality. Finally, it is observed that there is autonomy and emancipation of the program beneficiaries, in comparison with their former status.