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351	NURSE MIGRATION INTENTIONS IN A CANADIAN BORDER CITY Freeman, Michelle A. 04 1900 (has links) <p><strong>Background.</strong> The nursing profession has a long tradition of migration. The migration of nurses from Canada has received little attention.</p> <p><strong>Objective.</strong> The purpose of this sandwich thesis was to understand the migration intentions of nurse graduates in a Canadian border city, their intention to become commuter migrants, and to explore the factors influencing these intentions.</p> <p><strong>Methods.</strong> Two qualitative studies of the migration literature included an analysis of the concept of migration and an integrative review of case study methodology in the study of nurse migration. A mixed methods study, guided by the Value-Expectancy framework, explored the migration intentions of nurse graduates in a Canadian border city and the factors influencing these intentions.</p> <p><strong>Results.</strong> The concept of nurse migration was found to be multifaceted. Its attributes, antecedents and consequences were defined. The mixed methods study provided insights into the migration intentions of recently graduated Canadian nurses. The majority preferred to work in Canada, but because of a perceived absence of valued jobs factors, were willing to migrate. Two thirds considered migrating and sixteen percent were interested in becoming commuter migrants. The findings supported the hypothesis that nurses weigh employment values (goals) against the expectation of achieving them, thus influencing intentions to migrate or stay.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion.</strong> The value-expectancy framework offered a novel approach for identifying the job factors that were driving migration intentions. There is a need for more primary research employing different methodologies to explore the characteristics, causes, and consequences of nurse migration that were identified through this research.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) nurse migration concept analysis case study methodology value-expectancy framework integrative review commuter migrant web-based survey mixed methods border city nurse graduates Human Resources Management International and Area Studies Nursing Other Education Human Resources Management
352	The Syrian Refugee Crisis and the European Union: A Case Study of Germany and Hungary Schelb, Simone-Ariane 13 November 2017 (has links) This thesis explores the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on the Common European Asylum System. It evaluates the extent to which the European Union was able to implement a common asylum system, identifies discrepancies between different European countries, primarily Germany and Hungary, and briefly examines the roots of these differences. To this end, the structure of the international refugee protection regime and the German and Hungarian asylum systems are analyzed. Furthermore, the thesis explores how the governments of the two countries perceive the rights of refugees and how their views have affected their handling of the crisis. The case studies of Germany and Hungary have revealed that the treatment of Syrian refugees varies enormously within the EU. Hence, the implementation of the Common European Asylum System has not been achieved, which can be attributed to the deficiencies within the system and the growing ideological rifts within the EU. Syrian refugee crisis international refugee protection regime Common European Asylum System European refugee crisis German asylum system Hungarian asylum system Comparative Politics Eastern European Studies European Languages and Societies European Law Human Rights Law Immigration Law International and Area Studies International Humanitarian Law International Law International Relations Language Interpretation and Translation Law and Politics Legal Studies Near and Middle Eastern Studies Other International and Area Studies Political Science
353	Coffee tourism in Ethiopia : opportunities, challenges, and initiatives Yun, Ohsoon January 2014 (has links) This thesis explores the opportunities, challenges, and initiatives for coffee tourism in the context of Ethiopia. My research addresses five themes to achieve its research aims, which are as follows: arriving at prospective coffee tourism frameworks; addressing the reasons behind the underdevelopment of coffee tourism in Ethiopia; highlighting coffee tourism’s opportunities and challenges in Ethiopia; identifying potential coffee tourists, and; initiating coffee tourism through local collaborations. The core research methodologies are: fieldwork in Ethiopia involving a series of interviews with key stakeholders and a detailed case study of one potential coffee tourism region; digital ethnography, and; knowledge transfer activities enabled by several conceptual approaches such as development in Africa, power relations, reformed orientalism, situated knowledge, self-other, emotional geographies, and participatory geographies. Through this research, I found that coffee tourism cannot simply be a combination of coffee and tourism; coffee tourism needs to be understood through various contexts in addition to that of tourism; coffee tourism can be a more practical tourism form and a new coffee marketing vehicle in Ethiopia, and; coffee tourism potentially brings more advantages to the coffee industry in coffee bean exporting countries with current sustainable coffee initiatives such as fair trade or other coffee certification projects. Coffee tourism is not widely discussed in academia, and I argue that this research addresses several gaps in the literature: suggestions for coffee tourism frameworks, coffee tourism research in the context of Ethiopia, coffee tourism research beyond simple analysis in terms of the tourism or coffee industries, and a new illumination on Ethiopian culture, tourism, and coffee culture. Raising the topic of South Korea’s impact in Ethiopia as well as the East Asian role in coffee tourism is also an important contribution to academia. During my PhD tenure, I found a potential global partnership between coffee bean exporting countries and coffee bean importing countries through coffee. Ethiopia is an ideal place for coffee tourism, and it is my hope that coffee tourism could present an approach that brings to light Ethiopia's cultural wealth. 550
354	Entwined Threads of Red and Black: The Hidden History of Indigenous Enslavement in Louisiana, 1699-1824 Blackbird, Leila K. 20 December 2018 (has links) Contrary to nationalist teleologies, the enslavement of Native Americans was not a small and isolated practice in the territories that now comprise the United States. This thesis is a case study of its history in Louisiana from European contact through the Early American Period, utilizing French Superior Council and Spanish judicial records, Louisiana Supreme Court case files, statistical analysis of slave records, and the synthesis and reinterpretation of existing scholarship. This paper primarily argues that it was through anti-Blackness and anti-Indigeneity and with the utilization of socially constructed racial designations that “Indianness” was controlled and exploited, and that Native Americans and their mixed-race Black-Native descendants continued to be enslaved alongside the larger population Africans and African Americans in Louisiana. Lacking a decolonized lens and historiography inclusive of the enslavement of Indigenous peoples, the American story ignores the full impact of white settler colonialism and historical trauma. Slavery Race Postcolonial Decolonial Indigenous Native American African American Studies American Studies Canadian History Cultural History Ethnic Studies History Indigenous Studies International and Area Studies Latin American History Other History Race and Ethnicity Social and Cultural Anthropology United States History
355	Hosting the Olympics: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Economic and Social Effects of the Olympic Games Badia-Bellinger, Jordan Jose 01 January 2012 (has links) This paper attempts to provide a cost-benefit analysis of the economic and social effects of hosting the Olympic Games. I provide an overview of the economic and social impacts of the Games and analyze their effects. I focus the economic effects of the Games on tourism, trade, corporate sponsorship and the sale of television rights. I also look at the social effects of the Games on infrastructure and employment. Finally I assess why the Olympics remain an appealing venture for cities, despite evidence that demonstrates how they produce more actual harm than good for the host city. In addition, I provide predictions for two alternative directions that the Olympics could take in the future: to either continue in the current trend of immense growth and commercialization, or alternatively, implement a new Olympic bidding process that establishes stricter criteria for candidate cities. Olympics Games Cost-Benefit analysis Infrastructure costs Over-commercialization 1984 Los Angeles Games Advertising and Promotion Management Economic Policy Finance and Financial Management Infrastructure International Business International Economics International Relations Other International and Area Studies Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation Public Policy Social Policy Sports Management Sports Studies Tourism and Travel
356	Comparison of Linear Functions in Middle Grades Textbooks from Singapore and the United States Fowler, Linda D 27 March 2015 (has links) Many U.S. students do not perform well on mathematics assessments with respect to algebra topics such as linear functions, a building-block for other functions. Poor achievement of U.S. middle school students in this topic is a problem. U.S. eighth graders have had average mathematics scores on international comparison tests such as Third International Mathematics Science Study, later known as Trends in Mathematics and Science Study, (TIMSS)-1995, -99, -03, while Singapore students have had highest average scores. U.S. eighth grade average mathematics scores improved on TIMMS-2007 and held steady onTIMMS-2011. Results from national assessments, PISA 2009 and 2012 and National Assessment of Educational Progress of 2007, 2009, and 2013, showed a lack of proficiency in algebra. Results of curriculum studies involving nations in TIMSS suggest that elementary textbooks in high-scoring countries were different than elementary textbooks and middle grades texts were different with respect to general features in the U.S. The purpose of this study was to compare treatments of linear functions in Singapore and U.S. middle grades mathematics textbooks. Results revealed features currently in textbooks. Findings should be valuable to constituencies who wish to improve U.S. mathematics achievement. Portions of eight Singapore and nine U.S. middle school student texts pertaining to linear functions were compared with respect to 22 features in three categories: (a) background features, (b) general features of problems, and (c) specific characterizations of problem practices, problem-solving competency types, and transfer of representation. Features were coded using a codebook developed by the researcher. Tallies and percentages were reported. Welch's t-tests and chi-square tests were used, respectively, to determine whether texts differed significantly for the features and if codes were independent of country. U.S. and Singapore textbooks differed in page appearance and number of pages, problems, and images. Texts were similar in problem appearance. Differences in problems related to assessment of conceptual learning. U.S. texts contained more problems requiring (a) use of definitions, (b) single computation, (c) interpreting, and (d) multiple responses. These differences may stem from cultural differences seen in attitudes toward education. Future studies should focus on density of page, spiral approach, and multiple response problems. textbook comparison linear functions textbook mathematics textual analysis Singapore Common Core curriculum codebook conceptual learning Cognition and Perception Cognitive Psychology Curriculum and Instruction Curriculum and Social Inquiry Educational Psychology Educational Sociology International and Area Studies International and Comparative Education Mathematics School Psychology Science and Mathematics Education Social Psychology
357	Between Warrior and Helplessness in the Valley of Azawa - The struggle of the Kel Tamashek in the war of the Sahel Christian, Patrick James 01 January 2015 (has links) This dissertation is an Investigation into the Tuareg involvement in violent conflict in the Sahara and the Sahel of North Africa from a sociological psychological perspective of unmet human needs. The research begins by establishing the structure and texture of the sociological, psychological, and emotional life patterns of their existence when not involved in violent conflict. This is followed by an examination of the pathology of Tuareg social structures that are engaged in intra and inter communal violence as perpetrators, victims, and bystanders. The first part of the research establishes normal conditions of the sociological life cycle and highlights natural areas of conflict that arise from exposure to rapid and/or external changes to their physical and social environment. The second part establishes parameters of expected damage from trauma, extended conflict, and failure to adapt to rapid environmental, social and political changes. The research methodology relies on a case study format that uses collaborative ethnography and phenomenological inquiry to answer the research questions and validate propositions made from existing literature and pre]existing research. The research questions focus on aspects of the sociological structure and failing psychological and emotional needs that are relevant to the subjectfs involvement in violent conflict. The research propositions are in part shaped from existing knowledge of tribal sociological structures that are related to the Tuareg by ethnicity, environment, and shared psycho]cultural attributes. The expected contribution of this research is the development of an alternative praxis for tribal engagement and village stability operations conducted by the United States Special Operations Command. counterinsurgency counterterrorism ethnic and culture conflict identity conflict psychoanalytical anthopology psychogeography psychogeology social trauma studies Cultural Anthropology Social Psychology Sub Saharan Africa Studies African Studies Anthropology Defense and Security Studies Human Geography International and Area Studies Military and Veterans Studies Peace and Conflict Studies Place and Environment Psychology Race and Ethnicity Regional Sociology Social and Behavioral Sciences Social and Cultural Anthropology Social Psychology Social Psychology and Interaction Sociology Sociology of Culture
358	Twelve Years Later: Afghan Humanitarian Aid Workers on War on Terror Ogwude, Emmanuel C. 01 January 2015 (has links) Using narrative research study founded in social constructionism, I explored the lived experiences of thirty Afghan humanitarian aid workers in Kabul, Afghanistan, to discover how they experienced the war on terror. Ten participants were individually interviewed and their stories, personal experiences, perceptions, and voices have been presented in this study. I also facilitated a focus group of twenty Afghan NGO directors, and their views are echoed in the study. The participants represented a diversity of different humanitarian service specialties that cater to Afghan individuals, communities, and government agencies in areas such as education, human rights and good governance, food and shelter, to building bridges and infrastructural development. Based on a critical review of existing literature, the interviews addressed significant issues that affect humanitarian aid workers in complex political emergencies. I investigated the sociocultural contexts and structural conditions that enable and inform the personal narratives. There were six main themes that emerged from the participants’ narratives and each main theme had an average of three sub-themes. The resulting themes were: Security/Insecurity; Funding; Trust; Abandonment; Achievement; and Interventionism. From the analysis of the storied narratives of thirty Afghan humanitarian aid workers in Kabul, Afghanistan, this study was able to create better understanding of how conditions from the war on terror create high-risk environments that expose humanitarian aid workers to kidnappings and violent attacks. Humanitarianism Identity Interventions Security Terrorism War-on-terror Peace studies International relations Public policy Comparative Politics Defense and Security Studies International and Area Studies International Relations Near and Middle Eastern Studies Peace and Conflict Studies Public Policy Social and Behavioral Sciences
359	Bleaching To Reach: Skin Bleaching as a Performance of Embodied Resistance in Jamaican Dancehall Culture Harris, Treviene A 14 January 2014 (has links) This thesis examines how skin bleaching can be understood within the cultural context of Jamaican dancehall. I argue that as a cultural practice, skin bleaching can be viewed as a critique of the concomitant structural inequalities precipitated by colorism, which is a by-product of racism. In proposing skin bleaching as a queer performance of color, I attempt to illustrate the manner in which the lightening of the skin exposes the instability of racism and colorism as socially constructed, discursive regimes. If race and skin color are biological and embodied facts dictated by social reality, then bodies, which are racially marked and colored subjects, can be used to project counter discourses that challenge these specific regimes. The space of discursive limit imposed on the racialized or colored body-subject is a space from which critiques of dominant discourses can be projected, and bleaching does precisely that. I conclude therefore, that skin bleaching is performed resistance which challenges the dominating discourses on race by first destabilizing the notion that skin color is an immutable biological fact, and second by contesting subsequent discourses that are contingent on the “facts” of color and race. English Cultural Studies Skin Bleaching Jamaica Reggae Studies Reggae Dancehall Colorism Queer Postcolonial Colonial Performance Culture Community-Based Research Critical and Cultural Studies Dance Esthetics Ethnomusicology Inequality and Stratification Other English Language and Literature Other International and Area Studies Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Performance Studies Politics and Social Change Social and Cultural Anthropology
360	The British North Sea: The Importance Of And Factors Affecting Tax Revenue From Oil Production Hill, Mark 10 February 2004 (has links) (PDF) The oil industry is the richest and most influential industry in the world. The industry has moved the fates of nations. Oil is required to fight wars and exert power, and the restriction of this energy source is paramount to the restriction of movement, control, and in the end, power. Management of this resource and the tax revenue it generates are of serious strategic importance, both domestically and internationally. Understanding the results of taxation for this important commodity is important to international relations as well. The tax system affects tax revenue, government actions, oil company actions, and the oil supply itself. Each of these is important to international relations. North Sea British tax taxation government policy oil gas crude crude oil natural resources United Kingdom United Kingdom Continental Shelf UK UKCS Great Britain Scotland Norway petroleum economic rent OPEC Middle East Piper Alpha mineral mineral taxation tax regime tax revenue fiscal system David Ricardo Johnston royalties PRT SPD Special Petroleum Duty Rig count take government take corporation tax econometric Other International and Area Studies

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