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Woman's life in the Song-Ming Period with special reference to Sanyan storiesChan, Sai-chun., 陳世珍. January 1995 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Chinese Historical Studies / Master / Master of Arts
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Controlling women: sexuality, imperialism andpower潘星薇, Pun, Sing-mei. January 1998 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Literary and Cultural Studies / Master / Master of Arts
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Social exclusion of rural-urban migrant workers: a case study of ShanghaiDing, Huimin, 丁慧敏 January 2007 (has links)
published_or_final_version / abstract / Social Work and Social Administration / Master / Master of Philosophy
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The changing role of women and its effect on the gender-biased social policy in JapanHuen, Wai-po., 禤懷寶. January 2008 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Social Work and Social Administration / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy
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State-society exchange in modern Sahelian Africa: Cultural representation, political mobilization, and state rule (Senegal, Mauritania, Chad, Sudan).Daddah, Amel. January 1993 (has links)
Modern African states need to be analyzed from a perspective which complements, corrects, or specifies dependency/world-system and structural marxist explanations of peripheral political dynamics. This dissertation offers such a perspective as it seeks to explain variations in state-society exchange among four comparably dependent modern nations of the Sahelian African region (Senegal, Mauritania, Chad, Sudan). The model accounts for the political ramifications--state's mode of rule, level and type of opposition mobilization--of each country's ethno-religious configuration. It assumes that trans-national economic (and/or geopolitical) dynamics do not necessarily weigh more heavily on the dynamics of state-society relations than local political processes.
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Pixilated stained glass : a fantasy theme analysis of online and face-to-face Christian communityJones, Elizabeth B. January 2007 (has links)
This thesis investigates how two Christian communities — differentiated primarily by their medium of communication — characterize and cast Christian community. The method of fantasy theme analysis was used to explore this thesis's central research question; namely, are content differences present in the ways in which face-to-face and digital communication systems characterize and cast the Christian sense of community? After an analysis of St. Pixels Church of the Internet (digital communication) and St. Luke's United Methodist Church (face-to-face communication) it was found that the online community demonstrated a rhetorical vision of koinonia, while the face-to-face community demonstrated a rhetorical vision of ekklesia. / Department of Telecommunications
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Developing child and youth care services in Nigeria : an analysis of contemporary problems and needsIbeabuchi, Geoffrey Bestman Echefu January 1986 (has links)
This exploratory study of child and youth care services in Nigeria first examines theoretical concepts associated with the causation of youth problems in developed countries with particular reference to Britain and North America. From an historical and comparative perspective, the application and limitations of Western theories of delinquency causation in developing countries are analysed. An historical analysis of traditional Nigerian culture serves to highlight the problems associated with socio-economic change and the impact of change on traditional child and youth care practices. The impact of urban development on migrant youths is then analysed to establish the theoretical relationship between urbanisation and delinquency. Traditional roles maintained in extended families and traditional patterns of child and youth care practices are analysed to Identify the relationship between family disorganisation and delinquent behaviour among contemporary Nigerian young people. Family structure is identified as a core variable in explaining differences between rural and urban delinquency. Two case studies are presented to illuminate the degree of delinquent behaviour found amongst children and young people from disorganised families and to highlight differences between delinquency found in an urban area and a rural culture. Religious differences are identified as central to sequences in the development and definition of delinquency in the two major cultures in Nigeria. A social policy ideal, based on the notion of an integrated "continuum of care" for children and families, is used to analyse and evaluate child welfare services found in Nigeria at the present time. Prospects for the future development of services are also considered.
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Residential change in Woodstock, Cape Town, prior to the repeal of the group areas act.Garside, Jayne Margaret January 1994 (has links)
A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Arts
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,
for the degree of Master of Arts / A neglected focus in South African urban geographical studies over
the last two decades has been the changes taking place in the inner
city. The objective in this study is to examine residential change
in one inner city suburb of Cape Town, namely Woodstock. The time
period for this investigation is the era of late apartheid prior to
the repeal of the Group Areas Act. The theoretical framework for
this dissertation is provided by international Iiterature on ethnic
segregation and the gentrification issue'. The majority of
research undertaken on gentrification has concerned the cities of
North America. Western Europe or Australia. With few exceptions,
gentrification has been little researched outside of the devaloped
world. The South African context therefore provides a developing
world setting for research on gentrification.
It is argued that between 1900 and 1980 the case study area of
Woodstock experienced considerable change in its residential
complexion. In particuIar, the ethnic composition of the suburb
shifted throughout the twentieth century with waves of new
immigrants to the suburb, including Jews from Eastern Europe and
the settIement of a Portuguese community from Madeira. These shifts
in the ethnic make-up of Woodstock reinforced the 'respectable',
working class character of this mixed race, inner city zone of Cape
Town. During the 1980s, however, a change in the class composition
of the area was triggered by the onset of processes of
gentrification. The advance of gentrification was taking place at
the same time as apartheid legislation, in the form of the Group
Areas Act, was posing a threat to the multi-racial character of the
suburb. The research documents the relationship between
gentrification and the community struggle mounted to retain the
multi-racial status of this inner city Area. It is shown from this
South African study that the 'gentrification issue' is of relevance
to research on developing world cities. / Andrew Chakane 2018
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Household and individual level factors associated with HIV infection in KwaZulu-NatalBangre, Oscar 13 April 2010 (has links)
MSc (Med) Population-Based Field Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 2009 / Background:
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to bear the brunt of the global HIV epidemic, with the
epicentre located in Southern Africa. Of all the adult and children living with HIV globally
in 2006, two-thirds (63%) were in sub-Saharan Africa.1 The epicenter of the HIV/AIDS
epidemic in South Africa is located in the KwaZulu Natal province, where HIV incidence and
prevalence continue to remain high and this has serious implications for HIV prevention and
control programmes.
Objectives
i. To profile individuals who sero-converted during the period 2003-2007 in order to
better target interventions.
ii. To estimate the incidence rate for HIV during the period 2003 to 2007.
iii. To identify factors associated with HIV infection at individual and household levels in
Kwazulu-Natal.
Methods
This involved analysis data of a dynamic cohort study. The follow-up period was 2003-2007,
and the study was a household-based HIV sero-prevalence survey of a population in Kwazulu
Natal, South Africa, conducted by the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies. The
cohort comprised females aged 15 to 49 and males 15 to 54 years who participated in the
baseline HIV sero-prevalence survey in 2003 and/ or subsequent surveys in 2005, 2006 and
2007. Individuals who participated in at least two surveys and had a negative HIV result on
first enrolment were included in the analysis.
Selected demographic, socio-economic, behavioural and geographic variables of the
participants were obtained from the demographic surveillance system (DSS) database of the
Africa Centre Demographic and Information System (ACDIS) for analysis.
Profiles of recently HIV sero-converters were based on these variables and descriptive
statistics used to compare the differences in sero-conversion between the different strata of
each variable. Multiple logistic regression was used to investigate the association between
variables of key interest.
Results
A total of 39, 738 individuals were surveyed for the four annual sero-prevalence surveys
conducted from 2003-2007. Of these, 41.5% (n=16,491) were HIV negative on their first
enrolment into the study, 11.6% (n=4610) were HIV positive on first enrolment, while 46.9%
(n=18,637) had either participated in just one out of the four surveys, or were non-resident at
baseline. These two categories of participants as well as those who tested HIV positive on
first enrolment were dropped from the analysis.
The final sample size used for analysis was 16,491 individuals and comprised 8,425(51.1%)
females aged 15-49 years old and 8,066 (48.9%) males aged 15-54 years old.
The incidence rate for HIV sero-conversion among the 16, 491 individuals included in the
final analysis was 11.5 per 1000PYs during the follow-up period. In other words, 539
individuals sero-converted during 46818.15 person-years (PYs) at risk from 2003-2007.
A significant proportion of the new HIV acquisitions (69.8%) occurred in households without
any recently or previously infected household member, and women had a significantly
greater risk of HIV infection(IR= 16.9 per 1000PYs; 95% CI: 15.33-18.640) compared to
men(IR=5.9; 95% CI: 4.95-6.94) in this study area.
Conclusion
The younger age bracket (24-30 years old) was associated with significantly higher risk of
HIV infection compared to the older age category. However, the age group 20-24 years bears
the greatest burden of HIV pandemic in this community. Majority of seroconverters were
rural dwellers but peri-urban dwellers had the greatest risk of HIV acquisition.
The study also showed that attendance of a school or a training facility on a full-time basis
during the follow-up period was protective for HIV acquisition compared. Also, attainment of
standard 10 to 12 level of education was associated with a greater risk of HIV
seroconversion. This can be attributed to the age of individuals at these levels of education
and the associated high risk profile of this group. Living in close proximity to primary or
secondary roads was also associated with a risk of HIV infection compared to those living far
from major roads. This could be due to the ease of mobility and potential exposure multiple
sex partners. This may be due to a desire for modern social amenities which requires
financial wherewithal, which in turn facilitates transactional sex.
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Restitution, inclusion and identity: Gaborone First People Congress CenterMphake, Lingani 01 February 2014 (has links)
In my thesis I wish to illustrate the ability of architecture to provide restitution, inclusion and identity. In Botswana, Basarwa have been forcefully evicted from their ancestral land to facilitate diamond mining by the government. In addition to this, within other Southern African countries, Basarwa have experienced varying degrees of similar circumstances. This has resulted in Basarwa experiencing widespread exclusion, loss of culture and dispossession.
The aim of this project is not to solve this issue but to create a platform to work towards improving the current state of Basarwa. The aim is to explore the notion of a cultural think-tank; an advocacy center where Basarwa from all over southern Africa can congregate and advocate for the various issues affecting them, where information and archives can be accessed and cultural performances can occur. This is a significant step towards achieving this goal. The site is in Botswana at the heart of the admin-istrative center and has been selected as a subversive form of restitution.
This thesis investigates the types of dispossessions that Basarwa have experienced the resulting effects of exclusion, and the experiences of Basarwa in the Southern African context. Cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism are explored as vehicles of change that could help achieve the goal. Furthermore as a means of restitution and identity build-ing, mythological cosmology and design have been investigated as they are the essential elements in the formation of identity and a source of pride and esteem for Basarwa.
By creating a building where advocacy for the plight of Basarwa can occur, which celebrates the mythological cosmology, design heritage and cultural practices of Basarwa, the aim is to achieve restitution, inclusion and identity.
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