Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 126 p.; also includes graphics (some col.). Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-126). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis--Universidad de Zaragoza. / Includes bibliographical references.

The framework within which the thesis is located is the shift from the pre-eminence of the voluntary sector in welfare provision in the nineteenth century to the supremacy of the statutory services by the mid twentieth century; a position which is now changing. There are three sections, prefaced by a literature review of' theories of change in voluntary organisations. The concept of organisational growth, then formalisation, and eventual death is challenged; the thesis is concerned with ways in which a voluntary organisation seeks to ensure its survival. The first section, 1884-1908, defines the problem of child abuse within its social context, analyses the organised response to it, and examines the early NSPCC with reference to policing and early social work. Section two, 1908-1948, explores changing relations between the Society and the State. The early innovatory work had become more formalised. The statutory services were expanding into areas originally pioneered by the Society. Attention is focussed on crisis and change within the Society's work as it attempted to redefine its role. In the final section, the post-war period, strategies for survival are analysed. "New ideas" such as the Women Visitor Scheme and the Battered Child Syndrome are discussed as instrumental in the search for a new ima and a continuing function for the agency.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Economics Department, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Carleton University, 2004. / Issued as part of the Canadian electronic library documents collection. Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-319).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1962. / Typescript. Title from PDF title page (viewed Nov. 10, 2008). Includes bibliographical references. Online version of the print original.

Thesis (licence)--Université de Lausanne.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: William P. Anderson. Dissertation Committee: Harvey A. Levenstein. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-111).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-111). Also available on the Internet.