The concept of autonomy underlies many other issues in moral and political philosophy. This dissertation states that contemporary debates within Shi'i thought view autonomy as individualistic, and that this individualism brings it into conflict with tradition. It then argues tha…
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This thesis examines the construction of ethnic identity, autonomy and indigenous citizenship in plurinational Bolivia. In 2009, the Kallawayas, an Andean indigenous nation, took advantage of legislation in Bolivia's new constitution to begin a process of legally constituting th…
Background: Hospital drug formularies are developed in order to support safe, effective and cost-effective prescribing. Their utilisation is based on the assumption that prescribers and other users will follow guidance outlined within them. The role of formulary users’ attitudes…
This dissertation explores the intersection between rival forms of consciousness in Pirin Macedonia: national and local, from the anti-Ottoman Ilinden Uprising in Macedonia in 1903 to the end of the Communist "Macedonianization" campaign in 1952. Bulgarian, Macedonian and Englis…
This dissertation investigates goals and efforts of international assistance to Indonesia's higher education from the late 1970s to the late 1990s, and explores how they have affected and responded to changing State-university relations in Indonesia over that period. In depth an…
Institutions have long been considered an important unit of analysis in sociological inquiry, despite the relative ambiguity surrounding their definition and dynamics. The dissertation below offers an integrative definition of what an institution is and turns our focus towards t…
In late industrializing developing countries the state plays a central role in the economy and economic development. The effectiveness of the state in the process is determined by the existence of autonomous and competent agencies with access and control over the necessary econo…
The primary objective of this study is to examine Turkish prospective early childhood education teachers' attitudes toward the teaching profession and how those attitudes relate to their personality characteristics. The theoretical background for this research derives from both …
This is a study about online resources and learner autonomy for college-level students of Arabic. The three research questions guiding this study were: How do college-level learners of Arabic perceive themselves as autonomous learners? What is the value of online resources as a …
Terrorism scholars have posited that 90 percent of terrorist groups survive less than a year, and half of those which remain will not live to see the ten year-mark. This dissertation addresses the variety of means through which terrorist groups seek to acquire, move and store mo…
It has been assumed that paid work leads to a greater autonomy for women. This dissertation focuses on how education and employment relate to different dimensions of autonomy. Four dimensions of autonomy are discussed. They are economic decision making, ability to take care of s…
This project, a three-case study of cultural revival among the Dai, Bai, and Muslim Hui minorities of Yunnan Province, examines the relationship between Chinese national and minority identities. It is my contention that Chinese minority cultural activism, which includes phenomen…
The purpose of this text is to bring together two bodies of literature, one on the rights of minorities and the other on public health, in order to better explain and justify the objectives and methods of reasonable accommodation. A liberal theory of minority rights has two prim…
Much of the current debate surrounding the integration of Muslims into Western countries is fueled by the belief that Islamic values are incompatible with those of the liberal democratic West. One area that could prove especially challenging for integration is education, as the …
This study is about the contemporary armed struggle of the Moros against the Philippine government that began in October, 1972. It has three research concerns. The first is to understand what led to the emergence of the struggle. The second is to understand why the Moros continu…
This study was designed to explore the lived experiences of elementary educators who utilized choice instruction in the classroom. This study utilized teacher interviews to determine the educational impact of student-choice-driven instructional strategies. To accomplish this obj…
This qualitative case study assessed the need for a Catholic Education Center (CEC) for Catholic school principals within the United States. The research questions that were addressed were: 1) How have Catholic school principals experienced support around complex and controversi…
This thesis investigates environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) operating in the non-Western setting of the Republic of South Korea by presenting a literature review of the history of Korean NGOs and the environmental movement in Korea, and analyzing data gathered w…
From the arrival of the first European settlers, indigenous groups in the Americas have experienced near-constant extraction of their land, labor, and capital, but they have also sometimes been offered greater autonomy over their local affairs. This dissertation explores the eme…