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Women's experiences of breastfeeding in an out-of-hospital birthing communityMarshall, Lindsay J. 20 November 2012 (has links)
In this thesis, I examine the experiences of breastfeeding mothers who chose to give birth with Certified Professional Midwives at a free-standing birth center, and the factors that influence their known high rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration. Using grounded theory and data collected from participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and an open-ended survey, I describe the functioning of the birth center and the breastfeeding explanatory models of the birth center staff as well as how the birth center's model of care affects client-participant's experiences of breastfeeding in community that rejects medicalized models of birth and breastfeeding. Findings interpreted from a biocultural perspective reveal how women utilize previously constructed breastfeeding convictions to navigate support and difficulties in a way that allows 92% of client-participants to report overall happiness about their breastfeeding experiences. There was, however, a small subset of women who were disappointed in their breastfeeding experience. Recommendations include changes in care practice to further support breastfeeding women in this community. / Graduation date: 2013
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Measuring citizen attitudes toward globalizationBacsu, Juanita-Dawne Rena 29 June 2007 (has links)
To date, most public opinion surveys on globalization have placed little emphasis on studying globalization as a multidimensional phenomenon. The dominant approach used in most public opinion surveys on globalization is to focus primarily on its economic aspects, particularly as change in international trade flows. However, many academics recognize that globalization has political and cultural dimensions, which raises the question: can citizen attitudes toward globalization be explained merely by studying its economic dimension? <p>This study proposes that including definitions relating to globalizations cultural and political aspects produces richer opinion poll data that, along with economic definitions, allows for more valid interpretation of public attitudes towards globalization. This proposition was tested in a national, SSHRC-funded public opinion survey conducted in January of 2007 among 1,505 Canadians. This study probes both the different dimensions of globalization and peoples different conceptualizations of globalization. Drawing upon recent work by Kenichi Ohmae, Philip Cerny and others, the respondent pool was divided in half and then competing paired definitions of cultural and political globalization were tested. The results suggest that citizens possess significantly different attitudes toward the political, cultural and economic aspects of globalization, and so operationalizing the concept in terms of its economic effects alone is insufficient for most survey and public policy purposes.
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On monetary integration and macroeconomic policy /Erlandsson, Mattias, January 2003 (has links)
Th. doct.--Göteborg--Göteborgs Universitet, 2003. / Bibliogr. p. 42-43.
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Imperial persuaders : images of Africa and Asia in British advertising /Ramamurthy, Anandi. January 2003 (has links)
Texte remanié de: Ph.D. th.--University of Lancaster, 1998. Titre de soutenance : Representations of colonial and imperialist ideologies through the images of African and Asian people in British advertising, 1880-1960. / Bibliogr. p. 223-230. Index.
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Question fiscale et réforme financière en France, 1749-1789 : logique de la transparence et recherche de la confiance publique /Decroix, Arnaud. January 2006 (has links)
Texte remanié de: Thèse de doctorat--Droit--Aix-Marseille 3, 2004. Titre de soutenance : Repenser la question fiscale en France, 1749-1789 : logique de la transparence et recherche de la confiance publique. / Bibliogr. p. 571-623. Index.
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Graphic propaganda Japan's creation of China in the prewar period, 1894-1937 /Mudd, Scott E. January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 217-239).
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L'opinion publique et la vie politique à Lyon lors des premières années de la seconde Restauration la réaction ultra et l'expérience constotitionnelle, 17 juillet 1815-9 janvier 1822.Ribe, Georges. January 1957 (has links)
These--Lyons. / Includes bibliographical references.
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Attitudes of Chinese in Hong Kong towards Japan.Ng, Sik Hung. January 1973 (has links)
Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1974. / Typewritten.
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Toward an understanding of the cyclical formation of public opinion: presidential approval ratings and public opinion pollsHong, Won-sik 28 August 2008 (has links)
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Public Opinion, National Party Positions, and the European Commission: Contours of the Public Sphere in the European UnionDan, Oana January 2012 (has links)
As the realm of social life where public opinion forms, the public sphere has been the focus of much theoretical debate and empirical operationalization in political sociology. However, by conceptualizing the public sphere as a nationally circumscribed and normatively defined space that excludes governance institutions, much existing research provides a limited set of tools to define and assess the structure of a supranational public sphere. A deeply integrated supranational polity, the European Union (EU) provides a revealing terrain for tracing the structure of a public sphere emerging between national politics and supranational institutions. In this dissertation, I delineate the contours of the supranational public sphere in the EU by exploring the subjective meanings, national political influences, and institutional interpretation of public opinion about political integration in the EU. I answer the following questions: (1) How salient is EU political integration among Europeans, and what does this concept mean to them? (2) How does Europeans' awareness about EU political integration vary across policies, time and social strata? (3) How is public opinion on EU political integration shaped by national political discourse, as reflected in the positions of national parties? (4) How do officials at the European Commission (EC) measure and interpret public opinion data, and to what extent are these data used to construct an image of the European public and an EU public sphere? Based on quantitative survey data and on interviews with French and Romanian citizens, I show that political integration in the EU remains a distant and abstract concept to which citizens attribute personalized or nationalized meanings. Longitudinal panel models show that public opinion on EU policy often relies on cues from national party discourse. Moreover, interviews with EC staff revealed that, because of logistical and institutional constraints that stifle civil servants' analytical aspirations, public opinion data collected by the EC fail to define a European public and to construct a supranational communicative space for this public. The EU public sphere is a product of supranational polity, but its public is absent and its structure remains nationally embedded. / Sociology
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